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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1887
Page
3
The Warren paper notes warmer weather, blossoming trees, and spring humor. It reports Mozart concerts, lectures, a moving parsonage, Shakespeare readings, and a busy social scene with horse shows, meetings, and church services. It mentions building work, market opposition, fruit stalls, cider concerns, militia enlistment, Decoration Day plans, and drownings near Corydon with updates on missing bodies.
Mrs. Mark Jamieson returns from Iowa after a month away. A. M. Kent and family come home from Florida. Mrs. J. H. Seaman and son Charlie visit Albany friends. Mrs. W. C. Russell visits Warren relatives. Mrs. Monroe Hall and children depart for Detroit to see relatives. C. W. Mackey named VP and Director in Columbia Gas Company reorganization. Carey Beecher returns from Arizona in improving health. Mrs. Scofield and family back from Washington. Judge Scofield to stay until court adjourns. Mrs. Durham party returns to Williamsport with Mr. Durham. Jasmine Mc Alpine graduates with honors from Baltimore Medical College. George Barger buys Capt. Mackey’s Erie Dispatch stake. Death noted of Miss Katharine Douglass of Washington, formerly Erie. Andrew Hertzel returns from river trip. lumber sold well. James Gibson admitted to Soldiers’ Home after Dunham’s mill injury. leg amputated. J F McPherson opens justice office over Merck’s drug store. He’s a former register and recorder and promises prompt service.
C. P. Northrop announces new shoe styles for ladies men and children with prices as low as the cheapest, inviting shoppers to compare value and variety across the season.
The Northern Conference of the Pittsburg Synod of the Lutheran Church met in Warren last week and adjourned after evening services. Five vacancies were reported. Thiel College is flourishing. Ministers present included J Kunkleman D D, Fetzer, Gilbert, Bartholomew, Critchlow, Orr, Benze, Schaef fer, and Weigel. Sermons by Kunkleman Orr and Critchlow praised as edifying.
The Library Hall show by Prof. Bristol’s school of trained horses wowed Warren last night. Denver the mule and Mattie the dapple gray mare performed feats in arithmetic and more. Last performances are tonight and Wednesday afternoon and evening. don’t miss it.
Mr John S Wilbur died last Tuesday night May 3 1887 at the residence of his son W W Wilbur Esq aged 76 years He came from Otsego county New York to Chautauqua County and later to Warren in 1852 He was a successful school teacher in New York state having taught twenty consecutive writers His wife died in 1872 aged about 56 years since which time he lived with his son and was blameless and respected by all who knew him.
The Mozart Society presents its fourth concert at Library Hall next Friday evening May 13 with Prof. Brierley in charge. The program includes solos and choruses, a burlesque operetta, the farcical and novel tragic cantata The Grasshopper with new scenery, and popular music. Seats priced accessibly, available at East Warren pharmacy and L G Noyes drug store.
The Warren and Farnsworth Railroad held its annual stockholders meeting in Warren last week. Elected officers include President M Waters and Vice President M B Dunham, with directors T Struthers L D Wetmore F Henry C W Stone A J Hazeltine and J H Eddy.
The Woman's Relief Corps will meet at Hook's parlors in Hoffman building corner room second story on Thursday May 12 at 4 p.m. A full attendance is desired. Mrs. WILsurR, Sec. Also an ad notes a furnishing store offering children caps, underwear, gloves, hosiery, veiling and neckwear opposite M. E Church on Third street with quick sales and small profits at the Oneida.
Judge W D Brown presided over last week’s session with Merritt and Barker as associates. Cases tried include Thomas Morris vs Union Oil Co ejectment with verdict for plaintiff and Eugene Conkling vs S L J J McGee replevin for 10000 cubic feet pine timber with verdict for plaintiff 469 40. James Anderton vs J C Goal et al trespass verdict for defendants. H Bush vs M G Deming et al labor claim verdict for plaintiff 49 80. C H Noyes vs Dr A P Phillips verdict for plaintiff 50. Oscar Brasington vs J M Olney defendant. Eldred School District vs F H and M E Brown verdict for plaintiff 65 13. All others continued some ready for trial but could not be reached.
