Deming Named General Agent for Middletown Evening Press
Mr A B Deming Newsdealer Bookseller andc is general agent for the Middletown Evening Press in Middletown and will oversee village delivery and collections. Current issue single copies sell for four cents at Deming Morgan and Sloat and Vails Bookstore.
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Middletown
Middletown Evening Press
Orange County Press
Stivers & Kessinger
A. B. Deming
Evening Press
Deming
Morgan & Sloat’s
Vail
Local fraternal and civic lodge directory listing
Directory of Hoffman Lodge 412 and neighboring lodges in Middletown Eureka Webb Post 33 and the Middletown Cornet Band with meeting times, locations, and officers. Provides regualr communications from Tuesdays to Fridays and 8 o'clock evening sessions in Exchange Building North Street.
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Eureka
Temple of Honor
O. U. A. M. Ball
West Main St
Gao
W. Reed
Decker
W. R. Excelsior
I. O. of
G. T
Sec. Webb
Gothic Hall
J. F. Roosa
Middletown Cornet Band
John Biddle
J. Kirkpatrick
B. F. Gordon
Summer Arrangement for Mail Arrivals at Local Office
The notice sets new mail arrival and closing hours starting Monday April 1. Mails arrive Sundays 10 to 11 a m and daily 74 moments to p m with Sundays open from 10 to 11 a m.
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Newburg
New York
Worthern
Beseseeres Minisink &c
Searaville &c
Impeachment Moves Against Judges Cardozo and Barnard
The Assembly judiciary committee recommended impeaching Judges Cardozo and Barnard. Cardozo seeks resignation to dodge disgrace after conviction. Trials start promptly, promising heightened public interest in a landmark impeachment proceeding.
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Judiciary Committee of the Assembly
Cardozo
Barnard
Grant's Strength Seen In Forney Letter On Election Prospects
Col John W Forney writes in the Philadelphia Press on political conditions. He says conservatives view Grant’s victory as inevitable while Democrats see Cincinnati as their only path to power. He quotes Horace Maynard praising the nation’s wages and prosperity under Grant and warns against office-seeking politicians destabilizing the system.
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John W. Forney
Washington
Philadelphia
Forney
Grant
Cincinnati
Congress
Tipton
Schurz
Trumbull
Mr. Forney
Horace Maynard
Tennessee
Gabor
Senate Passes Tea and Coffee Import Duties Repeal
The United States Senate approved a bill repealing duties on tea and coffee imports. If the President does not veto, the repeal takes effect on July 1.
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United States Senate
New Post Office Established at Thompson Ridge
A Democrat Appointed P. I. Dan Thompson named postmaster as Thompson Ridge on the Middletown & Crawford Branch opens for business May 1. The piece notes the new Federal office holder’s role, political expectations, and hopes for civil service reform affecting his tenure.
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Thompson Ridge
Middletown & Crawford
Dan Thompson
Grant
Philadelphia
Crawford
Parson Nasby
Orange County
Reading by Rev. Sloss Draws Lively Boston Audience
An audience in Empire Hall applauded Rev. Mr. Sloss as he read selections including Poe and Pickwickian pieces. His best reading was the Northern Farmer segment, with praise for his rich voice and unostentatious manner. the reviewer notes his potential as a stage actor if he chose acting over pulpit work.
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Empire Hall
Mr. Sloss
Sloss
Saxe
Bob Cratchet
Mr. Winkle
Pickwickian” Club
Little Joe
Minnehaha
Reading Room Reception at Middletown Lyceum
A large crowd visited the Middletown Lyceum Reading Room on Tuesday evening praising its cheerful inviting appearance and perfect order. The room has been re catalogued with shelves neatly arranged and Miss Rose Ogden rehired to ensure attentive service and good discipline. Books are available every evening not just Wednesday, and the space is likely to regain its former popularity, attracting both old and young to wholesome evening use.
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Middletown Lyceum
Beccme
Lyceum
Fire Extinguisher Demonstrated on Franklin Square Trial
A test of Babcock's Fire Extinguisher was held on Franklin Square Tuesday evening. An exhibitor, wearing the apparatus, walked into a bonfire of oil barrels and quickly extinguished the flames. A large crowd watched the test.
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Babcock
Franklin Square
Religious appointments and sermons in Jersey City and New York area
The African M E Zion Conference chose Revs. Lewis Henry and George Rice for Port Jervis and Middletown. Rev Geo H Corey to start Sunday May 5 at St Pauls M F church with Bible character discourses on John the Baptist. Farewell sermon by Rev H A Harlow of Florida on April 28. One infant baptized in morning, four in evening. Rev Oscar Harris to declare the pulpit vacant and administer communion on the first Sunday in May.
