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Newspaper

Millheim Journal

Location

Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1886

Page

2

Democratic County Committee Members Listed for 1886

The document lists numerous individuals associated with the Democratic County Committee for 1886, including chair ADAM HOY, and various names across Bellefonte Centre Hall Miles Patton Philipsburg Burnside Unionville and other townships. The roster includes William Harper Henry Lehman Lingle James Weaver and multiple other signatories.

Weverve F Shaffer Bellefonte Wee Jacod Runkle William Harper Centre Hall Dred F. Alexander Howaiia Miles Awwoesties K. A D. L. Zerby W.H. Sandford Philipsburg Henry Lehman W. . Lingle Uniorville Renner Anget KE Burnside Sielshe Chess College Miles Oe Patton Penn P.j.macdonald William Ishler Henry L. Barnhart James F. Weaver William Hipple Daniel Grove, Jr Henry Confer John McCormick L. W. Walker John Rossman John P. Condo John J. Orndorf Jacob Wise A. T. Gray James W. Swabb Michael Confer Charles Murray J. J. Delong John Ishler Reuben Kreamer Geo. W. Behrs Vel Ardes A. Keller N. B. Hosterman Hugh McCann Orrin Vail Thomas McCann Pat Kelley Amos Garbrick Vinton Beckwith John H. Stover Samuel Decker W.G. Morrison Adam Hoy Cvs Paneiee Partcis Ersteie Haines Howard Milesburg Milheim Liberty Howard Borough Merton Inhilipsburg Miles Unionville Potter N. Benner E. P Pia P Taylor Laerl Union Walker Worth Curtin College Ferguson Halfmoon Een Pimentatas PJ McDonald IL Cambridge E A Miller C. Hezekiah Hoy John Meehney Henry L Barnhart Harry Curtin Ezekial Cenfer J F Weaver C. Edward Smith Harry Johnson Oscar Holt Henry Meeker C Patterson W A Collins Henry Conter Conrad Singer Daniel Brickly G Fred Hattori Albert Hoy George W Williama Franklin BE. Wieland George D Johnson John Glenn John Q Miles Henry Hale J J DeLongz Frank Brown James Bitner Joly Ishler OP Orr John Hoy James P. Prank Alam T Carlin George W. Kellis C DL Meek William Bailey Samuel Ard AJ Campbell Reentes Ter Township P— Eosterman C. Os W Spangler John G Dauberman P—Jamesaa Keller C. William Gettig Arney G William Hutton John Kennedy Otrin Vail C. Isaac Shimel M. B. Uy Sour C. James Gates James Redding Pat Kelly C. William Kerin Edward Shannon Amos Garbrich C. G Perry Gentzel PN Barnhart Samuel Hoover Henry Fink John H Stover C. Samuel Emerick Charles McGarvey Samuel Dukes C. Jacob Dunkle Harvey Vanada W G Morrison C Levi Kese William H Williams L. A. Shaffer

Democratic State Convention to Nominate Pennsylvania Officers

The Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania will meet at the Opera House in Harrisburg at 10 a.m. on Wednesday August 18 to nominate Governor Lieutenant Governor Auditor General Secretary of Internal Affairs and Congressmen at Large. The 359 delegates are chosen from assembly districts based on governor votes with at least one delegate per district. W A Hensel is chairman and J B Lichty is secretary.

Pennsylvania Opera House Harrisburg Centre County Court House Bellefonte Ge Linsles Congress Assembly Election Board Yeas Rphans’ Court Orphans’ Court of Sola Pacific Sale Tusseyville John K. Runkle Dee Penns Valley Lucinda Runkle Spaneten & Hewes Adinistratrix

Bellefonte Candidates Seek State Senate and Assembly

Political notices announce C. T. Alexander P. Gray Mere and J. C. Meyet as Bellefonte candidates for State Senate and District Attorney with nominations depending on party decisions. Howard and Centre Hall residents Woopwpakp Leonard Kuone L A Suarrek and Wm B Ming le seek renomination or prothonotary posts, with Aaron Williams asserting candidacy for Prothonotary.

L. A. Suarrek Bellefonte Walker Township Wm. B. Mingle Centre Hall

Porter Confirmed Senate approves Porter for lieutenant colonel

General Fitz John Porter has been fully vindicated as the Senate confirms his promotion to lieutenant colonel. The Cutting affair in Mexico may trigger extra congressional action if Mexico again refuses releases demanded by the United States.

