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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1880
Page
2
The Millheim Journal announces a weekly Thursday edition published from Musser's Building at Main and Penn. Subscription price is 100 per year in advance or 125 if not prepaid.
A fragmented OCR snippet shows columns with numbers and monetary values such as 5.00 and 400 600 and headings like 1week 1mo 3mo 6 mo 1 year. The text also includes scattered codes and column references, lacking coherent narrative or identifiable events.
Evangelical Rev. W 77 Turtmann will preach next Sunday morning. Sunday School with D L Zerby as superintendent. Methodist Rev. J B Akers will preach next Sunday evening. Sunday School with D Kimport as superintendent. Reformed United Brethren Lutheran Rev John Tomlinson pastor. Preaching in Aaronsburg next Sunday morning German in Milfeeim evening English. United Sunday School 9 AM F Liysesapt.
Millheim lodge and fraternal groups meet weekly with schedules for Penn Street hall Penn Street schoolhouse and Alexander's Block. Rebecca Degree Metetung meets monthly around the full moon. Providence Grange holds second and fourth Saturday sessions. Millheim B and L Association and Cornet Band also list meeting times.
Regular Terms of Court set for the fourth Mondays in January April August and November. Listing includes President Judge Charles A Mayer of Lock Haven and Law Judge John Horvis of Bellefonte. Also names for Prothonotary Clerk, Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds, District Attorney, Sheriff, Treasurer, County Surveyor, Coroner, County Commissioners, Clerk to Commissioners, Attorney to Commissioners, Janitor, Auditors, Jury, and Superintendent of Public Schools.
A bill reported by the finance committee creates a nine member tariff commission to be appointed by the President with Senate consent. Members may be paid ten dollars a day plus expenses and may hire a stenographer. The panel will study agricultural, commercial, mercantile, manufacturing, mining and industrial interests to guide tariff policy and report to Congress by December 1, 1881. Lewisburg reports A H Dill to chair the Democratic State Committee.
The Democratic County Committee of Tioga meets in Wettsporo and elects Walter Sherwood and J G Warks as representative delegates with ULTH. Goodvicw as senatorial delegate. They instruct delegates to vote for Edward Herrick for Auditor General. The piece also extols practical education at Pennsylvania State College with a note about spring classes opening April 9 and urges contact with the business manager for catalog information.
The piece states Senator Edmunds is not a candidate for President and dislikes any mention of such speculation. It also notes William H. Kemble is reputed worth about $2,000, yet mocks his self perception, remarking he is not too old to learn if lessons are harsh.
Taidiana last week adopted a constitutional amendment altering the schedule for state elections from the second Tuesday in October to the second Tuesday in November. This makes Ohio the sole leading state to hold its state election in October.
Massachusetts Republicans clash over virtuous candidates while Congress moves to end the Board of Indian Commissioners. Debate centers on transferring the Indian Bureau to the War Department and a plan to appoint trusted gentlemen to design a new Indian government. Geneva Award funds, with over 10 million left, spark proposals to reimburse insurers, reduce debt, or return to England.
The son of Mrs. Hattie Ferris near Ford's Depot Dinwiddie county was taken from Dinwiddie Court House jail by about seventy five masked men between nine and ten last night and hanged to the gallows. The mob subdued the jailer and fled. The victim, about twenty five, had previously been confined after assaulting Mrs Ferris who defended herself with a bolt. The lynching followed a swift five minute execution near the jail. Nearby news notes gold pockets found in Nachoochee Valley Georgia and various crop and crime reports.
Auditors report of Millheim Borough accounts listing duplicate amounts, expenditures for street and building work, fees to J Reifsnyder and W Zeigler, and payments for books, stationery, and welfare. It notes balance due to overseers and confirms the audit as correct. Also includes timetables and connections for several trains serving Lock Haven Williamsport and Erie regions.
Early today two men, Daniel Miller and Charles Fraser, suffocated in a blast blown well near Bird-in-Hand. One descended before gas escaped and died. the other perished while attempting a rescue. They were both about twenty five and unmarried.
Bi Address A PHILAPELPI. Readable fragments indicate a local notice mentioning age and names, with limited context about place and party.
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