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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1890
Page
4
A Memphis physician recounts a case from the 1870s where retinal impressions near death created a natural photograph or optogram. The image, photographed from an infant’s eye, helps identify a killer linked to Judge Brainerd’s family, resolving a long unsolved murder in a dramatic moral twist.
The Department of Awards may meet Monday to open bids for multiple street projects including repaving Wylie avenue from Sixth Avenue to Fulton street with black stone or asphalt. Other works cover grading and curbing on Margaretta and Lilac streets, Aiken avenue, and several sewers. Booth Flinn began work on Aiken and Amberson streets and will tackle about a dozen more in Shadyside. Six clerks from the City Treasurer’s office were granted vacation until September 1 after tax payment rush.
City Hall shows a deserted scene with six clerks in the City Treasurer's office laid off until September 1 leaving four behind. Major Denniston remains guardedly present while Controller Morrow and Chief Bigelow show limited activity. Other departments answer inquiries with Out at the races as reporters pace the empty rooms.
Atlantic City excursion announcement for Thursday July 31 1890. Third such trip of the season via B&O Railroad with Washington DC Baltimore and Philadelphia connections. Round trip ten dollars good for ten days with stops in Washington DC returning. Special trains with Pullman cars depart at 8 AM and 9 20 PM from B&OKR depot.
The Dispatch notes many East End churches in July and August suspend regular sermons as pastors take vacations. A joint evening service at Silver Lake Grove draws Presbyterians Methodists and Baptists together as a sign of the times. July services occur at Third Presbyterian Church and August at First Presbyterian Church with 1045 a.m. and 745 p.m. sessions.
A long list of churches in Allegheny and Pittsburgh announce Sunday morning and evening services. Rev. Donehoor Rev. Belfour Rev. McCracken Rev. Locke Rev. Crowther and others lead sermons on themes from The Gospel to divine providence.
On Monday next R D Layton will issue another appeal for contributions to aid the Dunbar widows and orphans. Money keeps arriving though much is still needed. A donor arrived yesterday at Layton's office and gave $10 but refused to give his name and asked it to be charged to a fund.
Judge Slagle heard the equity action by O Mardorf against Acme Tanning Company over winding up the tannery. Mardorf, a stockholder, seeks to open judgment notes to halt sheriff's sale and allow his admission to proceed. Guckenheimer & Brothers hold a $150000 claim. tannery assets total $191,083.84 with solvent real value uncertain. Location cited is Acmetonia near Allegheny on the West Penn Railroad.
A bill in equity filed by P Gallagher Edward Powers and others against Dixon Woods Co seeks an injunction to bar laying a railroad switch on Jane street Southside between Thirtieth and Thirty-first streets. The switch, it was claimed, would block access to their hillside properties. Judge Slagle heard the motion and noted the switch was being laid by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co under city authorization, not by Dixwoods Co. The city’s acceptance of a plan may affect responsibility for street issues, and the judge said he would take the papers for decision.
Yesterday the defendants aN ACKERMAN and George Altmater were acquitted on burglary charges. Other cases note use of Mary Young with an Edmundson execution for 11 300.08 and 11 089.08 against John Edmundson. Myrtle Bowman filed suit against the P and W Railroad for 500 damages over a November shipment delay.
J W Moore and Company answer Chicago Furnace Company suit denying default in August 1889 due to strike and an agreement shielding them. They admit $493.20 for September shipping delay after sale to H C Frick, seek refund of $6,515.33 in extra charges with interest. A similar answer to Brown Bonnell and Co admits $2,215.24 in debt.
A patient from Allegheny reports relief after Dr. Byers treated a five year catarrh linked earache. The doctor advertises home powders and an Antiseptic Spray System, with weekly office visits advised at No 4 Penn Avenue. Established 1436.
The narrative details multiple parcels in Mifflin Township conveyed to the Board of Guardians of the Poor of Pittsburgh City, including a 102 acre tract bounded by rivers and roads, a 37 acre tract with water rights to a Poor House Farm, and a 0.51 acre lot with pipe access to springs. The city retains use of the existing farm buildings and a 50 foot right of way, with sale terms to be set and paid over time.
The city of Pittsburg authorizes the Jane Street Railway Company and its successors to enter and occupy streets from Jane Street at South Eighteenth to Sarah Street to construct and operate an electric traction system with double or single tracks and necessary sidings, subject to general street use regulations. The ordinance repeals conflicting provisions and is recorded July 18, 1800.
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