Licensing Taverns Delayed by Meadville Court Row
The Meadville licensing fight over tavern rents returns to the court. Commissioners ordered a rapid assessment, while ex Judge Church and S P Johnson clash on temperance and licenses. The court adjourned without decision, licenses postponed to next term and possibly longer as rulings await.
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Maine Law Millenium
Church
Meadville
Sons of Temperance
Secret Societies
P. Johnson
Warren County Court session ends with major trials
The Warren County Court met Monday and adjourned Saturday night after three major cases. Lott versus Berry, about 100 acres on the Brokenstraw, resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Richardson versus Lamb awarded plaintiff $125. Hall versus Hook over a defective Treasurer's Deed favored the plaintiff $193. Judge White praised for fairness. The Forest perjury case closed with Doty’s acquittal amid applause. The Baltimore Board of Trade backs a Connellsville road subscription of one million dollars. President Fillmore plans a southern tour with John P Kennedy.
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White
M’kean
Knox
Lott
Holland Land Company
H. J. Huidekoper
A. Hazeltine
Chamberlain
Richardson
Hall
Forest
Doty
Board of Trade of Baltimore
Connellsville Road
William Mead
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
John Mead
Betsey Belknap
Julia Ann Cobb
Ruth Roney
Elijah Mead
Druscilla Hazzard
Susan Waite
Mary Doty
Warren County
Court House
Warren
Brokenstraw
Pennsylvania
Susan’ Mead
John Galbraith
Orphan’s Court
A. D
F. McPuersey
Who Initiated the County Bridge Bill in Harrisburg
A Ledger Harrisburg correspondence notes a bill in the Legislature forcing county commissioners to build and repair all bridges over $300 in cost, excluding Allegheny river crossings. The piece condemns the bill as benefiting few townships and seeks to know who drafted it and for what purpose. It urges transparency and public input before passage.
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Harrisburg
Allegheny River
Kinnear
Hapress
Temperance Meeting Forms Prohibitory Liquor Law Plan
A Sugar Grove temperance meeting held March 10 at the M E Church chose Rev N M Crane as chair and Rev J Sailor and Rev J Chapin addressed attendees. A five member committee drafted resolutions urging ballot box action and legislative soda prohibitions, and a county Prohibitory Liquor Law Association was urged for formation on the first Wednesday in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons’ and Friends of Temperance
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sugar Grove
N. M. Crane
Thomas F. Abbott
David Mizner
John Sailor
Messrs
J. Andrews
L. H. Pratt
T. F. Abbott
James Jagger
James Catlin
M. E. Church
J. E. Chapin
Jamestown
Friends of Temperance
T. F. Ansorr
Ongoing Local Trades and Notable Notices
Auction notices advertise hude timber for sale on the 17th in the borough. Wilbur buys out O H Hunter and runs oysters and groceries with short notice service. Mite Society to meet at Hon C B Curtis's residence this Wednesday. Reported: M P Fillmore to form NYC law partnership with a Corwin son and marriage speculation. Carrion to Painters notes Zanesville printer H H Braden died from Type Fever. Harrisburg State Agricultural Fair managers set Pittsburg as site for Sept 27 28 29. A 104-year-old man jailed in Cincinnati for theft. moral note on aging and behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Braden
Zanesville
Ohio
Morgantown Mirror
Washington political shifts drive rapid post to patronage
A Washington cabinet meeting signals quick action on appointments and removals. The Senate and committees brace for reorganization as patronage expands, with Washington, Dobbins, Pierce, and numerous nominees shaping the evolving federal staff.
Telegraph Convention Adjourns and Pierce Audience Noted
Washington March 7 telegraph convention adjourned after business. Delegates met President Pierce and his brigade veterans spoke of future support. A ball at Willard's will honor the cabinet and ex president Fillmore attended. A young unmarried girl of Allegheny city bore four sons living with her.
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Washington
General
Willard
Fillmore
Pierce
Diplomatic Corps
D. '. Disney
France
A. G. Danby
Utica
Spain
J. H. Barrett
Boston
Prourie
Butcher's Run
Allegheny City
Piltsburg Chronicle
The Poisoning Case and Inaugural News Echoes
The piece reports public dissatisfaction with the Simeon Brewer verdict and capital punishment debates, plus detailed notes on the Inauguration of President Pierce and Fillmore. It covers temperance costs, Methodism growth, Father Mathew’s work, royal family rumors, a Bangor shooting incident, Barnum’s temperance pledge idea, and related civic chatter.
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Simeon Brewer
Pennsylvania
Crawford County
Commonwealth
D. M. Farrelly
A. B. Richmond
Meadville Sentinel
Philadelphia County Board Meets Amid Railroad Subscription Doubt
The Philadelphia County Board of Senators and Representatives met in the East Committee Room at 3 pm chaired by Forsyth. The session did not address the two million dollar Sunbury and Erie Railroad subscription, as no Commissioners' communication was presented. A Florance letter notes a man who sold his body to the Academy of Sciences for 50 cents daily until death.
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Bangor Mercury
Greys Tavern
Peat Cove
Oldtown
William Bowman
Upper Stillwater
Heaven
Hell
Harrispure
Meerine
Rue
Philadelphia
County Commissioners of
Forsyth
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
Florance
Academy of Sciences
Indiana
Chicago
Camphene Fire Injures Newark Girl After Lamp Accident
In Newark an accident with camphene in Mrs Adams’s home caused a daughter to burst into flames after falling asleep beside a lamp. She escaped to the yard seeking help, but aid arrived after about two minutes and she is not expected to recover. A traveler’s letter from Carson Valley describes a snowstorm depth near a hundred feet in the Sierra.
