Indiana political scandal surfaces in water works case
The piece alleges a chain of improprieties linked to Gov. Hendricks and the Indianapolis Water Works Ring. It claims stock shifts and bond moves totaling large sums, with director voting patterns benefiting a ring and personal directors payments.
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Washington
Pendleton
Gov
Hendricks
Indiana
Morris
Goy. Hendricks
Water Works
Indianapolis
Silent Week Provokes Ledger on Belknap Scandal
The Ledger roasts the administration amid public anger over Belknap and Pendleton. It argues Belknap breached trust without taking government funds, while Pendleton secured a dubious claim, prompting calls for accountability and denouncing partisan double standards.
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Tue Matz
Ledger
Belknap
Republican Party
Pendleton
Hendricks
Detroit Wrestlers Tie In Crowd Drawn Marquee Match
J H McLaughlin of Detroit and Jacob H Martin of Ypsilanti wrestled last Thursday evening in Detroit to a draw before an immense crowd. Time was called at 8 37. Martin was thrown on his back within two minutes. The second round lasted 33 minutes and ended with McLaughlin down. In the third McLaughlin fell first and in the fourth Martin was thrown but no fall was ruled. The match ended in a disputed draw, exciting spectators and signaling McLaughlin may have met his match.
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J. H. McLaughlin
Detroit
Jacob H. Martin
Ypsilanti
Martin
McLaughlin
Mac
Divided House Fails To Repeal Resumption Act
In Washington the House rejects AtKins motion to suspend rules and pass the bill repealing the January 14 1875 resumption act. The vote 109 to 108 fails to reach two thirds. Dr Egbert of the district voted for the measure.
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Washington
Atkins
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Yeas
Egbert
Elector B F Morris questioned on court house stance
In a letter to readers the Ledger editor questions Democratic elector B F Morris about support for a new court house. The writer urges clarity on his position, criticizing his treatment of Mr Wheelock and insisting on a definite yes or no.
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B. F. Morris, Esq
the Ledger
Court House
Wheelock
Boosted House Economy Sparks Agricultural Report News
The Democratic House boasted economy falters as 300000 copies of the Agricultural Report are authorized. Critics call it extravagance and a potential step toward restoring the franking privilege, though both parties may avoid the unpopularity of such a move.
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Democratic House
Republicans Pick Delegates for Harrisburg Convention
The Republican County Committee named P. Falconer of Warren and Hon. G. W. Allen of Tidioute as delegates to the Harrisburg convention on March 29. Earlier remarks from Jerry Black criticized Democrats and noted rifle team trials open to all with secretary Joseph Holland at 93 Nassau Street, New York, before May 30.
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Jes
Jerry Black
House
Garbey
Jerry
Lancaster
Joseph Holland
National Rifle Association
Nassau Street N. Y
P. Falconer, Esq
Warren
G. W. Allen
Tidioute
Harrisburg
Irvineton
Brok
Ninia
Brokeneck
P. Falconer
Seneca Street
W. A
Hallenbeck
Sid F. M. French
Thomas Newbold
Erie County Tax Delegates At Republican State Convention
Tax delegates from Erie county include M. W. Caughey, Senatorial, and S. E. Kin caide, J. Wells, Wm. Grant, and J. F. Walther, Representative. Hox, G. W. Allen led the House opposition to the new county bill with a strong speech, plans for next week.
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Erie County
M. W. Caughey
S. E. Kincaide
J. Wells
Wm. Grant
J. F. Walther
Hox
G. W. Allen
Bristow Mule Story Stirs Ring Time and Again
Bristow delivers a mule style assault in the ring, knocks out assailants each round as he fights back with relentless power. The event portrays the fighter’s resilience and clashes with opponents in sequence.
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Bristow
Belknap Iowa Considers Town Name Change
Belknap residents debate replacing the town name due to concerns with the suffix knap. Citizens discuss options to reflect local heritage while avoiding the disliked ending.
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Belknap
Iowa
Address of Mr Reed on party leadership in Centennial year
W W Reed of Erie, chairman of the Republican county committee, urges Republicans to unite to elect leaders who saved the nation. He accuses Democrats of treason and states the need to punish corruption, defend national unity, and reform the civil service while warning against Democratic rule and rebel sympathy. He calls for steadfast support of Republicans in the Centennial year.
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Pople
Democratic Party
Lincoln
House of Representatives
Union
House of Representativ 5
Loheid
Dremocrat
Republican Party
House
Representatives
Senate
White House
Jny
Jackson
Charleston
Benton
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Wm. A. Wallace
A. H. Dill
Heister Clymer
M. H. North
C. R. Buckalew
Sam. Randall
Wm. McClellan
Pittsburg
Democrats urged to unite with Republicans for stable government
A political appeal argues for Democrats to halt passion and unite with Republicans to correct abuses and punish delinquencies. It attacks Democratic excesses, calls for tariff protection and specie payments, and endorses Union-preserving candidates and policies amid postwar debates.
