Belmont Busy Week in Local News and Socials
Belmont residents read of political caucuses and conventions, weddings, court schedules, and community notices. The Dispatch notes Labor Day observances, fairs in Wellsville and Williamsport, and local incidents while praising the Belmont band and ramblers.
Local Happenings Across Allegany Towns and Cuba Fair News
Readable items report Cuba fair attendance with 12 000 on Thursday and Prof Ward balloon and parachute acts for Sept 24 25. Mentions music by Maccabee band Portville and local marriages births and deaths including Col Moore birth 1821 and 81 year old Rauber death. Governor Hill visit noted and town news from HOME Angelica and Wellsville regions with school openings pension increases and local disciplinary notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. Association
Ward
Portville
N. Y
Cole
Chas. H. Robie
Savona
N.Y
the Baptist
Friendship
Loren C. Hunt
Grace Gallop
Cuba
Clarksville
Victor H. Hammond
Mary R. Congdon
M. M. Congdon
L. T. Howard
Ella J. Thompson
Col. Moore
New Brunswick
N.J
Jacob Rauber
John Higgins
Wellsville Fair
Governor Hill
Gov. Hill
Farmers Club meeting draws large crowd and speeches
Rushford reports a sizable turnout at the farmers club gathering last Wednesday with full program, strong speeches by Hon. Seth Fenner and Editor Hulette. From Clarksville visitors noted Gov. Hill in Wellsville last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Club
Seth Fenner
Hulette
Alliance
Tom. Love
M. M. Congdon
Clarksville
Gov. Hill
Wellsville
Belmont Briefs Highlight Nomination and Local News
Excursion to Niagara is planned for next Tuesday. Delegates favor Harmilton Ward’s nomination for Justice of the Supreme Court across Chautauqua Wyoming Genesee and Allegany counties. Belvidere accident injures Mrs McNett and relatives. Rigdon dies at 51 in Belmont after long illness. local editorials criticize depot relocation and joke about spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Spaulding
Wellsville
Charles Youngs
Hornellsville
Wm. J. Richardson
Fillmore
Bertha Bradt
Tornellsville
Tra H. Myers
Buffalo
Belmont
Hattie Luther
Bradford
A. Millard
Ada. L. Foster
Rochester
C. E. Winchell
May McCracken
Joe
Wellavile
Katherine Utter
Cuba
Ward Utter
W. I.southerton
Syracuse
Gene Williams
G. M. Snyder
J.G. Snyder
John Snyder
Jersey City
Amanda Webber
Alfred Waters
Eau Claire
M. M. Congdon
West Clarksville
John Adams
Clarkesville
Greeley Palmer
Niagara
Hamilton Ward
Supreme Court
Chautauqua
Wyoming
Genesee and
Allegany Counnties
Ward
Allegany County
A. J. McNett
Jas. E. Norton
Belvidere
A. T. Lawton
Bhill
Geo. II
Tucker
Postmasters Assigned as County Office Examiners
Postmasters at county seats become county examiners to visit all post offices in the county and report conditions. This is a Wanamaker reform replacing former postoffice inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker
Fire Rage Reflects Size Of Ocean Steamers
A fire burned for ten days in the hold of a large ocean liner that recently reached Philadelphia, with passengers unaware of the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pick Ron lines and wares at Tucker's and Dodd's
A mixed advertisement style snippet mentions Tucker's selling a new line of whips and cheaper Agate ware and shelf goods. P A Dodd's offers a $12 single harness and cheap oil paint and putty. Also notes about Ayer products and a Niagara Falls excursion on Sep 15 1891 with a £2.00 round trip fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker's
P. A. Dodd's
Ron
Tucker
King’s
P. A. Dodd
Unclaimed Letters at Belmont Post Office 1891
List of unclaimed mail as of September 8 1891 at Belmont New York includes Frank W Ballard Elizabeth Butler A L Gilbert W T Howell Arthur Kavenaugh Sarah Vaughan Harvey Whittemore and A H Zalch Advertised please call for above by Bing Norton P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
N. Y
Frank W. Ballard
Elizabeth Butler
A. L. Gilbert
W. T. Howell
Arthur Kavenaugh
Sarah Vaughan
Harvey Whittemore
A. H. Zalch
Bing. Norton
Great Mass Meeting At Portage Agenda
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union of the Empire State plan a monster mass meeting at Portage Bridge on Tuesday Sep 22 with speakers Brick Pomeroy Eva McDonald Chas Matthews I E Dean Harry Arnold and Geo A Scott. Erie Railway offers a cheap round trip excursion Belmont 7 46 am fare 1.00 per person. A Good Looking Face describes erysipelas dangers and Dr Kennedy remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Town Committee
Amity
Erie
Niagara
Belmont
Williamsport
Chas. Barker
Geo. Peck
Jim Hartnett
C. A. Brown
Wellsville
Isaac Willets
Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union of
Empire State
Portage Bridge
Brick, Pomeroy
