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Tim GAzwrrs is furnished in the city
MS six days of the week for 15 eintEper
week ; s
by mail, 18 per annum : 3 V 1,08.; $2.
'Fhose who intend spending buy time
away from home Mining tliesnmmer
months, can have the Gen Errs mailed
to y them by leaving their address at our
counting room.
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jßeceivefL—We have received from Mr.
Fifthy, No. 4 avenue,
the "Atlantic Gildenfenn Mon thly"- 5
and "Ladies'
Friend" for July. Mr. G.'is always in
sidvance in these publications.
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Constables' Returns.—The constables
of the wards of the two cities will be
heard on their returns before the Grand
Jury on Monday. June 21st, and those of
the boroughs and townships on Wadies-,
day June 23d. - •
Olothing stolen.—Martha Gorden, a
'resident of ayti," was arrested and
jailed for trial by Alderman hicMasters.
1 yesterday, of a charge of stealing wear
ing apparel, valued at $11.76, from
Susanna Maxwell one of her neighbors.
(something New.—A. street railway car,
with a new patent brake that stops and
starts the car without aid from the horses,
can be seen on the Citizens' Railway this
Morning at 9M o'clock. Railway men
shotild examine this invention, as it is a
great saving of horses.
Rude '' Remarks.— Wm. O'Leary wag
charged before Alderman Taylor. yester,
terdsy. with entering the store of Dennis
2dOlullen and using very insulting lan
toward the proprietor,
besides
Fening to take his life. Warrant
Tied.
Three hundred and two care of the
Pennsylvania and Allegheny Valley
Railroad oil line, loaded with crude 011,
passed over the road, from Franklin,
bound for Philadelphia, one day last
week. Twenty-four thousand one hun.
dred and sixty barrels were thus ex
\ .rted.
Orchestra Concert.—Extenalve ar
rangements are being made for a grand
instrumental concert by Teorge's °robes.
tra, to take place at Lafayette Hall, on
the evening of July Bth. Prof. J. W. Pope
will take• part and sing his celebrated
son: "Allegheny."
A raittilessißenedia.-Fralicla Sweeney
colored, says her husband, Joseph, has
abandoned her to: the charities of the
world, first selling off all their house
hold effects, and thus breaking rw their
home. Alderman Bolster issued a war
rant for the arrest of Joseph, for these
illegal proceedings.
Edigat Fire.—Last ereuirig about ten
o'clock. a fire broke out in a stable ad
joining the residence °Mfrs. Kirkpatrick,
corner of Webstei avenue and Arthurs
street. The flames were extinguished
with buckets -of water. - The - Relief
steamer was on the ground, but was not
inaction. '
Would go In.—August Goinn was be
for Alderman Taylor yesterday on a
charge of forclble entry, preferred by
Joseph Pearson, of Lawrenceville. It is
alleged that,- notwithstanding all opposi
tion, true to his nude and nature, he
'would go into the stable owned by the
prosecutor, where he did considerable
damage by tearing down a portion of the
interior. He was held for a hearing.
Death of Mrs. Stewart.—lt will be seen
in our obituary column that the venera
ble and estimable Mrs. Jane Stewart, rel
ict of the late Mr. John Stewart, and
mother of John H. Stewart. Eau., former
Sheriff of this county, died on the 16th
inst. Her funeral will proceed from her
late roidence, Highland avenue, Nine
tsenth"Ward, at 2 o'clock P. M., on Fri
day, the 18th inst.
Flsticutra.—The business relations eb
tween George Werner and Louis Frank
were the subject of an animated dispute
between the parties, yesterday. when, it
alleged: Louis became excited and
struck. George a powerful blow in the
lace. The "onpleasantness" occurred on
Second street. Third ward, Allegheny.
Alderman Bolster issued . a warrant for
the arrest or the pugilist.
Illegal Threats from an Official.—
John Geisinger, a resident of Temper
anceville, made information' before Al
derman Donaldson yesterday, against
John Thompson, Constable of the bor
-oUgh, and Samuel Bryan, for surety of
the peace- The accused, it is alleged, en.
deavored to enter the house of Geisinger,
and, being opposed, used some very
tierce threats against . that individual.
He was arrested, and gave ball for a
hearing.
The ladles of the new Preabyterian
- Church, at Wilkinsburg, will give, on
this and Friday evenings, a strawberry
festiyal in their new edifice. They have
taken extraordinary pains to render the
festival unusually pleasant and in every
way a success, and it will doubtless be
everything they anticipate, The regular
Arains ou Ile Pennsylvania road and the
street cars on the Oakland road render
the Church easy of access and a train
leaves Wilkinsburg for the city at a
quarter to ten.
In the Gtater.--Alderman Moliasters
yesterday issued a warrant for the anent
of John Armstrong / charged with as
sault and battery. It is alleged .tbe son
of the accused and a. boy named Horn
berger were fighting, when Armstrong
cams to the fate of his representative,
and kicked young Homberger info the
gutter. The difficulty occurred on Fifth
avenue, near Stevenson strect.' The in
formation was made by the father of the
injured lad.
