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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1857
Page
2
Telegraph reports detail widespread flood damage across multiple states. Bridges along the Delaware, Susquehanna, and other rivers are ruined or endangered. trains halted as ice, water, and wreckage block tracks. Towns like Belvidere and Lambertville face ruined structures, submerged streets, and disrupted mail and commerce.
A husband, Mrs Fowler, and their child endured a brutal nighttime assault in a dark room. John Christie attacked them, tearing a piece from Mrs Fowler’s hand and striking Mr Fowler with heavy blows before being overpowered. A light was obtained, Christine identified, and the weapon used was a heavy wooden axe handle.
Panic over the new coinage bill fades as the Senate amendment readies two year legality for the new cents at a fraction of a dollar value. Spanish coins unaltered by clipping are noted as worth more than American issue, suggesting a careful transition to minimize speculative gains. A churchyard incident in an adjoining county sparks alarm when a snake-like coil is revealed in a woman's teapot, prompting lessons about securing personal items to avoid danger. The piece also notes the marriage of a Hindu woman in Calcutta on December 7, highlighting social respects and mystery surrounding Hindu nuptials.
The adjourned Court of Common Pleas commences today with three causes listed for trial. Attending will be Messrs Stevens Quoper Watts and Tep burn. Also noted is a forthcoming county map of Adams County showing roads post offices and churches. Revenue Board sessions in Harrisburg oversee state tax assessments while a bank president faces embezzlement charges and a steamer Arabia sails with 300000 in specie. A Virginia Pendleton volcanic outbreak and Illinois wild cat banks are described alongside a fatal self inflicted death in Columbus and a robbery of A J Dorelson aboard the steamer Daniel Boone.
Reports detail floods, ice jams, and wrecked bridges from Sau gertiesy N Y to York Furnace and Port Deposit. Waterbury and Susquehanna canal areas suffer extensive damage, with dozens of houses inundated and several structures collapsed. Fatal boiler explosion near the Black Rock dam kills seven.
A mixed collection notes Howard Leverett aiding Mount Vernon funds with 12 000 dollars at 7 percent and 500 dollars at 6 percent. A New Illinois Central Railroad appoints a clergyman to oversee "track literature" to suppress immoral reading. Various brief items cover clothing costs in indoorsta, a first white shad in Wilmington, a proposed hotel in St Paul at 150 000 dollars with 330 000 pledged in 24 hours, high rents in Washington, a Rouen court fining a woman 1000 francs for post stamp deception, Chicago manufacturing output, a Russian agent eyeing submarine tech, and a humorous Oxford voting spelling tale. Also mentions an exminister Harvey in Pennsylvania drawn to spiritualism, with followers disturbed by spirit communications and a crisis of belief.
The Nebraska House passed by 23 to 13 a bill to relocate the territorial capital to Douglas City in Lancaster County, near Saline Creek, about seventy miles north of the Kansas line and thirty west of the Missouri. The Senate had rejected the measure 0 to 4, and Governor Illard was expected to veto.
A Woodbridge Auburndale burglary sparked a strange case. A teen worker was tied in a basement and later confessed, revealing James Maguire as the burglar. A telegraph and a postmaster’s letter linked Maguire to a New Haven killing and the stolen silver. Maguire died recently, clearing the mystery.
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