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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1879
Page
2
Announcement names Grorck AB Ong of Warren Boruwsh as a candidate for the Prothonotary of War Ren County nominating contest, pending Democratic County Convention decision. Citizens are informed of the pending nomination.
A long list of delegates and leaders for Warren and surrounding townships is named by the County Committee, including numerous boroughs such as Grove, Pine Grove, and Spring Creek, with representatives from Farmington, Glade, and South West. The notice also references political commentary on national figures and party dynamics.
The Republican County Committee held its first meeting two months after appointment. Allen followers dominate, with M. Cushing as figurehead chairman and M. Knapp as real leader, while criticisms claim the new body mirrors last year’s factional machine and Allen influence persists despite promises of reform.
Col Allen, a powerful GOP organizer, is expanding influence by backing Greenback and Democratic efforts. He openly favored Greenback sheriff candidates to block his rivals, while sending a brother to the Youngsville Convention to oversee tactics. He advises Democrats to avoid Greenback endorsements, claiming disinterest but aiming to boost his own targets.
George W Miller of Washington county named by Coltroth and Barr as Chairman of the Democratic State Committee. The selection praised by the Lancaster Intelligencer editor Hensel as strengthening party unity for the campaign. Barr’s West support and statewide cooperation expected to lead to an efficient organization and Democratic victory. A Louisville dispatch notes a constitutional convention proposal failed for lack of a majority.
Testimony by Congressman Butterworth alleges he paid Eph Holland four hundred dollars to influence an election. Holland, a former penitentiary inmate pardoned by Bayes, faced ballot-stuffing charges. Butterworth defeatedler Sayler by using penitentiary workers and deputy marshal schemes. General Conway, linked to aiding emigrants, faces scrutiny as Vineland residents doubt his claims and label him an adventurer and fraud.
A political broadside argues against a so called solid North led by Republicans linking it to tyranny and fraud. It dismisses southern outrages as slander and accuses radical politicians of plotting to seize power and suppress liberty. The piece warns that true unity requires fair ballots and opposes hegemonic control by any region.
The Cleveland address denounces the push for national centralization as a dangerous fallacy. Ewin argues republics require power near the people, praising state and local government as purer and better than a distant federal system. He warns centralization endangers rights and will corrupt governance.
A dubious report accuses Treasury Department officials of using a government vessel Perry for a Republican political tour including Indiana candidates and Niagara Falls trips. The writer condemns what he sees as taxpayer funded perks, contrasts it with Jeffersonian ideals, and laments partisan favoritism.
Fragmented advice urges avoiding costly doctors and humbug cures, urging use of nature’s simple remedies for ailments. It promotes wisdom, well being, and happiness while saving expense, ending with garbled text likely encoding errors.
A scathing extract from the Lemars Iowa Sentinel argues that true Republicanism demands abolishing states and transforming them into national provinces. It calls for ending the Senate and centralizing power under the nation, with provinces governed by national charters and Veto by the President and Cabinet.
A 1762 Franklin letter in the New Haven historical society collection discusses Sunday observance in Europe versus Connecticut, travel plans to Virginia, religious practice, and daily life. Franklin notes pleasant markets, well-kept towns, and his family’s good health upon returning to Boston and his friend McJackson. He closes with good wishes to Ingersoll.
At 87 Polk Street Solomon Senn of Schiller Kossman Senn iron founders shot foreman Conrad Engleman in the head then shot himself, severing his throat with a knife. Both men left families, were sober and industrious. Dispute over a pillar casting led to the tragedy after Engleman denied Senns charge and resigned.
An editor laments architect Schneider misnamed the monument, urging replacement with Anthony Wayne on the corner stone. They argue future posterity should read Wayne’s memory, not Schneider’s, and question the need for the Commissioners’ names on the stone, asserting Pennsylvania builds the monument to Wayne.
After months of patient investigation the celebrated analytical chemist J C Allan has perfected Alan's Anti fat. In several hundred cases it has reduced the corpulent by three to six pounds per week. It is harmless and efficient. Sold by druggists.
The New Jersey legislature near Jefferson's era asked him to accept a third term. The patriotic reply argues that serving beyond the second term undermines republican equality and risks heredity of office, insisting the principle of periodic election safeguards happiness and representative government.
The report notes high nutritive foods among beans peas oats oatmeal wheat and rice with varying digestion rates and times. It cites Omaha Journal of Commerce figures on the 1879 cattle drive showing Texas and Southwestern 250000 head Montana and Oregon 100000 and reports a shifting stock flow toward Nebraska Wyoming while Kansas City market gains fade. It also covers political shifts with George C Gorham converting from Republican to Democratic views and backing Glenn as Peoples candidate for governor in September state election.
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