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CITY .OD SUBURBAN.
The . Preillerat, population :44...1kileghany
estimatecrats4,ooo..
Gongh-delivers his third and list I,oeture
before the Youtiii:lden's , Sferehntile• ASS&
ciatfon this evening at the - Acadetny . of
nude. :The subject is ollabit."
Allegheny Counclls.—The new Allegheny
Councils will meat in their 'chambers to
morrow•ettening-for the purpose of electing
city ciffiCtirs for the ensuing year.
Parade.:—TheiPittsburgh police are drill
ing preparatory to a parade-of the force,
which will take place on the day previous
to,the retirement from office of the present
Electett.w—The,Board of Directors of the
Farmers' and Mechanics! Bank, Birming
ham. have elected George Duncan,' Esq.,
President ; - and Mr. Voight Cashier, of the .
'lnstitution. , .• • ,
Heavy ,Sale, of Real- Estate. 7 ,The total
value of the property, the deeds ,for which
were flled'ite the Recorder's office on Sat
day, amounted t 0.1232,125. An: aectirite
'list of all the dee. flied will be found in
another imlumn, :,
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In justice to Juba R;ldeiteelof thid oity
we would state- that he was not' the prose
ctitori n thelnfernialmn: maddijiainet
llama for keeping a gambling saloon. • John .
N. McKeb, who' allegeli he was victimized,
resides - in Birmingham.
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There *ere th_ee hnn re andnnety
new bnildings-eretteditt Allegheny during ,
the year 1868. It is stated that "fully one
• half of these are spacious priCke, with
pressed brick fronts, and cut, stone dress
sin a, with the most, elaborateappointinent
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The Pittsbuith - Christian ;{"ti of
last week had one of its editorial nolumns
draped in mourning, and devoted to an
~.obituary
ri ogce of Rev.. Charles Elliott,
M.D., late one Of the most distinguished
divine's of the Methodist Episcopal denoin
ination, who disci a few days ago in Mount
Pleasant, lowa,
.Robbed.—A gentleinan by the' name of
R. Brittm, of New Orleans, Was robbed
of 1400 in money on the Panhandle ex
press traps' 'from' Pitttiburgh,' which' • ar.
_rived at Cincinnati at 11 o'clock night
before last. The money was taken from
.tlie pocket of Mr. Brittin Picea; which hung
in his apartment in the sleeping car.
Itakery Robbed.---Tho bakery - Of Messrs.
liircithfif,.lrwin street, was entered,
by burglate iit - ' en early hour on Saturday
- Aorniug atitetcibbeti bf 'some foity dollars
in • nickels,' 'which had been left in the
drawer. This is the second time this estab
lishment has been robbed within a few
months. N,oelge has,been obtained of= the
terpetratorei -
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Taken Oier.—Edward ,Nan, convicted of
horsestealimg- and sentenced to one year
and six months iriiprisoixtent;
Mali], sentenced ' to two years , sad
months for a similar offense, and Wm.
Mdimrly, sentenced for fiftealliniontbs for
vngaging in tile riot at O'Neill,'s kmd,works,
were, all taken" over to the. Western Pent;
tantiary on:Saturday afternoon,, ;
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To Street CentiiiThe littention ,of
;the grading 'mid' baiting' street cobtractois
is called to tbe City Engineer's advrertisel
meat, on , our4hird.pags, for grading, - pat=
ing and curbing of Wylie atreet - extenslOrs,
and Duncan street, from priwford street to
lirkpatrick — stiiiet.- -We understand i ltzis
the Intention of -the Street , Ccimmittei to
put this nadßtity tit once and haverit
shed by July, passible.
Goat Works at P n blic Sale.—We direct
the attention of our readers , to an adver
tisement in , amtper
Works at Public Bale onthe 20th, situated
on the B. 4ik. Ratified, in Guernsey
-county, Ohio . , .Tc those seeking a good in.!
vestment this i s a rare opportunity, as the
sale is positive and without _reserve. hiesirs.
Craft & Phillips; .deal Palate Agents, , No.
139 Fourth avense,llll give fall partieulars.,
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Professor Slean's Leetare on Allleracall
Liberty.—" The Alleigherty. Library Asnxis.;
ton announces to the -public that the emi
nent theolocian, Professorj. R. , W. Sloan,
has prepared a lecture on American Liber
ty, to be delivered for the benefit ortlili
brarv, on TueSday (to-morrow) everting, at.
1, Dr. J. 11.1" lark's ChTireh, corner of, Stock
ton avenrie and Sandusky. street, Alleghe
ny. The doors will be opened at seven and'
the lecture bttgin at eight o'Clock. r .Tickets' 50 cents Niel', for sale at the Library or at
the door. •
A Snit: of great importance to tbe 011
trade was decided in Philadelphia on Tues.
lay last.- The case was that of the National
Refining and Storing Co. vs. Lockhart,
Frew at Co-, of this city; The defend.
ants failed to deliver two thousand barrels
of relined oil -during the • alleged=corner.in
day last, and the - action was brought . to re
cover the difference between dontract and
market priee: Several important 'points:
were at Issue, all of 'widen were decided in
favor of plaintiffs, and a verdict in their
.favor given for $4469.-
more Meat •fileivires.—Assistant • Health
officer Williams, chi Saturday morning,
confiscated four sheep and a portion of a beef
alleged to :bo tainted and offered for sale
in the Diamond market by Patrick Bran
non. He alio confiscated several dressed
geese at ;the huckstering stand •of Patrick
Loge. Subsequently he made information
before Alderman Humbert against Brannon
for selling tainted meat-, A hearing in the
ease was appointed for Tuesday. The pen
'pity prescribed in such ewes is a fine of
not less than twenty-five - dollare nor more
• than two hundred.
Alleged False Pretences.—Recently
8. H. Watson; 'Ancor dealer at the corner
Of Liberty and Wayne streets, came to the
Mayer'S exilic* and made lnformation,charg.
ing - Patrick Gibbson with -false , pretences.
