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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1890
Page
7
Ebensburg May 11 A perilous ascent through Laurel Hill amid heavy rain and eighteen miles of mud. Four horses hauled the DisPatCh wagon to the summit while gipsy rumors and misty canopies framed the dreary climb.
A rambling column from Belsano Pennsylvania describes camp life with Bohemian tents and wary locals, followed by a trek past tents and rough roads into Ebensburg and Cresson. The piece discusses Cambria county road conditions, farmer sentiment on road reform, and the cost and logistics of building year round highways in the Alleghenies.
An account describes the Mountain House Park wagon route at Cresson showing scientific macadamising with deep under-courses and layered top, noting stone distribution for smooth roads. The piece mentions Prince Gallitzin’s tomb at Loretto and upcoming notes on Allegheny Mountain stage pikes and Portage Railroad history.
The Senate Committee favorably reported the bill granting an indefinite term to the President. Randher Axcona is named Minister to the Argentine Republic. A Spanish Chamber of Commerce will open soon. Dublan will decide the new railroad debt loan. Pacheco revises railroad charters for national benefit. Mexicans in San Luis allege a conspiracy by American railroad men. Yucatan imports Chinese and negro laborers from Cuba. Tabasco railroads may soon be established. Wharves are under construction on the coast. Guatemala reports political trouble under Barillas. Crops promise well, with the government as principal landholder.
Officer William Downey of the Southside died yesterday afternoon at his home 142 South Twenty-fifth Street from consumption. He had served on the Twenty-eighth ward patrol wagon until about a week ago, kept at his post through illness, and was regarded as an efficient officer. Formerly an athlete, he was appointed under Mayor McCallin and Dent of Public Safety. Funeral at 9 Tuesday at Holy Cross Church, with Southside police under Captain Stewart attending to St. Mary’s cemetery.
George W. Crane & Co., printers and blank book publishers, filed an assignment on Saturday afternoon. Liabilities total about 120000 dollars. Crane says assets are higher, as poor collections and ongoing losses followed a fire that destroyed the business over a year ago. Judge A B Quinton named temporary assignee.
Mrs Sarah Rabaugh 57 wife of James A Rabaugh took Rough on Rats in personal crisis this evening at Lima. She died within a half hour leaving a husband and several grown children. Domestic infelicity is the supposed cause.
The Central Labor Union refused admission to delegates of the Saloon Keepers' Union on the grounds they are not wage earners. Separately, Seeking Freedom and Dollars notes 972 steerage immigrants arriving in New York. A local ad promotes a life-size crayon for 350 dollars at Aufrecht's Elite gallery, 516 Market Street.
An advertisement promises a free 8x10 photograph of you or your children with a dozen cabinets at Hendricks Co No 68 Federal street Allegheny each day next week. It also offers cabinets at 100 per dozen and life size crayons for 300. Mothers are urged to have children photographed by Mr Alfrecht at the Elite gallery 516 Market street Pittsburg.
A tornado ripped through Akron on Saturday, destroying or badly damaging seventy five buildings and forcing about 75 people to seek shelter with friends. Injuries totaled 18, with several in critical condition, as families endured loss of homes and belongings. A Franklin Pa cyclone report followed, describing fatalities, injuries, livestock losses, and path details.
A telegram from Youngstown reports two marriages in Franklin. Mr. J. B. van Dusen, a local businessman, will wed Miss Jennie A. Ridgway next Tuesday at noon at the Ridgway residence. Miss Like Magay will marry Thomas Bell of Franklin at the same time and place.
Bold claims tout a cure for catarrh from simple cold to severe stages. Thead copy extols local and constitutional benefits, describing a kit with one bottle Radical Cure and one box of Ca ee Berane, manufactured by Potter Davuc & Chemical Corporation, Boston.
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