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Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1871
Page
1
Publication details show MidDletown Orange County New York with issues issued every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday afternoon at five o clock. Office located Gothic Hall First Floor.
The Middletown Evening Press delivers to village subscribers at ten cents weekly and four cents for single copies. Mail subscriptions are 400 dollars yearly, 200 for six months, or 100 for three months, with fifteen cents per quarter postage. The Orange County Press is weekly, issued Sunday morning, at 200 dollars yearly in advance. Address orders to Stivers & Kessing, Middletown, N Y.
Mr A B Deming Newsdealer Bookseller and the Middletown Evening Press announce he will have entire charge of village delivery and collections therefor. Collections every two weeks. Single copies 4 cents at Deming's and Vail's Bookstore.
The Mercury editor challenges a nine year claim about a conductor’s Republican ties. The reply notes the man’s party start coincides with the party’s origin, about sixteen years ago, suggesting marriage timing as an unreliable anchor.
A public quarrel over alleged attacks on a senator’s private character draws lines between the press and anonymous defenders. The piece argues the Mercury pursued covert insinuations while defending Senator Graham from Democratic critics, noting possible misattributions and editorial ethics. The article also describes a major Monticello fire destroying multiple businesses and adjoining offices with substantial losses, and reports a fatal wagon accident near Edenville injuring two women.
A young lady articulates a changed stance with her former lover, saying she will no longer tolerate intimate pressure or coercive advances. The remark reflects a boundary setting amid a failing romance and rising independence.
A young man and a companion stroll at night when he excuses himself and enters a saloon. His partner follows, sees him drink gin, and heroically slaps the bottle upright. She prevents further drinking and persuades him to leave with her.
The peach and cream festival of the O. U. A. M. drew a large, orderly crowd at Empire Hall Thursday. Evergreen decorations and flags adorned the space while Goodall performed piano and violin and Wells Hallock provided dance music into the night. A dance was dedicated to the Evening Press, with thanks noted for courtesies received. The U. A. M. order has grown over four years.
The First Presbyterian Church of Washingtonville nears calling Rev. Beaumont formerly of Waverly as pastor. Rev. Theodore A. Leggett, ex pastor of the Second Presbyterian, will lead Beattie’s pulpit tomorrow evening. Services at 7 o'clock.
A special train leaves Middletown depot at 2 PM next Monday for Bullville to serve stockholders attending the annual meeting there between 2 and 4 PM. The train will return immediately after the meeting ends.
Howard Shaw drove his black mare from Dimmick Hoyt's to Jons Brink's stables in Middletown with another man in the buggy, a distance over five miles, in just 20 minutes. This feat prompts questions about speed and skill.
Don Pedro of the Mercury again raises his ears and brays, a recurring spell following a period of gentler sounds. The article notes his pattern of sudden vocal outbursts aligned with his nature.
The piece contrasts a Mercury editor sponsor who wrote a wedding dress description and mocked readers with a Press editor who copied the style. It notes Mercury’s rebuke of Press for invading private home life, concluding with a proverb about sheep and fences.
Mrs Sally Hallock reports fifty two dollars missing and a boy accused. a girl Sarah Watts admits taking the money and hides the rest, both freed after restitution. Agriculture notes report hay yields and grasshopper damage. local ads mention houses for rent and sale and a Barnum appearance. The Ellenville Savings Bank reports July deposits, and a county fair with large premiums is announced in Rosendale. A Newburgh rail upset is mentioned along with the Buffalo races and local newspaper moves. Florida hop events at Glenmere House are described with a large dining hall and cool evenings. A rye grain dispute ends with settlement of 180 dollars for 88 shocks. A significant trespass suit involving Wm Carr and a colored barber is adjourned.
The Midland Telegraph line stretched across the old parsonage grounds opposite the Evening Press office and into the Empire Building. It will soon connect Monticello Fallsburgh Bloomingburgh and other Sullivan area towns and Ulster Ellenville, with Oswego as the line's northern railway terminus.
Austin Abers of Sparrowbush area reports a horse wagon and harness stolen Monday night. The bright bay horse about 15 hands high aged 12 or 13, with U S on left shoulder, is described as heavy built with a hollow back. A long box carryall wagon and light half worn harness were taken. A $50 reward for recovery and conviction or $25 for recovery is offered.
