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,THE PITTSBURGH OBSERVATORY.
This establishment dates the corn
mencement of its existence in 1859. I
was projected - for the recwation and in
etruction of a number of gentlemen and
their , families, who associated together
nude; an act of inc6rporation. At the
outset, the sum of $19,000 *as
raised,
i l,
part in money and part in lands 'the lat
ter constituting the grounds now occupied ,
by the Observatory, and including a
dwelling house, and which has since been
enlarged. and improved. --'
The contributors -to this fund were
U., G. : Huzz,ey, Thomas . M. Howe, J. H.
Shoenberger, W. Bagalcy, W. McClin
tock, M. Ferguson, H. Childs;W. Thaw,
Isaac, Jones, James Marshall, G. W. Casa,.
J. Mi, Cooper, J. M. Pennock and others.
The land mentioned, above was give
by McC'LINTOCR. and FIMG I / 1 30N—mnittly
.the latter—and is now 'Worth, not less
, than $60 , 000.
The' Dbservatory was erected and a
Eingle,inatrument bought and set up.
This instrument is a thirteen inchl tele
\
scope, made by Prrr, of New York. It
is of the same make and size as thelele
scope,iir the Dudley' Otservatory at Al
bany, lttew York. These are the fourth
in size of all telescopes in the United
States.
These expenditures involved the Obser
' vatory Company in a debt amounting to
$13,000, which was secured by mort
gage. It was proposed to sell
• a portion of the -land to can
, eel this indebtednes6. While this expe
dient was under Consideration, the Presi
dent of the University of Western Penn
- sylvauia offered, in case the property of
the Observatory Company should be
transferred to that Institution, to raise by
subscription sufficient money to pay off
the debt and to endow a Professorship of
Astronomy. This offer was accepted.
An Act of Assembly authorizing the
transfer was procured. Meanwhile a
• subscription in behalf of the University,
for the fulfillment of the end proposed,
was iaised to theamount of $33,000. Of
this sum C. G. Hussey gave $2,500, T.
M. Howe $2,500, J. S. Clark $2,500, and
W. Thaw
. $20,000. The last named gen
tleman afterward added other subscrip
lions; so that the aggregate of his con
,' tributions to the Ofitervatory and the
Univeraity is $38,000.
In jttne, 1867, the property of the Ob
' servatory Company was transferred in
due form of law to the University.
In the east wing, there now is
THE CHIL.O.NOGRAPII.
Time, as time, is incapable of the exact
measurement requisite in modern, astron
omy. Yon cannot directly bung to bear
upon it the microscope or the micrometer.
It will not stay still long enough for ma to
lay upon it the scale and the dividers.
The chronograph, however, by_ as indi
rection, does accomplish this very thing.
Extremely delicate as isha mechanism,
and somewhat complicated as well, the
general principle of its construction is
easily understood. A cylinder covered
with white paper, is made to revolve with
great steadiness once in a minute. There
rests on this paper a peculiar kind of pen,
which moving sidewise as the cylinder
revolves under it, makes a spiral ink-mark
upon it, one spiral, of course, correspond
ing to the lapse of one minute. By means
of a telegraphic device the clock in the
other wing, berafter to be described, is
made at each beat to draw this pen for an
instant,a little to one side, so as to-indi
cate to what second of the day that par
ticular point in the spiral corresponds.
But not the clock alone has a hold upon
this little pen to disturb its monotonous
chirography.
The observer at the telescope, anxious.
ly watching for some celestial phenome
non* holds in , his hand a :portable tele
graphic key that puts him equally with
- the-clock into communication with the
'pen of the chronograph, and enables him
at the critical moment to turn - it for an
instant out of its course. The paper upon
which the pen has done the tracing which
represents, by its regularlY recurring
notches, the beats of the clock, and by
those of - -a less regular character. the mo
ments of observation is subsequently
taken from the cylinder and the date_ nd
a few words explanatory of the nature of
the observations being inscribed upon it,
is filed away as a permanent record of
that eVening's work, to be referred to
again if an error as to the exact times of
any of the phenomena is suspected.
In the late telegraphic observations for
determining the longitude of the Observa
tory, the chronograph played a cardinal
part. The method was, in brief, the
sending'of a mild , streak of lightning to
Cambridge, Mass.. to ask what time they
had there, and the comparison of ;the re
ply of the cantabs with the true time at
the Allegheny
,Observatory,. The Cam
bnflge gentlemen iised'Prof. — LarigleY'S
pen in responding-to his' polite inquiry,
be putting his chronograph at their
service, for them to" =move' just
as he does himself nightly in the adjoin
ing room. When electricity &Ice gets
under way, it is no more , trouble for
it to go four or flve hundred nilles'than as
many, inches. The theory 6f "the proces.
is simply this: they wanted to know how
far, :Allegheny, is 'west of CaMbridge.
