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Gow closed in New York yesterday
Tan March statement' of the public
debt is expected to show a further reduc
tion of about seven millions.
Tun stockholders in the Pan Handle
Branch Railway, projected to connect the
main road With Wellsburg, held a. meet
-114,4s tbattoWn yesterday, to organize
their nonmany and to take other brelimi
nary steps toward an early construction
`of the road.
yrintrt it is desirable to know what will
be the decision of Congress upon a given
question, It only needs, usually, to look
after Burum in the House, and GARRETT
DAvis In the Senate. The almost inevi
table result may be found in exactly the
opposite direction.
AT THE suggestion of the SOcretary of
War, and in view of the fact that several
laws and army-regulations have been con
travened' by the recent order of General
thmuatAN, re-organizing the Boreau:ser
vice of the Department, that order has
been rescinded by the. President.
THE Pittsburgh Chronicle, one of
our most . esteemed cotemporaries, came
to us last evening in an entire new dress,
looking fresh and beautiful as spring.
'Under the management of SrEnExEcx
at. Commis, the Chronicle has achieved
proud distinction as a literary and high
toned daily newspaper, and this new evi
dence of prosperity assures us that their
efforts to furnish a first class journal
continue to be appreciated by the com
munity. We wish our neighbors all the
success their energy and enterprise war
rant, and that is wishing very much for
them.
WE. cum them "black diamonds"
here—one of Pittsburgh's staple crops—
*the coal; without which our fnends "down
stream" would freeze, or if the weather
- was warm. would have to eat raw meat,
or else turn tartars, and cook their beef
steakkunder the saddle. On this "rise"
ire have sent out from our grimmy Gol
conda ;3,3 3 4,000 •btuthels of coal, worth
afloat, as .the fleet leaves the receding
Point 'in the distance, some six cents,
as near as may be,—say $200,000. To
this add four cents more for towage,
wages of hands, etc., and we .have a
grand total of say $334,000, for the cash
which this invoice of diainonds is to net
to our'people. Such jewels are not to be
despised !
Louts 14.&14, wife-murderer, convicted,
sentenced, prisoned i and hopeless of es.
cape, has just thirty more days to live.
The warrant, read in his hearing-yester
day, fixes the 29th day of• April for the
thitstly death-wedding which is to bring
;din again face- to face, but only in the
spirit, with his slain victim. 80, here in
the inidat of us, surrounded . by the living
and hopeful freedom of the world, this
strong man'lies crouching id his cell,
counting, each day at the stroke of noon,
the one ominous clang of the great city
bell which, over the murderer's head;
notes one day less for him to live.
iy days—twenty7-tcn —five —three--two
• y
21
e— —bite-the —On guilty wretch,' c ounting that
- significant one, as were, inch by inch,
dies his horrible punishment, crushing
him yet alive, and 'Yet not to be complete
without thejut penalty of all that eaith
may ladle!. And:then—
A MOTION, in We Smite Yesterday, to
insist' upon its Amendment to the office
tenure bill, - and to ask for a Conference,
was variously opposed. Among others,
that exemplary Republican, Mr. GRIMES,
did'ut like anything short of an absolute
repeal.. ' (Wilms felt tendei : ofthi Pres!.
dent's prerogative. That is one df , ids
chronic weaknesses. , (imams always
was tender on that• point=-especially
about the time when'his friend, an equal- ,
ly irolimutd constitutional lawier, Mr.
A. doERsoN,• shared to corotalli , in the
Senator's scruples that he dared to defy
the law and GRIMES bore him out in it,
Evidently, Ifr." GRIMES is an authority
upon this nice question. It was probe-
Dly for,that reason not he took a commie
sons part in the Republican caucus, held
AD:
TUESDAY. MARCH 30. 1869.
PETROLEUM at Antwerp, 531-@s6f.
U. S. BONDS at ftmicfort. 87g.
last week for the purpose of harmonizing
Senatorial opinions.
However, as we have all along antici
pated, the Snate' insists on its amend.
mentand has appointed a Committee of
Conference. It is highly probable that
thb House will recede and that the higher
branch of the National Legislature will
be permitted to assert its prerogative.
Ms Government Commissioners re
port that both the Union Pacific and the
Central Pacific railways are equally in.
in their construction. The two
roads meeting at some point, probably be.
yond Monument Point, onthe Salt Lake
i
shore, will constitute the combined
through line from Omaha to the Pacific
coast. An effort has been industriously
made, of late, to decry the lagty and im
perfect structure of ,the EasOgik_section,
and to convey a more favorable impress
fOn as to the Western road. 4 It aPpears
that each is liable to the same censure.