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M. E. Zion Conference
Jersey City
Lewis Henry
George Rice
Port Jervis
Middletown
Geo. H. Corey
St. Paul's M. F
John
Baptist
H. A. Harlow
Second Presbyterian Church
Florida
Brethern
Oscar Harris
Outbreak of Small Pox and Caroiloid Cases in Huguenot and Nearby
The wife of Mr Bodle at Huguenot died of small pox Monday night. His daughter died of the same disease a few days earlier. Three caroiloid cases reported there. A man died of small pox Tuesday near New Vernon in Orange County with two or three cases in the area.
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Bodle
Huguenot
New Vernon
Orange County
Fire damages Beveridge malt house in Newburgh
The malt house of T Beveridge and Co Newburgh suffered fire damage on Tuesday morning valued at 4000 dollars. The building was fully insured and the cause listed as accidental.
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T. Beveridge & Co
Newburgh
New Goshen track to rise on Van Sickle land upgrade
Nathl. Van Sickle owner of grounds leased by Goshen Driving Park Assoc buys four adjoining acres from Adrian Holbert for a new wider track with longer stretches and better turns. EB Abbotts trotter Idler, six years old, jumped from a freight car at Port Jervis losing use if he survives. valued at $3,000 with a 2:35 record.
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Morse
Nathl. van Sickle
Goshen
EB. R. Abbott
Susquehanna
Port Jervis
Dietz Leaves Burlingham for California by Overland Route
Personal note reports Geo F Dietz of Burlingham departed Wednesday morning May 1 on an overland trip to California. He has spent several years on the Pacific slope. Thornton M Niven visited earlier this week to see brother-in-law Andrew Mills and looked hale. Under-Sheriff Jim Hoyt was in town today.
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Geo. F. Dietz
Burlingham
California
Mr. Dietz
Pacific Slope
Thornton M. Niven
Andrew Mills
Mr. Niven
Jim, Hoyt
Petitioners Seek New Post Office at Fair Oaks
Residents near Fair Oaks urge the Department to establish a local post office and appoint Mr. Askew, owner of the Fair Oaks Hotel, as postmaster. The move is welcomed as a convenient improvement and Mr. Askew is praised as an accommodating candidate.
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Fair Oaks
Askew
Coming Lecture for A. M. E. Zion Church at Bull's Opera House
Reserved seats for Rev. Mr. Skinner's lecture at Bull's Opera House on Tuesday evening next. Tickets available at the Opera House Parlors where the diagram can be viewed. Seat prices are 50 35 and 25 cents. The chair will be taken at 8 o'clock precisely.
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Mr. Skinner
A. M. E. Zion Church
Bull’s Opera House
Opera House
Delegates to Cincinnati Dwindle as Only Four Go
The report notes several delegates appointed to travel to Cincinnati backed out, leaving only Charles St. John Jr, Erving G. Fowler, Wilmot M. Vail, and one more named figure to proceed. The speaker expresses surprise at the withdrawals from Middletown and elsewhere.
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Alrpge
Cincinnati
Middletown
Charles St. John, Junior
Erving G. Fowler
Wilmot M. Vail
Ulster County News Narrowly Sketched Court Cases and Local Notes
Margaret Brown pays Barbara Boss 65 for name calling. Wm Simons owes Frederick Osterhout 3000 for alleged seduction of Osterhout’s daughter. Zachariah Bailey gets one year at Albany Penitentiary for horse theft and wagon theft. John McCarthy gets five years for robbing John Lindburgh of a watch. Geo A Dudley removed as Ellenville Postmaster, E W Guernsey appointed. both Republicans. Meteor sightings reported near Ellenville and at Kerhonkson. County seat debated. partridge Cochin reportedly lays 54 eggs in 55 days. Rondout M E Church buys a $500 piano for Sabbath school. Highland gossip noted as credulous. New Paltz young women fear six billiard tables may appear drawing away men.
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Margaret Brown
Barbara Boss
Simons
Frederick Osterhout
Zachariah Bailey
Albany Penitentiary
Assembly
John McCarthy
John Lindburgh
Ellenville
Kerhonkson
the Journal
Canal
Ulster County
M. E
Highland
New Paltz
Currency Outstandings in Treasury Statements April 30
Treasury assigns totals for old demand notes legal tender notes and 1869 series in circulating currency. It lists exact figures for demand notes legal tenders and fractional currency across multiple series and issues.
