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Newspaper
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1860
Page
3
A 1860 Pomeroy Telegraph excerpt cites Stephen Girard Jacob Ridgeway and John Jacob Astor praising advertising as vital to business success. They urge long term consistent newspaper advertising to remain visible to customers and secure sales, claiming it multiplies headway and wealth through press facilities and circulation.
A public notice notes the Washingtonian Association in Pomeroy will host a lecture by Charles Smart at the Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening March 1. It mentions the J J Cadot steamer serving Gallipolis to Parkersburg with capable officers and freight service. Also cites The Ladies Repository from Cincinnati and The Atlantic Monthly, with subscriptions and pricing details.
A well known progressive musical instructor in Rutland plans a large class concert in about two or three weeks with assistance from the Musical Association of Pomeroy. The piece features two pieces by the professor published by Oliver Ditson Co. and copies of the words by Isabel Ashton. The sponsor Mr. Hitchcock will supply productions upon request. Also notes on March Home Magazine and Arthur's Ladies' Home Magazine with subscription details and praises. Harper's New Monthly Magazine highlights include Life among the Loggers and Coins in America with subscription rates.
Week ending February 25 1860 transfers recorded by the Auditor of Meigs County list land parcels by township including Reprop rt Tp Lewis Chase to Mary W Chase 40 acres in section 25 with 100 dollars consideration Bing to William C and Oliver W Bing one acre in section 2 at 50 dollars Chester Tp Elihu Thompson to Wa P Morse two acres in section 24 at 50 dollars H Branch to Stephen Bruce two acres in section 24 at 75 dollars Orange Tr James Haselton to John Gostley four acres in section 30 at 450 dollars Sutton Tr Reuben Reynolds to Henry Reynolds one acre in section 16 at 250 dollars Augustus Justus to Henry Wolf seventy seven acres in section 9 at 800 dollars
From the Memphis Appeal: the Mississippi Legislature defeated the bill expelling free negroes. The Senate rejected the measure after the House passed it. Both Mississippi adjourned sine die on February 11, and Tennessee’s similar bill is seen as likely to fail.
We are under obligations to W B Horton Jr agent of Cala way Mining Co Pomeroy for late New York papers he brought them through in thirty six hours Horton says reports reached Baltimore that the Hungarian clearance papers were found showing three hundred four passengers sailed rather than thirty six The Marietta Cincinnati Railroad locomotive and tender ran off near Marietta injuring the engineer a suspected rail theft likely prevented greater loss
Telegraphic updates from San Francisco show no business improvement. Captain Jarboe’s mounted rangers reportedly killed about 200 Indians and captured as many more in Mendocino, with no rangers killed. Ex Governor Weller and Senator Latham gain cross party support for Charleston delegation.
On Tuesday evening November 15 1859 at Bashan Meigs County Ohio Mr Joy Mason McKenzie in his thirty sixth year is remembered. The poem expresses sorrow and faith as the speaker recalls his brother and hopes to meet him in heaven. He notes youth, hopeful spirit and death as a summons, and speaks of angelic praise welcoming the departed.
A Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph reader rebukes local debate over Southern actions and Union sentiment. He defends Republican unity for 1860, hopes for calmer cross regional relations, and criticizes inflammatory coverage as unnecessary. He urges generous, not spiteful, conduct among Republicans.
The Europa and Vigo arrive with later mails after loss on the Hungarian voyage. Teutan captured by Spaniards on Feb 2 after fierce combat. 27 wounded Spanish officers reach Algesiras. Moors’ attacks on Spanish posts fail. next, Austrian repression spreads through Venetia with executions and arrests to suppress pro‑Italian sentiment.
Telegraphic updates from Barrington report resumed contact about the Hungarian Havirax but no new details. A Ragged Island dispatch notes Canada and New York mailbags retrieved in damaged condition. Halifax to sort the bags. Eyewitness Thomas Nickerson saw a steamer’s light, then a wrecked vessel ashore at dawn with at least one mast standing. A steward’s pocket-book and passenger names are being investigated, bodies of a child and a man found, and coroner attends as mail and cargo are recovered.
A fragmentary 1759 letter, supposedly from a Wisconsin Democrat, is cited as a forged document presented to the Harper’s Berry investigating Committee. The missive mocks Wise and promises armed rescue from Charlestown, signed by A Hyart Serra, highlighting alleged covert Democratic intimidation.
The Cincinnati Gazette warns the public to beware photographed Union Bank of Tennessee notes redeemable at Memphis. It explains genuine bills show red letters reading redeemable at Memphis while the counterfeit uses dark brown ink, enabling detection with careful inspection.
The Quincy Herald reports a terrible disaster near Hardin on the Illinois River, twenty five miles above Alton. Fifty school children at a local university ventured onto thin ice and all but one perished. The informant cites universal mourning, with nearly every family losing members.
A fragmented catalog of pantry and trade items including dried apples molasses fish cod and mackerel flour wheat potatoes peaches cheese eggs sugar soap candles tallow and leather goods. Mentions quantities like 1.30 bushels and general goods for household or market use.
Telegraphed advices to the Chamber of Commerce indicate firmer demand for sugar, with projected crop below 225,006 hhds. Prices are given for molasses, coffee, corn, oats, barley, hay, cheese, butter, potatoes, seeds, and timothy. market notes show uneven demand, mostly steady or dull, with some items firm and others slow to move.
Independent all Stock Banks of Ohio and State Banks, with scattered mentions of Louisiana, Wheeling, Baltimore, New England, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Pennsylvania. The text appears as garbled OCR with fragmented place names and incomplete phrases.
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