This is in part to be explained by the fail
ure of Congress to designate, originally,
the precise point of junction, leaving each
company not only free to push its track
to the last possible mile, but making it for
ly
the interest of each to secure, an imper
fect and superfkial constrict on, the lib
eral subsulies`from the Treasury. Hence
the extraordinary energy with which the
ultimate Connection hastens to its com
pletion. In the meantime, the mere
meeting of the rails will still leave the
road but little more than half built.
CHARGES ARE MADE against "Senator
FENTON, of New York, that, while re
cently Governor of that State, he accepted
a bribe of $20,000 from the Erie Railway,
as the price,of his Executive approval of
abill to promote the interests of that Com
pany. Various "proofs" of this charge_
are submitted, in the form of hearsay tea
timony taken before a Legislative
tiinves
tigating C mmittee, none of which would
have a fea er's weight in convicting Mr.
FENTON in any Court of Justice. New
-York politicians are usually credited with
decided proclivities for corruption, but
the whole -world gives them also the cred
it for too much shrewdness to compro
mise themselves by a patent exposure of
their performances in that line.' Gover
nor FENTON may, be no. more honest, or
less astute, than the rest of them, but we
doubt if even a ddg would be hung on
the "testimony" which now aims to strike
him GOwn. Because the Senator appears
to wield an influence more potent with
the President , that any that his rivals,
or enemies—equivalent terms in the New
York nomenclatuie—can claim, he is now
assailed with the always convenient and
familiar charge of personal and official
dishonesty.. The charge may be true,
but his fellow-citizens hesitate to believe
it, and will rely on his ability to justify
their still unshaken confidence.
REPORTS in the city journals agree
that a dog, showing unmistakeable signs
of rabies, was killed in Allegheny, a day
or two since. From every quarter, our
exchanges bring to us similar intelligence,
and almost as often chronicling the, cases
of human beings bitten by these mad
curs. How long before the Pittsburgh
press will make the same announcement ?
And, then, our tauthorities may think the
time has come to protect human life
against We horrible taking-off which no
skill Can prevent, and no Precautions, af
ter the fact, can atone for. How many
precious lives are all the dogs in this
county worth ? How many dogs must be
reckoned to out-value one httenan life ?
is there any special virtue in prevention
rather than in the wretched remedy which
comes halting along, after the deadly mis
chief has been done ? We submit these
problems for the reflection of the author
ties.
In Councils yesterday a member in
troduced an ordinance, which will proba
bly be passed, and although rather se
vere on the canine race, is fully justified
in the fact that hydrophobia rages through
out the'country, and that the members of
no community are aafe so long as miser
erable curs are allowed the full freedom of
the streets. If the ordinance intro
duced be not adopted, -Jet some other
one be introduced by the Committee
so that the Mayor may be enabled to act,
as he appears to be either powerless un
der the present law, or else wholly indif
ferent to the united voices of the people
who have been clamoring for protection
under the dog.. ordinances in force. It
strikes us that less energy in some direc.
dolts and more in others might better en
hence the reputation of his Honor, as ar.
officer striving to obtain the goo 4 opinion
of citizens generally.
DiCDRATiON DAY.
Germans, In the" Fatherland, by 'uni
versal and time:tonored custom, decor
ate the graves of their dead fkiends,on the
eve of fit. John, the , Baptist's. day, or
Addsimimer's - eve. Ai tkati time , in every
city and hamlet, throngs of the ..flower
freighted living can be seen wending
their ways to the cities of the dead.
Brown, unsightly graves, and those
grown dead with age, alike blossom with
these sweet offerings of Memory and
Love. Of course, In almost every "God's
Acre," there must be some, often many,'
gisves which have no friends ; graves
for-the occupants of which,- that trite-line
"gone, but not forgotten" has no truth ;
for such as these, many kind-hearted
friends take extra garlands along with
them, so that no grave may appear
slighted or neglected, an isolated core r
mentar3r on human forgetfulness, when
the sun of St. John's day dawns The
members of the Grand Army of the Re-.
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE :1 TUESDAY,- :MARCH 30
publie have, for several years, endeav
ored, in a measure, .to.introduce this.
beautiful custom in our own country, by
appointing, not St. John's day, but the
30th day of May as it day on which the
last resting-places of our fallen braves
shall be strewn with evergreens' and
flowers. Surely such an object I should
meet with no opposition, for, not the snr-.
viving friends alone of the departed, but
the whole country owes, at least, one
day of honor and remembrance each year,
to those who have lost all in fighting and
winning its battles.
