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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1886
Page
3
The Warren Mail reports on home matters including a forthcoming marriage for Grover, details on a Mozart concert, license questions, bass season opening, and local social notes. The item lists band organization, courthouse schedule, church activities, street front training, and various town visitors and updates on local residents.
The city market on Hickory street offers top satisfaction, best means, and fairest prices for shoppers. Joan Laffer Proprietor and John Langdale promote ice cream strawberries and vegetables as specialties for local customers.
The Mozart Society of Warren under Prof. G. F. Brierley will present a concert in Library Hall next Thursday evening June 10. Both vocal and orchestral sections prepared. seats at Noyes drug store for 50 cents. Program includes choruses, melodies, and the operetta The Last Will and Testament with listed performers.
H A Hardenburg arrives home Friday with a carload of twenty three Kentucky horses from Maysville and Jamestown after selling two en route. The sale stock includes roadsters and saddlers not heavy draught horses. The stable draws daily visitors and Hardenburg asserts all stock is sold on the square with straightforward dealing.
Hertzel and Brann, champions of horse shoers, announce a new, neat, commodious shop on the Island. They do only horse shoeing, guarantee satisfaction, and invite the public seeking skilled work to come and see them.
Bargains advertised for a sixty day closing out sale at the D RipEx SPERGER store. A separate notice offers a 24 by 50 building on the fair ground under C W SERSALL listings.
Regular June 7 session of Burgess and Town Council notes shared duties across committees. Fire purchased 850 feet new hose. water, gas, and sewer work planned. sidewalks discussed. police reports show 42 arrests in May and $76 in fines. Bills paid include hose, engine house, lighting, and fountain painting costs. motion to cover damages against Cogswell carried.
Miss Jessie Miles Davis and Dr. A C McAlpine wed at the bride’s parents' home on Thursday June 3 in a formal ceremony in the parlors. Rev P S Allen officiated as guests enjoyed music, receptions, gifts, and a rice shower as the couple began their married life with an extended postnuptial tour.
Frost is reported on Quaker Hill last Thursday night. The Stoneham Tannery Co. was chartered last week with capital of $100,000. Officers include Willard White as President E R Peirce as Vice President H E Norris as Secretary and Treasurer. J E Wheeler continues in charge of the store. A June 16 marriage is set for Miss Marsbell Jackson and B S Dunning. An enthusiastic Sugar Grove meeting discussed building a railroad from Youngsville to North East via Sugar Grove Watts Flats Panama Chautauqua and Findley's Lake. A committee was appointed to gather route facts with W H Shortt as President and J Warren Fletcher as Secretary.
Drawn jurors listed for the Special Term of Court to be held Monday June 28 1886. Names include Agard Charles farmer Deerfield Averill J B farmer Eldred Armitage J B farmer Spring Creek Byron Landers laborer Triumph Benson W S farmer South West Ball Z B farmer Sugar Grove Burchard C S manufacturer Eldred Chase L A laborer Pine Grove Crecroft B A farmer Freehold Crocker F A tradesman Conewango Donaldson D H farmer Spring Creek Dorn Ira farmer Farmington Eddy H G clerk Warren Gray R S contractor Clarendon Gaunt Chas farmer Sugar Grove Gage Gilbert farmer Farmington Green Chas farmer Conewango Hamilton Clarence farmer Columbus Kirkpatrick C S farmer Mead Logan James farmer Spring Creek Lyons Geo Jr carpenter Sugar Grove Lake J M farmer Freehold Lesser J G mechanic Glade Lesser A farmer Pleasant Marsh Adelbert laborer Elk Mead R D farmer Pittsfield Mabie W H lumberman Tidioute Norway Geo farmer Brokenstraw Norris H E book-keeper Clarendon Ritzenthaler A barber Warren Ricker M F farmer Freehold Roy James producer Glade Shippy Cyrus farmer Columbus Samuelson C J farmer Sugar Grove Walton Levi farmer Columbus Williams Isaac farmer Corydon
Kane loses grip as Grand Valley boom cools. Cogswell Bros. wildcat on Quaker Hill shut down due to water shortage. Warren’s luck may hinge on McGee and King striking a big well below town.
The Harness and horse-furnishing emporium of Sextus Keller on Second Street shows a boom with shelves groaning under new goods and unpacked boxes in front. Stock includes heavy medium and light harnesses, blankets, hoods, sweat blankets, trunks, handbags and valises, all at rock bottom prices.
