Political maneuvering dulls party lines in Western New York
The letter outlines Democratic strategies in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties with focus on Gen Allen and Osmer, urging concentration against Osmer by supporting McAlister or Kinnear while criticizing Camp. It notes Lee’s nomination for State Senate and McAlister’s for Senate, plus a critique of the Mail and Gen Cary’s impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
J. W. Lee
Franklin
Lee
J. B. McAlister
Oil City
Mr. Lee
McAlister
Henry P. Kinnear
Kinnear
Sam Cary
Mail
Republican Party
Afuii
Gen. Cary
S. J. Tilden
New York Tribune
Tilden
Election near as voters weigh county and state races
The article urges support for J. B. White for Assembly and lists Democratic and National candidates for District Attorney, County Commissioners, Register and Recorder, and Auditors. It notes opposition by Cameron interests, favors McAlister for Senate, Allen for Congress, and Dill and Africa for state offices, with a Methodist preacher’s critique of Dill and Dunkel and a caution on party manipulation. It closes by reporting twelve thousand Yellow Fever deaths in the South, with frost relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. White
Assembly
anti-Cameron
Cameron
White
Attornney
Perry D. Clark
J. D. James
C. C. Thompson
James Roy
Glade
W. H. Maultby
Eldred
Cout House
Register and Recorder
A. M. Jackson
Spring Creek
E. 5
Sundertin
Corydon
Jas. E. Hill
McAlister
Oil City
George A. Allen
Erie
Congress
Warren County
A. H. Dill
John Fertig
J. Simpson Africa
Dill
Hoyt
Mr. Dill
Mr. Dunkel
Intornal Affairs
Dunkel
Commonwealth
Cranmer
Republican Party
Andrew H. Dill
J. Simpson
Africa
Debates on Greenback currency and social distress in Delaware
A Delaware speech denounces legal tender paper money as unconstitutional and cites the Supreme Court on perilous times. The speaker laments national hardship, cites destitution from a city hospital to a House of Correction, and attacks speculative finance. Letters discuss Greenbackers, party politics, and a Senate race tied to local issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Bayard
Delaware
Georgetown
Supreme Court
House of Correction
Daniel Webster
Webster
United States
H. E
Fertig for Lieutenant Governor a Workingman Candidate
Philadelphia Record argues for John Fertig, a Titusville oil producer and three-term mayor, as a workingman nominee who champions oil producers against discriminations and pipeline issues. It contrasts him with opponent Stone, a lawyer, praising Fertig’s clean Senate record and advocacy for working people and city interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Lieutenant Guernor
John Fertig
Pennsylvania
Venango County
Fertig
Titusville
Sertig
Harrisburg
Senate
Massachusetts
Stone
Proofs of Progress and the foreign commerce reports
Joseph Nimmo Jr acting Chief of the Bureau of Statics issues a special report showing the United States total foreign commerce for the year ending June 30 1878 surpassed all prior years. Exports of domestic merchandise also rose to record highs with substantial surpluses over imports in 1876 77 and 1878. The report lists major commodities with rising export quantities and values across living animals bread coal cotton iron and oils among others. It notes a shift from years 1863 1873 where imports exceeded exports to the later years where exports surpassed net imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Nimmo, Jr
Bureau of Statics
United States
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Warken Ledger
Andrew IL. Dill
Union County
John Ferlig
Crawford County
Secretary OF Internal Affairs
J. Sempson Afriva
Huntingdon
Henry P. Ross
Montgomery Co
Congressional Dist
Benaton
John B. McAlister
Venango
Democratic
J.B. White
Youngsville
A. W. Jackson
Jamii Roy
W. H. Maulpey
Warren
Auprtors
E. S. Sunderlin
J. BE. Hill
Triumph
National Greenback
LABOR
Samuel R. Mason
Mercer County
Michael Steck
Lycoming County
Daniel Agnew
Beaver County
James L. Wright
Cyrus C. Camp
Boonseville
State Senate
Tron
Youngaville
John B. White
Register and
Alexander Ag Jackson
Aty Commissioners
William JH. Maultby
Thotrict
J. Dennis James
James N. Edwards
William W. Kemble
Vidicute
Penstee Warren Academy
Joseph A. Magee
Democratic “Vigilance Committee
Lyeckenstraw
Hugh Duprey
Darius Mead
Jubn W. Folwell
Conewango
Fred Hanhart
John Amenn
Philp Seigrist
Columbus
Jos. Perkins
Augustus Johinson
Asa Webber
Thilo Stevens
KR. N. Seager
Jos. Donnelly
Weryaon
Een. Sunderlin
John Williams
Jay le
Cherry Grove
Erastus Farnsworth
Jesse Swan
Deerfield
John B. Pierce
Kinson
E. Lyle
James 9. Fuller
James Leonard
Limestone
Myers
Wm. Merkle
Jacob Connarrow
Mead—S. Grossenburg,Jr
John Gane
Charles Shemmelseng
Dine Grove
Wiliam Brown
James A. Pabor
John Paily
Pitsfield
Hiram Horn
W. G. Shutt
Peter McKinney
Pleasant
John Grunder
Hiram Wood
Nicho- Tag Deiteh
Sheffeld
Frank Dickinson
William Moran
N.C. Paylor
Wm. Jackson
Archie Eldred
George Cummings
Suger Grove
J. L. Burroughs
Donald Stuart
Amor Johnson
South Weat
James Campbell
George Waters
Lorenzo Cheney
Nehem McGraw
Richard Currie
J.hall
Tidioute
John Tonkin
D. W
R. P. King
Chautauqua
Cattaraugus
Lorenzo Morris
Fredonia
H.C. Cary
Cincinnati
Finance
Geo. A. Allen
Camp
Osmer
Geo. A. Allen, Esq
C. C. Camp
Ek, Pa
J. B. Wire
Dran Sim
U.S
Warren Mail
Adamm
Adam
Mr. White
Don Cameron
Adam Learn
Ohio
Board of Supervisors
United Pipe Line
Jobin Fertig
Gamels Wary
Gashmere Delands
Gashmere Fourie
Armoures
Firenr’s
Balmoral Yarns
Germantown
Weall
New York
OUR Silk Department
New York City
D. M. Gross & Bro
Front Street
Warren Co
Jamestown
Henry
H. A. Jamieson
Bing
General Merchandise
Warren, Pa
Aper
Reed
A. A. Davis & Co., Warren
All
Wells & Noyes
F. Wells & Co
Druges
Wellls & Co
Wells & Co
Wells and Co
Wells & Co’s
Conarro
J. F. Wells
L. G. Notes
Morck
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