Fitz John Porter Coonel Senate Cutting Mexico United States Congress

President Cleveland Signs Oleomargarine Bill with Reasons

The president signs the oleomargarine bill and explains his approval to the House of Representatives. He also hints at supporting further legislation as part of his remarks.

Cleveland House of Representatives

Underground political wiring could curb rapid campaign shifts

The piece argues that burying wires would stabilize campaigns, preventing sudden moves and abrupt plan changes that resemble a twinkle of an eye. It suggests underground wiring offers a better, more judicious political infrastructure.

Constitution as supreme law or dead letter debated

The Harrisburg Patriot frames the looming guber natorial fight around whether the Constitution will be the state’s supreme law or remain a dead letter. It urges supporters of enforcing the Constitution to oppose the Republican party.

Harrisburg Republican Party

Jenks Named Solicitor General in Senate Confirmed Move

Grovce A Jenks of Jefferson county former Assistant Secretary of the Interior wins the post of Solicitor General. The appointment, aided by Attorney General Garland, follows Senate confirmation and will take effect next Tuesday. His Bell telephone ties worry the Bell interests as he proceeds on government suit over patent validity.

Grovce A. Jenks Jefferson County Interior Senate Garland Jenks Bell Telephone Jenk

Desperate county politics ahead of next weekend primaries

County politicians press their campaigns in the closing days before the convention. A struggle for office is evident with anticipated wire pulling next Saturday and Tuesday. Democrats are urged to remember the importance of the upcoming primary where they will choose the men whose...

Nominations urged at county convention amid Mexican affair

The article calls for a full turnout and unbiased voter will to select delegates with clear judgement and unselfish principles. It notes Editor Cutting awaits trial for offensive articles against a Mexican on American soil and Secretary Bayard seeks his release, urging Congress to press Mexico for clemency.

Cutting Bayard Congress Committee On Foreign Affairs el Paso Texas

Spangler Withdraws From Congress Fight to Back Curtin

Bellefonte July 31 1886 J L Spangler declares in a Democratic appeal that after Curtin’s decline he withdraws his candidacy in favor of a unanimous renomination for A G Curtin. He urges unity and thanks local Democrats for past support while praising Curtin’s leadership.

A. G. Curtin Curtin Congress J. L. Spangler

Publicity for Tax Exonerations Sparks Debate and Protests

A discussion on publishing the names of taxpayers exonerated from taxes sees mixed results. Danville School Board briefly printed the list, boosting receipts but provoking protests from passers who paid taxes. Officials reportedly blocked further publication. critics call for transparency and punishment of tax shirking and corrupt officials.

Danville School Board Danville

Blaine to Return to Campaign Trail in Maine

Avanston Maine August 1 Chairman Morely of the Republican State Committee says Blaine will shed the cloak of retirement and join the campaign in Maine. He will speak more than he has in several years and work with the party crowd.

AvanstTn Morely Republican State Committee Blaine Maine

Miners End Six Month Strike in Du Bois on Operator Terms

Du Bois coal miners, about 600 workers, voted to resume work today under the operator's terms after nearly six months on strike. In Pittsurge, Col. James P. Barr editor of the Post is gravely ill and may not recover, after a return from Bedford Springs.

du Bois Col James P. Barr PittspurGe The Post Bedford Springs

Reading Public Building Bill Signed by President Cleveland

A Washington dispatch reports President Cleveland signed the Reading Public Building bill. The news was greeted with relief after fears of a veto. Congressman Ermentrout, who steered the bill in the House, returned home to widespread congratulations.

Reading

Mill Foreman Killed In Belt-Fix Fall In Williamsport

Joseph Seitz foreman at Tinsman and Ryans mill died after falling seven feet while repairing a broken belt in Williamsport Pennsylvania. He died an hour after the accident.

Williamsport Joseph Seitz Tinsman & Ryan’s Mill

Perambulating chiropodist victims and rail disaster report

Cincinnati reports four victims of a street medic using acid with one dying of blood poisoning. Wreck of a market train near Derry on the Harrisburg Lebanon line kills Engineer Stanton. Koons and others injured. Drowning at Butzbach Park on the Susquehanna River ends with two Polish men drowning, bodies not recovered.

