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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1889
Page
4
A February 2 feature explains Candlemas origins and groundhog lore, tracing customs from Germany and England, the marmot groundhog, and the superstition of six more weeks of winter. It recounts Daniel Webster's boyhood plea to spare a woodchuck on the family farm.
A February ceremony in Centerville marks the opening of the Centerville Normal School. Governor Beaver and state officials inspect the site, with trustees reporting $59,424 paid and $14,480 owed on the ten acres housing the buildings. The gathering of about 1,500 celebrated the twelfth normal school in the Commonwealth and praised the project as a model for teacher education.
Colonel A C Hawkins of Bradford says New York talks between oil producers and J D Rockefeller led to a plan to keep Ohio oil at 15 cents a barrel until July. He notes Lima oil refiners Eagle Lima Peerless Findlay Freedom Oil Works and the Lima Standard pushing refined product into markets while the Standard plans to buy up rivals and control the July 1 market.
City Attorney Moreland and Chief J C Brown traveled to Philadelphia to attend the appeal of the city in the Safford suit. Moreland believed the city had good chances of success. The page also advertises a closing sale offering imported kerseys and furs at deep discounts, with last day pricing and other local shop promos.
New York reports general trade moderate but mostly quiet with pockets of improvement in Kansas City dry goods boots and shoes lumber and hardware. Chicago St Louis and St Paul show activity. weather hurts activity in several cities. Bond demand rises while rail and pig iron markets remain unsettled and prices slip on southern iron. Industrial output and bank clears rise year over year amid mixed rail and wool markets.
Dun's review notes rising dissatisfaction with trade and weaker collection, but growing confidence from railroad president accords boosting security prices. January banking volume up 17.7 percent citywide and 127 percent outside New York, with public buying and stock gains. Improvements credited to interstate railroad agreement, end of South Pennsylvania dispute, and bond demand. Wheat down 1 cent, 400000 bushels sold. corn and oats firm, 5.5 million barrels traded. Cotton prices steady, dairy and eggs weak.
A joint agreement by presidents of Adams Express American Express United States Express Wells Fargo Baltimore Ohio and others ends the Express war. Rates existing before May 1 1856 will be restored and enforced with no deviations or abatement. Agents must align on the old tariff and new solicitations halted.
Mary Behrens of Hoboken faces arrest after a dress sale led to a missing gold watch. Her 7 year old daughter Lillie later retrieved the watch from Mrs Stahldraher, aiding police in the case. Behrens confessed at arraignment and posted $300 bail for trial.
Charles Carey, one of the burglars in Betts' Fairfield store raid three months ago, was beaten and shot. He showed violent mania and attempted suicide three times. Doctors found the skull thickened, brain coverings adhered, inflammation, trepanning was performed with heavy bleeding but Carey gradually recovered physical and mental strength.
Report from Greensburg notes a street clash in Jeannette over food distribution in a shanty. J. H. Clark was seriously injured by a shovel blow, prompting a broader fight with revolvers and knives and several Black residents wounded including a leg bullet wound. Disorder continues as whisky sales defy authorities.
Judge Gripp rules for the plaintiffs in Porter and Kelly v. School District of Coraopolis. Attorney Cornelius says an appeal will be filed. The case is tied to contractor sublets by Director Johnston and partner Whalen on brick work.
Early today Frank Kinkle of Salem was killed instantly two miles west of Murraysville when his wagon toppled off an icy embankment on a hill while en route to Pittsburg with a load of market goods. The accident occurred near Aber's as the horses slipped.
District Attorney Fellows will announce tomorrow that ex-Alderman Arthur J. McQuade will face trial. The case will be moved before Judge Daniels. Fellows plans to push more boodle cases to trial as venues change.
New York Feb 1 Chairman Blanchard of the Central Traffic Association signified his intention to withdraw his resignation from that position and informed D S Gray, Chairman of the Reorganization Committee. Other items include a note about Dr July Gough Syrup and a reference to The American. Read at BE. 5. Davis and 423 Smithfield St.
John F. O'Brien, GM of the Mexican National Railroad, reports traffic growth forcing an order for 15 new locomotives and 50 additional freight cars as construction accelerates at the national machine shop. J M Nixon of Wells Fargo notes a shooting in Irapata of agent F Maruechean by Mexican bandits with five arrests for robbery. Barb wire makers fail to agree on a price schedule, planning to operate freely amid overproduction and a weak market. An Arkansas murder prompts a concurrent resolution urging federal action to protect political rights during open rebellion. A New York Graphic note claims General Harrison begins each day with a Bible reading and prayer, a longstanding habit despite recent political upheaval.
The Armory Trustees of the Eighteenth Infantry N. G. P. start earnest efforts to build an armory. John D. Bailey becomes financial agent to manage funds while Calvin Wells General William A. Robinson Captain William McClelland and others lead the board. Subscriptions total several thousand dollars with more pledges secured.
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