We hope, now that the note of prepa
tion has been sounded, when the thirtieth
tday of May comes to us twain, all will be
found in readiness, so that throughout
the whole country, the cities of the living
shall visit and adorn the 'cities of the
dead. We feel sure, too, that no harm
will be done, if some take extra garlands
to place on any poor grave which may
chance to be neglected, and, if that grave
should not be thatof a soldier, if many
graves, not those of soldiers should be
thus adorned—we cannot see that any
wrong will be done either to the living or
the dead.
Regular Monthly Meeting—petitions
and Remonstrances--Reports of Com
mittees—Paid Fire Department_City
Codes—Sweets ln•Rural Districts.
A regular monthly meeting of the Se
lect and Common Councils of this city
were held yesterday, (Monday,) March
29th, 1869, at two o'clock P. M.
select Council.
Members present: Messrs. Ahl, Arm
strong, Brown, Burgwin, Coffin, Craig,
Dickson, Edwards, Gallaher, Gross, Heil
man, H artman, Herron,Holmes, Jones,
Kane, Kehew, Kirk, aufman, Littell,
Lloyd, Mars hall, Morrow, Murdoch,
Murray, McClelland, McEwen,
Philli ps, Quinn, Rafferty, Rees, Rush, Scully,
Shipton, Wainwright, S. J., Wainright,
Z., Watson, Zern.
On motion of Mr. Phillips, Council was
organized by calling Mr. Shipton to the
chair.
The minutes aftthe receeding meet
ing were read and approved. • ,
Mr. Shipton, a petition from Hastings
and O'Neil, contractors for grading and
paving Second avenue, asking the city to
pay the amount due them. Referred to
the Finance Committee, in conjunction
with the City Solicitor.
Mr. Morrow, a petition trod' the Res
cue Hook and Ladder Company, 'ask
ing for an appropriation. Referred to
the Committee on Engines and Hose.
Also, a petition for the grading and
paving of Giat street. Referred to the
Street Committee.
Also, a remonstrance against the grad
ing and paving of St. Patricks
Referred to the Street Committee.
Also, a communication from J. G.
Packofen ' relative to the erection of a
wooden building in the Sixth ward.
Referred to 'the Committee on Wooden
Buildings with instructions to report.
Also, a petition .relative to the assess
ments for the Miltenberger street sewer,
protesting against the payment of the
same., Referred to the Committee on
Appeals from City Assessments.
Mr. Hartman moved that the City
Treasurer be instructed to stay collect
tions of assessments for said sewer until
such time as the Committee on Appeals
have time to report. Carried.
• Mr. A. M. Brown, from the Ordinance
Committee, submitted an ordinance for
the suppression of disorderly houses,
houses of ill-fame and disorderly assem
blages.
Mr. Gross moved that the ordinance
be' put upon its third reading and final
passage. Adopted.
(in motion of Mr. Brown, the rules
were Buena:idled and the ordinance passed
finally.
Mr. Jones, a petition from Andrew
Winkler asking for payment for 530 feet
of water pipe laid by him. Referred to
Water Committee.
Mr. Craig, a petition • from cititena of
the Fourteenth ward asking for the open
ing of Atwood, a cross street. Referred
to Survey Committee. '
Mr. Watson, a petition from citizens
on Canal street, asking for a sewer on
said street, from Liberty street to the
Allegheny river. Referred to Street
Committee. -
Mr. Laufman, a petition for a plank
walk on Broad street, Nineteenth ward,
from Highland avenue to the Franks
town road, accompanied by an ordi
nance.
Mr. Morrow objected to the passage of
the ordinance.
- Mr. A. M. Brown moved the rules be
suspended and the ordinance passed
finally. Adopted.
The ordinance was then read three
times and passed finally.
Mr. Murray presented a communica
tion from the contractor for the grading
and paving of Liberty street, requesting
the city to liquidate the amount due
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Referred to the Finance Committee. •
Mr. Morrow, a resolution instructing
the City Engineer to report to Council
what action;, if any, has been taken rein
tive to the opening of Locust street, in the
Sixth ward, and, the removal of bodies
from the burying ground through which
said street passes. Adopted. • •
Mr. Coffin, aetition from numerous
citizens asking that local expressmen be
prohibited from allowing their teams to
stand •on the streets. Referred to the
Committee on Ordinances.
Mr. Armstrong, a resolution authoriz
ing the Gas Company to. places undry
gas lamps on Morton street., Referred to
the Gas Committee.
