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January 17, 1861 – Arrest for Treason
J. N. Merriman, Collector of the port of Georgetown, S. C., was, on Monday last arrested by the people of Georgetown, on a charge of treason against the State. A…
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Fist Fight in State Senate
The Tacoma Times, Tacoma, WA, January 16, 1917
Olympia, Jan. 16 — Great commotion was caused on the floor of the senate this morning when Senators Howard Taylor of King and Tom Brown of Whatcom engaged in a fist fight.
Brown had accused Taylor of trying to make himself “King of the Senate,” and had made other accusations against him.
Taylor had offered Brown “to go Into the ante-room and repeat what he said, but Brown had refused, saying that he would repent his accusations on the floor.
Taylor reached over Brown’s desk and struck him a resounding whack full in the face.
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January 16, 1861 – Unionist Sentiment
The nominal Editor of the disunion organ in this City says that the Standard has cast "foul imputations" on Messrs. Avery, Erwin, and Person. Now, this nominal Editor utters a…
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The Gift to Gen. Kilpatrick
Vermont Daily Transcript, St. Albans, VT, January 15, 1869 We mentioned two or three days ago that Gen. Kilpatrick, at the close of his lecture in Hartford, was presented with…
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January 15, 1861 – From South Carolina
January 14.—It is believed by many here that Major Anderson shot two mutineers at Fort Sumter last week, and rumors are current that several others are in irons. It is further stated that one escaped to Charleston, and was returned by the authorities to Major Anderson. On inquiry it is ascertained that all these rumors are false.
A resolution has been unanimously passed by the Legislature, declaring that any attempt by the Federal Government to reinforce Fort Sumter will be considered an act of open hostility, and as a declaration of war. Also approving the act and promptness of the military in firing on the Star of the West, and promising support to the Governor in necessary measures of defence.
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Where’s Mr. Ebling?
The New York Herald, New York, NY, January 14, 1856 The Commissioner of Streets and Lamps has issued several proclamations in relation to the present horrid condition of the city…
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January 14, 1861 – Seizure of the Armament of the Revenue Cutter Lewis Cass
The United States revenue cutter Lewis Cass is at Algiers, undergoing repairs. When she laid up for this purpose, her armament was stored in the Bellville Foundry, which has not…
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Signaling to Mars
The Gold Leaf, Henderson, NC, January 9, 1902 The Difficulty of Doing So by Means of Light. The very largest city that this earth has ever known would be altogether…
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The Deep Sea Fishing Company
The Daily Morning Astorian, Astoria, OR, January 8, 1887 The Dolphin, the new steam schooner of the Astoria Deep Sea Fishing Co., went out yesterday, for the first time. She is…
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Two Amazons
Bellows Falls Times, Bellows Falls, VT, January 7, 1876
About a year ago a man named Jonas Butler went into the wild region around the head waters of the Delaware River, about twenty miles above Delhi, N. Y., for the purpose of cutting railroad ties and peeling bark, on contract for some parties in Greene County. He erected a log cabin, where he and his wife, his daughter Jennie, aged sixteen, and an infant child made their home.
On Sunday, Dec. 19, Butler was absent from home, and about 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day Mrs. Butler and her daughter heard an unusual commotion among the pigs in the pen, a log inclosure a few rods away from the house.