They:Cali in the stars for chain-bearers.
Dispensing with the chain, however, they
make them pace off'the distance, and as
they have a Yerysteady pace it is enough
4o know how , long they are in making
their :Way from the meridian of Cam
bridge to that of Allegheny. In other
ward*, tbO.differeuce between Cambridge
and Allegheny time is one way of stating
how. far the latter pface hiwestward of the
former. The chronograpum9itsured thatz
difference to within, not to put too`nice a
point upon 'iti'about one-Weatietli.:of a
second. This, in spage, to state, it roughly,
corresponds to about twenty yards. Bo
closely was Prof., Langley
,called upon to,
"Mine his position," before being fully
inducted into the brotherhood of star
gazers.
TIMING TELE LIGIITNING
With any thing like. "a fair showing"
electricity ',intakes good time," or rather,
in the Fourth of July dialect, antiViikitesi
time; The chronograph, - hoWever, la
quick enough to take its rate on its mad
dest gallop. The . sleepless - astronomers
at Allegheny and Cambridge were an
noyed to find that their messenger, though
running against time, bad loitered on the
whole coursefrom Allegheny to Cam
bridge and back—the unreasonably pro
tracted period of five one•hundredths'of
one second!
We were interested in the fact that
while almost all the other most modern
and improved — instruments shown us
were from foreign makers, this, the result
of twenty years incessant study and ex.
periment, is American, and that its Bos
ton makers have orders froin all parts of
the world. There are but few of them in
use in our country, the Allegheny Obser
vatory in its possession, being thus, as in
some other respects, in advance of some of
its older sisttrs. The cost of such an in
strument is about eight hundrcd dollars.
TIIE. CLOCK.
It will have been observedlhat the in=
strument last mentioned is, in a sense, an
appendage to the clock, and the Value of
its work depends uron the accuracy of
the inscriptions made upon it by the lat
ter. Now, if there is any one thing for
which the astronomer has a special
"weakness,'" it is time, the exact time..
Time, indeed, may be said to be half of
his science, it being, as he would most
luminously express it, the measured one
of the Spherical coordinates, and he has
scope very peculiar notions , about exacti
tude. "We think, (remarked the observer,)
we have the time in our pockets nearly
enough for all practical purposes, when
Our watches give it to within three or
foue"--we of course expected him to say
minutes, but the word was—"seconds. "
"This, however," continued he, "Is al
together too clumsy work for the astrono
mer." He then called our attention to a
clock in the west wing or transit room.
It was-certainly an unpretending looking
affair. ,Its case was rather •plainer than
some we have seen doing duty in the cor
ner of the hall of- an old fashioned
!rouse. In fact, there was nothing about it
that would arrest the eye of a careless ob
server unless he was keen-sighted enough
to notice some wires coming down on the
outside and running into the floor.
These wires, we need not say, are what
at every second give the jerking motion
to the pen of the chronograph in the other
room. Yet a good deal might be said
about this clock. There Is no better
maker than. Frodsham, of London, whose
name appears upon its face, and he makes
no betterclocks than the one beating before
us. So delicately constructed is it, that
it ehows itself sensitive to -the retard
ing effect of an atmosphere heavier than
the average and vice versa, though the
usual effect of such variation in the den
sity of the medium in which its pendulum
moves, is less than one•tenth of a second
in a day. It seems a little queer to find a
clock for which such great claims are
made, telling us to our very faces that It
-is, perhaps, three minutes after twenty.
one o'clock, when we - know, by the
plainest principles of common sense and
by watches that never vary a minute from
"bell-time," that it la not far from half
past lours.. The puzzle is explained
by the fact that the clock indicates sidefial
time, which is reckoned in twenty-four
hoursfrom the momenta certain point in
the heavens reaches a certain meridian, to
the moment when it returns to the same.
As already intimated, the clock now
under review, while seeming to the un
initiated to make absurd indications,
gives the astronomer the ,means for de
termining the time with-a good deal of
assurance to within oneAenth of a second.
It could not be bought for less than
twelve hundred dollars. A Frodsham
chronometer nearby, gives, we believe,
Greenwich time. The observer express
ed himself - satisfied with the accuracy of
its performance.
We looked with some interest upon
THE BAROMETER,
the relation of whose indications to the
determination of time we have ahead&
Explained. The barometer, in it usual
form is common enough, but we were not
prepared to be told that in this one the
height of the column of mercury could
be measured to within a thousandth of an
inch. Lift it to the ceiling and it shows
its owner the presure of the stratum of at
mosphere above which yon have placed it.