He, alleges the defendant bought liquors of
him on credit, to the amount- of sixty dot-
Jars, by representing that he owned, prop.,
arty to the amount of fbur thousand 'dot=
Lira: This representation,, it is alleged,
proved false. A warran t issued' and
placed in the hands ofodicer Messner.- Oa
Satiirday thit-offieer 'arrested the' licensed
at Sharon,,Pa, and 'brought Limo- to, this
city. Theo prlioner is in the watch-hootwe
awaiting a hearing. " . • ,
ittifMting . Affrik3r,
'Yesterday. inorning, 'about one o'clock,
,
an Mr. David Bennett and Mr. James Sims
were passing along Wylie street, near High,
some unknown person fired , a pistol ;at
them, the , ball taking effect „in thegroinlof
Mr. Bennett; inflicting a, very painful
wound. -He was removed to .Neeland:o
hotel, in tilt) First; ward, • and the ban Was.
`extracted by It is thought
that the ntsund, though severe and 'pain
•
ful will not. proveeerions.
SUgftt Flre. •
On Saturday morning,. about 11 o'clock,
the floor of the -grocery : store of W.
on Webster\avenue, near Seventh,
was diaccivertid , t thjJfe tire. Art
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was sounded froili doz 35, which
'the elle n tiral4i6' t4 . 16h Li 3 SI, the' ,
fire was extlnintsb.ett. before •,ttbs‘lsairted
very much headivay. The 104tIviil, Arouse
bly be live hundred 4ollare f f ' which Is cov
ered by insurapcoin ; the Cumberland Val
ley Insurance Compapy Tho . , fire ie sup€,
posed to httveterfkluated , froth .• coal frOte:
be stove drop p i ng, 'the-floor: .Ueiitu'e.
Button and `M.? lay Owned the banding.
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PARHANDLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Orronerls Incarta!!) .
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Saturday mornitigtitin'TutyitniTildindlod
by, Coroner Clawsonto inyestigate,tne cir-,
c &mita' ric v iti 'ittertiffinii the late" - keeident oat:
the . Panhandle Railroad at Cork's Run,
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,by Which Rev. J. - G. Archer; of Clearfield;
Pa., J. C, McPherson, of Springfield, Ohio,
and John 'Aland, of Pittsburgh, werokilled,
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assembled at the Coroneris office, when the
following testimony was adduced I
Dr.• E. hr. Walker, sworn—On Tuesday.
morning received a dispatch to attend the
persons injured by the accident. Went to
Mr. Wycoff's and found Henry C. Burnett.
Found on examination that he 'had severe
bruises on. his -.cheat, and also a contusion
about the left eye and left side of nis face,
which he said were caused by accident to
the sleeping car at C,ork's Run. After
wards the , body of John O. McPherson was
• brought in. Found - severe cuts and frac
tureslan various parts of the body, and se
vere contusion on the base of the skull.'
The concussion of the brain caused by this
contusion undoubtedly caused his death.
AAfterwards 'examined • the ,body-. of John ; ;
land. (A, hypercritical JUior, demanded
;from witness .proof of the identity of the
body.- This having been given the witness
was per tted to go mi.), COuld'find no ex
,ternal in ries sufficient to, haver' caused
death: t ere were no bruises visible,
4 .• Dr .....4. . Murdock, swiarm—Was called
on TuesdaY evening• to examinn the.body of
a stranger, *fiti was: field_ to have been
taken from the wreck at o:irk's run. . Did
not know his name. 'Vs body was lying
at Devore's undertaking establishment.
Compound fracture of the left leg had been
sustained, and severe bruises on the' lower
part of the abdomen: and on the chest.
These bruises, I think, (mused ' death.
-Think the body had been in the water, but
the _bruises would have caused death in any
J. B. Dorringtan; sworn--Tho body
brought to Devore's was that of Rev. J. G.
Archer, of Clearfield, Clearfield county,
Pa. Rave heard that he Was about forty
years of age. Theriarne%of the' men who
were taken.to Mansfield were - John Aland;
of Pittsburgh,, conductor of sleeping car,
7:d J. O. filoPhereon, of Spring fleld e Ohio.
' Aland was about- twenty-seven years. of
age, and 'McPherson thirty-fiTe. - Had the
body of Mr. Archer taken in charge if by cilia
:of my men to Clearfield, about twenty-it:Mr
hours after the:accident: ; I arrived. at the
scene of the accident about half-pitst nine
o'clock on the mornink, of the occurrence.
Found our • Men' watching 'the bodies
of the killed. I had two of the bodice,
removed to- Mansfield./ The body of Mr..
Archer was found in • the run after I
had left with the others. Think the acci
dent was caused altogether by. the heavy
rains, and the alternate freezing and thaw..
ing, causing the earth of the embankment
to settle. We had been troubled to some
'.extent. with, slides on the track: This train
took the siding to avoid a slight elide that
had occurred the other 'track. The aid
ing was used frequently, and is intended to
be need r eventuallYias a main track. The
accident occufFed twelve -or thirteen Iran
.dred feet from the place where the train
plased-Lupon the aiding. The aiding -had
bewindaily , use .for over\ a'itnolth; and:
tilerewas no suspicion that it was unsafe.
• ,fohn sworn Ain;' condpcf&K•
train •NC. 6, on the Pahluindle Raltead. -
Left , Pittsburgh ,at . three o'clock on the
morning of the accident. Passed upon the
siding at 3:35. Was a little delayed by hay
ingto Olean snow from thp switches. Waa
„Witt:ldled that there was a slip on the, main
track. The engineer and myself went for..
ward and saw the slip, and t 6 avoid de
lay concluded to take the aiding, * and did
so.' Were going horn four to six 'milts per
ruAur.-,. at the time of the accident.
Was- On the ,engine at the time. While
,tbe "engine was passing over the filli I felt
what thoug,ht was 4tlowloint., Shortly.
afterwards the bell •on the engine - rang..
Looked 'back and saw the ear going down
31refrank. Stopped the engine immedi
ately. Had PORSidered ther.eidhig - as safe
as the main track. Were passing over it
very. slowly.. The track was eucered with
-snow and we could See no defects. After
tile car had jumped the track, it went no
more than ten or' fifteen feet' before going
down. Don't know how',Many persona
were In the car, but the brakeman told me
.that- when we left Pittabtfrgh there were
sit passengers; all men.
