Town Notes and Local Happenings July 14 1874
Town pump discussion lock-up near mill-pond planned. Niagara Falls excursion on the 22nd. C C S summer soirée praised. Repairs to Cree street bridge and Se ware work from Carver House to river begun. Weather hot with rain heavy for haying. Brick building near finish. Episcopal church nearing completion. Town council buys Bell estate lot for engine house and town hall. Pony market notes and local obituaries. Sugar Grove tax protest and school costs debated. Local commerce and building activity detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Niagara Falls
Cree Street
Perries
Carver House
Fred. Baltzinger
Orris Hall
Joe. Walkerman
Hazel Street
J. H. Messmore
India
Methodist Church
Dr. Hays
Washington and Jefferson College
Presbyterian Church
Bailey
Warren
Ohio
Union School of the Bell
Hickory Street
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Episcopal Church
Rowland
Wm. Muir
Dunkirk
Mair
Lot
Parmlee & Henry
Jamestown
Accident at mowing injures Jesse Phillips near the Railroad
Jesse Phillips had a severe mowing accident Monday last week when frightened horses dashed through a fence. He was thrown from the machine onto the cutting bar, his right leg damaged and calf split, heel cut, and a large piece of flesh severed. Dr. Blodget attended him. he is recovering but will be inactive for a long time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Phillips
Blodget
Warren County Agricultural Society
Keystone Hall
Mead & Jackson
Sixth annual Soldiers Orphans School examination at Titusville
The sixth annual exam of the Soldiers Orphans School at Titusville, led by Guerdon Berry, Esq., reported 185 state pupils and 6 private pupils total 191. State Superintendent Wickersham and Mr. Bosley presided. the event drew many visitors. The superintendent praised the advanced classes, primary work, discipline, and devoted faculty. He secured a $7000 grant to send girls sixteen and older to normal schools to train as teachers. Pennsylvania’s care for fallen defenders’ children is noted, with Titusville school highlighted as among the best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers Orphans’ School
Titusville
Guerdon
Berry, Esq
Wickersham
Bosley
the Herald
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Berry
Oil City and surrounding oil region notes and incidents
Numerous short items from Oil City and nearby communities report events including a new post office at Ross Hill in Chautauqua County, the First National Bank of Westfield switching to state law, a fatality from a cannon blast at Oil City, a Titusville ice cream party, and Meads’ two hundred barrel Mead well in Youngsville. Also listed are fires, accidents, a tornado in Kane, and social happenings across the region with several named individuals and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Buffalo
Patrick Foley
Dunkirk
F. J. Shaver
Crawford County
G. Hopkins
Corry
Danceville
Butler Oil Region
Mead Well
Howe Farm
Fair Point
Chautauqua Lake
Buffalo Harbor
Kane
Round House
Kane Hotel
Franklin
Wm. Parker
Titusville
Hein
Waterford
Alonzo Taylor
Petersburg
Troutman
Chautauqua Co
N. Y
Ross Hill
Falconer
Gerry
E. A. Ross
First National Bank of Westfield
Bank of
Westfield
John Hall
Hall’s Mills
Union City
Minnie
Annie
W. L. Scott
Erie
New York
Admiral Scott
Europe
China
Japan
California
Emma Bettis
Warren
Jamestown Democrat
E. W. Kiibill
Frewsburg
G. K. Anderson
Presbyterian Church
Herald
Oid City
Charles Gilmore
Stewart
John Quinn
Jamestown Journal
Cynthia Miller
Richard Alden
Alpheus Weatherby
Wm. Hale
A. Weatherby
Thomas Struthers
Siggins
Kinnear
Chauncey Smith
