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Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1871
Page
1
The item provides publication frequency and office location for the Middletown Evening Press of Middletown Orange County New York, noting issues published every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at five o'clock with an office in Gothic Hall first floor.
The Middletown Evening Press will be delivered by carriers to village subscribers for ten cents a week four cents for single copies. Mail rates are four hundred dollars a year two hundred for six months and one hundred for three months. Postage by mail is fifteen cents per quarter. The Orange County Press weekly is issued Sunday morning at two hundred dollars per year in advance. Orders by mail for subscription and advertising should be addressed Stivers and Kessinger Middletown New York.
Mr A B Deming announces he will have full charge of village delivery for the Middletown Evening Press and will collect payments biweekly. Single copies are sold at Deming's and Vail's Bookstore for four cents.
The Christian Union quotes Henry Ward Beecher urging the Orange societies to parade in New York next year without banners or eroded inscriptions. He argues they must march openly through streets until molestation ends and warns that failure to march would betray a sacred duty. He frames the issue as a test of modern civilization and liberty in New York City.
At Coal Port on the Lehigh Valley Railroad an engine named Vulcan blew up around 9 am. Six men were killed including the engineer and fireman. four bodies were recovered but unrecognizable. Two others, likely the vice engineer and fireman, are missing and feared drowned in the Lehigh River.
Pietro Gardella of Troy New York arrives in New York searching for his ten year old daughter stolen on April 29 by Giacomo Mustane the organ grinder. The girl three feet nine inches tall with dark hair and eyes speaks little English and may have been harmed or kept in a dangerous house.
A Warwick Advertiser report states: Jacob Paddock, a longtime tenant on John Rutherford’s farm, killed himself at home last Saturday afternoon after a day of steady work. He announced, I am a dead man, and died shortly after, seemingly from arsenic in whisky. He was about 45, with four children, and financial troubles are blamed.
John Mackay agent for Clipper Mower objects to Crawford Robertson and Hulse and to the trial report. He claims reporters were not appointed by him or Buckeye or Wood and disputes the Sprague machine’s superiority over the Phenomenon, citing ground conditions and operator remarks.
Robert Buffam who killed Mr Severns at Newburgh last winter died by his own hand in his Auburn State Asylum cell. He cut his throat with a razor after barricading the bedstead to fend off keepers as the door was forced. Dr Wilkie attempted to narcotize him but failed.
Chauncey Hale of Middletown Way crowned the Erie staff’s tallest fisherman after a recent trip in a mountain lake. He and John Storms hauled fifty pounds of grass and pickerel, thrilling local boys with his display. Thos G Heller, formerly of Port Jervis and Salamanca, has become General Agent for Union Benefit Company in the village. Officer McDermott, now with New York City’s Metropolitan Police, is home on a three day leave after taking part in the July riot on 8th avenue. Dr J K Wardle, once of Middletown, spends a week in Ellenville. he runs a Hudson drug store, maintains a large practice, and preaches in Athens. Wardle’s eldest son Frank studies for the ministry with prospects of future honor. Augustus Maverick, editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser, visiting town to see his mother.
The Goshen Independent recounts a local anecdote from Rev Father O R about a Hibernian who tests the effect of Orangemen tunes on a Catholic man. Patrick asks for Orange tunes and then requests Protestant Boys played softly to measure his endurance.
The concert by this eccentric prodigy Goodall drew a small but attentive crowd. He plays the violin with notable finesse, and as Thos K Beecher praised Ole Bull, the instrument seems an extension of him. The article suggests he could rise to the level of city concert greats with further renown.
The old Congregational meeting house will be sold at public auction next Thursday or the building dismantling will be let to the lowest bidder. The building committee plans immediate new construction with contractor Mr. Terhune of Binghamton who recently built the Goshen Presbyterian Church.
A westbound coal train stopped in Middletown yard about midnight and cut off four coal cars and the caboose. The uncoupled cars rolled downhill, collided with a freight train near East Main Street, and were smashed. Debris cleared by Port Jervis wrecker by Friday morning.
