Sewickley Herald

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Pear no man, and do Justice to all men."
Vol. IV
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1907
No. 36
COUNCIL MEETING.
Centennial Avenue Paving Ordinance
Passed Third Reading.
Sewickley Gouncil held a session
on Thursday evening, which was
called to order by President Patton. The main order of business
was the passing on third reading of
the Gentennial avenue paving ordinance, This thoroughfare will be
paved with brick from Grimes
street to Nevin avenue.
The bond ordinance, recently
authorized by special election, was
presented and approved, and will
be finally acted upon in the near
future.
Borough Solicitor Woods gave a
report on some legal matters that
had been slumbering in the court
house. Among them was the Ghestnut street affair, which had been
pending .from February, 1906, to
March, 1907. Mr. Woods is taking
an active interest in these affairs
and they will be attended to very
promptly.
It was unofficially announced,
that the telephone people will have
nothing to do with the $1,000
clause inserted 'in their ordinance.
They will string more cables —
maybe.
After some further minor business council adjourned.
Died at Ontario. /
News reached the Valley on
Tuesday, of the death at Hamilton,
Ontario, of Mr. Edward L. Liddycoat, who had been sick for some
time. His daughter, Mrs. George
Elierton, of Blackburn avenue, has
been there assisting her mother in
caring for Mr. Liddycoat for the
past seven weeks. Mrs. Henry M.
Miller, of Hill street, another
daughter of Mr. Liddycoat's, together with Mr. Miller and Mr.
Elierton, left on Tuesday evening
to attend the funeral, which took
place at Capetown, Ontario, on
Thursday afternoon.
FIFTY GOLDEN YEARS,
Photo by Diehl.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN GLARK ANDERSON,
Who will celebrate their golden wedding on Thursday, May 2, at their
home 452 Gentennial avenue, to which  all their friends--are cordially
invited.
Gharles Officer, who was secretary
of the company, and a lot more of
adventurous young Pittsburgers.
Very few are alive now.
This party left Pittsburg on the
steamer Gonsignee, on March 15,
1849, for St. Joseph, Mo. They
took with them outfits and all supplies but meat. This was secured
at St. Louis. Mules were taken
aboard at Maysville, Ky., and from
Missouri. The first night out, at
Brown's Island, the Gonsignee
banged into a small passenger
steamer, the Caroline, owned by
Jacob Lashell, father of George
Lashell, and whose name is perpetuated in Lashell's Ferry. St.
(Gontinued on Page 10.)
An Eventful Career
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John   Glark, Anderson   was   79
years old on January 14,1907'.    On
Thursday next, May % he will have
enjoyed half a century of  wedded
happiness.    The. romance  of this
Sewickley veteran's life began in
February,   1857,  when John was
29, and was pilot of the Pittsburg
and Nashville passenger boat Reliance.    On the   second   up-river
trip he made at the steering wheel
of that boat there entered the pilot
House Miss Rosa Hinton, a pretty,
jolly, light-hearted girl of 19.    His
duty as steersman did not interfere
with his study of Miss Ros^, and
his heart told him, "Lordy, that's
the girl for you!"   His heart was
exactly   right.    'Half  a  hundred
years have  proved this, and apropos of the goiden wedding which
will reach Mr. and Mr. Anderson
next Thursday, there can now be
given an account of the search for
gold in  1849, when gold was first
found in  the Golden State.   He
looked for gold and found it; he got
the golden article of girl when he
chose Rosa Hinton; he will have
his golden anniversary in a few
'days. Truly, the age of John G.
Anderson is a golden age!
The subject of this article was
born in a brick house in Sewickley
bottom, now Leetsdale; a house
which still stands well and solid.
John Anderson's father was Robert
Anderson, who rented the house
and farm of 130 acres, from David
Shields, long since passed away.
John did farm work until of age.
Then it was—in 1849—that stories
from the far west, of gold finding,
became too strong to resist, and
John decided to go. To travel
3,000 miles. And a locomotive
whistle had never been heard in
Sewickley or Sewickley bottom.
Early in 1849 the Pittsburg and
Galifornia Enterprise Gompany was
formed. It was headed by William Ankrinq, a Pittsburger, who
was a veteran of the Mexican war,
of 1845. Ankrim wanted only 100
men, but 300 followed him. These
included Berger, a shovel maker;
No Council Meeting.
An adjourned meeting of Edge-
worth Gouncil was to have been
held on Thursday evening. But
owing to lack of a quorum this was
impossible. Mr. E. P. Lord, from
his accident last Sunday, could not
come. He is improving at Mercy-
Hospital. Mr. F. E. Russell is ill
at his home. The members present were Mr. Wm. Wardrop, and
Mr. George Gunther. Secretary
Fleming Nevin was there. It was
decided to adjourn, and have a
special meeting on Monday evening. A' matter of importance to
consider is the payment of the men
employed by the borugh for. street
work.
Gen. Daggett Will Speak.
General A. S. Daggett, U. S. A.,
will address Mr. Way's Young
Men's Bible Glass Sunday morning,
April 28, at 9.30, in the Y. M..G.
A. building. The General was in-
charge of the relief expedition at
Pekin, China, and he will deliver
an interesting address. All men
invited.
If you are interested in the affairs of the valley you should read
the HERALD.
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