Mr. McClelland, a resolution authori
zing the Gas Coiernittee to have a gas
lamp placed on. Thirtieth:: street and
Spruce alley, Referred to theGius Corn.
mittee.
CONTR9LLER% • REPORT.
Mr. Phillips,from the Finance CoMmit
tee; submitted the following report from
the Coritroller:.. • •
In accordance with a resolution passed
menncil% I herewith submit a state
relative to the differept,:Passenger
railways, running within the city - .
The Citizens Passenger railway is re
quired to pay into the City Treasury, for
tne first five years, twenty dollars annu
ally, for each car in actual service, and
three per cent. of the net profits; for the
next five years this road is to pay alma
ally $3O per car in' actual service, and five
per cent. of the net profits. These condi
tions have been complied with.
The Pittsburgh and Manchester Pas
senger Railway is to pay into the city
Treasury one hundred dollars per an
num for the first five years, and there
after two hundred dollars per year.
The books in this office show that this
road has paid one hundred dollars per
anaum to the present year. For - the
years 1866,1867 and 1868, this road Should
have paid two hundred dollars instead
of one hundred dollars. •
The condition of the Pittsbrgh and
East Liberty -Railway is the u same as
Citizens. 'There does not appear to have
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CITY COUNCILS.
been anything paid into the City Treas
ury by this road since 1861. Neither are
there any reports on Sle in this office
since that date by the Pittsburgn and
East Liberty Railway.
The Minersville Road is a branch of
the Pittsburgh and East Liberty Road.
The Pittsburgh and Birmingham Pas:
senger Railway is under the some condi
tions as the Citizens, with the exception
that the amount paid is to be divided
equally between Pittsburgh, South Pitts
burgh, Birmingham and East Birmlnir
ham.
This road has complied with the re
quirements of the.law.
The Finance Committee have had be
fore them a bill of Allen and! Dunn, re.
ferred by Councils, for repairing a sewer.
The Committee return it to Connell with
the recommendation that the bill be paid
out of appropriation No. 7; also the bill
of Gallus Bauer for damages sustained
by the grading of Dinwiddie street. In
asmuch as Councils appointed viewers on
this matter the Committee; took no
action.
AJED, a petition from R. C. Gray, asking
that railroad iron be exempt from the
taxation of twenty-five cents a ton for
wharfage, was considered and the Corn
mitte recommend that the tax be dis
continued.
The accompanying bills, if found cor
rect, will be charged to contingent fund.
John Trimble for posting 4,000 vehi
cle notices • $65,50.
City of Pittsburgh street crossings on.
Twentieth street ' .. ... $115,75
_
Total 1181,25
Accompanying the report was a resolu
tion providing for the payment of the
above bills.
The report was accepted and the reso
lution adopted.
Mr. Quinn moved that the City Solici
tor be instructed to collect from the rail
road companies referred to in the Con
troller's report the amounts due the
city. Adopted.
Mr. Morrow moved that the 'petition of
R. C. Gray, referred to in the report, be
referred to the Wharf Committee.
Mr. Herron moved that the action of
the Finance Committee relative to the
petition be approved. •
Mr. Phillips stated that as the tax re
ferred to was imposed by ordinance, it
would have to be repealed by ordinance,
and he therefore moved that the matter
be referred to the Ordinance Committee
in conjunction with the Wharf Commit
tee, to report an ordinance.
The Chair decided the matter out of
order.
REPORT OF MARKET COMMITTEE
Mr. McEwen, Chairman of the Market
Cominittee, submitted the report of that
Committee, as follows: ,
Your - Committee on Markets have had
before - them the resolution passed by
Councils February 22d, directing them to
Inquire into the practicability of loca
ting a market house - on Centre avenue,
between Miller and Roberts streets, and
beg leave to say that they have given the
resolution due oonsideration, ; and re
spectfully return it with a negative re
commendation. Your Committee do not
consider it politic, in a matter of so much
importance to the people interested, to
place their choice within such narrow
limits as are prescribed* by the resolu
tion referred to them. Your Coinmittee,
however, are unanimously of the opin
ion that an additional market house is
really neceoessary for the accommoda
tion of that portion of our citizens resi
ding in the upper and outer wards of the
1 city, and therefore recommend thst
Councils give them authority to selects
site and report the same to Councils for
their approval.
