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Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1871
Page
1
The note lists publication schedule for the Middletown Evening Press. It states editions are released every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at five o'clock from Gothic Hall, first floor, Middletown, Orange County, New York. The date shown is Saturday, August 26, 1871.
The Middletown Evening Press offers home delivery at ten cents weekly, four cents per single copy, or mail subscriptions at 400 per year, 200 for six months, or 100 for three months. Postage by mail is fifteen ents per quarter. The Orange County Press, issued Friday mornings, costs 200 per year in advance. Orders by mail for subscriptions and advertising go to Stivers & Kessinger Middletown New York.
Mr A B Deming Newsdealer Bookseller is general agent for the Middletown Evening Press in Middletown. He will oversee village delivery and collections every two weeks. Single copies sell for four cents at Deming's and Vail's Bookstore.
A Presbyterian Banner essay argues the newspaper wields vast influence shaping opinion, politics, and social life. It claims editors surpass politicians in impact, notes ministers may underestimate papers, and defends the press as a force for education, public enterprise, and humane work while critiquing those who sneer at it.
Budd Doble hails Dexter as the world’s greatest trotter and fastest horse, claiming a 2:13 mile and projecting a 2:12 harness mile if kept racing. Bloomingburgh’s B F Shorter refused 10000 for Wagram Child. Judge Brigham called Jay Gould by Geo Hall. Lady Thorne training with hopes of a turf record after a near fatal fall.
A humorous note from the Cincinnati Chronicle recalls readers who overrely on weather forecasts. It tells of a man who sent an umbrella to his wife in Colorado and bought barometers in Maine after a predicted rise, mocking the sensational value of daily forecasts.
At Rosendale races the final day, Mr J D Millspaugh of the Eagle Motel Walden was thrown from his wagon and severely injured. Mrs Andrews sold her satinet factory Nantes to J Harrison and Son New Urg.
German school picnic near Port Jervis was disrupted by a gang of rowdies two miles west. They insulted attendees, attacked with a broken tumbler wounding Snyder, and a melee with clubs and knives followed before authorities were urged to arrest leaders.
Tonight is the last chance to see the dramatic production Winchester or the Spy of the Shenandoah at the Opera House. Audience will witness tableaux including a battle scene between Early and Sheridan troops with Phil's arrival, a prison scene, and the Middletown Band providing music.
Mrs. Martin Cox of Linchville Mount Hope was badly hurt when a runaway horse bolted the open buggy on Saturday the 19th. A shaft broke the wagon pressuring the horse, she fell breaking her right arm and suffering a severe wrist wound with exposed bone. Her daughter escaped injury.
Personal notes report Mr and Mrs Charles Horton and two daughters visiting Babylon including sighting of Water Commissioner Clements and wife touring Babylon Islip Fire Island and sending home vegetable specimens. A.B. Farnham formerly of this village is named Principal of the Classical Department of Public Schools in Norwich Connecticut at $2000 salary.
From the Newbrugh Journal comes a notice of widow Bloom aged about sixty who hanged herself to a bed post in her room near Mountain Dee Station on the Short Cut Railroad. She had been ill recently and the act is attributed to temporary aberration. Her death saddens a wide circle of relatives and friends.
Louis Berns, contractor for the unfinished Midland line from Wurtsboro station to the tunnel, abandons the job as it proved not paying. The Railroad Company will complete the work under supervision by Thomas Montague and Jackson & Co. A. F. Beach, Esq., is appointed General Superintendent of the New Jersey Midland Railway.
The annual Bull family reunion will be held at Hamptonburgh on Wednesday September 6 1571 Dr Thomas Walsh of Port Jes s is expected to give the address Carriages will wait at Campbell Hall station to shuttle guests to and from the grounds
A thoroughly competent teacher can hear of a good situation by writing to this office. The notice requests qualified applicants to contact the office for details on available positions.
The Philanthropist named Deming attempted a vaunted leap from a moving freight train at Goshen. He failed to complete the stunt and sustained injuries described as fractured parts and other damages, drawing jokey remarks about advertising bravado and a nod to a recent death-by-own-action incident at Long Branch.
The fourth annual meeting of the Newburgh District Camp Meeting Association opened at Wesley Grove. There are about 75 tents owned by the association and most are rented for the nine or ten day gathering. A new stand costing 500 dollars has been erected and two boarding tents operate at the camp.
The Attorney General states parsonages owned by church societies are taxable for streets and grading assessments, while church edifices remain tax exempt and not assessable for street improvements. Rev Elkan Herz man of Chicago Jewish Synagogue was expelled for eating ice cream on a fast day. The Methodist Home Journal endorses jewelry gifts to fund a Salt Lake City church and plans to start collecting excess ornaments. Rev Theo A Leggett of New York will preach at the 2d Presbyterian Church this coming Sabbath.
At the recent Teachers Institute in Newburgh Commissioner Slauson outlined a plan to secure a memorial monument through Orange County teachers and pupils, focusing on the 2nd Commissioner District. Subscriptions will be opened in every school house.
John G. C. Harding of Johnson is laying a 24 by 44 storehouse foundation to expand his business. He plans to enclose it this fall and finish this winter. Harding expects to convict Pilg 1 and Carr, jailed this week after examination, awaiting Grand Jury action on charges of breaking into and robbing his store.
The First Baptist Church Sunday School plans a picnic at Masonic Grove near Unionville on Wednesday August 20. Meet at the depot at 11 o clock A M. All are invited. Excursion tickets are 35 cents.
Miss L M Stryker of Jersey City will present readings from Shakespeare Dickens and other authors at Bull's Opera House on Thursday evening August 8th. Admission 35 cents and reserved seats 50 cents.
A small memorandum book containing entries and papers of no value to others. A reward of five dollars is offered to the finder who returns the book by delivering it to this office.
An exchange warns against chilling practices as a seasonal health hazard. It jokes about sitting on cold steps after heating up to provoke illness and advises readers to avoid such actions to prevent sickness.
Auction advertised with Mrs. Sarah J. Sands. Weather signals a wet month. Wreck of the Sadona off Florida with twenty lives lost. Italian unity parade in New York. A woman’s wallet bitten by nerves at a station. Fruit canning urged by housekeepers and children. Local notices include religious picnics and a picnic reunion. A boy breaks his leg. Dr. Furries aids. Newspaper jottings praise press forethought and herbs gathering.
Warwick Advertiser reports detective work by Officer Mabee and David Ackerman led to the capture of David Crampton, who tried to sell a horse for 15 dollars. Crampton resisted, struck Ackerman, but was bound and delivered to Goshen jail. Crampton, a known offender, had prior Sing Sing and New Jersey prison terms.
The New York State Agricultural Society announces the state fair will be held in Albany on October 2, 4, 5, and 6, 1871. Premiums total a large sum and open to all, with entries due by September 2 except for fruit and flowers.
At a special term in New York City on August 18 1871 Judge Josiah Sutherland granted a divorce to Catherine E Franklin from Henry M Frankly of Newburgh.
A veteran railroad man recalls the Valley Air Line built cheaply with weak iron and worn rolling stock. Engineer Gardiner vows to meet a time table despite dangerous brakes, saving a child and a woman on a perilous descent. The rescue calms a heated superintendent and leads to a rebuilt, safer Valley Road.
The Deckertown Independent notes a Newton man injured drawing logs when a wagon roll crushed his neck. William Cox of Deckertown escapes serious harm but sustains arm damage. A Beemerville lightning strike damages house but injures none. A boy from Amity to Vernon dies after bath and illness. Wilson Mann nearly drowns in a gutter after a thunderstorm but is revived.
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