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MippLerown
Oxanne
Stivers & Kessinger
Middletown
Deming Named General Agent for Middletown Evening Press
Mr A B Deming newsdealer and bookseller is appointed general agent for the Middletown Evening Press in Middletown. He will manage village delivery and collections biweekly. Single copies of the current issue are four cents at Deming Morgan Sloat and Vail's Bookstore.
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A. B. Deming
Middletown Evening Press
Middletown
Mippie Town Evening Press
Deming’s
Morgan & Sloat’s
Vail
Political Notes Mention Gratz Brown and Blair Connections
The item notes Gratz Brown as a Blair cousin influencing opinions. It praises Gov. Palmer for attacking the Cincinnati Convention as a farce and says he supports the ticket after a recent speech. It cites a Kansas City grocer advertising Greeley butter and mentions Montgomery Blair endorsing Greeley reluctantly, while noting no major shift in principles. Gen Hawley is named as the Republican nominee for Connecticut Senate to replace O S Ferry whose term ends.
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Montgomery Blair
Greeley
Davis
Adams
Johnson backs Peters on treaty damages claim limits
Hon Reverdy Johnson writes to Congressman Peters endorsing his resolution to withdraw indirect damages under the Treaty of Washington. He argues the term depredations caps the claims and urges Congress to state its view if the Administration pushes the indirect claims forward.
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Reverdy Johnson
Peters
National Reformers Nominate Woodhull for President
The National Reformers named Mrs. Woodhull for president on Friday evening with Fred Douglass as vice president. The nomination drew fierce protests as Spotted Tail Wendell Phillips Theodore Tilton and others were loudly opposed.
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Mrs. Woodhull
Fred
Douglass
Spotted Tail
the Indian
Wendell Phillips
Theodore Tilton
Resignations and nominations color party lines in 1872 politics
Sup t M Her of the Insurance Department resigns while Smith M Weed from Clinton is nominated by the Governor but not confirmed by the Senate. Chauncy M Depew of New York City emerges as a leading candidate. Mosby will back a Democratic presidential nominee if named. John Morrisey and Theodore Tilton back Dr Greeley. Jefferson Davis visits Jackson to cheer Greeley. Minnesota Republicans endorse Grant and Colfax, while their Cincinnati delegation complains of being sold but not delivered.
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Sup’t M Her
Insurance Department
Smith M. Weed
Clinton
Senate
Chauncy M. Depew
New York City
Minnesota
Grant
Colfax
Cincinnati
General O. 8 Ferry Re elected U S Senator in Conn
Gen. O. 8 Ferry a Republican was re elected by the Connecticut Legislature on a joint ballot with 133 votes to 125 for Gen. Hawley. The Democratic vote went to Ferry and 17 voting Republicans supported him as well.
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Hawley
Connecticut
S. Ferry
Gen. O
Ferry
U. S
Conn
Gen. Hawley
Botting
Greeley withdraws from Tribune leadership in 1872 notice
Horace Greeley announces he withdraws from conduct of the Tribune effective May 15 1872 and will no longer supervise its columns while remaining a candidate. The Times notes he will dictate policy from behind the scenes and not blow competing tunes.
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The
Tribune
Cincinnati
Aji
Horace Greeley
Times
Greeley
Laying of Corner Stone at Congregational Church
Distinguished clergymen will attend the cornerstone ceremony of the new Congregational Church in the village. On May 23 at 2 PM Rev. William Taylor from Broadway Tabernacle New York Rev. W B Brown Newark and Rev. George B Bacon Orange New Jersey will speak with others.
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Congregational Church
Thompson
New York
New Commercial Telegraph Office Planned in Middletown
The N. Y. & O. Midland Railway Company will open a Middletown telegraph office for commercial business. The line connects New York with Franklin and Atlantic and Pacific lines to Liberty Falls and will reach Oswego within a month. The office at Lane's hat store, No. 8 North street, will be run by H. F. Merriman and linked to the Midland Depot by a loop.
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Middletown
N. Y. & O. Midland Railway Company
New York
Franklin
Atlantic and Pacific
Liberty Falls
Oswego
Midland
Lane
North Street
H. F. Merriman
Toulon & Merriman
Narrow Escape of a Passenger Train on the Erie
Train No. 1 on the Erie near Guymard had a narrow escape as the Pacific car burned an axle and ran on three wheels for a mile along a 100 foot precipice. The forward car halted the ascent, delaying the train three hours while crowds gathered in Middletown.
