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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1885
Page
4
Fifteen new type styles arrived at the Lapeer office this week expanding capabilities for commercial job printing. Enhanced by new material and skilled workers, the shop guarantees first class results, with quick turnaround and low prices. Patronage is earnestly solicited.
Judge Daniszis at Erie Special Term orders Buffalo Common Council to fund civil service examinations. Legislation 1883 1884 require mayoral regs, examination, and appointed examiners. Council wrongly rejected $1250 item, blocking law's execution. mandamus granted as proper remedy to ensure compensation and execution of the act. Public interest supports ruling.
Report from a farmers club meeting at the Court House notes an adjournment to 10 a m for more business time but finds few farmers could attend. President Lott presided as minutes were read and approved. Discussion covered whether spring plowing benefits land that was plowed in fall and whether angle worms injure ground or vegetation.
The dialogue covers frost protection for vegetables using shallow soil and air chambers, seed potatoes, early-maturing livestock, salt as fertilizer, and grazing effects. A talk on Southdown sheep by President Lott and an essay on Jersey cattle by John P. Samuelson were highlighted before adjourning to May 1885 at the Court House.
A partisan political column declares a new Democratic era has dawned, condemns Republican misrule, and praises Grover Cleveland. It urges citizens to support honest governance, shun spoilsmen, and expect reform under Cleveland, with future young voters aligning with Jefferson, Jackson, and reform.
The Bertholdi statue, the largest in the world, is loaded on the French ship Isere for shipment to the United States. It weighs 440000 pounds with 176000 pounds copper, rises 151.2 feet with pedestal 91 feet and foundation 52.10 feet, and will stand 305 feet above tidewater when placed on Bedloe’s Island. Arrival is expected around May 25, and a fundraising miniature statue is offered to subscribers for 1. All remittances go to Richard Butler, secretary.
The American Committee of the Statue of Liberty at 33 Mercer Street New York offers a twelve inch model in several metals for five dollars each delivered.
Typhoid and malarial fever plague Plymouth near Wilkesbarre with six deaths and nine funerals. borough council votes to clear streets alleys and back yards and later consider sewer construction. public health fears rise as cleanliness urged.
Mrs Dudley who tried to kill O Dono van Kass is ill in prison and seeks bail. Phoebe Vanderbilt, sister of the late Commodore and aunt of William H, dies in New York at 76. Henry Wattsmon plans a move on the administration likely to Washington next week. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote he once felt older, and Sir Thomas Gladstone nears his 90th year as a Torvin potinigs. Paul H Hayne, poet, aged 55, tall and health poor. Ex Congressman Townsend predicts Foraker GOP governor candidate. disavows his own bid. Miss Constance Edgar of Baltimore invested with veil of Visit at Baltimore Convent. step-daughter of Jerome Bonaparte.
In Lottsville on April 28 a community festival raised funds to buy a school dictionary. The piece mocks barbed wire fences around schools, praises benevolent fundraisers, notes a past fence failure, and highlights local figures like Miss Mead and the editor. It laments wasteful school tax and celebrates spring as warmth returns.
General Grant slept lightly from 11 pm to 2 am then rested until morning. He dressed and felt well and refreshed. Dr. Douglas said he was as well as yesterday, though not clearly better than Sunday. Flags and bunting hung on his street for the birthday. Grant, turning 63, sends thanks to Army Posts, societies, schools, states, and individuals for their many, touching congratulations on his 68th birthday equality note.
The President announced multiple diplomatic postings on April 29 with Charles L. Scott named Minister Resident and Consul General to Venezuela and Waren Green named Consul General at Kanagawa Japan. Others include John E Bacon Charge d Affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay and several Consuls for locations worldwide. Retained as Consuls are W F Grinvell at Bradford England Lyell T Adams at Geneva Sars and W Dabney at Favel.
During a Sunday service at a church near Gaston a dispute led to a fatal shooting. Robert Moss, a Black man, was killed by another Black man involved in the altercation. Police were summoned and are investigating the case as a homicide.
Col George Woodford will start temperance meetings in Warren on May 14, with a county convention planned later this month. The piece predicts strong success and frames the liquor trade as doomed, urging public conscience and noting rest for William H. Clark amid a summer campaign.
The old statesman in the House of Commons declares no war is imminent and urges a cautious, pacific path. He insists the current aim is an honorable settlement, with only readiness for possible preparations if diplomacy fails.
Dow & Co of Bradford announces the bank will close due to Mr Dow pursuing other profitable interests. The move comes as a loss to Bradford, but he is praised as a straightforward and respected businessman.
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