Gothic Hall Office Hours Three Weekly Afternoons
Notice lists office hours on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at five o'clock in Gothic Hall on the first floor.
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Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1872
Page
1
Notice of Deming to manage village delivery for Middletown Press
Mr A B Deming, Newsdealer and bookseller, named general agent for the Middletown Evening Press in Middletown. He will handle village delivery and collections every two weeks. Single copies sell for four cents at Deming's and local stores Morgan Sloat and Vail's Bookstore.
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Middletown
Mippletown
Orange County Press
Matl
Stivers & Kessinger
N. Y
A. B. Deming
Middletown Evening Press
Middle- Crown Evening Press
Deming
Morgan & Sloat’s
Vail
Subscription misdirection guidance to subscribers
The notice advises subscribers to contact publishers directly for misdirections or errors and states the agent’s responsibility ends after payment processing. It emphasizes writing to the publishers rather than the intermediary for prompt correction.
Labor Reformers and Temperance conventions nominate candidates
In Columbus last week the Labor Reformers backed Judge David Davis for president and Governor Joel Parker for vice president with a platform calling for a national currency, debt payment on original contracts, tariffs, and Chinese immigration limits. The Temperance convention named James Black for president and John Russell for vice president endorsing prohibition, civil service reform, retrenchment, and woman suffrage.
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Labor Reformers
Temperance Men
Columbus
David Davis
Illinois
Joel Parker
New Jersey
Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
Parker
George W. Julian
Thomas Ewing
Palmer
Geary
Pennsylvania
Pete
Cooper Horace H. Day
Horace Greeley
Wendell Phillips
Pendleton
Republic
James Black
John Russell
Michigan
Victims of Tammany Caucus Reported in Union House Ticket Plot
Our Democratic friends plan one more desperate effort after repeated failures to gain crumbs. Tammany organizers held a caucus at the Union House to place a ticket in the field. Names of those to be led to the slaughter are not yet given.
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Tammany Fellows
Union House
Pres
Best Men to Fill Village Trustees at Caucus Meeting
The town election follows the new charter a week after the town meeting. Citizens should research candidates to select the best men for village Trustees before the caucus meeting.
Senate Arms Inquiry Sparks House Action
The debate over the proposed investigation of arms sales to France continues in the Senate while a House resolution instructs the War Department committee to probe the conduct of arms sales. Chairman Williams of Indiana plans to begin hearings next week with Belknap and General Dyer summoned to testify. Supporters see it as a decisive administrative move to finish the inquiry before the Senate concludes its debate.
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Lynch
Maine
Senate
House
War Department
Mr Williams
Ind
Sumner
Schura
Belknap
Dyer
Town officers nominees list for Newburgh and Cornwall
Republicans nominate John W. Bushfield for Supervisor in Newburgh while William A. Pressler stands as Democratic candidate. Gilbert Tompkins is renominated by Cornwall Democrats for the same office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bushfield
Newburgh
Wm. A. Pressler
Gilbert Tompkins
Democrats of
Cornwall
Further Developments in the Anna Rice Case
Coroner McShane returned from New York with evidence clearing Dr. Perry of foul play. Rice reportedly went to a New York lying-in hospital, where she miscarried a living child during a convulsion and died ten days later of brain fever. The child is alive and claimed as hers by some witnesses.
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Anna Rice
Glenwild
McShane
New York
Perry
Miss Rice
Port Jervis Keno Player Acked in Robbery Case
Come to Grief, Joan Bailer a Port Jervis keno player was arrested and tried before Justice Dutcher on a charge of taking part in a recent knocking down and robbery at Kirk's Grove. Identified by an eye witness as guilty he was committed to Goshen jail to await Grand Jury action. He claimed an alibi but failed to produce a witness and will next face proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Bailer
Port Jervis
Justice Dutcher
Daniel Ferry
Kirk’s Grove
Terry
Goshen
Rev Mr Oakley to Speak on Elements of Success
Rev Mr Oakley former pastor of the M E Church will lecture Thursday evening March 7 at St Pauls Church on Elements of Success. He is described as a self made man whose address will draw a large audience from Middletown society.
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Oakley
Mr. Oakley
Astor
M. E Church
Middletown
St. Paul’s Church
Cap Uriah Lockwood
Newburgh
Saugernes
Dr. Willetts
Philadelphia
J. B. Brady
Popularity of Mr Harvey's Lectures in Deckertown
Rev Mr Harvey gave a Rome lecture in Deckertown on a Wednesday evening before the largest audience yet seen for such a talk. The crowd expressed strong appreciation and several leading citizens gathered after to plan inviting him to deliver a complete course of lectures.
