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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1884
Page
5
A playful verse recounts a young Warren miss agreeing to a kiss with her beau until her father interrupts. The suitor departs abruptly as the scene ends with a rhyme about unseen eyes.
City and vicinity notes report a total eclipse on Saturday the 19th, oil drilling prospects near Warren with 600 to 1000 wells planned this year, and new local developments including a library hall loan exhibition. Warren touts library progress, street railway dreams, and compares progress with Jamestown’s rising technology and mills.
McNett & Co. win contract to furnish the new Masonic Hall. Mrs. J. C. Wells and Miss Alice visit Buffalo and Rochester this week. Z. Martin of Titusville to run Hotel Athenean Chautauqua for the coming season. V. R. Thompson and C. Smutz of Russellsburg visited Lapeer office last Monday. W. F. Dalrymple of Pittsfield Bayfield ill recently. J. K. Turner resigns Stoneboro Bank post to live in Cleveland. Frank Carver to New York to book attractions for next season. A. T. Scofield attended Ada Green and W. L. Shearer wedding in Easton. G. W. Kinnear to seek re election as Register and Recorder. Carver secures Emma Abbott troupe and earns Warren audience’s praise.
A Warren inquiry into a Ohio sufferers fund from a Chopin Club concert deepens. Sixty one dollars twenty five cents from Chicago was pledged and placed in the bank, then said to have been passed to a Titusville man. Questions arise why a stranger and a G A R member received the funds and why expenses show thirty dollars deposited while only sixty one twenty five reached the Titusville trustee. The matter may rest, with the Titusville trustee likely to speak.
At last Friday’s Board of Trade session a motion formed a committee to explore an independent gas line and assess gas wells costs. Appointed were C. G. W. Stone Fred Morck and A. J. Davis. Fifty dollars was approved to rent a room and buy scales for a butter buyer. Standing committees were named: Finance Morck Hazeltine Cogswell and R. Transportation Stone Hand Allen. Statistics Morris Siegfried Sersall. Agriculture Orr Cogswell Ensworth. Membership McKain McNett Thomas. Manufactures committee not completed.
Friends of Mrs. John Fuellhart threw a surprise party last Tuesday evening for her birthday at her Warren home. About twenty five couples attended from Warren. There was dancing and refreshments. the gathering ended around 1 a.m. Likely organizers included her husband Mr Fuellhart and Mr. and Mrs. Leonhart, her father’s family.
The column notes no major life events but reports two teams of heavy work horses bought for the Asylum and a new well nearing 490 feet depth that yields ten barrels daily. It also discusses women's rising roles and hints at a possible invitation to a Warren County Agricultural Society gathering. A long critique argues against forming a Board of Trade, citing market, shipping, and price concerns for butter and other produce.
Joint committee from the Board of Trade and Farmer's Association favors holding an agricultural fair in Warren this fall. Site considerations include ground by the river and Dr Irvine’s grounds now leased to D M Davis. Feasible plan includes stock water shade a driving park and sheds pens and buildings funded by business men and farmers. A charter and detailed organizing work remain to be done with vigor and intelligence.
Two intoxicated men were briefly jailed by Officer Utter after a comical struggle to secure the more drunken man in the lockup. A second pair of visiting youths were arrested on an insult complaint and later discharged. The oil market saw a rise this week, closing Wednesday at 973-3.
The new borough council last week set committees including Streets, Sidewalks, Public Park, Fire Department, Water, Public Buildings, Public Health, Poor, Sewerage, and Bridges with members such as S H Davis J A Bell F M Knapp J H Eddy and others. Warren Fire Department read a notice naming Charles J Smith Chief August Morck Jr Assistant and W J Richards 2d Assistant, with motion to elect them. L T Borders and Joseph Walkerman named Fire Wardens for east and west of Hickory Street respectively.
A preserved fragment shows Z. H. Eddy’s livery stable ad dated August 28 1853. The item is presented by Mr. Jus Myers and notes Eddy still alive and active, though aging. The relic invites interest from readers familiar with Eddy’s business legacy.
A 1858 notice touts a new livery stable in Warren offering full horses and carriages at 150 dollars per day, denying small-framed rigs, promising fair Christian treatment, and inviting inquiries at the Mansion House. The item then shifts to a curious Carson River bird tale of robins feeding catbird fledglings, followed by a Bacon quote on drunkenness and a call for temperance and reform through personal resolve.
The report details multiple leases and rigs in operation or near readiness across the Glade, Warren, and Kentucky fields. Chambers on the Offerlee site is said to flow strongly, with early estimates around 300 barrels in the first day. Anchor Oil and Morek Wells plan further ventures as drifters prepare to depart around the 25th of the month.
A new patent claims gas can be produced cheaper by a method that reduces decomposition and adds carbon, enabling sale at twenty five cents per thousand feet. The article argues science will lower living costs as abundance grows and utility drives cheaper goods and services.
A Wednesday showing of The Silver King drew a modest audience and is promised a full house on Thursday. F. C. Bangs as Wilfred Denver and Charlotta Evelyn as Nellie Denver deliver standout performances making the scenes feel real and emotionally affecting.
Ladies of the Struthers Independent Hose prepare a festival at the company rooms on Tuesday April 29 with balloon ascension and fireworks at 7 30 pm and dancing all evening All invited to attend and enjoy a pleasant evening The Warren Light and Meat Company advertises cheap summer heating stove rates Four dollars for five months Rev Jas Rea called to Denver to attend a sick brother Rev Mr Davis of Rochester N Y to preach next Sunday morning and evening Dan Carroll cited for larceny of one dollar from Mrs Ferry discharged Geo P Orr Co to move into D M Gross Bro store Conrad Lesser advertises boots and shoes He charges for Dr Bulls Cough Syrup are paid for by customers only no free doses
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