Warren County Democratic Vigilance slate list
A lengthy row of candidates across townships and boroughs appears under the Warren County Democratic Vigilance Committee, with names for Conewango Columbus Cherry Grove Eldred Elk Glade Kinzua Limestone Mead Pine Grove Pottsfield Pleasant Shefield Sugar Grove South West Youngsville Warren Borough and more, followed by a note of party order and signatures. The later column discusses political commentary on Senator Conkling, President Hayes, and state party strategies including Maine and Ohio fortunes, forecasting occasional Democratic-Greenback or cross-party alignments and opposition to specific local candidates.
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Warren County
Court House
Warren
Brokenstrawge Conewange
Golamba
Chey Grove
Brokensign
Mike Schwing
A. C. McKinney
Colender Arthurs
Conewango
Fred Honhart
J. M. Jackson
Philip Leonhart
Columbus Township
Geo. Smith
Wilbur Lyons
Emet
A. B. McKain
G. C.james
EB. K. Watson
Kinzua
James Leonard
John E. Lyle
N. Gibson
Limestone
John P. Houser Jr
John Myers
John Purvis
Mead
Charles Shemmelseng
John Gano
Sam Grosenberg Jr
Pine Grove
James H. Martin
Levi Brown
G. ¥. French
Pottsfield
A. J. Foster
Wim. E. Stright
Hiram Horn
Pleasent
John Grander
Ernest Highhouse
John Diablo
Shefield
Rufus Gilson
John Whitman
Ed Swashing Creech
F. Bates
Geo. Bush
Donnildgon
Sugar Grove
D. Wentworth
Jas
Woodside
Emry Davis
South West
S. A. Burt
W. B. Campbell
GT Benner
Priumph
A. McGraw KE
Currie
J. D. Thompson
Tidioute
H. Taggart
J. B Wathen
Tipton
I. Youngsville
Phillip Meat
W. F. Siggins
Arthur McKinney
D. E. Borkstresser
A. L. Dalrymple
Thomas Ryan
Rufus P. King
Maine
N.Y
Weible
Theodore Hase
Ohio
More Candidates for Prothonotary in Warren
A.S. Dalrymple and Henry BR Bartlett of Warren announce their willingness to seek the Prothonotary’s office at the Greenback and Democratic Conventions, presenting their names for consideration.
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A.S. Dalrymple
Henry BR. Bartlett
Warren
President signs Army Bill amid party clash
A debated Army Bill is signed after sharp exchanges with stalwarts led by Senator Conkling. The note says Democrats claim a triumph while Republicans suffer defeats in both House and Senate. The piece also mentions a vetoed Judicial Expenses Bill and an elopement case at Bath Maine with a husband and wife.
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Hayes
Sam Tilden
White House
Senator Conkling
House
Senate
Congress
Bath
Maine
Senator Conkling's Violent Senate Tirade and Lamar's Calm Reply
A detailed account of Senator Conkling's unprovoked tirade against the Democratic majority, including Lamar of Mississippi’s calm rebuttal and denials of bad faith. The piece condemns Conkling and Blaine as insolent party leaders, notes partisan clashes, and suggests the confrontation may temper Conkling's conduct.
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Conkling
Senate
Lamar
Senator Lamar
Mississippi
Senator Conkling
Capitol
Blaine
Foresight of Detectives and Misguided Theories
A Detroit area report recalls a Mrs. Hull found bound and dead in New York with $2000 in jewelry stolen. Investigators suspected an outsider, but a local colored man confessed to the robbery and Mrs. Hull’s watch was found on him, clearing Dr Hull. A Niagara Falls incident shows a husband suspected of murder but ruled an accident. The piece notes detectives often err and mockery of their conclusions amid grief.
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Hall
Hull Mansion
H. M. Clark
Pittsburgh
Brown
W. J. Grandin
Silas Ferry
Peter Shugert
Charley Bankhead
Paps
Waltz
Fairbank
Girard Hall
Kembie
Weilbleites
Tidioute
Fannie McAlintock
Ol City
Clark Mansion
Opera House
Berthe M. McGonkey
Shugart
Clark
Frank G. Colitman
Jennie Lewis
Fred
Walter Deming
Deming
Earle M. van Slyke
Mr. Ee
Issac Woods
Dee
John Hadly
BE. Chapin Richardson
C. E White
Wee News
Fred B. Osborne
Gilleland
G.S. Arnold
Arnold
Mr. Arnold
Senator Voorhees Attacks New York Election Abuses
In a Senate speech Senator Voorhees of Indiana recounted Davenport's Deputy Marshals wielding power over New York elections. He described arrests of thousands of naturalized voters, intimidation at the polls, and a reign of terror preceding the 1876 and 1878 elections, arguing federal oppression in a major commercial hub.