A u s h o ed remember that the great
Strawberry Festival in aid of the (Epic.
copal) Churelrifonte, is to come off this
afternoon and evening. The entertain.
ment ' (weather permittiug,) will be
everything that the most fastidious could
desire. A great variety, of fancy articles,
prepared by the ladies, will be. Splayed,
and the feast of good things will be over
flowing—but above all, the conSolottsners
of a id ing a most excellent charity will
give zest to the pleasures and pastimes
prepared for , the visitors.
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• 4ne' Mailed Contest tonight at the
Pittsburgh Female College promises to
Move the most enjoyable entertainment
of the character ever held in the College
Chapel, which is saying a good deal.
The exercises wilt' be concluded early_
enough to permit visitors from ontaide ,
to get home by the , trains and passenger
railway cars. Tnoso who :desire to par
tictpate by their presence, in a contest
between vocal and instrumental per
formers, yOUIIg ladies, of brilliant at
tainments, should by all means visit , the
Chapel to•night. Tick* may be se- _
cured at the book and music stores and
at. the, - door. The elegant McKee and
Mellor prises will be awarded to the sue
mufti contestants, after the dedslon or
the , judges is made lip t a ceremony
titian visitors ate invitedto await.
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A=ll=if
Declslqnpf Judge Stowe on the Appeal
train the Judent of Ma Drum ih
Fining Alder ma n Strain for yor
Disorderly
Conduct -Judge Sterrett Dissents_from
the Decision. • • •••
The cirenmstanc,es attending die arrest
of John A. Strain, Alderman of the
Fifth ward of this city, and others, a
short time
. since,. in Allegheny, While
returning at a late hour of the night'
from a serenade in. the SubUrbib their
release, second arrest on the day follow
ing, and Strain's appeal froth the. judg
ment of Mayor Drum convicting him of,
disorderly condict, we need not repeat
in announcing the decision of the case,
as they are sufficiently recapitulated in
the opinion of Judge Stowe, delivered in
the Court of Quarter Sessions yesterday
morning. It is , as follows:'
My:Of Allegheny Chargepf Disorder-
VB.
John A. Strain. ly Conduct.
Opinion by Stowe, J.
This is an appeal from the j udgment m
thei Mayor of Allegheny City. in a eiriri
mary proceelling, wherein the defendant
was convicted of disorderly conduct and
fined twenty-five dollars and costs.
The question for us to determine is,
whether under the proceedings and the
evidence addliced before the-Court, this
judgment shall be sustained.; or set
aside. . * ' -':,:';
The evidence shows that defend ant;;
with some -twenty or twenty-five other
persons, from Pittsburgh, had been visit
ing at the house of a gentleman outside
of Allegheny city,> and tiMt while re
turning home, about midnight,lhrough
Allegheny city, some of the party in
dulged in quite yociferotts and nnmelo
dion.s singing, and, according to the tee ,
tiniony forthe plaintiff, in profanity and ,
disorderly shouts and cries, calculated
to annoy and distUrb the people residing
along the streets through which these
persons were passing. The officers,
thinking that the party were guilty of dis
orderly conduct, pursued and arrested
them for that offence, in the neighbor-
:hood, of the Diamond. when the
defendant demanded the officers to
show by what authority the arrest
was made, and perhaps dared them to ar
rest him, after which he was taken into
custody. It would, seem, however, that
after the arrest had been fully made he
counselled peace and advised and urged
submission to the officers, and stated in
substance that he would have them pun
ished for their conduct. --
There was no evidence that defendant
was one of those engaged in singing ot
making a noise, but. so far as the testi
mony shows, was quietly riding home in
one of the wagons.
% The defendant left a deposit for his ap
pearance the next , day, and in the
morning was sent for by the Mayor, who
issued a warrant for his arrest early in
the morning, upon an information made
by William Bowden, his Chief of Police.
After one witness,: Charles Buhoup, was
heard, defendant (according to the tran
script of the Mayor,) waived further
proceeditigs.rand the Mayor gave'-judg
ment attiat defendant was guilty of dis
orderly condunt,” and should pay a fine
of twenty-five dollars and costa to, the
city or Allegheny. . -. '--
Defendant appealed to • the ' totirt• of
Quarter Sessions, thattadm.day,Mid sub-
I sequently the record was returned into
this Court- • :.
The whole record is insefficient to sus
tain ajudgment of guilty, if the case was
before .us on certiorari, and would
not for a moment. hear the test
of clearly established principles in
summary proceedingg, and -. we might
very well dispose of the case upon that
ground alone, if it were not that this is
an appeal, which makes it our duty also
to refer to the merits of the case, as they,
seem to us under the evidence.
