Busy Week at Court House March 1889 Proceedings
The Court of Quarter Sessions convened March 1889 with all judges and jurors. Procedures included election fraud petitions for A J Williams and Valentine Benson, grand jury indictments on multiple defendants, and trials for Metzgar Wright Boyer Woodard and others. Verdicts varied from guilty to not guilty with costs, and several cases postponed or continued due to witness attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afernoon
Kiazua
A. d Owilliame
Valentine Benson
A.J. Williams
Valentine Berson
Lhst
Benson
Commonwealth
Abram Brown
James Boyer
Daniel Carroll
John P. Nelon
Elmer Wright
E.G. Woodard
Oyer and Terminer Court
Willard Wright
Ed. Metzgar
Spence Walton
Isaac
Starbird
William <Altham
Gus
Mull
Commonwealth Ve
Crowell
Metzgar
Young Metzgar
Irvineton
Olney House
Bartz
Mr. Bartz
Commonwelth
J.R. Brady
BG. Wood
Ard
Cape
Elk Township
A. Morris
J. Bickers
Abe Morris
Joseph Barnhart
Josie Armstrong
Blanche Timmons
Susie Hammond
Wm Hale
Same
Norton Willover
Myrtle Keelan
May Cummings
Emma Young
Death of Lorenzo Preston Prominent Farmington Resident
Lorenzo Preston, a respected Farmington citizen known for public service and integrity, died at 54 years, leaving a wife and three children. Funeral was held Tuesday at 11 a.m. He was brother to Jerome Preston of Jamestown and Mrs. A. L. Jenks of Buffalo. The notice notes his long residence near Farmington Centre and his role in estate settlements.
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Farmington
Farmiseron
Lorenzo Preston
Preston
Farmington Centre
Jerome Preston
Jamestown
A. L. Jenks
Buffalo
Homer L
Seymour Cramer
Henrietta
Remembrance and Faith in a Hidden Memoir
The writer reflects on a memoranda book found in Warren, sharing a sequence of personal notes about family loss, faith in life after death, and questions on belief. It notes a dying mother, a narrator watching over her, and meditations on fate, hope, and mortality amid a village cultural scene including Mrs. Scott Siddons’s reading at Library Hall.
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Guy
Sbe
Nir
Tonnwy
Scott-Siddons
Library Hall
Warren
Shakespeare
Twain
Burdett
Scott Siddona Ia
Scott Siddons
Mr. Scott-Siddons
Mrs. Scott- Siddons
Borough Council Sees Transition and Water Woes in Warren
Warren Borough Council meets with new burgess August Merck Jr taking over from W. A. Rankin. Discussions focus on water supply issues at the Feb 23 fire, repairs to reservoir, and authority to pursue new water works. Police reports list fines and duties, library trustees request a sworn special policeman, and committees for 1889 are named with salary and bill items approved.
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W. A. Rankin
N. Moore
Leffard
Meredith
Buyer
Mintzer
Tarball
Second Street
Lefford
Warren Borough
Struthers Library
L.P Giegerich
Charles H. Norys
Geigerich
Rankin
Hazeltioe
Utter
Justice McPherson
Burgers Rankin
August Merck, Jr
Burgess
Oil
Warren
Urchigen
Orber
Council
Mosers
Mackiuy
Crawford
Messia
Hugerty
Hunter
Bayer
Thei Senta
A. Mintzer
A.J. Hazeltine
Joseph A. Schofield
Messrs
G. Ward
Cogswell
G. Waid
Wm. Schnur
W. M. Baker
M. Stonacher
Burgess Marck
A. J. Hazeltine
W. S. Leffard
Fire Department
A. Mitzer
P. J. Bayer
Sidewalka
L. Werle
Wm. Hegerty
H. P. Hunter
Bridges
L. Koller
Wm Hegerty
Poor
Police
P. Hunter
P.J. Byer
Rermarks
Warren Water Co
Measra
Worle
Penna, Gas. Co
A. Minimi & Co
E. Gowan & Co
Warren Hotel
A. Blegel & S
Kopf & Henry
Keystone Clothing Co
Leenhart& Son
Same
Struthers Wells & Co
Wumphrey & Nemeyer
Wilbur & Schnur
P RR. Co
Reth & Co
Pi HS. Thomas
Con
Ward
J.C. Utter
J. F. Babcock
Joseph A Schofield
Burgess Rankin
Robert MacKay
J.W. Crawford
W.S. Leffard
A. Mintver
Louis Werle
Keller
J. A. Schofield
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Criminal Court
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Totzno
Geo. Ball’s
Arounder
Ami Observat
Bsventa Aa Nowaby & Chir
Amoua
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