County vote gains and steamboat disaster reported
The county result shows Franklin township up by eight and Monroe up by one, with Miami likely adding to a Governor gain over eighty. The Louisville Courier details a tragic Lucy Walker steamboat explosion near New Albany with fifty to sixty dead and many injured, praising Capt. Dunham for rescue efforts and listing known dead and wounded.
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Franklin
Monroe
Miami
Louisville Courier
Lucy Walker
New Albany
Courier
Vaun
New Orleans
U. S
Dunham
John Blixon
Henry Beebee
Temporary Subscribers and Local Poles Clash in County
The paper notes compact printing due to other business and offers to continue to readers who wish to receive it at their address. It condemns local vandalism by Dorr sympathizers, citing the cutting of Whig poles and ropes in Springfield and Olive Branch, and laments a jail sentence for a burglary case. It calls for Whig support and hints at expanded daily news.
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Locoroco
Harris
Springfield Republic
Olive Branch
Wcprp.s
Tin shop dispute echoes through letters in Courier
A heated exchange between Mr Epitor and Mr Law-office prompted a letter in the Courier. The writer accuses the other of insinuating involvement in a reckless act and questions loyalties of Tin-shop youths and lawyers, urging readers to draw their own conclusions.
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Law-Office
Epitor
Ohio Sun
Mgh
Lucy Walker wreck report names tied to Cherokee owner
Capt Thomson sustains arm fracture while pilot and Mr Roberts of Philadelphia are slightly hurt. John N Johnson and Richard Phillips may have been aboard and are presumed lost. Vessel owned by Capt Vann of Arkansas and insured. Lucy Walker built at Cincinnati last year and owned by David Vann a Cherokee Indian with strong influence among his people.
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Thomson
Mr. Roberts
Phila
John N. Johnson
Richard Phillips
Capt. Vann
Arkansas
Georgia
Vann
Cin. Gaz
Destructive Gale and Loss of Life in Buffalo
The Buffalo Gazette reports a severe gale that flooded the flats by two feet, causing extensive damage to ships and properties. Dozens killed or missing, including German and Irish residents, with steeples blown down and warehouses wrecked. The narrative includes harrowing escapes of two families from rising floodwaters.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Gazette
Dole
Bunker Hill
Columbus
Chautanque
U.S. Tren
Albert
Coast Survey
Perry
Fulton
St. Louis
Julia Palmer
Sturgeon Point
Suffalo
Eacine
Attica
Methodist Episcopal Church
Niagara Street
Park Church
Niagara
Cluff
Journal
Cleveland
Lakes
Port Albinos
Pennsylvania
Lake
Fife
Courier
Wilson
Webston
Survivors and Rescues From a Lethal Night in the Lake Gale
The Cin Gazette recounts families split by a fall season disaster, with a mile long drift over hate and a perilous midnight voyage. Mr Banta and Mr Bania rescue several, including a wife and infant, while many others perish at lake and land as the storm rages and the survivors find quiet amid the tempest.
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Mr. Banta
Mr. Bania
Cin, Gazette
Acadia Arrives from Liverpool amid Treaty Rumors and Tragedy
The Acadia reached Boston after leaving Liverpool on the 40th inst though the intel suggests little news aside from rumors of a China treaty and a Brazil- Britain accord. A fatal explosion at Haswell colliery near Sunderland killed 96 workers, with few saved. Financial notes cite improving English stocks and renewed demand in the US. A Boston girl bets on Clay’s election, and Irish reform talk from the Mepeal Association is recapped with O’Connell remarks.
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Liverpool
Boston
England
Brazil
Sunderland
Haswell
Ivis
Mepeal Association
O'Connell
Fermanagh
James Grattan
Antrim
Ireland
Grey
Great Britain
London
Dissolution of I. Donaldson & Co Partnership in Ohio
The partnership of I Donaldson and Co in New Richmond Clermont county Ohio is dissolved. Emanuel Grubb and Thomas Donaldson will set up the business in New Richmond. dated October 31 1844.
Strayed Milch Cows West of Batavia on Williamsburgh Road
Notice from Robert Applegate offering liberal reward for two missing milch cows that strayed from his farm two miles east of Batavia on September 1. One brindle and white, the other pale red with ear mark. both were producing milk when they left. November 2, 1844.
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Batavia
Williamsburgh
Robert Applegate
Petition for road alteration in Clermonten county
Notice is given that a petition will be presented to the County Commissioners at the next session seeking an alteration of the road running through the lands of Samuel Bettle and Thomas Glisson in Ohio and Monroe townships. The proposed route begins at the line between Samuel Bettle and James Gates where it intersects Boat Run road, then follows that line to the line between Thomas Glisson and James Gates to their corner, continues through Thomas Glisson’s lands to Josiah Bettle’s line. Clermonten, Nov. 2, 1844.
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Samuel Bettle
Thomas Glisson
Ohio
Monroe Townships
James Gates
Boat Run
Joseph Dawson
Thomas ‘Glisson
Josiah Bettle
Clermonten
County Commissioners
Clement County
Dry Run
Stonelick and
Woodville
Wm. Glancy
Wm. Philhour
Joseph Kerr
John Dufau
Trustees Notice for Williamsburg Township Road Plan
Trustees of Williamsburg township on November 30 1844 announce a township road project starting at the Bethel road bridge near William Boyds running through John Kains lands along a line between James and Samuel Kain to Ted's run and along the run to the N R road crossing then along Kains farm to Walnut run, up to the New Richmond road intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg Township
Bethel Road
Wm. Boyd
John Kain
James
Samuel Kain
Ted
Petition to Annex Perry Township to Clermont County
Notice that petitions will be presented to the next Ohio Legislature praying that Perry township in Brown county be annexed to Clermont county. Dated October 26, 1844.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Perry Township
Brown County
Clermont County
Public road layout sought in Wayne Township Clermont County
Notice that Clermont county commissioners will hear an application on December 2 to lay out a public road in Wayne Township. The route starts at John W Roads and William Miller land line, proceeds to E Layman land line, then to Runoyan land, and intersects Woodville and Milford road near Payetteville road junction. MANY PETITIONERS. October 19, 1944.
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Clermont County
Wayne
Ohio
John W. Roads
William Miller
E. Layman
Woodville
Milford Road
Payetteville Road
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Polk
J. W Pegram
Richmond
Sam's
M. Brown
Lexington
J. R. Cormick
Virginia
Chas, Donne
Louisville
Phillip Wallis
Baltimore
Rebecca
A. J. Foster
Greenville
Las
Vanderburg
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Matlock
Nicholas
W.H. Peebles
Mr. Raines
Europe
Darmstadt
Germany
Clay
Miami Township
John Hunt
Weis
Ruth Swing
RiNova L
Charlies Bohm & C. Keifer
Clermont Co
Austin
Cincinnati
J. W. Lowe
Tu. M. Lewis
Lewis
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