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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1870
Page
2
The Warren Man announces Melancthon Miles of Farmington as a Republican candidate for Sheriff of Warren County subject to convention nomination. Sucrer announces Paul W. Brown of Farmington as a candidate for Sheriff of Warren County.
The McFarland jury returned a not guilty verdict after a brief absence. The editorial argues against using insanity as a legal fiction to excuse murder, contending that perpetrators must be held responsible for their acts despite intoxication or passions. It cites Abby Sage Richardson and notes Paris politics and New York millionaires as context while praising General Longstreet's wartime leadership and postwar role.
The Sunday election in France produced a substantial government victory with about six million in favor. The opposition remains determined, and Napoleon presents triumph as the voice of the people, noting the plebiscitum grants certain privileges to the populace.
The Winnipeg war ends with pegging out and Britain granting Manitoba as a new province with equal privileges. Senator Lowry misses the 15th amendment event in Philadelphia yet vows to march in spirit with John Brown's knapsack, expressing defiant sarcasm.
The New York Herald asserts it detects a political wind and foresees the Democratic party’s overthrow in the upcoming state election and a rapid nationwide disintegration tied to losing New York.
A serious riot broke out among Hazelton miners on the 10th during celebrations for the Miner's Union. Three men were shot but not fatally and others were badly beaten. The militia were called but not deployed.
The fifth anniversary gathering of the National Temperance Society occurred in New York on the 10th. Last year's receipts totaled $51,165.22, expenses $51,400.99, leaving a treasury overdraft of $228.10. The society’s indebtedness exceeds $5,000.
The first of a three race series near London on the 11th saw American yacht Sappho defeat the English yacht Cambria. Uncle Sam's boys were greatly delighted by the result.
Gar H. L. Richmond Harvey Henderson and Joshua Douglass of Meadville are announced as candidates for President Judge in Crawford County. S. L. Bates F. C. Peck and Col. H. Bemus seek the Assembly nomination in the same county.
Mrs Richardson recounts a separation from McFarland after a confrontation at Mr Richardson's home. She describes his accusations, liquor-fueled rage, and insults about a private room, followed by his request to separate and return to her father. The narrative ends with his reluctant agreement to end the marriage.
A woman recalls concealing weapons to deter her intoxicated husband McFarland. After a midnight farewell and suicide threats, she resolves to leave, confronting him with his abuse. He pleads and repents, she seeks protection with Mr Sinclair and never sees him again except occasionally in public.
William B. Reed, a noted Democratic lawyer and aristocrat of Philadelphia, is described as a defaulter for $200,000 and has reportedly fled. Once minister to China and counsel to Jefferson Davis, he was also famed as a literary defender of his grandfather Joseph Reed, the Adjutant-general under Washington. The defalcation is said to have ruined several friends.
In Memphis on May 6 the Cincinnati Red Stockings led the Green Stockings 100 to 2 after six innings. The tallied score reflects a one sided game with the visitors dominating the early contest.
The Virginia Legislature mourns the Capitol catastrophe victim Senator Bland, noted as the body’s most eloquent member and described as a colored man in contemporary reportage.
A collage of brief items lists figures and places from Toledo to Minnesota, Washington Territory to Crawford County. Entries mention exams, women rights, Mormons, Pope age, New York stock, Georgia and Florida cotton, Muffs returning fashion, and rail and bank news across Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and California.
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