THE TRANSIT
A telescope so set that it can
look only North, South.' or di
rectly up, is new. It is of four
inch aperture and five feet focal length,
and bears the stamp of Simms, London,
1888. The stone piers on which the ends
of its axle rests, go through the floor,
from which they are carefully insulated
for fear of jarring, down • through the
earth in the cellar until they reach the
solid rock. But the details of the pre
cautions taken in the construction, the
mounting and the operating of this, em
phatically the working instrument of the
obsarvatory, would be tedious to the gen
eral reader. Suffice it to say that the
present is one otthe very best now in the
country. As, theoretically it looks out
only in the plane of the meridian, that is
only North and South, its use is, in con
nection with the clock and the chrono
graph to determine the exact moment a
heavenly body passes the centre line of
its vision. Tpis locates that body so far
as East and West are concerned. It is
in daily nse, and is the instrument by
which the clock can be set and rated with
such almost inconceivable exactness. '
We have visited the But wing: and the
West Wing. Let us spend a few minutes
under
THE DOME.
The room it covers . is assigned to the
equatorial telescope, next to - be described.
• slide Instrument is designed to look in
every direction it Is not sufficient that
the roof shoulebe arranged to be opened
cider it in one line, as. the transit,..which
requires only a slit north- awl south.
'Hence the dome not only has a slit in it,
- btit is fitted with ingetuoas machinery by
which the opening can be caused tojook
toward any quarter,of the heavens.. •
'We are invited toinspeet
THE •EQUVTOBIAL
This is . the largest telescope on the
preinisesendweighe some thousands of
pounds, yet so delicately is this mass
,potsed, a single finger tan readily turn it
up or down, to the right or left When
directed to a celestial object, for 'continu•
ous itspection, it is desirable that. it
JibOtild keep steadily in.motion at such - a'
rate that that object shall seem to stand.
in the field of view. Hence an ingenious
'piece of clock work is employed to give
the instrument a motion corresponding
to that of 'the earth on its "axis. • The ob
ject glass has an aperture of thirteen
'noes, its focal distance is fifteen feet,
and alone cost not' less than three thou.
Hand dollars in gold. --It-would probably
not weigh so much : . in that coinage.
That is due, of ,eonrse, mainly
not to the intrinsic value of the material,
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though that in itself, from-thepains taken
to have irevenly Mixed'and , hence homo:
geneous, is considerable; but to the al
most incredible pains taken to give it the
exact curvature. All ordinary processes
of ganging this curvature and of grind
ing' the 'glass to bring it up to the ideal
model are quite too gross. Light itself
is made to betray the slightest variation,
of any part from the desired form, and
the skillful maker trusts nothing less del
ieate than his own finger, and employs
nothing coarser than the finest cosmetic
powder to grind off, if that is the word'
for such al , process, the superfluous mat
ter. Itt; this Equatorial we are behind
only Harvard and Chicago of all the
American Observatories. It was made
by H. Fitz, of New York, and is regarded
as one of his beet. While valuable for
looking up comets, asteroids and the like,
and by means of the micrometer, for
measuring the distance of double stars
and making other minute measurements,
its more recent office is to bear
TIIE SPECTROSCOPE
The reedits of the application of this
instrument, generally used as an append
age to the Equatorial, to the light of ce
lestial bodies and latterly to that of the
.durora Borealis, are the most brilliant in
modern Astionomy.
To the unassisted eye, the rainbow
colors—in scientific language the spec
trum—given out on passing light through
a prism, are, except in brilliancy, the
same, whether the light be from one
burning substance or another. Physicists
have observed, however, that each com
hustible impresses its own character upon
the spectrum in the form of certain lines,
yariously colored and variously situated,
across the field of the .spectrum. This,
in brief, is the general theory of the spec
troscope. It enables one to compare the
snectrum of the sun, for example, with
that of any known substance in combus
tion, let us say gold, for in the hands of
the Chemist gold is a combustible. If the
lines corresponding to gold are found in
the spectrum of the sun, it is safely in
ferred that gold has an agency in the p:o
-duction of sunlight. It is much as
if one should make up a fire, throw into
it salt, potash and a score of other sub
stances, and challenge the spectroscopist
to tell, by bringing his instrument to bear
upon the flame, what these were. It
takes but a thought to suggest with what
thrilling interest such investigations, only
for a few years possible, Invest the sever
al beams that, on a clear night, make up
the general starlight. No longer content
to measure sizes, distances and' rates of
motion, and to gaze with simple, helpless
wonder at the strange phenomena that
mark the phases of some of the heavenly
bodies, be demands to know what these
worlds are made of, and what fuel feeds
the fires that sometimes enwrap suns that
distance has dwarfed to stars.
