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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1889
Page
3
The Dispatch notes election fervor with endorsements for Sloat Fasset District Attorney Brown and Ackerman for Sessions, urges straight Republican voting, reports on local labor at a Belmont hotel, a Knights of Maccabees evening, and routine town notices including street lamps, illnesses, ads, and a washed-out bridge affecting travel.
Affidavits from J Frank Olmsted and H H Sorrore in Allegany New York attest Lt Addison Thompson never deserted and was at the front, except as a prisoner of war. They counter Merry Week's desertion charges, noting Thompson rose from noncommissioned ranks to lieutenant in 1865 and was widely recognized by G A R men.
F J Ehman of Cuba N Y swears he knows Addison Thompson from their Civil War service in Company E Fifth New York Cavalry. He condemns recent desertion charges as false and says Thompson is a true soldier. Notary Henry C Morgan verifies the affidavit dated November 2 1889.
An old comrade of Lieut Thompson sends a telegraph from Franklinville New York dated October 31 denying desertion charges against Addison Thompson. The annual meeting of Amity Town Board is scheduled for Thursday November 7 1889 to audit town accounts, with all creditors presenting verified statements.
Voters in Union Free School District No 1 Amity are called to a special meeting at the Court House on Friday evening November 8 at 7 30 to vote bonds of eight hundred dollars for an Academic Department. R A Whitcomb president J H Anderson clerk. The notice ends with a local newspaper item about poetry and a Democrat nomination reference.
Jno Pease visited Friendship on Friday and Arthur Jackson came for insurance business. Charles Very of Belfast and Miss Grace Hart of Friendship visited relatives. Rev J G Snyder is congratulated. Mrs Hamilton Ward supports Belmont’s proposed academic department. Chas H Brown’s work as County Committee chair praised at today’s polls. Several residents attended meetings in Friendship and Bradford PA.
Horse breeding and racing notes highlight prices for yearlings and a list of fast stallions. a Nebraska duel between Arabian horses is described. Obituaries and town improvements discuss the Union School, library plans, and community growth, with local notices on schools, theatre, and a court case.
The undersigned has taken charge of the barber shop in the basement of M. E. Davis' store and solicits a share of patronage. Belmont October 22 1889. B8te.
Well attended show featuring a vivid depiction of the flood devastation and a noted hero dog Gromwell.Wm. McCracken & Bro announce a November cloak sale with 150 styles, George L. Warren of Buffalo Cloak Mfg. Co. visiting Nov 8–9 to showcase selections for local ladies.
The list of jurors drawn at this office to serve at a County Court and Court of Sessions to be held in Angelica on Monday November 18, 1889 includes jurors from Angelica Belfast Caneadea Centerville Granger Grove Hume New Hudson Rushford West Almond and Findlay Ohio. The notice names jurors such as George Clapp Mather Lyt tle Danford Morse Benjamin Burns William Charles Jason Lincoln M S Duncan Lyman Stanton John Eld ridge Erastus Crandall Frank Low Allen William Pratt Ira Merritt Manderville Howell C J Miner Charles English George B Burr Michael C Hanks Nathan W Miller Orson C Gilpatrick Harvey O Bennett John Crotty John Weidright Andrew Thomas Christian Smith Harrison Colegrove George Jones C W Halliday S W Vaughn William Stone John Dodson Geo A Green Clerk Frank Black and Louise Struble. Also notes the marriage of Frank Black of Scio and Louise Struble of Findlay, Ohio last week.
A Bryant and Stratton College circular touts successful home study by mail and at students’ homes in bookkeeping business forms penmanship arithmetic shorthand and more. It invites inquiries and offers free circulars addressed to C L Bryant secretary at 449 Main St Buffalo NY.
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