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Erie
Middletown
Guymard
Shawangunk Mountain
Pacific
A New Banking House for Wallkill National Bank
The Wallkill National Bank awarded the masonry contract to Crawford & Matone and carpentry to McWilliams & Daley for a brick and iron banking house. The editorial urges quality over cost and hopes the building will reflect the bank’s prosperity.
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Wallkill National Bank
Mason
Crawford & Matone
McWilliams & Daley
Asylum Appropriation Secured for Building and Furniture
Senator Madden won authorizations totaling 106000 for the Asylum main building and 10000 for furniture. With funds secured and a contract in place guaranteeing completion before winter, the enterprise is urged to proceed this season.
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Madden
Fire Hits Abandoned Structures at St Patrick's Cemetery
About 10 o'clock Saturday night an unoccupied building on the grounds of St Patrick's Cemetery in Newburgh was set ablaze and destroyed. The loss is estimated at $500. Several other empty buildings have been fired recently, suggesting an illuminati activity.
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Newburgh
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Correction on Spellman license claim after assault report
The last issue overstated that P A Spellman had received a hotel license. a board member informs that Spellman applied for the license but was refused.
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P. A. Spellman
de Graw
Spellman
Otisville Musical Concert At Presbyterian Church
Otisville Musical Association led by Mr H Campbell presents a vocal and instrumental concert at Otisville Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening May 22. Doors open 7 with admission 25 cents and concert at 8.
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Otisville
Otisville Musical Association
H. Campbell
Presbyterian Church, Otisville
Methodists Expand Camp Meeting Grounds at Sea Griff Grove
The Methodists push ahead at Sea Griff Grove Glen Cove to start a July camp meeting. They add 300 acres to the original 600 acres, paying $169,000 last week for the new land.
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Sea Griff Grove
Glen Cove
Port Jervis Jottings and Local Notices in Odd Mix
A Port Jervis column notes youth mischief and a pistol accident in a local family. It also covers a Chester singing class concert praised as a standout event with multiple performers and pieces, plus various local notices about sales, ads, and business moves in Middletown and Otisville.
Sabbath School Moves and Local Happenings
Sabbath School will be held at Hamptonburgh at 10 AM and Campbell Hall at 3 PM. Sickness exists locally but no smallpox. Otter Kill fishing favorable. one hour and a half yielded thirty eels and ten catfish. Arnold McCarter caught a loon near the schoolhouse, to be stuffed. A new switch opposite the depot serves lumber and freight. Farmers have mostly finished planting. grain looks better. Milk shipments rise. 200 cans to New York on Tuesday. Gouge and Thompson each send nearly 100 cans.
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Campbell Hall
Hamptonburgh
Otter Kill
Arnold McCarter
Wallkill Valley
New York
Messrs. Gouge and Thompson
Turf and Horse Notes From Scotchtown Market and Races
Mr Geo H Brown of Scotchtown sold two four year old mares and a Star mare for about 2500, with 1000 each for the four year olds. Roden offers to match Henry against Lucy or Goldsmith Maid in mile heats and two mile heats. He bets 10000 against 5000 that Goldsmith Maid cannot trot a mile in 2 17 on track near New York Boston or Providence. American Girl won a 1000 handicap trot at Fleetwood with times 1 39 4 2 35 4 2 33. Startle trotted a mile at Prospect Park in 2 19 last week.
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Mr. Geo. H. Brown
Scotchtown
Bonner
Edward Everett
Ethan Allen
Irwin
Middletown
Flying Cloud
Mr. Roden
Henry
Lucy
Goldsmith Maid
Roden
New York
Boston
Providence
W. H. Allen
Fleetwood
Mr. Bonner
Prospect Park
Erie Railway offers General Superintendent post to R N Brown
Railroad notes report R N Brown a well known railroad man and former Erie Western Division superintendent has been offered the General Superintendent position of the Erie Railway and will likely accept. An engine on the Montgomery Railroad derailed at Goshen Tuesday morning when timbers supporting the turntable broke, throwing the engine into the ditch. The engine sustained little damage while the turntable was badly damaged.
