28 Mar 1872
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Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1872
Page
1
Middletown Orange County notices indicate regular afternoon office hours at five o clock on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays in Gothic Hall first floor. Terms follow.
Mr A B Deming, newsdealer and bookseller, named general agent for the Middletown Evening Press in Middletown. He will have full charge of village distribution and will make collections every two weeks.
Senator Wilson's Norwalk address urges Republicans to stay within party lines as influence fades when crossing over. He argues reforms come faster with party unity and warns campaigners for Democrats risk losing support from the public, who see leaders as prudent.
Political notes state Chief Justice Chase is no longer pursuing the presidency. Friends and Chase himself say his ambition is dead and the claim of renewed pursuit is unfounded.
The Henry Signal prints a campaign note praising Ulysses S Grant as an honest, modest, brave and capable leader. The message calls Grant the chosen man and urges readers to note him and compare him to others.
The London Observer reports Earl Granville’s second note as friendly yet firm denying submission of admissibility of Alabama claims to the Geneva Board of Arbitration. England remains unwilling to place the dispute before international arbitration despite conciliatory tone.
Discussion of Beecher’s The Life of Jesus praised by critics and circulated as a subscription book in Middletown. The passage evokes twilight on the lake, fading crowds, and lingering echoes of the Voice as the crowd disperses and memory fades. The tone mirrors a reflective, literary newspaper passage.
Temperature readings reported by Mc Monagle and Rogers at North Street Drug Store show times 9 AM 12 M 3 PM 6 PM and 9 PM on March 26 with fluctuations across the day. Data collected for the Evening Press GAM edition notes hourly values and suggests a warming trend.
John Mabee of Warwick was shot in error while on a neighbor’s doorstep to return a borrowed basket. The ball grazed his temple after he failed to hear a house occupant calling twice due to deafness.
Physicians warn pneumonia risk rises among women this year due to sealskin sacks being too warm and airtight. They say removing them in a heated room can prevent colds and overheating.
A new trout farming company formed by local businessmen and officials at Masonic Grove projects 20 000 eggs producing fish averaging one pound in three years. Spring-fed ponds, a hatching trough, and feeding efforts mark the start of what could revolutionize local dairy regions and draw picnic visitors to the grove this summer.
Wallace, Dolson & Horton begin moving stock to a spacious new storeroom in the Opera House block fitted with modern improvements. They plan to open Saturday with a display of new spring goods. The First National Bank will occupy the vacated building and move in by mid April.
A Liberty store owned by Dr. J. D. Watkins and used by Allen and Messiter was burned Wednesday night. Losses reach 3,000 on the building and 8,000 on goods with insured amounts of 1,000 and 5,000 respectively. The adjoining Ratcliff barn also burned, about 500 in loss. Suspected incendiary. Report via Mr Morehouse of Liberty.
The extensive sale of Hector Moffat of Washingtonville has been postponed until Friday March 20 at 9 00 a.m. The notice specifies the revised auction time after the delay.
Readers are thanked for public documents and the Evening Journal Almanac received from Senator Madden.
Mayor Shutts announces $60,000 Newburgh water bonds offered for sale in city banks at 105, equal to $1,050 per bond. Some bidders have offered 103 for the whole loan, but authorities keep the 105 price. Bonds are valid first class security with mortgage on corporate property. Interest and principal payable at the City Treasurer in Newburgh.
On Sunday Mr. Theodore Comfort and family were traveling to church when their wagon was jolted near McCreas mill. The horses reared and ran away, the wagon occupants were thrown out, and Comfort sustained serious injuries with two broken ribs. He was carried to Mrs. McCreas house and later returned home.
The New York Conference of Methodists will elect two lay delegates to the General Conference in Brooklyn next May. A convention of laymen will meet in New York City on April 12 to appoint them, with one delegate from each station and circuit. Reported nominees from the Newburgh district include John L. Sloat of Trinity M E Church Newburgh Henry Cornel of Second M E Church West Newburgh James H. Phillips of Monroe and Nathan Strong.
Rail line work will resume from Rosendale to Kingston once frost leaves, with ties and rails to be laid. Montgomery town coupons for the second district will be paid at Walden on April 2. A rumor claims the Montgomery to Rosendale train carries an average of five passengers per trip. Rosendale bridge is a Post's Patent Diagonal Truss, claimed as the highest span in the United States.
The Village Trustees meet again this evening to begin the laborious task of preparing the current year's appropriations. They are noted for their thankless, exacting office and merit confidence until proven derelict.
Hiram Holmes, longtime Middlehope resident in Orange County, died Sunday at the Hudson River State Hospital for the insane in Poughkeepsie after an epileptic fit. He had long feared mental collapse and sought admission after Marlborough’s Purdy tragedy, dying at the asylum.
