Eye acre Mail’s Home Matters column and town notes
A bustling weekly roundup from Warren county recounts school reopening for winter term, sleighing conditions, Uncle Tom’s Cabin at Roscoe Hall, and local trades. It notes telephone exchanges owned by eastern capitalists, jury selections, new road horse purchases, store removals, and shifts of merchants to the Exchange block with catering plans and improved dining rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Tom
Water Street
Perry A. Gage
Liberty Street
A. J. Lesser
Roscoe Hall
Warren County
J. W. Stearns
Corry Exchange
Parker and Fuller
Allen
Alexander
of Fortune
Warren
Front Street
Vandergrift
Kentucky
Leonhart Bro’s
Geo. Williams
Tate arrival Cheap Music at the 99 cent store
From three to seven pieces popular music for ten cents. For fine Parlor Suits go to Greenland's, next Episcopal Church. McNett & Co. offer twelve styles of Chamber Suits in walnut and as many ash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Greenland’s
Episcopal Church
Personal notes and local updates from Warren county
Personal notes and local items from Warren county sketch illness recoveries and movements. Mentions C H Meacham improving, Sam Dunn recovering from fever, Willard White of Boston changing voting place, A W Morck convalescing, and Philip Hausman soliciting subscriptions. County Auditors Curtis Putnam Dalrymple active, A D Wood injured in Salamanca, N R Thompson traveling to Allegheny City for Grand Lodge United Workmen, A E Pelton appointed Mercantile Appraiser. Justice Cornelius injured after slipping on ice. Neill and Heywang dissolving partnership with Heywang remaining in town. Shultz the piano man visiting and involved in Forest county oil leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Meacham
Sam Dunn
Willard White, Esq
Boston
Stoneham
A. W. Morck
Philip Hausman
Erie Sonntagsgast
Court House
N. P. Curtis
T. L. Putnam
A. S. Dalrymple
A. D. Wood
Salamanca
N. R. Thompson
Sugar Grove
Allegheny City
Grand Lodge United
A. E. Pelton
Freehold
Warren County
Cornelius
Messrs
T. Neill
M. J. Heywang
Mr. Heywang
Mr. Neill
Warren
Neill
Titusville
C. A. Shultz
Petroleum activity and well updates in the oil region
The report notes Shultz and Clark & Foster No.2 wells with mixed results and a firm market close. It covers the Allegheny City Oil Exchange, county production stats, nitroglycerine use on 646, and a sharp regional production decline from August peaks to current levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shultz
Clark & Foster
Allegheny City Oil Exchange
Pittsburg
Franklin
Butler County
Cherry Grove
Petroleum
Prohibition Petition Circulates in Warren County New York
Petitions are circulating in Warren borough and county to require the Legislature to submit a referendum on amending the constitution to ban the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. In Kinzua township about 130 to 140 voters, all but seventeen, had signed the petition a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Kinzua
Telephone in Town Hall for Instant Fire Alarm
A suggestion arises after a fire that a telephone in the Town Hall would speed alarm news. With the engineer sleeping there, fire reports from Iron Works or North Warren could be sent instantly, making general alarm quicker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Works
North Warren
January Court disposes cases before Judge Brown
Court sat Monday to Saturday with Judge W W D Brown and associates Bates and Brown. Decisions include Keat vs Corry National Bank verdict for plaintiff for nine houses a stable a blacksmith shop a large drive wheel and connections and for defendant one mill building Marsh vs B P & W R Co verdict for plaintiff $759 Whitcomb vs B P & W R Co verdict for plaintiff $200 Eastman vs Geo Bush verdict for plaintiff Beec her & Copeland vs C L Douglas settled Smith & Lapham vs Geo McCoy settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.W.D. Brown
Bates and Brown
A. M. Keat
Corry National Bank
Wm. L. Marsh
B. P
W.R. R. Co
Charles Whitcomb
J. B. Eastman
Geo. Bush
Beecher & Copeland
C. L. Douglass
Smith & Lapham
Geo, McCoy
Move to Exchange block prompts continued patronage
N. Greenlund announces relocation to the Exchange block opposite the post office with better facilities to display goods. He invites all friends and promises prompt attention and fair dealing, maintaining the motto "Live and yet live" as in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Greenlund
Week of Prayer Program for 1883 Services
