1887 SIGNED PINE LYCOMING CO PA POLICE CONSTABLE REPORT ILLEGAL GAMBLING DOC For Sale

JOHN L. GUINTER

“One of the best known and most respected public officials in LycomingCounty.”

ELECTED PROTHONOTARY (COUNTY CLERK) OF LYCOMING COUNTY 1886-1892

The late John L.Guinter, served two elected terms as Prothonotary for Lycoming County, PA and was given the largest vote ever given a candidate for any Pennsylvania county office in the 19thcentury. His penmanship on the county records is like unto engraving. His life is portrayed in the “History of Lycoming County.”He was one of the three sons of this pioneer Pennsylvania family.

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HERE’S AN1887DOCUMENT SIGNED BY GUINTER - A 2pp. “CONSTABLE’S RETURN FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF PINE”TO THE HONORABLE HUGH H. CUMMIN, PRESIDENT JUDGE OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LYCOMING, SUBMITTED and ALSO SIGNED BY THE CONSTABLE, “J. D. ENGLISH,” OF PINE TWSP.THE FORM REQUESTS INFORMATION: INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF BASTARD CHILDREN BORN; GAME KILLED OUT OF SEASON; BAWDY and DISORDERLY HOUSES; GAMBLING HOUSES; DISTRUBANCES OF THE PEACE AT ELECTIONS; VINOUS LIQUORS SOLD WITHOUT A LICENSE or ON SUNDAY or TO MINORS or ON ELECTION DAY; ETC.

DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1887.

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Thedocument measures 9” x 15” and is in Very Fine, crisp condition.

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BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN L. GUINTER

JOHN L. GUINTER, politician and prothonotary in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, was born in Upper Fairfield township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania on June 22, 1849, son of John and Catharine (Stiger) Guinter. He was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools of his native township. He then engaged in clerking and in bookkeeping; afterwards he carried on the grocery business, and later engaged in the manufacture of cigars in Williamsport. In all these undertakings he met with well deserved success.

In 1886 he was elected Prothonotary ofLycoming County, and in the autumn of 1889 he was re-elected to the same office by one of the largest majorities ever given for a county office in Lycoming county. For the past six years he has filled the position with commendable credit to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of the people.

Guinter has always been identified with the Democratic Party, and has taken an active interest in the success of the principles and measures of that organization.

In June, 1888, he was appointed commissary sergeant of the Twelfth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, and still holds that rank.

He is one of the enterprising citizens of Williamsport, and is a stockholder in the Lycoming Opera House Company, also secretary and treasurer of the company, and was the principal promoter of that very necessary project.

He is a stockholder in the Susquehanna, Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and of the Athletic Park Association, and has shown the same energy and intelligence in these several enterprises that have characterized his business life since reaching manhood.

Guinter has recently erected the City Hotel, on Pine Street, which is quite an improvement to that part of Williamsport.

He was married, January 27, 1873, to Eliza, daughter of Mark Harrison, of Union county, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of five children: William; Raymond Clyde; Norman Harrison; John L., and Myrtie Ludell.Guinter is a member of Lycoming Lodge, No. 112, I. O. O. F., and is one of the best known and most respected public officials in Lycoming County.

Source:History of Lycoming County Pennsylvania1892CHAPTER XLVIII., BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.CITY OF WILLIAMSPORT AND BOROUGH OF SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT.

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OPERA HOUSE.

The Lycoming Opera House Company was chartered May 19,1891, with the following officers: President, H., W. Watson;secretary and treasurer,John L. Guinter;directors, Charles R. Stearns, Fred H. Sweet, Emanuel Andrews, J. W. Pierson, Charles J. Cummings, William C. King, and H. W. Watson. The building is situated on West Third and Laurel streets, and has a seating capacity of 1,800. It cost $85,000.

Guinter died in 1926 and is buried in Wildwood Cemetery.