9itirge 0.-Pirkerelt.• dworri-Ain' engineer
one engine No. 24, Panhandle_ Railroad.
Left Pittsburgh on time Tuesday morning . ..
.fear-where the accident occurred was sig
.nalled by the track watchman. 4topped,
and waiust. :Ad said there was la slip on .
the, main'.trabk, and storieewere WI:"
ing. ,He thought we could not get through.
The conductor- and I went abd ascertained
that, We could' not get , by without '
We backed to Switch and took siding. In
passing over fill felt only a low joint. Then
felt'ajerk, Loolied back add. sawkar We
ing down. Stopped the engine instantly,
`and the conductor and thyself went down.
Searchedan 'about for bodies. There was
some fire in the wreck, and I put it out as'
Boon as possible.. Other men found two'
bodies: Took , them from, the wreck-and
_left them .613 the ground. - Some portions of
- the wreck had fallen into tlie run. At the
time of the accident we were running
hardly six miles an hour. Stopped' in less
than two car lengths.
john S. Edwards, sworn—Am baggage
&aster on train No. 6 Left Pittsburgh on
• time Tuesday morning. After passing upon
the siding heard a crash,,. Looked back and
saw car going 'down ;tile 4rtek. Oil. going ,
back I. found brakeman of the wrecked car,
coming up the bank. We were <running
very stow at.the time of- the accident; not
over five miles an hour. Consider that the'
seeldent was unavoidable.
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• Wesley Gales, sworn-4M' brakeman and
was on the.sleeping,car that was wrecked.
Wan In the car at the time of the accident.
The conductor was sitting by the stove, on
the hind seat. We occupied these positions
when we passed upon the siding. We pulled
on the siding very slowly. Yelt a Slight
thr; knew something was wrong, and palled
e bell rope. There threw myself on the
Hoot and grasped the arm of one of the
seats. The car had not gone more than'
half its length before it turned over. 'The
front end skirted ,Sown sret , am if it were
going down end' foremost. It ' surged
around, however, and rolled over and over.
Saw nothing of the rest of the train until I
got rtht of the wreck. The conductor told
me, before that there were six passengers in
the eat, all men. •
Jae.' 8. Bareard, sworn—A.m. brakeman,
ontrain No. 6.- - ,Was braking in front at
the time •cif the 'accident. , After 'being,
flagged we backed about 'a ear .length to
the switch, r and: ran . upon the siding.
'About three hqndred yards from the
mouth of the swith felt a Jar, as if'we had
plLssed a low Joint .f..oi:iked back and
saw. what I Supposed:ems a car going down
the bank; and heard a •crash. Were run
ning about four miletand a half an hour.
Ran not more than two car lengths aher
,the aecident. The trunk frame and other
• portions of the wreck
_,.ere' ,hurning, and
.we went down to see Whether there were
any,.persons 4p danger of burning: No
person wastfijured by the Bre. I helped
get Mr. Barnett out of the wreck. The jar
I felt, I suppose, was caused by the break-
Aug of the coupling. Rave ran over this
-siding many times. Have considered it
just as safe 'as the main track.. Know of no
'other accident occurring id the immediate ,
vicinity ef this 'place. ' • • , ,
M. J. Becker, sworn—Am Resident" Engi
neer:of the Panhandle Railroad. The em
:hankment, at the place of the accident,4s'
ninetY feet high fro the rail fn in
the betto
of the - run. W from the
I came upon this road.
in Aprli, 1867, the embankment was not
cignpleted..• The track was supported : on
trestle work: - Bitioe`then - We have been con
stantly at work Ahere4lling up the ,tresile,
with solid embankment. About the
encA of Novemberlast'theetubarikinenkWas
eompleted unto grade, aMetivith -Hum-
clent-to carry two tracks. It was uptiu a.l
O l
Yery:earefueiilithitertY eitifig'llei o
fig con
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1 1 1+1 1 8BITROff GAZETTE! MONDAY. .TANt'AIIII le, 1869.
structed in regular layers from the 'leg*
il gua eonstants futdll4 it
being built made it Very solid:, at, 0
- tithe thirfaitCk Wel being liird Die
sidered it as safe as any other pli!,4* og the
road. It had never - before.been FCso good
a condition. The curve here itinthnr Aga
than a six degree curve. .
A. 13. Carey, sworn—Am Reath:taster on
Was
0;010 Penh/Min gall::
W er a n s called - upon to lay the track on
r th oa e d e . east ern
which the accident ,occurred, and`consider
ed• the embankment safe to lay the track
upon: Before , laying any, ties stet spread
fine ballast to the depth of tea inches.
Placed first class ties on this,, two and a
half feet apart. Iron, sixty-four pound rail,
Joined by fish plates. Filled in, inter spik ff
ing, with, stone ballast. Had used the
Hiding about four weeks before the accident.
•It is intended to use the track as ope of the
Main tracks: ~The. heaviest engines on the•
read: have been passing over the track.
Was at the place of the accident the day
before the accident, and discovered nothing
out of the way with the track. Considered
it perfectly safe. Was over thebtrack the
morning after the accident. ' Found that
the track had settled about a foot,at the
place whim the car went over. There were'
no signs f anything having been, washing;
away. It was merely a sinking of, the
ground caused by the' excessive rains.
Hava•been in charge of the road as Road
master eleven months; and the day, before' ,
the accident considered the track even safer
than at any previous time;
O. .73rashear, -sworn—Am agent 'Of the
road at Birminghammas sentito Cork's Run
on the morning of the 12th to examine the
condition of the wreck., Mr. Card % the Su
perintendent, sent me; reached thereabout
.nine sirchrkt-examined the track and found
that the wreck had been eatteed by th e s li p .
p httg _ 'assay 01 the embankment - - under • the
track; thitik it had' given, away about six
feet; the track had sunk about six inches, I
think; the loWeat point had settled. about
nine inches . under the right hand reit,
ins west; the ear had, I think, run we ve
r
or fifteen feet beyOnd the sink before it left
the track entirely; part of the wreck lay in
the run, and part of it on top of the arched
culvert; the entire embankment for twenty
five feet of the culvert had settled; but the
greatest was at the point Where the accident
occurred; at the time the train passed
along the siding, it weuld, think, have
been dangerons.for it to .have passed . ever
the main track, even after the slide had
been removed, as the slides still continued;
consider it unsafe for trains to run along
beside that hill on a wet day, on the main
track.'
