Sunbury and Erie railroad gains Philadelphia aid in push
The Sunbury and Erie Railroad seeks rapid progress with Philadelphia backing. reports say one million dollars has been subscribed, with another million hoped for. Local interest argues state capital can build the road, while New York papers push to thwart the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tucker
Reading Road
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania
Erie
Buffalo
Sunbury & Erie
Friends of the Road
Friends of the
Sunbury & Erie Railroad
Erie County
Waterford Dispatch notes repairs needed on the line toward Jamestown
Our Telegraph reports Mr Pew will be along soon to repair a badly maintained section of the line between here and Jamestown. It remains unclear if work is active north of Jamestown. If repairs hold, the line may yield more than expenses. A late item notes Dr Morrow’s public lectures at the Court House funded by subscription with another temperance address scheduled. Rev Cowan, formerly of this paper, retires from the Erie Constitution. Rev John Sailor of this place suffers a serious knee injury leaving home for an evening meeting and may be housebound weeks. Fare changes on the old line to Dunkirk are noted prior to recent shifts by new proprietors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cooper
Sunbury and
Erie Road
United States
Cooper
John Mitchel
Henry Ward Beecher
South
Ireland
England
Emerald Isle
Alabama
Heyy A. Monteniero
Dawsey
House of Representatives
Washington
Henry A. Muhlenberg
Congress
Speaker
Pennsylvania
Henry A. Montemere
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg
Joseph Heister
Jackson
Court of
Vienna
Berks
Senate
M’connell
Indiana
Erie
Ohio
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York Courier
New York
Pittsburgh Gazette
Waterford
Court House
John Sailor
Dunkirk
Messrs
Execution of Andrew H. Thayer at Staunton Virginia
The Spectator reports Andrew H. Thayer was hanged in Staunton for the murder of William Coleman. Henry H. Wilson had a 30 day respite. Thayer proclaimed innocence, forgave witnesses, and died after a long farewell to acquaintances. About 8,000 people witnessed the scene as Thayer prayed and addressed the crowd before the drop.
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Thayer
Prisner
Wilson’s
Staunton
Wilson
Perkins
M. H. McCue
Rockingham
Harrispures Senate Forms Standing Committees for Session
The Harrisburg report lists the Senate standing committees with members for the Finance, Judiciary, Accounts, Estates and Heads, Pensions and Gratuities, Corporations, Library, Public Buildings, Banks, Canals and Inland Navigation, Railroads, Election Districts, Retrenchment and Reform, Education, Agriculture and Domestic Manufacture, Militia, Roads and Bridges, Compare Bills, Vice and Immorality, Private Claims and Damages, Public Printing, New Counties, and related panels. A later entry notes House committee appointments including Ways and Means, Judiciary, Pensions, Claims, Agriculture, Education, Domestic Manufactures, Accounts, Vice and Immorality, Militia System, Election Districts, Banks, Estates and Pochats, Roads and Bridges, Corporations, Local Appropriations, Lands, Divorces, New Counties and County Seals, Compare Bills, Library, Railroads, Printing, and Public Building.
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Harrispurs
Lexare
Senate
Messrs
Buckalew
Darsie
E. W. Hamlin
Crabb
M’farland
Heister
Kunkel
Quiggle
Price
Pratt
Evans
Sager
Barnes
Wherry and Frick
B. D. Hamlin
Hendricks, Cresswell, Price and Foulkrod
Barnes, Hamilton, Ferguson, Fry and Hoge
Goodwin, Darlington
Haldeman
M’clintock and
Mellinger
Jamison, Cresswell and Kinzer
Skinner and
Banks
Hendricks
Fry
Hamilton
Hiester
Foulkrod
Slifer
Goodwin
M’clintock
Skinner
Jamison
Wherry
Cresswell
Kinzer
Hanrrispure
House
Ways and Means
Roberts
Patterson
Hart
Hipple
Wheeler
Ball
Rowe
Eldred
Moser
Lowrey
Knight
Monaghan
Crane
Parmlee
Davis
Chamberlain
Poulson
Wright
Johnson
Caldwell
Stewart
Miller
Sidle
Adams
Beck
Gibboney
Hills
Gilmore
Carlisle
Gallentine
Gray
Wilson
Sallede
Simonton
Cummins
Daugherty
Putney
DeFrance
M’kee
Porter
Baldwin
Calvin
Abraham
Rawlins
Lallade
Groom
Barton
Parkes
Horn
Cook
Byer
Smith
Crawford
Muse
Gwin
Beyer
Jackman
Herr
Boyd
Hunsecker
Blunter
Manderfield
Bush
Atherton
Edinger
Foster
Zeigler
Fry, Scott
Passmore
Fletcher and Ellis
Estates
Poscheats
Struthers
Bigham
Hiestand
Shenk
Stockdale
Ziegler
Laury
M’combs
Kilgore
Deegan
Strong
Wicklein
Byerly
Railrods
Dunning
Montgomery
Moser, Eckert
Linn, and
Alphabet for Young Politicians Rallying Verse
A satirical alphabet listing American political figures and themes from A to Z. It pokes fun at Aldermen Benton Cass Dorr Guthrie Harbor Irish voter Jokes Koszta Law Marey Nebraska Outrage Post Q-rious Coch Railroad Stanton Traitors Union Van Buren Webster X-cise Youth Zanies and a closing note on political lulls.