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Newark Advertiser
Camphene
St. Louis Intelligencer
California
Carson Valley
Pacific
South Pass
Nominations sent to Senate for several federal posts
Washington reports President nominates S. J. Bridge of Boston as Pacific coast appraiser at large W Carr receiver of public monies in India Jesse B Clemens as Marshal of the Eastern District of Tenn Henry E Davis named to the Military Academy board Also notes Bible manuscript interest and moral maxims from New York and Indiana lunatic asylum rapping linked to insanity Portiano Cuba reports and the death of ex Governor Williams of Maine from heart disease
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Washington
Army
Davis
Executive Mansion
Navy
Dobbins
White House
Senate
Peter G. Washington
the Treasury
General Pierce
Guthrie
Sarah St. Hobbie
N. IL
Boston
Benj. F. Hallett
U.S
Massachusetts
H. Burdine
Chicago
James Bowlin
St. Louis
Congress
Illinois
Robert Smith
General Land Office
MacMasters
New York Freeman's Journal
W. B. Maclay
New York
Schell
Maxwell
Prescott Hall
Hammond
San Francisco
Gwin
California
Weller
Dickinson
Treasury
John A. Dix
Paris
New Congress
Conrad
Clayton
Central America
Mason
Committee On Foreign Relations
Douglas
Port of
Tammany Hall
Daniel S. Dickson
Buchanan
England
Pierce
Baltimore
S. J. Bridge
Pacific Coast
W. Carr
India
Jesse B. Clemens
Tenn
Brown
Henry E. Davis
The
Military Academy
Probers say Milan insurrection quickly quashed after minor riot
The report states ages were generally expected and the Milan attempt at insurrection was suppressed with few deaths mainly from hangings in a flagrant riot. Proclamations attributed to Mazzini and a Kossuth signature were not posted in Milan or Italy. Mazzini warned against premature action, fearing broader consequences, while some frontier Italians drafted a proclamation with Kossuth’s signature.
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Milan
Mazzini
Kossuth
Italy
London
WV. Y. Tribune
New Hampshire Election Holds Strong Democratic Gains
The state elected Gov Martin by a larger majority and Democratic candidates swept all three Congressional districts. The legislature also shows an increased Democratic majority after reapportionment reduced New Hampshire to three Congress districts.
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New Hampshire
Evecrey
Congress
Boston
Gov
Martin
Gre
Convention Election in Massachusetts and Other 1840s Dispatches
Reports from Massachusetts show Whigs 150 delegates and opposition 150 with about 19 towns uncounted and a likely 100 vote majority against the Whigs, leaving around 20 vacancies. Telegraph updates note direct 1200 mile transmission from New York to Chicago. Buffalo voters elect Cook and Waldron in successive Democratic mayoral and judiciary races. Militia revival bills prompt militia training humor and risk of rowdy displays. In New York City, two wives charged with beating husbands are discharged after evidence shows husbands deserved it.
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Massachusetts
Springfield
Tetecramnic Frar
Speed
Buffalo
Milwaukie
Buffalo Express
Morse
New York
Chicago
Westfield
Treasury Notice on 5 Percent Stock Redemption
The Secretary of the Treasury announces the 5 per cent stock of 1858 will be redeemed on July 1, with interest ceasing after that date. Maryland Board of Trade rejects consent to toll reductions on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. A humorous note recalls a large family counting only four present at an oyster supper. A U.S. Senate bill to allow Havana consul to administer Vice President King’s oath passes unanimously, with other officials empowered to administer oath nationwide on March 4 or thereafter.
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Bativore
March Li
Secretary of the Treasury
Maryland Board of Trade
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Albany Express
Swearine
Baltic arrival and European intrigues in 1851
The Baltic reached New York with Liverpool Feb 23 news as Vienna saw an attempted assassination of the Emperor by a Hungarian tailor who was arrested. Reports of England France relations, Lombardy blockades, and Milan unrest follow amid broader European tensions.
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New York
Liverpool
Vienna
England
France
Radetsky
Lombardy
Maziini
Saffi
Milan
Geneva
London
Austria
Turkey
Constantinople
WARREN MARKET Corrected Weekly by L. F. Watson
Market list from Warren shows prices for Rye Buckwheat Oats Potatoes Hay Mess Pork Southern Chautauque Lard Tallow Eggs Salmon Tromt White Fish Codfish Mackerel Hams Butter Dried Peaches Dried Apples Apples and land warrants noted in the weekly update.
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Warren Mail
Warren County Court
Toho P. Kennedy
Temperance Meeting
Wilbur
O. H. Hunter
Mite Society
C. B. Curtis
M. P. Fillmore
Corwin
Young Fillmore
WV. Y. Times
Harrispurn
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Supreme Court
Taney
Executive
Willard’s
Gen. Pierce
Mr. Fillmore
Wuar Rem
Mernopsm
United States
Lion’s Herald
Father Mathw
Irevano
Cork Examiner
Father Mathew
America
Apostle of
Temperance
London Atlas
Barnu
Barnum
Scientific American
John Tregaskis
Beza
Christopher Baker
Delaware
Indiana Lunatic Asylum
Cuarteston
Isabella
Havana
Cuba
Portiano
Williams
New York City
New York and Erie
Marence
Hien Shire
Crittenden
Ashley
St. John’s Church
Weashington
Mr. Pyne
Edward Everett
Cook
Waldron
Justice
Mary Guy
Catharine Simpson
Justice King
Fourth District Police
Messrs. 8. P. Ogden & Co
Hughes Ravine
Ophir
Harvard Observatory
C. W. Tuttle
Rigel
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
van Buren
Europe
Martin van Buren, Jr
Warren Market
L. F. Watson
F. Watson
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