Severe North Atlantic Storm Wrecks Vessels and Property
The March storm on Monday and Tuesday caused widespread damage across New England with heavy snowfall in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. Ships wrecked and lives feared while trains faced delays and towns suffered unroofed houses and uprooted trees. Reports from Europe note snow in southern England Rome and a Mediterranean hurricane with extensive damage.
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New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
London
England
Rome
St. Sebastian
Spain
Provence
Mediterranean
Public sale of unseated lands in Warren County
Notice pursuant to an 1815 act listing unseated land tracts in Warren County to be exposed to public sale for arrears of taxes at the Warren Court House on the second Monday of June 1876. Includes numerous parcel descriptions, boundaries, and tax sale details. Sheriff notices follow for various properties in Farmington, Pine Grove, and Mead townships with dates and sale times.
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Acs
Warren County
Warren
Court of Common Pleas
Warren Co
Court House
Borough of
Farmington
County of
State of
Pennsylvania
Nathan Porter
M. Miles
Fieri Facias
Ambrose Rhodes
Hedman & Bradshaw
Herifef
Court Common Pleas
Pine Grove
H. B. Herrick
Lewis Sears
Lilus Akeley
Joseph Akeley
Jotham Akeley
S. H. Davis
Snetfield Township
Mead Township
Laurens Baldensperger
J. K. Palmer & Co
Keese
Bugbee’s
Baldensperger
AxLso
G. H. Amey
J. Palmer
Recorder's Office
Auso
Mead
Daniel W. Fuller
John Hill
David B. Geary
Said Mead Township
David B.geary
Kinzua Township
J. K. Palmer
Cornelius R. Elston
Gueriff
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The
Warren Mail
Mr. Reed
W. W. Reed, Esq
Erie
Republican County Committee
Tey
Treasury Department
San Francisco
Daniel Drew
Wall Street
H.kortman
P. Kortman
E.g.owenson
MaGill Gorman
Iside
Ackley
St Colner
Tré UK i
Averill McGraw
Nore
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Lotsthouse
LE Borough
Ey As
R. E. Miller
High ST
Hickory Street
John Dailey
George W. N. Yates
Columbus
Jones Smith
Ichabod Balyea
Freehold
Alphonso Root
Adm
Bear Lake
Warren Co. Pa
H. Davis
Eishtent
Sherif
F. M. French
W. Ck
S P. Johnson
Sheriff' S
Warren, Pa
C. Colwell Branch Pet, Co
Madagan SL
Jas Kinnear
Crocke
Thos
Clemons
Liz Ll
Sud
Sugar Grove Township
J.n.schnur
Great National Pet. Co
Alexander
Sugar Grove
J. Schnur
Charles Peterson
Burbank
Tidiouteh J
Tidiouteh J Oy, S44 550 19 20 Orough J. Stoneman
Swa & Saterlee
Beatty & Wilson
Jefferson St
J. Brokaw
Oil City Pet
J. Akley
J.J. “Anderson & Co
J. W. Weaver
Kownell & Holt
Theo. Andruss
T. J. Clemons
Babcock & Lay
Mill & Co
Julia Connelly
M. Thompson
Aid
M. Andruss
Park
Park S
J.N Schnur
E. & J. Headley
Ll Thompson & Allen
Duke & Richardson
J.O. Feostoe
Beardsley & Trobridge
Lot & Office
William Duke
Burdick
House & Lot
B. Arters
James Roy
John Yi &Co
Simn
Warren Borough
W. B. Martin
M. Park
James Bonner
Great Nat. Petroleum Co
A H. Ludlow
S.A. Wetmore
L. B. Hoffman
M. D. Holt
Martin C ‘Ribbins
John Gunn& Co
Cc. Rathbun
G. Ames
Sou
John Thomas
Sands & Co
Peter Holt
Johnson
Christian Swanston
T. Crouse
Bennett
H. Harris
Jane Tremain
Henry Morrison
Martin Mariner
J. D. James
Wm. Vorce
S. Morse
Harrison Hill
Amos York
Rockwell Brothers
Jed
Peter Maus
William Nevins
Columbus Township
Fingrell
Byron Benson