The instrument at tho Allegheny Ob
servatory is of the first class and with the
induction coil made for it by Ruhmkorff,
of Paris cost about live hundred dol
lars. It is as yet but seldom to be met
with in American observatories. It is
used'in England in the Bessemer process
to determine by the flame the exact mo
ment for arresting the decarbonization.
WHAT HMI BEEN DONE ENDER THE GNI
VIUIBITY REGIME.
Within the last two years, the new In
!Armenia already referred to have been
procured, the equatorial has been put un
der costly repairs, the dorde, originally
ill-contrived, has been refined and mod
ernized, four months of severe labor have
been spent in determining the latitude,
besides the expense and calculation of the
experiments by telegraph already de
scribed for longitude. • Funds have been
secured to enable a professional observer
to devote his attention almost exclusively
to the care and use of the instruments,
and the observatory has entered, mod
estly but with dignity, intothe fellowship
of the sisterhood. Its director was actively
engaged in important observations onthe
late eclipse at Shelbyville, By.
WHAT TO BE SOME
The purchase of instruments of so high
a grade, such (or example as the transit,
costing with its piers about two thousand
dollars, might be criticised in view of the
many desiderata still to be filled. In this,
however, it is felt that there has been
shown only a warranted confidence in
the liberality of the community about us,
who can hardly consent that, with so
hopeful a beginning, the observatory shall
stop short of a first-class rank, in all its
appointments. The procurement of the
exact time is a matter of general interest,
as evidenced by the system of electric
clocks under astronomical control,
adopted in England, and ad eweler in our
own city is, we trust, only a little in - ad
vance of others in having made
arrangements for this purpose, pre
limnary, perhaps, for an electric
connection between his regulator and the
observatory. It is believed that railroad
companies here and even at a considera
ble distance will not be slow in availing
themselves of the facilities, now within
reach,* of making their clocks beat exactly
in harmony with the costly and closely
watched clock of the observatory. They
can thus be assured of the time to a sec
ond. Railway authorities in other parts
of the country, as well as in England,
have already appreciated the importance
of this consideration. From this source
in conjunction with the already demon
strated liberality of our citizens, an in
come may be derived for purchasing new
instruments; making a library of the nu
cleus already formed, this now including
such technical works as Argelander s
Great Catalogue, Bessel's Positiones
Me
dite;Btellarum Fixer= and the - British
Association Catalligne, and ultimately,
with the enlargement of the general re
sources pf the University, for sustaining
a good force of assistants.
AD/41E1E10N TO TUE onszavATony.
It is desired that all stichlacilitiee shall
be furnished to citizens end , strangers for
inspccting the instruments and celestial
phenomena as shall be consistent with the
efficlot working of the institution. Let
ters of introduction from the Committee.
which, we understand, has been appoint
ed by the Trustees or the President of the
University, will, ensure a welcome and
such attentions as ,the Director can possi
bly furnish.. It is hoped that thus and
otherwise an Intelligent Interest In as
tronomical science will be more generally
awakened In our community.
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amination and can. be seen at the office of the
City Engineer until September 918, 1860, when
they, will be placed ha the hands of the City
Treasurer for collection."
CHARLES DAVIS,
12EMETI
JEFFERSON STREET. -THE
underslAred,' appointed Viewers to assess
oamsgeaandbenenet , oropenlngJefferson street.
Second ward, Allegheny, will min on the prem.
Res on S LTuRDeN. tsetober Rth, 1509, at 50
Woken P. Id. to attend - tl the duties of our ap
pointment. S. W. attOIDN'NEBB,
JAM ES GRAN AM.
5e23:066-2w ANDREW DAVIDSON.
EDUCATIONAL.
._....,._ _ t __~.........._
PeISHOPTIIOIIPE SCIIOOL for
0 IRLS. will begin its second year D. V. on
t 131 ti of SAPTEMBER neat. Iha number
of 13Up118. all of whom live in the house, Is lim
ited to thirty. french Is taught by a resident
governess, 'and so far as posslbte Is made the
langusge of the fa
ahem Mly. 'Andres, for circu'ars,
P
etc.. HISS CHASE, Blsteopthorpe, Bethl ,
enna.
eItIEGARAY INSTITUTE, 1527
and 1520 SPRUCE. STREET, Philadelphia.
Pa. ENti LASH AND FRENCH. For Young
Ladies and. Misses, Boarding and Day Pupils,
will reopen on MONDAY Sep. eu her O.
F BENCH is the language o f !nosily, and Is
constantly spoken In the Institute.
MADAME D'HERYILLY,
Principal.
BB:ELWIN GB AND BATTING.