In this proceeding, If the merits were
against deft. under the evidence, and all
the preliminary steps. up to the swearing
of witnesses, regular and set out in pro
per shape upon the record, we would con
vict, although the record in regard to
stating the evidence and entering judg
ment would upon certiorari be fatally,
defective. But unless the preliminary
steps were properly taken, the merits un
der the evidence would not save the pro
ceeding, but the conviation would be
• quashed.,
The first questiori then is (assuming
that we have jurisdiction in this shape,
to which we will refer hereafter,) were
the proceedings regular, as they are set
out in the record, and appear under the
evidence, up to the timeof hearing? That
includes information, issuing of warrant
...
and arrest of defendant.
This makes It necessary to consider
somewhat at length the nature of
summary proceedings, and the technical
rules which bare been established for.
their regulon.
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By the s tem of the common law,
persons cha d with the commission of
criminal offe es could in general be
tried only by indictment or Information,
in courts of record, according to the es
tabltshed mode of 'procedure, the right
of trial by jury being deemed essential,
and the benefit of the customary forms
regarded as the security of personal lib
erty and rights. From an early period,
however, in England, it,became common
to confide by statute, to certain magis
trates, the power to try in a summary
manner and without a jury for some of
fences of a lesser gratie, or to punish
therefor with fine and imprisonment to
a limited extent. The jurisdiction of this
kind becathe important, and exercised as
it was under the supervision of the reg
ular courts according to the principles of
the common law, it proved to be safe and
useful. DI this class of cases the pro
ceedings before the magistrate are final,
except where in special cases an appeal
is allowed by statute, and ordinarily the=
only remedy is
ng by _certiorari, which ig
nores everth but the sufficiency of
the record a n d the regularity:Of the pro
ceedings as set out therein. Although
this kind of criminal trial seems very
Much at variance with the bill of rights
in our Constitution, which so carefully
guards the right of trial by jury and se-
mires to accused persona the benefit of
proceedings by indictmetit and other
common law forms, it has been held
to be legal, but subject to the closest
legal scrutiny by the Courts. -
It is an establiahed•rrile - that no
•sum
mary conviction.ill stand for a Moment
without ' a •trufficletif record. ' indeed a
record is an absolute prerequisite to ,a
Oommitment, and without , it not only. is
the party entitled to his. dispharge, but
the magisttaM liable to him in trespass.
This must show that the magistrate has
strictly pursued his powers, otherwise
the common law will break in upon him
and level all his proceedings.
In carrying out this prineiple, very
rigid rules of construction have prevailed,
in courts of justice, and the magistrates
have alwayS been kept within the strict
letter of the statutes Or ordinances creat
ing their authority.
The first stepin a summary conyictien ,
- is the 'formal charge, which Jason:Jetliner'
called a complaint, but more generally.
an inforMatiOn. Thera. are some cases
where Ilto charge-1n writing ~ MO' be' illy
strictness required, yobs charge or acksi-c
motion malt in diet have been riodei' and
the.magistrate `should take dOWW fii:A,
writing the substance of it, int/dot MO.
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minutia : to duly Wairant or limit
his inquiry. •
- • That there blight to be such it formal
charges or complaint,, information,
obvious on every principle of justice, in
order that the defendant may be appris
ed of the supposed offense he - is to sn
eerer for, and the magistrate what facts
he is to-try and adjudicate, and that the
conviction may be adducible in evidence
to prevent a subsequent proceeding for
the same cause. It is essential that great
care should be used in framingor taking
the information or complaint, as it is the
foundation of all that is subsequently
done in the case. In any review of the.
matter by a superior tribiinal, or on any
judicial inquiry in relation to the case,
greet importance is attached to it.
And
1 the validity of the whole procedure may
depend upon its being formal andlcorrect
It should, as to the substance of the
particular complaint, be accurate, pre
cise and full, and it ought in general •to
be as certain in substance as an indict
ment or declaration, and the mistate
ment or omission of any material aver
ment in • did information is not
cured by any statement in the
conviction of sufficient evidence to
constitute the offence, because the de
fendant can only be. convicted of the
charge as laid in the information, and
that must be sufficient to support the
conviction, and the evidence could only
prove and not supply the defect in the
information. .
The evidence, as given on. the trial,
should:be particularly stated in the re
cord in regard to the acts done by de
fendant, alleged,to constitute the offence
charged, to the tune it was done and to the
plane; and it should be taken deign from
the mouth of.the witnesses at the trial,
and as nearly as possible in their very
words. It is extremely improper to at
tempt to supply this part of the record
from memory after. , the trial his been
had and a record demanded by the de
fendant.
Upon an appeal, however, as in this
case, the evidence is not important, as it
iso ur duty; to hear the testimony for our
selves; and if, as before stated, all the
preliminary steps .up to the hearing were
correctly taken and set out properly in
the reeond, we would not quash the con
victiorraimply because the evidence was
not properly stated, of as get out in the
record was not sufficient to lustifyk con
viction, as we would if it was before ns
on cer tiorari.
