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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1880
Page
2
Sunday School at 1 p m conducted by D Kimport superintendent of the Reformed Church Preaching in Aaronsburg next Sunday morning in English.
Directory items list Millheim Lodge No. 955 I. O. O. F. Rebecca Degree Meeting Providence Grange No. 217 P. of H. Millheim B and L Association and Millheim Cornet Band with meeting times and locations. Escort of Co. B drill meets at Emcecers Block second story.
Ofial director terms list judges and county officers for a region with four regular court sessions yearly on the fourth Mondays in January April August and November. Names include President Judge Chas Mayer, other judges Fortney Spangler and Tobias and officials Harper Burchfield Dewling and Meyer.
The ticket lists General Winfield S. Hancock of Pennsylvania for president and Hon. W. H. English of Indiana for vice president. The presentation mirrors a political slate from the period with named candidates and state affiliations.
A concise notice lists George A. Jenks as a candidate for Supreme Judge on the state ticket from Jefferson County. The entry records the office and locality without further campaigning details.
The Democratic National Executive Committee convened at the Fifth Avenue Hotel with Senator Barnum of Connecticut presiding. A resolution authorized forming an auxiliary committee to aid campaign work, and headquarters were established at 133 Fifth Avenue. No decision on two Democratic electoral tickets in Virginia was made.
Washington letter from Carroll July 24 1880 discusses Democratic Strategy and Republican push in New York Virginia politics. It notes Secretary Schurz’s Garfield speech and his rejection of the bloody shirt, critiques on Hayes Sherman assertions about the New York Custom House, and calls for party unity while avoiding outside meddling.
The Republicans largely deem the war a failure after four years of fighting and fifteen years of reconstruction. They believe southern progress is minimal and that mothers and sons should vote for the Democratic candidate Hancock.
In the Clinton Democrat of last week Hon. 8. R. Peale is brought out as a candidate for Congress. None better could be named.
General Hancock has written his letter of acceptance but it will not appear in public prints until Mr. English is ready with his letter.
The writer declares a Bellefonte Republican communication from Millheim about a Democratic ratification meeting on Saturday the 10th is false. He brands the attribution as false and says the author of the rumor harms him with an unjust, imaginative tale.
Philipsburg hosts a rousing Democratic club led by President J N Cassanova with J G Lingle and John Lindsey as Secretaries. The club displays a 15 by 20 foot banner featuring portraits of their candidates on both sides signaling that the Democrats mean business.
The writer surveys Kansas denizens from Germans and Swiss to Welsh and Irish. He notes speculative motives, land hunger, and the danger of land sharks, while praising select counties like Lyon for water, timber, and rail access. He advises settlers to combine farming with stock raising and to settle east of the center for best returns.
The Penn a Railroad Company issues a memo from President G B Roberts dated July 12 1880 reaffirming a June 30 1830 board resolution. It forbids officers and employees from attempting to direct or influence fellow staff votes or political support while respecting individual suffrage rights.
The Democratic State Committee headquarters are temporarily located at the Girard House in Philadelphia. All correspondence should be addressed to the chairman, Hon. A. H. Dill.
Mrs. Hancock attends the Protestant Episcopal church on Governor's Island supported by Trinity Parish and has regularly played the organ for Sunday services there. R G Brett is appointed to the Democratic county committee for the north precinct of Ferguson township, replacing the resigned Daniel Dreibelbis.
Judge Cummin of Lycoming declines to join a Milton Revere Fund committee. He notes the lawful path is for fund holders or donors or donees to file a bill in the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County sitting in equity. The court will appoint those who take testimony and report distribution, protecting no one else.
The Pennsylvania State College offers practical instruction in Agriculture Horticulture Botany Zoology Mechanist Chemistry and related fields to apply classroom theory through field and lab experience. Spring session opens April 9 with catalogue and full information from the Business Manager State College Centre Co Pa.
The administrator of Pegey Bright's estate will publicly sell on August 1 at Meon Way the decedent's interest in two parcels in Aaronsburg. One fourth acre with a horse, adjoining A. A. Confer graveyard and road. about three and a half acres adjoining Israel Weaver and others. Sale starts at one o'clock. terms to be announced by George Brien. Also notice of stray sheep near Aaronsburg: four sheep and four lambs missing since May. Two sheep and one lamb are black. inform Jacob Dunkle with any information.
Letters of administration granted to Israel Confer for the estate of David Titlow of Millheim. Debts must be paid immediately and all claims presented with proper authentication for settlement.
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