Warren Ledger (Newspaper) - June 24, 1887, Warren, Pennsylvania WARREN Established in 1849. The Greatest Good to the Greatest to Favors to Per VOLUME 38 WARREN JUNE 24, 1887. NUMBER 45 TRADE NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE Manufacturing Labor STews From the Highways and of America and The volume of business throughout the United States is increasing year by year at rate which shows there is a strong tion for the various new enterprises under The gain in business during the past five over the same time last was 18 per same time 1885, 38 per same time 1884, 20 per cent. This extraordinary increase in business has been made possible by railway by in- crease in the volume of by the strong organization of and by the steady increase in the earning power of the The lumber trade in general was never in more prosperous The great Ing activity is absorbing the entire output of mills in all sections of the Prices are firm and will continue so for quantities of yellow pine are be- ing received at North Atlantic Con- supplies are also coming by In Detroit the volume of business is away head of last In Louisville the bank clearings for May were 20 per greater than for May last In St. Louis the same report is and the month of June opens very In Kansas City an extraordinary amount of building is going money is markets are and the summer and fall prospects are very In St. Paul dry and clothing are selling In Denver building is heavy hardware and machinery are in and prices are Throughout the Mississippi Valley there is a generally healthy tion of the past week contracts have been with rail mills for tons of American rails and in foreign markets for about for winter and autumn delivery Prices are at mill for American and at gulf ports for The demand for all kinds of building material is very Brick is scarce in several new machinery is being put in to remedy the Lumber is ing in large and both hard and wood are selling as fast as they The furniture manufacturers are liberal purchasers of good especially of wood designed for antique for which there is a great The financial situation is at present High authorities confidently believe that the country is expanding too rapidly and that there are serious dangers which burst upon us like a thunder clap before the country is ready for it. Textile manufacturers of Philadelphia very busy preparing for what they ex- will be the heaviest season they havo ever One of the secrets of success which knights of as well as any other power has to is the tive necessity of absolute obedience to the orders of be they right or as well might a brigade or division hold a debating society before going into or a ship's crew resolve itself into a committee of the whole to decide whether they would go into as for an assembly of the knights of or any number of to call into question or disobey the edict of their general executive There have been 480 strikes since January 1st, involving wage 164 strikes for tne same time last in- wage During May struck against for May of last The amalgamated association of iron and steel workers have this week made a demand for a 10 per Labor generally is contented with ing but it is only a question of time for a agitation to be made for better The national government has disappointed the knights in its treatment of labor and several state ture have done no Organized bor must become a greater power in itself before it can expect to wield in- fluence It has too many political as in who would wreck the labor interests for the sake of political Chinese engineers and statesmen are carefully examining the capacity and facility of Great with a view of making heavy chases of to introduce turing of various kinds on a large scale in their natural gas regions of Ohio are at- big and with the offer of cheap One single gas well in that section furnishes as much gas as would equal tons of coal in twelve coal prospectors are discovering developing large beds of coal along the Rocky Mountains where little industries will soon follow to supply the wants of the far Twenty thousand printers are ing a day's work each to a fund to build a headquarters at Several syndicates have been formed to develop the natural gas fields of the ern Twelve cotton factories in use water power at a nominal and are able to undersell similar New England they use bales of cotton per The labor organizations of the especially the knights of will very generally celebrate the 4th of July in an old-fashioned The workingmen have much to gain by reviving the tion of this as it should be celebrated A national convention of boot and shoe manufacturers was held in on Capitalists in eastern cities are preparing schemes for building houses in large numbers in several cities and selling them at a fair Several new co-operative concerns have started within the past two but so far as they lack sufficient Labor is gaining silent which monopolists are not shrewd enough to NORTH A BATCH OF BREEZY BREVITIES FROM THE One of the notable events of the week has been the marriage of C. G. of this and Miss Flora daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas of High which took place reverend A. The ceremony took place in the double parlors 011 the west side of the elegant The room was ed of daylight and the scene was ed by the glare of the lamp A tion of the front parlor was made into an the wall being decorated with ferns and At 2 p. m. the contracting parties took their places back of the floral Mr. J. S. of standing at the left of the groom and Miss Lillie of this