Excitement at Charlestown worsens amid Brown past and
Reports from Charlestown Virginia describe a tense scene as proclamations threaten strangers and locals hunt for suspected emissaries. The piece details Hoyt Sennett and Jewett planning departures, suspicions about a Tribune correspondent, and broader armchair fears tied to Gerrit Smith insanity and Harper's Ferry fallout.
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Charlestown
Old Brown
Mayor Green
Col. Davis
Lawson Botts
J. D. Aisquith
Wells J. Hawkes
Slarper's Ferry
Bolivar
Shepherdstown
Middleway
Hoyt
Mr. Sennett
Jowett
Frank Leslie
Sennett
Lloyt
Mr. Jewett
Satuday
Jewett
New York Tribune
Charles
Gerritt Smith
Lou
Gerric Smith
Albany Argus
Gurrit Smith
Harper's Berry
Virginia
Justice
Guv. Wise
Gov. Morgan
Utica
Stith
Free States
Salem
New England
Harper's Ferry
Troy
Mr. Smith
Svit
Noble conductor saves child on Pennsylvania railroad
A freight train near Burrey Sidine stopped too late to avoid a child on the track. Conductor Vantel McVoy leapt onto the cow-catcher and hurled the child clear just as the engine sped past. The child died soon after but would have perished without the dramatic rescue.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Mollidaysburg
Pennsylvania
Burrey Sidine
Jorrow
Vantel McVoy
Seyi
Neil
Uley
Pittsburg
Francis Villert
Philadelphia
Pittburo
Pillsbury, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Gilbert
Gettysburg
Patranageo
L Schick
Mccreary
Couhs
Argus Samson
New York
Samson
Lgood and Cueap
Samson’s
Fire in the Mountains Near Mowlesburgigol Blaze Reported
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes wildfires in the mountains near Mowlesburg along the Baltimore and Ohio line lasting days with vast flames seen atop peaks. Locals battle burning timber while awaiting rain to end the blaze, with minimal personal injury reported.
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Wheeling Jetelligencer
Mowlesburg
Baltmore
Ohio
Lt Bays
Luhuir
Ufar
Marriages in Adams County and Nearby Townships
A series of wedding notices dated the 7th through the 20th inst mark nuptials across Adams and surrounding counties. Couples include DAVE SELELY and ELIZABETH HUMMER of Columbus Ohio. A. EAVES BRADY and IS WBILT A WINK LD of Franklin township. JOS RINT POPPER and MARY BUSTIEMAN of Hamilton township. FRANKLIN STOKS and SALAM JANE KANNEEY of Adams county. LOGYANN and JON BRIFERSH of Adams county. DAME DIRTRUIK of Mershura. EDWARD FESTEER and SARAIL SWYYDER of Carroll county. SAMUET HARN and ANN AM. BING AMOLN of Cashtown. AARON TARVOY of Seligo Ohio and MALALA E. BLESSING of Harrisburg. THAERUS 8 CIR0N ISTER and MARY JANE STAUPVER. ANNA BALEY VEG AUGHry. SILAS FIOKES and NANCY ELLIOT. CO. MUSSELMAN and LUCLY DA NUMEMARER. SACY SHULTY and CATHARINE LICHTY. GEORGE KEICM and EL A. BINDEN. ELT STEAGY and LAN NAIL GARY. WENRY ARTER and JULY ANN le BERT.
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Hamaordan Township
Tihimsi
J. Marvin
Franklin Stoks
Mes Salam Jane Kanneey Mall
Adams County
Jon Br, Ifersh
Logyann
Jigob Fidler
Jacob Nersh
Yama
Dame Dirtruik
Tlei Mershura
Svervica
B. Wolf
Centreville
Wayne County
Telianae
Lidheran Parsonage
Henry
Edward Festeer
Adams Cannty
Sarail Swyyder
Carroll
Schuyler County
Hingis
Pennslvania
John N. Graft
Winterstown
J. R. Warner
Silas Fiokes
Stinban Township
Nancy Elliot
Nunterstown
We Bishop
CO. Musselman
Luclyda Numemarer
Faifield
le Gerhard
Sacy Shulty
New Oxford
Aliss Catharine Lichty
Paradise Township
York County
George §. Keicm
EL A. Binden
Obituary Fragments From New Oxford Area
Aged residents Die as Oxford township and New Oxford notices list Albert Henry Sell six, Elizabeth Sindore 75, Wilte Davts 31, and widower W. Potterfield 31. Dates mention November 16 and November events with old spellings and locations in Alabama and Maryland style.
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Gittlestown
Albert
Henry Sell
Monatha
Oxford Township
Mes
Elizabatis Sindoree
Agudshout
New Oxford
Wiltte Davts
W. Potterfield
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Vervey Scott
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the Atlantic
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