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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1859
Page
2
In Warren, lectures accompanied by music and exercises will be held at John s Hall for the Union School. L. A. Rogerseeeessseeeeeeeeee February 28 Judge Galbraith March qs Cc. B. Curtis eee evens seeeee March 14. R. Brown .1. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee March Q1. Be Cowathe's cc cdcc.yo ne ever sees March Q8. Hindering details follow.
Harrisburg Telegraph urges publishing general and local laws in newspapers to inform the public. The current six month delay and selective circulation hide laws from citizens, risking indictment for unknown provisions. A bill proposed by Zoller seeks broad newspaper publication across counties to improve knowledge.
Obituary notes the death of John I. Willson at Sugar Grove Pennsylvania on February 16 1859 age 77 born August 1781 in Poughkeepsie New York married Mary Ellicott in 1807 in New York City moved to Upper Canada in 1808 and to Sugar Grove in 1816 where he lived as a trusted businessman and generous host his family and neighbors recall his fairness and civic service. The item also mixes editorial letters and notices from the era including remarks on local politics and a county superintendent’s report.
The column notes Mr Henley will come from England to operate Atlantic Telegraph equipment. It reprints a vivid Epik from Tioga Agitator, mocking the undersea wire and copper costs while praising the C string of a grand aquatic harp used for the plan of millennial peace between John Bull and Brother Jonathan.
Editor Mr Randolph details experiments on a new rotary cylinder hand press, claiming lower cost and labor than the Washington press. He cites total build costs, describes the mechanism, and notes plans to pursue U. S. letters patent and sell state rights.
The North American correspondent reports broad corruption in the printing department at Washington. Committees of Investigation act vigorously and will report this week. Seamen the former Democratic Superintendent of Printing is linked to large kickbacks shared with associates. A Philadelphia witness notes a $10 000 discrepancy in a $70 000 bill for $60 000 work. Beecher comments that harmony with opposing views may persuade better than harsh logic.
A fragment notes thunder last Saturday night and wild geese flying north signaling spring. It mentions Messrs Hull Burgess and others hauling ice from Alson Rogers mill pond and asks when such a sight occurred before.
A Philadelphia dispatch reports the Annual Meeting of stockholders reelecting the old Board of Managers. The board includes William G. Moorhead and other named gentlemen with Moorhead likely to be re elected President. A letter-writer notes Rothschilds view a woman with a $40,000 dowry as a beggar after their head clerk died leaving $100,000.
Annual stockholders meeting in Walnut street heard progress on the Sunbury to Erie line. Directors praised rapid construction and low bids from Miersport to Farrandsville and Sinnemahoning mouth, with rails to Ferrandsville in spring. Estimated total resources exceed 8 million dollars to finish the line and rolling stock. The Erie to Warren segment could be ready by summer, and contracts to complete the middle division will follow weather permitting. The report also notes a profitable lease from Sunbury to Williamsport with Northern Central Railway and declares the Erie waterfront ready to become a major coal depot.
The House committee uncovers a scheme in which coal for the Navy was bought through a Philadelphia firm at inflated prices. Dr. Hunter, nominal coal agent, drew five percent commissions, while funds were reportedly used for Pennsylvania political purposes and to reward officials linked to President Buchanan.
Dr. De Hass of Virginia estimates about 100000 tumuli across the United States. Mounds vary in form and are mainly burial sites with occasional metal and stone artifacts. Indians later built some mounds. ancient ones differ, showing diverse interment methods and purposes across regions.
The Rochester Union recounts a tale of a remarkable local dog owned by Mr. Eber Hart. While a sleigh horses bolted, the canine chased, snapped at the reins, and deftly steered the team into a fence to halt them. The paper suggests renaming the dog Jebu.
A detailed report describes a solid silver six piece tea set and a gold headed walking cane presented to Joshua R Giddings by 104 members of the Thirty-fifth Congress. The piece, crafted in engine turned ornament, cost 520 dollars and arrives without ceremony. Also recounted is a Scotsman note on a lost marriage ring found inside a rat’s nest, and updates on Oregon state officers and slavery sentiment. Further items cover constables' duties on liquor licensing and a Cuba inmate tale of neglect and suicide.
The Queen of Spain grants Mr Morse the Cross of Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic and orders the insignia sent. Morse is at Arroyo Puerto Rico with a daughter married to a wealthy planter and connected with a transatlantic telegraph project Cadiz to Cuba. Snare Practice in Syracuse involves pedlars spreading stories of smallpox to deter townsfolk.
In Allegheny February 21 by Rev. G F Reeser Mr Lor Enzo and D Kellogg wed Miss Mary C Wakelee both of Allegheny in a formal ceremony officiated by Rev. G F Reeser.
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