HOLMES, BELL b.'co.,
ANCHOR COTTON MILLS.
P1TT83317114a IL
klanntactarets of MUM+ !INDIUM and LIQUI
Amnon - LID istscultous
elisrvirnw ax A Irtl HATTINIIIL
PROPOSALS.
oe.o.o.hoosowe e*nov
• 011163 or OrrY LH GINE= AND 6 68 1 717071.
Pittaburgti, eept. 21, 1860.
'II4"OTICE TO SEWER. CON..
TRACTORS. —SEALED PROPOSALS will
be • received 'at Oil , office for - rebuilding 'Try
btrret Sewer. untilleßlDAY, October lat.lBoo,
at 3P. X. Plana and spechlcat:opa can be seen
artnia office.
Thecommittee reserve the right to rePot any
or ail bids.
ae2l:oal . R. J. MOORE. City Engineer.
LEGAL.
VXECUTOWS NOTICE.—Let.
ju,s' tan; testmentary upon tha estate of log.
.11.ArlD DENNY. late en East Deer Township,
Allegheny county. re, dec , d. have been granted
to the undersigned. All persons .having clams
'against the said estate wilt Weems present them
for settlement. Ann all persons Indebted to said
estate wilt please make lrumealate paymt ut. -
DOOM T JAMES xccutor.
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18U
MLIFIJAL LIFE ESURANCE CO,
• Of Pennsylvania.
Office, 75 Federal St., Allegheny City.
DDLECTORS
Hen. JAMES L. GRAHAM, •
Rev. J. B. CLARK. D. D.,
Capt:R. ROBINSON,
Rey. A. R. BELL,_D.D,_,
Rev. S. H. NEmBIT.
W. A. ItRED. Cashier Allegheny Trust CO.
JACOB RUSH, Real Estate Agent,
&MON DRUM, Mayor of Allegheny,
C. W. BENNY, Hatter,
A. B. 8EL1.,, Attorney-at-Law
D. L. PATTERSON, Lumber M erchant,
D. SWOGER, Insuracce Agent.
Capt. ROBT. ROBIN4ON t President.
Rev. J. B. CL ARK, D. D., Ice President.,
JACOB RUSH, Secretary,
C. W. BENNY. Treasurer.
B. W. WHITE, MEDICAL ADVISEE.
DANIEL SWOGER, Genn Agent.
This Is s nome company, conducted on the mutual
Principle, each policy bolder receiving an equal
share of the profits of the Company. Policies
will be issued on all the different plans of Life
Inaarince, and being conducted on an economi
cal basis will afford a safe investment to each
policy holder, and thereby retain the money at
home to encourage home industry. mblikaB2
CIA.SH
INSURANCE COMPANY,
PrIELAN'S BUILDING,
Aro. Ss Filth &venue. Second Floor,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Capital All Paid Up.
DIRECTORS.
N. J. Bigley, Capt.H.Balley,
Dann Wallace,. H. Hartman, A. Chamber!,
Jake Hill, S. M , Clarkan. Jas. K. Bailey.
Thomas Jno.S. Willock,
ROBERT H. KING, President.
JNO. F. JEN N INGS, Vice President.
JOS. T. JOHNSTON, SecteLary. -
Capt. R. J. GRACE, Geng Agent.
Maros on Liberal Terms on all Fire
and Marine Risks.
BEN FRANILLLN
INSURANCE COMPANY.
OPFICN IN FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK
BUILDINGS.
441. Ohio St.. Allegheny.
a. HOME COMPANY,' - managed by Directorsweu known to the community, who trust by WI
dealing to merits /base of your patronage.
GLO. D. R1DDLE....... ...
DIBECTOES:
Mo n liFdle,
D. L i) .P F a r tterson,
Simon rum, J. B. Smith,'
W. M. Stewart, Ch. P. Whlston,
JOB. Lowatiter, H. J. Volcana,
U. E.
GEN :
aplecoM
pENNSYLVANLIL
INSURANCE COMPANY OF PIMSBURGNI
OFFICE. No. 161 WOOD STREET. RANH
OP COMMERCE BUMMING.
This is a Home Company, and ll:oases against
km by Fire exclusively.
T LEONARD WALTER, president.
C. C. BOYLE, Vice President.
ROBERT PATRICK,. Treasurer.
HUGH MeELHENY. Secretary.
DISZCTORS:
Leonard Walter.
W on,OeorgetWbs
0. 0. Basle, tteo. .
Robert Patrick, J. C. L ippe,
Jacob Painter, J.U.- Yleiner,
Josiah Bing, John Voegtley,
Jas. H. Hopkins, A. Amnion.
Henry Sproul, in:
INDEMNITY
AGAINST LOSS BY FIRS.