Eva McDonald
Chas. Matthews
I. E. Dean
Harry Arnold
Geo. A. Scott
Erie Railway
Special School Meeting in Amity District No 1 Belmont
Notice to legal voters of Union Free School District No 1 Amity Allegany County New York that a special meeting will be held at Belmont Court House September 29 1891 at 7 30 PM to vote a tax of 2500 for finishing the school building addition and decide the method of raising funds if approved. Clerk Eldyn Reynolds on behalf of the Board of Education. August 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
J. G. Hand
KE. E.peterson
Friendship
Clara A. Bailey
Shingle House
Baptist Church
Masonic Temple
Bolivar
Smethport
27Th
New York Volunteers
New York
1St
New York Veteran Cavalry
Rochester
Claude R. Scott
Rufus Scott
Wellsville
Sacramento
Cal
Union Free’ School
Amity
Allegany County
N. Y
Court House
Belmont
Skibb
Dulles
Ore
Willows
Willoughby
Union
Crawford House
Hochheimer & Co
Express and Telegraph
Fort Erie Beach
Buffalo
Stratton & Stoms
Third Avenue
Elias Perkins
Portsmouth
Republicans Name Fassett in New York Ticket at Rochester
Rochester observers report the New York State Republican convention will be brief with Fassett likely to be nominated for lieutenant governor and Sloat Fassett as a leading ticket choice. The platform favors hard money reciprocity administration support and opposes high license. Predictions place Becker or Wadsworth or McAlpine as potential nominees for lieutenant governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hall
Erie
St. John and
Malta
Tie
Buffalo
Grand Lodge
Geo. Welles
Elmira
Port of
New York
J. Sloat Fassett
W. Folwell Jones
Wellsville
D. T. Williams
Henry Wier
Belmont
Rochester
Platt
Fassett
The
Morning Herald
Phillip Becker
John W. Vrooman
William A. Sutherland
Einstein
William V. Renesselaer
Seneca
Verplank
J. Colvin
Albany
O. H. P. Cornell
Ira M. Hedges
Rockland
J. W. Wadsworth
Edward A. McAlpine
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the Dispatch
Belmont, N. J
Dispatch
Geo. L. Tucker
Eric
Tiger Belmont Academy
Union School
Wir
Latham
London
Eng
Eldyn Reynolds
Judge Ward
Charles S. Whitney
J. D. Holden
M. J.B. Norton
Ed, Handy
Sclo’s
Samuel B. Knight
Chicago
A. L. Litehard
Rushford
Addie Griffin
Len Ely
David B. Hill
Robinson
Cincinnati
Prohibition Party
Allegany
Veasey
Oswayo
Penn
Lewis Root
Root
Isaac Averill
John Fay
W Wellsville
Ike
Genesee Valley Legion No. 3
Belmont Band
Legion
E. A. Newton
Jesse Hinman
Elmer Lewis
Lorenzo. Butterfield
Keut
Sec
A. P. Powers
Fin
J. W. Bartlett
Treas
Hugh Johnson
F. Brown
I. G
Henry Ward
G. Trustera
Teaac Lewis
Fred
Joseph H. Rutherford
Angelica
Wier & Bissell’s
Mrs. Rutherford
J.C. Frederick
Lady
P. D. Frederick
Edith Peck
Naples
Canandaigua Lake
Jos. Bartlett
C. P. Brooks
Charles Munson Belting Co
Pittsburgh
Eric, Sup’t Maguire
Gilpin
Seth
H. Tracey
Chas. Winchell
E. M. Park
Chas. Mills
Will van Horn
J. W. Smith
Mr. Jones
Belmont Ramblers
Stephenson
John Curtice
Scio
J. W. Flint
Chester
Rosenbark
Prof. Reed
Josie Stone
Independence
Charles Huntley
Olean
Ira Shaffer
Flora Relya
Gilbert Shader
Gainesville
Ellen. Converse
Michigan
M.S. Reed
Topsy
Wells Bros
Eric McMurtry
Lyon
R. H. Chamberlain
George
Tuttle
Hume
Centerville
M. E. Church
TE. Fitzgerald
T. B. Duffy
Jas. Ratchford
Geo. Hopper
Grace Rutherford
Hendrick
W. J. Garwood
Sheriff
Mr. Smith
Howell House
Edward Rutherford
Caneadia
S. M. Bartlett
Portage
N. B. Sherman
Sherman
Sarah I. Abbey
Victor Hammond
Mary Congdon
Thousand Islands
H. D. Clarke
J. P. Remington
Almond
Leman Woodcock
Whitesville
Charlotte Swift
Andover
John Swain
Jeremiah Clarke
Martha J. Brown
Willard Hospital
J. L. Williams
Ida M. Green
Andrew J. Green
Purdy Creek
Belfast
R. M. Willis
8. K. Broadbent
Belmont Briefs
E. R. M. Rigdon
Ephraim R. M. Rigdon
Sidney Rigdon
Nauvoo
Ill
130Th Regiment
N. Dragoons
Gov. Seymour
Lee
Appomatox
Friend
Maple Grove Cemetery
Belmont DisPatch
Dansville
Ayer
Georgia
Free Niagara
Grand and Bold
Niagara Falls
B. Carpenter
Grandville
David Kennedy
Rondout
the Board OF Education
Bryant & Stratton’s
Main Sty
Tree
Address Ag
Louis Bulling Paysaxa
the . Desperado
Kansas City
Savannah
Evening Times
Bulling
August Lavaka
Bulliog
Lavak
New York State
Farmers’ League Meeting
Albaxy
Farmers’ League
Globe Hotel
Wlenry L. Abell
Theodore VanValkenburg
Vanvalkenburg
L. D. Collins
J. H. Crandell
Chenango
E.E. Davis
Washington
E. D.chapman
Oswego
J. Waterman
West Troy
J. H. Hayes
Salem
H. G. Haviland
Warren
C. H. Ambler
Columbia
Enos Munson
Delaware
Henry EF. Abell
C.H. Niver
Bethlehem
Foreign
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
St. Catherines
Ontario
England
Birchall
Woodstock
Red Bank
Canada
Wm. McCracken & Bro
Grocers
Clothiers
L. Tucker, JR
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