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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1881
Page
2
A 1831 Warren County school superintendent nomination appears amid broader political prose. The piece includes remarks on Mahone and Garfield era politics, immigrant policy notes, and a critique of Republican leaders, with references to Oswego, New York figures and 19th century party dynamics.
Last Monday Mr Clark of the Harrisburg Legislature offered a resolution endorsing Mahone's course in the United States Senate and praising Senator Don Cameron while condemning Democrats for opposing the proposed Senate organization. Republicans and Democrats opposed the resolution and it was withdrawn after defeat.
Wasuineros April 2 report shows U S exports reaching nearly one billion dollars for the year ending February 28, with coal oil from a Pennsylvania county a major factor. Imports rise but lag exports, signaling broad prosperity and a potential population surge through heavy immigration, with a projected 65 million by 1890.
Democrat gains spread across the West with mayoral victories in Cincinnati Omaha and Chicago. Jas E Boyd and Harrison lead elections while the Socialist ticket weakens. Ohio and Columbus show broad Democratic gains with Milwaukee also tilting.
Legislators in Westmoreland Senator Laird introduce a plan to punish Attorney General Palmer by capping his salary to 3500 dollars a year plus up to 7000 dollars in fees, arguing for parity after his fee gains. Senate notes bill fixing legislative pay at 1500 dollars per regular session over 100 days, aiming at similar retaliation, while constitutional issues and current governor assurances cloud its fate.
April reports reveal Mahone and Kellogg wielding control of the Republican Senate caucus. They nominated George C. Gotham for Secretary, while Gorham’s standing shifts amid Confederate ties and internal party feuding. Garfield’s leadership questioned as betrayals and patronage stain the party.
In Washington on April 1 a heated Senate debate on Southern outrages led Indiana's Mr. Voorhees to read an article from the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph calling Mr. Mahone a renegade Democrat and accusing him of bargaining with Republicans. Mahone challenged the read, Voorhees defended the action, and the exchange ended with admissions and defiant remarks before adjournment at 7 PM.
Louise Montague, a New York born variety actress from the Ninth Ward, wins Forepaugh's 10 000 prize for the handsomest woman in the country. She will appear as Lalla Rookh in the grand street pageant of the show.
An assortment of ad copy for Dr Fenner’s Improved Cough Loney promises relief in one hour with a sample bottle for ten cents. The piece includes Florence ball gossip about women smoking in a room, moral judgments on smoking etiquette, and a Shiloh’s Vitalizer pitch. It also quotes a London Globe ornithology note claiming birds lack maternal love, show hostility, and engage in fierce mating battles, with vivid depictions of bird rivalry and mating scenes.
Judge HM W Williams, president judge of the district including Potter County, extols public morals and economic progress. He notes no licensed hotel or restaurant in twenty years and no public bar, claiming jail crowding is rare and crime down. He cites lower taxes, less court business, and rising industry, sobriety, and intelligence.
A note previews Mr. Holland performing Dundreary mirroring the late Mr. Sothern, with two years as principal of Sothern’s company at Haymarket. His strong company is urged to book seats at Wells & Noyes. Also brief notices offer Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy, a goat incident on a Reading sidewalk, and ads for Geo Ball & Co. goods and a fireproof safe.
A minister recalls guiding a church member’s daughter away from early Protestant zeal toward Catholicism with patient discernment. The anecdote, attached to a sermon, is followed by unrelated ads promising instant relief from neuralgia and other pains, plus claims from Safe & Lock Co. about a six flange safe.
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