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Mr. Harvey
Rome
Deckertown
Personal News From A Southern Visit And Aillness
Personal note reports Mr Henry B Dill returning Wednesday from a southern trip and enjoying strawberries and cream while mid winter hardships persist. Judge Bush of Monticello fell ill last Monday and was unconscious. Dr Sands of New York was summoned and arrived Tuesday. By yesterday the judge showed signs of improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Dill
Judge Bush
Monticello
Dr. Sands
New York
New Dry Goods Firm Forms Wallace Dolson Horton
Jauncey E Horton formerly with Shaws McQuoid joins Wallace Dolson as partners to form Wallace Dolson Horton. They rent the Bull Opera House Block room formerly used by Carey Brothers Wilcox for sewing machines and plan to move in about April 1.
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Jauncey E Iorton
Shaws & McQuoid
Wallace & Dolson
Wallace, Dolson & Horton
Bull’s
Opera House
Carey Brothers & Wilcox
Boy Tuttle Tried for Murder at Monticello Court
A 12 year old boy named Tuttle faced the Oyer and Terminer court in Monticello before Judge Learned on a charge of luring a two year old child from Half Way Brook to a bridge edge and pushing him into water to drown him. He was acquitted.
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Tuttle
Bright
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Monticello
Learned
Stert Kelso
Half Way Brook
Sullivan
Temperature Variations at North Street Drug Store
Readings from Mc Monagie Rogers Standard Thermometer at North Street Drug Store show temperatures for February 27 to February 29. Morning and evening figures indicate fluctuations with values around 26.24 on Feb 27 rising to 10.90 on Feb 28 and 12.20 on Feb 29 in unspecified units.
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McMonagie & Rogers
North-st. Drug Store
Evening Press
Railroad Ties Arrival at Middletown Station
Mr Van Dusen the Erie track master reports 90419 feet of railroad ties have been received at Middletown station since December 1 1871. This item supersedes the Pine Island note previously supplied.
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van Dusen
Erie
Middletown
Pine Island
Community Initiative Proposes Jobs to Help the Impoverished
Local group urges programs that provide meaningful tasks to help people become self supporting. Advocates say clear work goals and earnings can reduce dependency while building skills and confidence.
Port Jervis notes range from politics to miracles
Reports from Port Jervis cover rapid progress on the Barrett Bridge and a crowded scene of political activity with charter elections and caucus calls. A Centreville correspondent relays a waking miracle story, anniversary celebrations, lectures, and local church events amid town concerns and debates.
Town Notes and Notices From Middletown Area
Jottings report a town meeting set for next Tuesday at Slangon Wall and an auction led by Hiram Hulse one mile north of Phillipsburgh. Reports cover a missing man from Bloomingburgh who resurfaced in Hackensack and a Monroe Corners man leaving his overcoat on an Erie car with a note of $200. Also, Rev Okley plans to lecture on the Elements of Success to friendly societies and locals. The Shawangunk tunnel rock fall is described as past and the tunnel deemed safe with no further trouble.
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Washington
Gohen
Pete
Paul
Gunning
Beakes
Bloomingburgh
Crawford
Leggett
Hiram Hulse
Phillipsburgh
John B. Drake
Middletown
Hackensack
N.J
Newton Herald
David Hopkins
Monroe Corners
Port Jervis
Erie
Okley
Free Masons
Shawangunk Tunnel
Loch Sheldrake Postmaster Appointed in Sullivan County
John H. Divine, Esq ., named Postmaster at Loch Sheldrake. William Morse of Monticello reports a highway robbery attempt near Wattsboro last Wednesday night, repelled with a heavy beating. A trestle work near Liberty rises 400 feet tall and will use over 500000 feet of lumber.
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John H. Divine
Loch Sheldrake
William Morse
Monticello
Wattsboro
Liberty
19th Regiment armorers bills certified for period 1870 1871
Newburgs February 26 1872 certification states that audited and paid bills listed John C Wood and others covered armorers services for the 19th Regiment from November 1 1870 to November 1 1871. It declares no payment to Col John D Wood and names John D Wood as present armorer with N Y National Guard 19th Battalion Comas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgs
Board of Supervisors
John C. Wood
WEIR
Fairchild, Armorer
John D. Wood
Public Debate on Offical Misconduct and Press Independence
Taxpayer cites eight years of fees paid to Justice G W Clark averaging 15.82 and three years with John D Wood totaling 138.10, alleging bias and urging fair coverage. The Middletown Mercury refused publication, prompting a defense of independent, nonpartisan journalism and equal scrutiny of all officials regardless of party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loe
G. W. Clark
John D. Wood
Marring News From St Trockrort Area Sparks Local Gossip
A notice from St Trockrort Pa dated February 26 1872 reports the marriage of Miss Wenrietta M Hoxie to an unnamed groom. It notes her education at Castle Ridge Seminary and Seward Institute and mentions the local scarcity of weddings and the abundance of single women within four miles. The letter humorously wishes Middletown bachelors could visit during leap year.
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St Trockrort
Messrs
Eprrons
Wenrietta M. Hoxie
Hoxie
Castle Ridge Seminary
Seward Institute
Middletown
Dolly
Citizens protest repeal of Erie Railway classifications act
A large Erie New York meeting at the Opera House, led by Major Fox, with city business leaders, condemned repeal of the Classification Act and any special legislation for the Erie Railroad. Speeches by G L Smith J J Hicks Lucius Robinson E P Brooks and S B Tomlinson. Resolutions passed unanimously.
