Saturday, January 23, 2016

Landis, J. F. - 1889

Personal Paragraphs
Brief Mention of Our Guests and the Shifting of Our People

J. F. Landis, Justice of the Peace, at Penn Station was in town on Friday and gave the Dispatch office a short, but pleasant call.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 4

This may be the memorial page for J. F. Landis.

Morrow, J. R. (Dr) - 1889

Personal Paragraphs
Brief Mention of Our Guests and the Shifting of Our People

Dr. J. R. Morrow, of this place, left Tuesday morning to visit his parents in Beaver county.  He returned on Wednesday.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 4

You can visit the memorial page for J. R. Morrow.

Carroll, Nancy - 1889

Personal Paragraphs
Brief Mention of Our Guests and the Shifting of Our People

Mrs. Nancy Carroll, of Elderton, has been visiting her daughter Miss C. F. Carroll, of Magee Avenue.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 4

You can visit the memorial page for Nancy Carroll.

Carroll, C. F. (Miss) - 1889

A Slight Blaze

On Wednesday night, about 10 o’clock a large brass lamp was left burning in the millinery store of Carroll and Wood, on Magee avenue.  Miss Carroll, hearing something fall, went up-stairs and found the room almost full of flames.  Seizing a rug, she succeed in subduing the fire on the floor and assistance arriving by this time the fire was soon extinguished. The show case was broken and a few millinery goods destroyed was about all the damage that was done.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 1, Column 8


Personal Paragraphs
Brief Mention of Our Guests and the Shifting of Our People

Mrs. Nancy Carroll, of Elderton, has been visiting her daughter Miss C. F. Carroll, of Magee Avenue.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 4

You can visit the memorial page for C. F. Carroll.

McCreight, J. E. - 1889

Personal Paragraphs
Brief Mention of Our Guests and the Shifting of Our People

Michael Cribbs and John McKinney, of Elderton, Pa., were the guests of J. E. McCreight on Tuesday.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 4

McKinney, John - 1889

Personal Paragraphs
Brief Mention of Our Guests and the Shifting of Our People

Michael Cribbs and John McKinney, of Elderton, Pa., were the guests of J. E. McCreight on Tuesday.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 4

Cribbs, Michael - 1889

Personal Paragraphs
Brief Mention of Our Guests and the Shifting of Our People

Michael Cribbs and John McKinney, of Elderton, Pa., were the guests of J. E. McCreight on Tuesday.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 4

Rankin, Franklin - 1889

Personal Paragraphs
Brief Mention of Our Guests and the Shifting of Our People

Frank Rankin, of this place, spent Sabbath at the home of his parents at Willot, Indiana county.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 4

This is very possibly the memorial page for Franklin Rankin.

Akey, W. M. - 1889

Personal Paragraphs
Brief Mention of Our Guests and the Shifting of Our People

W. M. Akey, of this place, has returned from a visit to his parents in Indiana county.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 4

You can visit the memorial page for W. M. Akey.

Miller, Charles - 1889

Personal Paragraphs
Brief Mention of Our Guests and the Shifting of Our People

Chas. Miller, of Greensburg, was a visitor to Jeannette on Tuesday.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 4

Kendricks, Margaret - 1889

No Distinction in Race

Margaret Kendricks, a colored woman residing near Garrettsburg, south of Hopkinsville, Ky., gave birth to twins, both of them girls – one perfectly white and the other black.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 3

You can visit the memorial page for Margaret Kendricks.

Floyd, A. B. - 1889

Sent Up For Five Years

Henry F. Laborn, charged with larceny and assault and battery on A. B. Floyd, of Irwin, plead guilty last week to larceny, and not guilty of aggravated assault and battery.  The jury rendered a verdict of guilty of aggravated assault and battery and he was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary and pay costs of prosecution.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 3

You can visit the memorial page for Henry F. Laborn.

