Oregon Electors Contested as Hayes and Wheeler Vote Count Proceeded
The Warren Mail reports the Electoral Commission adopted 8 to 7 a Morton resolution counting Hayes and Wheeler electors A H Ojell John C Cartwright and John W Watts in Oregon. The panel had earlier rejected Cronin bogus electors. The piece notes Tilden’s losses and warns of possible delays as Pennsylvania scrutiny continued and a Centennial Commissioner objection arose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Hayes
Wheeler
Electoral Commission
Morton
A. H. Ojell
John C. Cartwright
John W. Watts
Hayes and Wheeler
P’revious
Cronin
Tilden
Pennsylvania
Daniel J. Morrell
Florida Vote in Dispute As Purman Drinks Charge
The Ledger questions a Florida claim that voters backed Tilden. It cites Rep Purman of West Florida, who reportedly said Florida backed Tilden. The piece notes Purman was fined $10 in Mayor's Court for drunken disorderly conduct and mocks his statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tre Matrz
Florida
Tilden
Purman
Mail
Ledger
Pensacola
Rip van Winkle
the Express
W. J. Purman
Congress
West Florida
Marshal Tourat
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Western Democrat Letter Predicts Hayes Victory
The Cincinnati Gazette prints a Washington letter from a Western Democratic member conceding Hayes will win without opposition. The writer laments the party’s defeat and predicts a long Republican era, while praising an Ohioan who would lead an honest, liberal administration respected by all sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gazette
Washington
Hayes
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Ohio
Oregon Election Scandal and Education Reports
Senator Kernan and Republican lawmakers shielded bank accounts of Tilden Chandler and others. Tilden replies with bravado while suspicion lingers over a covert pre election deal for an extra Oregon elector. State Superintendent Wickersham orders county histories to document public education from earliest schools to present in twelve pages. New Castle youths pledge to shun drink and tobacco. local men vow not to court laced or padded brides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernan
Tilden
Chandler
Oregon
Wickersham
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Death of Judge Henry D. Williams Prompts Court Vacancy
Pittsburg Justice Henry D. Williams of the Supreme Court died last week after a long illness. His death creates a vacancy to be filled by election next November. No names yet for Governor Hart ranft to appoint a temporary replacement until January. Williams was elected in 1869 and served creditably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Williams
Pittsburg
Supreme Court
Hartranft
Williams
Democratic Judges Endorse Hayes and Wheeler Line
A noted discourse praises Chief Justice Church of New York and other Democratic judges for impartial rulings on the Louisiana and Oregon cases. It argues Congress cannot override state electoral decisions and lauds temperance mobilization spreading in Mercer and Greenville counties with broad cross-class support.
Technical Set of Chaos in Oregon Elector Fight
The New York Tribune praises Democratic efforts to block Hayes in Oregon by technicalities. It claims funds moved from New York to Oregon to deny a Republican elector his certificate and install a Democrat, paying Cronin and a Republican paper for support and negotiating for another elector to avoid trouble. cronin organized an electoral college to fill vacancies with three men never elected. The piece condemns this as corruption in Republican politics and predicts the Compromise Commission will ignore the protest and award Oregon’s votes to the party with the popular majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electoral Commission
Hayes
Wheeler
Justice Church
New York
New York Court of Appeals
Clifford
Field
Louisiana
Judge Church
Congress
Oregon
Church
Cronin
Tilden
N. Y. Tribune
Croni
Sanford E Church Loses Standing Over Florida Ruling
The Omaha Herald derides Sanford E Church of New York for opposing his revolutionary colleagues and voicing an honest opinion on Judge Bradley’s Florida ruling. The piece casts him as politically ambitious and petty, likening him to a dead end in public life and arguing such jealousy harms his ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford E. Church
New York
Omaha Herald
Judge Bradley
Washington Capital figure indicted for seditious publication
Donn Pratt, linked to the Washington Capital, indicted by the grand jury for seditious publication advising the assassination of Hayes upon inauguration. He was arrested and released on bail amid public furor over his alleged insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donn Pratt
Washington
Hayes
Death of David Been Esq a Western Pennsylvania lawyer
David Been formerly United States District Attorney for Western Pennsylvania and a leading Pittsburg lawyer died in Pittsburgh on Saturday evening. He was born in Washington Pennsylvania in 1821 and began practicing law in 1846.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Been
United States
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Washington, Pa
Scripner's Monthly March Edition Highlights
The March issue earns praise as a premier popu lar magazine with superb illustrations and high quality reading. Leading articles include The New York Aquarium Princeton College The Youth of Gilbert Stuart and A Winter on the Nile by Gen. McClellan, all illustrated. Also features romance and poetry. Terms four dollars per year thirty five cents per issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripner’s
New York Aquarium
Princeton College
Gilbert Stuart
The
Nile
Gen. McClellan