Applying these rules, Which are well
defined and clearly laid down in the
vatiout text books and decisions bear
ing upon this kind of legal poaceeding,
to the case in hand, we find that on the
4th of June, Win. Bowden, who wait the
Cliff of Felice in Allegheny city, made
al:information in absolute and unquali
fied terms that John A. Strain with
others, "on the night of the Sd of Jane,
ISGO, in the city of. Allegheny, did con
duct himself in a disorderly manner by
making a loud noise on -die,iitreet, using
Insulting language to police officers and
otherwise misbehaving himaelf, tending
to a bcli-of the public peace and to the
ivjtnf all Well-disposed persone."
Thereis only one part of this informa
tion tirt give s us any light as to what
the de ndant is charged to have done,
to wit: "Making a loud noise in the
street." "Usinginsuldrig language," and
"misbehaving hlinself,"are altogether too
-vaguer and general, being not facts, but
eimplY the affiant's opinion as to facts.
The information should set out as facts
whatthe language was, and in what the
misbehaviour consisted, so that the de
fendant could know specifically what he
was charged with, and the . - Court know
whether they fell within the, ordinance.
Even leianking a loud noise in the street"
is too indefinite to convey any concise
idea of what is meant, and the charge is
not helped by saying that it tended to a
breach of the Peace, for that is ' a conclu
sion Or law arising under the evidence.
To set out the charge properly, the in
formation should have stated how the
noise was made, and in what it consisted,
—whether it was with horns} by firing of
guns, shouting, hallooing or singing, or
. otherwise, as the case might be. So, if in
sulting language was need, what' the
languasewas, and the same with regard
to misbehavior.
" The description in, the informa
tion of the - alleged Offence ought
to be certain and precise' as
to the facts and circumstances
thereof, so as to distinctly mark arid
characterize the - ict cotnplained of, in
reference to the provisions, intention and
spirit of the statute under which it is
prosecuted. Besides the words of the
act, there must also be particularity in rc
gard to time, place, and as much other
essential circumstances as may be neces
sary ,for certainty and precision." [See 2
Chitty, gen. prac. 1111.1 “It is incum
bent," also says the same high authority,
(page 163.) "upon the magistrate to take
care - that an informer state in his oath the
partictdor facts , as - they occurred, and
that he do not swear by the card in the
very words of the act; and unities facts
are apparently truly sworn essential to
_constitute the offence charged, the mag
istrate should not issue even his sum
mons, and certainly not a warrant, upon
.'general infornoation,however technically
correct."
• In this case a warrant was issued upon
the information of an officer, who ages
in courCthat he- knew nothing at all per
sonally of the facts he swore to before the
Mayor, and that the Mayor knew it
when he issued the warrant.
The information is not technically cor
rect in several respects, but - even if it
were, and the Mayor knew that the des
pone'. t was swearing to what he had no
personal knowledge of, he should have
refused to entertain the case. Issuing la
warrant would be illegatunder such sir.
cumstances, and unjustifiable in any
court of law. If, on the other hand,
the informer did not, disclose to the;
Pdgyor that he swore only from hearsay
knowledge, or having disclosed the fact'
swore to and signed.; the information, 1
knowing that it was in absolute and un- 1
qualified terms, he did a very rash and
dangerous act, even if he believed every
word he swore, and the frets;;were j tuit
as he stated I them -to 'be, 'What the
law calls this kind of swearing is very
explicitly
emni ~ stated by Chief Justice Tilgh
man, in vs, Cerialsh,{Pßlfittey, D.
There is another defect in the informa
tion which is insupstable. , ,Fltfailitto
fer bathe orditlinceunder which the pro.
coeding is instituted, in any shape or
form.
• For these- reasons: we; would 4041)4:Im
pelled to eolith this-conviction, if there
were nothing more in the case. Upon
the ns.erits,- under the evidence, the case
is no lettei-rot 4ilattitiff. That there
were some noisy and disorderly persons
in this ‘ party, is pretty clearly estab
lished, but nthat defendant 4)94 any uPort
in tha'disorder la not shoeitiby the plain
tiff, and the contrary is proved by the
defence.
Under the evidence, if the 'proceedings
were regular„ we should adjudge the 41 , 71
fondant net guilty. '
• The only,question which remains, ta'
the one ofjuriediction under the apneal.
As 'the very, peculiarity: of a summary
'proceeding originally, was that it ,teok
away -a . jury trial, and appeal
lies.. except when, and to_WO
tribunal, :Specially mentioned, I think
- it clear that - the Appeali ,
pty, as the act says,- to the Court at
Quarter in its lejsi--atial*hni
cal sense, pgd,npt tp the. lUdurt : n r •
During the Signufent some Su •
:
were made by. the -court, a' • •1 • the
Meaning of the ordinsnesund the T
I -
ity of t the 'arrest of the defendint, "and
ethersof:Ulla puty, tinder the,ohArge of
disorderly Conduct. Whethei the sug-'
irestions then made In reference to, these
'matters were correct or not* it will be
soon enough to determine when the case
comes squarely before us. The position
this case was found to assume upon' ex
amination rendered it unnecessary to
inquire into those other matters, ana I
have no disposition to go, out of the
record to decide questions which, as the
case now stands, are so entirely Immo,
torte]; to the question before us, and
might possibly be unnecessarily pre
judging questions which may hereafter
And.now, June 16, 1869, this case hav
ing come before this Court on appeal
from the Mayor of Allegheny_ City, and
the said Court having proceeded to ex
amine into the truth•of the charges con
tained in the information against John A.
