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Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1871
Page
1
Notice that Mr A B Delling Newsdealer Bookseller is the general agent for the Mipp Letown EventTro Pras in Middletown and will handle village deliveries and collections every two weeks. Copies of the current issue may be bought at Deming's and Vail's Bookstore for four cents.
Rev G H Corey will lecture tonight at St Pauls M E Church on The Coming American Woman in the large auditorium with ample seating. Weather shifts to crisp and bracing as readers note Happy New Year prospects and a seventh anniversary wedding set for January 1 1872. A train at Mountainville station ran off the track due to washed banks, frightening passengers for hours.
Boss Tweed is missing since Tuesday night and may have fled or hidden from officers. The Sheriff claims active search while bondsmen discuss withdrawal and others face justification. If caught, he faces imprisonment. meanwhile Albany faces a likely unrepresented Democratic district at the Legislature’s opening next week.
The first Mutual Social Club meeting at Webb House Hall drew a large crowd and featured Meinhold's Quadrille Band. The season promised sociable evenings as plans formed for events and a horse sale by Daniel Elting on January 6 with a 2:50 trot. Christmas Day in Ellenville was described as the largest ever known.
A Lackawaxen report describes engine 329 on coal train No 2 struck by a massive rock rolling from the bank on a curve one mile from Lackawaxen. The rock toppled 30 feet, sending the engine and 15 coal dumps down the bank. Fireman George Schultz was killed, brakesman Horace Corwin injured, engineer David Wood escaped by jumping free.
Landscape engineer of this village leads a large scale map of Middletown with months of surveys. It will show streets, lot boundaries and the exact location of the new Midland Depot. This work, a great desideratum, is entrusted to highly competent hands.
Ellenville reports a coroner's inquest into the death of Mary Gray in Homewack after an alleged abortion arranged by a suspect in town. A post mortem was held and a fleeing pair is rumored. local notes recount thefts, accidents, and community events across Summitville, Vernon, and nearby hamlets.
Four boys from Paterson aged 16 to 20 were arrested as vagrants after盗 articles stolen from local merchants were found on them. John Moore and Thomas Duffy received one year at the House of Refuge, while John McCarthy and Barney Duffy were sent to the county jail for one month and three months respectively.
James Gould, a railroad worker, died after being struck by a train near Greycourt on Christmas morning. He was signaling and got caught in a frog as the train could not stop. he died en route to Port Jervis, after already recently recovering from prior injuries. His family faces destitution.
Commuters on the Orange County Express receive a Christmas gift as No. 82 car is added by depot master Mr. Onderdonk of Jersey City. The train, soon to feature steam brakes, will pair with conductor Ellis Harring and engineers Walker and Hatch, with brakemen Decker, Post, and Van Houten ensuring a reliable New York to Middletown run.
Officials now say the Shawangunk tunnel cannot be finished by January 1. A few more days are expected, with transfer of freight and passengers ending around the 15th and trains to pass regularly through thereafter.
A large fire in Pleasantville Pennsylvania last Thursday destroyed most of the town. About forty families lost their homes. Sufferers include Mr Benns Corwin, formerly of the town, who owned the hardware store burned for around $5,000. Mr Thomas Chattle, of this area, had his office in Corwin's store.
Newburgh Masonic Lodge No 309 announces officers for the coming year led by W M James E Horton with Warden Page and Senior Warden Wilson. Other roles include J W L M Smith Treasurer George W Decker Secretary Edward Haigh Trustee.
A ten year old boy George Stabler of Newburgh drowned after breaking through ice on the river opposite Sherman's dock. His body remains unrecovered. Near New Windsor two glass works workers fell through. Trick Devlin drowned while Henry Sayre was rescued in exhaustion and later improving. A report mentions another drowning near Cornwall during skating.
A collage of 19th century notes cover political pep talk urging readers to run for office, Texas population claims, novelty watch chains from cow hair, painted jet bead veils hindering sight, tobacco health warnings, and a humorous take on William M. Tiveede fearing heavenly Harpers after biblical reading.
Rev Brady preached from Isaiah on Sabbath and led a festive Christmas Tree program Monday with gifts for scholars and new converts. Otisville Presbyterians celebrated with decorations, children's songs, and verses recited by Hattie Mapes and others, while praising Pastor R H Craig and wishing him many future joys.
In a December 26 1871 letter from Near Bushville Grumble criticizes neglected highways in Minisink and urges changes to road law He questions highway taxes the ability of elected officers to enforce work and proposes either state like labor or contracting out road repairs urging Senator attention to the bad roads.
A meeting of the Orange County bar appointed Hon. George W. Millspaugh Hon. Thomas J. Lyon and J Hallock Drake to draft condolence resolutions on the death of Oliver Young Esq Eulogies were given by Hon. Thomas J Lyon L E B Carr Esq Hallock Drake and George W Millspaugh
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