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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1860
Page
2
Varied items from the borough election results to state and national news. Mentions majorities, assessor and constable roles, a new squirrel hunting law, highway rights, a recent treaty discussion, and notable deaths including Mrs. Mary McWinney. Also covers desertions at Carlisle Barracks, Harper's Ferry survivors, and a vast obituary of public figures.
Disjointed items report a jail hold for a Senate date, a Utah polygamy note, a bank noise incident with a crowbar left behind, and the death of Lewis O. Tevin formerly of Philadelphia. Also mentioned are newspaper suspensions for want of patronage, a Africa-bound ship from New York, and Virginia legislative actions amid other scattered mentions.
Intelligence from Texas reports violent depredations by Mesiedu bands and predatory war. The writer denounces Gen. Wig’s correspondence with Chihuahua and northern Mexican states and warns of Mexican chaos unless the government acts and enforces the Houston force to the Rio Grande.
An order from Lieutenant General Lov directs Assistant Quartermaster General Tompkins to send all disposable U S troops to Texas for frontier protection. Mississippi Missouri regiments will move via western routes to bolster Texas, Governor's Island units to depart by month end. The report also notes revolutions in New Granada, killings in Cauca, and unrest in Bolivar with ports reopening at Carthagena and Savanilla.
A Vermont Supreme Court decision centers on a voter bribery scheme in which a man offered to discharge a $105 debt in exchange for influencing a neighbor to vote for a town representative. The contract to pay the debt was legal, but the agreement to influence the vote was ruled illegal. The report notes context from 1842 1844 politics and a Cleveland tornado incident with a man swept into a river and rescued by buoyancy.
Fragmentary OCR text references a governor of Virginia or Virgin Islands figure, a dropped plan, and a dispute over a bet or budget. The readable portion suggests a political move or delay with unnamed individuals and unclear timeline. Further context required for accuracy.
Fire destroyed Bellows Halls Hotel and adjacent buildings in the Forestay area. Several firms including harness jewelry and furniture dealers suffered damage. Logs valued at about $4,000 burned. In St Louis two murders shock the city with robberies and a fatal stabbing at a boarding house. A man named Williams shot and robbed in a drinking house. a landlord Meyers killed pursuing the thieves. Frederick Wah Schmidt found dead with throats cut at a Green street boarding house. valuables traced to a sum cashed in Cincinnati and a steamer pass found.
A crowd descends on a village house near the Cleveland and Columbus line, arrest follows, revealing a magistrate’s distress and a tale of elopement and prostitution by a local woman, plus a wild pack of dogs and a tense pursuit across Glynn Savannah.
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