Democratic nominations listed for county officers
The notice outlines Democratic candidates for Warren county posts including register and recorder W. Kinnear, commissioners Par us Mead and M. J. Smutz, associate judges T. W. C. James and Charles Chase, district attorney Chas Dinsmoor, county auditors W. D. Riddlesperger and A. Dalbrymp Le, and Warren academy trustee Ung. It also mentions Senato Manone’s family and various unrelated items from Albany Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Gev. W. Kinnear
Warren
Parius Mead
YoungsviLle
M. J. Smutz
Tidionte
W. C. James
Charles Chase
Russellburg
Chas, Dinsmoor
Yor
W. D. Riddlesperger
Mead
A. & Dalbrymple
Trua
Warket Academy
Office or Die Threats Plague Secretary Windom
A hostile faction accuses Secretary Windom of keeping allies in power to block rivals, threatening to shoot any man who seeks removal. The piece likens the Republican party to a group of assassins and criminals, claiming they demand office or resort to violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windom
Secretary of the Treasury
Republican Party
Judge Pearson rules no extra pay for legislators
Last week Judge Pearson held the salary-grab bill unconstitutional. The measure granted each legislator $300 extra compensation beyond the $1000 for regular and adjourned sessions. Previous enactments and a per diem plan are noted as unconstitutional, with the Treasurer's mandamus blocked by court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson
A Dying Woman's Premonition of the President's Shot
The Rev D P Lindsley of New York relates that Mrs Lindsley who died on the 12th had a vivid premonition of the attempted assassination of the President. She woke, cried she was with the President when shot, asked if he would die, and asserted she knew it three days ahead. He doubted visions but called the incident grounds for prophecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Lindsley
New York
Lincoln
Virginia Snake Halts Express on Heat Burned Rail
A Shenandoah Valley fast express encountered a five foot runner on the rail ahead of Mechanicstown, forcing the engineer to boost throttle. The snake slid along the rail at fifty mph, leaped into the cab area, coiled, and died from the rail’s intense heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicstown Clarion
Shenandoah Valley
Mile Cut
Farmers and Mechanises Advertising Electric Litters
Weather remains dry and hot in San Saba Texas as crop reports arrive. Oats are heavy wheat yields around ten bushels per acre, corn adequate for home use. Cattle and sheep in good condition, selling well amid favorable prices. A. W. Morek & Co. promote Electric Linters as a health aid for spring ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba
Texas
The Present Railroad War in 1881 Address
Henry Daxter argues in a Aug 1 1881 letter from Tiwart's Cowpen that railroad competitors drive travel to New York and Chicago with nine dollar through fares, producing profits he deems excessive. He cites Vanderbilt wealth, tax avoidance on bonds, and claims profits stem from transportation costs far below ticket prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
W.hl. Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
W. H. Vanderbilt
United States
Henry Daxter
Tiwart
Domestic difficulties spark self starvation bid in Caston
David Fitzgerald a 45 year old car inspector from West New Castle, Pa, began starving himself on July 12 after a quarrel with his wife. He remains in his room refusing all food though he drinks water, losing flesh and growing gaunt while his family guards him closely. Local observers fear a fatal outcome though his actions appear rational aside from the refusal to eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Caston
David Fitzgerald
Pittsburgh & Erie Railroad
West New Castle
Wittegrald
Pilagerald
Te Gtill
Witggerald
Fitzgerald
Treasury Vaults and Guards Guarding Uncle Sam’s Cash
Washington Letter describes Treasury security measures in 1881 including the cash vault, guard force, and locks. It notes sixty watchmen at $720 annually, three eight hour shifts, and anecdotes of watchmen sleeping and a 1877 labor riot scare with Cohen’s gang. The piece teases future chapters about vault interiors and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WasuiIncron
Sam
United States
Uncle Sam
Treasury Building
Exashier
Samuel
Treasury
Leutenants
Lis
Cohen
Cffies
LaFayette Square
Electric Bitters Promised To Aid Women's Health
A promotional missive claims Electric Bitters restore health for women and cure common complaints. It asserts the remedy is pleasant to taste, costs only a few cents per bottle, and will help when other remedies fail, with sales through A Morck & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morck & Co
Monolith Discovered at Westerly Granite Quarry
A massive granite monolith detached at a Westerly Rhode Island quarry measures 150 feet long 10 feet wide and S feet thick weighing over 1000 tons. It contains more than 12000 cubic feet of granite and could yield about $30000 if cut into blocks. Proposer HL QQ Preueh claims the stone loosened easily and could be finished as an obelisk for about $15000, prompting speculation on ancient construction methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westerly
Rhode Island
Semiramis
HL. QQ. Preueh
S’vench
Maine Woman Who Knows About Farming
A Lewiston Journal feature profiles Mrs. Osgood of Minot Centre, a self-supporting farmer who runs a forty acre operation with minimal hired help. She describers her harvests, methods, and daily work including planting onions and potatoes, mowing hay, and tending livestock while managing household duties. The article segues into brief regional farming notes and local advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lewiston Journal
Boston
Osgood
Minot Centre
Wes
Honest Conkling Leaves Office With Clean Hands
A Philadelphia Record summary notes Roscoe Conkling departs office with clean hands and no dirty money, contrasting with contemporary calls to bar honest men from office. The item includes testimonials for Burdock Blood Bitters and Spring Blossom from readers in Ruthven Ontario and Elmira New York, with price details and local seller A. J. Davis.
