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October 4, 1860 A sad accident occurred in the vicinity of Easton, in this State, on the 25th ult., by which a Mr. Leastner, a farmer, and his two sons lost their lives. It was at a cider mill; they have a very large tank to put the cider in for fermentation. The tank leaking, … Read more
August 2, 1860 Fatal Mistake. – Mrs. Myers, wife of Mr. John Myers, of Rayne township, Indiana country, who had been for some time in delicate health, used as a remedy a tea made of a green plant, known to botanists as Pipsissiwa, which grows wild in the woods. Going out on last Thursday to … Read more
June 7, 1860 Finally Committed. Hamilton and Helfright, whom we noticed last week, as having been arrested on the charge of being the persons who broke into the store of Gen. B. F. Bell, at Bell’s Mills, last winter, were brought before Esquire Cherry on Thursday last, for a second hearing. One of the railroad … Read more
April 5, 1860 Walter C. Roe, junior partner of the firm of D. R. Miller & Co., proprietors of the Logan House, in this place, died at 8 ‘clock on Sunday afternoon last. He had been confined to his room for some six weeks with disease of the heart. About a week previous to his … Read more
January 26, 1860 The Harrisburg Telegraph says a child of Mr. Cowden, of that place, aged about four years, died on Sunday last, from that terrible disease, hydrophobia. On Wednesday week the house of Mr. Michael Garrity, near Locke’s Mills, Mifflin county, was destroyed by fire. Two children, aged five and ten years, perished in … Read more
1849 Lancaster Intelligencer July 3, 1849 Married on the 24th ult., by R. S. Wagner, John Glueck, of West Lampeter, to Barbara Kurtz, of Safe Harbor. Married on Thursday, May 3d, by the Rev. F. Harris, George W. Porter, merchant, of Mountjoy, to Mary C., daughter of Henry Eberley, Esq., of the same place. Married … Read more
From a series of four brochures entitled “Pittsburgh Frontier To Future.” 14,225 B.C. – Primitive man occupies a rock shelter near Avella in present-day Washington Co. His remains are evidence of the oldest human habitation in the eastern United States. 1600 – The Monongahela People, a tribe of early Indians, dwell in the Pittsburgh region. … Read more
From a series of four brochures entitled “Pittsburgh Frontier To Future.” 1800, June 28 – Zadok Cramer buys stock in John Gilkeson’s book store and opens his own bookÂselling business in Pittsburgh. Later, Cramer offers for sale “any quantity of Dutch and English Almanacks, for the year 1801 … ” His circulating library opens June … Read more
July 28, 1860: Prof. S. Wilson makes an ascension in the balloon “Great Western.”After several mishaps, he successfully landed at Sharpsburg (Allegheny County). Oct. 1, 1860: Pittsburghers welcome the Prince of Wales (later England’s King Edward VII) to the city. Nov. 24, 1860: As the Civil War approaches, a number of Pittsburgh banks suspend specie … Read more
Allegheny County Tax Records — Snowden Twp., 1846 — Part Two McCormick, Samuel — carpenter, singleman.McCormick, George — farmer, singleman.Douglass, William — farmer, 20 acres land valued at $260; 2 cows, 1 horse.McMurray, Archibald — farmer, 104 acres of land valued at $1352.; 2 horses, 2 cows.Phillip, Evan — farmer, singleman.King, Jane; heirs of Countless? … Read more