Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-18

1915 we behold 1t rich and hourishing, daily
augmenting in manufactures and COM
merce."
With profound Contempt for anything
Charles Dickens might have to say q years
later regarding the American Birmingham,
Mr.. Riddle goes on to tell us that three
weekly newspapers of extensive circulation
and two periodical literary works we're pub
Ished. The circulation of the weeklies he
says was chiefly confined to the town and
immediate vicinity. In an enumeration of
the public buildings, beginning with the
Court House. he mentions three incorpo-
rated banks, three market houses, one in
the Diamond and two on Second street; a
Masonic Hall, an academy and Dramatic
Theater.''
TWENTY-FIVE SLAVES IN THE COUNTY.
The number of slaves in the county had
dwindled to 35 and of these but one was in
Pittsburg. Pitt township had Is, Eliza
beth, 8; Mifhin, 1; st. Clair, 3; Robinson,
6; Fayette. and Moon l..
1t cost IL cents to send a letter to Green's
burg, Is cents to send one to Blairsville,
1877 ceuts to send one to Hollidaysburg,
25H cents to Harrisburg, SO cents to Phila-
delphia and 3711 cents to New Orleans, or
any other place in the Union over 500 miles
distant. There wasn't much nonsensical
letter writing at that time. This item of
letter postage is also found in this old
directory.
Among public institutions was the Pitts
burg Bible Society, Rev. Robert Bruce,
President; Rev. Thomas Hunt, Vice Presi-
dent, and Rev. Robert Patterson, Treasurer.
AS Revs. Joseph Stockton and Joseph Kerr
were on the directory, Revs. John Black
and Francis Heron, Secretaries, the clerical
party had safe maj jority in that institution.
The Pittsburg Humane Society at
present Society for the Improvement
of the Poor. Its expressed object
was to supply the wants of the hungry, the
naked and the aged and to administer COM
fort to the widow, the orphan and the sick.
1t was supported by an initiation fee of a
dollar and quarterly contributions of so
cents; also by donations of money, food,
fuel and apparel, and collections were taken
quarterly in the churches when charity
sermons were preached. The ward COM
mittees were charged with the duty of see
ing that the charity of the institution was
not abused.
THE DIRECTORY SERVED NINE YEARS.
Mr.. Riddles directory satisfied the ambi-
tion and wants of Pittsburg for nine years.
In 1924, probably moved by the visit of
General La Fayette, Judge Jones compiled
another directory which, some five years
later, was followed by that of Harris,
rather more pretentIous, but not much, than
its predecessors. In that OF 1916 will be
found the names of the ancestors of many
thousands of the present population-names
which seem to belong to the city,
such as Adams, Avery, Bailey, Bake
well, Barker, Birmingham, Black,
Blair, Boggs, Bradley, Brewer, Bruce,
Byrne, Chambers, Chaplin. Christy, Con-
nor, Copeland, Crossan, Cunningham,
Denny, Darlington, Darragh, Davis, Devin-
ley, Dickson. Doran, Eichbeum, Fairman,
Foster, Gazzam, Gormly, Guy, Hare, Har-
ris, Heron, Holmes, Hubley, Humbert,
Irish, Irwin, Jackman (Andrew), Jarvis,
Johnston, Kerr, Knox, kirkpatrick (Abra-
ham, Major), Knox, Laird, Latshaw,
Leckey, Lewis, Little, McCabe, Nc
Candless, McClintock, McCreery, Nc
Cullough, Magee Christopher Hatter),
Neal, OHara, Ormsby, Oliver,
Page, Parks, Patterson, Pentland, Phillips,
Poe, Porter, Pride, Renfrew, Reno, Riddle,
Roseburgh, Russell, Sample,
Scaife, Scull, Scully, Shannon, Shipton,
Skelton, Snee, Srodes, Steel, Stockton, TAFT,
Taggart, Tannehill, Updegraff, Warner,
Walker, Wallace, Watson, Wiley, Will
kins, Woods, Wrenshall and Young.
While the majority of these names may
be found in any large city they were all
among the T. Fs. Of Pittsburg and have
local flavor. A native Pitts
burger in Terra Del Fuego, at the Pyramids
or any other part of the globe, on hearing !
any of these names would travel back to the |
Smoky City, in thought in an instant.