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Philadelphia Record
Roscoe Conkling
Bedais Delta
Republican Party
Ncredigle
F. A. Scratch
Ruthven
Ont
Mas
J. W. Luvriwr
Elmira
A. J. Davis
Inhaling chloroform A Paget notes heart recovery Reno
A Paris observation in The Lancet reports that artificial respiration failed for ten minutes under chloroform until Dr Labbe applied boiling water to the heart area, immediately restoring cardiac action. Also: San Francisco Chronicle lists 29 Comstock mines with no dividends in six months and twenty four with levied assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lancet
A. Paget
Paris
Labbe
San Francisco Chronicle
The Great Puzzle at Saratoga and Other Notices
Excerpts reflect era reflections on youth and toil, a discharged circus actress, Garibaldi's birthday visitors, a claimed electrical remedy, Southern battlefields, and cures for dyspepsia. Advertisements urge Davis products, a national dyer, and new fans and parasols from Hower & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Davis
Warren
Mrsman
National Dyer
Price T
Hower & Son
Warren School District Annual Financial Report 1890
The Directors of Warren School District present the annual financial statement showing moneys received and expended, a statement of collector's duplicates of school and building taxes for the year, the Treasurer's account, and debts due as of June 1, 1881. Treasurer George Hasworth tallies balances, receipts from J B Carver Collector, Waters Administrata, state appropriation, tuition, exhibition receipts, and unseated tax reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren School
George Hasworth
Warren Sekoed
J. B. Carver
Farm for sale near Warren with 8 acres and 220 improved
The undersigned offers a farm two miles from Jackson Station on the Dunkirk road about five miles from Witten Porro. It contains 8 acres and about 220 acres improved, rest wood and under fence. Improvements include a new dwelling, three outbuildings. Well watered and suited to stock or grain. Must be sold within three months. For terms call on the owner or write Warren, Pa PHinty Su rgrist. July 5, 187? Burgess and Council ordinance: sidewalks required on east Hickory between High and Fifth. Council will lay at owner’s expense if not built. Free fencing and wattle aid by Borough Engineer A. D. Worl. Clerk: Geo. Cornelius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariee L. Suummuard
Pine Grove Township
Warren Conunty
Orphan's Court
Warren County
Pure Grove
County of
Warren
State of
Pennsylvania
Nicholas Orbes
James A. Kelly
William Hodges
Oren Palmer
Tobias van Sile
William i Houlges
Stannare
Smith Palmer
Pogo
Maria EH
Sraxyvann
ACO
Enbove Stile
Miarschiay
Malia We Stans
Wil
Gonewange
Jackson Stibion
Dunkirk
Lam
Burgess and Peun
Hickory Street
High
Fifth Streets
Warren Boraumph
Suat Council
A. D. Worl
Borough of
Ah Allen
Burgess
Gho
O. Cornelius
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Warren Ledger
Democratic
Senato
Manone
Albany Express
Republican
Ciress Grant
Purin Bay
Chautauqua Lake
Cretain
Cattaraugus and
Allegany
Hay Fever Association
White House
Hayes
Taunton ( Mass
A. W. Morek & Co
Washington
Ohio
London
Maine
Berke County
Nebraska
Georgia
Minnesota
California
Des Moines
Iowa
Cascade Mountains
Oregon
Indian Territory
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Marion County
South Carolina
Lexington
Thos. Howard
Bradford Pi
Wim. McCartney
Lloyd Street
Buffalo
N.Y
HH. Anderson
Main Street
Boston Transcript
Russia
Isles of Shoals
Yonkers Statesman
Ocean
Detroit News
Gov. Bagley
America
Saratoga
Garibaldi
Madalana
Caprera
Zero Lives
Thomas
Virginia
Battlefields
Surdock
A.J. Davis
G. Ensworth
Callector
Callecto O Cay
Notn
G. A. Watore
Varga
Wm’t
Lown Auditors
Ani Dreas- Her
Auterre Res Agance
PEGA
Atep
Dbey
Francis Henry
Nedding Alao
J. W. Corum
KF. Wodges
W. Waters
Bdson Bros
Seventh Street
Washington, D. C
Advics
Epee
Whiph & CO
Stoneham
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
W. Lb. Dean
O. H. Hunters& Son
Greenland Bro.’S
Connwanao
T. Allien
Cornelius
Clerk
Warren, Pi
Tius Whiteley
Freeborn
Warren Co
D.W. Buur
Sucar Grove
Los. Junate
Estray
William M. Jaubron
Srrine Creux
Pete
P. J. Falconer
Z. LH. Hitdy
G. GC
James
Bath
Loonus & McMastey
Jacov Eysinger
Smith
Ager
Big Wa
Smith & CO
Master St
Philadelphia
Allegheny College
Meadville
Pr Leek
Hugbee
DVL
Jlill
Jamestown
Dinsmoor & Cabin “Warren
Paufebt-ly
Rochester. N.Y
Obares
C. Arnold, Blacksmith
A. Hertzel
Water Street
Pittsburgh
Mansi
Quincy
Mich
Wwantone
Aditess Plo
New York City
Steubenville
Onto
Kemale Seminary
NEW Spring Goods
Parmlee & Henry
Fr GoLovants
Counuy
Warren, Pa
All Diuggiste
Bole Proprietors
Baltimore
Sue Ib
W. Spinner
Old Exchange
F. W. Miller & CO
Grocers
Goaina
Clarendon
Irvington
North Warren
A. A. Davis & CO
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