McLaughlin Defeats Cavanaugh in Utica Wrestling Bout
Last week Col. J. H. McLaughlin defeated John Cavanaugh of Vermont in Utica in two rounds to remain the champion collar and elbow grappler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
Col. J. H. McLaughlin
John Cavanaugh
Vermont
Utica
Senator Kelly tied to Patrick dispatch in Oregon scandal
The piece accuses Senator Kelly of participating in and funding a political trick to win an electoral vote. It questions his endorsement of Patrick’s dispatch to Gramercy Park, notes Kelly’s other dispatches as evidence, and cites a transferred 7000 dollars as proof of involvement in a major scandal with co conspirators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Kelly
Patrick
Gramercy Park
Kelly
Oregon
Mr. Kelly
Tilden
Pelton
Navy rear admirals lose five in 1877 to heart disease
The year 1877 has proven fatal to US Navy rear admirals with five deaths announced including Charles H. Davis superintendent of the Washington observatory. The officer died from heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Chas. H. Davis
Observatory
Washington
Philadelphia Mayor Stoxeey Re-elected Amid Republican Split
Mayor Stoxeey of Philadelphia won re-election last Tuesday as Republicans split and Democrats united behind Caven, a sore-headed rival. The result underscored party rifts within the city politics and kept Stoxeey in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoxeey
Philadelphia
Caven
Letter from Iowa describes Atlantic growth and grasshopper pest
A letter from Atlantic Iowa dated February 16 1877 describes Atlantic as a lively growing stock and grain shipping hub with large corn cribs and heavy traffic on Chestnut street. The writer notes grasshoppers eating crops, eggs traded for currency, and local talk of politics. They mention plans for a Musical Association and reading The Matrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Iowa
Warren
Chestnut Street
Second Street
Detroit
Esther
der Freischutz
Matix
Hewitt and Tilden in Oregon vote controversy
The New York Times critiques Hewitt’s role in the Oregon transaction linking him with Tilden’s campaign tactics. It suggests Hewitt’s avoidance of responsibility and questions whether Tilden sleeps easy as Democrats silence after the plan to win the Oregon vote is exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hewitt
Oregon
Mr. Tilden
Hewett
Tilden
New York Times
Pomeroy Strikes Flowing Well Increases Ohio Output
Pomeroy, a town in Ohio, reports a flowing well struck on Tuesday. This brings to four producing wells in the territory, signaling rising activity and potential expansion in local oil or gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio
Benefit for Edwin Adams at California Theatre
Edwin Adams longtime favorite actor received a benefit at the California Theatre recently. The event raised over $2,700 to aid his fight with consumption as he lies gravely ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Adams
California Theatre
Adams
Sheriff Sale of 150 Acre Deerfield Land in Warren Pa
By writ of fieri facias the court will sell at Roscoe Hall Warren on March 5 1877 at 2 PM the land in Deerfield township Warren County Pa described as part of a north tract and west tract of a larger survey. The property totaling about 150 acres includes improvements and is conveyed from Magill to Arters with the Tidioute and Allegheny Oil Company as the owner in mortgage to D. Alex Ralston and others. Sheriff Henry Brace lists the sale in Warren Pa February 10 1877.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Hee Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
John M. Hassan
Court of Common Pleas
Warren
Ephraim Ralph
William Teege
Dexter Niver
Pine Grove Township
Pennsylvania
James Nelson, Jr
Aliso
Nelson, Jr
Fee
Court of Dominon Pleas
Werren
L. D. Wetmore
Roscoe Hall
Borough of
Towit
Deerfield
County of
Jacob Spavgler
John Spavgler
Tidioute Creek
Weeks & Co
James Magill
Rhoda Magill
Thomas Arters
Tidioute and Allegheny Oil Company
Tidioute and Economy Bridge Company
D. Alex, Ralston
Herife
Warren Co
Limestone
State of
AxLso
Adna Sawyer
Elizabeth A. Sawyer
Thomas
B. D
John Mowris
B. D. Mowris
McCullough & Smith
Henry Brach
Nherife
South West
Holland Land Company
Benjamin McGraw
Leys Ware
J. G. Benton
W. J. Booth
Sherife
Pleasant Township
C. W. Head
Fairchilds
Sweet & Saterly
C. F. Johnson
C. W. Flead
Briff
Pittsfield Township
N. A. Sanford
W. Co. More
W. M. More
8S. H. Hosmer
Samuel More
Deerfield Township
Cornelius Ketcham
Isaac Ketcham
Joseph Ketcham
William A. Irvine
Stephen Ross
James Miller
David More
L. L. Lowry
Henry Brace
Pine Grove
Johnathan Akeley
Guy C. Irvine
Geo. W. Preston
O. Co. Allen
Benj
Spring Creek
A. Skinner
Eli Dewey
Roscoe Halls
Penn
Burgess and Town Council
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Water Street
Water St
Robert B. Kitchen
Lamay
Nelson Lamay
Almira Liamay
Helping Hand Building and Loan Association
Sheriff's Office
Fieri Pacias
Mead Township
Pleasant
Mead Townships
Philip Lehmann
Ofohn Laufer
Waren
Brokenstraw
Joseph Archibald
Allegheny River
John Leonhart
Eli Dunn
Wm. A. Irvine
James Thompson
Thomas Masterson
D. I. Ball
Orphan’s Court
Said County
Summertfield Warner
Andrew Gregg
H. H. Colby
L. L. West
M. H. Page
J. T. Courson
Stephen Chambers
D. H. Donaldson
F. B. Willis
E. B. Willis
W.J. Alexander
Register, Register’s
Sheriff Sale in Warren County Pennsylvania 1877
At Roscoe Hall Warren on a Monday in March 1877 a writ of fieri facias directs sale of properties in Eldred Township Warren County PA. The parcels include 33 1 3 acres and 53 1 4 acres from tract 326 plus improvements and a steam saw and shingle mill with two dwellings and a barn. Property owned by William A. Ray. suit by W J White.