Laborn, Henry F - 1889

Sent Up For Five Years

Henry F. Laborn, charged with larceny and assault and battery on A. B. Floyd, of Irwin, plead guilty last week to larceny, and not guilty of aggravated assault and battery.  The jury rendered a verdict of guilty of aggravated assault and battery and he was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary and pay costs of prosecution.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 3

Copeland, Col. - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

That Col. Copeland is the most popular orator ever in Homestead.  Been here three times, and if he comes again Monitor Hall will have to be enlarged.
-  Homestead News

It is very likely that it will take several large halls to hold the audience if Col. Copeland, should he return to Homestead as he has been dead for some time.  We hope he has gone to a better place then Homestead.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2

Trainor, James - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

James Trainor, a boilermaker employed by Kenney & Co. of Scotdale, while standing in the fire-box of a locomotive at the Mt. Vernon ore mines, fixing the flues Saturday upset his lamp, spilling the burning fluid over his arms and breast.  He was terribly burned.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2

Dukes, Nicholas Lyman - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

John Amalong, of Bellevernon, a member of the jury that tried N. L. Dukes, for the killing of Capt. A. C. Nutt, of Uniontown, in 1884, committed suicide Friday morning by shooting himself through the head with a revolver.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2

You can visit the memorial page for John Amalong.
You can visit the memorial page for Capt Adam Clarke Nutt.
You can visit the memorial page for Nicholas Lyman Dukes.

You can read a very interesting and detailed article about the Nutt Murder Case.

Nutt, Adam Clarke (Capt) - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

John Amalong, of Bellevernon, a member of the jury that tried N. L. Dukes, for the killing of Capt. A. C. Nutt, of Uniontown, in 1884, committed suicide Friday morning by shooting himself through the head with a revolver.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2

You can visit the memorial page for John Amalong.
You can visit the memorial page for Capt Adam Clarke Nutt.
You can visit the memorial page for Nicholas Lyman Dukes.

You can read a very interesting and detailed article about the Nutt Murder Case.

Amalong, John - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

John Amalong, of Bellevernon, a member of the jury that tried N. L. Dukes, for the killing of Capt. A. C. Nutt, of Uniontown, in 1884, committed suicide Friday morning by shooting himself through the head with a revolver.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2

You can visit the memorial page for John Amalong.
You can visit the memorial page for Capt Adam Clarke Nutt.
You can visit the memorial page for Nicholas Lyman Dukes.

You can read a very interesting and detailed article about the Nutt Murder Case.

Bush, Morrison Jacob - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

Morrison Bush, of Delmont, had two of his horses badly injured on Saturday by coming in contact with a barbed wire fence.  They were both lacerated about the body and breast, and one of them is thought will die from the effects.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2

You can visit the memorial page for Morrison Jacob Bush.

Umberger, Herman - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

There will be two daily papers issued in Somerset next week, or during the May term of court in that county in order to give the proceedings in the Umberger murder trial, as well as several other important trials.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2

You can visit the memorial page for Herman Umberger

There is also a very detailed article about the murder of Herman Umberger.

Kinsel, Mr - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

A disastrous wreck occurred at New Florence last Saturday night, in which eleven cars were demolished.  Engineer Kinsel sustained injuries from which he died Tuesday morning.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2

You can visit the memorial page for Mr. Kinsel.

Shotts, Abner A - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

A. A. Shotts, of Hempfield township, died very suddenly Tuesday evening.  A few days previous he had been somewhat overcome with the heat.  He was about 35 years old.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2

You can visit the memorial page for Abner A. Shotts.

Sailer, Daniel - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

Daniel Sailer, a driver in the Red Top mines, was caught between the wagons on Saturday and badly cut and bruised.  His injuries are painful but not serious.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2

Horne, Frank - 1889

From Far And Near
Minor Mention of Interesting Home And County News
The News Sifted out and Separated from the Chaff—Boiled Down for the Benefit of the Dispatch Readers.

Frank Horne, a driver in the Central mines, near Stonerville, was caught between wagons and badly bruised on Saturday.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 3, Column 2