Warren's Inland Village Needs Beautification and School Updates
The Warren Mail surveys the town’s scenery and architecture, condemning unsafe jailyards and a neglected academy while praising the Germans for a brick schoolhouse and urging improvement of public buildings, churches, and school facilities. It notes Charles Kennedy of Jamestown named Mail Agent on the Western division of the NY and Erie Railroad.
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New York
Academy
Charles Kennedy
Jamestown
N.Y. & E. Railroad
Venango Railroad stock sold in hours amid route debates
The Venango Railroad opened stock books on the 12th and attracted 300000 dollars in subscriptions with five dollars per share paid. Hon Arnold Plumer took 1501 shares, controlling election potential. Engineers surveyed routes via Jackson’s Run toward the Cranberry Marsh and via Clymer, with considerations of shorter distance but heavier grades.
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Venango Railroad
Arnold Plumer
Jackson
Cranberry Marsh
Erie
Direetors
Sugar Grove
Clymer
Chautauque Co
Forbidden Ground
Warren
Ping Grove Katmroop
Diplomatic appointments listed by Washington Union
The Washington Union publishes a comprehensive list of diplomatic posts, naming James Buchanan as Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain and John Appleton as Secretary of Legation, with numerous ministers and consuls to countries across Europe the Americas and Asia, plus unfilled missions and recent local curiosities and notices.
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Washington Union
Great Britain
James Buchanan
Pennsylvania
John Appleton
Maine
Spain
Pierre Soule
Louisiana
Russia
Thomas H. Seymour
Connecticut
Mexico
James Gadsen
South Caroli
Lighting gas by animal electricity method described
A historical note explains a method to ignite gas using animal electricity. A person stands on a stool with tumblers beneath, insulated from conductors, while another rubs the person with a fur or woolen hand to excite electricity. A spark over the gas burner opens the flame, with an alternate version using a woolen carpet after shuffling feet.
General Scott and the social impact of his New York move
The Home Journal notes Gen. Scott and his family relocating to New York will elevate Washington society by adding the commander in chief and his hospitality to the city. The piece praises his health, appearance, and continued prominence as a social draw and leadership figure.
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Boston
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Mr. Vanderbilt
George Crowninshield
Salem
Mass
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Mediterranean
Europe
North Star
Ontario
N. Y
Columbia
Thomas Keating
Schloss&Brothers
Goldman
David Hanover
General Assembly
Buffalo
The
Home Journal
Scott
Washington
Treanor
Porter
Erie Gazette Suggests Witty Title Change for Local Figure
The Erie Gazette editor proposes a playful new title for a man named John C. Knox. The piece jokes about replacing Esquire with J Lazy Jones S P with S P meaning Some Pumpkins. It notes Knox arrived in Harrisburg to take the seat after Chief Justice Gibson's death. The Democratic State Convention will meet in Harrisburg on July 28 to nominate a successor.
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Joan M. Jupp
Coudersport
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Rndes
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Harvard College
Chitford
Boston Light Dragoons
Walker
Boston Custom-house
Boston
Cunard
Queen Victoria
Gardiner
Erie Gazette
J. Lazy Jones
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court
John C. Knox
Gibson
Harrisburg
AnotheR War with Mexico and Methodist Slavery Debate
The New York Zines warn of an imminent war with Mexico amid tensions between governments over Buena Vista and Cherubusco. A detailed set of resolutions from the New England and Methodist Conference condemns slaveholding and urges discipline changes. Reports from the Cattaraugus Allegany Reservations praise Republican governance and education, while a Dr Gideon B Smith device claims to detect counterfeit gold coins. Ohio enacts school funding for colored children with thresholds and three month suspensions if unmet.
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Cherubusco
Santa Anna
Methodist Church
United States
North
New England and Methodist Conference
Ipswich
Mass
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio
Board of Education
London Parliament Defeat Opens Maynooth Tax Debate
From Arabia New York May 31 report the English Parliament faced a Maynooth grant defeat by 20 in a 128 house. The income tax bill began its second reading as opposition prepared for the third. A manslaughter verdict was returned against York and Middlesborough Railway directors over a fatal derailment tied to rail defects.
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India
de Jovnel
York & Middlington Fulroad Company
Thompson
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Kossuth
Glasgow
Prussia
Trench
Paris
Obituaries and Death Notices From Local Areas
Died at Lodomille Clayton county on the 1fth instant Mrs Martua Buancuar wife of Charles Blanchar. In Warren May 21 Miss Roxana How ard aged 19. In Jamestown May 18 Lafayette Morgan aged 28.
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Clayton County
Martua Buancuar
Charles Blanchar
Warren
Roxana Howard
Jamestown
Lafayette Morgan
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C. M. Jackson
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