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Ellmina
N. Y
Opera House
Erie Railroad
Fox
G. L Smith
J. J. Hicks
Lucius Robinson
E. P. Brooks
Sb&b
Tomlinson
Erie Railway
Evening Devotion Fails to Trim Daily Wrongdoing
A few minutes of night prayer cannot erase a foul trick done during the day, nor can Sunday churchgoing erase wilful sins of the week. The piece cautions that true repentance requires ongoing, steady moral conduct beyond ritual acts.
Old Lady Killed by Ram in Monticello Area
Mrs. Sanford, 70, of Stevensville near Monticello, was killed after a ram from neighbor Henry Sanford charged her while she tended sheep. Her daughter Miss Fanny Sanford and teacher Miss Smith were injured defending her, with the sheep later described as unfamiliar to the farm and armed with lethal force. The physician ruled the wounds fatal the next day.
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Sanford
Stevensville
Monticello
Republican
Steven
Fanny Sandford
Miss Smith
Mrs. Sanford
Miss Sanford
Henry Sandford
Logansport Crawfordsville and Southwestern Railway Bond Offer
Promoters advertise first mortgage guild bonds of the Logansport Crawfordsville and Southwestern Railway of Indiana at 8 percent gold interest payable quarterly in New York. The 92 mile line from Logansport to Rockville is mostly finished and promises growing traffic from agriculture coal and stone quarries in Parke County aided by connections at several towns.
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Logansport
Culfax
Crawfordsville
Rocaville
Parke Couty
Chicago
Sindstone
Parke County
Winchester G A R Post 33 Special Orders Thank Supporters
The Winchester G A R Post No 33 thanks friends and patrons for support as they wrap up the campaign and stop nightly performances at the Opera House. It lists numerous ladies and gentlemen who helped as volunteers, including Mary Ogden March Nael Washburne Selleck Ettie Scott Jas F Jehu Belle Bouton Christie Carmichel Giles Anderson Edwards Bowler Jaynes Taylor Newkirk Sweezy Bugsbee Sease and others.
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Winchester
Opera House
Mary Ogden
Miss March
Nael
Washburne
Selleck
Ettie Scott
Jas
F Jehu
Belle Bouton
J. F. Bradner
Christie
R Carmichel
Miss Giles
J Anderson
Edwards
A.M Bowler
Jaynes
A Taylor
Newkirk
L.B. Sweezy
Bugsbee
Sease
Post Webb
J. F. Roosa
Adjt
Marriages in Deckertown and Surrounding Areas
A series of marriage notices dated February and January cover couples in Deckertown and nearby towns. Notable pairings include Nelson W. Heater and Minnie Aber of Deckertown, David T. Makean and S Emma Townsend, George Brown and Phebe Shafer, James Black and Isabella Puff, S L Bevins and Vina Walker, Martin R. Drake and Mary B. Rutan, Theodore F Margarui and Isabelle Whitaker, Samuel Gray and Sarah Ann Smith, Elijth Kingsland and Clara Benjamin, Warner P. Knight and Henrietta M Hoxie. The notices list locations such as Sparta Greenfield Montgomery Port Jervis Libertyville Washingtonville Chester Equinunk Stockport Warwick and reference various reverends who officiated.
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Heater
Aber
Sparta
Montgomery
Black—Puff
D. McCartney
James Black
Isabella Puff
Bevins—Walker
J. Morrow
L. Bevins
Vina Walker
Port Jervis
Drake
Rutan
Libertyville
George W. Horton
Martin R. Drake
Greenville
Mary B
Local Obituaries and Death Notices Across Sullivan and Orange Counties
Died notices from February list Mary E Crawford Emma M Edsall Asa Carrier Ben J Booth Hiram Kidd Emeline Slingerland Andrew H Whigham Juliett Nanny Decker Coe with ages from 5 to 89 and locations including Middletown Walden Deckertown and Hamptonburgh Funeral and interment details noted for several, with standard church or home observances.
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Crawford
Mary E. Crawford
Hopewell Church
Broad St
Edsall
Falrsburgh
Sullivan Co
Emma M
Mary L
John W. Edsall
Middletown
Orange and Sussex Co
Carrier
Liberty
Asa Carrier
Booth
Hamptonburgh
Ben. J. Booth
Kidd
Walden
Hiram Kidd
Slingerland
Mintsink
Emeline
Jacob Slingerland
Alex
Remmy
Whigham
Andrew H. Whigham
Nanny
Amity
Juliett
Thorburn Nanny
Coe
Deckertown
N. J
Decker Coe
Printers Ink urged for spring trade by dealers
A keen note urges dealers to use printer's ink judiciously to attract spring customers and secure their share of the season’s commerce.
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