The schedule lists services from January 7 to January 14, 1883. It includes sermons on January 7 and January 14 with biblical themes, and daily focuses on praise, humiliation, family prayer, and prayers for the church, nations, missions, and the universal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Universal
God
Jesus Christ
Titus
Special evening meetings at M E Church this week
Special meetings held every evening this week commence at 7 15 at M E Church All invited expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Pittsburg Dispatch and Weekly Dispatch Description
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes its wide coverage with correspondents in nearly every county and major cities, providing full Associated Press dispatches and comprehensive market oil reports. It markets itself as a first class daily paper with the Weekly Dispatch offering valuable weekly reading, and mentions the Dispatch being sold at the post office each afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Dispatch
Associated Press
New Furniture Stock Arrives for Holiday Sales at 99 Cent Store
P Greenland announces a large new stock of furniture bought for cash and to be sold very low before the holidays. Items include silver plated and glassware, table and pocket cutlery, vases, china ware, books, stationery, dolls and carriages. Fine parlor suites and upholstered chairs also offered next to Episcopal Church by McNettr & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNettr & Co
99 Cent Store Offers Hampers and Fancy Baskets
shoppers browse a selection of tin lined hampers fashioning sturdy baskets for groceries lunches and daily work at the 99 cent store the stock features market simple hampers and decorative baskets suitable for home use
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
99 Cent
Railroad Record Highlights and Local Industry Data
Salaries for Buffalo to Philadelphia line conductors up twenty percent and brakemen seventeen percent. Supreme Court upholds Rudolph Fuller Jr. verdict against Pennsylvania Railroad for injury on a train, a record $25,000. Brooks Locomotive Works in Dunkirk paid $600,504.27 in labor in 1882 plus $50,060 in material. 203 locomotives built in 1882, up from 146 in 1881. average monthly workforce 1,173. Niagara Falls suspension bridge widened for two vehicles. Canada Southern Railway to build a suspension bridge across the Niagara River, ready by next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Court
Erie County
Rudolph Fuller, Jr
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Pennsylvania
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
Niagara Falls
Canada Southern R. R. Co
Niagara River
Warren and Farnsworth Valley Railroad stockholders meet
The Warren and Farnsworth Valley Railroad Co held its annual meeting in Warren. M. Waters was elected president with a slate of directors including J. H. Eddy M. Beecher A. J. Hazeltine L. D. Wetmore C. W. Stone J. A. Cadwallader J. P. Jefferson W. T. Scheide F. H. Rockwell and T. Struthers. J. P. Jefferson elected secretary treasurer. The plan is to push the line from Vandergrift City to Tionesta Creek and connect with a branch from PB B Railroad, creating access to Forest county oil fields next spring. Location is set, shanties up, ready for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Co
Warren
M. Waters
J. H. Eddy
M. Beecher
A. J. Hazeltine
L. D. Wetmore
C. W. Stone
J. A. Cadwallader
J. P. Jefferson
W. T. Scheide
F. H. Rockwell
T. Struthers
New Forest County
Swedish news office in Jamestown burned
County and vicinity reports a fire destroyed the Swedish newspaper office in Jamestown with a loss of 2500 dollars and 1500 dollars insured. Dr H A Davenney recently moved from Fredonia to Youngsville Warren county to resume practice. John A Brashear finished the largest American reflecting telescope sent to Rev John Peate Greenville Pa. A Titusville Swedish Lutheran Church New Year festival drew crowds with speech on Perseverance by a Rock Island student and pastors C A Johnson Chandler's Valley and G Nelsonius Mayville N Y. about 475 of 600 pledged subscriptions collected in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
H. A. Davenney
Fredonia
Youngsville
Warren County
Greenville
America
John A. Brashear
Pittsburg
John Peate
Swedish Lutheran Church
Titusville
Rock Island, Ill
C. A. Johnson
Chandler’s Valley
G. Nelsonius
Mayville
N. Y
Garfield and Cherry Grove Air Line heads to Warren and Sheffield
Hol yoke mayor Roswell P. Crafts and contractor C D Allen travel via Bradford with funds to retire indebtedness. Surveys start immediately for Gar field and Tionesta company extension. Work to begin when weather permits and Garfield and Cherry Grove line expected to operate this month. Locomotives and freight cars ready. passenger cars en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Oil City Air Line
