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Newspaper
Reading Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1869
Page
3
A mixed column of community notices, advertisements, accidents, band engagements, false fire alarms concerns, and local events from Reading. Includes mail, deliveries, court and school items, and reflections on local trades and public safety.
At the recent election Dr W Murray Weldaian was elected city Auditor by a large majority. The Radicals had their best men on the ticket and fought hard to defend the incoming Grant administration, but they were decisively defeated.
A new Haup A project aims to build a large hall in the city. A stock company is to be formed to fund the effort. The plan is seen as good, and authorities hope the project will be carried out. Other towns in the state are ahead in this respect.
The Old Folks held forth at Lancaster last evening. Beef sold at the close of market at 811 per hundred. Pork demand is weak. A large lot of old newspapers for sale at the Eagle bookstore. A window on South Sixth street stained by spittoon juice. House hunters can daily be met on frs at roots. Four days remain of winter. Velocipedes and treadmills draw playful remarks.
Ravina reports Philadelphia money demand tepid with loans readily backed by security. Call loans at 7 percent on Governments and 7 8 on mixed. prime paper 8 6. Gold near 1824 with slight downward tone. bond market depressed. Stocks open dull. Lehigh Gold Lean firmer. Railroad stocks rise: Reading 64, Pennsylvania 45, Lehigh Valley 44, Little Schuylkill 4334, Camden and Amboy 84, North Pennsylvania 33, Catawissa -
Bank note and bond references listed by Bushong & Bro a banker firm in 1869. The notice mentions various U S 5-20s 65-20s and Ten Forty Bonds with gold prices cited in New York and Reading.
Arrivals and sales of cattle at the Avenue Drove Yard reached about edo head last week with a dull market but higher prices. Prices: extra Penna and Western steers at 10 lb, a few choice at 12 lb, fair to good at 6 1 2, common at 6 1 2 per lb gross. cows 81 1 2 65 per head. sheep 6 1 4 per lb gross. hogs 18 1 2 per 100 lb net. Barrer notes market sensitive, modest rise possible next month depending on weather.
A 14-year-old girl escapee from a house of ill fame injures her foot leaping from a second story window. Her father retrieves his daughter after six months away in Philadelphia and elsewhere, and the pair depart for home amid mixed feelings of relief and sorrow.
Frederick Schmidt travels with two hams, claiming they were given by a Lancaster County employer or found in a bag. Officer Lawrence detains him for a preliminary hearing as 25 lodgers sleep at the Station House. The origin of the hams remains unresolved amid a bustling local scene.
The Maine Senate approved a bill allowing physicians to obtain subjects for dissection by 14 to 10. Louisiana Supreme Court upholds a 1 percent tax and dissolves injunctions. The Tennessee River Convention, with 176 delegates from several states, formed a permanent group led by Gov. Bullock and urged river improvement. Two men died from freezing near Carroll Station Iowa, another lost limbs. Welch killed Devine after an attempted assault in Alton Illinois. James MacWilliams killed himself in Orange County New York. Capt Wirz’s body released to friends by order of the President. DC Grand Jury indicts 17 for illegal municipal election registration. A fight broke out among a party of...
Reported Friday incidents describe West Point soldiers injured and four arrests after a Saturday disturbance at Highland Falls New York. A Heath House and two stores burned in New Orbang causing over 100000 dollars in damage. Chicago Lake street properties and Alton Illinois losses were 40000 and 30000 dollars respectively. Rochester saw Crouch's sawmill burn with 25000 dollars loss. Canadian fishers complain American rivals crowding Bay of Fundy fisheries.
Havana reports the la Guanapa assault by the fleet and landing troops drive insurgents from fortifications. A permanent regular garrison remains. Sunday two battalions move to Puerto Principe relief. Dulco urges order. Rebel prisoners arrive. more expected. Sugar planters seek tax relief and export protection amid depletion. Cholera persists in Santiago with plantation vandalism by insurgents. French-owned estates protected as General apuevada orders restraint. Cane grinding begins on some plantations with limited yield. American provisions needed in several provinces. The Captain General imposes new export and import duties.
Proceedings from Washington report the Judiciary Committee's Georgia bill and a plan for Mississippi provisional rule. The Copper bill veto is read and overridden 37 to 12 with several named senators voting no. Army orders reform and officer rolls are addressed as the House moves on public credit and legislative appropriation.
Hannipune February 24 Senate approves final passage of a bill to appoint commissioners to negotiate with New Jersey for sale of Petty's Inland to Philadelphia. Several acts introduced include officer pay in Berks and Lehigh, milk inspection in cities, bond exchanges, and building loan debts. House sessions discuss land sales, election expenses for contested cases, and various incorporations.
An act provides for a deficit in the department for the support of orphans of deceased soldiers and patriots for the year ending June 1, 1869. It also amends that the amount is settled by the Auditor General. Passed an act appointing notaries public and authorizing governor appointment when needed. Also an act to add a law judge in the Tenth district at a salary of 3000 dollars. Another act relates to interest and contracts for interest up to ten percent per year, with six percent when not specified. The House adjourned at nine thirty with leave denied.
New York Neb 26 coal values continue to fall at the regular trade sale by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company yesterday. About 60,000 tons were offered with stove coal down about 170 per ton from January and cheat nut down 80c per ton. Lump coal shows a small improvement. Attendance was large but bidding slow. Leading dealers say prices have likely bottomed.
The New Hampshire State Pair showcases Barrotoa Vegetable Hair Restorative as the leading product, described as unmatched across the country and driving competing preparations from the market per the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
An old advertisement urges readers to cleanse themselves of a scrofula infection and warns of dangers from syphilis while promoting “HAB UTORS BARITAN'S ROOT AND HERB JUICES.” It touts cure claims, hereditary concerns, and price at $1.35 per bottle.
An old advertisement offers ten all vegetable pills marketed as a cure for various illnesses. It claims rapid relief within two to four days and even twenty four hour recoveries in some cases. The toneless copy names Harvey Hiveh Reading Pay and Desmond & Co Philadelphia as suppliers.
A physician describes a compound preparation using Buchu Buckeye Leaf Cbumds and Juniper berries with distillation and displacement techniques. The process yields a dark liquid claimed to avoid fermentation and disputes its inclusion in Pharmacopoeia. The writer requests trial and approval.
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