California Bartlett Pears and Other Fresh Produce Listing
A catalog-style notice lists California Bartlett Pears three pounds California Apricots three pounds Egg Plums two pounds Ox-heart Cherries two pounds and assorted fruits and vegetables with weights and items such as Peaches yellow three pounds Peaches white three pounds Green Gages two pounds Apples three pounds Strawberries two pounds Raspberries and Currants glass quarts Pine Aggie glass quarts Succotash two pounds Green Peas two pounds Mountain Sugar Corn two pounds Oneida Sugar Corn three pounds Lima Beans two pounds Strawberry Pumpkin three pounds Quinton Tomatoes three pounds Mushrooms French two pounds plus Gary canned goods described as top quality packed in heavy white sugar syrup from select houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Gary
Grocery Ad Highlights Varied Meats And Canned Goods
Advertised items include corned beef in 2 and 4 pound portions, ham at 2 pounds, beef tongue 2 pounds, roast beef 2 pounds, salmon in 1 2 and 24 pound quantities. Also listed are tripe 24 pounds, lobster 1 and 2 pounds, sardines, and condensed milk for purchase.
Local Produce Listings Include Jellies and Currants
Guava boxes Pure Red Currant tumblers Pure Red Currant quart jars Pure Jellies assorted tumblers indicate a small-scale market display of fresh fruit and preserves.
Local Pantry Offers A Variety of Condiments
A list of condiments and sauces including Helford Sauce French wine vinegar gherkins mixed pickles chow chow horseradish French mustard in bottles and by quarter gallon olives capots olive oils pepper sauce tomato catsup mushroom and walnut catsup Worcestershire sauce club sauces and more.
Driea Fruits and Dried Fruits Market List
A list of dried fruits and fruit components including peaches almonds apples raspberries cherries prunes currants raisins figs citron lemon peel blackberries and prunelles. The compilation reflects a variety of preserved produce for trade or culinary use.
Prices for New Crop Teas Include Bargain 50c Options
New Crop Hyson available at 50c 75c and 1 per pound New Crop Gun Powder at 50c 75c and 1 Japan 45c 50c 75c and 1 Oolong 75c and 1 English Breakfast 1 per pound Also 50c Teas highlighted as equal to 75c quality for less.
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Young Hyson
Japan
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Warren Mail
Democratic Authority
Murphy
Mercer County
Greenville
Mississippi
St. Louis
the Czarewitch
Russia
Turkey
Baltimore
Europe
Genmile & CO
Roscohe Hall
Caroline Richings
Bernard
M. V. Wallace
Maritana
Bernard Don Caesar de Bazan
Harry Gates
J. F. Wells & Co
L. Gregory
R. D. Bartlett
Cutter
Hall
New Block
L. Gregery
J. C. Caspar
ATE
John K. Ronne
Nazeltine & Davis’ Drug Store
Warren, PA
J. E. Berkstresser
Merck’s Drug Store
Carver House
Hewitt
Scire Facias
H. Hallet & Co
Portland
Maine
Eldred
James Ray
Horton White
James Hamilton
William Young
Recorder’s Office
William A. Ray
Jacob Young
W. A. Irvine
D. H. Sanford
D. Sanford
W. J. White
Urton School House
Iickery Street
Warden, PA
W. C. Rowland. Warren
Cove & Cornelius
Allen Block
Z. E. Eddy & Co
E.C. Cook
Latf
G.O. Cornelius
Grocertes
WM. Messner
P.S
Defendorf
Parsons
Variety All
R. B. Stewart
DR. J. Sager
Ware Works
Warren Wooden Ware Works
S. Burgess
JO FY
Aving
John Grindley
D. F. Anderson
Ludlow House
McNerr
T. W. McNett
Feo
G. L
Jel
Driea
Corthes
G. L. Friday
Water St. Warren, Pa
National Bank
Citizens Savings Bank
M. Waters
Robert Dennison
S. P. Johnson
F. Henry
H. A. Jamieson
R. Dennison
Rs R. Clark
E. B. Eldred
A. Hertzel
G.N. Parmlee
WM. Kitchen
C. Smith
Keller
Ialso
Old Exchange
PNHE
Wendelboe & Johnston
Bix
Meehan
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