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Warren Mail

Location

Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1885

Page

2

Republicans poised to reclaim New York governorship in 1888

The Warren Mail reports strong Republican unity after last fall defeat. Senator Evarts voice in union league speech signals renewed drive to seize governor’s office. Spring elections showed county gains and estimated party vote up about 20,000. Cabinet appointment of Manning aided consolidation. Legislative notes cover bills on trees near springs, destitute soldiers, cooperative associations, real estate conveyances, and bar admissions. Senate and House bill counts and debates reflect broad yet selective legislative activity with focus on fire safety, oil speculation, and tobacco sales to minors.

New York Evarts Union League Republican Party Manning Cleveland Senate House Court of Common Pleas Supreme Court Commonwealth Pittsburg Dispatch State Firemans’ Association Bates Crawford Beech Mr. Hulings Venango Pennsylvania Dougherty Board of Lunacy Commissioners Lee State Board of Health Hulings Messrs Criswell and Hulings Rose McKean Berry Forest

Lamar appoints Edward B. Clark as first Interior assistant

The editor criticizes President Lamar for appointing Edward B. Clark of Mississippi to run the Interior Department. Clark, a little known Mississippi lawyer, is described as loyal to Lamar and a friend, prompting concerns that the department will be led by inefficient figures who opposed it years ago. The piece argues a Union Democrat should head pensions for Union soldiers.

Lamar Edward B. Clark Mississippi Interior Department

New York political machine powers shape 1888 race

Dan Manning controls patronage and influence in New York politics and is set to aid the fall gubernatorial race and the 1888 presidential contest. Mr Whitney’s city political know how complements Manning, reflecting President Cleveland’s appointments. Independents opposed machine politics now confront a machine boss leading the ticket.

New York Dan Manning Whitney New York City Manning Cleveland

Erie Herald Denounces Rumors of PA Federal Patronage Pact

The Erie Herald notes rumors of an agreement among Randall Wallace and Scott to control Pennsylvania federal patronage. It states leaders will not wrangle over it and warns many reports by special correspondents have no foundation, sometimes offering a grain of truth amid much falsehood.

Erie Herald Randall Wallace Scott Pennsylvania

Southern Brigadiers Question Civil Rights Government

The text notes alarm among Southern Brigadiers about the Blaine family seeking influence with President Cleveland and Mrs Blaine contacting Miss Cleveland. It frames the era’s racial political tension asking whether the administration will be "niggerized" and whether it is a "white man's government."

Mr. Blaine President Cleveland Mrs. Blaine Miss Cleveland

Turn the rascals out cried twenty four years ago

A Ledger clipping notes the public cry to purge bad officials. It recalls a past era when voters demanded removals and warns that today the call is to gain control again with new leadership. The piece frames political renewal as a constant cycle.

Ledger

Immi gration stance linked to Pacific Coast sentiment

The papers that gloss over Cleveland's opposition to Chinese immigration echo the same line used against Mr. Blaine, presenting it as a demagogic appeal to Pacific Coast sentiment.

Cleveland Blaine

Retired Priest Preaches as Church Grants Pension

Preachera Burciaro receives a $500 yearly retirement from his church. He continues his duties while constrained by limited income and the church’s financial stance. The Democracy party could aid if needed.

Preachera Burciaro Blaine

President proposes ending White House record system

The President calls for elimination of the elaborate White House record keeping and reduces staff by dismissing four employees to cut clerical work.

Tur White House

Mississippi appoints Gen. Er. C. Walthall to U S Senate

The Mississippi Governor names Gen. Er. C. Walthall to fill the Senate vacancy created by Lamar's resignation. Walthall is described as an able man and a representative of the state's progressive element.

Mississippi Gen Er. C. Walthall U.S. Senate Lamar

President Cleveland signs Grant's commission first act

The report notes one of President Cleveland's initial official steps was approving General Grant's commission, countersigned by the new Secretary of War, marking that official act as their first.