Hon A H Horton United States District Attorney for the District of Kansas visited the county last week on legal business. The judge earns high encomiums for faithfulness and ability, and is described as a sound unswerving Republican. He is related to Mr W W Robertson and Supervisor Horton of the village.
Burglars entered the saloon occupied by James St. John on the night of the 23d inst. about $10 worth of tobacco and sugars were taken. Rev G J Means suffers bronchitis and cannot lead services. Rev Mr Harvey of Middletown will supply the Congregational pulpit. Wellington McBride resigns Howell's Depot district school to become Goshen public school principal. praised as a top Orange County teacher.
A special Mont gomery town meeting at Hotel of D A Shafer voted to levy twenty thousand dollars to build two bridges one at Walden on the old plank road site and the other near the toll bridge in Montgomery village. The ballot showed 306 in favor and 201 against, a 105 vote majority.
A newborn baby found in a creek near Washingtonville led to a jury inquest. The infant, claimed by a colored man named E. Jacklyn, was deemed stillborn after post mortem by Drs. Moffat and Smith. All arrestees were discharged.
A Boston newspaper paraphrases the Grand Duke's reply to Boston hospitality with a distorted string of words. The phrase is said to be easily translated with patience, implying a hidden or coded message behind the garbled text.
Sullivan County reports a laborer from McLauchlin's crew was fatally struck by a falling rock while working a cut near Liberty. He died within an hour of the injury.
A reader from Middletown, March 27 1872, argues the Board of Trustees missteps in appointing a village Clerk hinder harmony. They fault disputes among Republicans and reflect on the charter’s limits to unify municipal government under a single honest, wise head.
At Erie Depot on a Wednesday afternoon a cart horse hitched to a bark wagon was crushed between freight cars. Two lumber cars pushed by brakes failed on a downgrade, trapping the horse under the forward tracks. the animal survived, though the wagon was smashed. Conductor John Wright conflicts with the driver over prior warning.
The International publishing company of New York releases a volume titled Literature Art and Song with melodies American poems and prose by Thomas Moore. Dr R Shelton Mackenzie provides biography and critique while Sir John Stevenson and others arrange melodies for solo duet trio and quartet with piano. Illustrated with about 400 engravings. Sold only by agents. George C Miller of Port Jervis canvasses for subscribers and offers a steel engraving The Happy Return to subscribers. Miller will present a sample for judging merits.
Real estate ads urge Middletown Press readers to list farms and property for sale. Geo E Schoonover of Unionville exchanges his Chandler property for the Shute brothers farm of 162 acres known as the Nanny Farm near the Orange and Sussex Pleasure Grounds in Sussex County. Gee KE Schoonover & Bro are closing out their stock of goods.
Henry O Neil aged twenty three died of small pox at his Newburgh home on Wednesday. It is the second death from the disease this season in the city. Three cases remain at the Pest house with exposed family members, and two or three families are quarantined at home. The Board of Health believes it has the situation under control.
The committee of the Board of Trustees has secured part of the Foote McKeon & Stoddard suit in Empire Block opposite the Press office as an office and Court room for Police Justice Clements. They have the privilege to use the large third story room for large assemblies. The location is central and rooms convenient.
The Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Newburgh is largely unfrozen with ice breaking at Tivoli where the ferry operates. A solid ice bridge remains above Tivoli up to Albany. Unseasonably late spring contrasts with last year when farmers were planting potatoes while frost remains several feet thick in river towns.
Elmira's color policeman made his first arrest on Saturday. A drawing room coach Dutchess was destroyed by fire in Poughkeepsie from a stove, with $10,000 law coverage and no insurance. Rev William Abbott of Newburgh received a silver tea set and urn from parishioners on Friday. Wayland near Rochester is quarantined for smallpox, with road sentries to Denaville. Norwich Chenango Co hosts a faro bank. A Chen Co farmer reports 425 bushels oats and 2 of corn from 5 acres. 22 cows yielded 4,475 lbs butter. Canal Co plans transport for season, mining 72 four million tons, rail and tide water movement, West Shore interests. Monday blast killed contractor Edward Kelley and workers Luke Whalin Daniel Leonard near Poughkeepsie. Abram Dubois died from a hay wagon fall at Cold Spring Corner. Guilford Centre De shipped over sixty-six tons of butter in 30 days ending March 22.
The next annual meeting of the State Teachers Association will be held at Saratoga on July 23 24 and 25. It is one of the largest educational bodies in the state and is expected to bring at least 2 500 delegates including many prominent instructors.
A jumble of items notes rentals and ads, spring millinery display, crowded Trinity M E Church services, coal shortages due to severe weather, and a Massachusetts forgery jail sentence. Also mentions sleigh rides on March 27, old-time weather, tax talk in Virginia, April move day woes, slushy streets, and road conditions.
Ulster County firefighters battled a blaze at The Mountain House located on Sam's Point in the Shawangunk Mountains. The Sunday night fire consumed the building with responders arriving to contain hotspots and prevent spread.
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