A New Paltz Times correspondent accuses Mrs. Craft of Highland of conspiring with James Rider the bigamist over the ruins of Miss Waring and Abby Horton and a girl named Dickinson. The accuser also says Mrs. Craft aided and abetted a rape on a young girl at Clintondale three years ago.
Evening press report lists thermometer readings for July 20 with times 6am 9am 12m 8pm 6pm 9pm and temperatures 74 2.4 08 664 81 0088 indicating fluctuations across the day. Data appears from EvENInG PREss standard thermometer records.
A man in Geneva asserts he is from Middletown in Orange County and works in a machine shop. He believes several men pursue him with daggers to kill him, expressing paranoid delusions.
Monhhagen will be turned off Sunday the 28th for repairs to water pipes. Work will disrupt service in affected areas while crews replace damaged lines and restore supply as soon as possible.
In Liberty Sullivan County a Baptist revival reports twenty seven persons immersed within a week. Dominic Connitt sues the New Prospect congregation claiming he was never legally discharged as pastor and seeks back salary from the date of last payment. The Western Convocation of the Diocese of New York meets in Warwick on Wednesday July 26 with Bishop Potter presiding for Confirmation.
The piece chronicles James L. Rider, a repeat husband from Highland, Ulster County, with multiple marriage allegations. It notes his past unions and desertions, his latest union with Laura Waring at age fourteen, and a pending bigamy suit led by her father. The column mix includes local notices and humorous asides.
Waverly, N Y, sees eighteen new stores and many homes as the Pa and N Y Canal and Railroad Company buys sixty four acres to set up general shops serving multiple roads. Howard Elmer, Waverly bank president, is credited by The Enterprise for tireless effort in securing the shops and driving town progress.
The Tri States reports eleven more men were discharged from the Erie Railway machine shops in Port Jervis last evening under orders from Master Mechanic Hill. About 53 workers remain of the 107 previously employed as the Jersey City official’s plan proceeds.
The Midland in Sullivan and The Monticello Republican report grading starts west from Fallsburgh Tunnel to Strongtown crossing, linking with the Bethel branch. Liberty Falls crossing will be iron and a 1000 foot Hawk's Mountain tunnel will cut three miles off the main line.
A dyspeptic man sent one dollar by mail to receive a cure. He got a printed slip advising stop drinking and hoe in the garden. He followed the advice, quit drinking, began hoeing, and recovered his health, initially mad then amused by the result.
Brakeman William Brown of Port Jervis was killed on the railroad at Sufferns Thursday night. He leaves a widow and one child. Mrs Brown’s first husband was killed by the cars.
In consequence of the illness of Rev. Dr. Seward there will be no services held in the First Presbyterian church tomorrow.
A New York undertaker sold funeral notices during the riot for 25 dollars each. A boy’s foot and ankle were found near Lockport canal. Lockport is noted as a mysterious place. Dryden hosts the mother of humorist Artemus Ward, while Tennie contemplates a bid for Congress from New York’s Eighth District. The Buckhout murder trial ends with a first degree verdict and mercy recommendation. A steamer fire near St. Joseph, two drama rescues follow, and a nurse jailed for infanticide flees after release. Chief Justice Chase improves at Michigan springs. An earthquake shocks New England port cities, shaking jail walls and church bells.
A railroad traveler in Harrisburg allegedly left a satchel containing 150000 dollars under a seat while he left the car for refreshments. The account questions the plausibility of a man carrying such a sum leaving it exposed and suggests possible motives or circumstances.
A newly practicing Philadelphia physician in Havana Illinois treated a boy with a windpipe kernel during popcorn shelling. He advised heating the patient over a hot fire to pop out the kernel. The father retrieved a shotgun as the doctor fled upstairs escaping during loading.
A local notice details a proposed home remedy for felon involving an earthen crack, live coals, hops, rye flower, and brown sugar steamed on the affected finger. It suggests repeated applications and even drilling a hole in a board to concentrate the steam for better contact. The informant guarantees a cure.
The excerpt recalls Vallandigham’s death from showing how a pistol could kill. It notes seven more people shot while demonstrating, urging strict caution with firearms and warning the public to handle guns carefully.
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