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R. N. Brown
Western Division
The
Erie
Erie Railway
Montgomery
Goshen
Walden Week Hosts Musical Entertainments
James G. Clark, renowned ballad singer, performs Friday. Professor Ross, of Continental and Old Folks’ fame, appears Saturday evening for the Walden week entertainment lineup.
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Walden
James G. Clark
Prof
Ross
Married in Brewster ends in sudden death and estate quarrel
The death of Coleman T. Robinson after a marriage to Florien Little is shown to be misunderstood by sensational reports. He died after a delirious last hours as his wife stayed by his side, with his will and dower rights shaping the case. Robison’s estate is listed at about a million, with a $10,000 bequest to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences and his scientific library.
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Mercury
Brewster's
Putnam County
Florien Little
Gilbert Beebe
Coleman T. Robinson
New York
Evening Post
The
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
Middletown Board Grants Excise Licenses
The Middletown Board of Excise has held three meetings and granted licenses to stores, hotels, and saloons. Named licensees include Francis Murphy, Cummings, Bull, Disler, Cromwell, Daugherty, Finnegan, Rodman, Spellman, Doughan, Puff, Holding, Tyman, Morgans, Sweet, Gainey, Martin, Keating, Brady, Storch, Carey, Barry, Cavanaugh, Beyea, McCormick, Green, Steinhart, Oldroyd, Weizenger, and others.
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Doings of
Middletown
Board of Excise
Halstead Sweet
Leander Crawford
D. B. Luckey
Daughtery & McGinty
Francis J. Murphy
J. & P. Cummings
Albert Bull
Hotela
Lawrence Disler
Chas, Cromwell
Franklin D. Carey
Thos. Barry
Thos. Cavanaugh
L. G. Beyea
Edward McCormick
Anne Green
Joseph Steinhart
Elizabeth Oldroyd
D. Weizenger
Accident in village injures Geo Houston Sr near Florida
Geo Houston Sr. and his wife were en route to the wedding of Samuel Van Saun to Miss Sara Welling when their buggy overturned on a sunken bridge near the Button Wood farm. The horse shied, they were thrown out, and he was badly bruised. Dr. Jayne attended him.
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Geo. Houston, Sr
Florida
Samuel van Saun
Sara Welling
Warwick
Button Wood
Dr. Jayne
Elmira Republican Convention Opens With Confidence
The Elmira gathering of New York Republicans reports high spirits and unity. Delegates announce strong support against Greeley’s defection, with Henry Pierson named as temporary and permanent chairman and a list of delegates and alternates announced from several districts.
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Republican Party of
New York
Elmira
Empire State
Adjour nment of the New York State Legislature
Both houses adjourned sine die at sunset on Tuesday the 14th after passing the annual supply bill and other measures. The Central Underground Railroad bill failed in the Senate 14 to 11. The Senate rejected nominees for Commissioner of Appeals and Superintendent of the Insurance Department and met in extra session to hear Judge Prindle’s trial, with Judge McCann possible removal pending resignation.
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New York
Central Underground Railroad
Senate
C. H. Winfield
Goshen
Appeals
Leonard
Supreme Bench
Smith M. Weed
Insurance Department
Prindle
Chenango County
McCann
From Far and Near roundup items and incidents
A pasted digest lists diverse items: a West Point cadet ranks tenth. seven civil and religious bodies meet. fires burn in Wilcox and Barrytown. a NY police fatality after a knife attack. a Geneva Gazette loss. Hudson River railroad accident. Baptists, Presbyterians, and Rotary topics. polar expedition sailing. Delaware crop concerns. a lynching in Tennessee. iron market gains. Croton water impurities debated. a Brooklyn tenement fire displacing families.
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Barrytown
Irvington
Hudson River
Baptists of
N. J
Presbyterian General Assembly
Detroit
Rotary
Parry
San Francisco
Alaska
Delaware
Carthage
Philadelphia
Chandler
Croton
Nast
Central German Conference
Methodist General Conference
Throop Avenue
Brooklyn
E. C
Bloomingburgh Small-pox scare ends. whisky note from Sullivan County
In Bloomingburgh Sullivan County the small-pox scare is over. A church leader urges Middletown boys to avoid Sunday whisky purchases. Rev. E. B. Peirce, ill for weeks, shows slow improvement. Roman.
