4&BHSs.t& -S','V ' - 12 ITS WORK FINISHED. Tlie Supreme Court Winds Up Its Work in Piltsburar. SEVERAL IMPORTANT DECISIONS. The Famous Penn Bank Case Consumes the Cl.sing Hours. AFFAIRS OF INTEREST IN THE COURTS The Supreme Court concluded its session here for the Western pistrict yesterday. The Penn Bank case was argued and seven decisions were banded down at adjournment of the last day's work. The session lasted five and a half weeks and a large number of cases were disposed of. The Allegheny county list was unusually large. Prothonot ary Xewmeyer and his assistant, J. B. Swcitzer, were crowded with work, but they kept up with the business. One of the buMct men in the Court House during the session was Law Xibrarian Digby. He handled on an average 1,000 books.a day. Amoug the cases in which decisions were handed down was that of Edward McMil lan, appealed from the Oyer and Terminer Court of Luzerne county. McMillan was a miner and last February murdered his wife during a quarrel. He was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. The case was argued before the Supreme Court a few days ago. The decis ion j-estcrday affirmed the judgment of the lower court and ordered the record to be re mitfed for execution. Did XotAHAcrec Jubtice Sterrett handed down an opinion in the cae of D. AV. Zeller et al vs Susanna and Beubeu Light, appealed from the Com mon Pleas of Lebanon county. The suit was an action in ejectment, justice aier rett affirmed the lower court, in favor of the defendants. Chief Justice Paxson and Jus tices Green and Mitchell dissentedfrom this decision. The other cases decided were: Appeal of C H. Lucas et al in the matter of the estate of Henry Kis'er, from Orphans' Court, Philadelphia county; rearguinent re fused. Appeal from Quarter Sessions, Montgom iry county, in the matter of a road in M 01 eland township; motion to quash re fused. Appeal of J. S. Miller from Orphans' Court of Somerset county; decree reversed at cost of appellees. v The only case argued yesterday was the Penn Bank case. The matter really com prises several cases which have been in litigation ever since the bank failure in 18S4. The plaintiffs, E. "V. Swentzel et al, and K. J. Unger et al, against the Pern Bank, its directors, President, liiddli and Cashier Itcibcr. The caes are appealed by Henry "Warner.assignee of the bank, from Common Pleas Xo. 2. The argument before the Supreme Court was on the master's report aiiu the decision of the. lower court in sus taining and overruling various exceptions. In the lower court a decree was made holding Kiddle liable for 51,200,000; Beiber for 5500,000, Thomas Hare $3,716 23 and bamuel fceverance too4 5t The directors and other defendants were ordered to pay the costs, including the master's fee of 52,500. Directors Not Held IJaVe. The directors were not held liable for the shortage, from this decree the appeal was taken. H. A. Miller and D. F. Patterson opened the argument in behalf of Henry Warner, assignee of the bank. They spoke lor the depositors and held that the direc tors it ere liable iorthe deficiency on account of their negligence. Ordinary care would have discovered the fictitious accounts. 1). T. Martin, Esq , argued in behalf of the directors. He reviewed the whole case, and maintained that the directors had suf fered enough. They had suffered more than the depoiitors. There had been a spirit of revenge, he said, through the whole litigation. Attorneys Lazcar and Orr concluded the argument by speaking in behalf of Thomas Hare. CRIMINAL COTJBT WORK. A Number ot Small Cases Handled In That Branch. In Criminal Court yesterday, before Judges Ewing and Porter, six cases were disposed of. Some interest centered in the one against William Glenn, indicted for assaulting Mollie Hanlon, of Jones ave nue, on August 28, 1801, which was nolle prossed. There are two men serving a term in the penitentiary for attempting to assault tlie same girl earlier in the year at McKee's Hocks. The case was the last one prosecuted by the late District Attorney Johnston. Mrs. J. Conwav and Patrick McTighe were tried for violating the liquor law at Homestead on oath of William McBrown. Mrs. Conway was acquitted but McTigha was found guilty. John Hanna and David Bradford, Road Supervisors in Uraddock township, were lound not guilty of disobeying an order of court in refusing to open certain roads near Swissvale. The costs were divided between tlie defendants and Charles T. Ellis, the prosecutor. B. M. Xeely, charged by John Msguire, of Jones avenue, with carrying concealed weapons, was acquitted. Oliver Peoples and Dallas Bumbaugh, two policemen accused of assault and bat tery on G. Blisko on Eleventh street, Pitts burr, on August 8, 1891, were found not guilty and the costs divided. Thomas Paisley and Ross Porison, charged with aggravated assault and battery on S. L. Orr while arresting him on Liberty Mreet on August 8, were tried,, the jury bringing