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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1889

Page

3

Celebrated Supreme Court case over 70 acre Brad township land

The People’s Savings Bank vs Christian Denig terre tenant challenges title to a 70 acre tract in Brad township with notices to multiple parties. The dispute traces to 1815 and Lydia Wallace’s estate, with trust, estates tail, and life interests argued amid complex conveyances. Juries and appeals feature extensive questions of femes covert and sole powers and multiple defendants.

Supreme Court People’s Savings Bank Christian Denig Benjamin F. Wilson Woods’ Eun Saving Fund and Loan Association James Wallace Amelia Gilleland Irwin Irvin Brad Township Wilkins Township Common Pleas No.1 Allegheny County Daleell, Scott and Gordon People's Savings Bank N. W. Shafer Joseph A. Langfit Montooth Brothers J. M. Garrison and Marshall & Imbrie Shafer Barnet Gilleland William Lydia Wallace James & Wallace John W. Wylie Thomas J. Jack

Judge Refuses Charter for Master Horseshoers Union

Judge Ewing refused to approve the charter proposed by Henry Baker and others for the Master Horseshoers Union. The judge questioned the union’s declared purposes as potentially illegal and warned that incorporation could shield members from consequences of illegal acts. He found the charter aims ill defined and declined to grant it.

Janze Ewing Master Horseshoers’ Union Henry Baker J. BR. Arthurs Samuel McCartney Andrew Patenbach William Frazier Stephen A. Vetter William Breese Ewing Pespanes ‘Corporation Encom Arad Hussenmers Cale Pitsburg Alleehen Mats

Disorderly House Trial For Woodruff Couple

Charles and Ann Woodruff stand trial before Judge White charged with maintaining a disorderly house at 29 Second Avenue. Police testimony details frequent police calls and a mixed crowd, with officers citing the establishment as a barber shop and boarding house in appearance.

Charles Ann R. Woodruff Jodge White Second Avenue Denniston

Supreme Court hears Richards separation deed case and more

The court reviewed appeals from multiple cases including Thomas Richards and his wife on a 1886 separation deed and alimony order, a will dispute by James Knox, ejectment for three lots in Allegheny, and actions against the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad and others. The docket also includes appeals regarding a Penn Bank check dispute and a coal washing machinery balance claim.

Supreme Court Thomas Richards Quarter Sessions Court Richards William Carson Adam Sylvester Fuhe Hugh McDonald Allegheny James A. Knox Orphans' Court Knox Emer Harriet O ' Court William C. Guffey Decrees of Common Pleas Nelson Fae Edward M. Yard J. Y. Breese Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Company Appea Railroad Company Common Pleas Thirtieth Ward O Briges & Drum Common Pleas No

Not Guilty by Insanity in Kelner Assault Case

Franz Kelner, a German living on Nineteenth Street, was found not guilty by reason of insanity on an assault and battery charge brought by his wife Catherine. The trial featured Kelner's rambling testimony about banishing the devil, crude acts at home, and a jail transfer likely to Dixmont.

Franz Kelner Catherine Kelner Kelner Nineteenth Street Ben Jud White Marshall Kenner Dixmont

Browne v Bailey Farrell Co master reports favoring Bailey Farrell Co

Edward Browne holder of gas grate and burner improvements claims shop right was altered to sole right by Bailey Farrell Co Browne says no account kept and seeks decree to set aside agreement Master reports in favor of Bailey Farrell Co and recommends dismissal Browne. Also trial of H Clayton Williams for embezzlement on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ends with jury to decide. he allegedly diverted coupons from LCM tickets and kept the cash.

William R. Blair Edward Browne Bailey, Farrell & Co Browne Hte Bailey, Farrell & 10 Bailey, Farrell H. Clayton Williams Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Franceschillo Murder Trial Delayed in East Liberty

Giovanna Franceschillo's trial for the murder of his brother Michael Franceschillo was postponed from yesterday to today as counsel were not ready. The brothers, both Italian laborers, allegedly fought over a card game at their East Liberty boarding house where Michael was killed.

Giovanna Franceschillo Michael Franceschillo Franceschillo East Liberty

JoupGEEWING orders insane inmates moved to Dixmont

Yesterday JoupGEEWING ordered Ellen Callaghan Eliza Parsons and Hannah Williams insane inmates of the jail removed to the Dixmont insane asylum. A probate filing notes the late Mrs Maria J Heed leaves nothing to Shady Avenue Baptist Church and the remainder to daughters. A lunacy committee is authorized to sell Sterretts interest in Lindsay Sterrett Co to James Lindsay for 16020. A land dispute suit seeks a 225 per acre two acre sale in Mifflin township. A public sale by the U S marshal involves Ferdinand and Mary Ann Marz in Carroll township Cambria County with property including a house mill and 8 acres sold for 1500.

Ellen Callaghan Eliza Parsons Hannah Williams Dixmont Maria J. Heed Shady Avenue Baptist Church George B. Sterrett Sterrett Lindsay Sterrett & Co James C Lindsay Levi E. Felty D. K. Calhoon Felty Calhoon Mifflin Township Astrep Ferdinand and Mary Ann Marz Carroll Township Cambria County Tenons Revy Aitooua New Castle I's Crawford House M. Crawford Mission Church Hard Street Allegheny Wederal Street Colonel Andrews Jas. W. Drape Fourth Avenue Pit

Castor Oil's Notable Lure in Early Remedies

The record notes castor oil as a historically vile yet effective laxative, valued before modern medicine. It cites a price of 25 cents and mentions Mack Drug Co of New York as a source.

Hamburg Mack Drug Co N.Y. Tsu

Election returns show Rowand trail by 9,483 with 16 districts left

Unofficial tallies from Allegheny county detail Rowan d and Johnston votes with Rowand behind by about 9,500 as 16 districts yet to report. Coroner McDowell appears to have carried less than expected, while McDowell’s strength lags behind the party ticket in several wards and rural districts.

Allegheny County Rowand Johnston W. M. Price Rothona Pittsburg Allegheny McDowell Beltzhoover Boyer Bigler Ninth Tenth Tenth Ward Bigter C. L. Magee

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