Republican Convention Chooses Barnes For County Treasurer
The county GOP held a full convention last week with four candidates for treasurer. The final vote between Knapp and Barnes was close, influenced by Farmington’s and Sheffield’s recent political gains. Barnes, the winner, is praised for financial prudence and exactness from his tenure as County Auditor. Wheelock and Hague named for Surveyor and Warren Academy posts.
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Knapp
Barnes
Farmington
Miller
Sheffield
Warren Academy
Wheelock
Hague
Adams rolls for next House show eight Democratic majority
The Clerk of the last House reports a Democratic majority of eight, but several omitted contestants could narrow the margin if admitted. With all present the Democratic ticket seems favored for Speaker and Clerk, while party questions remain tightly contested as the Senate is Republican.
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Adams
House of Representatives
Senate
Reformer Axorner Arrest Report From Harrisburg
Harrisburg dispatch dated June 20 reports the arrest of George Washington Gordon Waddell chief clerk in the Auditor General's office for beating his wife. Greene County native Waddell had a year of scandalous conduct after his appointment and was re-arrested after a second brutal assault.
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Axorner
Harrisburg
George Washington
Gordon Waddell
Auditor General’s Office
Waddell
Greene County
President Hayes in Boston Tour Draws Enthusiastic Welcome
President Hayes receives grand ovation in Boston with Governor Rice leading the welcome. A noisy crowd lines militia guards as the party passes. Harvard College is visited where Hayes receives LL.D. and cheers. The itinerary continues to Providence Newport and New York with similar public displays.
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Boston
Gov. Rice
Massachusetts
Harvard College
Cambridge
Harvard
Elliott
Hayes
Harvard University
George Bancroft
Gen. Key
Schurz
Professor Lowell
Senator Bayard
Rhode Island
Providence
Rocky Point
Newport
New York
Washington
Beamish Convicted of Forgery Shocks Democratic Party
Beamish, longtime favorite and former Sergeant-at-Arms in Harrisburg, d escribed as a party stalwart, is convicted in Luzerne county court of forgery and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. The piece laments the loss of a leading Democratic figure and reflects on past political misdeeds and the era of the Constitution.
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Beamish
Democratic House
Harrisburg
Patterson
Auditor General
Luzerne County
Tweed
A. Smith
W. D. Blodgett
Sugar Grove
A. W. Camp
M. B. Olmstead
Wm. Jewell
N. W. Dupree
Henry Brace
Warren
Waterville Times Warns of Cheap Visiting Card Scam
Under the Waterville Times header Tag Trick Exrosep the paper reports many have paid for cheap visiting cards but never receive them or hear back. The scheme fills initial orders from a locality then entices agents to send more money, the cards are offered below legitimate prices, and lists are collected for mailing circulars for lotteries.
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The
Waterville Times
General Grayy honored in Liverpool banquet of 200 guests
General Grayy attended a grand banquet in Liverpool last Thursday hosted by the Mayor with over 200 gentlemen present. After returning he has no engagements until July 3. On July 4 Minister Pierrepont hosts a reception for Americans in London with General Grant expected. He proceeds to Paris on July 5.
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Grayy
Liverpool
Pierrepont
London
Grant
Paris
Five Per Cent Clause Makes Note Uncertain Value
Justicey SHARSWOOD rules that adding a five per cent collection clause renders the note non negotiable. Endorser not legally liable unless endorsement is drawn to bind in an irregular way.
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Justicey Sharswood
Hayes era policy praised by veteran on Boston procession
A one armed veteran shouts support for President Hayes during a Boston ride, declaring he fought under Hayes and predicting his policy will succeed. A colored woman near the Tabernacle lifts an infant named for Hayes Benson and asks the president not to abandon colored people.
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Boston
Hayes
Tabernacle
Rutderford Hayes Benson
July magazine round up with fiction and features
Scribner's Monthly offers essays by J. H. Beadle and David Gray on polygamy and Native American chiefs, plus an illustrated overview. Wide Awake and The Behaving Paper provide stories for all ages. Godey's Lady's Book adds fashion and receipts. The Nursery lists child friendly prose verse and a Fourth of July tale.
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Scribner's Monthly
Mormon Theocracy
J. H. Beadle
Genesee
David Gray
Buffalo Courier
Red Jacket
Joseph Brant
Cornplanter
Godey
Indian War Dispatches From Lewiston Rise Of Hostiles
Dispatches through June 24 report renegade Indians joining the main hostiles. Forces under Perry Whipple Miller Throckmorton and others move to Salmon river near Horseshoe Bend to confront tribes from Apokaine Columbia River and Unatila. Estimated 300 combatants with units marching toward Planette and Wezr Valleys.
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San Francisco
Lewiston
Idaho
Apokaine
Columbia River
Unatila
Boise City
Salmon River
Horseshoe Bend
Planette
Wezr
Howard
Perry
Cottonwood
Battle Ground
White Bird
State Creeks
Whipple
Miller
Throckmorton
Chapman
Page
Hunter
Elliott
Williams
Snake River
Joseph
Hayes urges civil service neutrality in elections
President Hayes calls attention to a Treasury letter on officers' conduct in elections. He states officers should not manage political organizations or campaigns and may vote or express views only if it does not affect official duties. No political assessments for civil service staff should be allowed.
