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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1879
Page
1
In a May duel near a Jevel platform, Gen. Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson faced eight paces apart. Dickinson fired first, hitting Jackson narrowly. Jackson fired second, wounding Dickinson fatally. Dickinson bled out, and Jackson, concealing his own wound, rode to a tavern as the community mourned. Dickinson, a Maryland native, died that night amid public sorrow in Nashville.
A memorial note expresses deep condolence for an infant's suffering and the sorrow of friends and acquaintances. It laments the severity of the affliction, notes the irreplaceable loss, and hopes Heaven provides solace beyond human aid.
Asael Inman a Utica area recluse who vowed never to speak after a 1810 overheard dialogue built cabins near the Mohawk river and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He rarely spoke read little and drank rain water while living quietly until his death after an accident at home. His wife, now 88, recalls a kind husband and notes he muttered only once in sleep about Know Nothing politics. Funeral drew neighbors across snow drifts two miles east of Utica.
A Bradford letter mocks the planned Republican return to the U S Senate praising Logan Chandler Carpenter Cameroun Conkling as patriots while ridiculing demagogues. A Texas youth wrote a mocking note to a Bradford girl about sleeping alone and long distance warmth.
A narrative recounts the 1780 Black Day when darkness shrouded New England during the Revolution. It details luminous red skies, unusual vapors, dusky sun, birds seeking shelter, and the moral awakening as communities prayed and adjourned. Dr Tenney notes geographic variance, with Boston lasting 14 to 15 hours.
A Paris banker recounts a tale of a hungry poor boy who found a pin, helped a girl, and later prospered. The girl, saved by the pin act, later married him after he rose from vagabond to wealthy merchant. The tale ends with the pair in a village wedding, the banker noting the reward for one kind gesture.
News from Salamanca New York reports the Seneca nation council impeached and removed President Job King for signing leases without council approval and accepting bribes. The impeachment trial opened January 8 at Red House with eight to four vote to remove, amid oil lease tensions near Bradford and rising land value on Allegheny reservation lands.
New York Evening Post reports wholesale prices from a Providence firm showing changes in cost of supplying a household. The list includes tea, beans, molasses, butter, soap, salt, corn meal, coffee, codfish, tapioca, raisins, and more with varying figures. The notice notes that despite lower interest and wages, price adjustments offer some compensation for households.
The New York Graphic piece presents a spoof manifesto attributed to Sitting Bull, with Whitman named as private secretary. It frames the warrior’s lament as both humorous and poignant, noting tears and a broken heart, while a physiognomy lecturer comments on eyes and impulse.
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