Cleveland Gen. Grant Secretary of War

Pattison Europe minister talk dismissed as nonsense

The claim of sending Gov Pattison to Europe as a minister is scoffed at. it notes he cannot walk half the way without getting his feet wet.

Gov. Pattison Europe

Hazen on Court Martial Amid Weather Talk

Gen Hazen chief of the signal service faces court martial amid remarks on weather. A Democrat in Ohio collapses paralyzed while circulating a petition to namesake as Postmaster.

Hazen Signal Service Ohio

Illinois Senate Controversy Prompting Quick Logan Support

The Illinois Senatorship remains disputed with General Logan urged for immediate election. Many in Washington resist the smallpox issue, showing a varied political climate as campaigns push forward.

Progress of the Age Explores Electric Rail Power

The piece notes progress in railroading with electric propulsion experiments. It cites a Bidwell electric railway in Philadelphia on the 3d with a 250 foot track car seating ten, five-horsepower dynamo, rear levers to control movement, and braking via counter electric current. The system also powers lighting and heating.

Philadelphia Times Bidwell Electric Railway System

Leader Gains Sole Republican Morning Daily In Northern Ohio

The Cleveland Herald ceased to exist last Wednesday. The type and presses were sold to the Plain Dealer and the subscription list and goodwill to the Leader. This makes the Leader the only Republican morning daily in Northern Ohio.

Cleveland Herald The Plain Dealer Leader Ohio

Enduring tribute to General Grant’s fading strength

The text honors General Ulysses S. Grant as he declines, noting his storied firmness and composure. It proclaims no modern military figure matches his esteem and places him beside Lincoln among Civil War greats, suggesting his likeness will be rare to witness again.

Gun Grant Gen. Grant Lincoln

Discrepancy Highlighted in Butler’s Soldiers Home Accounts

Awnp notes Butler will be asked to explain a $200,000 discrepancy in his accounts while serving as President of the Soldiers Home. The issue is described as minor relative to his resources and influence.

Awnp Ben Butler Soldiers Home

Flour and cough remedies advertised by local merchants

Local ads promote Good Flour at 70 cents and one dollar per sack from Geo P Orr Co. Also featuring Hun Cough Cure at 25 cents and products from Johnson and Siegfuied. The brief notices reflect common 19th or early 20th century commerce with multiple shop offerings.

Geo. P. Orr & Co

Cleveland poised to turn forty eight as presidency opens

The discourse notes President Cleveland will be 48 on March 18 and discusses age comparisons with past presidents. It also surveys political commentary, party dynamics, and naval policy shifts under his administration, including the Navy Department’s control over new vessels.

Cleveland Wacs Washington New York New Ohio Whitney Navy Department

Reform Begins in the White House Kitchen

President Cleveland enforces a strict mealtime rule with breakfast at 8 o clock. He requires all household members to sit with him, a move praised by locals as sensible yet daunting for cooks. A past governor’s chef recalls two leaders who demanded early, quick meals, praising the chef’s artistry.

Cleveland White House Arthur Tilden Brazil Gov. Tilden Gramercy Park Albany William Dorsheimer Empereur Brazeel Ze Guvernaire New York Zay Bose Zay

Good Democratic Times Hit Washington Dealer on Inauguration Day

A Washington wholesale liquor dealer recalled selling thirty to forty thousand dollars of goods on inauguration day when Democrats won and only two to three thousand on Republican days. The reply reveals the sharp political bias of his business.

Democratic Times Washington

To cough or not to cough settles with 25c Hus Cough Cure

A brief note promotes Hus Cough Cure priced at 25 cents, advising readers to ask Johnson and Siegfried for the remedy. The item frames coughing as a solvable issue with the advertised patent medicine and vendor names.

Ask Johnson & Siegfried

Inauguration Day Bright Spots and Local Option Notes

Pennsylvania National Guard praised by President Cleveland as the grand feature of the procession. Murphy the temperance evangelist reports 1100 pledge signers in Monongahela City, while local option towns like Conneautville share similar liquor prohibitions with multiple outlets.

