Sunbury and Erie Railroad bonds mortgage approved
A Pennsylvania paper reports the Sunbury and Erie Railroad securing a six million dollar mortgage to fund construction. Bonds issued in thousand-dollar increments bear seven percent interest, with principal due in 1880 and convertible to stock within fifteen years. A first mortgage secures payment across the full railroad from Sunbury to Erie.
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Towit
Northumberland
Lycom- Lycoming
Clinton
Elk
Warren
Erie
Philadelphia
Sunbury and Erie
Sunbury
Charles 8. Baker
Esquire
Eli K. Price
The Flood Rises Rapidly Across Riverside Flats
The narrative recalls an unprecedented flood after heavy rain last Wednesday night. By midday Thursday the river had risen ten to twelve feet, flooding Rathbun's point and damaging hay crops, corn, potatoes, oats, and other flats. Flood wood and logs swept downstream. several small bridges were washed away, with many towns awaiting full details.
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Rathbun’s
Warren County Caucus draws strong Democratic crowd
A Warren County caucus energized supporters despite defeats, with enthusiasm noted at the Warren Borough and the County Convention. The piece highlights county sentiment against the Democratic ticket and predicts a decisive election. Also mentions the August issues of the Pennsylvania Farm Journal and The Jefferson Star, praising their contents.
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Warren County
Warren
Apostasy sparks Whig sorrow over Warren Mail editor
A Warren County Ledger piece rails at the Warren Mail for not voting for Geo Darsie, blaming Know Nothing ties and election malfeasance. The column mocks Erie editors as heretics while lamenting poverty and temperance issues, ending with a plea for benevolence toward a beggar child whose mother is sick and father drinks.
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Warren Mail
George Dareie
Eric Gazelle
Gazette
Warren County
Mail
Know Notting Order
Ledger
Geo. Darsie
the Gazette
Geo
Darsie
Gazelle
Erie
Warren
Old Erie
Whig Temple
Democratic
Pittsburg
Lawarescey Co Fusion Forms National Republicans
The Whig and People’s Conventions in the county merged with Anti Slavery Democrats and Free Soilers to form a united National Republican platform. A nomination convention is set for September 31. The Elkade observes the editor’s sale wish and internal party tensions.
Warren Musical Suiree Promises Rich Entertainment
Notice touts a musical soiree in Warren featuring Professor Georgi and company, praising It as a rich treat and inviting gentlemen with their wives and daughters, with tickets at £2. Also mentions Arthur’s Magazine and political notes from Crawford County.
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Warren
Georgi
Ife
People's County Convention Adopts Prohibitory Liquor and Free Labor Platform
The convention elects delegates from townships including Columbus, Conewango, Sugar Grove, Farmington, and Warren Borough. Delegates endorse the 1854 platform, pledge to free soil across territories, oppose the Fugitive Slave Law of 1859, back abstinence, and choose candidates by ballot with a majority. Prothonotary, Sheriff voting proceed, and D. V. Stranahan chairs with Vigilance Committee named. convention adjourns sine die.
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D. V. Stranahan
A. G. Lane
Pine Grove
L. FE. Guignon
Sugar Grove
Columbus Township
L. L. Spencer
Lyman Curtis
Conewango
Bénj. Mead
Henry Babcock
Corydon
P. Shearmen
J. J. Shearman
Brokenstraw
Alden Marsh
Stephen Davis
Deerfield
C. T. Mix
Henry McGee
Hik
G. F. Dinsmore
Chas. Taylor
Hldred
Fadmurd Kelly
John Peckham
Freehold
W.T. Brown
Chas. Lott
Farmington
K. ¥.Azeltine
Joseph Jenkins
Glade
A. T. Hackney
P. Anthony
Kinzva
Sterling Green
Smith Labree
Lime Stone
Mead
Charles Wisher
C.K. Bean
Pleasant
Columbus
L. W. Mason
O. A. Smith
Cherry Grove
Stillman Young
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
United States
Free States
Connecticut
Vermont
Iowa
Ohio
Iuciana
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Congress
Curtis
Bal
Daniel Lott
Shell
G.V. N. Yates
Walter W. Hodges
Warren
Commanioner
Marshall Jones
Noah B. Langdon
Wm. B. Sutliff
Sherif
A. Tanner
Quartus Wright
D. Y. Stranahan
Remarkable Cucumbers Grow to Gigantic Lengths
Mr. Robert Marks of the Second Ward Allegheny presented three unusually long cucumbers yesterday. They measured two feet ten inches, three feet, and three feet ten and a half inches in length, having grown two inches daily for the past ten days.