in a sealed verdict. James Scott, indicted for involuntary manslaughter by killing John Hadnka at Walls station with a handspike during the summer, will be tried to-day. IN THE UNITED STATES C0UET. Marshal Harrah Wins in the Suit About tho Steamer Robert SIcCIeary. The case against Marshal J. B, Harrah et a., in the United States District Court, to recover damages for the loss of the steamer Bobert McCleary, in the flood of 1889, was completed yesterday, resulting in a verdict for the defendants. In charging the jury, the Court said that o'fficers having property in their custody are only responsible for reasonable and ordinary care, and are not expected to anticipate disastrous events such as the flood of 1889. The jury was onlv ont about ten minutes. The case of Elizabeth M. Mitchell et al va Sarah Murphy, an ejectment action for 50 acres of land in Fayette county, was tried and a verdict given for the plaintiff. In a similar action brought by Warren Packer against Fred. T. Clark "to secure possession of land near Titnsville, a verdict was given for the plaintiff by consent. The case of S. S. Brown against Frances M. Lechncr, an action on a note for (5,000, is on trial and will be completed to-day. Wants Viewers Appointed. City Attorney Moreland yesterday, in be. half of the city, filed a petition for the ap pointment of viewers to assess the damages and costs of opening Forbes street from Boyd street to Diamond street. The work Mas commenced under the street act of May 16, 1889, which was wiped ont by the Su preme Court while the work was under way. The appointment of viewers is now asked ior under the curative act of May lfl, 1891. To-Day" Trial IJsts. Common Pleas No. 1 Klnoey vs satne.Wat- fou vs Jlclntvrc et al, Jlsdley vs Louther, Cummins vs Pearlstlne. Fuller vs Morris, Larimer vs Metier, Meek' vs Llildell, Kam merer vs Hanna, Davidson vs Pittsburg Natural Gas Company, Hawk vs Anderson et al, Eatne vs Bridffwater Gas Company, Ruepple vs Baumun et al, Dicky. Jr. vs Forgfe. Common Pleas No. 2 Buckholdervs Hur rell et al. Murphy vs Murphy, Oitley vs Kedeman Tlltord Steel Companv. Qulicuys Pittsbunr Inclino Plane Company et al Bradwetl vs rittsburg and West End Pas senger Hallway Companv, Pittsburg City vs Central Traction Company, Dunn vs Stur geon et al, McKelvev vs Demmler, Katajew skl vs Gunsall & 'Kuhn, Tanney ctal vs Tanney, Keiss s Huff. Luce vs Citizens' Traction Company, Tuite vs Pennsylvania National Bank of Pittsburg, Coon vs White, Lawton vs Gumbort & Huoy. Criminal Court Commonwealth vs James Scott. Bridget Hannon (3). Mi. A. Cain (3), Charles F. Goldstrahm, John Drew, William Loag, Jolin llalin, Augusta Ralin. Little Cases in Court. Elizabeth E. Kaktman yesterdny entered suit against William M. Shannon for dam ages for slander. The suit of Huckstem A Co. against the Kelly & Jones Company, an action on a con tract, is still on trial before Judgo Stowe. I the suit of Mary Edgar, administratrix' of John Edgar, against Tnomas Edgar, an action on an agreement, a verdict was given yesterday for $50 for the plaintiff. TrniEE executions were issued yesterday against M. X. Klinordllnger. Ono was by B. Klinordlinger tor $2,20534, nnnther by A. Bnrganer for $200 and the third byGratner Bros, for till 33. Before Judge Hawkins, of the Orphans' Court, a contest is on lor the possesion of the children of the late J. L. Young, a South side policeman; the paternal grandfather and maternal aunt claiming them. Is the suit of Brady S. Kichardson against the Pittsburg Natatorium, for damages for a broken rib caused bv him falling into a plunge bath at the- NatatoKum, a verdict w as given yesterday for $78 for the plaintiff. The murder cae of Henry Huser, who killed Eichard Kelly In a Monongahcla City barroom fight, was to have beentriedbe lore Jndge Ewing yesterday, but was post poned owing to tlie absence of important witnesses. Ix the suit of Mifflin township against tho Carnegie Natural Gas Company and P. Foley, contractor, for damages for injury to a road by laying a pipe line, a verdict was given yesterday for $ll ven vesteraav for $403 33 for the nlatntiff as airainst Foley, and for the defendant as as airainst oiey, nu( to the gas company. B. & 0. PROSPERITY. A TWENTY PER CENT SCRIP DIVI DEND DECLARED At Yesterday's Meeting of the Directors Five Millions of the Common Stock to Be Sold to Prepare the Road for the World's Fair. BAirr5iORE,Nov. 11. The following res olutions were passed at the monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, held here to day: Whekeas, For the fiscal years terminating September 30, 1889, 1890 and 1891, the net earn ings and income of the company have amounted to the sum of $4,53,272 31 as shown by its reports after the payment of dividends on the first and second series of preferred stock to the amount of $900,000, the adjustment of. the sinking fund accounts, and after charging to the operating ex penses during those years over $1,000,000 ex pended In betterments and Improvements of the physical condition of tho property" and in bringing it up to a higher working standard; and Whereas, After charging to "profit and loss" of those years the sum of $1,017,031 C9 a deduction which it has been deemed nrotier to make by reason mainly of depreciation of the valuj of equipment which properly should have been made during the year 1888 there still temalns of such net earnings and Income the sum cf $3,311,255 S3; which sum, in addition to the amounts derived from other sources, has been used In reduc tion of bonded and car trust Indebtedness of the company to the amount of $1,325,102 64, and also for all permanent Improvements of the railway, and for new construction, all of which constitute valuable additions to the property and to the capital of the com pany; therefore. Resolved, That a dividend of 20 per oent be declared upon the common stock of this company for the period cendlng September 30, 1891, payable on and after the 31st day of December, 1891, in the common stock of the companv, at the office of the Treasurer, to the stockholders of record at 3 r. u. on the 30th day or November, 189L Whereas, During tne preceding three years, the company has deemed It wise to spend lts.entire net earnings and income to much needed additional constructions and betterments of its railroad system; and Whereas, These expenditures must con tinue In the futuie, in order to establish and maintain all the lines of the company at the hlghstandaid of efficiency now necessary for remunerative results, in addition to which large expenditures will be required for the improvements and extensions neces sary to avail of the large busiuesn, freight and passenger, that will undoubtedly grow out of the world's Fair at Chicago; and. Whereas. It is not "Deemed desirable to continue longer the appropriation of the net earnings and Income of the company to such expenditures, but to provide for "the bame out of sales of its common stock, in such amounts and at such periods as may be deemed expedient: therefore, be it Resolved. That an issue of the common stock of the company, of the par value $5, 000,000, be, and the same is heieby author lxed, and the President and Finance Com mittee are hereby empowered to sell this issue. In whole or In part, at such times as may be by them deemed expedient. CALIFORNIA, The Country of Delightful Winter. California is the most attractive and de lightful section of the United States, if not of the world, and its many beautiful resorts will be crowded with the best families of the East during the entire winter. It offers to the investor the best open opportunitr for safe and large returns from its fruit lands. It offers the kindest climate in the world to the feeble and debilitated; and it is reached in the most comfortable manner over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Pullrjin vestibuls sleeping cars leave Chicago by this line every day in the year and go -without change or transfer through to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. This is a feature not offered by any other line. Write to Charles T. Apple by, Traveling Passenger Agent, Boom 303, Bank of Commerce Building, Pittsburg, Pa., if you desire any further information as to the country and the accommodations for reaching it. Ellwood City Items. !Sov. 10, 189L George B. Xye, of Basel Dell, has bought the store building of Mr. James Smiley and is stocking it with gents' furnishing goods. The hardware store of McCaw & Mehard is sailing along before the ill wind that did no good to Blatt & Grove's hardware estab lishment the night of the Are. The Presbyterians in and around Ellwood had cause to be thankful that their pretty little church, just dedicated, escaped the conflagration. The finishing touches to the machinery of the Shafting and Tube Company are being hurried -along as rapidly as possible. The wheels will turn in three weeks. President Hartman, of the Pittsburg Company, has iust returned from Europe, looking particularly well. 15c, Reduced From, 25c and 35c Ladies' fine embroidered handkerchiefs; also 25c, formerly 60c; and SOc.formerly 51 00; greatest bargnins ever offered, A. G. Campbell & Sons, 27 Fifth avenue. The People's Store Fifth Avenue. See our window for the wonderful bar gains we offer to-day and rest of the week. See also display ad, this paper. Campbell & Dick. Who Can Slake 84 Eavler Than by going up a few steps and get 12 finest cabinet photos for $1, equal to any in Pennsylvania, at Aufrecht's new gallery, 77 Fifth avenue. Go there. Stylish Suitings Trouserings and overcoatings, and moderate prices, at Pitcairn's, 434 AVood street. Thsu Mothebs will flud Mrs. Winslow'e Soothing Svrup the best remedy for their children. S5c. TTSfk THE PITTSBURG A GRACEFUL WOMAN Tells a Newspaper Writer the Secret of Her Grace. A CLASSICAL FIGUKE DEFINED. Portraits o Notable Ladies Who Are Backed ' for