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Treasury
Old Benton
Bullion
Cass
Buffalo
Rhode Island
Stuyvesant
Koszta
Ingraham
Nebraska
Gotham
Redfield
Bronson
Cochran
Broadway
Stanton
Kentuck
van Buren
Arnold
Webster
Temperance Army
Washington
Various 19th Century Happenings Across Cities and Regions
In Pennsylvania 263 iron works and over 11 million fixed capital are noted in the iron industries. Since 1820 Pennsylvania coal regions shipped 43,831,799 tons of anthracite. Cincinnati records 4699 marriages in 1853. San Francisco suffers a thwarted arson attempt after five efforts. Mexico considers hereditary emperor Antonio I. The Harpers magazine prepares for a May 15 release with 109 girls and many compositors employed. New Jersey Railroad Company workers receive gold dollars on New Year’s Eve. Boston papers report a mill worker crushed to death. A Portland doctor removes a porcupine quill from a man’s face near the eye. A man who ate porcupine flesh suffers quill-related throat and eye trouble. A mammoth 1000-seat hotel is planned for Washington. Asia’s Turkish force totals about 83,000. The Pilgrim Society of Charleston contributes 500 toward Plymouth monument. An Atmospheric Telegraph model is on display in Washington. Congress includes six Smiths, five Jones, three Wrights, three Allens, and three Stuarts. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland earns 100,000 dollars yearly, spending 130,000. Ericsson ships on a trial run aiming for nine miles per hour. Boston reports another downtown merchant failure. A sun named asset valued at 150,000 stands with Charles Wagner of California and Australia, who loses 40–50 sheep to dogs on the night of the 7th, the field mangled and bloody.
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Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Santa Anna
Mexico
Antonio I
Harpers
New Jersey Railroad Company
F. A. Troudly
Boston
Walker
Portland
Asia
Pilgrim Society of
Chrieston
D. C
Plymouth
Washington
Congress
Smiths
Jones
Wrights
Allens
Stuarts
Ireland
Ericsson
Sun
California
Charles Wagner
Penn Yan
Mormon Settlements at Great Salt Lake City Described
A Oregonian correspondent tours the Great Salt Lake City Mormon settlements describing adobe homes around a central plaza, Brigham Young and Kimball, spiritual wives, abundant hay and crops, coal and iron discoveries, and talk of railroads. The piece notes rapid adobe construction, a 1500 to 2000 seat temple, and the presence of several wives traveling to church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Sarr Laxe
Oregonian
Oregon
Utah
Great Salt Lake City
Fort Hall
Brigham
Kimball
Brigham Young
Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry Medicine Claim
An old promotional piece extols the virtues of Wild Cherry as a universal remedy. It asserts its tea for worms and colds and a syrup blend with bark, claiming superiority for early consumption, asthma, coughs, liver complaints, and pulmonary diseases based on unnamed experiments and faculty praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Wistar
Candidate Alrero Hacksey for Constable Election
The notice names Alrero Hacksey as a candidate for Constable in the upcoming February election, filed by Messrs Evicrors. The call is for voters to consider Hacksey in the local contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Evicrors
Alrero Hacksey
Marriages in Jamestown and Warren Pa
In this place on the 12th inst Mr James O Ne y and Miss Margaret Wallis both of this Borough. In Jamestown 1st inst by Rev J E Chapin Mr Eli C Davis and Miss Hannah F White both of Jamestown. By the same at the same time Mr J P Lac y of Warren Pa and Miss Hannah Hart of Jamestown.
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James Olney
Margaret Wallis
Jamestown
J. E. Chapin
Eli C. Davis
Hannah F. White
J. P. Lacy
Warren
Hannah Hart
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