Union School examinations span five days with prizes and concerts
A Warren area roundup reports Union School exams held Monday to Friday across lower and upper rooms. It notes singing in room 1, prize awards in Rooms 3 and 4, strong teaching quality, and later mentions a Harmonic Association concert, railroad updates, temperance sentiments, and local legislative notes.
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Union School
Miss Kimball
Frank Cogswell
Willie Kingsbury
Hamilton
Warren
G. N. Parmlee
Lewis Jt
Harrison Allen
E. Vosburg
Wvood
R. Brown Esq
Edward Brown
John J. Taylor
T. Clemons
B. W. Lacy
R. P. King
S. Daggett
Mr. Twining
Hattie McPherson
Lewis Arnett
Jamison
H. Allen
Miss Bryant
Jenkie
Room Nore
S. P Johnson
S. P. Johnson
F. Gathie
Danforth
Olney Cotter
Emmittee
Reading
W. D. Brown
L. D. Wetmore
Dr. Danforth
S. P. Johnson Esq
Clemons
Barrett
Nittee
C. L. Hequémbourg
P. Johnson Esq
R. Brown
Flora Falconer
Messrs
L. A. Rogers
T. J. Hoskinson
A. D. Wood
Libbie Clemons
Bennett Jeweler Ad Promotes engraving and services
Advertisement notes P. R. Bennett, jeweler and watch maker, well known in the area. He offers engraving on short notice in various styles with neatness and taste.
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P. R. Bennett
Hall
Island Z/e Company to Meet at Court House Monday
Island Z e Company will convene at the Court House Monday evening to appoint a committee tasked with prospecting for oil. The meeting aims to organize initial arrangements and designate members for the oil prospecting effort.
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Z/e Company
Court House
Republican State Convention Held in St Louis 1860
The Missouri Republican State Convention met at Mercantile Library Hall with under 200 attendees. Delegates were elected to Chicago, naming F. P. Blair B. Gratz Brown Fred Sutton and James Sutton among others. Resolutions backed Edward Bates for president amid German opposition and announced a unit voting instruction for Chicago with a central committee empowered to name an electoral ticket.
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St Louis
Mercantile Library Hall
B. Graz Brown
F. P. Blair
B. Gratz Brown
Fred
James Sutton
Bates
Lons
Edward Bates
Missouri
Philadelphia
Chicago
Primer
Vth
Mueneb
Impeachment, Kansas Admission, and Trials Dominate Capitol News
Washington reports House and Senate committees active on juezry matters. Impeachment of Judge Watros in Texas set for the Judi cary committee. Kansas under Wyandot Constitution gains ground before adjournment. Senate Judiciary bill seeks refund of security deposits and Court of Claims to settle damages. Public Expenditures panel questions public printing profits. California land claims arguments continue before the Supreme Court. Mexican Treaty discussions paused awaiting State Department document transcription. A Florida murder case near Ocala ends with a slave execution and two accomplices awaiting trial.
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Watros
Texas
House Committee
Friends of the Admission of
Kansas
Senate
Sweeny Rittenhouse, Fant and Company
Secretary of the Treasury
Court of Claims
House Committee On
California
Supreme Court
State Department
House
Haskin
Committee On Public Printing
Houston
Republic
Haskie
W. J. Keitt
L. M. Keitt
Ocala
Florida
Lewis
Atlantic cable project and labor unrest across nations
News notes a proposed Atlantic Telegraph Company plan to fund repairs and a renewed effort next summer. It also reports a New York shoemakers mass meeting supporting Eastern strikers, a new cane lantern invention, Virginia Pan Handle purchase considerations, a Baltimore theft case, Virginia hay surpassing northern product, rising shipbuilding activity, clear Newport sighting of Block Island, and various other 1860s items from Rome to Texas.
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Atlantic Telegraph Company
London
New York City
Murder at a Party in Cincinnati
A family gathering at 71 East Broadway ended in a brutal murder as Patrick McHugh killed his wife Bridget with an open razor during a quarrel over beer. The scene showed the infant in blood stained arms, while the son and two daughters cried. The killer, released from Ohio Penitentiary after seven years for attempting his mother's life, then discussed the act with his son before police officers arrested him. The children are James seventeen, Mary ten, and Hannah eight.
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East Broadway
Patrick McHugh
Bridget
Patrick
Ohio
Longworth’s
Sixth Street
Broadway
Bolzer and
Anderson
James
Mary
Hannah
Cincinnati
Emigration, War Reports and a Salem Murder Arrest
News items describe vast emigration plans to Pike’s Peak and delays on the Plains, reports of French troops in Northern Italy and Austrian mobilization, and a Salem murder case involving a German peddler’s disappearance and the arrest of his son Geo. Palmer. The narrative covers Fort Union anxieties, mail escorts, and political tremors across Europe with local crime details.
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Santa Fe
Washington City
Fort Union
Cow Fork
Pawnee Fork
Pike’s Peak
New Mexico
Leavenworth
K. T
Overland Express
Denver
Boy- claimant recounts murder at Hampton Gate with buried goods
The boy testifies that about eight years ago at Hampton Gate his father shot a pedlar, buried the body in the woods, the wagon in a coal pit, and goods near the house. He says he can show the sites if taken there. Corroborating testimony and a possible name change are noted as authorities in Mount Holly are contacted to investigate.
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Salem
Hampton Gate
Burlington County
Mount Holly
Geo. Palmer
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