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Executive Mansion
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Civil Service
R. B. Hayes
Russians Cross Danube Pressing Turks at Rustchuk
A Rustchuk despatch reports Russians crossing the Danube near Sistava as Turks resist fiercely. Another crossing is expected at Fremunda while Rustchuk bombards. A Bucharest dispatch states Grand Duke Nicholas led the 8th army corps across near Simnitza, driving Turks from positions as boats carried troops. The Russians now practically control the river and advance, with stirring news anticipated.
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London
Rustchuk
Danube
Sistava
Fremunda
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Simnitza
Mollie Maguires Instill Terror in Scranton and Pittston
June 26 report notes renewed Mollies activity in the coal region. Three brutal murders within Scranton and Pittston spark fear. Coal breakers guarded and mine bosses protected by armed guards amid rising tension.
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Columbia
Northumberland County
Scythia sails for Europe as tensions rise in Oregon
News from Oregon reports ongoing excitement over Indian troubles with no fresh massacres. Marblehead reports fifteen acres of business district burned. The era notes a meat infusionia organism as new in Franklin Tennessee. Grant appears in military uniform in London at a royal event. McCreary orders more troops to Utah to calm fears and pursue investigations of Mormons linked to past massacres.
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Tilden
Cunard
Scythia
Europe
Oregon
Franklin
Tenn
Marblehead
Massachusetts
New York
New York Bar Association
Hilton
England
Grant
London
Royal Italian Opera
Buckingham Palace
St. John
McCreary
Utah
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Timothy E. Barnes
F. A. Wheelock
Freehold
W. W. Hague
Tidioute
Republican CO. Committee
Robert Dennison
Henry Raymond
Columbus
Elijah Root
Nelson Preston
C.H. Whaley
Eldred
J. M. Clapp
Joseph Briggs
Pine Grove
M. Miles
Lake Shore Railroad Company
New York News
Ashtabula
R. L
Joan F. Hartranft
Ulysses S. Grant
Queen Victoria
Birmingham Palace
Halifax
Troyen
United States
A. W. Merck & Co
Hayeltine & Davis
R. H. Johnson
Literary
Philadelphia
Total Abstinence Societies
Gov. Carroll
Maryland
John W. Forney
Charles F. Read
Roosevelt
Hassler Brothers
John Wise
Memorial Hall
President Hayes
the Danube
Crapo
Pennsylvania
Odd Fellows
Free Masons
Erie Railroad
Murphy
Frank Abbott
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
P. Gruber, JR
Warren, Pa
Mary
Hiram A, Cosier
Stoneham, Pa
Matilda
Iasce
Simulus
L. Sedaateiy
Empire Pipe Company
Union Pipe Company
Union Division
Titusville Pipe Company
Titusville
Jos. D. Potts
Empire Pipe Co
Apte
Agrelius & CO
Youngsville, Pa
Winchester
Morris’ Gun Shop
G. W. Morris
Corner Hickory & Third Sts
G. C. McDermott, M. D
John K. Ronne
Hazeltine & Davis’ Drug Store
Johson’s Exchange
Johnson, White & Co
Robert Johnson
Mulholland & Fellers
Hazeltine & CO
Variety Hall
Toys, &C
Struthers
Struthers, Wells & CO
First National Bank
Warren, Fa
Bounmead
M. Beecher
HIS
Warren County
U.S
Ireland
Scotland
National Line of Iron
Antwerp
Hamburg
Bremen
Havre
Gothenburg
Christiania
Coppenhagen
E. R. R. M. Beecher
Cashier
A. Ruhlman
Baltimore
Pheyseker
Allen Block
Mr. Yseker
Guy C. Irvine
P. Buseker
Ware Works
Warren Wooden Ware Works
S. Burgess
Holesale
Warren Savings Bank
Savings Bank
L. F. Watson
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hazeltine
O. H. Hunter
P. Falconer
E. G. Wood
M. B. Dunham
James Clark, Jr
Albert Kirberger
Urien
Chool
Hickory
Rowland, Warren
Warren and Vicinity
RS. J. C. Caspar
Water St
Miss Dagget
J. C. Caspar
Water Street
Honhart
FTER
R. B. Stewart
Hall
DR. J. Sager
Burgess and Town Council
Borough of
Allegheny River
Conewango Creek
A. D
H. Noyes
R. P. King
G. P. Rowell & Co
A. A. Davis & Co
Borders
A.A. Davis & CO
99 Cent
Mrs. Phelps
Dr. Warner
Mme. Foy
Jualy
WM. Messner
P.S
Thomas
Anthracit
Third Street
R. Miles
Ighhouse’“& Brother
Suspension Bridge
P. O
Warra
Highhouse & Bro
McDowell & Orr
Beatty Block
No. 5
Laren
Havana
Phillips & Borchert
Will Smith
ARES
Warren Pa
Bellefonte
rg + vania
Magnesia
Andrew S. McCreath
Market St. Harrisburg
Lake Erie
Shortlidge & CO
Arens
WM. A. Greaves
Ortrait
Episcopal Church
Egal
Mail Office
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