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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1890
Page
5
In Erie a city council sought an injunction to force Pennsylvania Gas Company to resume supplying gas to manufacturers and abandon its plant project. The court ruled councils may grant street use but cannot impose conditions, noting the gas company's city revenue exceeds $400,000 yearly.
Nearly a year after Mrs. Join M Cowan was placed in Dixmont for withholding a German inheritance her husband sought control of the child. A hearing in New Castle led to an agreement granting Cowan custody of the son with separation to follow. The boy refuses to live with his mother and an uncle will care for him until the case is settled in court.
East Liverrock May 1 Intelligence reports the death of Philip Dyke a prominent Elk Kan township resident and severe injuries to his daughter after a lightning strike struck their house last Saturday evening Mrs Dyke and another daughter were present but escaped unhurt The strike damaged a rafters and left owl marks on the roof while the rest of the room inmates remained unharmed
May 15 at Roonesten Carl Miller aged 13, youngest son of Mia Daniel Maller of West Bridgewater, drowned near the dam at the mouth of Beaver river while playing in a flatboat. A search is ongoing for his body. Meanwhile the body of William Gramer, who drowned in the Ohio at Water Cure, was found this afternoon.
At noon in ScottspaLe May 13, General Lynch emphatically refused reinstatement for four discharged Valley works miners. United Mine Workers officials Rae and Watchorn were sent to Lynch for a long conference, during which the company’s actions were fully sustained and miners urged to honor the agreement.
At a stockholders meeting the Pittsburg Youngstown and Ashtabula Railroad elected Caleb B. Wick W Boots Bonnell J G Rutter Jr Youngstown William Mulline J N McCulto William Thaw Jr Pittsburg G B Roberts M Hutchinson Philadelphia H Morrison Agios C Fisk Ashtabula John N Hutchinson Philadelphia John E Davidson Pittsburg Treasurer Sidney Lapgoit Pittsburg Secretary
Mrs. William McClelland of Union drowned herself after writing a note naming her location. She tied a rope to a tree and weighted her skirts with stones before entering the creek. Her family had suffered fire and financial losses including a house barn and stock, leaving a sick husband and two children.
Newark May 11 A violent thunder storm struck the barn of J B Carver, setting it ablaze. Carver, inside, was rendered insensible but recovered. his wife saved the horses and harness as the barn contents burned. Loss about $0,000. Fire destroyed remaining structures.
A multifaceted local column reports a 23d convention in W for five organizations led by Mrs. Porren surrendering a marriage obfla taken during elopement. W.M. West arrested at Beaver Falls on murder connections. Sadir Presseey attempted iodine suicide in Youngstown but survived. Washington County Medical Society officers listed. Mrs Extranrn Nossy Tree fled after a White Cap notice. A prominent Chambersburg Woolen Company stockholder seeks a receiver. works idle two years with $2 claim. William Aker of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road shot, not serious, at Windsor. Boone county West Virginia land tract sold to a New York Pennsylvania West Virginia syndicate for $170000, rich in coal.
Commander Bowman H. McCalla, former commander of the Enterprise, was found guilty by court martial on five charges including striking a Navy member and maltreatment of subordinates. He is suspended from rank and duty for three years while retaining his present number on the list of Commanders. The Navy Secretary approved the sentence in a general order.
Everett Company to build a second factory with equal capacity, aiming for 160 pianos per week by October 1. The firm combines capital and brains, offering first class pianos at lower prices, with dealers eager for agency. Alex Ross of 187 Federal St Allegheny has ordered 350 pianos, cutting prices to 350 dollars in rosewood or 375 to 400 in mahogany and other woods, with cash or installment options. Challice-Prices and Jos Honne & Co. Penn Avenue Stores mentioned.
Advertisements promise unchanged loaf size quality and price despite Bour price rise. Jos Horne & Co. promotes summer weight mourning dress goods in all wool and silk blends. Bargains include French satines, Scotch gin lookalikes, carriages for babies, old time dress fabrics, suede mosquetai and more at deep discounts.
Jos. Horne & Co. offers ribbed pure silk ladies vests in white and colors with extra fine quality at only 75 cents each and a large assortment of finer grades.
The advertisement argues Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens the weak without stimulants. It claims the remedy builds health gradually by improving appetite blood purification and bodily nerve and digestive strength.
A batch of funeral notices and elegies for residents including Ows ton Best Ayres Johns Ten Knox Bennett Dawes Eckert Fleming Freund Gallagher Greenawalt Harvey Kerney Lofink McCulley McCleary McKelvey Purcell Stumbillig with details on dates times and burial venues in Allegheny City Pittsburg and nearby areas.
The Silk Department highlights price points for Stripes and Checks at 25c and 50c to 75c, plus India Silk Sale and best Shanghai Canton cloths with added styles. New spring woolens for costumes offered in 75c 85c 1 and 125 dollars, emphasizing value and style.
An advertisement promotes lace capes with raised shoulders priced from $4.99 to $324, cloth capes at $124 $149 $199 and up to $20, plus cloth and silk wraps for elderly ladies. It touts new stylish inventories and low prices, inviting visits to the parlors.
Value gloves offered at 690 and 99c with wide discounts. Real Kid 4-button gloves and Rebecca gloves in new shades. Ladies Silk Taffeta gloves at 24c and Pure Silk at 39c. silk mitts priced at 19c to 59c. Misses and Children's mitts included in the sale.
Bargain advertisement touts 550 dozen Ladies' Brilliant Lisle Hose in 100 designs with colors plus fast black priced low. Also 830 dozen Gents' Brilliant Lisle Hose and 825 dozen Ladies' Fancy Hose with fast black listed at 24c per pair. Includes Misses Boys and Children's hose and trio of three for $1. Grand values and cheap prices urged.
Hemstitched linens offered in a wide range: pillow cases at 125 to 150 dollars per pair, sheets 6 to 20 per pair, table cloths napkins and lunch cloths in many sizes and patterns. Huck towels 25 cents each or 3 dollars per dozen, with stronger options in Huck and Damask.
A compact item notes Horne and Ward at 41 Fifth Avenue. The brief text presents an address and business listing from the era, with no additional context or events mentioned.
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