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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1859
Page
2
A persuasive lecture extols farming as a lasting path to wealth and virtue. It urges education in botany geology and physiology, practical work like pruning and drainage, and cultivating mind and soil. The speaker condemns swindling and praises patient, productive farming as the highest style of man.
The Overland Mail from San Francisco reports Milton S. Latham elected Governor of California by a large majority. Scott and Birchall probably win Congress seats, Baker and Kibben with slight doubt. Lecompton ticket dominates both houses. Vigilance reform ticket wins in San Francisco. statewide business disrupted by election sailing delays.
At the Pennsylvania State Fair on Sept 30 the first class steam engines Hibernia of Philadelphia and Washington of Baltimore competed in a close, exciting trial. Hibernia won the first prize though Washington suffered a power loss, and judges will study several disputed points. The Fair also hosted sewing machine manufacturer prizes, weather was poor, and the event closed with a torchlight reception for the Lynn Massachusetts Fire Association.
Horace Greeley cites Utah Territory reports on mule purchases by the government. Prices ranged from 60 to 1143 dollars with an average near 75 dollars per head. He argues Utah sales and lack of competition caused substantial losses, estimating at least 200000 dollars in dead loss, with further swindles hinted.
Thirty thousand bushels of corn costing 340000 in total were sent from the States with a 280000 implied dead loss to the Government after a claimed price difference. Brigham Young earned 50000 from lumber for Camp Lloyd buildings. The piece critiques treasury strain, urging readers to act.
The article urges a strong Republican turnout for the upcoming election and lists our ticket. It highlights Thomas E. Cochran for Auditor General, William H. Keim for Surveyor General, Isaac Benson for Senator, H. R. Rouse for Assemblyman, an unnamed Crawford County colleague, Alden Marsh for County Commissioner, and Joseph C. Thomas for Auditor, praising their honesty and party loyalty. It cites the Harrisburg Telegraph on Benson’s qualifications and calls for unity and robust support across counties.
Auditor commends Patrick Falconer as the County Surveyor candidate whose fitness is well known and urges a high turnout and a strong Republican vote to maintain and increase county influence and prevent opposition.
Oscar Laquay, jailed in Warren, escaped one week ago. Convicted on larceny and counterfeiting, he was not sentenced, despite judges urging timely sentence due to jail insecurity and fear of further escapes. Public blame grows over court laxity and county cost.
The Warren Valley edition urges strong turnout for the Republican ticket, arguing the county’s fate hinges on the election and condemning the current national administration. It predicts a Republican win could pave the way to a 1860 presidential victory and end slavery-supportive policies.
A partisan plea urges Republicans to turnout in force and vote the entire Republican ticket in the 1860 election. The message warns of Democratic efforts to defeat Assembly nominees especially Mr Rouse, cites anger over the county bill, and calls for unity and vigilance to secure victory.
The Warren Mail discusses the Sulphur Spring at Brokenstraw and the potential boost from Sunbury and Erie Railroad development. It envisions healthful recreation, deer hunting, and summer visitors from Philadelphia and other cities, praising the estate of Dr. William A. Irving and mine host Patterson. It also notes the spring water’s sulfur and iron content and imagines Brokenstraw becoming a regional resort akin to Avon or Saratoga. A later note remarks on a remarkable horse taming event by N. P. Belnap, witnessed in Youksville in 1859.
The Republican group in McKean County nominated B. C. Corwin to replace W. K. King, who declined. The paper hails Corwin as an excellent man and notes a convention resolution directing a delegate to back Cameron supporters for 1860. L. Rogers was appointed as the delegate.
The London Times notes the treaty with China is at an end after a faithless breach. A telegram from Aden dated August 29 reports Admiral Hope off Petho River June 17 finding fortifications rebuilt and no guns. An attempted passage on the 25 led to bombardment and heavy losses, with Cormorant Lee Plover sunk and 464 killed or wounded. Plenipotentiaries return to Shanghai. Canton and rest of China described as quiet. Seventeen wounded, several officers killed. Admiral Hope and Captains Shadwell and Vansittart wounded.
News spreads of sizable Seneca Oil finds along Oil Creek near Titusville at the county’s southern edge. Local investors form several companies to drill for oil with progress reported by Boon Mead’s group. A. Tanner L. F. Watson and D. M. Williams are active with crews preparing to sink a shaft, aiming for oil about 50 feet below the surface.
James Dunn, arrested on suspicion of murder near Ceres in July, was tried in Smethport last week and found guilty of murder in the first degree.
Mr Nichols continues selling jewelry and watches at Johnson's Exchange with auctions on Friday and Saturday evenings. This is the last chance to bid.
Far J A Morrison advertises a fresh stock of groceries provisions and more with a call to visit a store one door below the Post Office. Smith Messner promote boots shoes rubbers and a fine supply for buyers. News of a brutal assault on a New York Daily News editor McCabe struck Thomson in the editorial office with a warrant issued for his arrest.
A letter from Nathan A. Ormer recounts his escape from Indians while guiding ghe camanches and a buffalo hunt near Barclay's Fort New Mexico. He describes a pursuit, a wound in the knee, and a dramatic escape on a fast horse. The report also notes the Canadian Governor General’s son John Head drowning near the Falls of Grand Mere in the River St. Maurice, with rescuers failing to revive him after twelve minutes in the water.
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