Nathan Rook, swi,lll—AM the Watchman
on the Panhandle Railroad, from the west
'side of the .COk's run dump to the Saw
Mill rub bridge. Was on the road all , of
Monday night; saw nothing wrong with
the siding; there was a fall on the main
track, and I hadto • deg the train down;
theic, had been three or four during the
night, but they had all been cleaned away
except the last one; was over the siding
several times, the last time not more than
an hour before the train came along; thi,nk
it would' have been unsafe to pass a 'alibi
over the main track, as the elides were
liable to occur at any time.
John Mungar, aworn—Am division lima
on the road; on the lith inst. I had been
working on bothlracks on the fill. princi
pally on the main track; wherever I-would
find the road at all out of line I repair‘ci it;
Where the accident, ;occurred the track
eeaied all right; N0..19 freight, the heav
ieston the read, passed over the place sbu•
tween five and tfirro'clock; and 'produced
noteffect; the company takes every pre
caution to prevent accidents here; felt no
apprehensions of accident:when I left the
Place at night.
Micitue/ lfridd(gari.,.sworn---Am contrite
tor. I commenced and finished the filling
up of the Cork's Run embankment, end
carried it on strictly according to directions,
'and built it of excellent materials.. ,Idsy in.
structions were given positively Several
tithei in the month, and were, correct, ac
cording to the best of my knowledge.,
The.testimony here clolsed and the jury
retired. After a protracted absence they
returned and rendered the following ver
dict : ,
"That the deceased came to their deaths
son January 12, 1889, at or near Cork's Run,
Cbartiers township. by an accident on
the 'Pittsburgh, Columbus and Cincinnati
Railroad, mid we further believe that said
accident was caused by as embankment
giving way, owing, to the severe Tahiti which
allowed the track to settle, and that from
the evidence before the jury, all due cap
tion was observed by the employes, of the
road to keep the track in order." -
Another/link __Eotthen'T-Esr,ape of . the ,
Perpetrator.- • ,
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We have to record 'ancither bold baiik
,
robbery thitemorning. • Saturday afternoon
about two o'clock, a gentleman named Far
,
guts, doing business at Elizabeth, Pa., on
the Monongahela riser entered the
atignal flank, corner of Market street
and Fourth avenue, for the purpose of get
ting the coupons on four thousand six hun
dred dollars worth of United States five
twenty bona, which"he had deposited with
the bank. The coupons were detached by
the Cashier ) , Mr. Smith, and the bonds fold
'ed lir a common envelope and laid on the
counter. Mr. F. said he Fished the cou
pons to be exchanged for 'more bonds.
Whi4e Mr. Salith stePped back to Make the
change, the original bonds were left ling
on the! counter in the envelope. At this
instant Mr. F.. was Budd - a - My jostled by
someone, and upon turning round, faced 'a
• young man who apologized for his rudeness",
and , ofd nqnired ' , where is ,Brady'lle-Banking
Howse." . Uoon being, directed he disap-'.
peared and - Mr. F. turned to-the counter
again - to find the envelope with the bonds
missing. Suspicion at once attached itself
to the . yonng man who had disappeared a
fewmoments before, and as soon as 'possi
ble the detectives were made acquainted
the cihninstances. Mr F. could give no
description of the chap. further than he was
a young man without whiskers. There is
a great many young men„ without whis
kers, none , of them. would relish , being
taken for, bank robbers or rogues of any
\sort. The detective Will be sharp who
secures the thief on such a clue. The agle
am of the bold robber, at the Peoples Na
tional Dank seems to have encouraged the
fraternity .and opened fort them a new and
profitable field for operations, al
though it is somewhatl hatardosis, and will
in the _end, probably, lead some of them
into trouble.. • „ - F- .
Our readers will remember that some
months ago George Seigrist, who was atone
time the proprietor of the hotel at the cor
,
nor of Seventh avenue and 'Grant streets,,
was charged with certain irregularities of
conduct while acting as'agent for an Wir,
once' company. • It was alleged that, when
called upon to render an account of his
stewardship, he was "short" several hun
dred dollars: lie was arrested and i•equest
ed the officer to wait until he should go and
put, on his coat. The cfficer waited and
George went in, The supposition la that he
came out again also, but gad waiting °Meet
had no cognizance of that fact. ;After tarry
ing a good while he , went to look for his
prisoner and found him not. Nothing
further was heard of Beigrist until about a
'month ego.' At that time a• man came'to
the Mayor's office, and told officer Mesa
• ner that one of hid boarders bad sidone"
him out of about five buhdred.thilliiit
:had gone to Chicago: - Officer : Messner wrote
to officer George Shuman of that city con
' Cerning the man, He received an Rawer
to• the effect that no such man was to be
found there. but a man named George SW
-
grist was keeping a tavern Chleago,fand
that the man inquired for would be likely.,
to atop at his house.: Officer Messner showed'
the letter to the, boarding house keeper.
ur
A fed.sys since Officer Pres** proceeded
10 - Chlbago With a requisition and,on Satur
day-arrested Sdigrist: .
.arrived here t.s
terdav afternoon with his prisoner, whom
liblpged in jail, • , - • •-• ,
MEMO
•Caugbt at Last.
'(!LiEls cal rloVlM - 4°„=
In Friday's Mutt . . , :/t, tmder,the coition
of "an encounter with blaig - fan" We - fur-
Atiltu.,od the' full; particulars of a thrilling
,
an lesperate struggle befween Mr. .Tohn
4, Davis. of Franklin street, .131zrall?g,ham,
'ttld an unknown burglar who had e ffected
an entrance into tlad welling of •,the assail
ant. The fight was close and desperate,
andi*orsted ift the combat, with; hie body
almost cut into.nainch meat, the - thlef , beat
'a retreat, The next morning blond, stains
on the snow revealed the route taken by
the burglar in making his escaye, but the
carmine trace was lost at a Certain point,
and the search for the thief was abandoned. .