Usu Oly Sul
Yates & Dewey
Thomas Clemons
Orren
Luo
A. H. Ludlow
A. R. Williams
Ludlow & Clemons
Wm. Black
T. Ee
Melvine Johnson
O.H
J. R. Ee
Henry Vancise
Robert Donaldson
Corpplanter
Davis & Miles
Wm. A. Irving
Shadrick Tipton
Huidekoper
James Dunham
J. K .Palmer
Tim Fogle
Albert Green
Gilchrist
Elijah Livermore
North West
Wm. Parmlee & Brother
Ames & Co
Pine E Grove
Seth Allen
F. Anderson
A. M. Gos
Bonnsteel
H. Babcock
Widdifield
Cc. W. Clark
Llot Delemater
Charles Errickson
de James Ham
Bevier
Anthony Haiey
L.F. Knopp
Daniel Markstram
F. Weald
Nelson Farrell
Pleasants Township
West Half
Corydon
Kinzua Oil Co
J. P. Zanes, Ex
S. M. Giffin, Ex
Henderson Heirs
Jos. Hall
Watson
Newkirk & Webb
Rice
Allegheny’ Oil Co
Look & Wright
Bryant Oil Co
Grandin & Jennings
Uneus Oil Co
Mevullough
Elmsville Co
Fenton & Co
W. W. Hague, Ex
J. Aon
Elijah Shepherd
Brewer & Sanford
Anes Ross
A National Pet. Co
Cherry Grove Township
James McGrew
Do Cauge
Wood & Stanton
Great National Pet Co
Pittsfield Township
Nathaniel McIntyre
Ludlow Estate
Hopkins & Co
Giles Sherman
Joseph Herd
UN . Dalrymple
Edwin Thompson
D. Main Estate
Nenien
McGrew
North Side
Robert Sutton
W. C. White
Olive Carpenter
Parker, Newkirk & Co
W. F. ‘Dalrymple
Bonner
Henry Crouse
L. . Wood
J. Clark
Eg Bebe & Newkirk
B. Wood
George Anderson
Tr. Houghton
ReRneee
Rogers
Reed
G. Tyrell
Wm. Roore
Sterrit Bros
Parker & Newkirk
J. M. Young
Samuel Grandin
Os Ludlow
South-Ea
Freehold Town
Charles Clinton
Hurlbut
Ps Chalfant
Hosea Harmon & Co
J.C
D. Mead
Geo. A. Thompson
Yates, Dewey & Co
Noah Dalrymple
E. W. Ross
East Part
R. M. Gray
Azariah Holcomb
Glade Township
Mile Parks
E. Dow
Livermore Estate
L. F. Watson
N. E. Corner
James Leger
Clemens
N. Side
John Kerper
John Pray
Buck Oil Co
Perry Schreyer
Patrick Falconer, Jr
Spring Creek
Deerfield
A. Baker
S Morrison
Donation
Orr & Henry
Island
John Gregg
Alonzo Norton
Reynolds
J. A. Potter
Gt. Nat. Pet. Co
N.E. Cor
Ira E Carpenter
Wm. McDonald
Wit Hall
Z. Jobes
John Gadsby
U.G
Nat. Pet_ Co
Gi Hosmer Run Oil Co
Comstock
Oil Spring Pet. Co
Wheelock ’& Miller
George Katchwieck
IL Newbold
Easthall and Jamieson
Harriet Hall
H. Heath
Mrs. Mary" White
Soule & Co
Adelbert Low
Eli J. Saeger
Perry Blakesly
Great American Oil Co
William Ray
Thomas Adium
Thomas Wilson
Edward Adium
Sheffield
Richard Adlum
Arters
Spangler
G. H. Wood
Allen
Bartlett & Robinson
Tag
McGraw
Samuel Q. Brown
Lewis Brennesho
Itz
Samuel Q. Ge
Church Farm
Cohell Tract
Tex
Mr. Double
Rouse
B. Davis
John Favis Do Luz
Grove Farm
Grove Farm Oi
Fordon Run
East of
Normal
H. A. Jamieson OO
R. Radium
Nesmith Ames Pet.’ Co
B. Metcalf
BE. Adlum H. A. Jamieson
Charles A. Day
J.H H. Smith
J. Rouland Jamieson
East of Pet. Co
P. White
Ohn
D. Wilson
A. Weaver
Joseph Hall
Benedict & Brown
Walter Scott Pet
Minturn Estate
Grando
J.S. Wilson
P.T. Cambell
T. A.iller
Bucher
Stella Pet. Co
James Mahony
George P
Hiram Seeley
Dearborn & Starbuck
D. Thompson
N.C. Clark
Conklin Runcil Co
Hall « Lacy
O. C. Colwell Branch Pet. Co
European
Penn Oil Co
Fred Helmer
Hellrunner
J. T. Courson
McAllister
de H. Baxter
O. C. Colwell
Pet
J. Magee
Hall - Lacy
J. W. Potter
Elk Township
John Clapp
Jacob Sutton
R. K. Russell
Com
W. Mitchell
Wm. Addison
Miller
J. Jack
Vancikle
George Brownell
H. G. Lapham
Jaco Learn
Mathews
Do Mathews Xlder
P. Haines
Jeff Healey
Geo. Kellogg
OM Co
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