Youngsville
Robi. Miles
Struthers
Wm. Griffith
Ped. Loucks
Esther Smith
Poland
Helen M. Myers
Henry Myers
Edwin R. Cooper
Jamestown
The
Erie Dispatch
Millerstown
Mgr. Mead
Wildom
Excursion to the Falls Sets July 22 With Special Train
Arrangements are made for a Falls excursion on Wednesday July 22. A special train leaves Warren at 5:00 A M and arrives at the Falls 10:00 A M, returning 3:30 P M to Warren by 8:30 P M. Round trip distance is 117 miles with excursion fares from $1.00 to $3.00 by age. Tickets available at A A Davis & Co or committee members. purchase by July 20 to arrange coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls
Warren
A. A. Davis & Co
Irvington
Youngsville
North Warren
Russellburg
Sheffield
Boiler Explosion at Hoskins and McNutt Mill Near Spring Creek
A boiler exploded at the Hoskins & McNutt saw mill two miles north of Spring Creek station on July 7 killing engineer James Ellsworth, 22, and injuring Joe Minore and Eli McDonald. Ellsworth was thrown naked with no visible injuries. Minore and McDonald sustained serious wounds, with Minore not expected to recover. The mill, 18 months old and valued at $2,800, largely destroyed. the cause likely water insufficiency. Three workers and a boy escaped unharmed. The blast also damaged a circular saw and ended the mill’s run for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoskins & McNutt
Spring Creek Station
James Ellsworth
Joe. Minore
Eli McDonald
Ellsworth
Minore
McDonald
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TARR
Aren Mail
Home Matters
Recorder Marsh
Missouri River
Marsh
Fort Benton
Montana
Kansas
Pittsburg
Express
St. Louis
Faray
Garland
Wm. Hare
Bany Cuarr
Greenland Brothers
Trinity Memorial
L. D. Hazeltine & Co’s
Sugar Grove
Dr. Catlin
J. Horton
Gaunt
Catlin
D. W. Buel
Creeee
Green Clark
Buel
Freehold
Messrs. F. R. Miller
H. Gaunt
Thos. Fulkerson
J. P. Sampson
B. Ellis
J. Catlin
J. H. Nichols
J. Pierce
F. F. Blodget
Tidioute
Miller Farm
Venango Co
E. Root
Samuel Mathewson
G. Anderson
Phillips
Uncle Sam’s Bank
Mr. Rankin
Youksvile
Mary
Milton York
Youngsville Driving Park Association
Witusville Orphans’ School
Neighborhood Notes
Weld’s
Broadway
Hazeltine, Orr & Co’s
West Point Caprisnie
West Point
Col. Curtis
Louisville Medical College
Niagara
D. S. Weld’s
Hazeltine Orr & Co
L. D. Hazeltine & Co
Simmons
Warren, Pa
Ag- Greenland Bro’s
Opera Bitters
J. N. Ireland
Olcott's
Suspension Bridge
Yamar
Gro. Ball's
Keystone
Messner & Trashe
Union Black
Warren County
GEO. Ball's
Oak Clothing Store
Suspension Ridge
Gro
Gro, Ball's
Piso
Clarks
First National Bank of Warren
First National Bank of
Pennsylvania
U.S
Redeeming & Reserve Ag
Moses Beecher
Leecher
State OF
H. E. Brown
Court of Common Pleas
A. Warren
Laurel Street
Dunham, Macdonald & Co
Otto Marker
D. A. ¥. & P. Railroad
Scrip Hat & Cap Store
Glade
Thomas Graham
J. W. Willard
Ludlow
Russell House
NEW Firm
C. Smith & Son
Selig AS
Celieap
1St National Bank
Second Street
J. J. Reig
First National Bank
Warren, Fa
Boon Mead
M. Bexecher
HIS
U. S
England
Ireland
Scotland
Liverpool
Queenstown
Antwerp
Hamburg
Bremen
Havre
Paris
Gothenburg
Christiania
Coppenhagen
Andrew Meehan
Hickory
W.W. C. Rowland. Warren
OLD Reliable” Broadway Hotel
Cincinnati
Geo. G.swasey
I Creas
V. Fell
Henry C. Wilson
Keystone Block
P. Bysecker
Fuule Stoccme
Hunter
Fred
Morck
Ing
Freda. Morcl’s
Gures
A. A. Davis & Co’s
Scrip Clothing Store
Arron
Wm, Hinton
Conewango Township
George Hinton
DR. J. Sager
J. F. Wells & Co
Léclects
Oo. H. Hunter
Rush Bartlett & Son
Rush
Pleasant Township
S. Burgess
Holesale
Mail Office
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