Figned Law in Kentucky Mob Hangs Three in Greensburg
Reported in Ves Logiavnie papers, a mob of about three hundred gathered at Campbellville and marched to Greensburg to seize prison inmates. They broke the jail doors and executed Henry Sympson, Phompeap, Despana, and Georgu Tanter after binding and mounting them, then paraded back to Campbellville where two more prisoners confessed under duress.
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Kentucky
Greensburg
Logiavnie
Jill Greensburg
Henry Sympson
Mhias Senggs
Sand ‘Phompeap
Stosa Despana
Georgu Tanter
Campbell-ville
Fang Chee
Phamypaon
Yaain
Tuntor
Senges
Thonpamn
Sympson
Acuardin
Lanter
Tornado devastates East Mississippi plantation area
The Mobile Mercury reports a destructive tornado on Cupeday night around 4 PM sweeping through western Nisper county and striking Jonathan Mouly’s plantation. Nine bodies were found in the smashed house, with several survivors and injured family members. A later storm in Clarke and Faulkner counties caused additional damage and a death of a Black man in Jewlerdale.
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Mississippi
Mobile Mercury
Dysper County
Joniat Mouily
Muoly
Gurong
Mr. Moody
Cheapel
Rowe
Bus
My. Dickinson
Dickinson
Mortilly
Clarke
Fautuaster
Jose
Brewster
Jewlerdale
Frightful Accident At New Orleans Hall Sideshow
An early 19th century style report describes a fatal fall from a toppled platform at Old Fellows' Hall in New Orleans. James Naylor and Dick Then reportedly engaged in repairing or painting near upper windows when a platform collapsed. A spectator named Neytor fell, dying on the pavement. witnesses recall a loud shout and a sudden plunge. The incident involved rope support and a lifter device from a Baltimore and Ohio Company related service crew.
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New Orlane
Aac
Hite
James Naylor
Old Fellows’ Hall
Smae
Hilton
Conviction of a Seducer in a New Jersey Trial
The Newark jury found Fringis G. Sexton, purser's clerk of the U S frigate Niagara, guilty of assaulting a young New York woman from a respectable family. Punishment ranges from one to fifteen years in prison, or a fine up to two thousand dollars, or both. The Newark Mercury laments the societal assault on virtue and warns of lingering moral dangers in city life.
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Fringis G. Sexton
United States
Niagara
New York
Newark
N. J
Newark Mercury
Pirties
Leon
Lessin
Lorena
Tifa
Reareneg
Spencer Gilusove
Langaeter
Sarah HH. Porter
Nilor's
Hegan
Boiler Explosion at Industrial Mill Injures Workers
A severe boiler explosion at an industrial mill five miles from Minneapolis on a Wednesday morning injured several workers. Eighteen to seventeen men were inside. many were crushed or severely hurt as boilers tore through the mill, with one boiler blown into a street and another sunk into a bank. The engineer J Wolff suffered a broken jaw, and William Ball sustained severe leg injuries.
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Induatriam
Minneapnle
J. Wolff
William Ball
Jacent Bank
Taethony News
Nun
Destructive fire and crimes plague Bucks County
In October a large barn owned by John Scott in Northampton Township was destroyed by fire, with horses and cattle perishing and losses near $3,000. Suspects Tonite Beisken and Eliza Jane McKay, both teens, confessed after questioning to igniting the blaze. In Providence, the Howard Building burned, damaging multiple floors and an auditorium. losses estimated at $240,000 and $30,000 in insurance. A youth, William Porter, aged around nineteen, committed suicide by strychnine after personal and legal troubles. The era’s coinage debate noted a large opt of American currency.
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John Scott
Northampton Township
Bucks County
Tonite Beisken
Eliza Aine Mckay
Juisa
Eliza Jane
Scott
ingamTianyene
Ablorniin Whithar
Mortevilly
Sia Gyrus
Providence
Tina
Howard
Hoswald
Wty
Levrares
Alia
Muscat
Snatzin Home Interests and local paper support
An English style column urges staying local with Reading matter and ads in home papers, praising local papers over distant ones for practical buying and selling knowledge, and urging public spirit to support the hometown press amid political retrenchment. It notes national shifts and a Philadelphia trial, plus a Lancashire forged note case involving a young colored man in Lancaster, with lavish spending and a fraud spree.
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Snatzin
Hama
Inzfor
Mora
Thanksgiving Day Observances and Local Elections
Thanksgiving services were held in Gettysburg with prayers and sermons led by Rev. Keier and Rev. Kranth in multiple churches. Afternoon socializing followed. Election results announced for Book of Gattysburg stewards and Gettysburg and Petersburg Lampike Company officers, naming George Swope and others as directors and William Tires as president.