Your Committee have also had under
their consideration the condition of the
City Hall. They devoted considerable
time to a personal examination of all
parts of the Hall, and regret to Say that
the largest, and what might be the best
and most attractive hall in the city. is in
a condition not at all creditable to it: The
painting and frescoing are being much
soiled, Bided and worn oil; and It has a
very cheerless appearance. Thelwant of
-a supper room, for the use of parties, is
also very much felt, and can be very
readily supplied without making, any,
material alteration in the Hall, and at a
comparatively trifling expense,' Other
halls in the city that are fixed up; for the
purpose of makln money, but which
ought not to be moir e attractive than the
City Hall, are able o command from fifty.
to one hundred per cent. mere rent than
your Committee can possibly obtain for
yours, and simply because they have ac
commodations that we cannot kissibly t
furnish, and their halls are in an excel
lent condition. I
Your committee therefore consider it
useless t 6 continue to rent the hall with
the view of making it .a paying iinveat.
ment, unless 'Councils will place it in a
condition suitable for the purpose for
which ;it was intended. After a:careful
consideration of the subject your Com
mittee have • concluded that 12,000 will
place the hall in a condition that will
enable you to realize an adequate' return
for yout investment in it, and therefore
respectfully ask you to appropriate that
amount for the purpose. t ;.
Accompanying the reportwas a reselu
tion authorizing the appropriation of
52,000 for the purposes named, and au
thorizing the C.aqpitnilteel on Markett to
select a site for a Ow market house and
report the same to Councils. ;-
- The report was accepted and the reso
.
lutidns adopted.
Mr. Holmes submitted an ordinance
repealing an ordinance placingk a ton
nage tax on railroad iron on the Mon
ongahela wharf.
On motion of Mr. Phillips the ordi
nance was referred to the Ordinance
Committee in conjunction with the
Wharf Committee to report an ordinance.
- Mr. J. F. Slagle, City Solicitor, then
read au ordinance defining the duties of
the City Gauger and fixing the rides to
be charged by him. -
Read a second time and laid over.
• Mr. Phillips presented a communion.
tion from Erney. Jagerman de Co.; ask
ing for a reduction on business tax. Re
tailed to Finance Committee. - ; ,
, --In-all of which busineas the,COmmon
Council concurred.
Council adjourned.
Common Council.
Council met at.the penal hour, Tresi
dent Tomlinson in the chair. Present:
Messrs. Albeitz, Anderson,Barr, Batch-.
elor, Bell, Black, Boggs, looth, Carroll,
Case, Caskev, Chislett, Dunseath, Flem
ing, Garner, Gildenfenney, Hare, House,
Hodeton, Jahn, Jones, Kremer, Lana
hen, McCandless, McCarthy, McCiaren,
McKelvy, Idolslasters, Meanor, Meyer,
Moore, , Moorbes.d, Morgan, Morton,. Palmer, Pearson,Penney, Potts,l. Reb
man, Reed, Itok, Rosettrell, • Sims,
Schott, Scott, Verner, Vetter, Waughter,
Weldon, Welsh, Wilson, and. President
Tomlinson. . ,
The minutes of preceding meeting
were read and approved. • i• •
Mr. MoClaren presented a. resolution
for gas lamps on the corner of Wood
street and Virgin alley and on western
side of Wood street. Referred to Gas
Committee. . • •
Mr. Rahman. a communication-rela
tive to the erection of a wooden build
ing at the glass house of Richards, Mut
ly dc Co., Pride street, Sixth ward.' RP'
ferred to Committee on Wooden Build- ,
Inge.
Mr. Black, petition for grading and
paving of Thirty•first street, between
1889
Liberty street and the Allegheny river.
Referred to Street Committee.
Mr. Scott, petition for 'extension of
Butler street. Referred to Survey Com
mittee.
Also, petition for grading and paving
Hatfield street, from Forty-fourth to
Forty-fifth street. Referred to Street
Committee. •
Mr. Chistett, a petition for grading and
paving of Chestnut street, between But =
ler street and Greensburg Pike.
Mr. Pearson, petition to the sam e pur
port.
Referred to Street Committee. '
Mr. Penny presented the draft of a pro
posed act of Assembly, relating to grad
ing, paving and mazadamizing streets in
the consolidated territory of the city, re
pealing so much of the present law as
requires the consent of the majority of
the property holders on any Street be
fore its grading, paying or macadamiz
ing can be authorized.
Mr. Penny stated in explanation that
the object of the bill was to enable Coun
cils to make or improve roads in the
rural districts. As the law now stood
their bands were tied; for unless a ma
jority of the owners of property -peti
tioned for the paving of streets, Councils
could not authorize the same, and there
Would be no roads improved. It was
propetted to give Council s
i the power of
authorizing the grading and paving of
streets, assessing one.third the cost
thereof on the property abutting, the re
maining two-thirds to be covered by a
special tax to beessessed on the territo
ry lately consolidated with the city. b.