at the right of the The service was short and ed by the groom placing the finger of bride a solitaire kin then offered up an eloquent tion and Then followed the congratulations of friends of whom the rooms were Of those present our reporter hands us the following Mr. and Mrs. 1ST. B. Oil Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Allegheny Mr. and Mrs. J. S. TV in. jr. and Mr. H. L. of and about forty friends and neighbors from The bride looked extremely and seemed After the the company was invited to the large lors on the opposite side of the where a elegant repast was These two events being the time arrived for the parties to take their with many took for the Warren and Buffalo depot i They are to remain in Buffalo during the when they intend making a trip up the and return to their future where a furnished house is in ing for Flora Bell is a and talented a musician and artist of more than usual She goes to beautify and dignify another home in another Captured and Carefully Compiled toy a Characteristic THE i We see by the Warren daily and weekly papers that that place is going to celebrate the and in speaking of the same the Warren in its last Tuesday's is to be none of your little concerns made up of one glass of a ten-cent a sky rocket and a bunch of fire but a regular old where there will be first-class entertainment for If the above is an insinuation upon don's coming celebration it is far from ting the As North Clarendon has the reputation of making a success in ever she and as has some great undertakings in her she don't propose to lose her grip at this late If our neighbors want to enjoy a regular old of a time they want to come to No twenty-five cents admission to see the everything The committee on FIRE WORKS will give one of the grandest display of fire works ever witnessed in this section of the while the general committee assures the people that it will be no little but a day which will long be remembered by every person who ors the town with their And re- member that the has not half told of the fun that the fire boys have in store for A. 0. G. B. C. Watson and J. E. Ewing came up from Warren Monday evening on their They partook of a special supper at the Henry and returned in the cool of the hook and ladder truck has been polished the ladders repainted and all the implements brightened The hook and ladder boys are bound to look base ball restaurant gave several band concerts during the free The committee on fourth of July arrangements will next week distribute throughout the county a four page illustrated giving a detailed program of the day's also each place in the borough will be represented on its while the trations of the old independent bell which liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants George the of his the capitol of the the senate of the United the house of Mount Vernon in 1887, the hero of burg July 4th, 1SG8, the Abraham Lincoln and James A our president also a minute man of This fine gramme was gotten up by the Ledger job printing and our firemen de- serve much credit in handing to their friends such a complete and handsome J. W. Dunkle has been nominated the republicans for district Mr. Dunkle is a young lawyer and has a good His many friends in this section congratulate him on receiving the and Mrs everything that is found in a hardware M. the Main street furniture always keep in stock chamber parlor suits and a line of odds and ends in and he is now an opportunity to his customers to furnish a house for very little Look over his E. O'Donnell was the guest of her Mrs. J. C. last I. Shugart returned home from her visit o Pittsburg last boom in has and those went there from Warren county say hat the would-be metropolis of Kansas have been named or widows live on six ad- farms at and they are all being the widows of the ate Henderson William and We have two or three in endon who are looking strong and healthy uid would make good but perhaps the widows are a little too Nye is somewhat of a liar but a week's residence in Clarendon would con- vince him that he was an amateur in the art. when here last was made to blush on several different occasions Will of Parker was in the city first of the week on a visit to his Mrs. Charles 1SToble......Doctor paugh and wife of Oil was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Captain Adams first of the C. H. Miller left on Tuesday for Clarion to attend the annual ministerial He returns to-day C. G. of Mercer has accepted a call to preach in the Presbyterian church this He was welcomed last Sunday ing by a large who speak of the reverend gentleman in the highest Monroe has returned home from the lumber regions of and will remain his family for several weeks before amount of freight received at the P E freight house this for the past was larger than the proceeding eight shows that Clarendon is a long ways from being little son of Mr. anc Mrs. James age five died al their residence Tuesday The funeral took place Wednesday remains were laid at rest in the at Mr. and Mrs Goff have the sympathy of their many Holten ot was visiting Mrs. J. C. Eussell on Wednesday While pulling the tools out of Maul and Dyson s last the gudgeons broke from the shaft and the starlet an excursion up the throw in the derrick roof in all Mr Maul and Mr. Dyson were in the derrick at the time and strange to say escaped with out a When the racket was DJ sou found nailer the k looking for Maul in the but was in the belt having a tc hand encounter with the while th engine was trying to beat the best