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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1891
Page
2
Metter of Assently and M M Congdon of Clarksville are named in notices or reports within the local record. The item records individuals tied to a case or matter in Clarksville.
Lieut Gov Jones declares he cannot support the Democratic State nominees and will oppose the Saratoga convention tickets. He accuses party leaders of dictatorial control and federal disloyalty, arguing the welfare of the state requires defeating the nominees to curb usurpers. Signed Epward I Jones.
Green and Ward addressed a full house and agreed to back each other in the next election. Green is nominated to succeed Justice Daniels and Ward to succeed the late Justice Corlett. Ward’s temporary appointment followed Corlett's death, and both are praised for competence and service.
A fragment notes Jones opposing a Flower Tammany arrangement amid tensions. No clear location or date given.
The county reports Friendship owning the fastest stallion ever seen, setting a new mark. Local racing circles note superior speed and a potential record for the era.
Saratoga date reports the Democratic convention in Watertown where Roswell P. Flower of Watertown is nominated for governor on the first ballot. The platform endorses sound finance, anti Sherman silver, canal policy, tax revision, electoral reform, and labor protections. Flower led with 334 votes to 48 for Chapin amid strong support and cheers.
The state committee list for the coming year includes Nicholas MaNer Jr and John Delmar as first and second, with James W Ridgeway, Hugh McLaughlin, John Collen, and others up to thirty fourth, including Hugh J Grant and Edward Murphy Jr. The roster features a long line of names with various initials and surnames across thirty four seats.
At the state committee gathering in Saratoga Springs on September 17 Edward Murphy Jr was re-elected chairman Samuel Beardsley secretary William B Kirk treasurer and C KR DeFreyst clerk.
Saratoga September resignation letter from Roswell P. Flower notifying the Secretary of State that he resigns as a member of the Fifty second Congress from New York's Twelfth District effective today. The document dated September 16 1801 from Saratoga notes the formal farewell to the public office.
Charles A. Woodbuy of Salem Massachusetts died of hydrophobia after being bitten by a dog six weeks earlier. Symptoms began about a week after the bite. The report notes the fatal case and the timeline of exposure and onset.
A broad batch of brief items covers a Chicago army veteran's death, New York and Yonkers ceremonies, a radical marriage annulment in Chicago, a Lyons bank failure, Mexican revolution talk, an editor’s funeral in Paris, and various crimes. Also noted are shipwrecks near Havre, Baltic fishing woes, and a Ohio murder-suicide in Day City.
The report notes that neither Mr. Cleveland nor Mr. Hill has wired congratulations to Mr. Flower, with both men listed as candidates for the Presidency. The piece suggests Flower seeks the New York delegation and has gained or believes he has control of the state party machinery, per Buffalo News.
Ion Hamilton Ward was nominated last Friday in Buffalo for Justice of the Supreme Court in the Highth Judicial District. Judge Ward, the ables emergency appointee in Allegany County, has proven highly capable and his supporters across the district expect a bumper election vote.
Francis Hendricks of Syracuse has been appointed Collector of the Port of New York, succeeding the resigned Hon. J Sloat Fassett in a key federal position.
The Republican convention for the 27th Senate District will be held in Hornellsville on Saturday September 26 1891.
Every nominee on the Republican state ticket is described as a stump speaker, ready to enter the canvass with energy and zeal.
A long community update lists visits and returns of residents from Olean to Bradford, with several trips to Geneseo and Elyria. It notes local sales, church events, and harvest observations, plus obituaries for Jason Green and Mrs. Joel Gillett. It reports a kite track race at Independence with Egthorne setting a record and praises jockey Loren Snow.
New Jersey station reports two year tests using nitrate of soda on tomatoes increasing yield, with best results from nitrate alone or with phosphoric acid and potash. Small or split applications preserve maturity. single application harms it. Ohio studies note strong wheat response and uncertain tomato profitability on clay loams. Also noted is Mr Rockhill's Mongol journey finding boots traded for horses.
The Allegany County Clerk announces that on Saturday October 3 1891 at 10 a.m a panel of trial and grand jurors will be drawn to serve at a circuit court and court of oyer and terminer in the county court house Kelmont village. GEO A Green Clerk.
The document orders the named defendant to answer the complaint within twenty days after service or face default judgment. Trial location is Allegany County. Dated August 4, 18?. Attorney A. L. Elliott represents the plaintiff from Friendship New York.
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