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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1884
Page
1
From the National Capital, news from February 1 1884 discusses whether House members will adopt private secretaries like the Senate. Opinions split, with critics warning it may create jobs for relatives while supporters say it aids busy lawmakers under public expense amid heavy constituent correspondence.
R Lewis the Asylum meat man is in poor health and supplies beef from Panama. Farmington men prep sugar works for a big run. Plans to sink another well near Col Crocker's north end. Election of township officers on the 19th. nominate Frank Jewell for road commissioner. No arrest in a rumor about whiskey at Robinson house. Wm Olson's jaw injury eases with partial bone loss. A social at S P Berry’s North Warren Tues evening. Notices from Country Gentleman and Farm Journal cited on pruning, sap, and grafting. C L and the Country Gentleman referenced with editorial remarks.
Council met Feb 5 with Orr and Bell among attendees. Exoneration of G H Ames for 78.34 approved. Glade Road Commissioners to pay 2500 toward Conenango Bridge. Gas quality complaints referred to Gas Committee with 15 day deadline to improve or borough may discontinue use. Various bills approved including lamp lighting and street work. License fee for bill poster set at 3.00 yearly. President Arthur's re election prospects discussed with partisan tone.
The Hon William M Springer of Illinois is noted for an arduous investigation of the Department of Justice. A long time congressman from Illinois Twelfth District since 1874 he is described as a skilled investigator with a national reputation for his work on legal and constitutional matters. He is 48, born May 30 1836 in Sullivan County Indiana.
A Buffalo organized lumber concern announces plans to cut 400 million ft of timber in Potter County over twenty years. It tows a proposed 15 mile private railroad to Keating Station, with 200 men to begin operations. The piece warns of fires, soil erosion, waterway damage, and population migration, noting tariffs on lumber as government encouragement of forest destruction.
The fire king destroyed the handle factory and cider mill last Monday night with an insured loss over two hundred dollars. John Lawson and his sister Mrs. John Wright drowned after their cutter overturned in floodwater near Chandler's Valley while returning from a funeral. An Odd Fellows Hall benefit last night raised about 150 dollars for Rev. Hall of the M E Church. A large supper and a night of frolic followed. Many are still on the sick list. W H Vanderbilt’s outfits including team and gear are valued at 26-
In Goshen New York a man who believed his daughter ideal attempts to assault her husband with a two Negro accomplices in a staged midnight plan. The ruse backfires as the wife and attackers inflict injuries on the would be aggressor leaving him near death. He cannot explain the injuries.
A Warren reader protests reckless behavior endangering the public after witnesses report ice breakup along Water Street. The letter describes crowds, frightened passengers, and a man shoveling snow from a sidewalk as danger grows. Also included is a humorous anecdote about AGEOSTLEMAN and a builder’s contract woes with plumbers masons and carpenters.
About forty guests attended a soap bubble party with forty decorated pipes and ribbons, divided among color groups for umpires. Contestants had two minutes to form bubbles, aiming for the largest or longest lasting bubble before time. Umpires judged, prizes awarded, and later games tested bubble durability and ceiling reach.
The Buffalo lecture by Reverend Lambert of Waterloo defended churches and the Catholic faith. He urged mutual respect and urged the audience to agree to disagree, stressing conscience as the guide and honesty in belief.
Brother Hamiltonian Smith asks if a Lime Kiln Club member may hold a government post. The President says it isn’t forbidden by the constitution or by-laws. The club bans bonds for any member's honesty, while members may hold varied positions, from selling lemonade to running offices in Washington.
A. W. Merck, a vigilant local druggist, has secured the agency for Dr King s New Sacerity for Consumption. The remedy claims a positive guarantee and free final bottles. Also notes shipwreck hospitality and missions discourse, plus Florida travel rush with 4000 more travelers in December than prior years.
A man is not a dude because he wears artistically fashioned garments. Clothes do not make the Dude a colorless, torpid mind, indifferent to matters that should interest men. A dude is a fool, the Sun says.
The Michigan newspaper notes a deaf-mute couple welcomed twins as a rare event. A Boston Fest remark reads Nature occasionally realizes the fitness of things. Two yelling won't disturb that pair any more than one.
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