War amid Philadelphia railroad fight grows hotter
Warren Mail reports a heated clash over a city railroad project in Philadelphia. Mr Fallon faces opposition from Council member Diehl and Dr Irvine as a plan to push a costly contract based on stock and bonds is condemned as a potential swindle. Correspondents say Philadelphians unite to secure fair cash terms and a properly organized company, even with delays.
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Philadelphia
Fallon
Diehl
Irvine
Fallon & Co
Warren County
Mr. Drexel
Whig State Convention aims for canal and surveyor posts
The Whig party schedules a Lancaster convention on March 24 to nominate a Canal Commissioner Auditor General and Surveyor General. Pittsburgh councils pledge 500000 for Connellsville Railroad as Philadelphia merchants shift to Hempfield Road. Temperance paper The Crystal Fountain debuts in Harrisburg with advance pricing listed.
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Lancaster
Crystal Fountain
Harrisburg
Engraving Preview of Crystal Palace at World’s Fair
A fine engraving of the Crystal Palace for the New York World's Fair is shown with thanks to Mr. Young of the Waterford Dispatch. The item notes various society rumors and cabinet appointments, plus Jenny Lind’s planned return to America for a professional tour after singing in Germany and London.
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Crystal Palace
N.Y
Young
Waterford Dispatch
Jenny Lind Goldschmidt
Germany
London
Sunbury and Erie Railroad stock subscription shocks Philadelphia
Postscript reports a message from Mr. Young Waterford Operator noting that Philadelphia County has subscribed two million dollars to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad capital stock. The subscription allegedly lacks proper authority, named as M B Lowry and John H Walker of Erie.
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Young
Waterford
Cowan
Philadelphia
Sunbury & Erie Railroad
M. B. Lowry
John H. Walker
Erie
Central Railroad Plan Receives Ohio Convention Endorsement
Delegates at New Lisbon Ohio on the 16th alt urged early construction of a six feet gauge through route from Cincinnati to St Louis via Columbus Tuscarawas Valley and New Lisbon. They praised Pennsylvania changes and urged surveys and funding to connect East and West freight and passenger lines. The report calls the route a major throughfare and urges rapid action.
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New Lisbon
Ohio
St. Louis
South West
Cincinnati
Columbus
Tuscarawas Valley
New Lisbon &c
Pennsylvania
New York
West
Rt. D. Hartshorn
Dr. McCook
Sunbury and Erie
Philadelphia
A. L. Brewer
Warren Lyceum to hear Judge Wetmore on early reminiscences
Judge Wetmore will lecture before the Warren Lyceum next Monday evening on Early reminiscencies of men and things in Warren County. The talk substitutes for a debate due to Court week. The Mite Society meets at R. P. King's Wednesday evening and the Dime Society meets at Judge Hall's Thursday evening, March 10. A hog in Cincinnati is described as so large its tail could light a city block. Prof Somerindyke notes its brightness. A proposed Ohio liquor bill would authorize manufacture transport storage and sale for mechanical and sacramental uses without restriction.
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Wetmore
Warren Lyceum
Warren County
Cincinnati
Somerindyke
Ohio
Breathing Well and a Railroad Debate in Pennsylvania
A Cattaraugus Whig note describes a Great Valley man Nicholas Flint finding a natural air vent in a shallow well acting like a lung and barometer as a novelty. In Congress on Feb 21 Mr Hamlin of McKean moves Sunbury and Erie Railroad to open NY office with PA directors, Crabb objects, Quiggle supports, committee formed.
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Nicholas Flint
Great Valley
Cattaraugus Whig
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
House of Representatives
Hamlin
M’kean
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
City
New York
Pennsylvania
Crabb
Quiggle
Philadelphia
Friends
Friends of
Messrs. Hamlin
M'Kean
Skinner, Crabb
Forsyth
Heavy Butter Roll With Stone Reported In Western Pennsylvania
A butter roll purchased in Diamond yesterday contained a two and a half pound stone with a small layer of butter around it. The roll, from a country store in Westmoreland County, was likely passed to the shopkeeper by a clever woman. The German buyer expected ordinary butter and was cheated. The Pennsylvania Colonization Society has new slave transport applications, including a 31 person group freed by a Virginian lady, needing about 2300 dollars by April first. A Trumble county woman near Bedford recently gave birth to six children, all surviving and well.
