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Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1872

Page

5

COURTS FOR INDIANA COUNTY AND LOCAL OFFICERS LISTED

Directory listing courts for Indiana County with presiding judges Jas A Logan James Nesbitt Peter Outs from Greensburg and Indiana Pa. Includes council members A Stewart C Broughler Slous Adam Row E F Hildebrand A Smith A Douglas clerk and constables J J Sherman John Weir plus board directors James P Carter A W Taylor A W Wilton M Clark Thoopsum gumpal McCartney.

Indiana County Perond Ion Jas A. Logan Greensburg James Nesbitt Indiana Peter Outs Suftton Zummon Council A. M.stewart A-C. Broughler A Slous Adam Row E. FP. Hildebrand A @mith A. Dougings Rcnoel James P. Carter A.W. Taylor A.W. Wilton M. Clark Juba Thoopsum Gumpal McCartney Th Constable J. J. Sherman ConstaBlLs John Weir

Indiana Branch Railroad Schedule Fragment

Train times list daily arrivals and departures including Blairsville and Indiana connections, stage route details, church services, and local lodge meetings. Contains names, places, and times with numerous OCR garbles but preserves main transit and community notices.

Cold weather and local events in town notes

Obituary notices, political mentions, and local happenings fill a winter town column. Ed ward Thompson of Saltsbury suffers head injury while trying to Stavé a fire. Dr. Mars ittall, late Representative, in town fixing up a tile. New houses rise in the West End and Burrer arrives from Ohio to stock goods. Fred Douglass to lecture at Court House. W. P. Hastings retires as editor of Punxsulawney Plaindealer.

Edward Thompson Saltsbury

Meeting to appoint Auditors and county debt study

A local meeting appointed A M Stewart as chairman and W R Black as secretary to examine county indebtedness. The group planned to reconvene Thursday at 7 o clock. The Girard Cosmopolite paper faced suspension after sheriff levied on Dan Rice’s office. Consequences and local governance topics followed along with town incidents and elections.

A. M. Stewart W. R. Black Girard Cosmopolite Dan Rice

Colfax Tele Graph reports local Lyceum and paper

Flying Correspondence notes a Lyceum at Deckers Point and a Colfax Telegraph paper run by members as a red dot publication. Counties accept contributions. discussions rise on three annual road tax collections. Houck Myers & Co runs a store at Purchase Line P. C. Cookport stays calm yet assertive. new buildings and signs planned. hotel prospers. Mr Kennedy from two miles away injures his thigh in sled accident. Dr. Allen treats him.

Deckers Point Colfax Telegraph Houck Myers & Co Purchase Line P. C Cook Port Kennedy A. H. Allen

Blairsville Items and Community Notes of Allegheny County

In Blairsville area news, Miss Maitie J. Wiley, age 41, formerly of Blairsville, died and was buried in Blairsville cemetery after a procession from Allegheny City. James A. Love swapped properties with George Wilkinson near the fairgrounds, and Wilkinson becomes Union House proprietor with plans for additions. Charley R. Miller opens a first class grocery on Market Street, Marshall’s building. Improvements at H. P. Shepley’s drug and book store include reorganized shelves and a new prescription vase. W. A. Triece adds a camera for photos. A calico party hosted by Miss Clara Marshall occurs at Dr. Marshall’s residence. Washington’s Birthday weddings and local civil improvements, including a Conemaugh bridge project and borough expansion, are noted. A railroad side track expansion is planned to boost West Penn traffic. The school board will meet to select teachers. A reminiscence describes Prohibition era spirits in local businesses with a tour of basement taverns and a curiosity-filled account.

Allegheny Maitie J. Wiley Blairsville Mattie John Wiley Charley R. Miller Marshall's Market Street Charley H. P. Shepley Shepley W. A. Triece Triece Hal le Clara Marshall Jacksonville H. M. Altman Hey Babb Henly Conemaugh Robert Fryswite

Temperance District Convention at Brady’s Bend

The Conemaugh Valley District Convention met at Brady's Bend on February 27. Officers elected for next term include W C T Andrew Bell and W V T Isabel Powell. Resolutions praise temperance work, urge moral suasion, oppose political entanglement, and call for renewed membership drives and distribution of temperance literature. Next convention set for Indiana in August 1872. The report also notes nearby correspondence from the New York Times on living costs and management effects on personal finances.

Brady’s Bend W.C. T Thomas T. Lemon W.W. Sec'y J. C. Moore W.T Elia Henry Stewart W. C Graham W.M Stiffey Golden Chriswell Sue Campbell W. L.H.S Maggie Campbell W. A. Sec'y Ace Riston Bay Leaf Lodge Penn Run Putney Griffin Lodge W. Secy B. F. McClusky Indiana Lodge H. D. McGaw Frank Mechling Independent Order of Good Semplars Conemaugh Valley Indwna Armstrong Temperanes Brother McGaw Good Templars Brady Lodge East Brady and Brady's Bend M. E. Church J.C. Moore Sec

Cumulative Voting and Local Borough Law Summary

The text explains cumulative voting established for borough elections by an 1871 act, detailing how voters may allocate multiple votes among candidates for town councils and how vacancies are filled. It cites related acts and outlines precise vote distributions for when varying numbers of seats are to be filled, plus rules on voting fractions and ballot marking.

Act of Assembly Bloomsbury Bloomsburg

Deaths and Obituaries from Montgomery and Blairsville Areas

Death notices report Benjamin F. Bostick aged 28 in Montgomery township spinal disease at his father's home. Mattie J. Wiley formerly of Blairsville dies in Allegheny City at 31. James Campbell dies in Armagh at 74. George Hutchison, son of Cornelious Hutchison of East Wheatfield Township, dies at age 6.

Bostick Montgomery Township Benjamin F. Bostick Wiley Allesgheny City Mattie J. Wiley Blairsville Campbell Armagh James Campbell Hutchison George Cornelious Hutchison East Wheatfield

Philadelphia Market Clearing Prices Report

Philadelphia market report lists flour superfine at 5300575, extra family 7268775, wheat firm with red 160 a1 62 and amber 1648 165, rye 8c, corn dull at 65a8510, oats 55c, barley steady with Canada 12 and Western 74c 78c. Prices shown reflect regional trading in early March.

Philadelphia Canada Tate

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