Strain, the defendant, and it not appear
ing from the evidence adduced before
•the Court that said defendant Vas guilty
as charged, hit, the ' said John A. Strain,
is hereby declared to be not guilty of the
charges contained In said Information,
and the.conviction before said Mayor is
hereby vacated and annulled.
BY THE COURT.
MIDGE STEURETT DISSENTS.
His. Honor, Judge Sterrett, stated that
not having heard the evidence in the case,
or being familiar with the facts, he did
not desire to express an opinion as to the
merits, but he ',dissented from the
views otitis brother Stowe as to several
points in his opinion. He did not , think
it necessary that the, offence charged
should be set forth in all its minuteness,
particulamidg how, 'when and Where,
and in what ,inanner it was com
mitted, but that it was sufficient if it
be stated in the general terms of the or
dinance under which the information
was made.
State Normal School.
According to previous notice, the
Ccimmittee appointed by the late trien
nial Convention of the School Directors
of Allegheny county, met at Curry' In
stitute yesterday.
The meeting was called to Order by F.
C. Negley, Esq.. C4irman. On motion.
the Committee wadincreased till it now
•Atmbraces the following names, viz: John
H. Ralston, James B. Lyon, Wm. Thaw,
'James Park, Jr., F. R. Brunet, Wm.
Frew, Joreph Dilworth, Jr., IL Shoen•
berger, Robert Lea, Wm. Patterson,
James Kelly, A. T. Douthett, Moses
Chess and F. C. Negley.
Mr. Geo. M. Fields, Superintendent of
Beaver county, was present and partic
ipated in the proceedings of the meeting.
He reported that a similar Commitee from
Beaver county would be present at the
next meeting to co•opetate with. this
Committee, and a similar one from But
ler county, in deviling measures for ea-,
tablisbing a State Normal School for this
dist:tint- -
• A. communication was received from
Col. Win. Espy, offering - to increase his
former donation of ten acres of land, for
a site for the State Normal School, to
twenty acres. which, added to four adja
cent mires offered by Capt. John EL Neel,
makes an aggregate of twenty-four aorta
of land beautifully situated within
three miles of the city. Mr. James
Kelly, of Wilkinsburg, has ata of
fered to donate ten acres of laud
beautifully situated on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, at the extreme limits of tqe
city of Pittsburgh. If there are othelii
from any nen qf the Eleventh
School DistricOrho wish to -secure r
mal
the
school in their neighborhood, and have
ten acres or upwards which they are
willing to denote as a site for the same,
they will please make the matter known
at the next meeting of the convention,
which willtake place at Curry Institute,
52 and 54 Sixth street, Pittsburgh, on
Monday, the 2lat inst., at two o'clock, v.
at. Members of Convention are earn
estly requested to attend punctual". ,
Result of Picnic Diversions.
Charles Schmalz, one of the parties
seriously injured in the row at the Pio
nic on Troy Hill, Monday afternoon, was
much worse yesterday. As his physician
Dr. Hsrdtmeyer, expresied fears of his
condition Mayor Drum took his deposi.
lion at the house where he is now lying.
It appears from his statement that he had
a confectioner's stand on the ground, and
that some of, the festive parties sarrhpti
tionally carded off a quantity of
the goods. He endeavored to se
cure the property when the row ensued,
during which be was attacked by three
rowdies. One of them gashed his hand
terribly with a knife ' another struck him
with a brick, while the third emulated
his companions in brutality by belabor
ing him with a poker. They ceased their
exertions only when their victim lay in
the road, outside the grounds, insensi
ble, whore he was picked up after all was
quiet and taken home by his friends. He
could not name the assailants,.but is cer
tain he cotild recognize them again:
A Correspondent, visiting Pittsburgh,
and writing to the Titusville Herald, has
this to say of us: The city seems to have
Its fair proportion of strangerw--you can
tell them by. their frantic efforts to keep
clean—the hotels doing a good business
and trains running well tilled. It is
bound to be a larger place—this Mts•
burgh—and if it was traet one govern
ment with Its sister cities of Allegheny,
'anchester, . Birnaingbam, etc., which
ate by situation 'and ought to be by law
and fact one -arid inseparable. It would
1 rank already as one of the largest in the
1 land. •
A Registered Animal.
Samuel McMullen, o f Seotch Hollow,
~
until ,withul a, few ,days past delighted
himself, the possession of "clorg"
valued at 'thirty-live dollars. .SO great
was his love for the animal that, to make
his ownership more secure, he hnd it
nroperly registered as his
,prom.rp,..,
Menday merlibiCitio'siniatieW r 'dinap .
peered and has not been seen Educe.
