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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1854

Page

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Local Court Officials Named in Gallia County Notice

Judge Court of Common Pleas Simeon NASA of Gallipolis serves as presiding official with probate judge J C Frost based in the Court House upstairs.

Judge Court of Common Pleas Simeon NASA Gallipolis J. C. Frost Court House J. L. Kissinern Lorenzo D. Poston York Joan Exxiort Carthage Township William Mason Amesto Exviakin H. Moore Auditor’s Office Joan Ackrey Athens Hunxky T. Brown Dantrz S. Dawa

The Dying Friend Poem In A Quiet Home

A reflective verse invites readers to remember the speaker after death. It contrasts sorrow with solace, asking loved ones to speak of the departed with gladness and keep the memory alive through gardens and eternal spring. The speaker envisions reunion in paradise beyond earthly pain.

Paradise

She is Gone from the Alley and the Country

A reflective vignette contrasts city laborers and a country retreat with a lost little girl and her father. The narrator recalls a girl in a dusty court, her red headed sister, the boarded horse and dray, and a farewell moment when the woman whispers that she and her child have gone to Greenwood. The piece closes with moral reflections and other short notes on language and common sense.

Echo Papa New York Baby Dobbin America Coutta Carman Mamma Bin Greenwood N. VY. Zrisune

Flowers and moral musings from Victron’s piece in Sandusky Register

Victron shares a sentimental ode to flowers as symbols of beauty and mystery and reflects on virtue, kindness to readers, and simple domestic scenes. A separate note tells of a German tale, a shoplifter’s gentle correction, and editor’s quips about life, religion, and hope.

Victron Sandusky Register Angel Bill and Dale

Louisville Storm Reports Clarify Casualties and Mourning

The Louisville Journal refutes rumors of widespread deaths from Sunday’s storm. It lists a dead child, several injured including Eunice Lane aged 16, Mrs. Marshal, and Emma Cooper, plus families struck by tragedy. A funeral crowd gathered at the Presbyterian church as officials described the collapse and burial rites.

Louisville Louisville Journal McDugal McBride Eunice Lane Marshal Emma Cooper A. M. Cooper New Albany Presbyterian Church Morrison Mr. Hill Mr. Halsey

Don't trifile with the affections of young ladies

A mixture of satirical verse and commentary about courting, marriage norms, and propriety. The piece notes the fragility of romance, praises or mocks social expectations, and references literature and a Canadian wheat harvest ironizing regional news. It mentions Daniel Webster, Fanny Fern, and the weekly Tribune with Iowa and Nebraska notes.

Fruits of the Nebraska Bill and party realignments

A Washington political summary argues Douglas and Pierce reshaped party lines by backing the Nebraska bill. It notes Whigs and Democrats shifting allegiances across states from New Hampshire to Wisconsin, Indiana to Missouri, with Ohio and Illinois seeing Whig and Free Soil gains. The piece also reports rumors of Buchanan resigning and Newark Times condemning Ohio’s gift scheme as a swindle.

Nebraska Douglas Gen. Pierce Maine New Hampshire Administration Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Indiana Wisconsin Illinois Missouri Iowa Pierce Avotnen Swinnote Newark Times Ohio State

Pennsylvania Democracy Backs Judge Pollock For Governor

A Sullivan County gathering endorses Judge Pollock for governor with pledges of full Democratic support. The group cites Pollock’s stance on re asserting the anti slavery law in territories and freeing enslaved people as a liberal position surpassing Gov Bigler.

Public lands price cut to settlers under new act

The act reduces land prices for long on the market to aid settlers and cultivators. Prices range from one dollar per acre after two years to twenty-five cents after twenty-five years, with further restrictions and pre emption rights preserved.

Congress Ohio Senate House of Representatives United States of America United States

Ohio State Journal Notes St Jos E Holmes at State Fair

The Ohio State Journal reports St Jos E Holmes Exq former superintendent at Worlds Fair London Crystal Palace New York and Newark Machine Works will head the Machinery and Mechanical Department at the Newark State Fair. A large steam powered machinery display fills a 208 foot building. Dr Babbitt previously headed the Agricultural department.

Ohio State Journal St. Jos E. Holmes London Crystal Palace New York Newark Machine Works Newark Babbitt

Iowa Nebraka politics loom in state election results

The article outlines Iowa's Senate and House composition with a Whig majority in the House and a contested Senate. It notes anti Nebraska sentiment, predicts Whig Senator replacement for Dover, and cites gains for Whig governors in thirty-nine counties. It reports Burlington Telegraph predicting Thorington to Congress and Clark as anti Nebraska Whig in the first district.

General Assembly Iowa Senate House of Representatives House Dover Pirrer Burlington Telegraph Thorington Congress Hempstead Nebraska Pierce Clark Lowa

Fatal Gun Accident Ends Betrothal

A man in a rented room on Seventh Street attempted to extinguish a candle with a loaded double barreled shotgun. The blast struck Catharine Desmond in the right breast, killing her. Daniel McArthur was examined and discharged for lack of criminal intent. The couple had planned to marry in about two months.

Mer Loven Daniel McArthur Seventh Street Catharine Desmond Catharine

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