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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1886
Page
2
In Bellefonte and surrounding towns a Democratic county committee lists officials and members including Howard Milesburg Millheim Philipsburg and many others. The column notes senate bills on public buildings for Wilkes-Barre and Irish support, plus Sherman’s silver coinage proposal, with praise for wartime writers Hofman and Rosengarten and previews ongoing Civil War papers from The Press Company Limited Philadelphia.
Mrs Bayard wife of the Secretary of State died in Washington at 8:30 AM cause congestion of the brain from the shock of her daughter's death two weeks earlier. She was 51, previously ill, and burial planned for Wilmington. Family present except one son in Arizona. Public social life to be affected in the capital.
The annual financial statement notes significant debt reduction since 1882 and commendable stewardship by the commissioners. Secretary Bayard mourns the death of his wife on January 31 after a brief illness. She was laid to rest in Wilmington, Delaware, with family attending. The piece closes by noting the Secretary's personal misfortune alongside continued public trust.
The Philadelphia Weekly Press reports Cleveland will refuse to remove officials without good reasons, asserting executive rights. Senators are urged to accept his dignity and authority, with voters backing his stance. The paper notes Pennsylvania troops' war roles described by officers and soldiers in a forthcoming series.
The Cresson and Coalport Railroad is completed and runs thirty miles from Cresson on the Pennsylvania Railroad to Irvona, unlocking coal lands and timber near Clearfield. Snow, cold snaps, and weather notes span from Fort Smith to New Hampshire as reports detail storms, cattle losses, and frozen conditions. A Pennsylvania reader touts McDonald’s Blood Purifier as a cure for scrofula in a local family case, with J Eisenhuth selling it in Millheim.
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