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Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1871
Page
1
The Middletown Evening Press, published in Middletown New York, lists printing times every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at five o clock with office located in Gothic Hall on the first floor.
The Middletown Evening Press mailed subscription costs 400 a year 200 for six months 100 for three months with 15 cents quarterly postage payable at the office. Carriers deliver at ten cents a week four cents for single copies. The Orange County Press weekly price is 200 per year paid in advance. Orders by mail to Stivers & Kessinger Middletown NY.
Mr A B Deming Newsdealer Bookseller andc is the general agent for the Middletown Evening Press in Middletown and will oversee village delivery and collections therefor. Collections will be made every two weeks. Single copies of the current issue may be purchased at Deming's and Watt's Bookstore for four cents.
The Times denounces the Southern Democrat platform as mean and dishonest and notes Northern Democrats seek to repudiate Jeff Davis. The piece compares Davis to a burglar, arguing his talks mislead voters while his tools are merely metaphorical.
The Ellenville Illuminating Committee arson case ended with Willey Van Dover given fourteen years in Sing Sing Prison while G Lopez and William Young each received five year terms after being found guilty on Thursday.
Grand and Petit jurors drawn for the County Court and Court of Sessions to be held in Goshen on the third Monday of June 1871. Names include Warwick David M. Weeer Thomas Welling Henry Brewster and many others across towns such as Newburgh Windsor Greenville Goshen Montgomery Walkill and Chester with jurors like Alex McCann John J. Cooper Samuel Hewitt Nathaniel Van Sickle and James Lane.
Reported Saturday verdict at Cochecton awarded damages of five dollars and fifty cents in cash three bushels of rye and one pig. Mrs. Merritt Devoe of Monticello presented her liege lord with a newborn girl. A sorrel mare buck-board wagon and harness were stolen from Thomas Kniffen’s stable Liberty Village, with a trail of oats leading to the thief. The mare was found but the thief escaped. Solomon Jackson’s Black Lake tavern galoom was broken into a barrel of beer and other goods were stolen. The loot crossed the lake in a cryeend rowed craft and was hidden in the woods. One thief identified as David France, brother of Ira, confessed. accomplice named Decker. France committed to Yale County Jail. Decker at large.
The Evening Press correspondent Rev Mr Harvey left Middletown Friday and embarked Saturday noon on the steamer Avrojut. He travels to Europe for a vacation and will send biweekly letters, a first in Middletown as a clergyman visiting the Old World.
The Middletown Press reports multiple land and property transfers. Harris Pardee of New York bought J. T. Headley’s country seat near Newburgh for about 22000 dollars and gave it to his daughter. Other sales include Hamptonburgh 103 acre farm to Harrison Hulse at 90 dollars per acre and several village lots on Knapp Avenue Wickham Avenue West Main Street with prices ranging from 550 to 750 dollars. Florida resident Joshua Brown's heirs sold a Florida back road farm parcel and related house and lot for 6000 dollars. Brown had paid 2200 dollars earlier.
The cadet class examination ended at noon with all passing. A large audience watched as the senior editor of the Evmina Press is due home from West Point tonight. The roving editors recount adventures and escapes in a lively column praising brave travels and Munificent spirits.
Last Saturday another glycerine explosion occurred at the Shawangunk tunnel. Superintendent Fagan narrowly escaped death after six blasts were prepared. He entered to inspect when he saw a fuse alight on an unexploded charge and, unable to flee, dropped flat as a larger explosion followed. He survived but was stunned and temporarily insensible.
The Sabbath School Convention of the Hudson River Central Baptist Association meets at First Baptist Church Middletown New York starting 2.2 M next Tuesday June 18 1871 and closes Wednesday noon.
An invitation announces a Saturday event for ladies and gentlemen at the new Tee Cream Parlor in Bull's Opera House. From seven to twelve o'clock admission is free as a "pure article of real Philadelphia Cream" is introduced.
Rev. Alex Capron of Grace Church will preach at the Episcopal Church Port Jervis tomorrow morning and evening exchanging places with Rev. I N Luson.
