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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1877
Page
2
The Hayes message was read on Monday and received here Tuesday morning in the Titusville Herald. The issue has no room for it this edition due to space taken by coverage of the Court House dedication. it will appear in an extra.
A protracted political fight ends with Kellogg of Louisiana and Butler of South Carolina admitted to the Senate. Patterson of South Carolina and Conover of Florida, both Republicans, supported Butler. Republicans retain a Senate majority with Vice President Wheeler able to cast a tie vote. The next battle centers on Kellogg’s colleague Eustis as Louisiana seats widen the chamber to full strength for the first time since the war.
The Pittsburg Telegraph notes a party slate listing A H Dill for Governor Wm McClelland for Lieutenant Governor Henry P Ross for Supreme Judge and Ben Whitman for Secretary of Internal Affairs. The Erie Observer questions the process saying candidates are announced without their knowledge.
The Democrats review official New York election returns and find their majority down from 33,000 last year to 11,000 with total votes off by 140,000. The Republican vote falls by 117,000, a reduction of a little over twenty percent.
The Nursery for December presents engaging reading for children with good illustrations. Subscription is $1.60 yearly in advance or 15 cents per issue. Mail orders to John L. Shorey in Boston Massachusetts.
Business on Virginia railroads and telegraph lines has resumed, restoring normal commercial and communication flow after prior disruptions. The revival affects merchants, travelers, and railway and telegraph workers resuming services across the state.
Dispatches reinforce a theory that the Huron wreck resulted from mistaken seamanship not defects. Fresh inspection found the ship in good condition yet pushed aground by a storm near an unmanned life saving station due to Democratic economy. A rescue boat from a steamer was swamped, costing five of nine sailors their lives.
Daily Pittsburg production reaches five thousand pounds of artificial butter. Coal mine work in Pennsylvania shows slight improvement. In Pittsburg riot cases sixteen heard eleven convictions two guilty pleas three acquittals. Reading clubs grow in state towns. Philadelphia exhibitors plan Sunday closures. Erie post office handles three thousand five hundred letters daily. Civil suits against Tweed end by confession for 1.4 million dollars plus costs.
A Pleasant Duty endorses King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. The ad claims it cures severe coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption quickly, guarantees relief, and offers a free trial bottle from Morek & Co.
On December 3 1877 Warren County celebrated the dedication of a new court house replacing the old half century structure. The ceremony honored Commissioners Wheelock Dunham Jennings and Russell along with architect M E Beebe and builder J P Marston and featured speeches by Hon L D Wetmore and Judge Wetmore. The history and finances of the project were explained including use of the Rouse Estate funds to finance the building and safeguards for public records.
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