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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1890
Page
4
The second Sunday of June is set as Children’s Day in Christendom. Churches plan services focused on children as nature blooms and birds sing. The piece cites Thackeray and Collyer tales, warns against frivolous charity, and notes missions, Calvinist debates, and acknowledgments of Hampton and Chautauqua programs.
Rev Dr R. Storrs declines London sermon invitation while Dr A H Nonchoss preaches Bacalaureate at Pittsburg College. Rev Frank Prosser sails for Europe with his wife. Morgantown church reopens remodeled auditorium under Pastor Fullerton. M E Church near Albany plans church build funded by subscriptions over $4. French services resume. Sunday May 2 sermon marks new church support. Medical missions and religious education updates across Britain and Persia noted with parish figures and participation.
A long awaited county road plan seeks 60 foot wide links from Coryopolis to Chartiers and to Pittsburg and Allegheny via Neville Island. Neville Island and Moon Crescent residents sign the petition in Quarter Sessions Court to allow an almost water level route with land donation for public use and shade. Viewers W A Herron W W Shaw and James Davis were appointed to inspect the ground and report.
About 300 skilled mill workers in East Sadtraw, Mrcn., Lane 6, walked out for nine hours work and ten hours pay after the owners refused to arbitrate. The Feige-Sillsbee Furniture Factory, with about 100 workers, joined the walkout. A general strike was anticipated.
Charles Scott faces a Friday hearing before Alderman McMasters on a charge of stealing cigars from W. J. Morris's cigar store on Fifth Avenue.
Harcourt Place Seminary in Gambier Ohio presents an ambitious school enterprise for girls. Parents seeking top educational advantages for daughters are urged to send for a care brochure.
Excursion to Wheeling tomorrow Sunday via the B and O train leaves 8 30 A M. Round trip rate ten dollars. Come see new zephyr shirts collars and cuffs starch unshrinkable latest. St Hanahs 30 Sixth street opposite Bijou Theater. B and B announcing up to 44 sizes 25c shirts 250 500.
A historical overview recounts the construction of three court houses and five jails in Allegheny County since 1788, noting key figures, the evolution from county to borough to city status, and the layout and uses of early court buildings including the first Pittsburg Court House completed in 1794 and its successors.
The article details the historical claim to county court house occupancy on Diamond Square in Pittsburgh, noting the right arose from longstanding usage rather than fee simple title. It describes the first court house site near Market House in the Diamond, the 1791 act, and the brick two story building with a hipped roof and a bell used for fire alarms and public events.
The text details a sequence of county jails with iron bars and stone steps, noting a small time-walled cellar and limited security. It explains the second jail, annexed to the 1843 court house, was discontinued when the third jail replaced it, and the old jail premises were sold. It estimates the total cost of the first court house and both jails at not more than 25 000 dollars, with fire in 1882 causing loss of some records.
Citizens condemn Duquesne way near the Exposition for dirt and piles of lumber and old iron. They urge the city to stop the rough use of city property and transform the water front into a pleasant park from Sixth street to Mechanical Hall.
Bar Association proposes pruning deed and mortgage forms to remove superfluous text. Committee says 20 year savings reach 1 300 volumes of 600 pages each and 780 000 pages of transcription with the new standards.
Henry K. McKallip and wife celebrated their fifty second wedding anniversary at home in Leechburg with all seven children present. Children include L B McKallip Amanda Armstrong Joanna Baren Sharpsburg James McKallip Mary Caldwell Henry F McKallip. grandchildren and friends attended. Both aged about eighty two and seventy three respectively and in good health.
Commissioner John D. Shafer and parties in the Slayton-Wyman contest examined ballot boxes in the Allegheny lockup but found nothing to report yet. The item reads as a period-voice update with unrelated ads and notices interwoven in the page.
In Common Pleas Court No 2 Tarbell versus the Pennsylvania Railroad continued as train dispatcher Culp testified on train movements and yardmasters described flood day observations near Conemaugh. Operators Ehrenfeld and Pickrell reported down wires and flooded lines, while others testified about washouts and dam danger as court adjourned with verdicts and ongoing trials.
In the Criminal Court yesterday Robert Weider was found guilty of felonious assault on a 10 year old. Thomas Haws was convicted of larceny and sentenced to six months in the workhouse. Camille Demanilli was convicted of felonious assault on A Dumont. Thomas Galbraith pleaded guilty to larceny of an overcoat and got one year in the workhouse. Charles Whittaker received nine months for assault and battery on his wife. Harry Moore faced a larceny charge with a motion to quash denied by Judge Collier as the jury is deliberating.
The will directs a 15 year trust for real estate in Pittsburg with executors BR Sherman and G B Fleming. Income to be shared among six children, then property divided equally. George Fleming may buy 412 Market street drug business. Sewickley residence goes to daughter Mrs. Hays as a home for herself and children, held free from any husband’s control or debts.
The grand jury yesterday returned true bills for James Alexander William Gurr P D Hoffstat Herman Hersch John Paxon Ralft Routh William Stewart Annie Williams Coleman Wallace assault and battery Lucy Jenkinson W B Rodgers aggravated assault and battery Annie Rippey alias Emma Morris larceny Mary Ann O'Brien George Worrell selling liquor without a license Mary Ann O'Brien selling liquor on Sunday The ignored bills included Eli Lewis Charles Rodgers H G Waltrover assault and battery John gers felonious assault and battery Henry Reibel August Saunner Jacob Reese larceny Frank Audry Jona Clark Morris Stern selling liquor without a license John Clark selling liquor on Sunday Mary Jarvis offense against morality.
Late news from Brier reports the steamer Wilson G. Hunt, a 149 Hudson river packet, burning at Victoria, B C. Other items note hull docks strike for wage increases, a bridge collapse rescue on the Missouri, and various European and domestic incidents.
The Department of Awards opened bids for sewer work on Boquet Evaline Forty second Kirkpatrick Howard Liberty Lowell Winslow Tustin Shetland Henry Keystone McCandless Twenty eighth and Wharton streets Lincoln Park Aiken and Webster avenues Horcum s and Wright s alley. W J Donn was the low bidder on most contracts with many bids rejected for improper signing and certification. The vault painting contract was awarded to Albert Burnett for 20 dollars and file cases bid to be reviewed this afternoon.
The special committee reviewing the Chief of Public Charities resolution did not meet as planned. Assistant City Attorney Burleigh conferred with Chief Elliot about an ordinance, which he prepared but will not publish until consulting City Attorney Moreland, returning from Harrisburg on city business this morning.
Internal Revenge Collector Warmeaastle plans a Washington officer visit to aid a campaign against liquor dealers dodging U S license fees. He says opening his speak-easy on one will be a fight to the mist.
In the first days of operation the new trial system shows speed and focus. District Attorney Johnston’s clerks pre sift witnesses, reducing extraneous testimony and leaving concise evidence for juries. Today’s session lists numerous defendants including Cathanng Nouweiler and George Patterson among others.
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