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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1882
Page
3
A Warren Mail column mixes weather, politics, church activities, and social events. It notes mud and sleet hindering travel, upcoming elections, Lent services, a library fundraiser, and a firehouse benefit. Local humor and anecdotes end with a Dunkirk Journal remark on post office romances and reactions.
Personal paragraphs note requests for letters from M Waters and updates on residents and visitors. Items mention Miss Grosvenor visiting Mrs Allen, Messner siblings ill, Isaacs in New York, Carrolls visiting, Smutz recovering, Mrs Evans ill with fever, Carroll Lodge portrait presentation, Jess Baker city politics, Mrs Windsor and Mrs Roberts at Our Boys, fire department note, Judge S P Johnson seen in Warren, Rev Getz back from Europe, Our Boys audience from Jamestown and locals traveling home through mud.
Rebecca Jane Davis widow of John F. Davis died Monday morning February 29 1882 at age 66 after a long illness with consumption. Daughter of the late Deacon John Hackney she was a retiring neighbor and devoted wife and mother. Funeral at the house Wednesday at 2 PM.
The Forest Republican lauds Prof. Gage's orchestra from Warren after a Our Boys performance. The editor says their playing at a recent Tionesta dance surpassed all music brought to town in years and predicts future demand for their services.
Fragmentary list names Bigler Miss F Clark Mrs Agnus Clark Mrs Harriett Clawson Benton Davies Norman Eavens Jas Forngrvist J A erres Florence Gamerson W B Jonston Caroline Johnson J A Keeslermann F Kydd Mrs Jame appear in a community notice or docket. The incomplete roster hints at a local event or filing with multiple residents named.
Fire discovered February 15 at 10 a m in H A Jamieson Wooden Ware Works caused by dust in the kiln. Engine and hose carts fought the blaze for hours. loss estimated at about two thousand dollars with insurance covering it. Recognition given to fire department Struthers Iron Works Wetmore Co and local volunteers for prompt aid.
A Warren stage show in Roscoe Hall last Wednesday night featured amateurs led by Mr. Carver in Byron's Our Boys. Net proceeds reached $77.10 for the library fund as a large, enthusiastic audience applauded strong performances by Cast including Miss Jessie Davis Violet Melrose and Fred Windsor.
Our oldest merchant Mr O H Hunter found a 1851 ledger worn by fires. It lists dozens of citizens past and present including S L Axtell Lewis Arnett Harley Babcock S C Brasington Philip Bucher Daniel Bowers Asa Parnes Hiram Baker Wm Bell P R Bennett Michael Bier Wim Barney J W Breed John Berry Henry Church Thomas Cam A Couse M Conrad R E Cook Chaffey Palconer Fishe Sam Gilson Gillman John Gilson Geer Goodrich Holema Holt Hutson Hook Hun Josiah Hall Orr Hall Chapin Hall Hall Spencer Hall McCoy Magill Morrise Marsh Mair McWillia Mott Orr Barney Owens Olney Randall Snyder Sands Summerton Summers Shaw Stanton Stranahar Sargent Stebbins Scott Sill Edga r later ledger lists many more names including Carpenter Rogers Waters Lambert Turner Jewett Turner Parker Lane Kidder Olney Taylor Shipman Stevens Taylor Wilson Wetmore Wheeler. The text notes how many of these names markers have faded or moved on while others remain.
A survey for a Erie to Corry line is planned. B P W extension from Brocton to Buffalo to operate by April. Western Union will string wires along the line to Salamanca and Buffalo. The Pennsylvania RR aided Garfield's funeral services. Foreclosures last year covered 29 railroads with extensive debt.
North East rejoices over a gas well at 512 feet. Typhoid and scarlet fever are unusually fatal in Clearfield county. J. H. Cogswell of the Herald was renominated Titusville postmaster. Mail from Erie averages two thousand pounds daily. McKean county paid $64.55 for fox scalps and $25 for wolf scalps. A new Titusville bank is planned with $125,000 subscribed in the Oil Exchange building. The Olean officers deny city incorporation plans. Erie Gazette leased to W. G. McKean. The Henry House in Clarendon reports strong patronage. Editor E. M. Bard of the McKean Miner died at 37. Presbyterians of Oil City nearing a new church with $7,300 raised. Franklin Press notes a boom as Miller Extract relocates to West Hickory. new factory, tannery, and export plans boost Forest County employment.
A first class company presents The Merchant of Venice in Warren on Friday evening February 24 with William Stafford as Shylock. Admission 75 and 50 cents seats at Noyes drug store. An orchestra will provide music. Annie Graham stars in the Legion of Honor on Monday February 27 with Frank L. Gardner Forrest Robinson and a strong company. Legion of Honor has played to full houses in New York Philadelphia Chicago and elsewhere.
