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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1889
Page
3
Local column items include Arbor Day plans, county treasurer candidates, Odd Fellowship anniversary, farmers club meeting, school term start and a Pleasant township exhibition, plus notices on local businesses. Also reports on trout catches, paving, rail prospects, a greenhouse, a new refinery, and entertainment by the Woman's Relief Corps.
Virginius mentioned for next Tuesday night. Burgess Morck left for Cincinnati Tuesday and will return this week. Mrs. Harry Isaacs and children visiting friends in New York. J. Tate of Kinzua in town Saturday, a lively merchant. Postmaster Love to take possession next Wednesday May 1. New clerk L. McDowell of Youngsville at Pickett & Co. S. H. Doty back from Central America and Panama Canal. M. B. Dunham of Warren bought Logan farm from Black & Lake at Enterprise. Laura Snyder of West End school leaves Friday for Philadelphia for medical treatment. Agnes to supervise her room. Miss Sarah Rounds to assist in May 20 entertainment. will move East after Detroit Training School stint. Portrait of late Gov. R. E. Fenton by W. A. Greaves gifted to Fenton Guards armory. Mrs. Fenton commissioned a duplicate, a strong portrait. Greaves’s portraiture gaining national notice.
Library Hall hosts Mrs Caldwell tomorrow night with praise from Warren citizens. Accompanist Miss Jones and tenor Dr Guth also well regarded. Jessie Alexander becomes evening’s highlight with an enthusiastic reception and multiple encores. Mr Warrington earns strong notices for Alone in the Desert and The Day is Done with moving performance.
R D McLean and Marie Prescott bring Virginius to Warren next Tuesday evening April 30 assisted by a fine company. They appeared in Philadelphia last night at the Arch, McLean’s noble portrayal showing restraint of the roman patriots boisterous pride and Prescott conveying Virginia’s maidenly grace in scenes with her father and lover.
W H Pickett & Co operates a vast hardware stock including house furnishings, stoves, pipes, paints, and iron and steel, with a large yard, depot warehouse, and eighteen shop workers plus eleven in store. The firm is noted for good work and square dealing though space limits growth while their out-of-town crews serve Tidioute and nearby towns.
Beautiful Easter observances filled churches homes and yards with blooms and bonnet fashion. Episcopal Lutheran Catholic services featured extra music and decor while Presbyterians Baptists Methodists and Evangelicals also held spirited observances. Episcopal offertory raised 4128 to reduce debt and Sunday school mite boxes added 62. Easter eggs and lilies were prominent in Oakland and surrounding woods.
At a special meeting of the Burgess and Council last Wednesday evening rules and resolutions from a prior meeting on the proposed street railway were changed and re adopted. They plan a flat tram rail electric power paving deferred until street paving occurs track thirty feet from curb line poles iron or wood neatly painted bridge committee to report on a foot way beside the bridge gauge to accommodate ordinary vehicles fare not to exceed five cents a passenger preparations to build the line will begin at once the Fire Committee found Struthers Hose Co blameless on fires and the Water Committee to study a cheap abundant supply of pure water for residents and public use with recommendations.
Dr John Curwen physician in chief and superintendent at Warren State Hospital states wards are crowded due to recent mental disorder cases taking legal precedence. Longstanding cases and imbecility cannot be admitted. Notice should be given to the physician in charge so he may inform applicants if admission is possible.
Morris L. Wheat of Chicago and General Worthy Foreman of the Knights of Labor of America will speak in Warren on Tuesday April 30 and in North Clarendon on May 1 and Youngsville on May 2. The Warren Assembly plans a proper celebration of Washington’s inauguration as the first President, with an interesting program at Library Hall if arrangements are completed.
Private notice announces piano lessons by an overseas teacher at 512 Water Street. Also offered items include furniture at 14 Third Street and an elegant square piano for rent through Mrs J A McIntosh. Call 10 am to 3 pm daily before May 1.
A 60 year old man notes fashionable children’s hats at Said shop. He recalls his mother gave him Down’s Elixir for coughs and colds when he was a boy. N. C. Allen and B. F. Morris are mentioned in connection with the item.
Araust Mores, burgess of Warren Pennsylvania, proclaims April 30 as a general holiday with bells rung at nine in the morning. Stores closed and citizens urged to observe the day with church services and prayers for gratitude to God and the republic.
Editor J. E. Rupert of the Coneautville Courier woke to burglars in his house as they sought his revolver. They refused to be killed and left after taking only a pair of scissors and four exchanges. The incident marks a rare intrusion on a newspaper man, with no valuables stolen.
Jamestown Sun notes liquor dealers along the line watch Pennsylvania prohibitory amendment battles with keen interest. They claim prohibition often fails to curb sales, noting Warren county dealers still boosted sales as the debate unfolds.
Mr Clemons now furnishes ice to all parts of the town at reasonable prices. He offers fine, pure ice. Orders may be left at A Ruhlman's store or with the wagon.
S. Burt at 400 Hickory Street keeps a ready supply of fresh and salt water fish. Call him for the current stock and prices.
Sept. fair dates announced for Titusville week before Warren fair. Obituaries: D. W. Clark of Tidicute dies after long illness. A Union City druggist to be tried in Erie for selling liquor without prescription. Lucinda oil district in Clarion county reports four dry holes. Mary Wood opens Kane area millinery store in Sheffield. Maj. Holliday of Erie linked with Customs post. Mrs. McConnell of Torpedo Warren county dies. Enoch Morrison dies at Sugar Run Corydon aged about 77. Anna Boyd of Bradford files witchcraft charges. Ada C. Malone new Kane Leader editor. Cameron county land case to be tried May 20. Johnsonburg railroad track completion and opening planned mid May to early June. Garland residents drownings and survivals on Chautauqua lake. Chandler's Valley Amendment Club forms. prohibition debated. Potatoes planted on Spring Creek farms. frost not damaging. Pennsylvania notes: no retail licenses in Greene, Washington centennial Washington’s inauguration holiday April 30. Ballots shipping to county commissioners for June elections. Sharon sidewalks to be cleared of obstructions. Pennsylvania trooper deployments to New York for centennial discussed. Pittsburgh lumber raft situation on Allegheny river. market weak. Amendment campaign active in most counties. pro宣传ion gains.