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WasusnorTon
United States
Treasury
Prof Ross Concert Draws Crowded Deckertown House
In Deckertown Sussex County the Tuesday night concert by Professor Ross drew a packed house, with seating space in short supply. The Milo Factory property near Hohokus was sold to W Rozencrans for 7000 dollars and construction has begun on a new paper manufactory on the former site of the burned building.
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Deckertown
Ross
Letters From The People Disaffected Republicans in Michigan
A reader from Trecumsen Michigan denounces disaffected Republicans in Orange County who backed a Cincinnati Convention. The letter argues the movement harms the Republican party and aids Democrats, urges Republicans to stay united, and notes the Michigan Press supports party integrity. The writer ends by renewing a subscription.
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Trecumsen
Mich
Messrs. Eorrors
Orange County
Cincinnati
Blair
Schurz
Gen. Grant
Jeff Davis
Frank Blair
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Copperhead
Michigan
H.C
Prisoners freed after Supreme Court ruling. other local updates
Forty five indicted prisoners in Salt Lake City were released Tuesday after a Supreme Court decision. About forty non indicted inmates moved to territorial custody. A Penn Yan fire destroyed over twenty houses and thirteen shops. West Point received many horses for cavalry service. Binghamton considers a blast furnace project. The Market Savings Bank cashier rumor circulates. Utica jail prisoners to work on city streets. Elmira trains attract sharpers. Stokes prefers hanging to summer prison. Most states report citizens born in other states. Genton, convicted for murder of hostages, shot at Satory. A fast St John to San Francisco delivery completed in nineteen days twelve hours. Cornelius Underwood dies in Albany. Judge Brady frees 250 convicts to Tombs for trial.
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Salt Lake City
Supreme Court
United States
Penn Yan
N. Y
Jacob Street
Main Street
West Point
Binghamton
Binghamton Democrat
Conklin
Market Savings Bank
New York
Utica
Elmira
St. John
N. B
San Francisco
Cornelius Underwood
Assembly
Stanwix Hall
Albany
Condition of the Roads Around Middletown
Roadways entering Middletown for several miles are not kept to the usual standard for a town of its size. The writer urges more pride in maintaining these highways.
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Middletown
Ogden Returns to Middletown Brewery Run
Henry B. Ogden resumes control at Middletown Brewery once established by him in earlier years. The site had been operated by Dee Robert son recently. Ogden’s XXX remains a popular beer brand driving local interest and sales.
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Henry B. Ogden
Middletown
Dee Robertson
Ogden
Dissatisfied Republicans hold a fractured Cincinnati convention
The Mass Convention of Dissatisfied Republicans gathers in Cincinnati with a heterogeneous crowd and no nominations yet. Delegates from few states push for show, with New York City and Brooklyn figures high among attendees, while platform disputes split Free Traders and Protectionists. The presence of Democratic influence draws criticism as debates over tariff and revenue reform stall progress.
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Cincinnati
Bhut
Grant
New York
New York City
Brooklyn
United States
Questionable Reform Convention Struggles in Cincinnati
Dispatches from Cincinnati condemn the convention as a hustling squabble of professional politicians. Adams leads but nomination and unity are uncertain while Davis Palmer and others show rival crowds. The piece foreshadows a bolt from the regular Republican organization.
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Cincinnati
Republican Party
Daily Paper Ambition Noted by Middletown Press
The Middletown Press signals a plan to become a daily paper if readers support the move. The Newburgh Journal notes that a strong daily paper is crucial for growth and urges local backing for sustained publication.
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Middletown Press
Newburgh Journal
Russians in America to be sent home or supported at Russia's expense
Information from the Russian government to the effect that all Russians in the United States who are ill, infirm, or indigent will be sent home or supported in this country at the cost of the home government.
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Department of State
Washington
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P. I
Nasby
Storm King Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Mann
F. Cunningham
Hill
Jer- DE GN Sveprht
Coease Coceene
Germantown
Eesabet
Rashid’ Boa
Paleo Vsheis
Rsaves Sysgenssve
Sussex Street
Board of Health
Otisville
Young Men's Christian Association
Geo. Wiggins, Jr
Hattie VanDurer
Marcuis
Wawayanda
J. E. Smith Gardner
Rutger
Orange
Sussex
Hinman
Gabe Adams
House of Refuge
Randall's Island
John Stuart Mill
Sismondi
Joseph Steinbart
Lewis Bohmer
Board of Trustees
P. O
Geo. A. Dudley
E. W. Guernsey
Greenbacks
Sussex County, N. J
Volhafreund
Adams
Volksblatt
Convention
Davis
Rumbull
Palmer
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