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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1879
Page
2
Warren Ledger reports sweeping political debate on civil service and salaries with General Schell advocating abolishing the Bank Assessor. President Grevy is set for a $100,000 salary plus $50,000 household funds. Ex Governor Hartranft named Philadelphia Postmaster amid broader party realignments, corruption talk, and calls for accountability.
Women lawyers push toward the Supreme Court as a proposed bill would permit any woman who served three years on a state or territorial high court or the DC Supreme Court to gain admission. The measure, born in the House, awaits the President’s signature amid broader suffrage setbacks in Dakota. A London dispatch reports Britain will bar live cattle imports after the 28th, effectively embargoing American cattle trade.
A conference of Democrats, Greenbackers, and Labor Reformers endorses a shared Warren borough ticket for next Tuesday. The slate includes Burgess John Sill, Justice D. J. Hodges, Constable M. W. Hull, Town Council members, School Directors, Auditor Philip Boyer, Judge of Election S. H. Davis, and other local officials.
The document itemizes house contingent fund expenditures including purchases for W A Phillips in Hong Kong and others, with entries such as diaries for Hendrick Sylvianta and books for N P Banks in Massachusetts. It notes opera glasses, photograph albums, hymn books, dumb-bells, cutlery sets, and diaries for multiple individuals across states like New York Ohio Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
Harrisburg lawmakers lag on bills as inauguration and U S Senate election consume time. Mr White introduces an anti discrimination bill aimed at empowering new constitutional limits on corporations, with oil interests and railroads prepared to oppose. Oil taxation measures surface, a local option petition seeks liquor licenses every three years, and a riot losses bill looms with a large funding demand of four million dollars.
The piece highlights John Sherman’s public release of a letter to Collector Arthur dated January 18, 1878. It shows a request by Justice Bradley to favor his son Bradley for a Custom House post and accuses the Administration of hypocrisy in Civil Service reform. The episode follows Conkling’s contest with the Administration and references Arthur and Bradley.
A correspondent questions February 1 1879 public debt figures and January 1879 reductions. He argues monthly debt changes should reflect actual differences and condemns misleading phrasing while urging honesty and clear arithmetic from deputy treasuries and newspapers.
Captain Paul Boyton entered the Allegheny River at Oi City Thursday morning and arrived at 3:30 p.m. to a crowd of about 50,000 along the river. Severe cold and drifting ice forced stops at Emlenton Mahoning and Freeport, totaling about 41 hours on the water with daily legs of 43 35 27 and 27 miles. Frosted face and exhaustion marked the trip but he expects to recover in a few days despite bitter weather and snow showers.
A Lansing telegram reports Hon. J. P. Christiancy has placed his resignation in Governor Cresswell’s hands to take effect at noon. The governor will notify the Legislature this evening, declaring the office vacant. Mrs. McClellan, New Jersey’s governor’s wife, visits Washington and stands out at receptions for her elegant costumes.
The San Francisco Journal of Commerce cites a world sheep total near 500 million with the United States at about 36 million and Britain likewise. US wool production reaches roughly 200 million pounds, California accounts for about a quarter, and the Pacific slope nearly one third. The piece also notes widespread suitability for Merino sheep across western states and territories, despite past cattle herder opposition. In Kentucky, Green County faces turmoil over Cumberland & Ohio railroad tax collection, including a burned tax collector’s barn, threats to his life, and calls for governor aid.
The February 8 Washington hearing transcript shows Samuel J. Tilden testifying under oath about cipher dispatches and attempts to gain votes in South Carolina Florida and Oregon. He denies wrongdoing asserts he never authorized any corrupt act and pledges to protest the unjust count while naming Col Pelton and Mr Marble as figures referenced in the broader dispute.
Templeton notes poets received varied sums for work. Longfellow earned far more from books and periodicals than early payments for The Hanging of the Crane. Tennyson, Whittier, and Holmes also achieved substantial sales and special commissions, with Longfellow’s Hiawatha and Whittier Snow Bound among large editions.
Washington special reports Ewing will introduce a bill to fix United States notes at 406 600 000 dollars and require the secretary of the treasury to issue and maintain that amount in circulation Ex-Gov Fenton has gone to Spain for the winter and will return in spring The New York Herald notes unemployment in New York City does not reach 12 000 but 69 000 were idle in a harsh winter and the current level is not far above normal for prosperous years, suggesting brighter spring prospects.
Summary of receipts and disbursements for Warren County for 1878, listing numerous payments to individuals and firms for heating, furniture, buildings, and services, plus taxes, licenses, and bond transactions. Includes detailed totals, credits, and indebtedness, with separate Commissioner and Rouse estate accounts and distribution by boroughs and townships.
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