time on but all well that ends THE GAS DISCOURAGING REPORT BY THE On the upper floor of the Bell residence was an even on such j L. E. McNett and Mrs. F. Donihi are home There were the One solid silver table costing from the mother and brother of the We have space only for this especial There were almost numberless expensive useful and beautiful silver table elegant many that mention is Mr. Christie is a leading Butler a successful business and in every way worthy of the talented and beautiful woman he has taken from Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Jennie laughed and cried alternately as the hour arrived for the daughter and sister to take her The rice fields of Florida gave up their product to throw at the departing and the conventional slipper performed its part. Few happier weddings or better pointed in every way have taken place in Masons The following officers of the Masonic grand lodge paid a fraternal visit to North Star No. 241, A. Y. M. at this Joseph E. W. Grand Clifford P. E. Deputy Grand J. Simpson Sen Grand Michael Grand Grand Michael Grand J. ley Sen. Louis M. Jun. William A. tary to Grand C. John W. B. D. D. C. C. D. D. G. M. gates from various lodges in this district were also present and a grand banquet was served in the temple after the from the springs for a few Mrs. health is improving Charles Campbell has one of the finest equipped bottling establishments in western He has over two thousand dollars invested in cases and while his team of black horses are numbered with the best in the and his delh ery wagon is an ornament to any He has so conducted his business that even those who are opposed to the beer traffic have to acknowledge that Campbell's tling works has been run according to his can boast of having over twenty men who weighs over 200 and yet none of them are aldermen or proprietors of twenty members of Hyperion lodge No. 496, Knights of of this attended a banquet given by the Warren lodge last Friday the evening grand inner guard L. T. Bishop was presented with a fine K. of P. charm by Clarendon and Sheffield C. H. of this made the pre- C. M. G. A. On Tuesday evening o the Clarendon Mutual Gas Association nominated the following gentlemen select from as officers to serve for the en suing E. I. E. J Vice L. Merket P. L. H. Spilter Johnston H. and B. E. Secretary John T. S. Flynn and C. Miller A. H. G. M. Capt. Adams and S. 31. John H. J. Z. The election will take place on the eleventh day of July between the hours of four and nine p. m. On the day of election the stock holders should use good judgment and vote for inch who have a practical knowledge of piping and men of experience in gas The present officers have proved themselves and the manner in they have executed their duties is highly complimented and appreciated by the stock large invoice ot men's clothing receded at M. Jackson finest line of furnishing goods ever brought to Clarendon at M. Jackson The licence question was postponed on Thursday until June those who did not lay in a have to go even the oil wells in will this sentation the bakery and grocery store of G. M. Hill you will always j vicinity hare fell offence find rye and Vienna choice j has refitted and cookies and all kinds of sweet j the Railroad street restaurant and Mr. Hill is one of our oldest citizens and be to to the wants of her customers and 39-3m while his Bert needs no his reputation as a i fine baker is already established F. H. Cauley still retains reputation as K. C. millinery and first-class and the Henry house dress The improved tailor system numbered with the best in the used for Pasterns and systems for public patronage is H. hardware store is the place for ail kinds of household fuin novelties in in fact A share of the public patronage Water Carver house up Pa. 37-3mos. All to Put in a Competing so Far an Utter 1'rospects. The following report of the committee who have been working on the cheap gas cheme has been handed in for explains The undersigned committee appointed by he citizens of Warren and vicinity to certain the feasibility and practicability of a fuel gas desire to the following When the committee was hey immediately secured an option for days for one supposed to he good pis located at and owned the Ludlow At the same time were given to understand that the Ludlow having considerable interest n desired utilize all their for the benefit Warren and and would no nil in their power to tho The ut once 1" how many people pledge to consume n competing at reduced with very cheap rates to lor n term of live The of commenced without but instead ot finished in a few days occupied nearly hard and earnest Meanwhile a proposition was received from of capitalists in nrg to meet them as boon us contracts had been secured that they wero desirous of investing in the A total of signatures were secured to the posed new and the capitalists in were induced to consider the Several meetings were held and ly resulted in the following plan being agreed upon It was proposed that if the Ludlow heirs would put their land in the association as sufficient cash would be subscribed to equal the and about twenty per cent of said cash subscriptions to be paid in. Under the law of 1885, relative to gm com- the association could then ismy bonds for one half the amount of the paid up The money derived from the sale of those bonds by obtaining two and three year's time on the pay till necessary first expences of putting in the A committee wus appointed to on thu Ludlow ascertain their and report in two Tho