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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1878
Page
3
Readable items include St Patrick’s Day closures, new telegraph poles to Beatty block, land sale notices, a large amateur waltz club hop, and Roscoe Hall theatre recounting Still Waters Run Deep and The Kitchen Belle with cast lists and a $100 proceeds tally.
The Warren Public Library adds many volumes including classical works by Homer Plato and Caesar plus historical texts by Lecky. Also added are novels and gender themed writings such as Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility and Woman's Thoughts About Women alongside youth and period pieces like Happy Hours for Girls and Boys and Daisy Burns.
A. A. Davis & Co showcases framed pictures in stylish arrangements. The display emphasizes quality frames, matting, and finishing touches for home decor.
Prof. M. E. Peck of Corry will open a vocal music school in Music Hall next Thursday at 7 o clock. Special attention to voice culture. He is recommended by Jamestown and Corry singers. Terms are $2 for 13 lessons with books provided free. Scholars from age 10 and up may join.
Report for the month ending February 28 shows eight total arrests including one for insanity, one for drunkenness, five for petit larceny and one for stealing horses. Vagrants seeking lodgings totaled 174 with 51 ordered out of town.
A. A. Davis & Co advertises wall pockets brackets and picture frames with James and Walnut finishes as special goods for immediate purchase.
The Intre Nous Society of Warren presented a pleasant evening last Tuesday drawing a good audience. Their mock orchestra faltered, but entertainment included the Magic Mirror and burlesque Cinderilla scenes, two songs, and a grand closing tableau. Proceeds neared fifty dollars aiding the needy. members listed include Maggie Roy, Nellie Roy, Hattie Shat tuck, Mary Brown, Lucy James, and others.
The Warren Bradford and Rochester Railroad survey is complete beyond Kinzua on the Allegheny river. Chief Engineer Mr Woods map and profile show exact line, grades, cuts, embankments, bridges and trestles. The line appears favorable and a narrow gauge could cost about average. President M Waters is expected soon to advance construction plans.
On Feb 20 Chief Bernard arrested Daniel Brennan for stealing clothing from the Ludlow House. Brennan appeared before Justice Hodges and is held to bail of 100 dollars or will remain at Sheriff Brace’s hotel. He faces trial this week. A rider Horace Stewart was also arrested for stealing a horse from W. J. Steel of Bradford and returned to Bradford with the horse. Hotel de Bernard continues to host nightly visitors amid a large stock of Decaleemaniec Pictures at A. A. Davis & Co.
Unclaimed letters at Warren Pennsylvania Post Office for March 2 1878 include John Darling Mrs J J Denison Mina Greenler Mrs Maggie Lascell Mrs Catherine McCall Enoch Marsh John McDonough Mrs Julia A Morri son Miss Sarah E McFall Jasper B Niles Adolf F Olsson Mr Capt Row land H M Richardson J C Roggers Flora Sutton Jas R Stevenson Mrs T Sanford James Ward. Letters not claimed within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office O C Arian P M.
A. A. Davis Co advertises wall paper and borders as its specialty offerings. The notice highlights selection and finishing options for home decor projects.
The Warren Union School term ended March 1 with two exhibitions in the afternoon and evening. Pupils from Nos. 1 through 8 presented songs recitations dialogues and solos under Prof Miller and Mrs Bernard and Misses. Mary Conarro Nellie Russell accompanied. The Spring term starts March 11 with the same staff and teachers. A Local Institute at Columbus February 22 featured lectures and demonstrations by Rev Dilworth Supt Thompson and others with 35 teachers in attendance.
Court convened yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Judge Wetmore and associates Acocks and Connely. Civil case Marilda C Webber vs Marble and Davis is being tried as we go to press. Donaldson of Spring Creek, indicted for rape, has jumped bail set at 1000 dollars. Other criminal cases ready for trial are expected to draw a crowd.
J. S. Tarr announces readiness to take boarders at reasonable terms and provide pleasant rooms. Applications for board invited at once. Bird cages are specialties at A. A.
Lazarus Morris offer perfected spectacles with unique lens construction for clearer vision and reduced need for changes. Frames are finest quality and guaranteed. lenses ground from specially manufactured optic material, scratch resistant. Available only through Hazeltine & CoDruggists and Booksellers Warren Pa.
Larsen Pou iciss As policy holders in the Temperance Mutual receive all the benefits arising from the lapsing of policies a member at the age of 40 would have to pay 80 years and live to be 120 years old in order to pay in as much money as his heirs would receive. To invest in one of our policies is better than money at seven per cent Compound interest. D G Morse Agent Warren Pa.
Last night in Russellburg a couple wed quietly at the bride’s father home Rev A H Bowers officiated. The couple are Charles E Cobb and Kate Chapman as townsfolk later disrupted the scene with a cornets band and lively songs.
The record lists 91 pupils from Rooms 1 and 2 who passed a creditable examination on February 28 1878. Names include Minerva Decker Kitt Grinnell Ida Cross Sadie Bloomfield Augusta Pierce Janet Wilson Elton Jordan Frances Rhodes Lincoln Mandaville Della Andrews Cora Burnett Charles Quick Grant Mead Allie Sheldon Mamie Quick Anna Burnett Emma Minor Charley Porter Emma Upton May Robinson Jackson Pierce Charley Sturdevant and others. Males 43 females 48. Total 91.
The notice cites Acts from 1875 and 1876 detailing penalties for carrying concealed deadly weapons and for pointing or discharging firearms at others. It mentions fines up to $1,000 and imprisonment up to one year, with court discretion and possible jury inference of intent. It also includes unrelated advertisements for mouldings, rags, and Charm Baking Powder.
Forest county owes four thousand dollars. The Spring term of the Sugar Grove School opens Monday March 18 and will run thirteen weeks. H. D. Topp is Principal and C. P. Harris serves as Secretary of the Board. Last Sunday a Williamsport man sang Hold the Fort into a Bell telephone connected to a telegraph wire on the P and E Railroad, heard clearly in Erie, 250 miles away. The Philadelphia and Erie road reports larger shop work and increased business with January net earnings of $81,975.39, $5,645.77 above last year. C. C. Thompson of Tidioute was elected Burgess on February 19 and was presented with a costly P. G. and P. C. P. collar by Eden Lodge members in honor of his service. The piece also reflects on home life and parental influence, urging readers to invest in family culture during long winter evenings.
Corrected by Johnson White Co listing various flour sacks amber white wheat Amber Flour sacks and barrels market terms for corn meal chop feed bran middlings oats and oil meal with quantities and packaging details.
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