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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1886
Page
2
Democratic County Committee announces local party activities and schedules through August. Publication by R A Bumiller lists party committee details and contact signals for readers seeking information or involvement.
The Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania will meet at the Opera House in Harrisburg at 10 A.M. on Wednesday August 18 to nominate candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor General, Secretary of Internal Affairs and Congressmen at Large. Eight delegates from each assembly district will be selected based on Governor vote totals with minimum representation, under party rules.
Issue listing names of representatives and officials with references to conventions and decisions by congressional and senatorial district bodies. Prothonotary clerk L A Saufffr and District Attorney J Calvin Meyer are named alongside Hon A G Cantry and Senator P Gray Meek in relation to convention outcomes.
The Bellefonte Democratic County Convention met in the courthouse, elected officers, named candidates for Congress and Senate, and approved a firm platform. Key picks included A. G. Curtin for Congress and P. Gray Meck for the Senate, with J. C. Meyer elected District Attorney and L. Shaeffer or Wm B. Mingle vying for Prothonotary. The proceedings closed in harmony with vows to support the slate in November.
Born Houses of Congress adjourned last Thursday at 4 o'clock. The session lasted seven months and twenty eight days. In the House 10 014 bills and 214 joint resolutions were introduced and in the Senate 2 891 bills and 83 joint resolutions, totals 13 202. Most were private measures for relief pensions public buildings river bridges railroads districts and similar. Of 987 laws most were private pension relief acts two exceptions authorized a railway through Indian territory and retirement of Lieut Randall. 113 measures were vetoed by the President.
Hox William A Wallace finally consents to run for governor as Democratic nominee. He had shown hesitancy but says he will honor party wishes if a clear and united choice emerges. Wallace, a long time Democratic leader, would lead the ticket and help unite and strengthen the party.
MinespurG Pa August 5 By authority I postpone the Greenback Labor party state convention and set it for September 16 in Harrisburg. The notice names IF P Rynper and Samara J Trapen as signatories. Also notes the death of a longtime Democratic leader described as a national figure of the party.
W. A. Tensen, chairman, calls a meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee and the Executive Committee in Harrisburg, to follow the State Convention adjournment.
The Philadelphia Times reports seventy three delegates are instructed for Black and fifty one for Wallace at the Democratic State Convention. The majority remain uninstructed and will vote for the best man.
Tennessee Democrats achieved a regular walkover last Friday, electing five Supreme Court judges and filling county officers, judges, and clerks across the state. Reports show a Democratic majority around 35,000 to 40,000.
Level headed men and Democrats drafted resolutions seen among the county convention proceedings.
An old advertising line recalls a mother giving Castoria to her child from infancy to grandchildren. The rhyme-like jingle emphasizes the product as a family remedy and familiar remedy across generations.
The War Department announces Fitz John Porter is placed on the retired list as a colonel by request under an act of Congress dated July 1, 1886. Carlisle reports a deadly accident near Shippensburg where Lowrie Sibbett killed his cousin Andrew Witherspoon with a revolver. Then Chambersburg suffers a major fire at a Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad warehouse causing over 30,000 dollars in damage and three deaths.
A Murdock campmeeting near Oakland Illinois drew an enormous crowd. Early morning gathering grew into a turnout estimated between 40,000 and 60,000 with Bishop Dwight of Boston presiding at the morning service before tens of thousands from multiple stands. Religious fervor ran high as numerous speakers addressed the vast audience.
A $600000 mortgage on 12000 acres of ore land and 60 houses was filed in the Recorder's office. The Fidelity Insurance Company holds the mortgage for a Philadelphia syndicate of capitalists purchasing the Valentine property. Bellefonte Iron Company leases part of the lands to build a 100 ton per day furnace. Pennsylvania Railroad plans to extend lines to ore banks.
SHAMOKIN Aug 4 Col Nields of Shamokin late lieutenant colonel of the 104th Pennsylvania volunteers has raised a company of one hundred men and offers its service to the United States in the event of a Mexican war.
President will not leave Washington for summer vacation until the week after next. He will travel to the Adrondack Mountains with Mrs. Cleveland Mrs. Folsom and intimate friends. Cabinet members joined him at the White House as he worked through Congress' measures. By noon most items were enrolled for approval including deficiency civil river and harbor bills.
William Watts and Geo Slazlitt, coopers from Burra Ano, sailed a 10 foot locust cask through Niagara whirlpool rapids from Maid of Mist landing to Queens town Canada. The voyage lasted 538 minutes with 12,000 spectators watching as they emerged safely downsriver.
Judge in Mexico sentenced Editor Cutting to one year of hard labor and a $600 fine after delaying judgment. Mexican actions ignite Rio Grande tensions with possible civil suit by Medina and potential Supreme Court review in Chihuahua. Dallas and Laredo reports note Mexican troop movements and artillery displays provoking Texas outrage.
Public sale ordered by the Orphans Court of Clinton County will expose two real estate tracts of John G. Weaver deceased in Green township. First tract is 73 acres with a two story dwelling bank barn and outbuildings, second tract is 10 acres with no buildings. Sale terms require one third payment at confirmation, one third in one year with interest, and the remaining third to Magdelena Weaver during her lifetime with final settlement to heirs.
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