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Voorhees
Indiana
Senate
Davenport
Europe
Russia
South
New York
Western Hemisphere
Republic
John J. Davenport
Circuit Court
United States Circuit Court
United States
John L Davenport
Ku Klux
Congress
Fort Davenport
Exie Herald reports Norman Spencer’s $17,500 oil theft plot
Norman Spencer, a bookkeeper for a Pennsylvania oil company, stole 17,500 dollars and fled west to marry a Titusville fiancée. A detective shadowed the traveling pair as the woman used disguise to meet him. Spencer bought a Texas plantation and planned to wed a neighbor’s daughter, but the Titusville woman exposed him and he was arrested.
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Exie Herald
Norman Spencer
Pennsylvania Oil Company
Titusville
Quincy
Chicago
Spencer
Galveston
Texas
Father kills his three daughters in Springfield tragedy
John Kemmler, a German laborer, killed his three young daughters aged six four and one at South Holyoke after being ordered to vacate a Germania Mills tenement. He told police let the law take its cause and feared the girls would grow up to vice, saying they would be better in heaven.
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Springfield
Mass
John Kemmler
South Holyoke
Colorado
Germania Mills
Kemmier
Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte
Tuilleries
Saarbruck
Napoleon
Belgium
Sedan
Paria
Torquay
England
Chiselhurst
Woolwich
South Africa
Isandula
Rouhber
Africa
Prince Imperial death details at Kellize mountains
London dispatch gives precise account of the Prince Imperial's death. He and two troopers were ambushed by Zulu warriors near Kellize mountains. Eleven assegais struck him, one piercing the right eye, clothes removed, hair locket found. A funeral escort will transport the body home as sorrow spreads. Parliamentary and Paris reactions noted, with speculation on Bonapartists.
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London
Prince Imperial
Carey
Kellize
Blood River
House of Commons
Col. Stanley
Sydney
Teaden
Eugenie
Paris
Jerome Napoleon
New York
Courier
Deseats Unis
Ano
Bonaparte Party
Napoleon III
Wash for Apple and Peach Trees Insecticidal Whitewash
The preparation combines slack lime with water, gas tar or crude petroleum, whale oil soap or lye, and clay to form a thick whitewash. Apply to apple and peach trees from limbs to roots in June or July to deter bark louse and borers, brighten trees, and repel mice and rabbits. Late autumn application aids in preventing rodent damage.
What Girls Can Do in Higher Education Debates
Louisville’s Louisvill e Counter Journal notes a University of Michigan Chronicle trend showing women graduating at higher rates than men since admission began, except 1878. Data: 72 women 100 percent, men 80. 73 women 100, men 62. 75 women 70, men 60. 76 women 67, men 63. 77 women 70, men 63. 78 women 00, men 69.
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Louisville Counter-Journal
Dreas
University of Michigan Chronicle
Varied Agricultural Facts From Early 20th Century Notes
A compilation of agricultural figures and observations covering United States farming shares, beef transport costs, sewage disposal proposals, Louisiana algae cane, pig and ruminant digestion rates, Cashmere shawl costs, Holland tobacco, Japanese tea, pasture and butter production, Scotland stock sales, turnip feed for mutton, sour milk for poultry, cow manure yields, and plaster soil amendments. The piece highlights percent shares, prices, yields, and practical farming tips, reflecting period concerns in agriculture and animal husbandry.
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United States
Sega
Louisiana
Lane
Holland
Austria
Italy
Germany
Havana
Japan
Arnold
Scotland
England
Anderson
How to Keep Bouquets Fresh
A short note from St. Nicholas shares practical tips for preserving cut flowers. The author favors cooling at night and trimming stems, then floating them in a marble basin with very cold water to revive them by morning. Some flowers resist this method, so they are dried and stored in a cold dry air setup for longer shelf life.
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Flowers
Keep
S. C
St. Nicholas
Prejudice Kills and Hop Bitters in Modern Medicine
A grieving couple recounts how prejudice against Hop Bitters delayed relief for their daughter, now restored to health by the remedy. The piece then surveys United States provision exports, noting vast growth despite war and 1873 panic, with hog products leading the value and pork prices falling due to corn expansion and pork supply. American provisions are rising globally.
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United State
Lara
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Ledger
Grovas P. Ona
Warren Borough
Yi Columbus Rough
Democratic Vigilance Committee
Warren Co
France
Post
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Murat Hatstead
Frankfort
Mich
Betsey
Prussia
Hungary
Great Britain
Prengle
Vienna
Thomas
Swedenburg
Hell
Loomis & McMaster
N. Y
Jacob Eysinger
O14
Endleboe & Johnston
J-C.bennett
Honharts
Henry’s
Brussels
Parmlee & Henry
A. A. Davis & CO
A. A. Davis & CO. Warren
John
JT. Carter
Titusville, PA
Cassimeres
House of
John J. Carter
Corwin & Rix
West Spring ST
Ledger
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