Cincinnati Robert McDonald Charles Connor Betts Street M. G. Newhouse Harry Sommers Harrisburg Lebanon Philadelphia and Reading Derry Stanton Fiveman Koons Nanticoke Butzbach’s Park John Rogalus Joseph Walstowaska Plymouth Rogalus

Pottstown Water Supply Tied to Snake Disease Outbreak

In Reading, July 30, Glasgow Iron Company in Potts town closed as workers fell ill. A spring used for water was cleaned and a decomposed copperhead found, blamed for the epidemic. The company chemist deemed water unfit and the State Board of Health intervened. Nine patients remain seriously ill.

Reading Glasgow Iron Company Pottstown State Board of Health

Abbe Liszt Dies After Illness in Bayreuth Germany

Abbe Liszt, celebrated composer and pianist, died at midnight after returning from a tour in France and England. He was regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the last half century, with significant influence as a composer and writer on Robert Franz, Chopin, and gypsy music.

Bayrevutl Germany Abbe Liszt France England Paganini Robert Franz Chopin

Fatal squall sinks schooner Sarah Craig off Sandy Hook

A Philadelphia pleasure party of eleven aboard the schooner yacht Sarah Craig was capsized by a sudden squall near New York waters just outside Sandy Hook. Five women and one man died trapped below while five men and the crew were saved after exposure. The disaster, not seen in years, is recalled as horrific and tragic.

Philadelphia Sarah Craig New York Sandy Hook

Three Men Face Outcome of Surgery on Insane Patient

PittspurG July 29 Dr Ayres of the City Farm Insane Department seeks court authority to operate on Benjamin Woods of Biba iron works. The aim is to restore his reason. death from surgery would complicate a case involving three inmates from Alleghany County Jail tied to Woods injuries.

Ayres Woods

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Published By R. A. Bumiller Wees Ewe Eackes K. P L. He Shaffisk W.A. Hensel Dem. State Com J.B. Lichty C. T. Alexander State Senate P. Gray Mere J. C. Meyet J. A. Woopwakp Leonnhard Kuone Assemiy Millheim Journal Democrats Aaron Williams DuBois Reading’s New Public Building McDonald’s Johnston, Holloway & CO J. Eisenhuth Millheim Thos Shaughensy C Sternberg William Galbraith Jacob Runkle Win C Henle John A Dunkle James Schofield O Meek Abram Weaver George W Counsel Mawluan Ltoward Borough Milesburg Borough Millheim Borough Phillipsburg Colite J .F Alexander C. DC Keller John Spangler E Carr C. Adam Witherite O Perry Kreamer DL Zerby JH Reifsnyder Franklin Knarr W H Sandford J Allen Lukens Kt E Munson H D Smith John E Hiner W C Lingle Jackson Gorton John Walters Unionville Borough Benner Township Boggs Township E P Burnside Township College Township Curtin Township Gregg Township Haines Township Harlmoon Township Harris Township Howard Township Ituston Township Liberty Township Marion Township Miles Township Patton Township Penn Township Rush Township Snow Shoe Spring Township Taylor Township Union Township Worth Township Orphans’ Court Clinton County John G. Weaver Centre Co Green Township Clinton Co Joseph Snook E. Sellars Same Jesse Shrock Emanuel Hoover Magdelena Weaver L. B. Stover Madisonburg Hayfever USA ELY Brothers Owego Tutt’s Tutt Murray St N.Y Gaar Ha Florida Clear Candy Toys California Seciler & CO Grocerrs Bush House Caaams A Penn ST Millheim, PA Centre Co., — Penna Coburn Station Penn's Cave Coburn Wm. G. Rook A.B. Farquhar York, Pa Keystone Hotel Selinsgrove Penna S. T. Frain, Prop’r Marion Harland Reed & Carmick Mercantile Exchange G.n. Y Farmer’s Mills, Pa Spring Mills Sta Lee Se Penn’s Caves Samuel Long Virginia A. O J. P. Newman Gilbert D. Fox Solo Mfr Washington D S Thompson Pree Am. Pharm, Assn John H. McAlvin Lowell Mass Marlin Balllard Gallery Marlin Firearms CO New Iinsame ‘Conn HH. A. Agener M.D Oxford &J Brooklyn N. Y Centaur Company Fulton Street
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