The Second Presbyterian Church presented Dana and Ripley’s American Encyclopedia set of about twenty six volumes valued at 75 to Mr 8 M Boyd editor of the Middletown Mercury in recognition of his years of service as organist. Reverend Beattie facilitated the presentation and the recipient responded with feeling.
Delancet W. Cox sold a corner lot at Mills and Bennett avenues to Dr. Robert A Siusabaugh for 400 dollars. Cox had recently bought the same lot for 300 dollars. The notice promotes the Middletown Press as the best paper for real estate advertising.
The colored people of Middletown and vicinity will hold a picnic at Hulse's Grove on Tuesday August 15 with a backup date the following Tuesday if stormy. A band of music and plenty of refreshments are provided.
The Arion Free Pic-Nic will be held Monday at Hulse's Grove. It is free to all attendees who behave themselves. The notice encourages attendance and describes the event as open to the public.
The text lists Rev. Dr. John Forsyth of Newburgh named chaplain at West Point. Gov. Hoffman appoints Charles T. Goodrich as Notary Public for Orange County, succeeding David A. Stevens. Dr. William B. Wright of Hamptonburgh named Buffalo University professor, likely starting September. W. H. Stewart relocates to Waverly to build a residence after selling in Rochester. A. C. Kessinger of Rome Sentinel visits Middletown. Mills marks Ellenville cemetery walks. W. J. Groo and Rev. Mr. Corey set to speak at Helm's Grove Temperance Picnic. Groo also to speak at Otisville area Good Templars picnic.
The Orange County Pleasure Grounds Association fixes September 14 15 and 16 for their annual fair. Liberal premiums are offered and the grounds are in prime condition. Anticipation runs high for one of the best exhibitions of its kind here. Further programme details will follow.
The piece contrasts Mercury criticisms of personals with its own celebration of a chosen editor receiving a well deserved present. It notes a public indifference to such disclosures and questions who cares about the facts presented by the paper.
The Independent Republican reports lively Goshen shooting rats along the Rio Grande and notes the Episcopal tower to stand 135 feet high. It covers the death of John E. Jessup in New York, a Goshen train incident where a boy named Reed jumped from a wrong eastbound train, and the Orange County Milk Producers meeting at Goshen Court House appointing Hulse and Wells to canvass farmers for the platform milk system.
The 11 20 train enters Warwick depot and strikes a feed wagon driven by Messrs Clayson and Post. John R Van Ostrand was thrown about fifteen feet but uninjured. The horses fled briefly before stopping. Thieves stole laundry from Edenville lawns, affecting Mrs D Casterline and Mr Dasinberry. Damages estimated at twenty five dollars. Orange Lodge officers elected July 26 with Emma Finch and others installed by C B Toihurst.
The Evening Press reports temperature variations from Mc Monagle & Rogers' standard thermometer at North at Dene Stare with multiple readings noted for August evenings. Specific values appear as 26 and 5, 4.73, 0.76, 0.84 in the fragment, indicating a partial data listing.
Workmen unearthed remains in a wild ravine near Warwick during trench digging. The two and half foot grave yielded teeth ribs and relics including a tobacco box pipe buttons a shoe buckle and a nail. The find is linked to Revolutionary era outlaws allied with Claudius Smith and possibly tied to a robbery of silversmith Johnson’s store.
The writer claims to be a Republican but uses a thin disguise to attack the press. The piece compares the act to an ostrich hiding its head and accuses the author of cowardice and sneaky journalism. It argues true Republicans would credit honesty over self praise.
Secretary of the Co operative Knife Company deposits $1,000 in Ellenville Bank as citizens raise $10,000 in five dollar shares. Terwilliger visits Kingston and purchases foundry property from Blackwell Shultis Gross & Co for $9,000 for a new cutlery works. Mesars B S G & Co subscribe $500 to the loan fund. Work to repair and fit up the property will start soon for a fifteen year corporation, seen as a major local enterprise.
The New York Times notes spreading horse disease across stables. Charles Bachman of Stony Ford bought a five year old trotter from Durland of Pine Island near Goshen, sired by Hetzel's Hambletonian, dam by old Star, for 3000 dollars. The horse is said to trot in 2 30 and is valued at 15000 dollars by Bachman.
Local notice fragment cites Mist of the Morning with name J Mussina as a referenced figure.
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