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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1878
Page
3
The Warren Mail notes a March weather tease with a robin in a flannel necktie and a possible trout bite after April, plus circus plans, church services, a new safe for Treas urer Barnes, and a large donation to Rev Crane. It covers local gatherings, a Clark Hose Co charter, and the wedding of Jason L. Cousins to Sarah E. McLeod with many gifts listed.
W W Reed of Erie visited last Wednesday. Mrs Brecht nears recovery from long illness. Walter sings solo about the little brown jug. James Halliday recovering from illness. Lawyer Brown of Warren now with Bradford Oil. Judge Souther family leaving Florida to return north by May 1. Rev H S Getz officiated in Cavist Church, Tidioute last Monday. The F G s received bouquets last Friday. Burgress Miles and new Councilmen to take seats April 1. Major James ill for first time in years, slowly recovering. Charles remarks on post office vs church joke. Augustus C Merck leaves Warren for New York to study horology. joins brother Fred. He secures a fine position and is well regarded.
Negotiations between the Warren Bradford Rochester Railroad and the P and E Railroad yield a plan to connect at Warren. The Narrow Gauge would run on P and E track from Ott Run to the depot with a third rail. A telegraph station at Ott Run and possible sidings for coal transfer are noted. The Narrow Gauge would use the P and E depot and side-track facilities below town.
Obituary notes the death of Mrs Morrison widow of Ex Sheriff Abijahem Morrison and mother of Mrs Dinsmoor Mrs Will Smith Mrs J R Nixon and Mr A D Morrison with ties to Warren Dunkirk Worthington and Spring Creek. She came to Warren in the 1840s as his third wife and was regarded as amiable and estimable.
The Struthers well at Stoneham reaches 1100 feet depth with 60 feet of sand and 800 feet of oil in the huil. Drilling continues last Monday with torpedo expected soon. North Warren sees the old Jackson Run well being re-drilled deeper, others include Hoffman on State Hospital farm and a Croll farm well. John Beil & Co. drill No. 5 on Egglersn farm in Glade.
Through Manager Stearns of the W. A. Telegraph Co. we report the wife of Mr. Sterling Green of Kinana dropping dead last Saturday evening about 7 o clock. She was doing house work when death occurred and is believed to be caused by heart disease. Her death is universally regretted.
Me Linessys speech against the new county bill appears on the first page and is described as having done the business. The piece questions annexation of Titusville country and notes political trouble beyond the county line. Unclaimed letters list names with a Dead Letter Office warning. A society gentleman seeks correspondence with a young lady through enclosing card or photo.
Wrightsville reports conclude Rev Adams meetings on March 10 with conversions and unity, a March 13 church donation of 40 dollars, Dugway schoolhouse revivals led by Mr Williams with 33 dollars raised, and town notes including a corn theft, altered post office location with Frank Stuart as postmaster, busy saw mill, plans for a select school, maple sugar abundance, and seasonal signs as of March 23 1878.
The Stoneham field near Stoneham Pa yields oil at 1058 feet with 600 feet of productive sand and heavy gas. Visitors from Bradford Tidioute Petrolia and Butler examine the site while land leases expand within two to three miles. A legal dispute delays derrick construction and a tannery store expansion adds telegraph facilities.
From New York a late bankruptcy sale brings watches priced ten to twenty dollars. Four dozen solid silver fall jeweled Patent Lever watches relisted at ten dollars each. two dozen solid ladies’ golf watches at eighteen to twenty dollars. Cash purchase, fully guaranteed, Frep Morcx.
McDowell & Orr advertise a shipment of bird cages at low prices. Also featured are Whromes photographic views frames mouldings and fittings for pictures priced very attractively at Susan's.
The Fair Point preparations include a two story 90 by 100 foot Children’s Temple with deep galleries and fountains, seating 2000 for children meetings. A large hotel will rise next year, Alling’s canvas hotel remains this year with Mr. Gerrans in charge of dining hall. Frank Beard will publish an illustrated daily for children. Additional facilities include a bookstore bazaar Niagara Falls curiosity shop and Assembly Daily Herald printing office. Expect larger attendance this year.
County and Neighborhood notes flag clear ice on Chautauqua Lake and near Ridgway. Pioneers claim first oil well torpedo at Tidioute. Bradford, Forest, and Centreville discuss leases and oil prospects as lumber rafts, pigeons, and donations color the region. Local deaths, fires, trials, and society events fill the page with varied frontier news.
The finest stock of mouldings for homes and all kinds of pictures available at Will Smith's at low prices.
An ad claims hairless pimples and skin eruptions doom suitors, urging men to cleanse blood with Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic. It also touts Cough Honey for coughs and Golden Relief for pain as accompanying products.
The April issue roundup praises The Nursery Petersen's Magazine Godey's Lady's Book and Harper's Magazine for rich illustrations patterns and poetry. Wide Awake Appleton's Journal Scribner's and Atlantic Monthly feature extensive articles fiction travel and criticism including Detmold Lincoln's Triumph and American industry notes.
Fragments list various flour sacks and grain products including white wheat flour amber flour corn meal oats oil meal and bran. Mentions sacks barrels and bags with no clear transactions or dates.
In Warren on March 11 1874 Jason L Cousins wed Sarah E Mcleod at Mrs S R Meads home. In Sheffield on March 13 1878 John Anaple married O M Sheely at the M E Parsonage with Rev L F Merritt officiating.
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