Pittsburg. PE0GRESS OP WOMEN THE WORLD OVER Both on and off the stage the Delsarte system is now so much in favor that society women can no more hope to be graceful and easy in their draw ing rooms unless they have studied the Delsarte than actresses can hope t o b e successful without it upon the stage. "There'sawoman who has studied the Delsarte system," exclaimed a man to AW Very Difficult. a New York Adver tiser reporter, as a woman came into the ho tel dining room and seated herself at one of the tables. "Why, how do you know that she has studied it?" asked his companion. "I can tell by the way she sits down. You, see she doesn't double up like a jack knife, nor wriggle into her chair, nor hitch around after she is seated. She simply in clines gracefully and without any sudden jerks until she is seated. There are no an gles, no sndden turns, no anything that is disagreeable. I can always tell a Delsarte woman." THE SECRET OF HEB GRACE. The woman was certainly graceful, and later, when acquaintance had ripened into friendship, she told me the secret of her grace. She says that as an invalid she be gan studying Delsarte for the cure of her lungs, and then having learned how to breathe, she became interested in the art itselr,and studied Delsarte to become a truly graceful woman. In the privacy of her room, clad in a flowing Greek robe, she has twisted and turned and bent andwnthedand wriggled, always according to Delsarte, until she could perform some of the most wonderful feats that one could imagine. She could double up into an attitude of the most abject submission, sinking upon one knee and reaching forward so far that you wondered how she would ever re gain her balance, and then, with a wonder ful turn, she would lift her head to your face, until you felt that if she were to ask a favor of you while in that beautiful atti tude, you would grant the favor for very love of her and her gracefulness. Then of a sudden she would straighten out, and, springing to her feet, would throw one arm out into the air and denounce you in such terrific accents that you would cower and shrink and get into a corner to hide your self, in spite of the laughing assurance that it was all play and only Delsarte after alL Oh, it's a wonderful thing to have such con trol of your muscles and of your body, and it's a wonderful thing and a powerful thing to have such a thorough knowledge of the motives and the motions which govern peo ple that you can be able to sway them by a iook or a bend or a touch. A CLASSICAL FIGURE. The outline of a woman's figure should be like that of a classical jar, slim at the neck and at the ankles, and tapeiing slightly at the waist. The reason that all women do not look ust this way is because they will wear petticoats, and petticoats are destruc tive to the symmetry of the jar. Petticoats have flounces upon them, and flounces make the dress set out around the feet, and so a woman, in stead of looking slen der at her ankles, looks very broad indeed and very big around, so that her figure more A Classical Keck. often resembles a beehive or a pyramid than that of a classical jar. If a woman is large in the bust and large on the hips, she should not allow her waist to taper to any great extent, because then she destroys her classical outline and makes herself look like an hour glass or a wasp. To quote from an artist who has made a specialty of women's figures: "The principle which should be adopted is that of balancing the expansion of one part of the outline bv such constriction of another part as is felt to be in dne proportion." Women of Progress. Lady Henry Somerset will soon be in Pittsburg, unless another hitch occurs. She desires to visit this city, because round about here are a great many Welsh miners, and all these she has invited to visit her, so that -she may tell them about recent reforms instituted in the towns of their nativity. Lady Somerset was in Wales not long ago, and made the acquaintance of hundreds of miners the kinsfolk of men now at work in Western Pennsylvania. Miss miard. Lady Somerset. Lady Somerset spent several weeks at one time in the common lodgings of a mining town, speaking to the men in a large tent, even going down into the mines to hold services. Accompanying Lady Henry Som orset is Mrs. Hannah Whitall Smith. la her quiet Quaker garb, she has stood before, congregations larger than those of Spur geon, and held them spellbound by her eloquence. Miss Frances E. Willard is also of the party. It Is Woman's Era, Victor Hugo's prophecy that this was to be the woman's era finds realization even in remote centers of Old World conserva tism. When the Emperor of Japan gave a new Constitution to' his people in '89 he paid a tribute of honor to women by placing his wife beside him in public In the school systems of Japan equal provision is made for boys and girls. Japanese women are interesting themselves in making op portunities for the