Dangerous Hunt Ends in Catamount Kill and River Tragedy
A hunter in pursuit of a cretor near a swamp shoots the animal dead. In Montreal May 5 a frontier death follows when Mrs Cultra drowns crossing Red River on a fallen tree while visiting an infant. Her child is found entangled. her husband discovers her body near the same tree. The deceased, a Droamairan Presbyterian settler, is mourned by Rawdon neighbors.
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Montreal
Rawdon
Mrs. C
Herompanion
Dromaira
Down
Ireand
Presbyterian
Lislet
Calamity at Alexandria Bay as boat and cargo lost
The vessel sustained a fire that forced the crew to beach at Alexandria Bay. As time and salvage failed, the boat was abandoned and much cargo thrown overboard. No lives were reported lost, though proprietors deeply affected by the loss of their venture.
Destructive Frost and Fire Claim Children's Tragedy
Weathered spring turned bleak as Jack Frost and cut worms devastate local gardens. Apples promised but peaches damaged with replanting urged. A one year old child in Clarksfield died after a cotton gown caught fire when left unattended near a hearth. Parents warned to guard children against close fire dangers.
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pRngther
Hiram Knapp
Clarksfield
Mail carrier injured in fire falls from horse at speed
A man sustaining a severe wound in a fire fell from his horse while the mail was in pursuit. The frightened animal escaped with the mail but reached Dumfries safely. The mail carrier is expected to recover.
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Fredericksburg
Dumfries, Va
Dumfries
Remarkable Summer Travel Plans and Miscellaneous News
The President plans a summer tour through the Eastern states and west to the Great Lakes. Reports mention Mexico seeking Cluerero to resume the presidency, steamship progress on the Ohio, and rapid travel from New Orleans to Pittsburgh. A Vermont child dies from hot tea, and a Conn man’s wife’s suicide follows her mid April death. Various local incidents include lightning deaths in Pennsylvania and a river body found in Zanesville. The steam boat Home sinks after striking rocks near Louisville. Venezuelan government allegedly offers rewards for Bolivar’s capture. A giant ox may be slaughtered in New York. A storm described with fierce lightning and tinder is noted. Guidance on medical home remedies appears, and reports of abundant hat trade in New York. Notes on Chillicothe and periodical exchanges in Ohio newspapers. A lengthy anecdote about a St. Louis bet and a man carried to Wheelers Point concludes the item.
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United States
Lakes
Mexico
Cluerero
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Mason Dodge
Milton
Congress
Janes Buel
Conn
Dalton
Upper Canada
William Tudor
Boston
Mass
Rio Janeiro
Samuel Houston
Tennessee
Nashville
Arkansas
Rachel Friese
Silver Spring Township
John Starr
Pine Grove Township
Schuylkill County
James Buchanan
Joseph Trempnill
George G. Leiper
Pennsylvania
John Harrie
Zanesville
Muskingum River
Irwin
Louisville
Venezula
Simon Bolivar
Bollivar
Joseph Failing
New York
Philadelphia Chronicle
New York Annual Register
Gulf of Mexico
Chillicothe
Electioneering and Tariff Debates Dominate Congress News
The piece covers a Boston spectator recounting a feat with a sunken bag, a Richmond correspondent praising Mr. Randolph, and a mid-session overview of Congressional action. It notes delays in Judge Peck’s impeachment trial, tariff votes, and changes to salt duties, alongside Bible Society publishing stats and missing child notices.
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Congress
Peck
House of Representatives
House
McDuffe
Buchanan
Secretary of the Treasury
Extraordinary accident in a well near Strat ford
A man fell 36 feet when a stone shifted while cleaning a 42 foot well at Stratford, Montgomery County. He was trapped six and a half hours, brushing earth to breathe, but survived bruises with no broken bones. Marriages noted in Angeles and Townsend involving members of Elder Hezekiah Barber's circle.
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Scott
Cretor
Allason Wood
Stratford, Montgomery Co
Litle Falls Gaz
Angeles
Hezekiah
Jon Barure
Anna Gates
Dee Gates
Anson Banner
Meacy Farelle
Hezekiah Barber
Townsend
Anev Banner
Misa Paroma Baran
Dea
Abijah Barber
Payne Wintson Misses Husband in Township Death
Pyne PONIED. In this township, on the 26th ult. Mrs. Payne Wintson, aged 30, wife of Mr. Jarmos Willson.
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Pyne
Payne Wintson
Jarmos Willson
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