• From information received,, Samuel cop.
eluded it had been taken away ' by 'John
O'Leary, and, made.informagoit. befo e
Alderman. staitior, ?yeaterdiy, is t t
effect, upon. which a warrant was hem ; d.
Runaway.
A Pali , of horses att".tidied to a baron - e
belonging to SackiscmA Dever* on Th rd
avenue, , took fright yesterday, while e*
,
turning from a fuiter f al,, near Two ile
Run, and ran away, completely denool.
billing the vehicle, and . injuring the
driver considerably. There ,were,lour
ladles and a gentleman in the barouohe
when the accident occurred, who', were
all thrown out. but fortunately escaped
injury.. The -vehicle ; was - _almost new,
having been recently purchased at a cost
; vrt-
ate call the attention of housekeepers,
to the style and quality of Queensware
which inkcpaused u* such a wide•sprce4i
PRO/lathy. The great reason for the re
markable 81:111CeBS lies in the quality of
the wares we %keep and the prices - at;
whtiht they are sold. j.Call and examine
at any acne, whether you wish to buy or
nal -3 T M - 10 Thantond, Allegheny.
MO
Armstrol, • Bro. ilk Co.'s ' Cork and
Compressed Bung Factory Destroyed.
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A disastroris conflagration occurred
about half-past 'eight o'clock last even
ing, by which the Cork and Compressed
Bung FaCtory of Armstrong, Bro. 41t Co.,
No. 122 Third avenue, was almost totally
destroyed.
The building was a three-story brick
structure originally, but recently, owing
to the increased amount of business, a
fourth story was erected, to make room for
new machinery which was placed on the
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second floor, and which, we are informed.,
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c at the firm over ten thousand dollars.
The Are originated - on the first
ft or, from the engines, near which
as aj quantity of baled cork,
and spread so rapidly that before
aia alarm was given it had reached the
iff urth story and was burning furiously.
he alarm was ?given from box 13, to
Lich ,the engines in the district
omptMr responded, and in a few min
tee afterward a general alarm was
unded, which brought the entire de
sartmerit into service. .The fire was dis
overediabout halt past eight o'ckick, and
had gained such headway that the entire
building and, contents were destroyed.
The loss will not fall 'far short 0'1130,000,
Includirig machinery and stock des
troyed. 'There is a heavy insurance on
the fstablishment, but we were unable
1 o learn in what companies.
The firemen worked faithfully until
eleven o'clock before the Are was entirely
extinguished..
The livery stable of Jackson and
DeVore; which is oa the opposite side of
the avenue, was in imminent danger,
and the horses were all removed, a pre
caution which, however, proved unneces-
IsarY ai, the flames were confined to the
1 buildirig in which the fire originated.
The —operative Life insurance Com-
puny. •
The fccu4nulating policy of this Com
pany Vs th best system of life insurance
yet devised Because:
• The'Sontract is simple and can be fully
understood by any ope.
It is 'just and equitable. All who make
an equal contribution make an equal
gain. 1 It is safer and stronger than any
other.; A depreciation in values or an
epideMic that would destroy an old style
company will not injuriously effect the
interest of thews insured on this plan.
It puts no restrictions on travel nor
on any lawful occupation. The Company
requires no notes which may seriously
reduce the amount of insurance.
It requires no interest on imaglsary
"loan's," so as to increase the yearkf pre
mitun thirty to fifty per cent. above the
bargain. -
It charges only the actual value of the
insarkince' and makes no ridiculous pre
tencethatyou can make, fifty per cent. •
"profits" on your investment, and get
the mount of your insurance in addl.
Nor does it practice any other deceit,.
All this is ab:olutely true,•and
made plain to any one who will call at
the Company's office. 123 Smithfield
I street. -
Our Clty.
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DISASTROUS FIRE.
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Pittsburgh Hale and Female Seminary.
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This institution will commence its sec
ond, term on the first Monday of Septem
ber, next, under the management of Pro.
fesser Fulton Phillips, to whom the un
dersigned has transferred the school.
Mr. Phillips is an experienced and suc
cessful teacher, and a gentleman of very
superior and scholastic ability. He is
earnest and progressive, qualified to im
part scientific instruction in any sphere
as instructor of the young. lam happy
to recommend'Mr. Phillips to my pupils,
my 1 patrons and my friends believing
him capable arid worthy; feeling assured
that those remembered friends, to whom
I am so deeply indebted for the eminent
success that has attended my own efforts'
will have no reason to regret any patro-
I
nage which they may extt%d to my sue.
oessor. . 11. I. Gounixv.
Disorderly Conduct.
John and Catherine Garritz were ar
rested on Manor street, South Pittsburgh,
yesterday, and taken before Justice Bar
ker on a charge of disorderly con duct.