advancement of women and occupying places as teachers, inter preters, post and telegraph operators. In Sweden the universities have been open .to women for some years, and thev are allowed full privileges in scholarship's 4lL v 1! I I7 l k ' VS) I DISPATCH, THURSDAY, and degrees. Commercial colleges, post offices, banks, railway and telegraph offices accept women as students or employes. In Denmark women are distinguishing themselves in literature and medicine. At the University of Copenhagen several wom en students have honorable place in the classes. .In Vienna the Government granted to women the privilege of practicing medicine in Bosnia, where the subjects are Mohamme dans, who do not allow their wives to be visited by men. In Bucharest a young woman has been admitted as a barrister to plead at the bar. In Russia a bill has been laid before the Government to reopen the courses of medi cine for women at St. Petersburg. In Kbarkof, where a Sunday course for the instruction of adults was opened, over 400 females attended, their ages ranging from 7 to 45 years. Russian women, too, are being recognized in literature and sci ence. A Fashionable Woman of Ourga. Julius M. Price, the artist, lately visited the sacred city of Ourga, and while there sketched an ultra-fashionable lady as fol lows: Ourga is to the Mongols what Jeru salem is to the better half of the world. The funniest things in Ourga are the "prayer boards." From a little distance, says Mr. Price, these boards presented a very ludicrous appearance, which so re minded me of the familiar springboard in a swimming bath that I never passed them without an inward grin if you can imagine what that is for any sign of outward mirth at the strange proceedings would probably have got me into trouble. The whole action of the people using them was exactly like that of a person preparing to make a run along the board and take a "header" rather than a prelude to a devotional exer cise. She Wilt Wed a. Duke. In announcing the engagement of Miss Mattie Mitchell, daughter of Senator Mit chell, of Oregon, to Duke Francois de la Rochefou canld, of France, the Washington Post says: "The young people met six years ago at a dinner party given in Miss Mitchell's honor at Sainte Germaine, where the, Duke Roche foucauld was then stationed, and like most romances the story openediwith love nt first sight. Althtfugh untiring in his devotion, the fate of the gallant officer, owing to reasons of a private nature, hung iu the balance up to the date of Miss Mitchell's arrival in Paris early in the past summer, when business matters be ing satisfactorily settled the lovers were mud hannv in the consent of nil concerned. "The Duke, who is an officer in the Chas seurs d'Afrique, has for the past three years been stationed with his regiment at Al giers. He was recently promoted to a cap taincy, and ordered on duty in the neigh borhood of Paris. An enthusiast in his pro fession, he has from early youth led a bril liant military career, preferring always the post of active duty to one of ease and social popularity, and, upon the departure of Miss Mitchell for home three years since, applied to be sent to Algiers. He is 38 years of age, and the owner of three handsome estates in Frances, upon one o'f which his mother, a widow, and his younger brother reside. Miss Mitchell is just 26 years of age. Sev eral years since Dame Rumor reported her engagement to Minister West. At nresent Mrs. Mitchell and her daughters are resid ing very quietly at the Hotel Maletherbes, Paris. The marriage will take place in Jan uary. Progress of Women. In 22 representative cities of the United States there are 342 occupations in which women are successfully working. Every day women grow more alive to their new wants, and the deficiency is scarcely recog nized when the improvement begins. So cieties for the improvement or advance ment of something are the outcome of al most every gathering. If the want be physi cal, classes for a higher physical develop ment are formed; if mental, straightway the road is made to admit more to the higher branches of learning, and schemes are made and carried through for the annihilation of the difficulties so long interposed. Is the want moral, a thousand sympathies are awakened, and beautiful thoughts brought to bear that the wrong may be righted. Every intelligent woman of to-day, if she is active in any good, has some place in this great school of human progress. Business Woman's 'Journal AH ANTI-PB0HIBITI0N DECISION. The Annulled Constitutional Amendment in Iowa Again Passed TJpon. Des Moines, Ia., ov. 11. Judge Con rad, of the District Court, on. Monday listened to arguments in the application of J. A. Harvey, of the State Temperance Alliance, for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of State to certify to him a copy of the Constitution of Iowa, and par ticularly the constitutional amendment re lating to the prohibitory