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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1868
Page
2
The document reviews Republican efforts to convict President Johnson, praising Republican gains in Southern states like Arkansas and Louisiana, noting constitutional referendums and the Klan threat in Georgia, with hints of North Carolina’s uncertain shift and anticipated Senate impeachment proceedings at the Capitol.
The county Democratic meeting at the Court House nominated a slate led by John White for Assembly and Frank Wilson for Attorney General. Tensions rose as Kuhn Odell faction clashed with Wilson Daugherty leaders, prompting a party clean sweep of the opposing group. The impeachment trial progress and national politics are also noted, along with social statistics on English marriage patterns and a murder trial in Albany.
John White of Darlington emerges as a Democratic candidate for Assembly after a stormy county convention. Odell Hamilton Hartford and critics claim White’s self voting undercuts peers, with tensions over Hamilton’s withdrawal and questions about nomination fairness.
A Beaver County gathering of homeopathic physicians formed a county organization on April 18 1808 at the offices of Parker and Wallace in Rochester. Dr G T Parker was named president and Dr Wendt secretary with Nippert as treasurer. Committees were chosen to draft a constitution and to govern the association and future meetings were planned for Beaver.
The letter from a leading Connecticut Republican argues the election shows Republicans hold power in Hartford with a veto override majority in the House and Senate. It credits Copperhead counterclaims as limited to cities and asserts the main prize was a United States Senator, predicting support for Grant next fall.
The Washington Chronicle reports two exclusive gambling houses in the capital near Treasury, run for fashionable ladies with half a dozen squares between them. One on Fourteenth Street, another in the First ward, where affluent women gamble while the sterner sex is excluded. A divorce case is rumored to involve losses up to fifty thousand dollars at one table. The piece notes Democratic victories in Georgia and North Carolina, and questions the party’s presidential prospects as states may vote against them.
The article outlines new railroad charter provisions, noting corporate powers such as succession, seal, real estate transfers, stock transfer rules, and the ability to appoint officers. It describes road construction timelines, branch connections, and arbitration when two companies disagree, comparing with New York and Pennsylvania liberal rights of way.
A scanned 1868 letter from Winchester Kentucky warns Ben Wade and Thad Stevens of assassination by the KKK. It includes political commentary on Andrew Johnson, Ohio politics, and mentions Douglass Morrissey and Wood with partisan defenses and insults.
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