It appears that the accused occupied a
room in a "rookery" on Manor street,
&Om which they, were-,forcibly ejected
by t ithe landlord and their goods set out
on the street. The ejected parties then
st rted out to "hunt law" egainat the
laudlord who had sa-sumarily ejected
them from their home, and to 'drown
their troubles took numerous potations
oi l bad whisky, in consequence of which
they both became disorderly. Mrs. Gar
riz, who it appears was the more disor
derly of the two, was committed for five
days, and her' worthy spouse, Patrick,
was discharged.
Peremptory CD:aux Sale of E egant
]Parlor, inning Room atm Chamber
iFurhiture, Carleta.
ITo-day, June 17, at U a. s., and 1%
at Masoule Hall Auction Rooms, 55
anti 57 Fifth &venue, will be sold without
reserve, the largest and finest assortment
of parlor, dining room and chamber fur
niture offered this season, embracing in
part elegant chamber'and cottage suites,
large line hair, cloth and repp sofas and
t'ete.a.tetes; lounges, all styles and quail
ties; marble-top and. plain dressing bu
reaus and wash stands; parlor and cabin
chairs and rockers; large lot of fine
featheis, .k.c. Three fir proof proof safes at
private sale. For ,full particulars. see
advertisement. EL R. Smithson 6c Co,
Aggravates Assault and Battery.
Patrick Pendergrass made information
before Justice Barker, •of South Pitts
'burgh, charging , Dennis Michael and
;Thomas Conroy with aggravated as
sault and battery.. The Conroy brothers
;reside in wismerick" where, it appears
they got into a diflicsity_with the prose
iutor. Sunday evening, which resulted
;rather 'seriously to Pendergrass. 'lie
'was beaten in a most inhuman manner.
Thomas and Dennis were arrested .and ,
held. to, trial for their , appearance at
I Court. A warrant was' issued for,Mieli
ael, but the officers aitough searching
dilligently for hlm, have not. succeeded
In finding Ulm. • ,
. _
120,000 Worth of new and seasonable.
goodareeeived this week by J. W. Bar
ker ,Co., 59 Market and 20 St. ()lair
(now Stith) street.
Marsaillet dresses at
Bateslltl3elrs. ,- " • •
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VI for. Lace Curtains-4U hoe ccirtaina
t reduced prices at Bates it Bell's. . •
Twenty thousand Ifutlif,69 worth of new
and fashionable goods receiving' at Bar
ker's, 59 Market and 20 St. , Chitra (now .
Sixth) street.
•
Lace Pqiuto, Sacques, Rotandi and
Oifas at Bates do Ball+
Faitston Vt oodenware Works at AIM!.
item—The entire Falistoh'•WOoden‘snwe
w or ks, in Faliston borough, will be sold
to-morrow morning at lidollwaidels•Ano
uou ;DX•ixisp 106 • Jimithdeld street, Pitts
burgb, bY.OrderAfiesignee in bankrupt
op It includes the,grenods t . blinding%
nuti3hrnerP, water power,Ae. Bee ono
tion advert cements in our oolumni.
IMIEM
Hotteid,laelt are 04311,7 boulid, but you
can never WO knave. ,
PLANTATION BITTERS cures Dyepepeis.
Keep no more cats in the house than
will catch mice. •
PLANTATION BITTERS cures Fever and
War makes thieves. and peace hangs
them.
PLANTATION BITTERS cares Liver Com
plaint and Nervous Headache.
Time is a the that wears and makes no
noise. •
PLANTATION BITTERS Cures Dissipa
tion and Late Hears. .
Better have one plow going than two
cradles. ' -
PLANTATION BITTERS ate an antidote
to Change of Water and Diet.
Fools and obstinate people make law
yers rich:
PLANTATION BITTERS purify, strength
en and invigorate.
A kind wife makes a faithful husband.
MAGNOLIA WATER.--1311p040 to the
best imported German Cologne, and sold
at halt the price. 1.1114.T.F.
Special Sale—Brussels and-, Ingrain
Carpets. —To-day, June 17th, at 13
o'clock, r. K., at Masao:do Hall Atiction
Rooms, 55 and 67 Fifth avenue, will .lbe
sold without reserve, to close consign
ment, a large line of new all wool two ,
ply rag, cottage, hemp and stair carpets.
Also 13*0 yards of fine veldet and tapes-,
try Brussels. Sale positive. For par
'tit:mists see advertisement. H. B. Smith
-son at Co.
I, X. L.—Geo. Wi Hubley No. 68
Federal street, has added to h is variety
of Hcruselnrnishing goods an entirely ,
new double inverse rotary Ice Cream
Freezer, called the li," which is
a quick and effectual frnezer, enrpassing
all competitors. and cheap. -Tir
Snits and Dresses'made in newest fash
ion at Barker's. 59 Market and 20 St.
Clair (now Sixth) street, where upwards
of 1120,000 worth of goods are now being
opened.