Pennsylvania National Guard Cleveland Hartranft Pennsylvania Murphy Monongahela City Pittsburgh Conneautville Courier Committee On Appropriations

New first lady’s sister Miss R E B Cleveland profile

Albany dispatch profiles Miss R E B Cleveland, sister of the President, detailing her modest dress, scholarly lecturing career on educational topics, multilingual ability, and poised conversational leadership. A former Elmira Seminary lecturer on Joan of Arc is noted, with praise from ex Governor Cornell calling her “one of the brightest women I ever met.”

White House R. E B. Cleveland Albany Elmira Cornell Miss Cleveland

Officials assure no firings at departments for neglect

A Washington dispatch dated March 12 reports Secretary Bayard and Attorney General Garland told clerks in their departments they face no risk of dismissal for reasons other than neglect of duty.

Washington Bayard Garland

Downs Elixir Still Trusted Cough Remedy in Free Press Note

The Burlington Free Press praises Downs Elixir as a long standing home remedy for coughs colds and throat troubles. It notes wide local use and unsolicited endorsements and lists Johnson and Siegfried Warren Sieg fried Hull Sheffield as distributors.

Burlington Free Press Johnson & Siegfried, Warren Siegfried & Hull Sheffield

Township and Village Merchants Listed With Goods

The long list catalogs merchants by name and trade across Eldred and Farmington Townships. Entries include dry goods, groceries, hardware, drugs, clothing, jewelry, tobacco, oil well supplies, and general merchandise from numerous firms and individuals.

O'Mara and Hunt W.C. Hale H.T. Russell W.H. Mix Burroughs and Son Barlow and Turney McDonald and Curtis Gilson F. D. Austin John Sbhriner Morris Einstein Davidge & Co S. Hersfield Beecher and Copeland J. Stevenson A.I. Fitch H. W. Brown W. H. Wisner C. P. Quillian G.S. Rittmaier Boots Allen and Co S. L. McClellan Painter Brothers Tobacco and ci P. Wrin C. A. Myers I, Epstein Jarecki Mfg. Company J.C. Long C. Kemble W.R. Dawson Coltman J. L. Strong H. Ewald R. Chaffey John Siggins E. A. Culver W. D. Bucklin C. A. Allen Nation S. H. Evans A. Dunn Toad A. Dunn B. Siggins L. E. Hammond J. L. Acomb J. A. Alf J. M. Parshall and Co L. Simon Tobacco and Cigars D. M. McCall B. Baer J. R. Brady W. OC. Gillett Julius Bourquin J. H. King Tate J. W. Green D. G. Blackman Green Connor E. A A. P. Gilmore A. Ruhlman O. H. Hunter W. Spinner E. 8S Kennett Schellhammer & Lesser Oil Well Supply Co. Limited Nelson Greenand Eowhart Brothers O. D. Horn Morris and Neill I. A. Whitney Fred Swanson Ceries J. D. Davis and Co M. Alger General Merchandise Mead and Jackson

Deed Transfer Confirmed by Receiver in Pa Deed Records

William J. Reedy as Receiver of Batavia New York states the title to the premises is perfect and conveyed by the former Trustee of the Association. The deed is on record in Warren and Beaver counties Pennsylvania.

Warren and Beaver Pennsylvania William J. Reedy Batavia N. Y

Notice of auditor appointment in Warren County case

In the Court of Common Pleas of Warren County Pennsylvania SE of J W McGinnett et al versus S H Briggs No 159 June term 1882 KE D No4 September term 1882 the undersigned was appointed auditor on February 5 1885 to report distribution of the funds and will attend on April 1 1885 at 10 o clock A M at his office over Warren Savings Bank Warren Pa for all interested parties to attend.

