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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1890
Page
3
A column of Belmont notices reports events and people including meetings at the M E Church temperance lecture by Miss Helen Burt, Esquimaux entertainment at Slatter’s rink, parish social at Mrs Norton, local trade ads by J Hoyt & Co Wellsville, and numerous personal mentions from the village such as sickness visits, new residents, and upcoming services.
The list shows dates and towns in Allegany County for 1890 second and third grade teacher exams. Belmont Whitesville Wellsville Andover Cuba Bolivar Friendship Alfred Genter appears as district sites with scheduled days in March May August September October November, starting 9 oclock each day.
Business and random notices appear including Mrs G A Palmer Co seeking ten cords of wood, Wm McCracken & Bro stocking Vienna bread, Mrs Chas Thomas visiting Hornellsville, a second hand showcase wanted, and a postponed loan exhibition due to sickness. A Wellsville coroner was summoned after a serious freight train accident that killed John Ganey, age 18, as he and others rode the cars. A temperance scene prompts sales without license, while a Weilsville Democrat report defends Supervisor Tefft amid local quarrels and endorses his public-spirited measures.
Mrs Hannah Sackett Hall wife of Anson C. Hall died in Belmont Friday January 24 1890 after years of illness led by erysipelas She would have been 69 tomorrow Born Candor Tioga County January 27 1821 She married Anson C Hall November 12 1840 at Phillips Creek Survived by six children Rietonat Hall Elmira Caleb Hall Wallovilles James Hall Phillips Creek William Hall Phillips Creek Mary Fuller Phillips Creek Elba Reynolds Belmont Funeral held Presbyterian church Belmont Sunday at 2 pm Rev A J Bennett officiated The bereaved husband aged 70 mourns a long marriage and deep loss.
Publicly drawn names listed by villages including Amity Emerson Crabtree and Belmont officials for trial jurors to serve at the County Court and Court of Sessions to be held February 10 1890. Clerk A Green notes the official record.
The Erie Railway Co offers a personally conducted excursion for Western New York citizens to Washington during Congress season. Round trip fare is one fare, with a $3 extra to return via New York City. Tickets valid ten days with through Pullman cars. Additional Washington to Mt Vernon trip planned for Feb 22. Contact J O Prescott, Buffalo, N Y, for details.
Members of the B L H Society will meet Friday January 31 1890 at 2 30 p m at Mrs Frank Van Campen's residence. Guests may attend to hear a program including reading minutes music Russian literature violin solos and a story of Russian life with several short items and a roll call.
Annual meeting date set for January on the first Tuesday each year. Report shows 1889 written policies at 180 and total since organization at 1011. in force at year end 779. Property values and premiums listed with treasury balances and disbursements. Officers and directors named with executive committee listed. dated Angelica January 10, 1890.
Scattered items report new influenza cases among Martin Green, Robert Rolf, Mrs. John Russell and Mrs. Alice Hooker, with L. L. Canfield and wife improving. Jay Call suffers typhoid fever. Robert Major dies after a month of illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. today. Oil news notes Henry Norton drilling at A. B. York's farm and Miles well numbers one to three, with varying production and planned shots. A Wellsville visitor loses money to a gambler, then is helped by a friend.
Canaseraga seeks a bank. Cuba calls for lowering a reservoir. Rushford aims to regain its railroad. Belfast Caneadea Fillmore and Hem want the Angelican telephone line extended. Granger and Birdsall request a loop from it. Friendship favors standard gauge for the narrow gauge. Belmont wants the Erie depot moved or altered to the village.
A brief dispatch notes the delay in installing an electric light on the upper river bridge as residents await illumination. The item mentions ongoing power shortages and references local trades, including Leater’s home-made boots and shoes.
Surging oil notes from the Scio field boost local interest as Cuba Reservoir officials plan improvements. Obituaries and marriages intervene with brief local notices from Angelica to Andover, while a fatal track accident near Erie track underscores dangers.
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