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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1886
Page
2
The army ends a short mourning period for Gen. Grant on Monday and resumes wearing badges of mourning on Tuesday for Gen. Hancock, reversing the lull in the ceremonial observance.
Gen Hancock having died poor and leaving his wife in strained circumstances, the American people are asked to show generosity. New York and Philadelphia have begun liberal subscriptions and Harrisburg and other cities are following suit.
President Cleveland via Secretary Lamar replies to Senate inquiry in the Henry Ward case. He declines to transmit copies of unofficial papers from private citizens held in custody, notes they relate to suspension of incumbents and are not in the public interest.
The Philadelphia Record warns that rapid mill driven deforestation of the Schuylkill watershed halves river flow in summer. Rain that should soak into upper soils now rushes downslope causing floods and wasting seasonal water supply. More cutting without replanting risks harsher floods and longer summer shortages.
The New York funeral of General Hancock begins with his widow viewing the face at Governor's Island mansion. A Loyal Legion wreath is placed on the coffin before it departs for New York aboard the Chester A. Arthur. In Philadelphia the funeral train arrives at Park station with Governor Pattison's staff and Loyal Legion members. The casket is moved to Norristown where a procession proceeds to the cemetery with taps and thirteen-gun salute.
Ex Governor Horatio Seymour, longtime New York politician and twice a state governor, died at his sister's residence in Utica at 1000 tonight after failing since 4 PM. The immediate cause was cerebral effusion. present were Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Nelson, John F. Seymour, and other relatives and physicians.
Utica on February 16 at 2 P.M. reports say President Cleveland and S. J. Tilden sent telegrams offering condolences. Washington delegates in the Ways and Means Committee room also passed resolutions mourning Seymour’s death and praising his public services and private worth.
In Warren Run area 400 miners lose work after the mine suspension. Many houses are vacated and the once prosperous locality may become nearly deserted as workers leave the district.
The 1874 constitution applies to railroads owners of property taken for public uses. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Dancan and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company v. Patent are decided in favor of the plaintiffs. Judge Gordon writes two long opinions. The decisions hold the railroads subject to constitutional provisions on public takings and compensation.
Corrected every Wednesday listing groceries and farm supplies. Items include Rye Oats White wheat flour salt plaster cement timothy seed flaxseed clover seed butter and other feed components with quantities and per bushel pricing implied.
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