Burgess Merck plans to enforce a muzzle rule from June 15 to Sept 15 with impounding for unmuzzled dogs and a $5 penalty. The writer argues the muzzle law is wasted in summer heat and calls for sensible confinement and stricter enforcement, noting few hydrophobia risks.
A city council plan urges stopping littering, demanding clean back yards, and asks P and E R R Co to provide clean outhouses. It calls for weekly fire company drills, seating in the park, and charging doctors rent for pension examination rooms. Also notes Derby hats at George Ball and Heinz Measner promotions.
Prof Hannibal A Williams of Chau tauqua fame will give two entertainments for the organ fund of the M E Church in the Presbyterian Church on June 11 and 12. He has performed in Albany Syracuse Poughkeepsie Auburn and other cities and promises a first class show. Tickets are 35 cents for one night and 50 cents for both. children 25 cents for one night and 35 cents for both.
The Penna gas line to Corry is completed and gas was let in last Saturday. It took about forty minutes to reach Corry and connections began Monday. Pipe laying started in April and rapid work continues toward Erie with delivery likely by October or November. Right of way secured and progress rapid.
Sunday gatherings at Casadaga Lake open with trips via Warren Dunkirk road. Jamestown M E Church to be dedicated July 4 with Rev J H Vincent to preach. Sharon Herald critiques Crawford county licensing and temperance. Nellie Pain Dodge dies May 31 in Frewsburg leaving husband and two children. Judge Tourgee plans Greek letter society convention at Chautauqua in August. Chautauqua to host dramatic and operatic summer shows after tabernacle changes. W N George bailed $3000 after tapping National Transit pipe at Duke Centre. a prominent Knight of Labor. Rev J D Foote notes 1885 Western New York Home for Children at Randolph in sound condition. Meadville Fuel Gas Co injunction dissolved ending exclusive gas pipe privileges in Meadville streets.
A roundup item notes the annual reunion of survivors of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps is held in Reading this week with participation from across the state. Other items report 250 Y M C A conference delegates in Harrisburg, oil land bonuses, and local curiosities at Two Mile Run and readings from Philadelphia retail notices.
Bell Bros announces a three day sale Thursday through Saturday June 10 11 12 1886 on a large stock of ladies muslin underwear and related garments. Prices drop on chemises drawers skirts corset waists dresses and vests with many items marked well below regular values and a display of linen handkerchiefs and linen goods.
June items show many visitors moving through town including Mrs Lucy Nichols from Vermont and Miss Fannie McClintock of Oil City. Memorial Day observances were held with post and WCTU arranging a garden reception after cemetery ceremonies. The Tidioute High School graduation occurred May 28 with four graduates. the K of P and Alumni events followed in early June with toasts and a banquet at G A R rooms.
The town sketches oil fever with wells at Osmer run and a new one near four miles from town. A dispute in a hardware store led to a court fine. The Gar land and Pittsfield Social Club wraps its season with a Whitney hall dance. Street work improves roads with gravel paving praised by CITIZEN.
In Grand Valley on June 1 an odd tale tells of two hens nesting in one spot producing chicks from the same nest, with four more hatchlings thriving while one egg remains. Local business and travel notes follow as Wood Bros plan a new railroad switch, Frank Wood tours New York, Mrs. Babbitt vacations at Chautauqua, and Miss McDonald weds Mr. McKain on May 26, 1885. The Pathmasters repair bridges, Miss Kissinger recovers, and upcoming church services and a Children’s Day at Averill schoolhouse June 27 are announced with atlas subscriptions offered by M V DeVeaux.
Our school advances under Miss Danelia Wilder a Warren lady. We have biweekly preaching by Rev. Stinchkomb of Concord Pa. Nate Sutton visits his hill home. D Gillmore builds a large dance platform roofed and boarded for six to eight sets. Miss Vevia Jones visits her uncle. Oil is the main topic. Mr Sutton was offered 10000 for his farm last week. Homes haunted by leasing men. Miss Jennie Frisbee stays and attends school here.
A county list shows numerous repairs and new installations on South Side Water Street and adjacent streets. Names include Mrs Retterer Falconer Sechrist Warren School District Townley Hauer Dalrymple Kirberger Cogswell Henry Hutchinson Barbour Eysinger Humes Davis Eddy Schermerhorn and others. Work spans bet locations such as Market East Short 2d 3d High Ludlow Chestnut Public Way and extends to East Side Water Street extensions and West Hickory Street.
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