committee were obliged to report and tho plan came to a sudden About the same time Bradford and Rochester parties were in all anxious to secure options on gas The committee immediately gave the of Pittsburg capitalists a re- of the pledges made by tho zens for twenty providing that in case the contracts wero the com- pany so accepting them would at all times be a competing company to the nia gas preventing any or that in case the lino was beyond the in Warren should have the benefit in price of the distance in and that when the contracts were said company should give a bond of for the faithful performance of the the bond to be deposited with whomsoever the people should elect under the The refusal was drawn by good legal accepted by the parties and they at once began to secure gas The owners of about of land gavo them options on their conditional with the refusal of tho people's and one week ago last Friday capitalists from Pittsburg and other points personally in- spected the location of the land and the wells Inasmuch as these wells have been uncared with salt water flowing into the was very and the capitalists wisely concluded to abandon the enterprise until the wells could be cleaned out and but this work would occupy more than the time allowed by the people's The twenty days limit expired last day The committee met the parties at the Exchange hotel and after thoroughly reviewing the situation decided to say to the people that se far the effort had resulted in an utter with very prospects for the An effort is being to through the original plan with Warren capitalists and the Ludlow and it is hoped satisfactory arrangements can be G. H. LEONHART P. HOSIER A. B. McKAiN J. CROWFORD D. According to the above report it appears that the efforts of the committee during the two and halt months have resulted so far in a failure to induce capitalists and owners of gas property to invest in the un- Apparently there is no valid son why the venture would not have proved successful The capitalists wero satisfied in But when it becomes necessary to invest or more in the project assumes another In case this effort entirely fails it is that the scheme will never be tried In that case it will devolve upon the members of the People's company to enforce their agreement with the vania gas company to furnish gas to not to exceed Pittsburg The existence of such an agreement was denied three months for some but has since come to forced to the Is there one manufacturer in this city now obtaining gas at Pittsburg Is it possible to compel the sylvania company to abide by their We shall It a lamentable The people have done all they can do but tho monopoly is tronger than the THE DEMOCRAT July Fixed upon I lie lor Holding the The democratic county committee met in pursuance to a call by the chairman at the of C. Dinsmoor Wednesday afternoon at 2 and after able debate decided upon Juno 0, as the date for holding the and July 12, us the date for holding the county The members present exhibited unusual enthusiasm but moderation and care in ing The meeting was very and expressions of confidence wero heard on all After remarks by nearly all present tho meeting Killed on the June of Cole was fatally injured by the cars at the P. E. railroad station this place last Saturday evening at about 10 His legs wore both cut close to the The a was stopped and assistance was at hand almost as soon as the accident the in- jured man was carried into the station and cared while the engine belonging to the train run to with some tra men after medical Doctors Jacobs and returned on the freight but the spirit of the sufferer had taken its departure and left the poor mutilated body at The injured man did not complain of any and died fifty-five minutes after the accident The railroad company furnished a and had the remains properly dressed and placed therein by an After the inquest the friends took charge of the which were taken to ville on and there the members of Chase post G. A. oj which Mr. nett was a took charge and laid their comrade at rest in cemetery with all tho honors the G. A. E. members could bestow on an honorable and highly esteemed Under Tons of Bit June terrible by which five men were entombed under hundreds of tons of falling occurred to-day where the Erie gas company is ex- in the bluff fronting the bay for building a great The men were at work laying the first courses of a brick foundation under a bank fifty feet with one man posted to watch the At yesterday afternoon the watchman saw the face of the bank He ed a warning and lied from the barely escaping the avalanche of clay and gravel that overwhelmed the men who were following The alarm was given and people in that whole quarter of the city flocked to the Hundreds were working under atic direction in the presence of Jacob Sell and Daniel Hanley were taken out bruised and but John O'Loughlin was next cued and near him were the dead bodies of James Elsie and Jacob His June a shot his wife in the neck with a navy revolver during a. family quarrel The 40-calibre bullet turned ward and lodged where it cannot be ed. She will Schnee is in According to the Pittsburg papers Dr. J E. Berkstresser lias been granted a divorce from Millie Berkstresser on the grounds of Authorities in state that the divorce cannot possibly be- cause it must have been obtained by The doctor must have testified that his wife had left his bed and that he did not know her residence or address and given other false Counsel for Mrs. Berkstresser will take necessary steps to annul the