After considerable discussion, resolu
tions were adopted approving of the act,
-and directing the Clerks of .Council to
certify the same to members : of the Leg
islature. In S. C. the matter was post
poned for the present.' •
Mr. Morgan offered a resolution for the
appointment of a Committee on Re
trenchment and Reform, as follows:
Resolved, That the Presidents of the
Select and Common Councils be authori
zed to appoint two members of the Select
and three of the Common Council,
who shall constitute a ComMittee to be
known as a Committee on Retrench
ment and Reform. Adopted, and
Messrs. Morgan, Jones and McClarren
appointed on part of C. C. Messrs. Gal
laher and Morrow were appointed in
S. C.
Mr. Weldon presented the report of
he Street Committee, covering a num
ber of ordinances. For 'grading and
paving Fortieth street; Liberty street,
from Haslett's street, to turnpike; Lib
erty, from Thirty-first to Thirty-second ;
Apple alley; Thirty-ninth street: Spruce
alley, from Twenty-fourth to Twenty
filth; Beech alley; St. Patricks alley;
Irwin's alley, gtading. Boardwalk
on Elm street. Sewer on High
street. Widening Webster avenue,
from Seventh avenue to Grant street.
Opening of Rose and Rirty-second street.
Straightening Second avenue fecta Mr
mingham bridge to Brady street. Chang
ing salary of City Engineer (tlxing it at
$3,500) and requiring him to pay into the
city treasury all fees for lot regulating
and laying out plans of lots. The report
was accepted.
The ordinances for the grading and
paving of Liberty street, from Haslett to
turnpike, Fortieth street from Butler to
A. V. R. R., Thirty-ninth street, from
Butler to A. V. R. R., and Spruce alley
from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-fifth
street, 'were read a third time and
adopted, the rules having been sus
ronded.
t r :Se remainder of the ordinances re
ported by the Street Committee were
laid over under the rules.
Mr. Weldon presented an ordinance
changing viewers for opening of Greens
burg Pike, substituting James Black
and Thomas Stewart for Samuel KcKee
(who declines) and Z. Wainwright,
(now-' a member of Select CounciL)
Adopted, rules being suspended.
Also,
report of viewers on opening of
Aiken Avenue. Accepted and approved.
Mr. "Weldon presented a petition for an
ordinance changing the location of hack
stands. Referred to Ordinance Commit
tee.
Mr. Chislett, from the Survey Com
mittee, presented plans for approval:
L Firth Avenue extension from present
terminus at Barker's Hotel to Finley's
ice pond, called Silver Lake: 2. Grade
plan of Center Avenue from Kirkpatrick
street to Neville street; 3. Grade plan of
Herron Avenue from Center Avenue to
lowa street.
Action upon the plans was deferred
until next meeting.
A resolution*was adopted authorizing
the Controller Ito certify a warrant in
favor of Capt. S.l B. Cooper, Messenger of
Councils, for sundry bills, amounting to
f 33.30.
Mr. Case offered a resolution author
izing the Committee on Fire Engines and
Hose to locate the hook and ladder ap
paratus, purchased some time since, in
the engine house deemed most suitable.
Adapted.
Mr. Caskey offered a resolution. in
structing the Street Committee to place a
Bag stone crossing on Try stre R e fe r red
intersection of Second avenue.
to Street Committee.
Hr. Houston
,presented an ordinance
concerning dogs,. and asked its reference
to the Committee on Ordinances. It was
so referred.
The ordinance provides that from, and
after the date of its enactment, no dog
shall be permitted to run at large in the
city without having on his neck a collar
with name and residence of owner en
graved thereon, and the dog must also
wear a muzzle fixed in such a manner as
to prevent his biting." That every pdises
sor or owner of dog or dogs, must pay
into the City Treasury, an annual tax or
license for each of the same, the sum of
two dollars and fifty cents. That it shall
be the duty of dog owners to report the
fact of their possession, to the City Treas.
urer, at such times as that officer
may hereafter designate; by published
proclamation, and shall pay the
require& license at the same time.
Vagabond dogs caught in the mar
ket houses of "the city are to be killed'
without 'ceremony by the tnarket enlists.
bles, and their owners are to be fined
fifteen dollars for-permitting theni to run
at large.l - That every dog found running
at large contrary to the previsions, of the
ordinance within ten days after its en
actment is declared to be a common and
public nuisance, and shall be liable to Abe .
seized and killed by any lemon author.
ized by the' Mayor, and for every dog so'
killed and the carcass 'properly disposed
of, the Miyor is authorized. to pay by a
warrant drawn on the city treasury the
tom of 'filly cents, and, if the owner of
puch dog'shall be knomi or found, he.
shall forfeit and pay for each dug so left
running' at large" the sum of ten dollars.
