Senatorial Nomination and Chautauque County tickets
The Republican nomination for Senator in the 11th district goes to Isaac Benson of Potter County. He previously served in the Pennsylvania House and is praised for practical business sense and Republican loyalty. The Chautauque County ticket includes A Hazeltine for County Judge and other officials, with strong endorsements and remarks on integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Benson
Potter County
Warren, McKean Potter
Tioga
Benson
Waterford
Erie County
Messrs. Johnson & Brown
Coudersport
Chavurauque
Chautauque County
A. Hazeltine
Geo. A. Green
W. O. Stevens
Nicholas Kessler
Miles J. Clark
W. L. Carpenter
B. Sanderlin
A. Fletcher
Assembly
E. G. Cook
Hazeltine
Warren
Jamestown
Sotter County
Hugh Young
New Goods Arrival Sparks Warren Growth and Rail Link
Struthers Wetmore and A F Davis & Co. report large fresh stocks from Philadelphia via the Sunbury Erie route, fueling Warren’s booming trade. Stores fill, rents rise, and more dwellings are needed as the railroad promises faster commerce and new business across town.
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Struthers & Wetmore
Sunbury & Erie Railroad
A. F. Davis & Co
Philadelphia
Jamestown
Davis
Dunkirk
Warren
Wuorisace & Revain
Erie
Buffalo
The Agricultural Wonder of Earths Changing Fruits and Harvests
The article traces Earth's early vegetation from ferns to coal, then tracks humanity from nomadic foraging to settled agriculture. It credits wheat’s rise with civilization, notes Ceres as bread tutor, and celebrates plant diversity from prunes to peaches while predicting further productive potential through science and new crops like cassava.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceres
South America
Resolutions From Northern Deerfield Meeting 1859
Citizens of Northern Deerfield meet to air grievances over criminal justice. A five member committee drafts preamble and resolutions urging reform and condemning leniency, demanding public expression and publication to Warren Mail and Erie Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Point
Deerfield
E. Cowas
J. O. Richardson
R. D. Morrison
J. H. Morrison
M. Bingham
W. Stanton
John M. Titus
L. W. Madison
Joseph Morrison
Hugh Morrison
O. J. Davie
Milo Rounds
Jonah Broughton
J. D. Richardson
Warren Mail
Erie City Dispatch
M. Briycuam
Joan M. Tiros
L. W. Mapisos
Secy
Discovery of a Subterranean Fountain of Oil in Trunsville
An 1859 letter reports a breakthrough near Trunsville Pennsylvania where E L Drake tapped a rock fissure at 71 feet yielding 400 gallons of oil and water daily. The site will soon expand pumping capacity to 1200 gallons daily as Brewer & Watson hold spring rights and local excitement rivals California gold fever.
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Trunsville
Penn
City of
New York
Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company
New Haven
E. L. Drake
Oil Creek
Brewer & Watson
California
Epicus
Great Eastern funnel explosion off Hastings shocks passengers
A feed pipe casing in the Great Eastern forward funnel exploded near Hastings on a calm afternoon. The blast tore through the grand saloon and lower decks, killing three firemen and injuring eight others, with two later dying. One fireman was lost overboard. The ship sustained no structural damage and continued to Portland.
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Great Eastern
Hastings
Portland
Collins
Warren County
Buchanan
Mr. Lowry
Tioga Agitator
Benson Nominated by Eleventh Senatorial District Convention
Republican conferees from Tioga Potter McKean and Warren met at Coudersport to nominate a State Senator. Isaac Benson of Potter won the 189 ballot and was declared the nominee. Resolutions praised Republican principles and endorsed Cameron Scofield and party slate with full support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coudersport
Messrs. Chapin Hall
G. W. Scofield
W. D. Brown
Kinzua
Smethport
Marvin Creek
Allegheny
B. D. Hamlin
Warren
Citizen
L. Rogers
Democrat
J. B. Oviatt
Port Allegheny
Sons of Temperance
Chase
The
C. B. Cotter
Hugh Young
Tioga Agitator
C. G. Williams
Wellsboro Democrat
W. A. Nichols
McKean Citizen
T. 8. Chase
Potter Journal
E. Cowan
Warren Mail
Tioga
Potter, McKean
John R. Bowen
O. F. Taylor
Matt King
Potter
A. G. Olmsted
G. B. Overton
A.C. Taggart
McKean
W. Cowles
D. Freeman
Chapin Hall
A. G. Olmsted, Esq
Mr. Hall
L. D. Wetmore
Warren County
Messrs. Nichols
Overton
King
Brown
S. F. Wilson
Tioga County
Taggart Isaac Benson
Potter County
Freeman W. A. Williams
McKean County
Isaac Benson
Nichols
Philadelphia
Republic
Republican Party
Missouri
Dred Scott
Lecompton
Buchanan
Grow
Simon Cameron
Congress
Pennsylvania
State election prep urged by Pittsburgh Gazette
The Pittsburgh Gazette calls Republicans to action as Oct 11 approaches for the state election. It argues the Auditor General and Governor roles will shape fiscal interests and national policy, urging Western Pennsylvania counties to organize and fight back against the perceived enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Gazette
Missing travelers La Mountain and Haddock in New York Wilderness
Watertown dispatch reports five days without word on La Mountain and Haddock who vanished after traveling thirty miles at three miles altitude toward the east over the New York Wilderness. Authorities search is under way in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
la Mountain
Haddock
New York
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Thomas E. Cochran
York County
William H. Keim
Berks County
Henry R. Rouse
Hiram Butler
Crawford County
Alden Marsh
Youngsville
Joseph C. Thomas
Conewango
Patrick Falconer
Harrisburg
Scofield
Mr. Benson
Senate
Patrick O'Neil
Wm. Richer
J. P. Miller
Carver House
Union School
Clarissa Averill
Mary Kimball
Susan T. Dagget
Mary Bryant
Charles Twining
Eunice Green
News Deptov
Barclay
Bysecker
Crawford County Bank
Meadville Journal
Casement
Columbus
Henry Harris
Henry
the Ledger
Democracy
Miles White
Potter and
Agricultural
Great Britain
South
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