Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-16

a prominent Wing editor, james Wilson by
name, was interrupted by the young son OF
the editor, denying the McCook statement.
DIR, McCook listened patiently until he was
done. and then he repeated what he said,
when Young Wilson called him liar and
struck him. The crowd roared, and some
of them made an effort to reach the young
fellow, but he ran away. finally leaplng on
a wagon, the driver of which whipped up
his horse, helping him to escape from the
bowling mob chasing after him.
OTHER LIVELY POLITICAL EVENTS.
The passage OF the fugitive law created
intense excitement all over the North. In
compliance with petition signed by lead
ing citizens, the Mayor called q meeting in
the Allegheny diamond on the evening OF
September 80, 1850. Mayor Fleming pre-
sided. A. Barclay and r. b. Davis were
Vice Presidents, and John Fleming and D..
A. Elliot, Secretaries. 1t was an immense
and enthusiastic meeting.
When Jacob Stuckrath was elected Mayor
of Allegheny in 1858, his warm partisan
friends wanting to celebrate the event Sc
cured cannon. Stephen Mercer furnished
a lot of his powder in pound cans. While
loading the gun "Big Mat" kept striking
the iron ramrod with sledge hammer but
he missed stroke, breaking off one OF the
trunuions. The jubilators set the cannon
on the TOP steps Of Stuckrath's residence on
North Commons and shot it off. The report
blew the hall door open and nearly off its
hinges. There was
A SHOWER OF WINDOW GLASS.
The tanner was mad, and the next morn
ing he sued out warrants for the party.
When it was explained to him that they
were celebrating his victory, he stopped
proceedings, and invited the whole party to
come again, declaring that they were well
come to shoot the cannon inside the house If
. they wanted to.
While the steamboat Charles Avery was
running as a regular packet between Mays
Vile, KY, and Allegheny, during the
canvass for President, the Buchanan Club
in Maysville, every night fred cannon as
long as their powder lasted, disturbing the
citizens and preventing sleep. Among others,
the hands on the steamboat one night stole
the cannon. The engineer at the time hay
ing cleaned the boiler left the manheads
open. They showed the cannon, weighing
about 100 pounds, into the boiler, where it
rested on the fues. In the morning when
the cannon was missing the club, snspecting
the men of the boat, took out search war
rant, the crew helping them to search.
CANNON BROUGHT TO ALLEGHENY.
When the Avery left that city. just after
pulling out from the landing, the gun was
discovered hidden among some freight on
the forecastle. 1t was brought to view and
belched forth a parting salute. The can
non came 70 Allegheny in charge of the
principal actor, the mate, and was often
used in celebrations.
Means OF communication with Pittsburg
was always an important question. The
growth OF Pittsburg, and the fact that many
Of its business men lived in Allegheny
from the earliest years, made the trans-river
problem one OF common interest. As far
back as 1886 the ferrying business between
Allegheny and Pittsburg was controlled by
old General Robinson's father. In that
year Colonel Butler was granted the right
to establish ferry on the Allegheny river,
running from point at about the mouth OF
Cecil alley 10 what is now School street In
Allegheny.
THE EARLY FERRIES.
The landing was afterward changed TO
the foot of franklin road, or Federal street.
There are some familiar names among the
first ferrymen on the river In this neighbor-
hood, among them John Morrison, Robert
Knox grandfather OF Robert Knox, oil
Sherman avenue), David Haney, William
Valentine and Mr.. Yerkins. The old log
house just above Federal street, which had
served as terry house, was weather-boarded
after II was vacated by the Robinsons.