Political tumult and reform bills loom in Warren county
In Harrispura on Feb 17 1855 reports detail a canceled senatorial choice and an adjournment clash. Cameron supporters planned display of triumph with powder and a cannon but no shot was fired. Gov Pollock and Col Curtin’s positions are debated while appointments, bribery probes, and new Sunday liquor measures saturate political life. Ontario, Philadelphia and Warren County officials are listed with various appointments and fiscal debates.
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Harrispura
Cameron
Pollock
Col. Curtin
Gov
Pottock
Christian Myers
Clarion
Philadelphia
George R. Graham
City of
Abraham Myers
Samuel D. Abbott
William D. Baker
Henry Pleasants
Howard Taylor
Chester County
Jacob Pepper
Delaware County
J. W. F. M’allister
Joseph E. Hearned
Andrew M'Lean
Stephen Miller
Dauphin Co
John W. Cowell
Bucks Co
Berks Co
Messrs
Jordan, McClintock & Browne
Senate
Eyster, Thompson and Sallade
House
Jordan
M’combs
Chamberlin
Thompson and Cummings
Philadelphia Bulletin
Charles Fenno Hoffman
Harrisburg
Hoffman
American School For The Blind Exhibition Inspires In Harrisburg
A report from Harrisburg describes a concert and art display by visually impaired youths, featuring about twenty instruments and performances from ten to twenty years old. Gov. Pollock attended, praising the effort and noting a desired statewide funding level. The piece contrasts the performers’ skill with their blindness, and also covers political debates, local vetoes, and other society notes.
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Columbia
Gov. Pollock
Editorial Correspondence on Senate Fight in 1855
Hanrispere reports the House stalls any Cameron bid for Senator with few voters ready to switch. The plan: avoid electing this week and push the choice to the next election, while Cameron presses on. Also notes a visit to the Pennsylvania Insane Asylum near Harrisburg, describing the grand building, staff, and 227 inmates as of Washington's Birthday.
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Hanrispere
House
Cameron
Allegheny
West
Sam
Nebraska
Douglas
Washington
Pennsylvania Insane Asylum
Insane Asylum
Harrisburg
Kirwen
Dewitt
Diverse 19th century items spark in period notes
A compilation of brief items notes art in Vienna for an Empress, tobacco usage in Britain, Irish deaths from drink, a French town lamp lighter, a Canadian pilgrimage cure, train travelers in Illinois, Upha m sails to New York, Liberia passage bids, Winchester gas lighting, a Prince Edward jail fire, Mrs. Mowatt Ritchie’s new book, and various global tidbits. Also covered are elections, colonization debates, a California legislative chaplain, a Manchester dealer joke, an eagle with a bell in Stamford, the Toronto North American merger, a Mansfield imprisonment, Miss Coutts, a New Orleans clock, Penobscot salmon, Squires’ offer to Squires in New York, a suicide in Kimira Daily Republican, a wild cat caught in Deliver, Dr Beale pardon refusal, Staffordshire ship papers found, Jonathan Records’ death, Contamines gold discovery, Baltic Gothic customs, Emigrant Aid to Kansas, revival jokes, a Hudson Express robbery, a Cincinnati paper Know Somethings, and Pennsylvania common schools data.
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Academy of Vienna
Austria
Kingdom of Great Britain
Ballymena
Ireland
Dick Tinto
France
London
New York
Virginia Colonization Society
Liberia
Winchester
Virginian
Prince Edward Court House
Mowatt Ritchie
Indiana
Africa
California
Franklin
Manchester
Stamford
Conn
Toronto North American
Globe
Mansfield, O
Herald
Miss Coutts
Mario
Europe
New Orleans
Paris
Mexico
San Francisco
Penobscot
Bangor
Strakosch
Ole Bull
Squires
Italy
P. H. Williams
Kimira Daily Republican
Amenia Times
Oliver L. Orton
Deliver
Harrisburgh Herald
Beale
Pollock
Sable Island
Jonathan Records
Buckfield
Maine
St. Gerais-le Bains
du Bonhomme
Baltic
Boston Courier
Kansas
Emigrant Aid Society
Walton
U.S. Express
Hudson
Michigan
Austin Smith
Report on Senate bribery inquiry yields mixed votes
In Harrispure the House committee released a partial report after examining twenty five witnesses about bribery in the senatorial election. It notes testimony is imperfect and undetermined and no proof yet against either candidate. Two members refused to sign, urging a different assessment of the evidence.
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Harrispure
Jordan
Brown
Millinery and Dress Making by Mrs Kerr
Mrs Kerr offers a fresh stock of Velvet Silk and Straw Bonnets with ribbons and flowers. She also provides children's clothes cut and made to order with prompt attention to all orders.
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M. E. Kerr
Warren County School Districts Ledger Summary Balance Sheet
Audit shows Parmlee due and district refunds across Warren County schools. Lists amounts due, tax receipts, and two percent commissions for districts including Brokenustraw Cherry Grove Conewango Columbus Corydon Deerfield Elk Eldred Freehold Glade Kinzua Limestone Mead Pleasant Pine Grove Pittsfield Sugar Grove Sheffield with totals and balances for each district.
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Uwe We G. N. Parmure
Warren County
Brokenustraw
Parmlee
Conewango
Columbus
Corydon
To Am’t
Deerfield
Ain’t
Elk District
To Am
Eldred
To Am't
Glade
Kinzua
Am’t
Limestone
Mead
Pleasant
Pine Grove
Pittsfield
Sugar Grove
Sheffield
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Warren Mail
John H. Seltzer
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Lott
Warren
Venango
Mercer
Crawford
Green's Stone House
Lawrence Co
Warren Co
Wm. Rowe
T. D. Edwards
Pennsylvania Institution
Chapin
Scotr
Pennsylvania
Congress
Lundy's Lane
E. C
LE Hon. C. B. Curtis
G. Merrill
Lyceum
Chautauque County
O. W. Shaw
Salamander Gulch
Calvaras Co
Jamestown Democrat
Boon Mead
E. F. Valentine
Cincinnati
Ohio
Massachusetts
Harrissura
U. S
Bachalew
Scattering
Edward Ryan
Woonsocket
Patrick Kavenaugh
Ulinvis
Sallie Hamilton
Athens
Greene County
Leas Bowse
Platsville
Wis
Galena Advertiser
Roch. Dem
Mary Ridgeley
Baltimore
Grover
City Register
Thtien
L. Rogers
D. Greene
Irvine
A. Winterburn
J. W. Weaver
C. &E. Srrananan & Ranvate
Reticutes
Srrananan
Ranpati
Summerton & Church
John Galbraith
Lansing Wetmore
John Judson
Oyer
Orphan’s Court
Court of Common Pleas
United States of America
James Foreman
Jotice
Court House
Said
John F. Davis
Joseph Carver
Josep W. Hackney
General Assembly
Grorce N. Parseurn
Ain’t Due Parmlee
Jast
Cherry Grove
Ain’t Due
Anit Pd
Belanee
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