Roswell P. Crafts
Holyoke
Massachusetts
C. D. Allen
Garfield and
Cherry Grove
Warren
Sheffield
Garfield and Tionesta Company
Garfield
Mar
Supreme Court rules against broad release in railroad pass
Buffalo Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company v O Hara. Ellen O Hara injured between Oil City and Trunkeyville. Pass voided liability release for negligence. Court affirms lower court, notes common carriers cannot shield themselves from ordinary negligence by contract. Judge Brown of Warren delivers ruling with affirmance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Buffalo, Pittsburg & Western Railroad Company
O’hara
Common Pleas of Forest Co
Ellen O’hara
Oil City
Trunkeyville
Forest County
Brown
Warren
Pennsylvania Paragraphs and State Edits Highlight 1880s Figures
Pennsylvania ranks third in tobacco production and has the most children of any state. Lycoming County sentences defaulters to terms in the penitentiary and fines them. Saloons decline from 16892 in 1881 to 16259 in 1882, New York still leads with 27200. The State Board calls for a county ag society convention at Harrisburg on Feb 28. The Historical Society seeks $50000 to buy Gen Patterson’s Philadelphia mansion. Lumber raft totals exceed 35000000 feet with 10000000 feet of timber from Indiana County. An Eastern man in Oil City hangs himself. widow pays for obituary lines. Average female teacher salary statewide is $29.03 monthly. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court grants colored children equal public school access in Kaine et al v Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Lycoming County
New York
Clinton Democrat
Clearfield County
State Board of Agriculture
Harrisburg
the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Robert Patterson
Philadelphia
Susquehanna
Indiana County
Oil City
New Castle News
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Fayette County
Kaine
Wickstrom Relocates Shoe Shop to Allen Block
A. Wickstrom moves his shoe shop from Liberty Street to the room upstairs opposite Keller's tailor in the Allen block. He invites former customers and new clients to call, offering prompt repairs and custom boot and shoe making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Wickstrom
Liberty Street
Keller
Allen Block
A. Wickstrom
Consolidation expands Buffalo Pittsburg Western Railway network
The Buffalo Pittsburg Western absorbs Salamanca Olean Oil City Chicago and Buffalo New York Philadelphia lines to form a 750 mile system with 344 miles added and capital raised to 18 million dollars. It links Rochester with New York Central and connects New Castle with Pittsburg routes, spreading into Mercer Lawrence Butler Elk Jefferson Clarion Armstrong counties and the oil regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, Pittsburg & Western
Buffalo
New York
Philadelphia
Salamanca
Pennsylvania
Rochester
New York Central
New Castle
Pittsburg & Western
Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Mercer
Lawrence
Butler
Elk
Jefferson
Clarion
Armstrong
Important Case Decided in Pennsylvania Supreme Court
The Pennsylvania Transportation Company v Buffalo Pittsburgh Western Railroad case was decided in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Saturday December 30 in favor of the defendant. The four-year lawsuit featured extensive testimony with 500 pages in the paper books. Direct dispute involved 225000 dollars and about 175000 more in related suits against the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Transportation Company
Buffalo, Pittsburg & Western Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Marriage Bells Ring Christmas Morn at Local Church
Irvine Baker and Minnie Forman wed on Christmas morning as M E and Congregational churches joined for the ceremony. Gifts were exchanged at Christmas trees for poor and rich alike. Homer Tucker of Dakota visits his father after years in Grandin farm surveying for the government. J P Mather of Kansas visits old Columbus friends after 20 years away. Sleighing is excellent and lumbermen stockpile logs, boosting work. Dec 30, 1882, Dom PEDR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine Baker
Minnie Forman
M. E
Congregational
Homer Tucker
Dakota
Grandin
J. P. Mather
Kansas
Columbus
Sugar Grove News: Mills Busy and Local Gossip
Sugar Grove reports brisk business with saw logs hauled and two mills thriving. A wedding rumored, women circulate petitions to the legislature, and fraternal groups plan events. Insurance agents gossip about failed policies and new agents arrive as of January 8, 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bullock
