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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1858
Page
2
Reports from Captain Chauncey aboard the United States steam frigate Niagara describe the landing of African captives at Monrovia after coal stops at Porto Grande. Five of the captives had died since boarding, with officers noting extreme filth, harsh treatment, and a stark lack of sympathy among the enslaved people toward the dying and ill.
A Qimenid correspondent from Stewartstown reports two boys John Brown junior and William Brown aged thirteen and five years were lost in Hereford Goonda woods while gathering smog. After days of search by fifty to one hundred locals they were found near a tree, exhausted and hungry. The elder boy guided rescuers as they approached, the younger was asleep and both appeared disoriented but unharmed aside from swelling and cold.
A group of gentlemen at the Vonperahurg Hotel hear a mysterious sound at midnight and give chase through darkness toward Bethlehem. The pursuers reach North Pennsylvania Railroad area, but none are harmed, though several are fatigued. Local notes mention a Washington furniture auction linked to a gambling matter involving HENRY Handleton.
CETTYEBURG news notes reelection of George Swort Esq as President and cashier of Bank of Gettysburg. Fresh goods advertised. Lutheran congregation prepares to dedicate a church edifice in Fredericks county Mo. Property transfers include parsonage purchase for St James Church at 1750, sale of Clippinger house for 1279, and Scotts selling property at Cashtown for 1250. Several other real estate transactions noted with prices. local accidents report Joseph Sutliff injured by threshing machine, foot crushed, awaiting recovery.
The fixed fort theme fades as rails extend within Gettysburg borough and the Iron Horse moves west of Rock Creek. Crowds witness his arrival beside the bridge while construction accelerates toward the depot. The barn house, freight depot, and turntable rise. a passenger depot is nearly ready pending weather. The court-house is covered and contractor Teaver advances the façade, signaling progress. Sigernney of Stratford, Conn. funded fifty poor families with jars and pans for a Thanksgiving dinner.
The piece notes Hver Grean Cemetery’s growing trees including rare varieties, new evergreens, and expanding lot enclosures. It lists numerous gate names along Evergreen, Virukt, Summit, and Dowtata avenues, mentioning planned brow-stone pillars and galvanized iron work as future enhancements. The compiler highlights ornamentation and ongoing projects for the graveyard.
An elderly worker, Jeremiah Wilders traded a fatal injury after slipping while driving a nail at the Valedoma Works. He died the next morning, aged 87, leaving a wife and four children. The obituary follows a cluster of regional notes on other deaths and local conditions.
The Indiana Senate passed a resolution declaring the election of Masc ore, Bright, and Birwh to the U S Senate illegal, while the House is poised to act. The piece notes past federal decisions and party alignments, with commentary on future prospects and political dynamics.
A Dunedians meeting estimated annual costs for aiding the poor in Philadelphia for 1849. Line items include plows and corn meal, meat, sugar, tea, molasses, potatoes and beans, marketing, drugs, tobacco, gas, house allowances, wages, and more. Also notes a fighter from Pittsburgh and a new book by Anderson Bremer from Paterson & Brothers, plus counterfeit notes and a lamp explosion at Myer’s lager beer brewery.
The Berlin Beneficial Association adopted resolutions mourning Danren Wreer, calling thirty days of mourning and notifying the family. The item also notes political maneuvering around Mr. Douglas and the Indian policy proposals from the Washington administration, plus local mishap and crime items including a fatal accident in Greenfield and a church burglary in Carlisle.
New York Tribune favors ending national nominating conventions and having electors pledged to the candidate receiving the state's most votes. The piece notes Mr. Douglas’s reception in Washington, Speaker Orr’s field for 1860, and a ministerial posting to Mexico. It also covers railroad progress, the Michigan Republican ticket, and a baptism in Albemarle, with remarks on the Atlantic Cable and British anti slave efforts on the African coast.
The piece notes a general belief that spring 1889 will bring business revival and that the winter will be harsh for those outside employment. It recalls liberal aid in 1957-58 for the poor and unemployed, praises past relief leaders, and urges timely charitable effort to ease suffering and spur renewed activity across life’s occupations.
A reader from Crop Ployd presents a harsh view of Mormon affairs, alleging murders of apostates and ritual disposal of bodies in the Great Salt Lake area. The piece questions government investigation and slanders Mormon leaders, while Mexico reports bold liberal advances near Mexico City and mixed defenses at Tecubaya and Zuloaga forces.
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