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Middletown
E. B. Peirce
Roman
Sussex County News Highlights and Local Incidents
News from Sussex County New Jersey reports William Pillet of Deckertown appointed mail agent on the Sussex Railroad. Incendiaries threaten local forests while rewards offer for apprehension. A two year old child dies after scalding in hot water. A slate quarry on William Dewitt’s Clove farm spurs high offers. Clove Cemetery surveyed for plots and improvements. Newton reports many widows and enforced corner-loafer act. A six year old breaks leg in a Newton runaway. Newton Y M C A opens a reading room over a hardware store. Northern Sussex residents lament Midland train connections at Franklin.
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William Pillet
Deckertown
Sussex
A. Roloson
Hamburg
William Dewitt
Titsworth
Clove
Newton
A. Lincoln Toomath
W. W. Woodward
Midland
Sussex Road
Franklin
Installation at Ridgebury Pastor at Presbyterian Church
On the 14th inst Rev C H Park was installed pastor of the Ridgebury Presbyterian Church. Rev Slater C Hepburn preached the discourse and presided. Rev Chas Beattie gave an excellent charge to the pastor and Rev Luther Littell to the people.
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Ridgebury
C. H. Park
Presbyterian Church
Slater C. Hepburn
Chas. Beattie
Luther Littell
Delegates chosen for State Convention at Elmira by Republicans
Sullivan County delegates Dr. Wm. L. Appleby John Waller Jr and Stephen Cauldwell Jr elected at Elmira Monticello Republican County Convention on the 15th inst. to attend the State Convention and to endorse President Grant's administration.
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Sullivan County
Wm. L. Appleby
John Waller, Jr
Stephen Cauldwell, Jr
Elmira
Monticello
President Grant
Letters From the People Proclaim Sabbath Liquor Prohibition
A reader ridicules village officials for banning Sunday liquor sales claiming prohibition spurred more drinking. The writer jokes about inspecting taverns as a self appointed member of the Board of Health and praises whiskey, posing as a high private detective.
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Ephors Press
Board of Health
Cerebro spinal meningitis described as epidemic concern
The article traces cerebro spinal meningitis through history from Sydenham to 1857, noting it is not contagious, naming it spotted fever in the past, and detailing its severe, often rapid to death course and regional prevalence in western and central New York. It emphasizes the disease's fearsome reputation and medical challenge.
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New York
Sydenham
New England
France
America
A Fish Story Recalls Newtons Dog and Fishes Fricassee
Prof Agassiz once captured undescribed fishes near the Southern Parahyba River and sealed them in a copper barrel with alcohol for study. On a return visit the barrel was placed in a house basement and the cook, in zeal, fried the fishes for breakfast.
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Prof. Agassiz
Isaac Newton
Parahyba
Cleveland Leader Sees Hoffman as Democratic Presidential Candidate
The Cleveland Leader predicts that Hoffman will secure the Democratic nomination for president, citing party momentum and anticipated support from key factions. This outlook frames Hoffman as the likely standard bearer in upcoming national contests.
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Cleveland
Hoffman
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Gratz Brown
Blairs
Kansas City
Mosby
John Morrisey
Dr. Greeley
Jefferson Davis
Jackson
Miss
Cam
U. S. Tribune
Port Jervis
M. N. Nearpass
Chester
M. E. Church
Messrs
Masten
Christ
Master Clark
Hooch Arden
Biggin
Muesicus
Durland
Predmore
Scott
Godey
Messs Mapes
Carey Bros. & Wilcox
J. C. Hawkins
Sullivan
Ulster
Turf and Horse Notes
Gerrit Smith
William Orton
James N. Matthews
William F. Butler
N. B. Claulin
Stephen Moffat
Andrew D. White
W. J. Bacon
Freeman Clarke
J. W. Booth
John C. Robinson
John A. Griswold
A. S. Murray
Orange
Willett St
Adolph Laible
Laible
Pacer & Underhill
Sash and Blind
Geneva Gazette
Geneva
N. Y
Parker
Gazette
Bloomingburgh
Sussex County, N. J
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