That any pUrsonlnterfering with the ex
ecution of this ordinance by authorized
persons, shall forfeit - and pay for every
such offence the sum of twenty-five dol
lars.,
Mr. Weldon presented an act creating
a Paid Fire Department in the city of .
Pittsburgh.
Mr. MoCiaren objected to the consid
eration of the proposed act.
Mr. Reed desired ,to know where it
. ,
came from?
The President—lt clime from the mem
ber from the Fifth ward, Mr. Weldon.
Mr. Read moved its referenea 'to the
Ortlin.teee Committee.
Mr. Weldon moved , a.suapiinsitin of thy)
rules.
Tim rules were
_not Suspended, there
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being tiiiE treat y g in the a ffi rma
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`tire., -
The proposed act theregire was laid
over..
An ordinance from ' Select Council in
relation to CitrOode, adopting .the city
ordinances as codified byi a , - Committee,
was concurred in—ayes 25, nays 20.
Mr. McCandless asked leave to change
his vote.
Leave was granted, and Mr. McCand
less, changing his vote from nay to aye,
moved a reconsideration bf the vote con
curring in the ordinance.
The motion to reconsider was lost- -
ayes 25, nays 26.
Mr. Chiskitt presented an ordinance
providing,4.that if any person shall wil
tally gallop or trot any horse or mule
across the public crossings of the city,
and shall be legally convicted, every
person so offending shall forfeit and pay
for everysnch offense a fine not exceeding
five dollars nor leas than one dollar, to
be collected as other fines of the city."
Rules suspended and the ordinance
adopted. Not acted on in Select Council.
Mr. Glidepfeimy called up the petition
for the re-location and re survey of Ridge
street, in S. C., Fee. 13th, referred to
Survey Committee, and same day in C. C.
laid on table. Former action was receded
from and action of S. C. concurred in.
iiMr. Morgan offered the following:
Reioired, That the City Solicitor be
instructed to proceed against the late
firm of Knapp, Rudd 41: Co., or any oth
tirs using or owning the same, for any
amount . that may be'due the city for the
use of the switch on Twelfth, formerly
O'Hara street. Adopted. Not acted on
in S. C.
A resolution from Select Council, laid
on the table at a previous meeting, di
recting the appointment of a special com
mittee to negotiate for the purchase of
the turnpikes and plank roads within
the consolidated city, and report to Coun
cils, was concurred in. The'Committee
consists of Messrs. Gallaher, Z.. Wai
nwright and Coffin, 8, C.; Messrs. Moor
head, House, Batchelor, and Anderson,
C. C.
. .
—ln all action not otherwise noticed
the S. C. concurred.
On motion, adjourned.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
—A Mr. Spencer, a theater manager,
had both his lege broken in Central Park,
New York, on Saturday, by a carriage
accident.
—The work on the Missouri River
bridge at St. Lours is progressingfavora
bly. The engineers expect soon to com
mence work on the centre pier.
—Rev. Demetrius Marogna, a promi
nent Catholic Priest, formerly Priest of
Vincent's Abbey, Westmoreland county,
Penna., died at St. Paul, Minn., Saturday.
—The Criminal Court at Indianapolis
overruled the motion for an arrest of
judgment in the case of Mrs. Clem, and
sentenced her to the Penitentiary for life.
—A female inmate of the State Insane
Hospital at Middletown, Conn., Was
beaten to death on Friday morning with
an iron castor of a bedstead by anotiler
female inmate.
-James Harper, et-Mayor af New .
York city, died on S uneasy last, from
the effect of injuries received by being
thrown from a carriage on the Thursday
previous. He was seventy-four years
old.
—.omalut dispatches say that Henry
Hickman, a prominent member of the
First Baptist Church, under arrest for
falsely and maliciously assaulting the.
character of Mrs. Vermate, wife of the
pastor, was found guilty.
—The Union Pacific Railroad laid six
miles of track on Saturday, and contin
ues pushing the work west of Odgen,
and also expect soon to finish the perma
nent lines through the tunnels at Echo
Canon.
—Considerable excitement exists in
Washington regarding•the charges of cor
ruption against Governor Fenton, set
forth in the testimony takiin by the Leg
islative Investigation Committee,the
anti-Fezitonians declat nwthey will have
an investigation instituted, and if he is
found guilty will have him expelled..