law. At the time of Mr. Harvey's application Secretary Mc Farland refused to certify to the constitu tional amendment, on the ground that the Supreme Court had decided that the amend ment waa unconstitutional. In an opinion rendered yesterday Judge Conrad sustained the Secretary of State, holding that in view of the Supreme Court rulirnr the Secretary could not be compelled to certify to the constitutional amendment. A notice of appeal was given and an effort will be made to carry the case to the Su preme Court. Whether or not the Supreme Court will reopen the cose is a question that will be followed with great interest by the temperance societies. Judge Conrad's ruling was what was expecied, and gives those interested in the case the opportunity to get the question before the highest tri bunal of the State. Want a Faruon for Flann. An effort is being made by friends of Harry Flann, now serving a term in the penitentiary for embezzling funds of the Marine National Bank, to secure favorable action of the Pardon Board at its next sit ting. His wife and her mother, Mrs. Colonel Kilgore, are at the bottom of the movement and have secured letters from a number of prominent city and county officials to the board. Flann was sentenced about two and one half years ago for a five years' term. t SWWXM Willi WwjlslSX I An Ultra Fashionable Lady of Ourga. NOVEMBER 12, 1891 IN THE DINING ROOM. Fine Floral Decorations at Chrysanthemum Show.s the B. A. ELLIOTT CO. TAKES THE PRIZE. The First Show Promises to Be a Remark ably Great Success. PROMISING TO REPEAT IT NEXT TEAR With a dining ropm decorated like any of the three which entered into competition Tor the John Dimling prize of 5100 at the Chrysanthemum show yesterday, the aver age individual would be willing to live and eat forever and imagine himself in one of heaven's best apartments. The display was the most interesting at the show and was constantly surrounded with a crowd of admirers. B. A. Elliott Company took the prize. The feature f their display was the harmony of arrange ment and simplicity of the entire room. The mantel piece was covered with a bank of roses relieved by soft ferns. Over the china closet were chrysanthemums and ivy leave. In the center of the table a vase of American beauty roses caught the eye of everybody and were admired alike by society ladies and the most practical men. The decoration was completed by two Areca Jaluns. Masterpieces in Flowers. John R. and A. Murdoch showed a dining room decorated with chrysanthemums and roses on the mantel piece and white roses and American beauties in vase on the center of the table. Ludwig & Richter had Amer ican beauties, bridal roses, chrysanthemums and ferns en the sideboard; tropical plants on the mantel and a large basket of various kinds of flowers on the center of the table. The fault found with both this and Mur dochs' displays was that they were too heavy. Ludwig & Richter followed the Eastern plan of naving the names of guests on souvenir cards at each plate. The names were Major E. A. Montooth, A. J. Arm strong, Henry Phipps, Jr., William A. Herron, Joseph Craig and Hon. E. H. Stowe. Some of the Prizes Awarded. The Hardy & Hayes prize vase, valued at $8, for the btst vase of long-stemmed yellow chrysanthemums, was awarded fo John & A. R. Murdoch. The Joseph Eichbaum prize of a set of account books for the best vase of long steniemd chrysanthemums, three varieties, was awarded to R. C. Patterson. The attendance yesterday was large. The number of women present predominated during the day, but at night the men re deemed their reputations by coming out in full force. The show is considered remark ably good and it is promised that it will be repeated next year. DAHCE3 ABE NO KOBE. 'The Organ's Melody Supersedes the Music of Fiddle and Horn. The preachers of Coraopolis seem to have gotten old Satan on the run at present. They have been pulling his ears and tor menting him greatly lately, and now a sub stantial victory is announced. Some two years ago Major Howard Burns put up a new building, primarily for a drug store, but as the upper story was suitable for a hall and the town needed one he concluded to have it .finished for that purpose. Time, however, proved that there was but a limited demand for hall accommo dation in the town in the way of concert and lecture, and it was not hard to persuade the Major to allow his hall to be used for dancing parties, and they followed each other in rapid sneoession. Apparently nothing was thought of the matter for some time until two preachers, Rev. J. A. Douthett, United Presbyterian, and Rev. John Young, Pres byterian, began to strike at what they con sidered sin in the concrete, and both thun dered from the pulpits against dancing and progressive euchre. They declared these recreations were dragging Coraopoli syouth down to the bottom of the bottomless pit. Progressive enehre still progresses, but a few weeks since