Senate and House organize in Harrisburg with new officers
Harrisonne January 5 1860 reports both Pennsylvania chambers organizing January 3 with Francis elected Senate Speaker Errett as Chief Clerk Lawrence re-elected in the House. Lists officers, committees, and adjournment plans plus a note on contested election case and local notices.
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Harrisonne
Pennsylvania
Senate
Wm. M. Francis
Lawrence County
Russell Errett
Pittsburg Gazette
Veteran Gazette
House
W. C. A. Lawrence
Dauphin County
Hamispura
Ilo
C. P. Ramsdell
E. Cowan
J. C. Levis
George W. Patten
George M. Hil
Daniel Crum
Wn. P. Brady
Peter S. Mariz
J. B. Heins
Jes. Riblet
Messenger
Yerkes
Hall
Walker
Thos. Walker
E. H. Rauch
Jacob Zeigler
John Hall
Ass’t
John Picking
L. Rogers
C. Slawmaker
Michael Weyand
Jos. R. Matthews
John
Laird
Matthews
John F. Linderman
Berks
Sam
R. Bals
Bucks
Caspar Gang
Allegheny
John Mechiling
Armstrong
Boorkeeper
John C. Morgan
D. Henry Bentz
Mr. M
Win. R. Gardy
John D’ Rees
A. W. Kimmel
E. D. Picket
A.D. Smith
James M. Huhn
Mr. S
H. G. Gibson
Juan G. Clothier
James F. Williams
A. J. Seerlin
Israel Gublius
John R. Smith
Weather Brings Ice Haulage Shortage this Week
Our sleighing for three weeks has been excellent and the cold spells kept ice hauling steady. Last Sunday warmer weather brought rain and a breakup, forcing citizens to adjust as they hauled in their ice supply, a shorter distance than two miles from previous winters.
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Democrat
Jamestown
Warren
Parker
Warrex
Graser
Johnson's Exchange
Waldron
Mount Pleasant
Ohio
Governor's Message Highlights State Finances and Rail Progress
The governor praises strong state finances with revenue of 4.8 million and expenditures of 3.88 million, leaving a balance of 839k. Debt stats show reductions and allocations from canal sales, with Sunbury and Erie Railroad progress noted and bonds pledged to be delivered as work advances.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Sunbury and
Ene
General Assembly
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
Commonwealth
Governor's Message Highlights Rail Progress and State Finances
The governor praises the sixty six and eighty one mile divisions now finished, totaling 147 miles in operation with further grading underway toward full line completion from Philadelphia to Erie. He notes Pennsylvania Railroad tax disputes, 21,485 public schools, and a 3.58 million annual school system budget. He supports county superintendent efficacy, the Farmers High School, and strengthens calls for bank reform and safer state deposits. He commends state asylums and reform institutions while opposing local or class legislation.
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Commonwealth
General Assembly
Sunbury
Northumberland
Whetham
Clinton
Erie
Warren
Warren County
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dauphin Court
Supreme Court
Farmers’High School
Union
State of
New York
State Lunatic Asylum
Blarksburg
Western Pennsylvania Hospital For the Insane
Pittsburg
Governor's Message Addresses Vetoes and Union
The governor criticizes a rush of bills to the Executive before adjournment noting twenty three vetoes last session. He advocates protection of industrial interests and early Kansas admission while condemning insurrections and slave escapes. He urges penalties for disorderly acts and urges devotion to the Union.
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Kansas
Harper's Ferry
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Arrives With Passengers and Specie in New York
Steamship Atlantic reached New York from Aspinwall after leaving on the morning of the 2d. She carried 200 passengers and nearly 1.8 million dollars in specie. Nevada territory’s first Legislature met at Genoa on the 15th selecting steps toward congressional recognition. News from Japan includes three schooners with full cargoes and currency trade frictions.
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New York
Atlantic
Aspinwall
Nevada Territory
Genoa
Congress
Japan
Kanagawa
Panama
Sandwich Islands
Washington
Akodaci
Amercan
Powhattan
Jeddo
San Francisco
That City
Overland Mail
Metropolis fire destroys mills and warehouses in Kansas
Two extensive fires in Kansas yesterday leveled the Metropolis flaring mill owned by Earl and Bunting, a Hensley Russell and Co warehouse, and the I C Hemmingway bank building. Total losses reach 55000 with 40000 insured split between Hartford and St. Louis offices.