Shetland Shawls—in all desirable col
ors, et Bates .Sc
Public Sales... The Orrin Newton prop
ertv, at Shady,side, goes today at i 3 r
o'clock; E. R. Wilson's, on Highland
avenue, East L'berty, to-day at 5 o'clock,
and Mr. Lea's, No. 205 Western Avenue '
Allegheny, on Tneaday next at 2 o'clock.
A. LEOG.A.TE, Auctioneer.
Suits of Linen, Haman'. Leno, Mar
sallies and Bilk at Bates & Bell's.
The place to get White Lime, Cal.
tined. Plaster, Hydraulic Cement. Is at
Scher a Caakey'e. 18 Smithfield street.
Linen Goode, long variety, at Bates & 4
Bell's.
Constitution Water isa - certain cure for
.
Diabetes and all diseases of the Rid- 1
nays. For sale by all Druggists. ••',
TTEs:T.
Japanese Silks in great variety at Bates
& Bell's.
viVhite Bedoulai at BatesA Bell's.
Thin-Dress Goods; front Stoat Bates it
Bell's.
' DIED.'
RICHARDS—On Tuesday, June lath. it Nres.
Ohio JOHN J. itICHARDS, in gie 34th year of
his age-
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'Notice of funeral in Friday's paper
RAMlG—Wedifieday afternoon. et 4 o'clock.
ORARLIE. eon of,redetict. and Kate Ramig,
sged,3 years and 8 months. c
The funeral will take place on FRIDAY Arnen . ti
Rows, et A o'clock, from parent's residence, feS
emithficld street. Friends of the family are
Llndly invited to attend.
STEW ART—At G o'clock I'. V. on Tuesday. A
June 15th. 1869, JANE STEWART. wife of
John clew's% of Lifland avenue, 19th wsr,4 , 1
Pittsburgh. -
Funeral on 'FRIDAY, June 18th; at 'A rock 11
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P. M. Carriages will leave from notit. , to., Pat
terson & Co's, bevenitt avatar. at 151113 i noon.
UNDERTAKERS.
LEX. LIKEN,_ — UNDER
TABER, o. 166 • 'FOURTH 9
STREET,
Abbnrgn. -N
ea. GOIFYIIid °fall e"
GLOW-S, and ery description of Funeral Par- i 3
ntshing Goods furnished. Rooms open day and 0
nisint. riad Carriages Strained. .
RlrreENClo3—Rev.Davl.4l Herr, D. D., aeo.mi
W. Jacobus, D. D., Thomas Ewing, ran., .ys:o3 - *
F Killer, Esc. •
CIIMILES tit, PEERL'EN UN •
lERTAKEES AND LlVEiri STABLICS:
cornet • I d.A.N DUSKY STREET AND CffitritCH
AVENI32. Allegheny City. where theirCOhJiil
P.00)19 ye constantly supplied with real and
imitation lio•ewood. Mahogany and Walnut •
Oodles, at prices I suing from 114 to *lOO. 80.
dies prepared for lo , trment. Hearses and Car•
risges furnished: &LW. 7'll Muds of :Hoare*, 5
Goods. if &dce ot en at all hour'. dal • -
and night.
A GENIQY FOR . '
" 6 PETER SQUIRE'S. LONDOX,
CELEBRATED CHEMICALS.
SOAP, • . 1
cont,thirg 40 per cent. F i nn Glycerine.
EFFERVESCING PREPARATIONS
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Saab as Bi Carb Potassa,Vieby San, lllssinge
Salt, Seidllt: Powder, Citrate Magnesia, CitFeti . 4
Iron and Quinine, lodide Petassae, Carbonai J
Lithia, o,c. Also , agent P. A. Sarre Vienna
Glye(rint Strop, snit BreeknelPs. London, Ski , t
Soap.
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SIMON JOHNSTON
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corner Fourth Avenue and Smith-
field Street. - - i
Erivirt G. HALL,
MERCIIA.NT T.AILOR,
Wouldreirisectfalli Ir form Ids riends and the rT
nubile tenerani, that las )i-11
SPRING STOCK GE GOODS
IS NOW COMPLETE,,
swarm . At tutrafeitati.
Corner .of leneand . Sixth Streets,
F°~ SALE.
BAROMETERS,
'TRERMOMETERq
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OPERA I WatIICIE
AND SPY GLASSES,
W. G. DIINSEATH,
• 4Zwlliarat AND OPTICIAN,
Ea - FIFTH AVENUE,
taylB .
HESPENHEID Ile Coi,
it No. 50 SIXTH STIIEST, Vete st.,
Olair,) have fest reeeived rroxa the Uri the best
lot 'of New Goode for Spring Suits ever broach%
to the_ market , . The dim warrant to eat sad St
and makes Clothes climes and better Gip say
firsttedus hems° In this city. new loidllgeli*
Old alliorsaseat of GUINT!..I*I: Iffnunspi.
ING GOODS are at ail times to be Arad aims
hoes% Oar lirsiabed is 40 'gala= STIIIIIIT.
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