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Westmoreland County
Pitts Gazette
Pennsylvania Colonization Society
American Colonization Society
Liberia
Virginia
Pennsylvania Society
Pennsylvania
Trumble County
Bedford
Pittsburg Council Approves $500,000 Railroad Subscription
Pittsburg city lawmakers pass an ordinance authorizing a five hundred thousand dollar subscription to the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad seeking local rail improvements.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg and
Connellsville
Laborers Wanted for Susquehanna and Sunbury Railroad
One thousand laborers are sought for the Susquehanna and Sunbury Railroad project. Positions require four days’ duty with specified leave and consequences for noncompliance.
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Susquehanna and
Sunbury
Crystal Palace Erection in Reservoir Square New York
A detailed description of the Crystal Palace project for an Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations in New York. outlines the charter, foreign department, and key figures, the iron and glass construction, Greek cross plan, central dome, and octagonal towers, plus site dimensions and architectural plans.
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Reservoir Square
City of
New York
United States
London
England
Union
Theodore Sedgwick
William Whetten
Europe
Maxwell
Association
Foreign Department
Charles Buschek
Buschek
Busebek
C. E. Detmold
Horatio Allen
Edmond Hurry
Croton Distributing
Sixth Avenue
Fortieth
Forty-second Street
Sixth Avenue Railroad
Fourth Avenue Railroad
Sixth Avenues
Messrs. Carstensen
Gildemeister
Carstensen
Tiveli and Casino
Copenhagen
The
Republic
London Crystal Palace
Occupations of Royal Children in a New Sporting Paper
A verbose sketch outlines the daily regime of Queen Victoria’s children as described by She Field. The schedule includes early rising, languages, military drills, music, dancing, riding, carpentry, philosophy, and a shooting stroll in the royal gardens before evening meals and religious instruction. A separate note reports Robert Peters shot by Charles Baird in Ripley Ohio after Baird’s sister alleged seduction and refusal to marry. Peters, a tailor, lies in critical condition. Baird, seeking reparation, offered money but shot him when refused. Also mentioned: Gen. Pierce to depart Concord for Washington after March 4. A separate item notes a woman filing for divorce over molasses jug etiquette.
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Royan CutLpren
She Field
Royal Gardens
Robert Peters
Ripley
Ohio
Charles Baird
The
Cincinnati Gazette
Baird
California
Peters
Revolting tragedy in Leon murder by mother ends in deaths
A wealth farmer Franklin returns home to find his wife dead by suicide and three children wounded or dead. The two surviving children are in critical condition, with two skulls fractured in a horrific scene. The motive remains unknown as the community grieves and informs, The Cultaraugus Whig reports.
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Leon
Franklin
Cultaraugus Whig
Executive nominations and naval matters on Washington agenda
In executive session yesterday several army officer promotions were confirmed. Com Catesby Jones’s naval suspension was rescinded. A US England treaty on debtors’ claims went to the Senate. The House debated and referred a patent extension for Moore & Haskell. Naval affairs, Ericsson ships and proposed two screw-propelled first class vessels dominate discussions with potential congressional funding.
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Washington
Com
Catesby Jones
Naval Service
United States
England
Senate
Bradbury
House
Moore & Haskell
Edward Stanley
Commodore Jones
Committee On Naval Affairs
Jones
Stanley
Scott
Pierce
Ericsson
Fillmore
Metropolitan Institute
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
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Warren Mail
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Hempfield Road
Richard Dogerty
New York City
Lunatic Asylum
State
W. L. Marey
Treasury
James Guthrie
War
Jefferson Davis
Interior
Gov. McClelland
Navy
Jas. C. Dobbin
Caleb Cushing
Postscript
Heath
Marsh & Co
Busti, N. Y
Warren
D. M. Williams
Mite ‘Society
R. P. King’s
AZ the Dime Society
Judge Hall’s
Welok Ian
Concord
New Hamshire
Washington City
Polk
Clay
Birney
Taylor
Cass
van Buren
Hale
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