Major Burns went up into the hall and kicked old Terpsichore out bag and baggage, harp and all, and rented the Hall to the Methodist Church, and since then the solemn tones of the organ instead of the sensuous melody of a lot' of sin-inspiring fiddles a and horns is heard. Major Burns evidently is as well satisfied to rent the hall to saints as to sinners. OUT FOB A COMPROMISE. Controller Morrow Looking TJp the Case of C. Abbott's Injuries. The City Attorney yesterday received an offer to compromise the suits of C. Abbott, Jr., against the city which are now on the list ior court tjriaL One day in the summer of 1889 Abbott was driving along the Allen town road, Thirty-second ward, when he encountered some old wires that had blown across the road, one of which had come in contact with a live electric wire. His horse, valued at $200, was killed instantly, and he was somewhat injured. Two suits were in stituted against the city, one for the horse and the other for injury to himself, by Ab bott, alleging carelessness on the city's part in allowing neglected wires to remain on the poles. The damages were fixed pretty high, but Abbott's attorney is now willing to accept 8100 and the city pay all the costs. The City Attorney referred the matter to the Controller, who is now investigating the case to see whether the city can be held liable for anything. Blissful Is the relief afforded by the laxative action of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in cases of constipation. Tliero Is none of the griping produced by it that Is caused by drastic cathartics. Nofronly does the Bitters afford unspenkable relief, but It tones the bowels, the stomach and the liver. Beneficent, too, Is its action in malarial, kidney and rheu matic diseases. Talkof the Town. Two large show windows literally packed with loose diamonds and also mounted in ear drops, lace pins, hair pins, bracelets, pendants, necklaces, rings and studs. The elegant display and sale will con tinue all this week, anil I cordiallv invite the public to examine these fine diamonds on which I pride myself of being the first direct importer in this city. My thanks for the liberal patronage bestowed upon me. I still continue to superintend the sale personally and assist purchasers in their se lection. Persons so desiring can call now and make their selection for the holidays and have the goods laid away free of charge. M. J. Smit, 311 Smithfield street, ttssu Opp. New Postoffice. To the Saloon and Private Trade. As the season is now at hand for ale and ' porter, the Straub Brewing Company take pleasure iu announcing to tne saloon ana private trade that they are prepared to fill all orders promptly. We also claim that our celebrated brands of "Pilsener" and "Munich" lager beer cannot be excelled by any brewers of the States. We guarantee our beer to be four and one-half nronths old and all our goods are uiado of the'very best qualitv of hops and malt. Ask the saloon trade lor it or telephone No. 503S. The Straub Brewing Co. Corner Main street and Liberty avenue TT3 Piso's Remedy for. Catarrh is a real cure. Other remedies fail. Try this. It is sure. Druggists. SO cents. xh DOWN-RIVER. ENTERPRISES. Prospects of Steel, TinFlate and Shovel Manufactories Below McKee's Bocks The Ohio May Be Dammed to Make a Suitable Harbor. It appears that the people living along the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railway be tween McKee's Rocks and Phillipsburg, have at last gotten something tangible on which to build hopes of prominence in the way of manufacturing. For some days past much talk has been indulged in relative to what a company reported as the Beaver Valley Improvement Company intended to do at Alliqnippa. It has been stated that the company had absorbed Aliquippa pic nic grove, Logstown and Woodiawn and that 700 acres were to be devoted to the manufacture of steel, tin'plate and shovels, and John McICee was named as one ot the incorporators, having put a farm into the project as stock. After considerable inquiry the story was secured from W. S. Kaufiman, at the office of the Aliquippa Steel Works, Westing house building. Mr. Kaufman said the Aliquippa Steel Works and the J. C Russell Shovel Factory were fixed facts with a capital of 300,000. He said, how ever, that he did not think that the picnic grounds would be disturbed, but that 160 acres had been secured and that a town would be built, but that town building was not the primary object of the company. Mr. Kaulfman stated that xome of the people interested beside himself were Forst & Greenlee, the oil dealers; J. C. Russell, Joseph ICountz and James McLaughlin, the three last practical steel workers. He said the intent was to break ground as soon as possible, and that already estimates as to cost of machinery, etc., were being taken. It is a prevalent belief now that the Ohio in the vicinity of AHequippa will soon be dammed and that one of tne best