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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1890
Page
2
The Cuba Patriot argues for county reform led by the Board of Supervisors to scrap the Halfshire tax. It claims Belmont should be county seat for accessibility and lower costs, denounces Halfshire as wasteful, and urges assembly to repeal laws 1860 and 1885.
Snow fills the region as residents enjoy sleighing and festive activities. Local visits include B F Drake at Belmont and Mrs. Dr Persons en route to Buffalo. Community events feature a Baptist sociable, a J D Hartshorn monument, and Hall & Baird operatic minstrels at Academy Hall. A. Miner’s Mt Hope cemetery monument arrival and Field & Alden granite work mark notable local interest.
The DisPatc h notes a spate of social updates from Buffalo area towns. Diamond and jewelry imports arrive for holiday trading, while local residents like Iva D Hartshorn return home with relatives. Reports cover weather affected church groups, horse and cutter mishaps, and civic notes on postmaster appointments, merchants pushing holiday stock, and ongoing Irish political tensions and international affairs.
The Allegany county clerk announces a drawing of eight panel grand and trial jurors on December 22 1890 at 10 a m to serve at a county court and court of oyer and terminer in Belmont at the court house on January 5 1891. GEO AY GREEN Clerk.
Reports from London claim the Parnellites push for an appeal to the country on home rule while McCarthy's party resists resignations and awaits a sober verdict. Tim Mealy cites leaders as optimistic, with Barry predicting Parnell’s cause gains with time and possible replacements for sitting MPs.
A young countryman, Zhu Freeman, 22, was robbed and beaten by four men at a Buffalo hotel after being lured by a stranger. Freeman paid $10 for alleged railroad help, then suffered severe assault and theft of $37, a revolver, cap, and boots. He chased a suspect, became lost, and attempted suicide by locomotive.
Police arrested Meyers Mack and Finck early Sunday after two assailants dragged Ne off the trek. Freeman serves as a key witness. Officers recovered Freeman's cap and a revolver hidden by Meyer's wife. The unknown gang member remains at large as the case heads to police court.
Joe Coburn American champion twenty five years ago dies of consumption at 242 West Thirty Fifth Street New York city Saturday night at 8 o clock He leaves a wife and a two year old son and a large circle of friends Coburn known for long battles with Jem Mace and other rivals in Canada and the United States He was born July 4 1835 in Armagh Ireland and came to America at age eight The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM at his house Calvary cemetery is noted for his tumultuous career and later life in saloons and a prison term for shooting a policeman in a drunken incident
Important developments reveal that Emma Pfeitzmeyer was murdered in her sister's house after a post mortem showed a throat wound would have caused death. Affidavits of struggles surface while the Schmidts are guarded, and authorities move to detain them.
Advices from India report cholera striking the second battalion of the Third Goorkha regiment while marching in the Chin Hills. At Guathit the encampment saw sixty cases and thirty deaths with many more cases between Rangoon and Guathit. The Czarewitch departed for India via the Suez canal at midnight on Saturday.
The text asserts Christianity proves itself by its teachings, growth, and diffusion among nations. It stresses love over force, personal regeneration, and communal change as divine signs. It cites doctorial praise on concern for fainting worshippers and the need for fresh air over crowding around the ill.
The report lists Protestant activity including 66 martyrs in Mexico over 25 years, six presbyteries with evangelists in South Carolina, and plans for Frank DeWitt Talmage to study at Union Theological Seminary. It notes a Woodbury Connecticut Methodist church cost of 115000 dollars, and California Chinese mission’s 17 year conversion totals.
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