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Presbyterian Church
Keieer
carThe
Gettysburg and
Petersburg Larnpike Company
Monay the
Bhinst
Wim. D. Tires
Win Meharry
Geo. Swope
Taeoh Wirt
Jain FH. McClellin
Robert McCuedy
Proavuvrer
John I. McMellan
Property Sold and Odd Totals From Local Sales
George Arnold of Moc disposed of Locust MM property to Germany township in severe parcels for 18850 dollars, estate of Mrs Caroline Al Martin sold by executor Dr J P Smith for 1065 dollars to purchaser Philip Nemjor of Littlestown. A corn sample and a two pound potato prompt humorous local brag.
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George Arnold
Moc
Germany Township
Gettysburg Railroad Adds Eight New Freight Cars
The Gettysburg Railroad Co. has plated upon their track a set of eight new freight cars. They are praised for their adaptation to the company's general uses and built on an entirely new and improved plan.
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Gettysburg Railroad Co
Tragic Accidents and Local Notes from Huntington Township
Shocking accident claimed the life of Daxuin 8. Magra of Huntington township near Heidlersburg after a horse frightened him on the State Road. He was dragged by a stirrup and died on the spot. he was a blacksmith formerly of Gettysburg and brother to Rev. Mare of Ti visburg. Local community notes describe a cemetery project and the political district updates, including Michigan’s 75th district results and plans for a new tomb. The report also mentions a bequest of one thousand dollars for fugitive slave safety and several Western trade and political items.
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Daxuin
Magra
Huntington Township
Ife
Heidlersburg
Gettysburg
Mev. Mare
Tivisburg
Durthotan
Tadia
Winday
Westchester County
Doings of Court and Gettysburg Markets Notes
Court records recap several cases from the Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions including Ferguson and Reesa versus Devine with $2765 rent, Gettysburg Railroad against Walter Shuliza for $180, and verdicts range from $10765 to $0438 in various assumpsit actions. Indictments for adultery result in Not Guilty with costs. other motions dismiss or fix costs. Also notes on a new Gettysburg Markets feature, a nearby warehouse project, and the Tul Tan City steamer sinking with twelve passengers drowned.
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Samuel Ferguson
David Reesa
Bernard Devine
Justice of Peace
Jude
Gettysburg Railroad
Walter I
Shuliza
Assaipait
Willian Rolleryuge
Jacob Brinkerhoff
Andrew Hartman
Assumap
Verdic
Fossa W. Bittinger
Truncia Lytle
M. Beck
Lewis Hoppy
Wm. Crabbs
Theodore Gardner
Amos Gardner
Jacob Gardner
WW. Clapper
Charles Bosser
Gardoers
Qlapper
Crabbs
The Next Congress and State Politics in Flux
The article outlines projected House composition after upcoming elections with 162 of 286 members chosen, listing factions as administration Democrats 85 anti Lecompton Democrats 12 Republicans 103 and Americans 2. It notes a likely opposition majority of 86 in the next Congress, comments on President Buchanan’s administration, appointees in Kansas Territory, and reports on Indian wars and renewed hostilities in Iowa, with other items on officials, mining, frost, and divorce proceedings.
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Marub Nogt
Burlwnan
Fe Khuir
Presant
Winter Weather Grips Regions With Early Frost and Snow
The country sees a cold snap with snow in several areas. Ground is white in Wheel ing and Wilmington, ice on the Hudson near Poughkeepsie, and subzero readings in New York City. Sleighing is good in some spots while others report near standstills in commerce as winter arrives early in St. Johns and surrounding areas.
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Manchester
Tallahassee
Wheeling
Wilmington
N.G
Halifax
New York
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
New York City
Norfolk
York
Cincinnati
Monthan
St. Joan's
St. John's
Poem on the lntelection and the Kansas issue
The piece laments a corrupted government and predicts political defeat for proslavery forces. It praises Buck and Buck's party while denouncing bribery and free trade as ruinous. The author foresees a Republican turn in Congress and a stand against policy harming industry and wages.
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Buck
Europe
The Tariff Question Raises Washington Debate
The Washington dispatch reports Cobb’s draft tariff note shows careful fact gathering and suggests only minor changes. Other reports predict vigorous effort next Congress to oppose broad changes, aiming to revive industry. The administration may back reforms but opposition could push measures, reflecting urgent need for tariff modification to aid treasury and manufacturing interests.
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Washington
New York Times
Cobb
Congress
Plundering in Michigan and Democratic Funds
The Detroit Advertiser accuses Michigan Democrats of heavy fraud and misappropriation of educational funds totaling at least $490,000. It claims after 1854 a revived scheme added about $60,000, depleting the state treasury, with the largest item at $335,000 under Republican auspices. The piece argues fourteen years of Democratic rule wasted or plundered nearly three million of the people’s money and asserts the charges impact the election.
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Michigan
Detroit
Hess
Campaign ends in Washington Territory as troops withdraw
The War Department reports pacification of Washington Territory following Clarke's campaign. Todiane forces are beaten and driven to term. Col Steptoe's two howitzers are recovered along with bodies of Capt Taylor and Lieut Gaston. Some identified murderers were executed. Troops will withdraw to the coast, with summer reinforcements sent elsewhere.
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Washington
War Department
Pacific
Washington Territory
General Clarke
Steptoe
Taylor
Gaston
Eesboard
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