A strawberry and cream festival hosted by the Ladies of the Second Presbyterian Society will be held in the church basement next Tuesday evening June 13. Proceeds support church activities.
Gilbert Ogden a laborer from New Vernon near Howells Depot was intoxicated and attempted to walk home after missing a train. On the south track he stepped onto the north rail and was struck by a locomotive near Bonnell's Crossing, foot crushed requiring amputation. Dr Currie attended him at the Higham House.
Dr George F Foote reports on a New York Homeopathic Insane Asylum funded by state and physician contributions Ground has been broken and the Middletown site will house patients within a year The state has already granted 70000 toward the project with a 150000 matching grant tied to physician gifts
J. P. Koch Van Duzer Lain place marble top tables in Opera Ladies Saloon. Bullock's tickets at $1 for $300 paintings sell fast. Robert Buffum moved to Auburn Asylum for insane convicts and is failing. Congregational Church members may sign to read Rev. Harvey letters. subscribe to Eventua Ga Press for European letters from Rev. C. A. Harvey.
At Mr. A. V. Ryerson's Hamptonburgh farm last Saturday, workers removing siding from a barn saw rafters fall. Ed Knibb suffered a badly bruised leg while Wm. MelIntyre had a deep head cut and another man was struck on the arm and body. None of the injuries are deemed dangerous.
John L. Sawyer, Esq., died at Waverly New York on Wednesday morning May 51. He was born at Sidgebury in the county and moved to the Waverly area about forty years ago. He was sixty one years old and a highly respected citizen of Waverly.
Evening Press reports temperature readings from Mc Monagle Rogers Standard Thermometer North Street Drug Store with times 9 AM 12 M SP M 6 PM 9 PM and noted values. Details include inconsistencies in figures and dates.
A Lake Shore Railroad brakeman fell from a moving train and was fatally mangled. He stabbed himself twenty two times as another train neared and died shortly after rescue. Other items note a fly bite poisoning death in New York City and a river rescue suicide.
A Delaware and Hudson Canal boatman Barney McDonald of Port Ewen New York fell overboard at Wurtsboro yesterday while steering. The tiller pulled from the loom and he disappeared as the boat ran perpendicular to the keel. A lone boy nearby offered no help. McDonald was about 40 years old.
Rail changes cut Monticello to Port Jervis running time to one hour. Farmers along the M P J branch may ship a daily milk car to New York. Water tanks rise at Hamburgh and Deckertown. Midland ballast near Deckertown Franklin nearly done. Track crews shift toward Unionville to extend southward. Iron bridge work begins over the Papakating.
The 1870 census shows New York State population at 4,402,778, up 522,053 since 1860. New York City and Brooklyn total 1,338,442, with rural areas gaining 77,185. Seventeen counties shrink or stagnate, while Orange County's population is broken down by native foreign white and colored categories.
The Methodist Church of Goshen undergoes extensive repairs including gallery removal and new gallery plans costing about $1,000 with completion expected soon. A burgled home on Lewis Brown street lost about seven dollars to a thief using burglar’s nippers. A strolling silk-peddler is suspected. a tornado near Campbell Hall Station caused minor damage and injuries were avoided. A colored woman and child were knocked off a track but escaped without broken bones. The cloud also passed near Mount Hope without major harm.
An office ad offers the booklet What I Know of Farming by Horace Greeley for sale at a bargain price and requests immediate pickup.
A travel note through Richmond Virginia detailing landmarks Capitol building and grounds Libby Prison Castle Thunder and several memorials and statues. The piece recalls Jefferson Davis St Johns Church and the Lee portrait in the Senate Chamber and ends with a dramatic Easter Sunday scene as people fled a sermon after news from Appomattox.
In a rough farm home, Linn Blythe rises under the stern rule of Mrs. Samantha Pike. The harsh warning to take care of herself shadows Linn’s mornings in a musty attic room before chores and the approaching arrival of city folk.
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