A'SIGNIFICART LETTER.
LorrisVmLi, March 22d, 1889.—Find enc'osed
P. O. order for • 1 which you will 'please
place to my credit, and send immediately halt a
grosspf Blood Searcher, and a fall supply of eir
.
enters,'
The demand for your medicine is gradually in
creasini, and I believe will eventually take the
place of other similar pleparations, now being
extensively advertised theughout Kentucky and
the Southern States, but there Is little advents.
ing needed that will reach the. masses. Circu
lars will do very well in the locality where the
Blood Searcher is sold, bit the greater number
are only to be reached through the medium of a
popular newspaper, a few insertions is all that
is required. Let the people of Kentucky once -
know that DR. KEYSEa'S BLOOD SEARCHER.
can be had at tMil Medicine and Toilet Depot,
Louisville, KentnekY, and I guarantee a profits
tile return. I hive an extensive acquaintande
threughoutitenticky and the South, and though
I claim not to be an exception to the generality -
(Amy fellows, I' flatter myself tbq the name of
W. W. WILLIAM . , as Agent for the Blood
Searcher, will at least not lesson the demand,
but on the contrary t , will Induce many to take
hold of it. and when they nave done so it will
matter very little who is the Agent, or where
It comes from, DR. /KEYSER'S BLOi/D
SEARCHER will be the medicine they
have tested and what they will want. The Breed
Searcher Le going good work in Ode
There are numbers to whom 1 have recommended
it for dyspepsia, and as a general Tonic, and In
every ease hav e had a good report. There la a
gentleman in Madness oppo lie my store who
has been confined to his room slime July last.
with scroll:11a, • physician attending everyday ,
and getting_no better. Soon after I received -
your first consignment I sent h.m one of your
circulars, but it was sometime before 1 heard
from him, and not until I sett Mr. Boyd over to
sing did he conclud that ry It. Be la now get.
zwell. and regrets did not adopt the
remedy sooner. His case muse bad if not worse
than that of Mr. Boyd. and eill,prove • valuable
Reel:flatten to the list of cures. Allow me to con
gratulate you on Toile removal to your new store.'
with -the hope that it it well in no way. detract
from your former prosperity. Respectfelly„
W. W. WILLIA3IO.
To Da KEINER, Plttsburgh, Pa.
Dr. .yeer`a Blood Searcher •la sold by .the
gross dormn or single bottle,AT HIS.NEW:
MEDICINE STORE, No. 47 LI BERTY STREET •
one door from Sixth. , .
Consulting "No. 120 Pena street.
THE TRYING SEASON.
The searching the'cold, drizzling rains,
.
ijie' heavy fogs, and - oCeasicrital warm midmOist.
.
days of March, render iturron the whole th e most
unhealthy mouth of th4Year. Its depresSibtrin-'
hue:ices are especially unfavorable to invalid,.
and thousand!) of persona with feeble eonstitu,
dons, who have borne the winter brarelyibreak
down in the first month onipring. The variation&
of temperatvre and cold east winds are a porton,
trial to the dyspeptic and bilious, whose SYmPtoins'
whey Invariably aggravate. Intermittent fever is
aterife wherever here to evolvable poison in the
or the To 4 liable the system to combat
these evils, there is nothing like a good vegeta
ble tonic and among ibis class of medicines KOS
TETTE WS STOMACH BITTERS stand supreme.
TMedicalmen prescribe it in preference to any of
he tonic pretarations of the pharmacopeia.,
They nre
are
that the ordinary tincture and
extracts are all based upon cheap alcubol.f . whicts
is surcharged with an acrid essential oil; and ab
salutelY Poisonous. They know, on the other
band, that the rectified essence of the linen/le
grown In this tone try ,is the sole spirituous there -
Client of HOST ETTER'S BITTERS, and that the,
retable medicinal elements of which it Is cote
ed are of rare eMeacry. Rence, it has Macon
eau of physicians, and find , ' ita way into hes
pltMa :where no other proprietary -medicine is
sanctioned. -
A course of the BITTERS Is especially recom- .
Mended to pexsons of celicate habit, of bot 4
sexes at this season. In the fever and aline dm'
trims of the West and South, quinine has. been
almost universally discarded as achologolse, and . .
ibis valuable antidote to malicious disorders•
adopted In Its stead. A double gain is realism .
by the change. for the Sitters, unlike that dan
gerous alkaloid. are agreeable to the PadatCli.an
/1
their curative effect much more pezmannth
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