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Newspaper
Reading Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1869
Page
3
A sharp critique notes that despite efforts, the telegraph cannot bend the will of large crowds gathered around the Schuylkill in recent days, suggesting political influence remains limited despite widespread attention.
St James Church pastor Beale Rohinucker will deliver the next Library course feature on Thursday evening. Rohinucker is described as an eminent ally and eloquent speaker.
Tim philosophers note rain as a component of growth and culture. Fin ca s Osnoop Co Boston publishers of Our Young Folks mail a colored engraving titled The Straling Prayer to subscribers. Delivery delayed but the gift remains popular as Onur Young Folks grows. Mr P D Hower travels to Allentown to promote the Novelty rake Back invention.
Alison Leihtager launches Tuy Penn Restaurant at 702 Penn Street offering varied tables and drinks with meats served in a bourge style. The piece also notes a Pennsylvania bill to curb drug adulteration and penalties for violators.
The annual conference of the M. E. Church begins on the 17th inst with many supposing itinerant clergy are unaware of their future postings for the next three years. Such beliefs are partly mistaken as conference leaders anticipate the locality choices with careful foresight.
There are fourteen Councils in the county of Horke with over 1,000 members. Meeting details include Meetwood 20 members Secretary Daniel Burkhart at Coxtown Ringgold 23 members Secretary Ezza Bartolet at Oley Kutztown 48 members Secretary Jamies H. Marx at Kutztown Trdmburg 74 members Secretary L. E. Romick at Hamburg Sinking Spring 77 members Secretary H. M. Seftner at Sinking Spring Mobhnsville 86 members Secretary A. A. Major at Mobn's Store P. O. Angelican 127 Members Secretary A. A. Rathman at Knaur's P. O. Neversink 127 members? meets Monday John L. Sotbert at Wompelsdorf Rehersburg 129 members Secretary Daniel Dechart at Rehersburg Tisesport 141 members Secretary John A. Moyo at Leosport Osceola 34 members Secretary I. Whitman at Reading 46 members meets Thursday T. J. Rapp at Reading Minnehaha 69 members Secretary H. R. Laucks at 149 North Fourth Street Reading Seminole 88 members Secretary Chas. B. Wells at Reading.
The Schuylkill coal trade shows a strong weekly upturn with 180 286 tons carried by all lines and 967 388 tons year to date, up from last year. Toll changes loom as Reading Railroad and Canal reports 40 578 tons for the year, with prices at Port Carbon and Roanout set to influence shipments and local demand.
Tue Neversink Fire Company No 3 announces a 40th anniversary ball at Ansenbach Hall on a Wednesday evening in April inviting all to attend. The notice also reports the Friendship steamer to be out of service for about six weeks for repainting from late April. Chief Engineer John A Buck orders muffling of whistles and no racing after fires, with a $20,000 reward for filing false fire alarms within Reading. Pottsville butchers Slonaker announce purchase of seven steers from Rhoads in Amity and Yorks counties weighing about 1600 pounds each.
A purse snatching attempt on Pann Street ends without loss as the thief fled. a shooting hoax claim in Kutztown is debunked but a coroner's verdict confirms the earlier accident. Train delays near Mohreville due to a rail break, and Potts Town to Boyertown railroad progress advances with a new bridge and crews pushing toward rapid completion. Subscribers urged to report new addresses by April first. Warm water baths and lemon juice recommended for keeping hands soft and pale.
Mrs O B Keller announces a sale by auction tomorrow of her stock of household and millinery goods at No 317 Penn Street. An advertisement invites attention to her new millinery shop while noting brickmakers expect steady demand but not overextended orders. Reading reports say Frank RowWanns, an agent for Prof Haselmayor, is in Reading with possible startling news.
In Harrisburg on March 16 the Senate passed several bills including an act to authorize exchange of coupon bonds for registered bonds and a supplement to penal proceedings laws. A Senate bill expanding writs of error to capital murder cases was approved. The House moved toward printing ten thousand copies of Bates's History of Pennsylvania and passed a bill allowing the Philadelphia and Biglerville Company to declare stock dividends. Petitions opposing the Negro Suffrage Amendment were presented.
The Evening Mail reports Gen. Lesca failing three times to advance to Puerto Principe as insurgents defend the city at the Big Walls pass. Wounded soldiers totaling eighty arrived at Neuvitas from La Guaraja, while another steamer headed to Havana with more casualties. General Losen remains between Jia Guaraja and Los Paradones in a perilous position as Puerto Principe is besieged by insurgents.
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