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Metropolis
Earl & Bunting
Hensley, Russel & Co
I. C. Hemmingway
Hartford
St. Louis
Territorial Legislaure
Lecompton
Lawrence
Medary
Samuel A. Medary
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Harrisburg
Jmail
Benson
Rouse
Wiley
Duffield
Henry R. Rouse
Thomas Hayes
David E Bayard
Lewis Mann
Potter
James D. Bryson
Samuel Durborow
Adams
George W. Lawrence
L. P. Williston
Tioga
Henry K. Strong
Mail
E. C
W. H. Luce
Johnsons Exchange
Luce
State Senate
Dist
Isaac Marselis
John HA. Parker
George R. Smith
George Connel
Chester and
Delaware
Thos. S. Bell
Montgomery
John Thompson
Muahlon Yardley
Lehigh
Northampton
Jeremiah Schindel
Benjamin Nanemacher
Schuylkill
Robert M. Palmer
Carbon
Monroe and
Pike
Thomas Craig
Bradford
Susquehanna
Wyoming
Sullivan
George Landon
Luzerne
W. W. Ketchum
M’ketn
Isaac Benson
Andrew Gregg
Snyder
Montour
Columbia
Reuben Keller
Cumberland
Perry, Juniata
Miffin
Dr. Crawford
Dauphin
Lebanon
John B. Rutherford
Lancaster
Bartram A. Sheffer
Robert Baldwin
York
Wm. H. Welsh
Franklin and Fulton
A. K. McClure
Somerset
Bedford and
Huntingdon
William P. Shell
Blair, Cambria
Clearfield
Lewis W. Hall
Indiana and
Jonathan E. Meredith
Westmoreland and Fayette
Jacob Turney
Dew
Washington and Greene
George W. Miller
John P. Perry
Robert Trish
Beaver and
Butler
D. L. Imbrie
Lawrence, Mercer and
Lawrence, Mercer and Venango
Wmn. Francis
Eric and
Crawford
D. A. Finney
Clarion
Jefferson, Forest and
Esk
Kennedy L. Blood
Dem
Manx
K. Cowan
Sunbury & Erie
Mar
Jamestown Democrat
Tribune Almanac
Horace Greeley & Co
Warren Mail
Glendeen
Bae
Chapin
H. R. Rouse, Esq
Railroad Meeting
Carver House
A. Tanner
Orats Hatt
Boox Mrap
Vice Press
G. W. Scorrexp
P. Falconer
Francis Henry
W. D. Brown
L. F. Watson
J. B. Carver
L. D. Wetmore
D. Y. Stranahan
C. B. Curtis
G. N. Panmuing
Sec'ty
Atlantic & Great Western Railroad
Allegheny River
Cold Spring
Cattaraugus County
State of New York
Irvine
Brokenstraw Creek
Mullengar Creek
Sunbury & Erie Railroad
Mullengarr
Titusville
Crawford County
Great Ou Basin
Allegheny Valley
Chester Stranahan
Dr. Stranahan
Giov
Packer
California
Alexander & Co
Sacramento Street
Valparaiso
Callao
Carthagena
Barrascevilla
Constituent Assembly
Federal Congress
Leavenworth, K. T
Farmington
W. S. Marsh
James McManus
Elizabeth Young
Pine Grove
Warren Borough
Richards
Pleasant Townnship
Misa Katharine P
Nathaniel
Kevin Sil
A. J. Spencer
Conewango
W. A. Leer
J. HU. Moran
Johnson
Luce & Morgan
Erie Rail Kroad
Great Western U.S
the Lakes
New York City
Dunkirk
Lake Shore
Barchas
American Hotel
Independence Mall
Chestnut Street
Fifth & Sixth
Wyatt & Healings
Old State House
Market
Third Sts
American Express Company
United States
Canadas
Wells, Fargo & Co
Quitornia
Europe
Oregon
American Express Co
Donile
A. J. Davis
Coors
A.A Tavis
BR. W. Sloane
Sunerintendens
South Western
Ise
HW. Morrison & Co
St. Croix
P. C
H. W. Morrison & Co
Ano
Anne
William Willing
New Music
Borough of
Teuse
Barr Threon
Glade
John Edgar
Brokenstraw
Hunter
Ann Darling
Ee Usic
Marta E. Merrill
Co and
Third Streets
Market Warren
Express
A. F. Davis & CO
M. C. Park
Randall & Mead’s
J. Danford
J. A. Morrison's
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