Democratic County Committee Names 1886 Members
A fragmented listing shows the Democratic County Committee for 1886 with members across townships and towns including Shaffer Runkle Harper Alexander Weber Carr Zerby Sandford Milheim Philipsburg Unionville McDonald Ishler Henry Barnhart Weaver Burnside Ferguson McCormick Walker John Condo Haines Murray Nalane Halfmoon Harris Huston Liberty Marion Miles Patton Penn Potter Snow Shoe Worth Morrison Shaffer Hoy Secretary and other local officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L A Shaffer
Jacob Runkle
Wm Harper
J Alexander
Alex Weber
A Carr
L Zerby
WL Sandford
Milheim
Philipsburg
Henry, Lehman
Unionville
Halfmoon" Harris
Howar Huston
Liberty
Marion
Miles
Patton
Penn
Potter
Walker
Samuel Decker
Worth Mit
W G. Morrison
I. A. Shaffer
Apa Hoy
Samuel J TrupEN Reaches 79 Amid 1888 President Talk
Samuel J TrupEN turned 79 last Tuesday and observers suggest his name would be hoisted as a potential presidential candidate for the 1888 race. The note frames his age alongside speculative U.S. political ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Trupen
United States
Grant's widow receives $250000 share of history profits
General Grant's widow has already received 250000 dollars from the publishers of Grant's history of the War as her share of the proceeds. The text notes there is no danger that she will suffer financially.
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General Grant
Dakota State Admitted as Union with Lincoln Territory Planned
The draft measure admits Dakota as a state while dividing the territory. The southern portion becomes the state of Dakota, and the northern portion remains a territory named Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Lincoln
Telegraphy experiments on moving trains progress
Experiments successfully tested sending and receiving telegraphic messages on a railway train at full speed. The advances mark a new era of invention, turning earlier impossibilities into realities.
Beaver Dominates GOP Governor Race in State Preview
The upcoming fall election will decide governor lieutenant governor auditor controller secretary of internal affairs 27 congressmen a large at large 25 state senators. Gen James A Beaver of Bellefonte leads Republican talk as candidates emerge while newspapers weigh views but speculation remains premature until developments unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conorsal
Internal Affairs
James A. Beaver
Bellefonte
County Bondholders Notice Clarity Improves Debt Outlook
An error in the county commissioners notice misdated bondholder payment to April 1 1887. it should be April 1886. The upcoming annual financial statement in the Journal supplement will be explicit, aiding taxpayers understanding of the county administration and debt liquidation prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srixz Berrer
Centre County
Commissioner’s Office
Death of General W. S. Hancock In New York Service
News from Governor's Island reports the death of General William S. Hancock aged about sixty two after a malignant carbuncle on the neck. He was a native of Norristown Pennsylvania and leaves a widow and three grandchildren. The funeral plans and tributes follow nationwide sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dears
W. S. Hancock
Gen. Hancock
Norristown
Governor’s Island
N. Y
du. T. A. Slocum
Jarl St
New York
President orders flag at half mast for Hancock death
The President orders the National flag flown at half mast in the Executive Departments in Washington until Hancock funeral. The note praises Winfield Scott Hancock as a valiant defender, an accomplished gentleman, and a hero of the Army of the United States. A telegram of condolence from Grover Cleveland to Mrs Hancock accompanies the order.
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Hancock
Executive Mansion
Washington
Winfield Scott Hancock
Army of the United States
Dantell S. Lamont
Governor’s Island
N. Y
Grover Cleveland
Land for the People opens 11 million acres in Dakota
The Senate passed a measure opening 11 000 000 acres of the Sioux reservation in Dakota to settlement under the Homestead law at fifty cents an acre. Proceeds go to 28 000 Indians. the piece urges restricting land to settlers and curbing land speculators and corporations. Patriot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Dakota
Massachusetts
Typhoid reports near Reading and shared civic notes
Typhoid fever runs virulent within miles of Reading. The Philadelphia branch of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church raised 157000 last year. Old soldiers seek a local bounty bill from the next Legislature for those unpaid upon reenlistment. Carrie Pierce of New London Township, Chester County, died after strangling from a bed-post accident. A Harmony School boy’s arm breaks from a snowball. Senate committee orders favorable reports for public building funds in Houston Pawtucket Newport Opelousas Lancaster Fort Scott Wichita. Bodies found frozen near Oberlin Kansas are identified as Lemmen family. Northern Grown Seeds promise vigor and earlier plants, with Housekeeper subscription offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Pierce
New London Township
Chester County
Washington
Senate Committee On Public Buildings
Houston
Texas
Pawtucket
R. I
Newport
Opelousas
Lancaster
Fort Scott
Kar
Wichita
Kan
Strikers Rally Across Coke Regions With Mass Meeting
Strikers massed at multiple coke region sites and planned a joint march to Scottdale for a mass gathering. Reports described death threats in letters, armed patrols, and pursuit of workers loading stock coke at Boyle's Bridgeport Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle’s
Bridgeport Works
Boyle Works
Pittsburg
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Orrin Vail
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Pat Kelly
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Vinton Beckwith
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Oberlin
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Lemmon
Geneva
Buckeye Pub. Co
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Minn
J. W. A. Kelly
Mr. Koons
Suppert Factory
Dettling
Shenandoah
Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad
Lewisburg
Thomas Springer
Ihuntingdon
John Hensey
Barre
Bek Merp
MO. Wolf
J.C. Hinderson
Ners
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Kim’l Swartz
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Em’l. Swartz
Adivor
Court OF Common Pleas
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Jacob McCool
J.C. Meyer
Rphans’ Court
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John G. Weaver
Gregg Township
Spring Mills
County of
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Daniel Bartges
William Allison
Wm. Krise
Wm. Allison
L. B. Stover
Ayer
J. C. Ayer
National Medical Association
P. A. Bissel
California
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Atlanta Constitution
Detroit Free Press
Peabody Medical Institute
W. J. Parker
Bulfineh Street
Boston
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Owego
Hartford
Conme Farm
U.S
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Dr. Ward & CO
Louisiana
H. G. Boot
Pearl &I
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P. O. Box
Standard Silverware Company
Washington Street
Mass
John H. McAlvin
Lowell
HL A. Ancuzr
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Casteria
Colle
Tax Contour Company
Fulton Street
Coburn, Pa
Lewisburg & Tyrone and
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Laurelton Millmont
Mifflinburg
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Lewisburg Ar
Montandon
Tandon
Lewisbi Chas
P. Pugh
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Taft Madegie
Sechler & CO
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Bush
Bellefonte, PA
ST. Fraln
First National Hotel
Millheim
Kentucky
Millheim Journal
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P. H. Musser
Watchmakere&jeweler
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