Mr. A F Abbott proposes a dairy near Warren using a home delivery system with two cans per customer one daily fill and return of the empty can. He rents Stephen Carver farm in Glade and expects to begin in ten days to two weeks offering milk cream butter-milk and fresh butter with strict milking and quality controls.
March term jurors named for the county court session begin Monday the 6th at 2 PM. Foreman Barker T. J. and a list of 40 plus jurors from Freehold Conewango Sugar Grove Warren and surrounding towns assembled for grand and traverse panels.
Oil prices hovered in the eighties as the McKinney well in Williamson tract reported twelve inches in five days and will be tubed this week. An Olean New York oil fire destroyed three 35,000 barrel tanks holding 104,000 barrels, with losses around 114,000 dollars. Lt Governor Stone sold oil rights for fifty four acres to Stewart Bros., Wickham & Emery at seventy five dollars per acre plus one eighth royalty, amid high regional land values.
Capt Taggart of Tidioute spoke at a public school near President to urge energy and usefulness. He illustrated the need with a drill oil well line, a student answering Sand, sand, LAND. The captain acknowledged the clear pointed reply.
A Youngsville correspondent reports a silvery find at Garland near Warren County. The mine, located three weeks ago, was kept quiet until an assay in Philadelphia showed ore valued at 1.68 dollars per ton with notable lead and copper. Excavations reach fifteen feet. prospects rise with continued development.
The chorus of reviews hails the troupe as a powerful dramatic force. The New York press notes packed houses, seven curtain calls, and immediate success. Critics from the Herald Graphic and Times laud True merit and the compelling duel scene as among the best seen in modern theater.
G I Mead's Clothing Store opposite Carver House offers imported goods fine cloths and tailored suits with low prices and prompt service. A young industrious female cobbler in Atlanta repairs and constructs shoes to the satisfaction of numerous customers.
Last evening Scott Allen was found unconscious with a bullet wound to the forehead. The revolver and four discharged shots, plus business papers suggesting premeditation, were located. He is reportedly improving. The passage also notes local industrial progress and social events in Tidioute on February 15, 1882.
Horton Crary Co reports a busy month with $13000 in merchandise sales and $92000 in leather shipped from the station. The Barns business and new church plans are noted, along with a post mortem death of 25 year old Jack Hogeboom. Newsroom at Western Union and local education also mentioned.
Local items report two weddings on Feb 9 and Feb 10 with W. J. Davis 2d wedding Mrs Duncan and Belle Martin to George McKinney at Irvington. Lodge of Good Templars attend Irvington convention. W. H. Clark receives silver tea-set on birthday Feb 14. Various residents noted: Miss Ella Soles visiting aunt, Miss Hattie Axtell returns to school, M. Alger moves downtown, Miss Nellie McKinney to Edinboro, Mrs. Smith ill, and Emma Healey travels to Florida with husband. February 18, 1882.
The Jamestown well is completed and starts off at fifty barrels. Dew Drop Oil Co. begins drilling on the Wm English lease, completion in about three weeks. H K Miller of Warren builds a rig on Smethport hill. Old shop on Mr Duke's lot torn down for rebuilt structure. A fire in the Duke block Tuesday caused excitement but was controlled. incendiary work, no damage. Stage from Warren to town overloaded Friday. conductor Pitcher left Warren road. Hardenburg adds an extra to bring them up in good shape. Commissioners reportedly took twelve hundred and fifty dollars for a new wagon road from the RR Co. Paymasters visited on the 15th. quiet. Hungarians said to get nix money. Springer Morris show-window touts bats. Plans for a first-class drug store and a new clothing store. Feb 17 1882.
The town grows with fair business. oil wells south of town show promising activity. Wells on lot 498 and 530 are in or near sand, with 10 feet of productive sand found and others expected to come in. The K of H dance on Friday night drew about ninety couples with music by Prof. Gage’s orchestra and a fine Bradford House supper.
Rev. Fisher of Farmington preached a sermon to young people Sunday evening. F. E. Perkins suffered a breast wound testing a mill saw at Ackley last week. Town election is Tuesday with a caucus Monday. Hayward has started his mill and E. J. Badger may take a D A Wenn V R F operator post. Undertaking goods survived a fire. the factory opposite Warren remains open.
In Youngsville on February 9 1882 at the residence of John McKinney Davis 2d wed Mabel C Hoover both of Youngsville by G A Jackson Esq. Brecht Eccles marriage occurred in Clarendon February 13 1882 by Rev S Rowland Jacob T Brecht of Clarendon to Anna D Eccles of Sugar Grove. Schramling Howles took place in Mayville February 1882 Rev J H Miller officiating W A Schramling of Columbus wed Alice Howles of Wayne Pa.
In Warren on February 20 1882 Rebecca Jane Davis wife of John F Davis died aged 66. Funeral from the house Wednesday at 2 PM.
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