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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1890
Page
4
The Lincolshire presents a unique compact cottage costing about 4 550 with mixed architectural styles. Interior richness emphasizes furnishings, draperies, rugs, and spacious closets while exterior detail remains restrained. Layout includes parlor library rear kitchen three main bedrooms on each floor and ample storage.
A. H. Mercer, master in the equity suit of Mathew McClure et al heirs of Abdiel McClure, files a voluminous report in Common Pleas No.2. The case, started in 1886 over four frame houses on lot 60 Homestead borough plan, has dragged on four years despite a modest amount involved.
The article describes architectural features including light yellow lower walls, cream white trim, and brown toned woodwork to create warmth and grandeur. It discusses interior rooms with specific furnishings, flooring, and drapery to enhance day and night views, along with color contrasts and decorative elements.
State Vice Councilor Stephen Collins of the Jr O U A M issues an order to all Allegheny county councils in the American Defense Association. Delegates and committees are instructed to attend Defense Committee meetings and not seat councils found to be aligned with the association seeking political influence for George Shiras for Congress.
Daily added entries showcase new black lace founcing and drapery net designs. Readable copy emphasizes attractive options and updated selections in the department.
Supervisor Oliver oversees selection for the census with rules on writing ability and integrity. Enumerators will receive commissions, oath requirements, and pay rates from two to twenty cents per item, plus travel restrictions, as the June start looms.
The material has been arranged and boiled down, with manufactured business statistics added, and forwarded to Washington. Our lighthearted Supervisor will breathe easier once the process concludes, though he plans to become a Poe man thereafter.
The case details ex mayor Lid dell's trial with a non-suit in a Lake Eria rail toad libel matter. Plaintiffs heirs of James Rees sue the City of Pittsburg and several officials over a Fourth Ward riverfront property used as a machine shop. They claim the city illegally dumps fill on the wharf area, hindering steamboat engine work, and seek an injunction and restoration to original wharf condition.
In Criminal Court ex mayor Robert Liddell faced a charge of aggravated assault and battery on Mrs Honora Clark. The alleged incident occurred when Clark confronted the Spencer and Liddell brewery over beer sales to her son and was allegedly violently ejected and injured. Liddell maintained Clark was abusive and nonviolent, and the jury deliberates.
The week ending May 13 brought dozens of patents to inventors in Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Items include pipe ball incandescent electric light bulb train signal window glass bar ground detector rope clam and more from cities such as Pittsburg Allegheny Akron Wheeling and Zanesville among others.
A Michigan case mirrors the Enoch Arden tale. John Hartsleep, once married to a Canandaigua woman, later separated, believed dead, and reconnected with his wife who then lived with Alphonse Cook. After years, she married John Granger, but Hartsleep arrived, claiming rights to his wife. He is ordered out, and the couple now reside together, with Hartsleep threatening prison if separated.
The article describes expected new gushers in the Cernopolle Field. Bridgewater Gas Company plans extensive operation while Eulow Company led by George Lashell prepares to drill at Enlow station on Montour railway. Observable wells include Gaily on Lashell property in Coraopolis and Kendall in the village, both promising producers. The Rider-Wylie well near O'Brien gusher sits 1,000 feet in the sand and is anticipated to produce, with other wells indicating growing activity due to increased patronage and an extended limited express.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers meets in Cincinnati with large delegate attendance. A resolution favors establishing a stand test for locomotives amid complaints about the absence of a standard. The session includes several technical papers read and discussed.
A fragment notes a baby’s delight with a buggy at Hawsen's Store located at 125 Federal Street. The text references springs on the buggy and a sale or display context. No additional details are provided.
The Orphans Court denied an appeal from Register Conner ruling that letters to administrators of the late John H. Shoenberger’s estate should be issued from Allegheny County rather than Philadelphia. Executors include the Pennsylvania Company for Lives and Annuities, Anthony J. Antello, Andrew Long, and J. M. Bronson.
The case of John Henry v Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Co and Superintendent E Holbrook on libel damages proceeds before Judge White. Henry testified he could not find work since publication. detectives tracked him for six weeks and he aided scalpers under A D Smith. Reed testified Holbrook used the phrase feathering nests. The court granted a non suit against the railroad. ruling on Holbrook to come today.
The Miller versus Pennsylvania Railroad Co case was heard in the United States Circuit Court. Defendants sought a non-suit on grounds tied to the 1863 Miller device. Judge Blodgett had previously ruled limited to that device, while the present hooks differed, leading to a possible non-suit. The judge granted the non-suit motion and the case stood over.
In United States District Court attorney Stillwagon argued for immediate sentencing of Jerry Miller after his conviction for running an illegal still in Forest county. Miller, out on bail and too poor to wait or return home, was sentenced to a $100 fine and one month in jail.
Ida Archibald filed a bill in equity against FE M Ferguson Walter Ferguson George Orth and T M Scan ton alleging a planned eight story building on the adjoining lot would place a five foot thick foundation on her land and seeks an injunction to prevent any wall or foundation intrusion onto her property.
A detailed docket lists Common Pleas cases in Nos 1 and 2 with parties including Biggert Reed MelIntire McCandless and several others, plus Criminal Court entries Commonwealth versus Agnes Tankert and others. Henry Zimmerman is acquitted of assault and battery on Joseph Donovan. The Will contest of Mary McD Haslett remains on trial. other convicts and hearings noted. An Allegheny National Bank suit against Canan Coal case and Monongahela Navigation Seizures are mentioned. Hardy & Hayes advertises trunks from $20 to $500.
A letter praises Krause's Headache Capsules praising personal trials by the writer and family. The text also advertises a range of goods from local retailers including trimming materials, cabinet photos, crayons, and trims with mention of prices and store locations.
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