J. W. McGinnett S. H. Briggs Court of Common Pleas Warren County Warren Savings Bank Warren Vil Well Supply Company Limited James Monroe F. Anderson John Anderson Jas. A. McNally Borough of Mead Township State of Pennsylvania EK. P. Landas Charles Stohn E. R. Armor N. F. Clark G. E. Foster

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Warren Mail Illinois Gen. Logan Ask Johnson & Siegfuied John Albany Times Colorado Idaho Arizona Boston Record Tidioute News Taggart United States Lancaster Pittsburg S. S. Conant Harper’s Weekly Greeley Mr. Bayard James Ashton Bayard Delaware Madison Ghent Richard H. Bayard James A Buffalo Commercial Boston Herald Frank Pierce Polk Fillmore Garfield Hayes van Buren Johnson Monroe Jefferson J. Q. Adams Jackson Zach Taylor John Adams William Henry Harrison Phila. Times Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society Philadelphia Pennsylvania Wool-growers Association Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg Railroad Company Union Depot City of March H D. W. Pardee Sec’y Hooker Nurseries H. E. Hooker Company Rochester N, Y C. Pershing Joseph Clinton James Parshall John W. Coe W. B. Roberts C. W. H. Verback L. F. Watson V. Davis Ella A W. A. Wade Hiram Andrews P. E. Applebee Walter Homer L R T. Arrowsmith D. J. Thayer Albert Hultburg J. R. Tallman Emery Davis Sam’s Lord C. R. Henderson and Wife Seneflice March Sans. Hall F. H. Carver Bartley Campbell Fred G. Berger A. G. Enos L. G. Noyes Chandise H. Keppel Henry E. McConnell J. Boyd Watts and Andrews Pine Grove Township Brewers Billiard Ceries. Jones and Mott, General Merchandise A. J. and C. W. Irvine Mer South West Township M. W. Ruland Myron Dunham General Merchandise St. V.S Spring Creek Township Myers and Stanly Brokenstraw Township W. G. Shannon General Merchan W.H. Metzgar Dry Goods and Gro J. D. Burroughs Ira Nichols J. D. Shannon William Baker McKinney Brothers George Kolfrat Columbus Borough Rhodes and Rowe Brothers Yates and Smith Chatman and Hill S. B. Dunham Sugar Grove Township T. C. Smith C. Parker Colegrove Howard Flour Harris and McIntyre Lf A. W. Francis Grain and Feed Hagerty and Davis A. Martin Conewango Township William Jewell and Son H. Babcccek Wellman Brothers Corydon Township J. Green E. Price and Co Nelson Mead P. B. Canfield and Son J. Clawson William McCollister J. M. Green Wheelock and Son M. W. Harrington Harry Wilson Dry Goods and Groce Ries S. H. Darling F. A. Lagerdahl and Co Horton, Crary and Co Siegfried and Hull Clarendon T.S. Flynn and Co Ing J. A. Anundusson H. Roberts J. E. Berkheimer A. White Triumph Township W. P. Wagner H. Spitler Gars Levi Smith G. E. Shienfield Gents L. Emery Ir. ‘and Company Cherry Grove Township G. P. Conway and Brother D. W. Rhodes J. B. Miller Myers and Fencil Oil Well Supply Co., Limited Oil C. W. Dimick H.R. Burgess A. Duen Elk Township Imel Powers and Shank Fosburg and Co Eldred Township Wood Brothers E. W. Thompson Peck and Co Farmington Township Tidioute Borough Thomas Thornton E. Coltman R. E. Miller J. L. Thompson Freehold Township W.D. Whitney W. H. Houtling Hardware. Co L. Howard P. Wright O. C. Messenger General Merchan C. Messenger Glade Township Jordan Dunkle P. J. Trushel and Son J. Baldensperger Warren