FRANKLIN INSURANCE CO. OF PHILADELPHIA,
0PT1C1E,4341 437 murmur BT. , near
_ DELIC7O2,II. ,
Charles A. Sanaa:, Mordecai H. Lonial
Tobias Wagner. David 8. Brown,
Samuel Grant. Daso Lea,
Jacob R. S Edward C
eorre W. • Deo p p e i %Tees.
CHARLES BAN HER, exit.
EDW. C. DALE. „ Vice President.
W. D.
— th e T EtriPir . AGrint.
North West corner and WOod Streets.
' TEIELN DISIMANCE CORP ,
PANT OF ITTTSBUROH.
ER Nliflelt, President.
WM. P. HERBERT. Secretary.
CAPT. GEORGE =MD, Oeneral Agent.
(Mice, 0* Water street. Splay a Co.'s W are•
house, up stairs, Flitshfirgli•
Will lame against all Muds of Fire and Ma..
rant Risks. A borne Institution, managed by DO
rectors who are well known to the community,
aid who art determined by prtnnptitesa and liber•
silty to maintain the character which they have
assumed, as offering the beet protectism to those
who desire to be insured.
Alexander
B. Muter Jr.,
James laAnley,
Alexander Speer,
Andrew Acklen,
David 11. Long,
D. Ibmsen.
NATIONAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Cor. Federal Si. and Diamond, Allegheny,
Office, In the MOND NATIONAL BANS
BUILDING.
W. W. MARTIN, Preddent,
JOHN BROWN, Jn., Vice President,
JAMES Z. ISTY.VENBON„ Secretary.
taltscriona:
John A. lityler, Jas. Lockhart. Joe. Myers,
Jas.L.Graham. Robert Lea, C. C. Boyle,
Jno. Brown,Jr. George Gerst, Jacob h.opp.
O.H e
PWilliams Jno. Thompson J. McNansher,
ap
city Engtheir
DIP EOPLESI INSURANCE COM
PANY.
071 1 105. N. N. CORNER. WOOD £ 711/11 ST&
A. Homo Oempany,taking Fire and 3darine Elate,
DEancTonS:
Wm. Phillips. Capt. John L. Moods,
John Watt, Samuel P. Shrives.,
John E. Parks, ,Charles Axbrickle s
Capt. James Hiller, Jared M. Brush.
Wm. V an
. Kirk, Wm P. Lang,
James D..Nerner Samuel lieCrickart
WM. L.LI!% 2resldent.
JOHN WATT. lee President.
W. P. GARDNEIt, Seeretaly.
PAPT. .TAA. G(IRT)ON. General Arent.
LLEbiJ ENY INSURANCE
COMPANY OF PIrIBBURGH.
0 /OB.No. 37BIPTH STREET. BABE BLOC!.
Insures against, all kinds of Fire and Marine
JOHN IRWIN. J 0... President. '
T. J. HOSICINBON, Vice President..
0. O. DONNBl.l.4__Boonstary.
CAPT. WM. D EAN General Anal'.
;orrods :
John Irwin. Jr.. DI d B. 14 Bannestock
T. J. Hosklnson, W. H. Everson.
C. O. Hussey, Robert H. Davis.)
Harvey Otllids, Francis Sellers.
chules Ham (Not. J'..T.lSiockdile.
Oast. Wm. Dean. T. H. Nevin.
LIVERY STABLES.
JOHN H. STILWAHN HOST* 11•WATITHAON •
ROBT. H. PATTERSON & CO"
SAT•F AND
COMUSSION STABLES
COIL SEVENTH MENU la MEM At
PITTSBIIR4B
9 PA.
anwha - -
DREKA
Importer and retail dealer In ,
FINE k3TATTorquiit, .•
WEDDING, VISITING. PARTY AND BUSINESS
_
*oNocimAnni, 4.3)113. ILLIININATINEi . , ac
to? rder ti t e vnall receive prompt attenUtni..Send
LOU. Chestnut St..
myt:i7J•rstdr
INSURANCE.
TILE IRON CITY
OF ALLEGHENY, PA.
Wm, Cooper.
Gottlelb Yams,
Jacob Nosh,
Joseph Craig,
Jere. Froheil.
BUN__,,
: AOGMNT.
Joan B. McCune,
Chas. J. Clarke,
Ilhun S. Evans,
Joseph Kirkpatrick,
Phillip_lieymer,
Wm. Morrison,
na27
CARD ENGRAVING,
AMUSEMEN
ItarSEW OPERA HOU'
Second appearance of the Inhaltabl
MR. JOHN E. OWE
Reeeteed last evening by a crowped
ed audbuce
UEnDA V EVENING. Ftelverobe
J. titerelng CoTte's ceteb. at• d Come
EVERYBODY'S ERIEN
M4or Wellington de Boots ..Mr. Job
To conclude with the great Owen's
SOLON MINGLE.
