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Newspaper
Reading Daily Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1868
Page
2
A garbled 19th century text fragment mixes political intrigue with crime reports. It references a governor, a state lottery bill, and election sums, while mentioning Paraguay Brazil and Uruguay. It also notes a Philadelphia police incident and domestic violence case before drifting into scattered names and events.
Taxation notice references property assessment and equalization actions dated August 3. The fragment mentions cats and winter terms, with unclear property details and values. Further readable context is needed to specify entities, places, and exact actions.
Operatives here begin work before the morning bell and finish after nightfall. They report long days, earning limited free time as they focus on building houses during spar hours and after hours.
An August report notes efforts to secure a pardon for Alfred Alexander a Black man confined in Moya mensing for the murder of his wife. The claim states the wounds were not sufficient to cause death and the matter has been transmitted to the Attorney General.
Aug 19 St Louis reports Kansas advice that Indians have left Solomon Valley and quiet is restored. Adjutant General McAfee counts eight buried, three wounded, five missing. probable casualties may exceed these. General Bully notes two daughters of Apron rescued. four settlers left destitute.
In Harmony, Clay County, Indiana August 10 Daniel Deitz a butler residing in Harmony killed his wife with a long butcher knife. The crime was not discovered for twenty minutes triggering a panic as residents armed themselves. Deitz fled toward the town and is still at large. motive linked to a grudge against William Dicking.
The Circuit Court of Alexandria appoints William H. Marburg as receiver for the Virginia portion of the railroad line. A University of Virginia building and library were damaged in an accidental fire today. a train incident near Charlottesville reported a person injured, details unclear.
Aug 19 South Carolinas Congress reports a resolution to end discrimination in incorporated towns and a proposal to centralize school control under the negro school commissioner. A bill passed repudiating foreign claims against the Bank of the State authorizing state seizure of assets, with currency redemption tied to bonds and unpaid debts causing Republican dissatisfaction.
An Erie railway accident near Spring water yesterday afternoon killed a mother and her four year old child. The mother ran to save the child when struck by the engine, dying instantly, while the child was mangled. Reports vary about the total fatalities and subsequent events at Waynesboro.
Tonanca August 19 The Board of Agriculture has appointed a committee to examine the cattle disease. The committee will go to Mindé to make inquiries. The disease has appeared at Paria and Dundas and is thought to have been spread by bad cattle moved along the Great Western Railroad from the Western States to New York.
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