A. C. Stilson
Sugar Grove
Dakota
W. C. T. U. Society
Christmas at the church and local holiday notes in Jamestown
Crowded holiday scenes greet two Christmas trees at the church while Swedish church trees are noted. New Year passes quietly as Coit and Minnie Wright stay in Jamestown. Delays in school seating dampen plans for a winter term at the new schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coit
Minnie Wright
Jamestown
N.F. Wright
Young
Mechanic Street
Lydia Wilkins
Daisey
Bainbridge
N. Y
Joseph Sliter
Johnson
Andrew
Arizona
Charlie Young
North East
James Goter
J. F. Kinnear
Gertie Irvine
Pittsfield
P. Wright
Charlie Stuart
E. A. Allen
Frank Stuart
Corry
Frank
Local Christmas Sleighing and Odd Astronomical Hopes
Six weeks of sleighing as logs haul to Babbitt's mill and storage in the mill pond. Christmas observed with church gatherings at United Brethren and Wood's Hall. A baby boy arrives at Babbitt's on January 3, 1883, amid curiosity about a mysterious sign from reception ladies, who laugh at questions and offer a book as a prize for revealing the sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babbitt’s Mill
United Brethren
Wood's Hall
Santa Claus
Grand Valley
Hopkins
Townville
Calvin Kingsley
M. E. Church
Palestine
Pleiades
Orion
Arctures
Jupiter
Venus
Babbitt
Unclaimed Letters at Warren Post Office 1883 Notice
Addressed to residents of Warren Co. Pa. remain unclaimed at the post office and will be sent to the Dead Letter Office after thirty days if not called for. Includes many names with a request to state advertising date when claiming. Also local ad promotes Holiday Goods at McNett & Co. and imported cigars at L. G. Noyes drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Warren Co
Auland
John Geer
G. W. Anderson
Karl Halleck
A. J.anderson
Mary HW. Heagen
George Anderson
Minnie Hubbard
H. H. Bouton
Anna Ipstane
Isaac Coates
A. R. Judel
C. G. Ce
Eva Wilcox
John St. John
Charley Ward
James Willson
Eva Wommer
John Winter
Otto
McNett & Co
L. G. Noyes
Highest Prize Port Wine Tops Centennial Display
Speer's Port Grape Wine is hailed as the best in the country after winning the highest premium at the Centennial. Physicians endorse its purity alongside P. J. Brandy. the wine is favored by Fifth Avenue society as an evening social drink. FP Greenland's advertises Rockers, Chairs, Tables, Willow stands, bags, and 99 cent steals with music items at ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
New Jersey
P. J
Fifth Avenue Society
Stannard FehIman nuptials in Warren
In Warren on January 4 1883 W N Stannard and Miss Louisa Fehlman were married at the residence of M E Stannard by Rev E C Furgerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stannard — Fehlman
Warren
M.E. Stannard
E. C. Furgerson
W. N. Stannard
Louisa Fehlman
Peterson—Anderson
Lewis Learn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eye Acre Mail
Home Matters
Wawrep
D. Corner
Hazel St
Week of Prayer
Railroad Record
Warren & Farnsworth Valley Railroad
Spring Creek
Dom Pedr
Wrightsville
Dr. Day
G. W. Smarrstall
Guy’s Mill
Greenland
C. Allen
P. M
McNeir & Co
Edinboro
Peruna
Dr. Hartman
Burkett—Parmer
Parsonage
J. M. Thoburn
John Burkett
Corydon
Mattie Parmer
Onoville
Solinger—Logan
W. A. Rankin
Jacob P. Solinger
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Jeanette Logan
Farmington
Bowers—Fellows
Bride
M. W. Dillingham
Win. Bowers
Alta Fellows
N. G. Johnson
Samuel A. Lunn
Annas. Vanmon
Crosby
Wilson
Niagara Ce
Mary Casey
Willis K. Crosby
Peck
Samuel Peck
David and
Coford Peck
Harris
Charity Harris
John Harris
Cogswell & Wheeler
People’s Market
Scofield
Front St
Postoffice
Ty. McKnight
Practical Merchant Tailor
Warren, Pa
Fanhe Peterson
Miles
Barton
Decker
Pittsfield Township
Spring Creek Station
Warren Hotel
Alexander Wallace
Rlovins
New York, Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lake Erie
Railroads
F Garfield
Main St
M. Shear & Brother's
Grant
Dolmans
Ulsterettes
M. Shear & Brother
Parmlee & Henry, Warren, Penn’a
Nelson
Exchange Block
L. G&g Noyes
Wells & Noyes
New York Weekly Herald
Daily Herald
The
Globe
Washington
the Farm Department
Weekly Herald
Paris
London
To World
NEW York Herald
Broadway
Ann Street
J. K. Weave
Warre
Nh, Pa
Schellhammer & Lesser
Water St
Warren Savings Bank
Aladin
Invincible
Royal Square
J Dan Forth
Variety Hall
J. H. Mitchell & Co
Etna
Hartford
Phoenix
National
Connecticut
Home
Niagara
German American
Germania
Star
Liverpool
London & Globe
England
Queen
Robert K. Culbertson
Grade
Jacob Schnur
Gotlieb Haag
Georgina Cobham
Glade
Jas. O. Parmlef
Admi
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