harbors in the river will thereby be secured. The location is also one of the few between here and the mouth of the Beaver where suffi cient level land can be had to build a town, and with slack water manufacturers can connect at will with both the Pennsylvania and "Vanderbilt systems of railway. To the sentimental there is something incongruous and smacking of profanation in covering the ground where the Indian Queen held court with a manufacturing site, but as loco motives are alreadv shrieking in Jerusalem and at the base of "the pyramids, it is evi dent that this age has but little more rever ejee for antiquity than had the Indians, who knew nothing of the mound builders. Queen Allequippa must put up with the sight as well as her crowned cousins, David, Solomon and the Pharaohs. You cannot deny facts, and It is a fact that Salvation Oil "is the greatest pain cure. 25 cents. WELL I to design this ribbon, and highly skilled workmen to weave it The shades are lovely and the combination of colors beautiful and tasty. It can be used for fancy work in the brighter shades, and for millinery in the darker colors. Come quickly if you want to share in the greatest of all bargains. PUDVC A IITUriUIIIMCa New styles in "tWs theloveliestof U II II I O A Iv I II t 111 U III O. fell flowers, and handsome colors; Moss Rose Buds, Velvet Roses and every kind of flowers for dress trimming, evening wear and millinery. RARE, GOOD VALUES! This week we show about 200 finest Trimmed Hats; all new and just received. Styles are inviting, and, as to quality, there's none better. All of these will go at less than two-thirds their regular prices. New Astrakhan Trimmed Cloth Sailors and Tam o' Shanters for small girls and boys. Styles are exclusive, and won't be found elsewhere. Our Millinery department never looked lovelier than now, and we cordiallv invite the ladies of both cities to come and see it. We show the largest variety of fashionable headwear to be found anywhere, and prices are extremely reasonable. Why not deal at headquarters, and be sure of getting the best and latest things out? JSee our new Stock of FUR-TRIMMED JACKETS and CAPE NEWMARKETS. A big saving is guaranteed on every garment pur chased here. pSSAJVB 510-518 MARKET STREET. ARE YOD A HOUSEKEEPER? DO YOU- EXPECT TO BE? In either case a visit to our store will interest you. The confidence and good will of our patrons is our best and most substantial capital, and as a matter of course nothing pleases us better than to please everyone who en ters our store. We are completely equipped for an extraordinarily lively trade this winter, and in fact have set ourselves the.task of eclipsing the record of any previous winter in the history of our house. This is, of course, a task of the first magnitude, but we are not the least daunted, for we know full" well that our name is synonymous for fair and just dealing, and that we can de pend on the public for support. Everything necessary for housekeeping purposes, from kitchen utensils to a Parlor Suite, can be obtained at our popular establishment. We guarantee satisfaction; positively warrant to give full value for money expended and treat our patrons honestly in every particular. HOPPER BROS. & CO., PIONEERS OF LOW PRICES, ' 307 WOOD STREET, PITTSBURG. nolO-TuTh IRON AND STEEL BUILDINGS, ROOF TRUSSES, COWS Al GIRDERS. PITTSBURG BRIDGE COMPANY, Thirty-Eighth Si noll-47-B CHINESE LZPZB3 AT LABGE. An Alarmlnc State of Affairs in British Co lumbia Near Washington. Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 11. The Chi nese, lepers are now at large. The locks have been taken off the old Canadian Pacific shed and the guard removed. Neither the Government nor the Canadian Pacific would take any action, and the City Council was so rash as to turn the lepers loose. They have been rejectedand driven away by their own countrymen inthat portion of the city set apart for the Chinese, and have been refused drugs in Chinatown. The peo ple are discharging Chinese help, and great uneasiness is felt. There is some talkof the lepers striking for the American line. 01CLEAEANGE SALE STILL COfflUES. SPECIAL PRICES -ox n !l See our Brass-Trimmed Iron Bed and Spring at An exceptional BARGAIN. Also a large line of Leather-Covered Furniture at Bargain Prices. Don't miss the place, 51 and 53 FEDERAL STREET, ALLEGHENY, PA. Jacols & Mc&ilvray. noll-63 J DECLARE! Yes, there'll be many declarations and exclamations, too, among the ladies when they see the RIBBON we offer this week at 25c a yard. It's worth 75c if it's worth a penny. It was by a lucky chance that we secured about 400 pieces of the finest pure silk brocade ribbon made in this country on Jacquard looms. Anyone will see at a glance that it took an artist nolU-TTSsn . r1 ! f 1 ,'.-, .;.,uf;&Jai'rt .J!iL5i8toltliato.i .itoififegr,Afc,Ji:j!A, A 7,, . j -iA y &2?&&Sx&f&v&3&'5!3l 1 -W.jJTjKgWHaP ws
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