Public Sale Notices and Road Bridge Proposal in Adams County
In pursuance of an Orphans Court decree in Adams County broad proceedings in partition of Bima aux BF Garover estate, administrators offer at public sale a Petersburg ground lot with brick dwelling and other buildings, on the first Monday in May. Also notices of a wooden bridge project across Muddy Run near Gettysburg and May installment requirements for Littlestown Railroad stock, plus multiple administration accounts filed for confirmation by the Adams County Orphans Court.
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Orphans’ Court
Adams County
Bimaaux BF Garover
Deveaseil
Asitsu
Nouy
Norehasar
Sayrs de
Lou'vlock
Jachh Gardner
Arnold Gardner
Aes N. B
Adame
Peestley
Gettysburg
Pairield
John Sellhaugh
George Myers
Henry A Ploking
Joslay BE
M. Walter
Clark
Segatees
Henry P. Rice
Michiel P. Rice
Christan Rice
Charles Yeatts
Nicholas Bushey
Samuel Beam
de Hauls Ion
Uerng Manse
George Benner
Simon C. Benner
Francis M. Buddy
Philip Buddy
Moritz Buddy
Thuiel Sheets
David Sheets
Dfonry Fehl
John Roltinger
Kentucky
Daniel Kohler
Dacab Kohler
Jeremiah Culp
Katy Pehi
Jacob Sandoo
Mary Bell
Leah Crouse
Jacob MH. Grouse
Taco Martin
Finn Miller
Sneannah Miller
Aloysing Mil-ler
Joseph Mackley
Mary Sample
Angels Upon Earth Poem Fragment
Fragmentary poem text describing angels on earth offering blessing and comfort. Imagery centers on celestial beings cheering hearts, weaving joy, and dispelling trouble as a weary figure seeks solace and hope through divine influence. The piece references love, hope, and moral guidance amid worldly cares.
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Heney
Those Fleeting Hours Echoes Of Lost Youth
Fragmented text evokes fleeting hours and vanished youth. Fragments mention dawn, roses, thorns, and pale joy, mixing poetic imagery with blurred lines. The piece reads as a reflective meditation on time, memory, and the ache of aging.
The Great Allegheny River and a Vision of Eternity
An ornate meditation likens a spring in the Alleghenies to a mighty river system. It traces a journey from a single ox’s path to a vast network feeding villages, farms, and steamers, then joins the Mississippi and flows toward the ocean, embodying boundless time and divine order.
Prodigal Wanderings and Parental Love in Nettleton’s Sermon
A fragmentary devotional note references Teutonic and classical ideas of the seventh day, child returning home from wandering, and a call to do good with quiet influence. It reflects on memory, repentance, and the prodigal ideal, linking sermons from Dr Nettleton to daily moral guidance.
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Sodom
Muley the obstinate mare and the wild escape
Uncle John buys Muley a stubborn mare famed for kicks and speed. After a failed drive, a bridge standoff, and a dramatic pull, Muley bolts loose thrashing a wagon. A stranger buys and nearly owns her, but the mare wrecks the deal with a heroic rear. Muley ends up at market for seventy five dollars as the tale closes.
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Uncle Jobs
Muley
Uncle John
Beela
Dasher
Jobe
Bertam
John
Amatieuc
Unete Joba
Julia
Amall
Tim
Hang
Dade John
Teameater
Crnck
Moley
York
Uncle Sohn
Dore
Harry
Lus
A Curious Tale of Mike Fink and Sheeps Provisions
A Louisville Democrat tale recounts Mike Fink using a sheep infection scare to obtain provisions. He lands in an eddy, uses scent to confuse shepherds, shoots infected sheep for brandy, then carries them away by dawn, amid other rustic anecdotes of Deacon Peabody’s church lamb, a bed bug prank, and frontier humor.
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Mike Fink
Mississippi
Louisville Democrat
Mike
Ike
North
Carvin
Peabody
Fis
Deacon Peabody
Ton
Odd Victorian Anecdotes and Niagara Leap Tale
A jolly set of clipped vignettes recounts a bachelor’s flirtatious escapade ending in a near embarrassment, a Massachusetts mint master tale with a marriage portion weighing wealth, a Niagara Falls leap that left a bruised but composed survivor, and a riot at Clearfield Creek between lumber men and raft drivers with fatalities and calls for redress. Also noted is a Savannah Memphis rail run and a colossal Tennessee dinner table at a railroad festival with tens of thousands present.
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Massachusetts
John Hall
Samuel Sewell
Valentine Mr. Sewell
Malthus
Mattiresa
Bridewell
Clearfield Cannty
Wil. Humsport
Lockhaven
Clearfield Creek
Ings
Rephart
Harrisburg Telegraph
Petrikin
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VO Bridge Builders
Direct- Ted Ors
Littlestown Wautroad Company
Pal
Eizo Mayans
Merv
HOF, Shore, Stey
WM. FP. Walter
Register
Devi Dawin
Bank of Gettysburg
Y Nite
B.m'pherson
Cobban
Paxton
Gap
Marvel 1
Jlver
Scilick’s
Nigwers
Ugies Pusiy
Angels Upon Earth
Tas
Harms
Luke Sumer Davers
Bricht Bus Wien
Mo- Sen
Hesiod
Biamond
Moseph
Africa
Emean
Joseph
Thomas
William Stiga
Jack
Berle
Utica
Dix
Mir
Giel
Jimmy
Sally Ann
Woonseeker
arAn
Lunderstand
Webber
Nuffic
Wien
Cork
Sam Jenkins
Sam
Express
Weetern
Bridget
Patrick
Ireland
Brudget
Pat
Badget
Murther
Saus
Pats
Brigham Young
Hebur
Kimball
Boston
New York Evening Post
Hume
France
North River
Paria
Danbury
Conn
Shattha
Geoueman
Kissing
Fans
Niagara Fall
Guselle
Flynn
Niagara River
Pryon
Atlantic
Mississippi United
Savannah News
Tennessee
Memphia
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