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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1892
Page
9
An auction note advertises 100 pieces of all wool CHAL LIES in sec and 60c French CHAL LIES 35c and up with better styles. The seller emphasizes urgency after a rebuilding, stating the goods must be moved and mentions a lot of dark styles and about 50 CHAL LIES pieces available.
New supply of fine cloths 24 inches wide offers art paintings for 35 cents. Described as the best styles ever sold in this class, highlighting value and quality.
5 Cts a yard wide Challis at 414c good quality but poor styles both light and dark. 24 inch American Challis 2%c. Center Dress Goods and Silk room offers reduced items. English Style Suitings 38 inches wide in light line stripes imported to 50c with 7 yards to make a suit. Only 5 pieces 250 yards. Also American wool Suitings at 25c in rear Dress Goods Department.
The Schenley Park and Highland Railway Company sues Pittsburg city and Chief Bigelow to stop interference with its line from Forbes and Boquet streets to near Colfax schoolhouse. It claims earlier work by Squirrel Hill and later city grading altered tracks. seeks to relay rails and enjoin officials from tearing up tracks. Judge Ewing grants a preliminary injunction.
The wife Mary B R Montgomery and daughters Annie Ballantine and Hattie Dunbar join in challenging the probate of John Ballantine's will in Hoboken. They object to a trust lasting beyond their lives with Fidelity Tithe and Trust Co as trustee and say the testator was of unsound mind when made.
William Eberhart sought a writ of quo warranto to compel recognition as a legally elected director of the Pittsburg Allegheny and Manchester Traction Company. He argued votes cast for trustees should count. defendants said trustees lacked voting rights. Judge Ewing heard the case with Major A M Brown for the plaintiff and Magee Neeper for the company. decision reserved.
Charles F. Parker sues Samuel F. OBrien James Kelly and Margaret Kelly for 1000 dollars alleging a June 18 1892 conspiracy leading to an information for cruelty to animals. He was arrested but discharged and seeks damages. Thomas A. Watson sues B Davis for 5000 dollars alleging a similar malicious prosecution tied to an April 29 1892 incident of alleged fraud. Watson was arrested indicted tried for forgery and acquitted and seeks damages. Intervening libels for work and supplies were filed by various persons against Tennessee River Navigation Company boats in US District Court. Deputy D A Goehring departs for a long trip before the Criminal Court s September session. Dr D Jaynes age offers relief for bronchial soreness. A Vermilion County man testifies about curing bloody flux in his children with Chamberlains remedy after a failed doctor effort. Volksbrau beer ad from Eberhardt & Ober. Wrrr’s Little Early Risers and Angostura Bitters ads close.
Secretary Dorente of the Anti-Cruelty Society seeks Morganza Reform School release for 16 year old Russell Zollinger alleged to have been surreptitiously placed there by his father. Zollinger, a head injury sufferer with fits, has faced alleged neglect from his father Andrew Moon and family guardianship disputes. The case involves prior Alderman rulings, custody shifts, and a hospital plan for head operation after escape attempts.
A jumble of brief items reports 102 degree heat in Ottumwa Iowa, an Oaxaca earthquake, miners strikes and dispatches from Idaho and Chicago. Other notes cover ships foundering and ships sunk, political moves in Britain and France, and a warning on valuables storage in a Chicago bank.
A long list of names and addresses appears, including Mrs. F J Kirk 41 Fourth at and, Mrs. Kate Miller Fair Haven, Pa, and many others in Allegheny, Sewickley, McKeesport, Verona, and Oakmont. The fragment seems to be a social or directory notice cataloging residents with street and town details.
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