Borough Johnson & Siegfried S. Keller C. P. Northrop Boots and Jordan and Dunkle C. Smith P. J. Bayer Warren Mills Co Warren Cigar Works Richard B. Stewart R. Gilson Music Store J. J. Taylor and Company A. A. Davis & Co C. P. Henry Merck Brothers J. K. Weaver Mitchell and Hunker F. D. Jones Hamilton Brothers C.P. Henry Groceries Kinzua Township Ware Eens Cee Connor Hammond L. P. Rogers and Brother White and Company General Mer E. M. Clapp and Company F. H. Rockwell and Company Pittsfield Township L H. F. Andrews and Company, Gen Wm. Messner F. R. Scott News Room S. W. Waters Brown and Friend Sol. Cohn and Co G. L. Friday H. A. Jamieson & Co D. Riddlesperger Peter Greenland McNett & Co Warren Feed Company Conrad Lesser Wood and Thomas N. K. Wendelboe Geo. P. Orr and Co Offerlee & Son S. T. Daggett H. L. Lord J. E. O’hara and Company Morrow and Clawson John Kropp Frew and Henderson Nesmith and Messner H. Gallager Mahoney and Co H. A. Hardenburs D. McKee Connely Ayers and Straight Youngsville Borough H. L. Mead and Co J. W. Agrelius John A. Day Watson Township W.H. Mable Ewewe Charles Campbell A. A. Clark Mmerchan G. Turner Philip Leonhart Conewango Hotels G.H. Leonhart C. W. King Frank Metzgar Mike Silk T. J. Mahoney B.F. Branch Murphy and Fannin T.W. Dempsey Carl Pudenz J. M. McGee E. O'Donnell T. H. Willoughby J. H. Wiggins Sugar Grove Clendenning and Hale Kinzua J. H. Williams A. J. Marsh Russell A. P. Garfield Youngsville C. H. Gregory A. Pierce Cherry Grove John Siffin McNamara Jos. Clinton C. Shaw J.B. Corby J. Logan Tiona Rick Donovan Irvington W.G. Williams Pittsfield E.T. F. Valentine Warren M. Mead W. H. Crowell L. EK. Branch H. Monroe C. Schwing F. Baltzinger M. Fitzgerald D.J. Sullivan John Schmutz Tabor and Russell P. J. Swain H. L. Gordon Columbus J.C. Davidson A. D. Frank D. W. Cook C. P. Williams W.B. Crouse E. Lesser John Heibel Wills and Stricker Frank Caro W.S. McKinney C. Peterson A. Kerschstein Gilmore Kulow Tidioute White & Co Scessese B. E. Jackson Treasur J. D. Arird Mercantile Appraiser Lander, Pa Water St Aladin Invincible Royal Square A. Pinney & Co Steber Block Janforth Entist Variety Hall Warren, Pa 99 Cent Music and Variety Store Floral Guide Headquart Ames Vick Rochester N Uriah C. Whitlock Genesee County State of New York Warren and Beaver Oil Land Association George W. Nelson Mary F Ohio Township County of Amos Dawson Samuel Calhoun William Rayl David Richey Matthew D. Freer Julia A Charles P. Henry A. H. Ludlow Mary I Deerfield Township Averill David C. Thompson Dry Run Beaver County William Kayl George Bowen GEO Frazine E. A Allen E. A. Allen America H. HaLuxtt & Co Portland D. N. Walker Warren Co Co, E, Walker Bear Lake P. O P. Greenland Episcopal Church Mammoth Furniture P. Greenlund First National Bank D. &Opy M. Beecher Cashier U.S England Ireland Scotland National Line of Iron Liverpool Neenstown Antwerp Hamburg Bremen Avre Paris Gothenburg Christinia Copenhagen P,& ER Arren B. Nesmith A.J. Hazeltine A. J. Hazeltine E. G. Wood M. B. Dunham Jas, Clark, Jr Struthers Struthers, Wells &C Bairstow Fisher Block Sersall Postoffice John Sill Beaty Block Second St. Warren, Pa W. A. Hackney John H. Hull
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