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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1880
Page
2
The Millheim Journal is published every Thursday in Musser's Building at the corner of Main and Penn streets. The annual subscription is $1.00 in advance or $1.25 if not paid in advance.
Evangelical Rev Samuel Smith and Rev W A Fairman preachers Sunday School 2 rp M D L Zerby supt Rev WH Hartman to preach next Sunday morning Methodist Rev J Benson Akers preacher in charge Sunday School at 1 rp M Dav Kimport supt Preaching next Sunday evening Reformed Rev C W EB Siegel pastor preaching in Aaronsburg next Sunday evening English Lutheran Rev John Tomlinson pastor preaching in Aaronsburg next Sunday morning German meets at 9 am M F D Luse supt
Millheim Lodge No. 955 meets Saturdays at the Penn Street hall. Rebecca Degree Meeting monthly on or before the full moon. Providence Grange No. 217 meets at Alexander's Dock on the second Saturday and fourth Saturday monthly. Millheim 8 and 1 Association meets in Penn Street school on the second Monday. Millheim Cornet Band performs at the Town Hall on Monday and Thursday evenings. Millheim Escort of Co B drills on Alexander's Block second floor Tuesdays and Fridays.
Regular court terms set for the fourth Mondays of January April August and November. Listing officials include President Judge Charles A Mayer and Law Judge John H Orvis with county officers and staff such as Prothonotary J C Harper Register of Wills E Burchfield Recorder of Deeds W Tobias Sheriff J Spangler Treasurer A Yearck County Surveyor J Dewling Coroner P R Adans and Commissioners A Gregg G Swab J Dunkle.
The next Pennsylvania election is on November 2, 1850. Voters must be assessed by September 2 to be eligible. Assessors will correct the voter list September 1 and 2 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each district committee should attend. To vote, taxes must be paid by October 2 or within the two years prior. An elector may swear in without assessment, but neglect causes trouble.
Washington dispatch details alleged dishonest methods used by the Republican campaign for Garfield with President Hayes away from Washington to allow subordinates to misuse government toward campaign aims. The piece accuses civil service reform pretensions of being a cover for improper influence and political advantage.
The article accuses the Garfield administration of using federal workers for Republican campaigning. It claims cabinet members align with Hayes, subordinates run government business, and clerks are taxed or reassigned to the campaign. It alleges free mail, printed documents, and leaves of absence funded by the treasury, with Campaign costs totaling millions.
The Congressional Conference at Irvin House Lock Haven on September 25 nominated Ex Gov Curtin for Congress after nine ballots and a final unanimous endorsement. Delegates from Centre Clearfield Clinton Elk Mifflin Union cast ballots. J N Morrison J H Holt C T Alexander led the delegation.
In Indiana a wave of Greenbackers edges toward the Democrats as Jacob B. Yeagley withdraws from the Greenback ticket and pledges support to the Democratic ticket. He denounces the futile third party effort and backs General Garfield for president.
The piece defends General W. S. Hancock against opposition claims and questions continuing the current administration. It notes George Parker, candidate for State Senator from Marion county, has withdrawn and will back the Democratic ticket.
Ex-Gov Curtin was duly nominated for Congress by the Congressional Conference in the 20th district. The Democracy there believes the nomination will be ratified by a large vote and predicts a big majority at the election. The county expresses strong support and confidence in Curtin’s merits.
The Washington letter dismisses a Cincinnati telegraph claim that Garfield would withdraw in favor of Grant as pure fiction. It notes Maynard’s limited campaign role, discusses Marine Band salaries, and mentions the National Fair Association’s expectations and a London piece on U S consular economy in St Petersburg.
An 1880 report lauds the Art Publishing firm of George Stinson & Co of Portland Maine for rising sales. It notes 1879 postage stamp expenditures above fifty thousand dollars and 1879 annual sales surpassing two million pictures, with 1880 activity already exceeding 1879.
The article notes postage costs rise with eight months of 1889 posting and expresses that most large orders travel by express. It highlights Stinson & Co as a leading art publisher expanding to remote U S and Canada and worldwide markets. Their ten years of heavy newspaper advertising exceed two hundred seventy thousand dollars. Four new steel engravings, sized 50 by 40 inches, were imported from London with customs duty about thirty thousand dollars, hailed as among the finest American art sets.
A stray year old brown and white bull wandered to the KD Henry Mowrer residence near Aaronsburg around September 2. The owner must pay costs and remove the animal or face disposition as permitted by law per JounN J. Musser’s notice dated Sept. 30, 18So. Also included are multiple administrator notices for the estates of Sanne H. Mover of Millheim and Dia Warntz of Naines Township Centre County.
Erie Mail West Niagara Express West and Fast Line West connect at Williamsport with NC R W trains north Niagara Express West and Day Express East connect at Lock Haven with BC W RR BR trains Erie Mail East and West connect at Erie with trains on L M S RR at Corry with OC A V RR at Emporian with BLN PL RL and at Sniftwood with AV RR Parlor cars will run between Philadelphia and Williamsport one Niagara Express West and Day Express East Sleeping cars on all Miplit trains WM A Baldwin General Sup t
The document lists train stops and connection points between Lewisburg Montandon Vicksburg and nearby towns for several schedules. It notes trains Nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 connecting Erie rail Philadelphia and Erie road services with a bus link between Lewisburg and Montandon for the Pacific Express east and Niagara Express west. Regular railroad tickets honored between Lewisburg and Montandon.
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