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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1878
Page
2
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The Executive Mansion hosted a quiet silver wedding on December 31 honoring President and Mrs Hayes. Fewer than 100 guests attended with decorations in Blue Red and Green parlors and a state dining room dinner at 10 o'clock. The Marine Band provided music as guests shared warm telegrams of congratulations and early departures with best wishes for the couple’s future.
Captain A H Bogardus, famed Wing shot, shattered 5000 hollow glass balls in 500 consecutive minutes at Gillmore’s Garden New York on a $1000 wager. He loaded his own Scott choke bore gun, changed barrels every 50 shots, fired 40,000 times in the year, and finished with 161 misses.
After receiving the Governor's Message the Legislature adjourned until early week. A conflict has arisen between the Senate and House over second session business. The House will continue with bills as left last spring while the Senate plans to start anew.
The report shows 2 145 districts 17 783 schools 20 652 teachers and 907 412 pupils. Male teachers average 37 50 monthly while female teachers average 32. Tuition costs 89 cents per pupil per month and total school expenditures about nine million dollars statewide.
The Western Penitentiary now houses about 800 prisoners though built for 300. The managers plan to ask the Legislature for an enlargement and an appropriation to expand the prison, stressing urgent action is needed.
Day'r Comt report states O. F. Bullard of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a legislative member, was arrested for embezzling company funds and kept at his home. The judiciary committee was instructed to determine if the arrest violated any privilege of a member.
There will be no meeting of the Board of Pardons in January because applications are few and members can dispose in one sitting the backlog accumulated during two months. The next regular session will be held in February.
The Pennsylvania Legislature assembled at Harrisburg reports Senate Republicans 31 and Democrats 19, with House Republicans 120 and Democrats 81. Republican majorities are 12 in the Senate, 39 in the House, and 51 on joint ballot.
The Buffalo Sun press, under D N Matthews management, issued its first issue last Monday morning in a new type and style. It carries ample news and solid editing. Annual price set at $6. New York officials recommend releasing Boss Tweed from prison, arguing he can serve the State better outside.
Mrs Hayes and official guests declined wine at a New Year's gathering. Chocolate and coffee were the preferred offerings, with no wine served.
Reports from multiple states describe a heavy snow storm last week causing business disruption and extremely cold temperatures. Officials warn of dangerous travel conditions and lingering freezes across regions, with closures and delayed shipments reported.
Spaniey, the NS. Y. Herald Africa explorer, has arrived at Cairo and is anticipated to travel to England soon. Gpexfest Grant is now in Alexandria, Egypt.
A chic Chicago wedding featured a bride receiving a bouquet of 300 flowers, each from a different variety, plus a special gift from a friend. The display highlighted diverse horticulture and social celebration.
Governor Hartranft reports strong state finances with a 2.16 million treasury balance and 22.95 million debt. He urges fiscally prudent budgets, defends 1877 riots handling, proposes a bank examiner, discusses savings banks, education, militia readiness, and calls for civil authority reforms to curb mob power while supporting public schooling and state surveys.
A August excursion near Marshfield features Daniel Webster riding a boatman across Green Harbor River. The Yankee farmer, recognizing the statesman, jokes about earning three to five dollars a day pleading cases in Boston. Webster notes he sometimes earns that much.
Washington January 1 A brighter New Year in the capital with heavy attendance at official and social receptions. At the White House the blue room and east room gleamed with illuminations and court costumes as Mrs Hayes and guests circulated, aided by Mrs Mitchell and others.
The Buffalo Express notes 1878 claimed many notable losses in America and Europe. Among Americans listed are Senator Morton Professor Wayler Lewis Isaac Jackson Union College Dr Hadley Rev Dr Muhlenberg Parson Brownlow Admirals Wilkes Davis Goldsborough Smith authors Motley Abbott Gwen Le Vert artists Gray Hart actors Davenport Adams Heron Western capitalists Vanderbilt Winans Harper rebels Semmes Forrest Brigham Young. In Europe Thiers Courbet Changarnier, Gen. Courbet dies, England mourns Warren Oxenford Clarke Norton, Germany loses Von Wrangel Moltke. Also advertises Little Nell and her Grandfather at Will Smith's Gallery.
The Independent of New York offers a Worcester's Unabridged Quarto Pictorial Dictionary worth 20 for free in another column. They are also publishing Rev Joseph Cook's Boston Monday Lectures causing widespread discussion. See advertisement in this paper.
Advertisement from Harper & Brothers New York offering annual subscriptions to Harper’s Weekly Magazine Weekly and Bazar with postage prepaid. Special deals include extra copies for clubs and complete volumes, cloth bindings, and free freight. Newspapers are forbidden to reproduce this notice without Harper & Brothers’ order.
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