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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1886
Page
3
The Warren Mail reports seasonal changes and community items. It notes a White Cross League meeting, upcoming gatherings, court sessions in Tionesta, and absence of oil brokers post-fair. It highlights local agriculture, a fatal gas accident, school openings, street pipe upgrades, temperance services, and a Boston electric light proposal with a six thousand dollar price tag.
Fifty years after the old Methodist Church in Warren, a new edifice with an Akron plan rises on the original lot. The project cost about 35,000 dollars, funded by subscriptions led by Rev. W. W. Painter and Rev. J. M. Thoburn, with organist Johnson & Son supplying a 2000 dollar instrument. Dedication services occurred September 19, featuring Dr. Sims and Dr. Boyle, raising 20,413.47 in a single day to cover remaining debt.
The bill of the evening was Fortune's Fool with a strong company. Miss Rial and Will S Marion delivered an exceptionally fine performance in a powerful comedy drama noted for startling climaxes and denouements.
Morning events mark the Tenth regiment P R V C reunion in Warren with Eben N. Ford Post and Co. H. escorts, a program at Library Hall featuring prayers, toasts, addresses, music, roll call, and a banquet at the rink. A post reunion poem by Col. Edward J. Allen accompanies events.
A reader recalls the Organ Concert at the new M E Church praising the organ under Mr Waith's skill yet noting crowd silence and fewer voices. The piece contrasts the modern church with the old choir and the old church, reflecting time and architectural changes. Sugar Grove Fair report details cattle and horse shows, poultry, sheep, swine, and exhibits, with officials Emry Davis and D B Jagger noted.
The Warren County report shows 270 pensioners with monthly payments totaling $2545.66 per month. Tax data on 1885 and 1886 reveals rising state and county levies. Major George A. Hilton will speak at the Warren County WCTU convention in Tidioute on Oct 5 and 6. Details cover oil, gas, and railroad developments, including a new Irvington restaurant by John Nuttall and historical train incidents on the P & E and D A V P lines.
The Warren County Farmer's Club invites all county farmers and families to a picnic next Saturday, Sept 25, at 10 a.m. on the fair grounds with talks by speakers and reduced tolls from the bridge company.
Frank Gisselbrecht and Coleman E Beecher purchased the Ludlow House livery stable and now offer a good stock of rigs and careful service. They invite inquiries with telephone connections available. Niagara glass sells three pounds for 20 cents at Boss Grocery.
The Franklin and Jamestown districts announce extensive clergy changes. Names include J. M. Bray, W. P. Graham, J. N. Fradenburgh, and J. Peate among numerous presiding elders and pastors. New posts feature assignments to Erie Dunkirk Mayville Waterford and other towns with W. P. Murray and J. H. Bates noted for relocations.
The Mary and W. G. Trunkey marriage took place last Wednesday at the Presbyterian Church in Warren with a large invited guest list and a formal reception at the bride’s home. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Dr. S. B. Eaton, followed by a lavish wedding dinner. Jurists, judges, and notable guests from Warren, Philadelphia, Hartford, Pittsburg and Meadville attended, including Judge Samuel S. Medard and J. H. Pew.
An excursion train from Ashtabula bound for Niagara Falls collided with a freight near Silver Creek New York. Nineteen men died in the smoking car and sixteen to eighteen were wounded as orders to pass at Silver Creek came into question. Detectives heard conflicting witness accounts and con conductor Harrison blamed a flagman for the fatal crash.
The column notes fairs in Titusville and Erie, reports Ray the Franklin murderer denied a new trial and sentenced to nine years, and mentions Clarion funding a normal school. It also cites a Powell brothers homestead remodel, a Chautauqua Point railroad dispute settled for 9500 dollars, and Oil City Derrick's 16th birthday with expanded pages and praise.
Thomas H. De Silver died in Warren on September 16 in his 50th year after months of illness and was buried in Oakland Cemetery. The funeral service was by Rev. A W Ryan with Masonic rites by North Star Lodge. He was born in Philadelphia, lived in Hong Kong and London, settled in Warren in 1876, married Hattie McPherson in 1877, and left a legacy of art and Masonry in his last days. He bequeathed a carved center table and five bronzes to the Public Library to foster art and literature.
Local ads promote fancy worsted and diagonal suits at Keystone Clothing Company and sugar cured shoulders at Boss The. Mantel Bed advertised as a space saving furniture piece from Peter Greenland’s. Church appointments list pastors for Sugar Grove, Pine Grove, Corry, Warren, Grand Valley, Bear Lake circuits.
Our ten cent corkscrew suits compare with fifteen dollar items sold elsewhere. Keystone Croraine Company offers water white oil at ten cents per gallon at Boss Grocery. Peckham Plows, world leading, chilled and solid steel, for sale at econ Spinner's No 234 Diamond Block.
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