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Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1871
Page
1
In a proclamation dated October 28 1871 President Ulysses S Grant declares a national day of thanksgiving to be observed on November 30. He urges universal worship and prayer for blessings and protection for the less fortunate and notes national peace and general domestic tranquility. Hamilton Fish signs as Secretary of State.
A poem contemplates the cycles of the year and eternal life. The speaker contrasts earthly seasons with heavenly truth and asks how often each season recurs before final salvation. The piece ends noting Mechanictown as the place and the date October 21, 1871.
The Middletown Mercury accuses Beebe and his supporters of covert campaign finance in the district. A Tri-States Union affidavit allegedly links Beebe to attempting to buy votes, challenging Madden to honor pledges and urging voters to reject Beebe on Tuesday.
A local editorial questions Beebe’s alleged $200 Middletown investment and electioneering payments. The piece taunts Beebe as honest and incorruptible while challenging his finances and urging him to address the amplavit on the matter. It ends by urging Beebe to clear his skirts of the inconsistency.
A Middletown letter accuses editors of slander about Mr. Madden. It asserts Madden backed the Crawford and Midland roads, opposed nothing, and contributed $1000 to the asylum. The writer claims Madden would aid Albany support for the asylum and would not seek payment, urging voters to reward his public service.
The piece urges remembrance of two men in the local wartime fund list. Edward M. Madden is highlighted for contributing more than any other donor to support soldiers’ families, while George M. Beebe is alleged to have offered disloyal sentiments and aid to rebels.
The proposal pledges to continue Surrogate Holse’s arrangement with Middletown court days each week. It argues the plan would ease access for the Middletown bar and all parties with business at the office, urging voter support for Mr Wadsworth.
During thirty one months of President Grant's Administration the public debt fell by 263 749 811 dollars at an average of 8 830 639 per month. Is this a bad fact against the Administration or a damaging point for the Republican party.
Attention is directed to the prospectus of the New York Evening Poet, one of the great papers of the world, highlighting its historical stature and literary prestige for readers and investors.
The Middletown Press launches a home boundery service adding a bindery to its office. It offers low prices, new machinery, and discounts for clergy and bookstores. It recovers old books and makes blank books for banks factories and railroads, urging locals to keep business at home.
Excelsior Lodge No. 829 G T members were installed for the coming quarter by Chester Belding Lodge Deputy W OC T. New officers include Joseph Kirpatrick W V T Mrs C J Hyler W T Chester Belding W A S Mrs Joseph Kirpatrick Walter Knapp W M Daniel Cornell W D M Kate Bourroughs W C Thomas Walters I G John Smith O G Joseph Bourroughs P W C T J F Jehu.
Erie Railway workers replace the platform floor by the old depot and remove the south end stoop, doubling the sidewalk width and expanding street room. A new depot is hoped for as the next improvement.
Evening Press reports temperature variations from Monagle and Rogers' Standard Thermometer on North Street with readings at 8 PM 53 degrees and 9 PM 52 degrees among other times.
Gabriel Ludnoum, a young man from Deckertown, was with friends when his gun barrel burst. His hand was severely torn and surgeon Dr. Culver fears amputation may be necessary.
B. V. Wolf pledges a $500 reward for proof of any money received or promised for political purposes and warns against slanderous accusations, urging frauds to beware of legal consequences.
The Excelsior Lodge of Good Templars invites villagers to an oyster supper on a weekday evening two weeks hence. The event may include plays and a winter lecture course as part of the program.
The members of the B S C are requested to meet at D G Carey & Co.s store in Bull's Opera House on Monday evening at 4 30. Draper secretary.
The commission to adjust damages for the right of way through the lands of J. W. Hamilton in this village has awarded him 4500 dollars.
The Rev Mr Harvey will preach at First Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 2 o clock in the afternoon. The notice invites parishioners and locals to attend the sermon.
From the start Madden backed the Asylum becoming a state institution and now holds Senate influence to secure liberal state appropriations. A Middletown citizen, he would push the project with powerful help from county officials and labor and business communities.
Warwick reports water works progress expected by winter with a new reservoir, charity drives for fire victims, crime at Warwick village, and local business changes. It notes Goshen rail plans, church activities, and upcoming civic meetings along with a cowardly political accusation battle targeting Mr Madden.
The New York Observer marks 49 years since its 1823 founding and vows a jubilee celebration. It will give subscribers a NEW YEAR Book with extensive information on church and civil life, offering free paper through January 1 for new subscribers.
A United Brethren presiding elder in Minnesota recounts a sermon incident where he scolded a disruptive attendee. Afterward a official member revealed the man was an idiot, teaching him to avoid rebuking in case of similar harm. The rest of the service was orderly.
Rosenzweig received seven years in prison from New York Recorder Hackett for an abortion death of Alice Augusta Bowlesby. He stored the body in a trunk to ship it away and lamented the law did not treat it as murder. General Robert Anderson died in Nice France last week.
Two men arrived in a Ulster County village with a horse and wagon. James M. Nickerson had hired from Lewis K Wood of Ellenville, while the other man tried to sell an establishment valued at 500 dollars for 150. Both men and the business have since vanished. rewards are offered for arrest and recovery.
In four months about forty members joined the Baptist Church at Parkaville in Sullivan County. Bethel town is reported to have been bonded recently to finance a branch of the Midland at Mongaup Valley.
The Chicago conflagration is described as showing that heavy Mansard roofs invite fire and feed its spread. The piece argues Mansards have influenced architecture for years and produced a mixed record of impressive and abominable buildings. It notes that fireproof Mansards can be attractive on strong structures, but a Mansard on many buildings from church to woodshed becomes tedious.
The Mercury and other Democratic papers accuse Madden of opposing the Midland Railroad from its talk to now. The piece argues Madden never opposed the Midland, only doubted the value of bonding the village for another hundred thousand after already owing three hundred thousand, a stance shared by many supporters of the project.
The article mocks Judge George for seeking favor from temperance advocates in Cornwall while courting champagne preferences with the opposite side. It argues his dual stance appears insincere and risked by riding two allegiances at once.
The passage identifies George Washington Greene as the author of a Mail Query accusing Mr Maden of trading services for Pacific Railroad Bonds. It condemns the insinuation as unjust and dishonorable, noting Greene’s disreputable past and the sneaky nature of the accusation.
The Independent Republican acknowledges a corrected report about Mr Madden, admitting his remark on Conkling and the State convention. It questions retractions of other unfounded accusations, suggesting the editor may retain some fairness.
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