Disinterment and notices mark Shepherdstown Gazette April 1866
Disinterment of Captain William Adams at Antietam noted. Sale of Wheatland estate near Rippon for 73.50 per acre and large 350 acre tract. Lieut. J C Ligne's body found near town. Court cases in progress with freedman George Sorrel verdict and other trials. Washington talk on Jeff Davis treason and possible pardons. Local notices include cemetery flower day and a visitor from Baltimore trades.
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William Adams
North Carolina
Antietam
Peter Adams
Greenaboro
Rippon
Wheatland
Charlestown
N. S. White
G. W. ‘Turner
William F. Turner
CoxFederate Sordier
J.C. Ligne
Co. A
1St
Tennessee Infantry
Stephen Staley
Potomac Mills
Tennessee
Vic
Circuit Court
E. B. Hall
Geo. Sorrel
Thomas Hite
Col. Hite
Thieman
Jas. W. Glenn
Adam McQuilkin
Shepherd
Glenn
Osbourn
M. E. Church
Messrs
Stanton and
Chapline
Conference North
Pendleton
Faulkner and Andrews
GGA
Washington
Baltimore Sun
Jefferson Davis
United States
Virginia
Davis
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Davis
Jeff. Davis
Seward
Clement C. Clay
Sun
Patert
Ayer
Wietar
Brown
Shriper
Drake
Hostetter
Hoofland
Bull
Carter
Schenk
Swaim
Kennedy
Hampton
Rudway
Bell
Radway
Schenck
Dr. Osgood
Barnen
Stonebraker
Raj Keller
Horsemans Hope
Barry
Merchant's
Roger's
Burkhart
Shepherdstown
Cholera prevention urged as city responds to mayoral notice
Citizens are urged to heed a mayoral notice on sanitary measures as cholera looms in the United States. The editorial stresses prevention, enforcement of ordinances, and public cooperation, noting a law on land reassessment from the recent Legislature session.
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United States
News Items on War, Politics and Civil Rights Echoing Strife
General Early returns from Mexico denounces imperial schemes and warns guards needed for prominent residents. Grant and Seward show interest in a general amnesty. no Fenian proclamation expected in Canada. Banked funds from Baltimore relief fair near 150000 dollars. expenses around 5000. Reports cover ex-Confederates, labor shifts in Georgia, railroad construction in West Virginia, and Civil Rights Act milestones.
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Early
CO. 8
S. A
Mexico
Carlotta
Grant
Seward
Canada
New Brunswick
Baltimore
Petere
Earl van Dorn
Memphis
Georgia
Bureau
Gratton
West Virginia
Conference address and habeas corpus decision noted
The Methodist Episcopal Church bishops address the General Conference in New Orleans on wartime disruptions and ongoing work with Black communities, praising the Baltimore Alexandria conference and urging ministerial training and Sunday schools while opposing reunion with the Church North. Attorney General Speed rules habeas corpus suspensions end where rebellion ceased and civil law resumes, prompting release of a prisoner in Alexandria by presidential order.
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M. EB. Chaieh Sauk
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
New Orleans
Haltimore
Alexandria
Speed
Underwood
Johnson
Attourney General Speed
Esse
Ile
Uist
Alexander
Baltimore
Public Cleanliness and Traffic Ordinances for Shepherdstown
The mayor warns residents to remove filth by May 20 1866 or town authorities will act at public expense. City orders also publish existing laws to be obeyed including no dangerous horseback riding and no speeding wagons with penalties of 1 cent and 1 dollar respectively.
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Corporation of
Stepherdstown
Co Uoril
Joseph Welshans
Shepherdstown
Peron
Menure
NUE
Spd
G. J. Hutton & CO
Keedysville, MA
Apri
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Julius Baker
David Billmyer
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John
W. Grant
Jno
N. Cookus
Juno D. Staley
John Spangter
John Smurr
Jan Boroff
van Harp
Andrew J. Waldeck
James L. Towner
Messrs. Renelaw & Kirwin
Balimore
Howard Streets
Josus
Mr. Whartman
Rockingham Register
Washington Depot
Portmonte
Soldiers
Columbus
Sumercann
Jain L. Rickard
Jacob Ferrels
Charles F. Ferrells
John N. Emberson
Gedey
L. A
V. Leech
Annapolis, NJ
Iry Clement C. Clay, Jr
Fortress Monoe
Kate Bowers
Charles County
Bort Tobacco
Times
Wheeler
Toronto
Hhis
Philadelphia
Geneva Mendesna
Tere
Easipor
Connecion
Gwin
Aleat
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Macon
Telegraph
Henry &. Stansbury
Ohio
Senate
Supreme Court
Catron
Catlell’s Station
Fauquier County
Henry Rk, Noell
Norfolk
Potomac River
Great Falls
Courtenay
U. S
New York
PD. S. Dickinson
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Oakwood
Bey Ere
Board of Overseers
Francis Yates
S. Sutherland
Richmond, Va
Baltimore Street
Samuel M. Knott
Hydereliy
Sid
Keaper and Mower
Jefferson, West Virginia
D. S. Rentch
Harper's Perry Clothing
Jefferson and
Vicinity
M. Rosenberg
Shenandoah Street
Harper's Ferry
Ap 2
D. S. Renteh
Mersin County
Bawa
A. Fosse VT
H. ©. Estien
Rentch & Miller
Fruse
John D. Line
J. W. Vanderdonk
John FO Welshans
Ehe Fren
Exstas Barer
Entler's Corner
R. Clburkemart
Renieh
Edward Shafer
Anne
William Uros
Beter
Robert L. Rose
Frederick Dorsey
George R. Bowman
Tragerstown
Ald
Prederick Examiner
Shapherde UN Hexister
Cariile Herald
Hagerstown Herald
Keedysvi
Eagle's Nest
Cul
Barrs
John Peten Cooke
Stonewail Jackson
Lee
Jackson
Stuart
Achin
Peshag
F. J. Huntington & CO
Broom Street
Kance & Huntington
ARGE
New End
Fastionad & Mail
D. S. Renieh
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