One 15 h. p. engine, one 18 h. p. boiler, one Saw patent Shingle Machine, two saws, one bolter and sapper, one drag saw. All in good repair and cheap. Address F H Conck y n, 24a2t Warren Pa.
Water well drilling set with tools in good running order offered on reasonable terms. Apply to George Falkman at 17a31 Carver Street, Glade, Warren County, PA.
F. R. Scott designs a round tin puzzle labeled Chautauqua. A two inch paper circle sits center on the bottom. Four wire loops named America, Africa, Europe and Asia surround the top edge. Players move four marbles representing pilgrims first into Chautauqua and then to their home loops. The puzzle tests skill and nerve and outplays Pigs in Clover.
A compiled list of real estate transfers filed for the MAIL shows transactions from Spring Creek to Warren and nearby areas. Names include J B Wightman, H H Preston, Mary A Eddy, Andrew Lindblad, S U C Rhodes, T Struthers, Chas A Whaley, H P Nichols, John K Carl, Ann Cryan, Frank Nason, H J Hopkins, David Emery, Francis Henry, Tidioute Savings Bank, and Mary C Morrison, with properties valued up to 8 500 dollars. The notices also reference church conveyances and local sales.
The notice touts fire life and accident insurance from Joan Situ and Son at Exchange Block Warren Pennsylvania. It emphasizes relief from sleepless nights and nervous disability through coverage offered by a trusted local agency.
BT. H. Jonnaux announces cash payments during the season for rags free of rubbish papers old rubber shoes and metals and invites seekers to locate the purchaser at Johnson's Exchange room.
The piece urges nationwide flag display and joy on the centennial, calling for bells at nine in churches countrywide. It emphasizes God’s blessing, prayer led by clergy, and unity among Protestant Catholic and Jewish communities, quoting Washington’s founding and urging attendance with families. It notes the source as New York Independent, received at Patterson's.
Corrected weekly price table lists prices for apples butter beans pork cheese evaporated apples eggs hams lard onions potatoes shoulders and other staples per bushel per barrel per pound per gallon. Also shows prices for tea sugar coffee flour molasses syrup rice Timothy seed clover seed and kerosene oil with dealer notes and typographical errors in the column headings.
County correspondence notes our town association known as the U. S. A. and suggests a new name. Mrs L C Arnott slowly recovers from illness. Frank Siggins of Oil City visits his parents. A Friday ball game ends with town boys losing 22 to 11. Sel dom Swift.
Spring Creek reports Harrison Pateh visiting Pittsburg sister Mrs. R Belden last week. Mrs D W Deming returns from Kentucky with son Hon O B Deming. Deming in poor health. Elmer Mudge ill with rheumatism. E A U maple sugar festival held last Saturday night. R T of T held one last night. Charles Eldred begins building a new house. Crops progress in warm weather. oats sown. Hotel barn burned yesterday. Dom Pedro.
Freehold reports Mrs M Ricker is not improving. A D Patechen of Sugar Grove Tp died Saturday night. Dr W M Baker and W D Hinckley of Warren showed a citizen the finest trout display. An amendment organization was formed at Lottsville with D S Pierce as President and L Nuttle as secretary. Voters show disgust for liquor traffic and many people vow to vote yes to remove temptation. Some locals plan to support constitutional change, arguing it will end poverty and misery caused by drink.
Limestone April notes report schools resuming by the 15th with teachers Miss Ella McKean, Miss Mary Carl, Miss Lottie Turner, and Miss Buchanan. Rev Hadlock returns for another year as minister. Sabbath-school reopens. Frank and James Garber tour Tennessee, Eddy McDonald and Lem McKean move West, Miss Phena Bimber returns from Pittsburg, Miss Adda Sequine back home, William Black family back on the hill, Madge Kelly ill, John Conroe buys a Tidioute residence and plans move. S.
James McIntosh, born Ayr Scotland May 23 1808, died Apr 11 1889 at his son’s Sugar Grove home Warren County. He came to America at age 20, lived in Greene County New York, moved to Sugar Grove in 1830, married Isabella Laing in 1835. Survived by three children Chas McIntosh Mrs Noah Dalrymple of Sugar Grove and Mrs W W Hazeltine of Warren. Funeral held at Sugar Grove, buried there, with Christian faith and hope expressed.
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a potent nerve tonic and tranquilizer. It claims relief from nervousness and related symptoms like headaches and sleep tremors, linking stomach weakness to brain discomfort and touting digestion restoration as the path to recovery with broader benefits for dyspepsia, biliousness, rheumatism, constipation, and kidney complaints.
A legislative action in Illinois allocates fifty thousand dollars to erect a monument honoring General John A. Logan. The report blends other diverse items from town name changes in Mills City to social anecdotes from the White House and London, concluding with quotes about lost words and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
A collection of editorial excerpts argues against constitutional prohibition and supports local option and high license as practical temperance methods. It cites Worcester Spy, Baltimore Sun, Vermont Watchman, Pittsburgh Post, New York Commercial Advertiser, Maine newspapers, and others to critique prohibition and defend citizen virtue and self-restraint.
An employment ad states expenses paid positions available at Davis' Drug Store for those without prior experience. They promise easy entry for job seekers with no required background and invite applicants to pursue the opportunity under the ad headline.
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