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Robert Marks
Second Ward
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Carriage Drivers Spun as Superior Soldiers in wartime
A humorous remark claims carriage drivers would be the best soldiers since no troop could withstand their charge. Separately, 30 000 to 50 000 barrels of mackerel were caught between Fairfield and Chester, signaling an excellent fishing season and broad prospects.
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Azz
Flairfax
Chester
King Outwitted by Card Game Remark
Lorne Tooke, when asked by George III if he played cards, said he could not tell a king from a knave. The retort reflects a sharp wit used in historic royal exchanges.
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Lorne Tooke
George III
Tour of Niagara Falls to the St Lawrence River
A party including Mr. and Mrs. Brown and friends travel by rail and steamer from Warren to Jamestown Dunkirk Buffalo and Niagara Falls then Oswego Sackets Harbor Brownsville and Kingston on a long voyage via the Clifton House Steamer Bay State and the Genesee and St Lawrence rivers with historic sites and battle grounds visited along the way.
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R. Brown
Cowan
Warren
Jamestown
Dunkirk
Uncle Sam
Fredonia
Buffalo
St James Hotel
Dr. Thompson
The
Falls
Clifton
Niagra River
Fort Erie
Black Rock
Waterloo
Navy Island
Grand Island
Noah
Israel
Schlosser
Caroline
Chippewa
John Bull
Niagara
Niagara River
Lake Ontario
Queenstown Heights
Broc Monument
Fort Missisaga
Fort Niagara
Bay State
Genesee River
Oswego
Syracuse
Ontario
Sacketts Harbor
Brownsville
Mr. Brown
Macketts Harbor
Spo
America
Sam
Ogdensburg
Kingston
St. Lawrence
Cunard Steamship America Arrives From Liverpool
The Cunard steamship America from Liverpool reached port this afternoon at 44 o clock with news dated to Saturday the 4th inst. Also the steamship North Star from New York bound for Havre arrived on the 2d inst, completing the latest maritime movements reported from Europe.
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Crimea
Kamiesche
Paris
Malakoff
Redan
Egypt
London
Sebastopol
Germany
Sea of Azoff
Constantinople
Shamyl
Baltic
England
Lord Palmerston
United States
Halifax
Whig Convention Delegates Align with Republican Movement
At the Allegheny county Whig Convention the body decided not to nominate candidates, rejected fusion offers from Democrats, and pledged support for a Republican organization. Delegates to the state convention at Harrisburg on September 11 were named, including Campbell, Snodgrass, Fergus, Walker, Carothers, Lewis, Dickson, and Penny, with a note approving Wm. B. Reed’s resignation from the Whig Executive Committee before adjourning after forming a county committee.
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Prrrsspurn
Allegheny County
Harrisburgh
Edward Campbell
J. McK. Snodgrass
Hugh Fergus
Morehead Leads in Eighty Counties with K N Majority
In eighty counties K N candidate Morehead's K N majority reaches 9,400. Remaining counties show Pierce for the Presidency with 1,122 majority. For Congress six Know-Nothing and three anti Know-Nothing seats are decided, while the other district remains in doubt.
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Louisville
Morehead
Gave Pierce
Congress
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Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Frank Pierce
Charley
Capt. Couse
Jerusalem
Cain
Jefferson
Pennsylvania Farm Journal
J. M. Meredith & Co
Jefferson Star
C. B. Curtis
Tae Godey
Godey and the Wail
Elk Deoeate
Anne
Arthurs Magazine
Arthur
A. Jessee Smith
A.B. Richmond
Crawford Co
A. D. Finney
People’s Convention
Abbot Lawrence
Boston
Mount Auburn
Harrisburg
Democratic Union
A. Hopkins Esq
Patriot
Union and Patriot
Silver Lake
People’s County Convention
Dp. V. Stranahan
Prest
Vanes
L. E. Gurenon
New Orleans
Europe
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