Rumor was busy yesterday, in circulating
the story that a butcher, beautifully'
illustrated with choice cuts, bad been
discovered, and that the evidence of
his guilt , was conclust.ve. It was told
.tha t the butcher had inicle a dying declarei
, tion that he was cut on the same night th
bloody encounter took place,. not' b
Davis, but while eugaged in defending hi
own sausage shop from the ravages of
hungry thief who had gained ingress. TI4
belied butcher , lived convenient ,to Mr.
Davis, and, of course.. was much incensed
that such a report should obtain, oironla.
tion, for It was no pleasant thing to have
aaidthat he - Waal"burglar and had bees cut
by an acquaintance in such h serious man
ner. There is no truth in _the story about
the butcher, and we presume the wag who
started the canard had - reference to;. the
choice/cuts of beef adorning the hooks and
pins of his shop; - '
In order to discover the truth - or falsity
of the, story Just disposed of, we visited
Birmihgham last night and Were -Informed
by a responsible gentle Man of a quite dif
ferent rumor which had reached his ears,
whiCh may possibly mealy° itself into
fact to-day and thus unravel what is now a
mystery regarding the identity of the cut
thief. * The story has , two parts. On the
morning after the desperate encounter a
'Weak gild feeble man, with his bead tied up
in a bundle of rags, and his hand clenching
the lapel of his coat as though•stutling his
inner shirt into a gaping wound, might
have been seen ,tottering along the snove
covered road leading to Brown's - coal
works and other places on the Mononga
hela river. He was not tottering alone,
b.bwever i
for two ; stalwart men, with . beq
nevolent countenances _ and seedy clothes, '
supported him between, them, bearin
him forward tenderly and kindlyl
Out ' from a pretty, little snow cov
ered . hut—all the little huts alon
the Monongahela are pretty, in a story
came a woman who, with a burst of inqui
itiveness not peculiar to her flex, timidl
inquired where the hum had been so badly
handled. One of thelguides replied that
he was a .. , r man 'just from the country,
who had •- en to the city at a ball and sev•
oral roughs had cut him out. The lady de.
slated and made no more inquiry, as !ewes
nigh breakfast time and she was afraid to
detain the patient and his party, not that
she was selfish, but that a'welk was a good
thing for the wounded. So the first chap,.
ter of the rumor closes. The sequel will
disclose what became of the wounded p ‘ at.
lent, but won't say_ anything about the coni
cantons who rumer lost in looking aft
the bora. At Beck's run on the eraont• -
galtels river, with his face turned towurds
the' heavens, his gory locks froson to the
earth, all his wounds bound' together with
blood ice and his feet dangling through a
worm fence, our wounded friend turns up,
if it is proper to ?key thata dead man can
go :through that , gymnastic performance.
So ends the story. •In out next edition
we will learn how , much truth there is in
the rumor, and we only hope that it may
prove that a real burglar has been caught
by the South Side police, for it would re.
fleet much credit to their shrewdness and
sagacity, qualities ; that- have hitherto ;been
unappreciated by the citizens whose lives
and property they-guaetf... • ..,' • ..--• '.; f i •: ..
Attempted: Moll Itebbary-- I Cool Proe6d-
Mg, but Unsuccessful, and the Perpetra•
tor Secured. -
On , Saturday evening, about hillfg •
seven o'clock, a man was seen to .walk .p
....
to the mail car, at the Union mepot,
tacheti t he fast line express on the Pen
sylvania Railroad; pass his hand- throu:h
the open door into'the oar, while the atte .-
tion of thqmailligept was called in anctb-r
, . •
direction, draw out one of the mail box , -,•
take-it to the ferfce near *by, shove it
,
through the Falling to the other side .d.
walk -back nein right into the hands of
ettleet Johnston ofthe depot. who had been
informed ofkis movements by depot mu
ter Henry Keggy who bad been watching,
him throughout. =The man was at once taken
to the lock up, where he gave his name
as John Barnes from New Haven, Conan°.
cut, on his way to Cleveland. He was well
drewed, claimed tci be a respectable citizen
and stoutly dented having been about. the
mail car at all. No information has been
made against him, but doubtless.will be
made this morning. It is thought titatthe
intention of the robber was to wait until the,
departure of ' the tali: then earryk
box away. Several times , boxes have
been missed from the ear and 'afterwitids
found - ;broken into pieces on thehiliside
near the depot. The punishment t to
offenders of-this clam one would suppose '
severe enough to deter thetuffrom engaging
in the pratice, but -some' persons will en
gage in env enterprise, promisinggood pay
if sudettastill, no matter how dishonorable'
it may be. f • lithe party arrested' be really
guiltrhe should receive the .severest
ally of thelliw. ' Ihe'opeisifo# wate,one of
the coolest we have recorded for sonie,thne,
and such a bold operator it sakorily !mind
the penitentiary walks, slid hardly there. - •
Teachers , Institute.
ACcording to .suljo*mnent at - -Madison
School , House, the . Plum= Township Teach
ers' Institute met at New Texas.
The school, taught by 'Miss IL J. Joyner,
_
was in session during 'the 'forenoon, arid
both teachers and pupils conducted thei•
selves in a very creditable manner.
Society then adjourned for one hour,
during: which time all partbok of a sump
tuous repast, prepared by the ladies of the
dietriat. -. •
Afternoon session consisted in class-drills'
in Orthography by Miss K. M. Junk, M. A.,
J. 14. garpenter, and reading by F. M. John.
A lively interest was aniii3atOd thivugh
out aft the exercises. • , 1 • • ,
. A number of the citizens of the district
showed their Interest-in the cause of ed&
tion tnrning out and witnessing, the per
formances. ,
Adjourned tomeet in two weeks at Cen
ter School House.
e Obsequies of a Cieregnian.
