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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1884
Page
2
Our county shows strong results with Warren borough giving Blaine 34 over Cleveland. County ticket gains victory by 600 to 900, praising the sterling Republicans and signaling continued Democratic stronghold support.
A late statewide tally reports 902 votes, mostly cast early, completed by 8 Wednesday. Names listed include Blaine Cleveland St John Butler Osborne Davis Black Atwood Mackey and others as candidates for various offices such as Register and Recorder District Attorney and County Commissioners.
Governor Cleveland signs twenty three pardons before departing for New Jersey. The action, seen as a vote tactic, frees older offenders whom past governors deemed warranting full penalties. The batch brings his total pardons to two hundred fifty.
A column condemns the Ohio Supreme Court for a ruling on the Scott law, accusing Democratic managers of fixing the bench to influence the November election. It cites preannounced decisions, party pressure, and alleged compromises with liquor interests, alongside comments on Beecher and Cleveland.
The dispatch quotes partisan quips about Blaine drawing Republican votes from the South due to Bourbon shotgun imagery. It recalls Jeff Davis and Grover Cleveland using gendered disguise in 1865 and 1884 respectively. A separate note reports 1080 clergymen visiting Blaine in New York and leaving satisfied.
George Ball advertises an immense stock of clothing hats caps and furnishing goods to be sold to make room for new styles arriving. Call and get goods cheap.
Mrs Dr Walton prescribes this medicine in private practice and says it treats female disorders and monthly troubles. It is mailed on receipt of 50c. Sold by Johnson Siegfried. Frazier Medicine Co. Prop’s Cleveland Ohio.
The President named former Secretary Hugh McCulloch to head the Treasury while moving Secretary Gresham to the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Gresham may later join the Supreme Court. McCulloch is praised as an able financier with a long Indiana banking career and service as Treasury secretary under Lincoln.
Columbus dispatch reports the Ohio Supreme Court, by a 3 to 2 vote, declares the Scott liquor tax law unconstitutional. The lien clause is deemed a license law, voiding the entire act. Tax collection for this year ends. counties and cities face salary delays and crises as local budgets rely on the tax. Municipalities seek relief until the legislature reconvenes.
The Pennsylvania School Journal outlines that provisional certificates are valid for one year from issue within the issuing county or city and cannot be extended by a superintendent elsewhere. Provisional certificates require re examination upon renewal. Professional certificates are valid during the issuing official’s term and one year after, may be renewed without re examination after personal classroom observation, but cannot be renewed after expiration and cannot be used to employ teachers once they cease to be valid.
W H Vanderbilt last week donated 500000 to the College of Physicians and Surgeons New York to purchase real estate and erect a building. Twenty nine lots on Tenth avenue opposite Roosevelt Hospital have been bought for the project, with work to begin after plans are approved. The college was chartered March 12 1807 by the Regents of the University under a 791 act.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore railroad published a comprehensive guide for autumn sportsmen detailing game birds, water fowl, and fishes of the Delaware Peninsula. It includes habitats, habits, maps, game laws, guides, beats, and procurement details, distributed free via James R. Wood in Philadelphia.
A fire damp explosion at a Youngstown Pennsylvania mine four miles from Uniontown last week killed fourteen miners and wounded several. Rescuers brought disfigured bodies to the surface as wives and relatives mourned, recalling February’s Leisenring mine tragedy and drawing crowds from the news.
A collection of brief items notes Hazel Kirke next Thursday night. Died in New York Oct 30 tenor Bricnoui. Public debt fell in October by 8 307 192. Weather reports from Canada to the Northern U.S. with rain in Philadelphia and south of 40. Women’s Christian Temperance Union treasurer’s report shows receipts 7 866 disbursements 6 581. Election bets hinge on Cleveland or Blaine with marriage outcomes. Masons at Columbus adopt resolutions against selling intoxicants. Dissolved firm partners liable for debts after dissolution if no notice. Fractional currency notes outstanding 6 980 061. Encauano takes Papua New Guinea in the Pacific. Geogia papers warn of Shermans march scams. Adjutant General Drum reports militia in good condition and backs Slocum bill for militia improvement.
Warren shoppers are invited to visit Banner Furniture Store McNett and Co to view the largest assortment and finest made furniture ever offered to the people of Warren. The display promises remarkable selections and quality.
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