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Warren Mail

Location

Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1859

Page

2

Statewide Ticketing for Auditor General Race

For Auditor General, Thomas E Cochran is the candidate noted for York County in the state election context.

Thomas E. Cochran York County

Our Conventions Nominating and Delegates Planned

Republican County Convention set for Tuesday to nominate Assembly member, County officers, and appoint delegates. Senatorial Convention to meet near Smethport on September 21. Mila six one ways for prize cattle and stock from Little Valley fair invite cross county competitors. premium rates per mile outlined. Secretary Joux Maniey notes by law and lists dates August 1859.

Warren County Johnson’s Mail Warren Smethport McKean Potter and Tioga Catravancus Co Board of Managers Chautauque Erie Wyoming Alegany N. Y Pennsylvania Little Valley Joux Maniey

Political and local election notes and upcoming events

The column says the Overland Mail cost the Department 3.6 million over six months with 60 thousand receipts, a 3.5 million loss, and criticizes spending cuts elsewhere. It notes Kentucky and Tennessee election shifts with Democrats winning governor and state offices by 7 to 10 thousand, and opposition gains in Congress. It mentions Flora Temple’s record trot in New York, Sugar Grove Fair scheduled Sept 2, and a Crawford County Agricultural Fair in Meadville Sept 14–16. It adds a Peoples Convention in Clearfield County on August 16 to nominate a ticket opposing Democrats.

Overland Mail California Kentucky Congress Clearfield County

Peace preliminaries at Villafranca outlined by London Times

The Times report describes the Villafranca preliminaries: Italian Confederation with the Holy Father as honorary President. Austria cedes Lombardy to France except Mantua and Peschiera, which go to Sardinia. Venetia under Austrian crown. Tuscany and Modena return with amnesty. both emperors urge papal reforms. full amnesty promised. A second note reports a Jeffersonian drill day rumor dismissed when inspectors found the Rifles peacefully gathered by a keg of lager.

London Times Villafranca Austria France Lombardy Mantua Peschiera Sardinia Venetia Tuscany Modena

Regiment to encamp at Jamestown from Sept seventh

The 68th Regiment will encamp in Jamestown from September 7 to noon on September 10. Companies C and D from Buffalo, plus a company from Randolph and one from Warren, are expected to join.

Dunkirk Press and Argus 68Th Jamestown Buffalo Randolph Warren Ewe Wee

Terrible Shootout at Ohio Penitentiary Leaves Two Wounded

A dramatic shooting within the Ohio Penitentiary left W. R. Shade alias Richmond Dort mortally wounded with buckshot to the legs and back near the heart while fellow convict John Sweeney was wounded in the legs and neck but expected to survive. Guards fired on a group attempting a mass escape as inmates rushed toward a cornfield. The incident, noted by prison physician Dr. Hamilton, halted the mutiny and likely thwarted the escape plan.

Jefferson County Brookville Rifles Ohio Penitentiary Buck W. R. Shade Richmond Dort Summit County John Sweeney Erie County Hamilton Shade Sweeney Columbus Journal

Cholera scare at quarterly M E Church meeting ends with antimonial wine mix up

After a quarterly M E Church meeting in Winchester Illinois, members suffered a “bilious attack” causing widespread illness and laughter at the misadministered antimonial wine. Peter Cartwright, the Presiding Elder, avoided dinner as others fell ill and a joking remark about vomiting the devil out of the church circulated. An express from Denver City arrived with $600 in gold at Leavenworth on the 2d, and wine accounts looked favorable.

M. E Peter Cartwright Peter Winchester Ill Chronicle St. Louis Denver City Leavenworth

Terrible Homicide in Hamden by Mother Margaret Gow

A horrific murder occurred in Hamden when Margaret Gow killed her son William, age about 25, with a sling-shot containing a heavy stone. Neighbors found the body after the son failed to secure his door, and Gow then planned to attack her daughter, washing blood from the floor and arranging the scene. Coroner Dr. Calhoun held an inquest and Gow was committed to jail.

Hamden Fuller's Hollow William Margaret Gow Robert Middlemast Franklin Calhoun

Jamestown Whig Notes and Local Notices from Warren 1859

A compendium of local items includes social events at Mr Falconer's and Johnson's Hall, a promising railroad pier on the Jamestown line, a fishing tale of a seventeen and nineteen pound conewango catch, a jail well accident in Columbus, seat bids for a Warren Methodist preaching, and various notices on weather, fruit, building projects, and neighborhood curiosities.

Edward Douglas Johnson’s Hall M. E Warren

Night serenade and travel jabs mix with jokes

A diary style reminiscence recalls a moonlit serenade beneath a window and a banter filled critique of a Jamestown and Erie trip. The piece lampoons a fellow traveler’s vanity and warns readers about newspaper travel notes while praising polite English hospitality observed by Cowan, Scofield, and Brown.

Cowan Warren Mail G. W. Scofield R. Brown Edmund Head Jamestown Journal Canadas Pennsylvania Erie Gazette Lake Erie Warren Eric Queen Victoria Jamestown Erie

Costar's Vermin Exterminator Exposed in Public Notices

An advertisement extols Costar's Rat Roach Exterminator Bed-bug Exterminator and Electric Powder for insects. Endorsers include J C Cover W Curtis Osborn & Parsons George Rose and R Wright praising universal satisfaction and demand, with wholesale agents listed nationwide.

Costar J. C. Cover Herald Lancaster Wis Grant County W. Curtis Oakland Ill St. Louis Osborn & Parsons Tafton Roach George Rose Cardington R. Wright Troy Roach, &c Broadway New York

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