07 Aug 1877
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1877
Page
1
Historic timetable notice from the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad records the adoption of a May 15 1877 schedule. The entry labeled Ward appears among routing and service annotations, indicating a possible station or route marker.
Erie Mail leaves Erie and arrives Philadelphia with several intermediate stops. Timings show connections east and west via the L. S. & M. S. R. W. and Oil Creek routes. Erie time is 20 minutes slower than Philadelphia time. Philadelphia time is used for Erie departures.
A long list enumerates town and district officers for Warren County including Burgess, Town Council members, Clerk, Assessor, School Directors, Justices of the Peace, Constable, Notaries Public, Auditors, and DISTRICT AND COUNTY OFFICERS such as Congressman L. F. Watson State Senator C. W. Stone Assemblyman W. M. Lindsey Judge Lansing D. Wetmore Associate Judges W. B. Acocks and W. W. Connely Sheriff Henry Brace Prothonotary Starling W. Waters Treasurer Robert E. Miller County Commissioners M. Dunham E R Wheelock J. B. Jennings County Surveyor Geo O. Cornelius Coroner Sterling Green District Attorney Wm Schuur County Auditors E A Spencer T E Barnes G C James County Superintendent N R K Thompson.
Local notices list church names, pastors, service times, and Sunday schools. Baptist Rev E F Crane, Presbyterian Rev W A Rankin, Episcopal Rev H S Getz, Methodist Rev R M Warren, Evangelical Rev A Rearick, Lutheran Rev F C H Lampe, Scandinavian Rev J Mellander, Catholic Rev De La Roque with Rev Mullen. Services include morning and evening times and Sabbath school schedules.
Local fraternal orders list their meeting nights and locations. Laban Lodge No 52 K of H meets every other Monday in South Burgess block with H L Lorn as dictator and A Merrill as reporter. Carroll Lodge No 102 A O of U W meets Wednesdays over Burgess’ store. Waters recorder. Star Lodge No 241 A Y M meets Wednesday near full moon with J H Spencer secretary. Occidental H R A Chapter No 235 meets second Monday. Conewago Lodge No 200 I C G T meets Monday at Johnson’s Exchange. Warren Lodge No 339 I O O F meets Tuesday in Allen Block. Kossuth Encampment No 98 I O O P meets second and fourth Thursdays at Johnson’s Exchange.
Fragmentary timetable shows trains on the Franklin Division and connections to Oil City Raymilton Jamestown Ashtabula and Cleveland with various arrival times and notes on service changes. Other lines reference Erie Buffalo and Buffalo connections with morning and evening departures and arrivals.
Letters from the Black Hills describe a deadly Sioux volley near Deadwood, quartz mining prosperity with stamps and quicksilver, placer diggings paying up to 30 dollars per day, and cave exploration at Crystal Spring Cave. Community notes urge more women, report Indian tensions, and fondly mock frontier life and humor.
A Detroit Free Press reader queries classic wonders, capital punishment status, and Canada extradition rules. The seven wonders are listed as the Pyramids, Hanging Gardens, Temple of Diana, Statue of Jupiter, Mausoleum, Colossus, Pharos. Michigan and Iowa have abolished capital punishment. Maine may have recently. Extradition from Canada covers murder, attempted murder, piracy, arson, robbery, forging, and utterance of forged paper under the 1852 treaty, with required proof of criminality.
The piece recounts Miss Corisande’s family ages with Tom, a humorous contrast on marriage and jealousy, and then shifts to a reflection on how people seek texts that confirm their desires. It likens the Bible to a spring that never runs dry, reaching into hidden sources and offering enduring insight.
A friend muses on the skill of kissing, claiming few can extract bliss from lips. He recalls a New England party where the belle was kissed by many, and asserts one chaste salute yields nine flavors including onions tobacco peppermint gin lager musk and camphor Appleton.
A Danbury hat dealer painted a wooden dog sign white and set it outside. Curious passersby touched the sign with their fingers repeatedly, marbling the surface. The owner later found a card reading Look out for Paint affixed to the dog, hinting at mischief and human nature.
In dialogue, Julia defends a suitor while an older relative suggests money, revealing tensions over affection and inheritance as the scene ends in ambiguity. The exchange centers on character dynamics rather than a plot climax.
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