Erie City Subscribes to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Erie votes a three hundred thousand dollar subscription to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad at a large meeting on the 17th. Erie County and nearby towns may add further funds. discussions urge county and borough support, with delays on bridge and depots. Also notes rail line completion from Dunkirk to Buffalo and Erie, and a Philadelphia subscription letter pledging up to one hundred thousand dollars.
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Erie
Sunbury and Erie
County of Erie
Girard Waterford
Wattsburg
North East
Elk
Warren County
Warrenborough
Rattroop
Burrato
Dunkirk
Buffalo
Dukirk
Pleasures of Science Lecture At Warren Lyceum
Dr G W Hazeltine of Jamestown delivered the sixth Lyceum lecture on The Pleasures of Science detailing heat water air and celestial and mental phenomena. Music by the Apollo musicians praised for moral tone and quality. News of N A Lowry’s death in Jamestown and Peterson’s Magazine March issue noted.
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Courge
Warren Lyceum
G. W. Hazeltine
Jamestown
Lyceum
N. A. Lowry
Buds and Blossoms of the Warren Mail
A reflective piece likening life to buds of earth, recalling a charitable neighbor and a sick child who died, praising gentle virtue and faith. The author Lilian invites readers to cherish kindness, patience, and humility as seeds that bloom in heaven.
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Flora
Earth
Heaven
Lilian
An Hour in the Morning worth Two in the Afternoon
A brief adage notes that the early part of the day holds greater value than the later hours, suggesting morning productivity outweighs afternoon effort.
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Bill Provisions Adopted
The act authorizes municipal and corporate bodies to subscribe to stock of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company and to borrow funds for payment. It allows loan certificates as payment for shares, outlines representation at meetings, and sets voting and manager limits. It also authorizes semiannual interest to shareholders and credits earnings to construction costs. interest unpaid on called shares is not paid, and taxes are deferred until net earnings reach six percent.
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Sanbury and Erie Railroad
Commonwealth
Sunbury & Erie
Sunbury and Erie Raiload
Lever
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
Forrest Divorce Case Ordered Decree by New York Court
Chief Justice Oakley of the Superior Court in New York ordered a decree dissolving the marriage of Mr F. and Mrs F. Mrs F. is granted liberty to remarry, while Mr F. cannot remarry during her lifetime. Mrs F. receives 3000 per year for life plus 3759 to date and costs, with security for 3800 a year on her rights to dower. Mr F. may appeal within 30 days by bill of exceptions to the general term.
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Forrest
Oakley
Superior Court
New York
Pennsylvania Legislature probes small note repeal 1852
In a February 13, 1852 session, lawmakers debated repealing 1850 act sections restricting small notes from other states. Amendments to repeal notes of five dollars or all small-note prohibitions were discussed. Voting and remarks showed strong support for repeal despite enforcement concerns and border county issues. Also notes on Pittsburgh to Pittsburgh and Wellsville rail progress praised by local Gazette report.
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Reckhow
Kilbourn
Naya
Gillis
Broomall
Shaffer
Blair
James
Warren
Ele
Madiera
Harris
Erie
Brock
Fiffe
Benedict
Walton
Kelso
Hart
Flanigan
Kossuth letter and unrest noted in late Washington dispatch
Washington reports Feb 14 letter from Lajos Kossuth to the Senate president praising US stance on international law and noninterference with Europe. Other items: Vanderbilt mail contract favored by Post Office Committee. rioting at Homeopathic College in Cleveland with bodies found. widespread fire damage in Pittsburgh and Liverpool shipping notes. Washington convention timing and census basis.
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Kossuth
W. R. King
Senate
Congress
United States
Republic of the West
Europe
Painting of Daniel Webster shown to President Fillmore crowd
In Wasntsoron on February 20 Healy presented Daniel Webster's painting in a private viewing for President Fillmore Supreme Court Justices Senators ladies and press members The Fitzhugh versus One Ciel case was decided in favor of the plaintiff upholding admiralty law extension Senator Seward argued the case. Senator Cooper later recovered from vertigo on February 21. A Hindoo priest offering baptism remarks included a contemplative line.
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Healy
Daniel Webster
Fillmore
Supreme Court
Fitzhugh
Webster
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Anuconunsy Vatty Rattroap
WM. PF. Johnston
Pittsburgh
Geo. W. Jackson
Lyman Wilmarth
Felix R. Burnett
John T’. Logan
Joseph Buffington
Armstrong
Thomas M'Cullough
Clarion
Gov. Johnston
Ridgway
Elk County
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
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March
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Welch
Mr. Godey
G Graham
Graham
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the Mail
Geo. R. Graham
Philadelphia
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Dasiell L. Miter, Jr
Viet Union
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Jamestown Journal
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