From the National Capital Scramble for Office in Congress
A letter from Provo Washington D C dated December 17 1881 discusses the surge of office seekers as Congress opens. It compares current competition to the 1875 scramble noting the republicans hold many coveted posts and ex members rush back. It mentions bills, pensions, and proposed commissions while forecasting Star Route fraud developments and Philadelphia case implications.
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Ledger
Congress
House of Representatives
Washington
McPherson
House
Senate
Judge Davis
Logan
Grant
Edmund
Garfield
Representative Hewitt
Alabama
Arthur
Hewitt
Phelps
Connecticut
General Brady
Philadelphia
Dorsey
James Dosler
Carlisle
Bliss
Brewster
Provo
Wasnixeros
D. C
Noted Men of the Times Musical Convention Ends
Prof C C Williams closes a Warren musical convention with a half filled concert at Roscoe Hall. Absent strong local patronage, performers from Youngsville Sugar Grove and Russellburg shone, notably Miss Fannie Brayton and Miss L Nesmith. Program features orchestral pieces, vocal solos, duets, and choruses. overall a musical success but financially modest.
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C. C. Williams
Roscoe Hall
Warren
Youngsville
Sugar Grove
Russellsburg
Fannie Brayton
Youngsvile
Williams
Ackley Atoms Letter Reports Local News and Open Winter Signs
Ackley letters to the Ledger note lively business at Laycock & Son with a new mill steam whistle and a warning sign restricting entry during work hours. The year 1881 nears its end as 1882 approaches. Diphtheria illnesses in Gouldtown, curious weather jokes, two red birds found in a Raisin box, and a claim by a man seeking Alaska territorial delegate status with a bulky set of election papers. The piece closes with a playful sign about seals and snow and a Christmas wish to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Blaine
United States
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Middleton
Somerset County
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Rutgers College
United States Senate
Arthur
the Ledger
Laycock & Son
Gouldtown
W. C. Flale
Ackrey Station
Congress
Alaska
Seal Islands
Seals
Equitable Aid Union Organizes Pittsfield Charter
G W Brown of Youngsville deputy supreme president of the B A U organized Pittsfield Union in Warren county with forty five applicants for charter. Officers named include Chancellor Dr S M Crawford and president A McIntyre. Meetings set for Fridays weekly as the order expands to twelve states and one Dakota territory with about eleven thousand members. Warren county unions listed and W M Lindsey of Warren noted as supreme attorney.
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G. W. Brown
Youngsville
Pittsfield Union
Pittsfield
Warren County
8. M. Crawford
A. McIntyre
Stephen Mead
Ina Jackson
M. D. Whitney
H. Barton
D. McKee
C. O. Green
M. J. Mead
Columbus
Dakota
Spring Creek
Garland
Tidioute
Cobham
Warren
North Warren
Russellsburg
Clarendon
Chandler’s Valley
Sheffield
Corydon
Kinzua
Lander
New York
W. M. Lindsey
Supreme Union
Tiona School Pupil Honors December 12 1881 List
Ledger readers learn Tiona school pupils honored for punctual attendance good conduct and perfect lessons for the month ending December 12 1881 names include David Kilpatrick Arthur Kilpatrick Walter Kilpatrick Streamer Kilpatrick Chester Boyd Dana Bean Murry Shutts Robbie Henderson Dee Wesner Jessie Wesner George McGee Charlie Hawkey Eldred Kirkpatrick Roy Snapp Neddie Clap Irah M Kirkpatrick Nellie Jeffords Minnie Ingraham Stella Ingraham Minnie Blanchard Rosa Wesner Pearl Morrison Morris L Hexter teacher Tiosa Pa December 21 18381 Harrisburg Patriot notes Frelinghuysen praised as secretary of state by stalwarts.
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the Ledger
Tiona School
David Kilpatrick
Arthur Kilpatrick
Walter Kilpatrick
Streamer Kilpatrick
Chester Boyd
Dana Bean
Murry Shutts
Robbie Henderson
Dee Wesner
Jessie Wesner
George McGee
Charlie Hawkey
Eldred Kirkpatrick
Roy Snapp
Neddie Clap
Erie railways plan double track and new lines across western NY
Erie railways eye a double track between Salamanca and Hornellsville and a Tionesta Valley link three miles south of Sheffield. Contractors Horton Crary expect rapid progress with a locomotive due this week. D A W P railroad reports 1880 earnings of 261,047 with 29,518 net gain in 1881.
