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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1887
Page
1
A Hastings Gazette column argues for a citizen caucus to reform local government and attract manufacturers to Warren. It cites gas company politics, plans for a mutual grass association, a proposed hub and spoke factory, and rising school costs while urging voters to nominate capable, nonpartisan directors to improve taxes and services.
In Brokenstraw township near Pittshar p a 44 year old widow Mrs Thomas Horner killed herself by jumping into the Brokenstraw creek. The body was found about two hours later near the dam of a grist mill, one and a half miles below the jump. She had previously attempted suicide and left a son about eighteen. Funeral held Monday at 12 30 p m from her residence with ministers H G Hall and T W Douglas. The remains were taken to Painted Post New York for burial.
Dr Townsend from Jamestown Dr Saxe Rochester Dr Sweetser Philadelphia Rev J K Mason Buffalo and Rev G F Barnes Tidioute will speak at a Monday start at the court house and hold daily sessions through Thursday on Christianity as taught by the Universalists and the new theology school. The speakers are noted church leaders and the venue is expected to be crowded.
James J. Titus, janitor at the academy in Betrivers New Jersey, convicted of murdering Titlie Smith a domestic at the institution, was sentenced to be hanged on April 4. He made a pleading speech protesting his innocence.
In Clarendon, oil and stock publishers clash over Jersey Central moves as market rumors flare and investors suffer. A Grand Army post event unfolds with relief corps escort, plus local society notes on operas, unions, births, and deaths.
Citizens in Clarendon organized a mutual gas company after resisting price hikes by a single company. The cooperative drilled a well near a rival’s field, secured gas, and lit the town at a cost of about one dollar per month per stove. The venture saved the borough an estimated sixty thousand dollars and aims to continue benefiting stockholders. A second item notes a panther terrorizing Humphrey, with villagers arming themselves and killing the beast after a three-hour chase.
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