Solon Shingle Mr. John •
Grand UwerVe Matinee on :iattird,y
WPITTSBURGH THEATRE.
H. W. WILLIAMS. Sole Lease- and
Manager. TO-NIGHT. Mr. EDWIN ;B LANCH=
AHD and his trained dog, Carlo and 'sm. The
great London mimic FtsA..l' , El Dtt oN• The
dashing contatrice, Miss VIOLA. LI e'TkeN.
The wonderful orortesque dancer. WM H.
MA '.rue eseellent actor. HEO A. Wu,
Pittsburgh's favorite, Mine LUCY CLIF—
TON. and all the great stare.
.Ladles' Matinee every Wednesday and Qatar.
day. Admission to Matinee, A 5 cest a.
far - ACADRIIII OF MUSIC
MONDAY EVENING, Sept. 27th,
AND ALL THE WEEK.
Second and Last, Week of the
THE GREGORY'S.
Satire ebange of programme. Pir.t time in
Pittsburgh of the Grand bueetaele of the
•
GATHERING OF THE CLANS.
104.1 Beautiful .Children In the true Highland
Costume.
For the first time, the SPIRAL PYRAMID
ASCENSION: by LE RELIT E MAROS.
First time in Pittsburgh, the exciting MID
AIR 80 iihRttAIILT. tha, crested so much aston
ishment at the Tatum tny. Hew York.
NEW TRItHS, by Mille Elertrude's Ponite.
Dogs and Mousey's.
NE DANCEtt by the Ciodoche Troupe.
First time of the T LYLE Pa.RTERE and
CHAPEAUX COMLQUE, by the Brothers Jean.
Albeit a'd Arthur.
First time of the Scientific and dexterous feats
of SRORIISMA.NSHIP, by Europe's Champion.
Prof. J. C. tired° y.
Little Beetle in NEW CHARACTER 1302iG13,
never sung before in Pittsburgh.
NNW PANTOMIAtES by the united Troupe,
the Grexory'a and the Clodwhe. • .
Seats can be secured wltnont extra charge at
the acanetny of Music Box Vince, or,at Hoffman
&Hale's Music atore. se27
TWO EVENINGS OF RARE
and reamed entertainment at ALLE
OBEYS' SiC. aTLNO BINK, TIIIIRSDAY and
FEIDAY EV 3NINGS, September 30th and Oc•
tober lit: 1809, a Stereoptlco Panorama or
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Pt ogress,
Aecompanied bY Music appropriate to each 'cane.
These Stereopticon Views are (tom the ts At
lists, and wiL be produced by the finest vahy
droiren light. equal to 250 solar lamps. They
will be 20 feet in diameter. and II brilliant that.
ibey should be seen at a dista ce of more than
100 test
The instaumental and quartette musk LS in
charge of Mr. D. C. MELLOR, and nerds no
comment. The cliorusses will be by 1,000 SUN
DAY SCHOOI. OEM MOM, in Charge of frig'.
W. H. SLACK. whose great success in leading
such a laage number or 'voices Is a sufficient guar
antee that this part of the entertainment will be
rare treat. s Admission. 50 cents.
?be entire proc:eda will be mod to Bnlld'ma a
Mahlon Sunday ochool Room at Soho. 'ea
Iag'FIFTH AVENIVE
No. 85 fifth ayenue, opposite thi Opera.
HOW*, Pittsburgh, PL. Is the coolest and moat
desirable place of resorte. Liquors can be had
at this place Pare and flood. The Bllllard Rooms
are or the ground floor In the rear.
FOR SALE.
I'OR SALE—PROPERTY.
s lots 515x131 feet, isradsd, only 4590
0 per year. 4 Rim 94x1311 feet. $4OO
*IOU per v-ar. Plot 25.x.120 feet, $509; steed
street. Frame house t f 3 roomi, lut 24x100
feet; only $l.lOO. Brie' house of 7 rooms, bath
room and stable; 221z10G-41F,5i50. 2 toree
storied brick houses on trulinn strett. each *4,-
500. 9 aye roomed ortsued brick houses finely
finished. new; lot 6JxlOO Tao trick bOlifeit
pumps and hydrants. all for $4,Q00. New two
room d and cellar brick house, lot 9ux100:51,..
400-$BOO cash and OHM , per year.. Good
seven roomed house and lot 24x260 feet. $3,-
500. and ease terms. 6 roomed frame house,
10t114x60, $1,500-3360 cash and oajan•o in A
and 2 years. 2 lots on Wylie street 24r. 1 941;
4950. 1 lot on Wy/le street 276x1:45: $l.OOO.
