Samuel Evens candidate for Clerk of the Orphans Court
The Columbia Spy column announces Samuel Evens of Columbia borough as a candidate for Clerk of the Orphans' Court, subject to Union County Convention decision. notices transfer accounts receivable for the Columbia Spy subscription to Samuel Wright for collection, with bills to be presented promptly.
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Samuel Evens
Columbia Borough
Orphans’ Court
Union County
Columbia
Samuel Wright
Coleman J. Bult
Editorial change at The Spy signals new ambitions
The new editor promises independence from party bias while engaging readers with public interest commentary. He aims to expose municipal issues, collect local business statistics, and offer readable literary content, thanking his predecessor and seeking continued patronage. Readers urged to notify address changes for delivery.
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Partizan Politico
Theoky
Bull
Sam's Wright
Columbia
Local papers hail new railway overseer and telegraph posts
A Pittsburg Daily Journal Republican notice lauds David Mitchell as the Conn and Philn Rail Road superintendency appointee. Columbia readers hear of Joe Ziegler earning the Great National Telegraph post at Elizabeth town and of J. W. Fisher’s promotion to Aid to the Governor with Lieutenant Colonel rank.
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Pittsburg Daily Journal
Conn. & Philn
David Mitchell
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Mitchell
Columbia
Canal Board
Joe
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Great National Telegraph
Elizabethtown
IP. X. Ziegler
Adams & Co
Express
Jas, Moore
Moore
Ziegler
J. W. Fisher
The Sweet Uses of Adversity
A humorous miscellany noting how hardship protects a person from social nuisances and debts, praising true friendship. It references Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, and includes a brief remark on Billy Bowlegs and General Harney.
Alterations at the Haldeman Stand store and adjacent buildings
The issue notes extensive improvements to the Haldeman Stand estate in Harrisburg now occupied by R. J. Haldeman. The former shop space is widened to twenty five by sixty feet with a new extension, skylights, and French plate glass fronts. Another building on the block, the Kindler/Jewelry store now John Felix, has fresh paint and new fixtures including a seven by four foot French plate glass window. The piece also references Lundy? Dean–Baker elopement coverage and lighter literary extracts, concluding with a notice about a Boston will draw for lawyers.
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Jacobi M. Iademan
Harrisburg
R. J. Haldeman
Gérambians
Queensware Department
Henry Conn
Kindler
John Felix
Felix
Messrs. Liphart & Shuman
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company Incorporation Act
The Pennsylvania Senate approves an act to form the Reading and Columbia Railroad Company with Frederick Laufer and others named as commissioners to organize the company. Capital stock set at $600 000 with options to increase. rights to build from Reading to Columbia bridge. exclusive passenger transport and tolls capped at four cents per mile per ton. The act follows passage of another bill incorporating the Columbia Manufacturing Company.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Commonwealth of
Reading
Columbia Bridge
Columbia
Lancaster County
Columbia Bank
Columbia Manufacturing Company
Arrival of the Constitution brings European news brief
The Bremen steamship Constitution arrives from Bremen and Southampton with dates to April 17. Dispatches report Prussia pressuring Neufchatel rights as condition for renouncing sovereignty, while Spain plans a stronger Mexico expedition under General Pezuela. Telegraph and trade notes cover Hong Kong poisonings and Shanghai tea prices.
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London Times
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Neufchatel
Mexico
Pezuela
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Levant
San Jacinto
Lirtton
Lily
Yeh
Parker
Shanghni
Marseilles
China
Battle near St George as Walker defeats allies in Nicaragua
March to April reports from Nicaragua say Gen Walker with 400 men attacked the allied force at St George, captured the plaza, and withdrew to Rivas, after heavy fighting that left the allies claiming 327 killed and 300 wounded while Walker reported 2 killed and 21 wounded. Rumors linked Canal and Chilton to Walker and a claimed assassination of President Rivas.
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Walker
New Fork
San Juan
Nicaragua
Aspinwall
Orizaba
California
Rivas
St. George
Chamorro
Henningsen
St. Marys
San Juan del Sur
Canal
Chilton
Leon
Lockridge
San Juan River
Desertion and skirmishes in Central America and odd local tales
Reports describe command movements by water at two river mouths in the Costa Rica area with hundreds of troops, plus a reshuffle near the Mne thuda Rapide. Other items include a bank note anecdote at a post office, a Western legal poker anecdote, a London street sweeper sighting, a deserter from Walker’s forces in Nicaragua, and a light humor piece about a Sunday school quiz frustrated by a student.
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Serdpiqui
San Carlos River
Col. Lockringe
Mnethuda Rapide
San Carlos
Walker
Mas- Bava
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