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New York, Pennsylvania &7Ohio
Cleveland
Buffalo
Ute Erie
Rock Glen
Wyoming County
N.Y
Rochester & Pittspurgh
G. V W. Thompson & Co
Sheffield
Horton, Crary & Co
Altoona
Brookston
Dunkirk
Titusville
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Conewango & Clarion and
Mahoning & Susquehanna Railroads
Brookville
Jefferson County
Clarion & Conewango
Chas. W. Stone
Henry E. Brown
Wm. H. Copeland
Henry J. Miller
Warren
O. Powell Karr
B. F. Neisewender
Thomas E. Smith
New York
Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad Company
Salamanca
St. James
Jack Nelson
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Lock Haven
Sunbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Williamsport
Elmira
Canandaigua
Northern Central Railway
Bunbury
Shamokin
Susquehana
Baltimore
Northern Central Railroad
Summit Branch Railroad
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Columbia
Harrisburg
Washington
Kingua
Notable Local Deaths and Notable Local News
SEATE I'VE reports Mr John Steinman of Lancaster aged ninety two. Zebulon Hall Renovo claims twelve deer this season. Five sawmills in Huntington county supply Blain Brothers car works at Twuhtington. John Connors Pittsburgh bailed for threatening Hannah Sullivan over marriage refusal. Kittanning Iron Co completes five puddling furnaces, eight more under way. total thirty two. State Grange adjourned Williamsport after electing officials and pledging $1000 for winter lecturers. William Cairns Statistown and May Bell Greensburg clandestinely married at Johnstown. car transfer at Latrobe ends with accident and husband’s absence as she is run over and killed. groom becomes agitated and maniac.
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John Steinman
Lancaster
Zebulon Hall
Renovo
Iluntington
Blain & Brothers
Twuhtington
John Connors
Pittsburgh
Hannah Sullivan
Kittanning Iron Company
State Grange
Williamsport
William M. Cairns
Staiistown
Westmoreland County
May Bell
Greensburg
Johnstown
Latrobe
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William Swanson
Jo Exchange
P. Vi Hurray
Merck & Cos
J. Davies
Liberty Street
Baptist Church
C. H. Hoffman
Second Street
Warren Savings Bank
Brown & Stone
Flist National Bank
BROWN
STONE
H. P. Frow
Wetmore & Noyes
Attorneys At Law
Warren, Pa
Johnson’s Exchange
Bakling D. Wetmore
H. Noyes
F. P. Olney
Justice of the Peace
Ivington
Lim
Dinsmoor & Cable
Water Street
Scofield
Fe Chas
Dinsmoor
George H. Leonhard
Peslerin
Garver House
Jas
CABLE
First National Bank
Ces
J.D. Danforth
Variety Hall
Eee
Alveady B. Stewart
A. J. Davis Drug Store
Warren Hotel
Ball & Thompson
Beatty Nock
BALL
Notary Puublic
G. C., Thompsor, Dist
Guthrie & Byles
Spring
Crawford
Venango
Erie
Forest Counties
E. D. Preston
Pomeopathic
Third
Liberty Streets
Thes. Bell's
Ligh Street
Wilbur & Schnur
G At Law
Front Street
W. W. Welbur
WM. Schner
A. B. Evans
Savings Bank
F. Watson, Smith,k
Hazeltine, Directors
L. ¥. Wattsoy, D. H. Hoyer
M. B. DuxHan
Jas, Clare, JR A
J. H. Morenett & Co
Bairstow
Fisher
Glade Township
Indian Holday Road
D. Qebhart
the Times
the Musical Convention
PFART
Cnopus Sc
Hopman
L. Nesmith
Lord and Chorus
Barber of Seville
Phree Fishers
Offenbach
Pond
Chase
Hazeltine
Lord, Manville
Chase Dad Williams
Mise
Jessie Davis
Waters
E Handel
C. E Williams
F. T. Frelinghuysen
Ackley Atoms
Equitable Aid Union
Tiona School Report
Andrew Johnson
Hornellsville
The
Erie Railwy
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