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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1890
Page
8
John Paradine faced Judge White on an involuntary manslaughter charge for the killing of veterinary surgeon J. M. Campbell after a taunting incident. Defense counsels argued self defense and juror-drawing faults, but the jury convicted Paradine after brief deliberation.
In a United States District Court ruling yesterday Simon Fritz alias John Falk was found guilty of passing counterfeit money. Police arrested Fritz in Allegheny with 118 counterfeit half dollars. John Pfeiffer from Chicago was also captured while fleeing and is en route to trial. Detectives traced the pair across Detroit Cleveland Columbus and Pittsburgh distributing the coin. authorities say Reese and Porter on the South Side had similar coins.
James H. Lindsay filed the report as appraiser of Captain R. C. Gray's interest in Park Brothers & Co. Limited. The firm had $2,000,000 capital stock and 4,000 shares of $50 each. Gray owned 52 shares and other assets included stocks and real estate. The May 1894 stock value was $568.23 per share, totaling 829 shares, with loans and accounts totaling $508,179.50. The appraiser recommends fixed price and cash sale to the firm, payable in 90 days.
Daniel and Tobin of Me yesterday won $725 against Western Union Telegraph Co for delays and inconveniences caused by a telegram error. Tobin’s sister drowned in New York. a coroner’s telegram misread Staten Island as South Carolina, leading Tobin to travel seeking the body and initiating the suit.
J R Meredith sued Police Officers Alex Bovard and Andrew Scott for false arrest after an alleged incident on a sidewalk corner. Magistrate’s ruling was overturned by certiorari and a jury awarded Meredith 62 dollars in damages for the incident.
The grand jury returned a true bill against Joseph Lynch a West End car driver charged with using males to defraud. Morton Hunter moved to quash the indictment arguing the act wasn’t contemplated by the statute and that fraud must occur to carry it out. The defendant had written to a Detroit contact asking him to make similar items used on the West End road. The court took the papers.
A bill in equity filed by W K McEparney and others of Mufflio township accuses McKessport and company of building a bridge at Duquesne and Pencord Company with Jarrett as superintendent of the superstructure of trespass on their land. Plaintiffs pray for an injunction to stop further encroachments while Harvey Bollman’s will is filed.
A collection of court case listings and estate references appears, including matches of heirs and executors, multiple firm names and defendants, and several docket items. Names such as Green & Co Mulr Tarentum Shapera Mackey DeRoy Gombos Bauzasx Kopner Voight Arbuckles Chadwick Ewing Denne Harrison Roddy Connors Reserman Wood and others appear alongside assorted case numbers and entities.
Thomas M Marshall Jr moved for a new trial in the Killian murder case. A $500 allowance was granted for additional fees. Verdicts favored plaintiffs in several suits including Ganacher vs Ebsack for 337 and a $6008 award in the Beilstein vs Moon case. Other items include a divorce commissioner named, demurrer overruled in Fulton vs Cambria Iron, and a juvenile assault case with mixed verdicts.
The field outlook is unchanged. Wildwood output may not exceed 5 500 barrels daily. Harly shows no oil in 12 feet of sand. Ringheisen sits four bits in the sand with little sign of oil. Duff City fifth sand rumor unverified. Kerr, Paterson & Jones see 35 to 40 barrels hourly. Duff City report unlikely. Bakerstown Butchers declines to eight barrels hourly. Guckert & Steele and Saxonburg gusher also falling. Chartiers Dickson 4 shows promise near Steinmilter. Bull Creek near Waverly, West Virginia, eyed at 15 to 20 barrels, owners hope for 50. National Transient pump station at Shannopin burned. Jack's Run 10 to 15 barrels per day rumor proven false. News of Jamestown sale and new tract near Shannopin with 290 acres and 22 wells producing 160 barrels daily. Dowling and Finnegan sale details and price noted. Rudyard Kipling serial THE DISPATCH rights secured. publication starts November 8.
Dr. C. O. Stout notes how mental fatigue hinders business and recovery. New wool dress goods arrive with 52 inch wide plaids and checks priced per yard. Listings from Penn Avenue stores promote cassimere plaids, Scotch styles, and other fabrics with Daily display notes and brand names.
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