11 lots on Centre avenue 22Xx125; $9OO each.
150 feet front on Centre avenue by' 1.95 feet
deep, will divide insult. 6 lots on Centre avenue
from $3OO to $BOO The above property in well
located and within 10 to 19 minutes walk of the
Court House, and on t e New (Antral Passenger
B. 8. 20 acres on Western Penna. eallroad. 4
miles from the city, 20 acme on Pan Handle
Railroad. 4 miles from city. New 6 room frame
house 1 tulle from Court House. 225 acres
Missouri land.
Persons do 'lrina to purchase a borne or make
an Investment, and thote wishing to sell, please
call on or address.
Nci.LTING & RAINBOW.
an3o Nos. 195 197 and 199 Centre avenue.
FOR SALE.
Near Osborn Station. on the Pittsburgh
Wayne and Chicago Railroad,
TWO LOTS,
Containing About Two Acres Raab;
QUIRE. OR •
MACKEOWN & BRO..
195 Liberty Street.
mhls
ICIUBLIC SA LE OF VALUABLE
R. a EbTA.TE IN THE CITY OP AL.
I..,KOHENY.
- By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of
Allegheny county, the undersigned, as Trustee
under the will of Esther Stockton, dec'd. will
off,r ist Public Sale. on FRIDAY, the Sth day of
October next, at 10 o'clock A. N.. a Lit r OF
illtqCliD belonging to the estate of said dece
dent, stutte on Stockton avenue, near Beaver
street, fronting I 3 feet on• Stockton avenue and
preserving the same with baJt. toward Water
•sta art, a distance ot /40 feet.
TerntS of Sate—One-third of the purchase
money cash on cond. mat on of sale. the balance
In two equal anneal payments, secured by bond
and mortgage of the put chaser.
'-
For furtherieormation. enquire of
THUS. B. UPDIKE, Trustee,
5109 Beaver Avenue, Allegheny, Pa.
selBto47
AT PRIVATE " SALE-VALI:TA
TILE LOT OF GROUND situate on the
northeast corner of Stockton avenue and Beaver
St., Allegheny etty, fronting 37 fiet on Stockton
avenue. preserving the same width along Beaver
street 140 feet; thence along Beaver street 100
feet. preserithr a width of 60 !bet to Water.
street, on which It erected a twcoirtory frame
dwelling house, and being the late residence of
Esther Stockton, 'llectd. Thia propirty fronts
on the Allereeny torbeauty of location
and • urroundlnas sanuot b. excelled. For terms
of isle and further information, enquire of
TH/ lid Arl B. IUrDIRF,
No. 209_8eavtr Avenue.
Belli:048
HOBOKEN , ' STATION PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
Thls beautifttl situation eaunot be surpassed
for private residences In any direotlon, so clam
to otitti cities, being only eight, miles ap Ut#
Western Pennsylvania Railroad. Any person as-
Axing Mibrmstlon about this unser tv can obtain
it by calling at the omce'of the IRON CITY MU
TUAL LIFZ INSITRASCIZ 0011CPANY. 11
Pedant iireet, Allegheny. I.ots from one -halt
acre to Ave acres t also, small lots' to snit mu.
chasers. There Is a good }citation or a manures,
&urine establishment. between the Railroad and
Rilerheny river. an19:n.53
IWOR SALE.—A YeryDesirable
1: THAL' T Or I, Salf). •oritabllne about 46
items; 'haste within five -Mks of the Cc! and
&tout two minutes wslk fr m Inaram4tatlon of
the Panhandle Railroad: has • front of about
one-third or a mile on Cba - tlers Creek; All calla
ble • priming cult:rated. notate rich bottom land
and admirably outlined to betas had out Into lot*
of from 4to 5 acres or less. email house, orch
ard and. well Of water on the trretrilseit. Terms
asy. Apply to N. SteLAIN .t CO.
se= - No. 304 Fourth Avenue;
rEt!; I RAID L E RESIDE-NCB
FO3.9ALE:-167 Sect iron' oh 44th street
by lA4 d cep on an alley; a substantial tamt man—
non. wal arranged for rotator& and convenience.
gortico; wide ba I. nine ratmsoratb room 'and
*OO4 (fallacy Large garden. amine laud prar
tre t e, grape vines, sta .of choice qualifier. Thu
location is beattbY snol_pbmsant.
salt b.utiTll ERT & SONS.
30 ifixtu Avenue.
El
ER
Comedian.
!nd delight-
28. 1869,
y uY
E. Otreus.
peel ity of
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