Saturday afternoon the funeral of Very
Rev. John Steve!, Of Allegheny, .whose
death we noticed/on Thursday; morning
last took place, and was attended by an
immense concourse, of friends Who bad
learned to love him while living.' On Fri
day mornings previous t3olemu • Requiem
Vasa was said at St: htary'eXhurga for the
deceased, and r vespers for ,the dead in ,the
afternoon. A Solemn Pontificia' Wass of
Requiem was rendered over the remain s .'
which lay in state in Stelitary's Church on
Saturday. The , funeral ' took place' after
thieMass, the Bishop of lhe Diocese and a
numitor of Beneficial. Societies,talcingpszt
in the procession, *hicif protieeded to the
00k:hen Catikilic. , CeMitery oh , the WI in
the rear of Allegheny. The frinerstpro.,
.cession was one bf ihelargesti of the
kind • which - ever tcsik t- Place in Allegheny.'
It numbered over one thousand persona:
New Chop Raisins, Currents, qtrcke, Pm.
i.Dates, Flits; Prunes, e:, dm, at 112
Federal street, Vlegbens*. , 4t
rt. ". vrr yteleasant °cession.
un- Ender evening a sumptuous supper
AVOittiltalififfliflitinqffritiiefferats
house of the Eleventh" *writ by this leach.
era in honcir of the Board of Directors.
The supper - was verr magnificent;': reflect:
ing much credit to the ladies =under
whose auspices it ihis nrenared, and we
have but to say if they can teach as well
as cook, and we firmly believe they can,
there should never be any change.made in
the faculty ,of the Eleventh• ward, unless
by marriage or death.. The outgoing direc-
tors, Mr. -James Robb' and Capt. William
Mays, have contributed largely towards
, advancing the educationalxl interests of the
ward, and much . of the, credit of the ele
, gent and onmmodious new school building .
is due their energy, 'enterprise and - zeal in'
the cause of popular instriictiort. "How
ever, as much as the-tax payers, teachers
and scholars will regret , their withdrawal
from the. Board of Directors, they will
have cause to be thankful, that Messrs.
Shannon and Ford.will.prove most worthy
successors. '
`AE the kipper Prof p'eorge J. Lughey,
City Superintendent presided, and 'there,
were present, in addition to the school
Jeachers and directors,' 'a number of iri;-
vited guests. Entertitining addresses were
made by Prof.-Luckey, Prof. -Taggart, the
,wurthy and efficient PrLucipak and Messrs.
Max. K. Moorhead, Jas.. :Robb, Captain
Wm. Maya; Eord,, and, others, ap
proprlate to, the occamon T , Very touching
and neatly worded' valedictoryaddresses '
.
;to the outgaing directors ' were made! by
lidleses. Mathews, Martin, Smith; Taggart ,
and. Rutledge. The' 'following - priiambr
and resolutions were' read and presented ,to
the directors: • • • •
. PirrsSeaOri, January 4 .ls, 1 74 69 ; •
At a regular' meeting of ' th e .eventh
Ward 'Teachers' Atiociatitd,..the ff'4, lo‘v i eg ,
.reSalutions were'tixthimeuel
,used:. : • -
We, ;the , . undersigned, Te a c h Ave of the
Eleventh Ward PublicrSchoo/, pli t h arg h; ,
do hereby: o xpress our at the
severance of the, whir A t t b e e n
brought about b y. * o : Oration "of the
term- of office o f Jame's) Mo'ob' and 'Capt..
Wm. Mays, butziotwithsterx.,
ut .ding
.thei loss of
these .worthii" tried,tenbers,:me.havo
every confidence 14 the, ability, and mteg-.
rity of their sucfzessors. ,
Resolved,• Thal' We e'er keep . in . grateful
remembrance *„heir iv:estimable,
.serViceslin .
the cause of r,ublic instruction. •
Resolved, gzhat-me - will, to the best of our,
endfeavor to fulfill the high holies"
doubtless rintertnided of us for the advanee
ment of . the schools over which ' we'-sre
placed.' • :•••%;"
flignee i : John J. Taggart; M. E. Taggart,:
L. O. MArtin, Irenia Rutledge; S. Mathews,
Jennle. Smith. Hattie Davie, Maggie. blar
shall., Aggie Martin,M. E. Irwin, Jennie
Moffitt, Anna Moore, Llizie Laughlin. A'•'.iter supper the party adjourned to the
large hall, where' a 'dance was in
hich there was general participation and:
f Jujoyment. During the evening some ea
tellent vocal.innele was rendered by Prof-,
Hughes and Masters. James and, Robert'
Owens. The sisging of the - boys was very ,
line, and under traiWUg - they would give*
much promhurpf becodaing very - superier .
.musiciane, u -
:The Thieves Cosalsination—LoOk to . ToUr
Bowls.
' 'The city is infested with a gang of vii.
loins from Buffalo; New Yorkand Chicago;
'who have entered' into a combination
"do np't the'principal cities of the country
daring the Coming - few months. Of:
fact we have liniple assurance, and our
readers MaylOok,,otit: tor, theft , of all de ,
acriptlions,daring the, present week, lathe
. ,
sping'havealt.Mdy entered the city and laid
their 'ropes foioperations. Indeed, we do
not know but th of We bank robberies so
Sidlifelly exec ted last Week were the first
pickings secured hi , the gently. 'This ppm
binatlon of thieving talent is said to ern-,
brace many' professionals'who would spurn
to do any light jobs, but "lay" for banks, the
vaults of heavy business houses and the
wallets of those , supposed to be sufficiently ,
able to keep them • well . lined. ,
Is ' rumored that several of Pinkerton's
s detectives are on the alert to secure the
capture of some of the rigues,,,, but as
the thieves are no bunglers, and about as ,
shrewd as the most expert man catchers,
it,is hardly prObable that the gang*llYlizse
,spy, one of the-members before•si large
.deud.is declared ont'of the spoils: In view
'of the fact Shat•au many distinguished' and
' utaking7„ fellows are In the city' it behooves
all bank managers and: messenger, money
,carriers Mut merchants to keep their wits
about them !Abider to avoid,being.siptim.
ized. Our 040 force ,iird buidly engaged
in working:up the case, b ut We ere not,per
mitted to 'diVulgelvith What `success. ,It
will suffioe to 'say ' however,' that unless
the thieves soon depart for Cleveland, the'
next city to be drained, Mayor Blacks fore
• will flash upon the community the' crown.;
ing act of his administration. We Shall see
what we shall , see. • • - •
.
