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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1880
Page
2
Pastor Rev John Tomlinson will continue a protracted meeting through the Sabbath with services in the Axtonsburg beat on Sunday morning and a United Sunday School session.
Lode and Society entries list Millheim Lodge No 955 T O O F meets Saturdays at Penn Street hall Rebecca Degree meetings Thursdays before the full moon Providence Grange No 217 P of Tr meets on the second Saturday at 6 PM and on the fourth Saturday at 144 PM D Zerby Sec and Deininger Master Millheim B and L Association meets Penn Street school on the second Monday evening Millheim Corner Band meets Town Hall Mondays and Thursdays evenings with Otto Sec Harrer President
Official notice lists Regular Terms on the fourth Mondays of January April August and November. Names include President Judge Charles A Mayer, John H Orvis, Samuel Frank, John Aven, Prothonotary C Harper, Register Wills and Clerk D C W E Burchfield, Recorder William A Tobias, District Attorney David F Fortney, Sheriff John Spangier, Treasurer Adam Vearick, County Surveyor Joseph Dewling, Coroner Dr Joseph Adams, County Commissioners Andrew Gregg George Swab Jacob Dunkle, Clerk Henry Beck, Janitor Bartrim Galbraith, Auditors James T Stewart George Williams Thomas B Jamison, and more.
A Selinsgrove Tunes column critiques Republican victory claims as narrow and overstated. It argues Democrats won in New York City by mismanagement and warns against believing a nationwide Democratic decline. The piece calls for clarity on party strength amid presidential electors' divided outcomes.
The article argues against destroying Gettysburg National Cemetery as vandalism and questions the defection from commemorating heroism. It laments the perceived ingratitude after Gen. Hancock and notes the cemetery as a sacred resting place of patriots and a symbol of national memory.
The passage argues graves are converted into wagon tires and horse shoes and the plots plowed to grow food for the needy, a move seen as harmonizing with materialistic trends and critiquing the recent election as illogical and dishonorable.
Cincinnati dispatch reports a constitutional deadlock in Indiana after Governor Williams's death. With Senate ties and no organized body, neither governor can be seated and the U.S. Senate election stalls. Republicans back General Harrison with about forty-two votes pledged toward the forty-three needed. Cumbeck trails with fewer commitments.
A Democratic party appeal urges instant organization to safeguard the republic amid perceived Republican victory. The passage frames the party as a refuge for brave men opposing hostility and capital run to secure the nation for future struggles.
Washington notes discuss the China immigration treaty and congressional control, Garfield Blaine talks, and party strategy. Census Chief Walker praised for new classifications covering dependent, delinquent, and defective classes with criminal stats and federal election law coverage.
The steamer Ortigia collided with the French steamer Oncele Joseph near Spozzia. The Uncle Joseph sank with about 300 aboard. only around 50 were saved. Ortigia arrived at Leghorn with minor damage. An inquiry is opened.
Readers are urged to send 15 cents for a complete set of publications and an illustrated catalogue from Frank Leslie Publishing Co at 15 Dey St New York. An agent's outfit of 12 chromes and the Premium Book of Valuable Information costs $1.50 with sample copies. Active agents can earn weekly in towns of twenty to thirty dollars. Vienna correspondent notes Gen Longstreet laughed at Hancock's defeat and mentions Col Mosby is unseen.
An old advertisement touts AYERS SARSAPARILLA as a superior vegetable tonic claimed to cure blood disorders including scrofula boils eruptions and liver or female complaints. It emphasizes rapid complete effects and forty years of extensive use with benefits to vitality and health, urging readers to purchase from local dealers.
The Frank Leslie Publishing Co of New York offers four publications for 2.50 per year. Subscriptions include FRANK LESLIE'S FAMILY FRIEND, FRANK LESLIE'S YOUNG FOLKS, FRANK LESLIE'S NATIONAL AGRICULTURIST AND WORKING FARMER, and FRANK LESLIE'S PULPIT OF THE DAY, with single papers priced separately and an agent opportunity for 6.50 plus premium samples and references.
The Wreckly Par lot drops to 75 cents per copy per year for Firry and up clubs. The Darty Partuier mailed at 5 cents monthly using Congress sessions. Postage relief due to congress act. Subscriptions must be cash with orders to P. A' re LOT PUBLISHING CO. 520 Market Street Harrisburg.
Forty seven pupils at Pine Grove Academy in Mercer County burned Gov. Hancock in effigy. The group should instead contribute to a statue honoring Longstreet as a substitute display of their views.
The Republicans claim the next Congress will be under their control and push the policy of expanding the regular army. They advocate increased defense spending and troop strength to meet perceived security needs.
In Knoxville on November 23 a wedding reception at Colonel Dail’s residence near Mingston Boone county ended in disaster as arsenic mistaken for salt contaminated the food. Twenty seven guests were poisoned with six dead and three more expected to die.
An advertisement promises immediate relief and rapid gain of 3 to 5 pounds weekly for ailments from consumption to nervous weakness. It cites a new method with agents to fatten, invigorate, and restore health, urging readers to write to B. S. Dispensary in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
A brief report notes Congress will convene on Monday December sixth. The item states session timing without additional context or outcomes.
The notice lists westward and eastward train times between Lewisburg Montandon Spring Mills Mifflinburg and Vicksburg with arrivals and departures. It explains connections at Montandon to Erie routes Philadelphia and Erie Rail Road, Day Express and Niagara Express. Feet Line service and an omnibus between Lewisburg and Montandon to shuttle passengers to the Philadelphia and Erie line. Regular railroad tickets honored between Lewisburg and Montandon.
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