A long roster lists numerous residents with occupations and towns across Warren County including Pine Grove Freehold Eldred South West Cherry Grove Warren Youngsville Tidioute Mead Farmington Conewango Spring Creek Columbus Township and others. Names cover professions from farmer laborer carpenter clerk and machinist to lumberman pumper and butcher with several towns represented.
The Jamestown Board of Trade appointed a committee to negotiate with the Pennsylvania Gas Company. The company offered manufacturing gas at 20 percent below coal costs for existing builders and 30 percent for new plants, with a 25 percent reduction if competing with current manufacturers. The report and proposal were accepted with praise.
Warren County school directors met May 3 at the Court House to elect a three year County Superintendent. T. W. Arird won with 103 votes, salary set at 1200 a year by 70 ayes to 53 nays. Other counties’ officials and relief association notes follow, including welfare aid and gas company support.
News notes record Nelson Jones of Freehold Warren county receiving a pension. Other items list Cameron County license grants, a house fire in Irvington with insured losses, and postmaster appointment for Ridgway.
Five masked intruders attacked farmer Jacob Wagner at his farm near Tionesta on the 3d. Wagner’s three sons intervened. one robber was killed by a Winchester shot from upstairs and another wounded. Three suspects were captured and jailed in Tionesta, residents of Clarion County.
Collector Schlaudecker of Erie reports April collections for his district including Warren county totaling 52 10 4 412 48. Fermented liquors and distilled liquors show 968 40 and 2 605 16 for tobacco and cigars with special tax at about 2 200 to 2 300 daily.
C P Northrop showcases new spring styles for ladies men and children at Warren city market Hickory street while promising prompt service and low prices. Customers urged to visit and compare, with proprietor Joan Laurier asserting underselling avoidance.
Gowanda dispatch reports rising excitement as major oil firms converge on Zoar oil field. Territory rapidly leased with large payments. one 80 acre owner received 1000 dollar bonus plus an eighth royalty. Oil men from Pittsburg Titusville Bradford and others flood in to lease hundreds of acres for oil gas and salt.
Mr. L Jones supplies Hawthornes U S Roof Paint for tin or shingle roofs, improving durability and appearance. For prices and details contact Mr. Levi Smith, North Clarendon, Pa. Also recommended for iron oil tanks.
An advertisement urges readers to try Kemp's Balsam to cure persistent coughs with a positive guarantee. It claims rapid improvement after the first dose and lists prices 50c and 1. Trial size is offered free. Credited to L. G. Noyes, druggist, with note to visit the Mai office for job printing.
A May Catholic World verse contrasts a bride’s bright wedding dawn with mercy for the departed. The sun and promises of guidance greet the living, while soft rain brings peace to mourners and memory to those gone. The poem links blessing at marriage with consolation for death.
Philadelphia reports 270000 wage workers and 10000 public-funded politicians while cracking down on mediums and fortune tellers. Pennsylvania repairs to wooden fences cost 170000000 with 9000000 yearly upkeep. A steamboat link between Kittanning and Pittsburg lowers fares versus rail. Gettysburg tablets bill authorizes 90000. each regiment receives 1000. Luzerne leads in marriage licenses 2557 since Oct 1 1885. Old man Bush complains of his son Bill’s commuted life sentence and vows to quit voting Democratic. A new county Health Board bill creates medical officers and township deputies with constable powers. State G A R encampment set for July 9–15 at East Cemetery Hill Gettysburg.
The Arrow reprints Dr. Davies urging woolen clothing next to the skin, regular linen changes, six to ten hours sleep, and avoidance of alcohol and tobacco. He warns that hygiene laws reflect divine order and moral duty, urging cheerfulness, kind conduct, and care for wives and daughters.
Prepared to treat all diseases of the horse and cow in a skillful and knowing way. Farmers and others desiring services of a skilled practitioner at reasonable rates will do well to give him a call. Office at 8 Keller's harness shop Warren Pa.
Warren lodges honor deceased Brother Albert W Merck and Brother Jacob Meyer with condolences and mourning. They drape the charter for 30 days, inscribe a minute page, and publish notices in Der Deutschen Eiche and Warren papers to aid the families.
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