Marriage of a Pittsburgh Clergyman.-
' The New York Tribune haithe, falkiwing:,
•
Anothei wedding in high life came off yes.
terday, at. St. Lake's Church,.No.- 31.3 Hu
dson street, the parties contracting being
the Rev. Joseph D.Wilson;of rrast-Liberty..
Pittsburgh, Pa, and Miss' Catharene OffleY,'
,daughter of our (order Counsel to Stnyrria.-
The officiating clergyman was the Rev. ,
;Isaac R. Tuttle, D.D., Rector of'St. Luke's.
and the bride "was given away by her uncle,
John Prieatley, formerly editor of 'Lwow&
nent Whig journal in this city. ; About one
thousand cards ofjnyitatiorr, yfere issued,
and ul
_befo, two , eblock the, ; church, was ,
crowded to its utniost capacity. Dr. Tuttle
performed the ceremony. Among ' those
present were Bishop 'Southgate, Dr. Has
kins, of WilliamsbUrg, Dr. Van Itleeck, of
St, Paul's Cnurch, Broadway; liir.Rithonrn;-
of „lowa, and boats of other prominent gen
tlemen and ladies of.this city. There-were:
no bridesinaids or groomsmen in attend
ance, and the bride was dreised In a plain
travelling dresiciflatendei popiin;t rimmed
'With satin facings of the same color, and'on
her head she wore ninvendeiceploreff hat ,
of the same matetial, :with' ink-roses in it.,
; The happyy, pairleft Last might, at "live' and
a half o'clock,- forWarlingtott•and'Cleorgea
town, D. C., whence ;after a short eta ;th ey
wilretern in time to receive at Mr. Priest,
ley son Thursday , next. Mr. Wilson has .
recently Ikon appointed, Rector of christ'i
Churcih, Exitlnert. y, and 'will shortly;
•leave for theicerie'tif his fattire labore.
_ .
• RebterttnAlloghorik:'
On? Saturday forAtoori, 'Mrs. Sheeran, a
milliner, having a shop on ~ 0 0 10 . Fffit
une, , Allegheny, came to the office of
Mayor Drum and stated that her.shop ,
had been entered and thirty-B. 4 re dollars in
money stolen from her. She occupied, a
room adioining her shop" as . a sleeping
room, and et short time previous to theYob=
bery,had changed her dress, leaving • the
one she took oft hangintin` the room men.'
doped; She then lett the shop to make a
purchase at a place close at --hand, and
• dismvered that she' had left her pocket.
book wraith:nog thirty-tlye dollars, in the
pocket of hip other dress. She returnect to
• et it and discovered that it had been stolen..
he bad . neglected to ~lbak'the
going out, and some person had entered
the shoo in her absence;'ltessest - intri the'
sleeping room 'end • stolen the Money. A
lady, living opposite the shoposalt gliehtd
seen a man, whom she described. enter the
shop and leeve It shortly, afteswardw,llte
diacriptiorilthe gave was that of a man
namiti/ Henry Lots. On inquiry,- it - was
found that Lots. had been in the nefichbo r .
hood or the shop .at. the time .indicated.
He was arrested on suspicion ' tod,ldenti t
ed by theladkapoken'of, as the man sha
had seen entsr the shop. Mrs. Sheeran made ,
information sp him for thelarcepi,or
the money:- me gate Was' held - for a' ftir
her hearing.: , '
AMUNDIeIIti%
.01t11.1 . . HOUSE.—Mr. and Miss_ C0ny1p5.,... t,
Ttifiatitiant
night at the, Opera llouse l appearing before
a very laigit;ittidiende. thile are
Made weleome i'ittsbitrgh. Tonight,.
the irrepressible Leffingwell, who is
knoWn everywhere as the - funniest man
allvS, tvili ali&ar in Byron's. burlesque of
Cinderella,, and the nonsensical fare° of
"Too' good Nature."
.„„„
/ITT/3EI7EOH THEATEB.—The really ex
cellent and meritorious performances of
the Gregory combination troupe from Lots.;
.don have..mide the. "Old Drury" a great
centre of attraction. The Performances are
simply grand, and those who fail to attend .
deprive themselves of a lire entertainment...
ORPECAIIe FAIL—The Fair will keep op
till next Saturday night, and the at:,zac
dons will be increaseft daring the, week.'
The magnificent and very valuable set of,
silverware, whith cost i sonsewb:ere in tbe
neighborhood of three hundred' dollars, to
be disposed of by chances at the 'Altar So
ciety-table, excites much. - attention, "and
many are investing to ' , secure it for , their
homes.
,
MusEr - m.—ltew • attractions
will be offered durittg the week.
. .
M thte Should Meet the Eye
Of Perau:is thlictedwith any of the follow
ing' di, es, A em ny mintiest the , medicine
agep ,
oflDr. Rosi, br0.22 'Sixth (late St..
,
A) street. will he assured , of.speedy re-
Piet and permanent cure. , These prepare-
Sons are compounded from original re-
celpts'of-Dr.Ross, : and have. een used by,
him with great succese: Dr. Ross' Rheu- -
Matta Remedy, has never failed to cure the
worst cases inn short time. Dr. 'Ross' Dye.
peptic cure, - aged perions and theite of weak'
constitutions, will find thie'remedy . pf great
benefit. -Dr. Ross'Tarr CoMpound, for
coughs, colds and diseafies of the lungs, has
no equal., Dr. Rois'i Crimea Water is the
best remedy for caterrh known. - .A.cnre
warranted in every, case., , 31.vrir.•
The. Purest and,
,sweetest Cod ,Liver,Pil
in the world , thanonfactared.,, from ,fresli t
healthy livers, ;upon the sea shore; it is per
fectly pure and sweet. Patients who luire
once taken it can , tali*, none other. Ask
for "Hazard and C/ai4welPs Cod Livtir
manufactured 'by'. Catmint, • Hazird• & Co.,
New York , . Sold.by all druggists. , 1. ffi '
,Ast, your. Grocer for Marvin's superior
SpiCed .Jurnbles. ; • eod2w
Goad IThasted and Cretan Al7Lonils, a 112
Federal street, 'Alb:ghat:o% ' 4t
Prime Canned - Frhits and• Vegetables, at
the lamest rates, at 112 Federal street, Alle
gheny. • • 4t.
. 'the place to get IVitite, Lune ,Calcined
Plaster, Hydraulic Cement, As at 'cker ,
Caskey's, 167 First' street.
Ketiwoo4 Ittiornhig Sonoot for Wyo.-
-Four vacancies on . JantiarY Sth., Apply to
Boy. J. P. Taylor, New .134ight0n, -Pa. 2W.
•
~ Superior Walnut i Candy, at 112 Fedetal
:street t Allegheny. • 4t
3
Fine cream Bon-gons, at 112 Fed
eral street.' , 4t
' AIAIt~IED
. . .
TOS'TER--JORD.A.,Tbuseday ,
nary 14t1 at the residence of the, bilde7s Da- ,
Rey. C. G. Baddeek; LTS.A.N . DZE:
POSTER and SMEAR, dinghter oclicoh.fordan,
of lidlegheny county .i •
- .
DIED. •
HAIINItTTAt• mike Wefecle on Situnileimorning,
January 16..1589 , 2.41.1W.111, HAXNETT, in the
36th year of his age.. . • . 4 .
' The funeral Will lake blase irom the residenceor .
tilt father neer. Wiltinsberg - 'Station; lenniylvaila
Ballroid, on 11.5x1alr, jenuiry at 9 '
,Carriages willleave'Pairinan A Samsoule. corner
Seventh and Smithfield 'tree:U.l4lSM •-
NEWMAN—On Sunday afternoon, iat SI
JEaSEY, daughter of James R. and Julia
rase. aged 1 year Wu:maths and 5 days. • •
The funeral take plate front: the residents: of
.her valetas, N0..119 Webster 'avenue:. TU2SDA.T.
194:t!1i5t.,..t 9 o'.'clock r. et. Priedds of the larallr ,
are TespecttuUy invited to attend. •. ,
HYDt—On StidON. the . 17th, Ass Lizzlp-;
ItYpr , .. daughter ot Lthelate E. Hyde, No. e3ll,ob
lason street, Allegheny city. • ; .
Notice of faneratitt evening paoerr. . • •
11 2.iV.-Snaday womb& the 11th gust MAU—
LOTTE NED-ci2 0 11. - votnigest 'daughter or . Malcolm_
and Virginia E... Flay, lull* . third year .of tier age. •
N4tieg °fluters' liereatier.i
MS
, lINDERTAIMRS.
fci A inini . triviExtz ,4 l * : o, ,
l,
lOGlOlD7l,STREET,PltreifitttlamOran'rads; cßtiss,'„4,_7i
gt,rit;olm .,c,7 t. o laat4 = lF4lgh Hearse,
•
and
•Carriages tarnished.
'liarviesiorczaßar. David/ _Seth D
_Be ac i o t Mr
,
W. Jacobus; D. D. - Tlidvasi wing,
Miner. Zscr. • • • -• • . ) •.• • -
VELUILE' S'itPEEBILIEIS t ' Tilt, DER. •
'TAKERS:AND LIVERY STABLES, cornet ot
'l3 DUSKY. EYTREBT 42g11 CROUCH AVENUE,
Alli z iry City: where their COIrIrIN ROOMS sra
colts
_tly anppiled with real and imitation BOSO
w - Mahopsny and Walnut -Coffins, at prices Tao
rylnitroln 3* to 4100. Bodies prepared for inter •
ntent liearaes and Carriages !Vanished; ,also, all.
*laded!' Mourning GoodS, if required. OMee open ,
at, all • • are: day and night: . .
..
•,• , . ,
JECIIERT T. RODNEY L _U.Nnica,..--
TAKEWAND RIIIIALMBR„, No. 45 ORB"
T ,ET, Allegheny, - geepreonstantry - etc baud Sr.
large assortment of, readpmade Coffins the fel
' lowing kinds: First, the celebrated American Bu-.
„rial Cases:Metallic Self-sealing Air-tight Cates ,
' and Caskets, and Rosewood, Walnut and Bov.woo&-•
Imitation Coffins. Walnut
.Coterialrom trAlima
wards. • R.osewbod Imitation Colin hem E 5
'wards' and no pains will be *spared to give entire,
. satisfietion. • Crape and Gloves furnished free of
charge. Best Hearses and Carriages - Remelted .on
Short notice. Carriages furnished to funerals 114.
-GEP*Pc.E . •
- BbOTCH PEBBLE
BpzurAcxxs.
WLRBIJTED TO 121 PROVE M . Melt
14ASLETT.
:ge`Frrrs EITIMBT.,
HENRY•G t HALE, 1
~!..- ' :;miracuNT TAILOR. •'
totter (nom and St. Clair Streets,
Sas now In steak onn of the lazgestin4 most oasts*
aloor?nenti of .
— Fall and. Winter Goods.
ever bo:olitht t 0 this .toot embraces a)
'the west ?renal' and Engiish Inanntiop4es of,
CLOTBS, (madams isit °Villa/AMISS -
Also. a; ft4l line of.Gant'a IfordelOnsilooda.
NEW GOODS.' NEW GOODS.
JPOR A STTLIER OVERCOAXL .
FOR A STYLISH DRESS COAT. - •
ERR A STYLISH BUSINESS COAT.
BORA. BTYLIsEI I%lbl - 0E PANTAz_.
?Olt A 041q4/.!511 VEST OF _
Po r allkte latest styles eat clothes, made of the rout
material, and Irs Asst-Clew rorkmen, end at Friel!!
, Etisyslaingty toW, to th e lu;own ,
esion ; -
ESP *LDS
' APO Garr: 0L.1.1 " .111178522% new tax*:
"W. IN ZIALIMM4I) S. MAW:X. - D.'
1131 IE lIPIDERSICIPiED HAVE
BOCIRTED tbetsierfes together ftallue
. •
PRA ,
„ F VaN, crai
Offc♦To •
; STOtnrrON At'vxtrz.' -2'
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