Rochester, Monroe, NY
Rochester Republican
Aug 3, 1848
DROWNED - Coroner STONE held an inquest over the body of Mr. W. GREEN, last
evening, who was found drowned in the Genesee Valley Canal. Dr. ROGERS
examined the body - verdict of the jury - death by accidental drowning. Mr.
GREEN had but one arm, and was formerly a school teacher. He had no family.
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WHEAT - Pavilion Ahead - A head of Wheat containing 132 kernels has been left at
the office of the Le Roy Gazette. It grew on the farm of Mr. Giles SISSON, in
the north-east part of the town. - Who can beat that?
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DEATH FROM DROWNING - Coroner STONE was on Sunday called upon to hold an
inquest on the body of a man named Elisha WELLER said to have resided somewhat
on North street, who was found drowned in the canal, about half a mile this
side of the Four Mile Grocery, west of the city -- It seems that he had been
at this grocery some three or four days, on a spree, and that he left for home
badly intoxicated. A little time after he was found in the canal. The jury
returned a verdict of "accidental drowning while in a state of
intoxication."
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A MAN KILLED ON THE RAILROAD - We understand that an Irishman who had been in
the employ of the Auburn and Rochester Railroad Company, was found dead on the
track on Sunday morning, just east of the station at Canandaigua. His name was
John CALLIHAN, and from the testimony before the Coroner it appeared that he
had been drunk the day previous, and was seen in that state near the Railroad
in the evening. It is presumed that he lay down upon the track, and was run
over by the night train coming west.
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SEND 'EM A JEWELER - The flourishing village of Perry is in want of a good
Jeweler, there not being one in town. The village is an enterprising, healthy
and prosperous place, and one of the craft would no doubt do well there.
"Please read and circulate!"
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CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE - Some boys found on 55th street, an outskirt of New
York, on Sunday, a glass bottle with $600 of counterfeit bank-bills sealed up
therein - also, a parcel of human bones, a pair of over-alls, and other
things.
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A FEMALE IN MALE ATTIRE
Quite a sensation was produced early yesterday morning at
the Tombs, before Justice LOTHROP, in consequence of a neatly looking little
chap being brought into court by officer SMITH, one of the policemen of the
Fifth ward. The charge was made by the officer, that the prisoner was a female
dressed in man's clothes, whom he found promenading in Broadway, at three
o'clock in the morning.--
The prisoner, when taken to the Station House, gave her name as Charley GRAY;
she was dressed in a light summer coat, blue pantaloons, a large pair of
boots, and a straw hat; she was of short stature, about twenty-two years of
age, rather a good figure, thin face, long, thin, sharp nose, dark arched
eyebrows, black eyes, and black hair, cut close to her head like a boy, or
like a newly escaped convict; when she laughed her mouth was anything but
pretty, but when closed was rather interesting. However, take her altogether,
she created quite a buzzing and whispering in court, especially with some of
the old officers, and one or two of the new clerks, who pride themselves on
knowing the ins and outs and whereabouts of all such female beauties. Even the
old coon, Prince John, was completely thrown off the track screwed up his
eyes, and twisted up his mouth, endeavoring to look wise, but all to no
purpose, as the lady was evidently fresh, at least around the police office.
Amongst many, a doubt existed as to the sex, as her conduct generally was so
bold and boyish, exhibiting not the slightest timidity when brought before the
magistrate. To decide this question, the Justice put her under examination;
when he soon became satisfied on that point, and ordered the officer to make
his affidavit of the facts. While this affidavit was making the Justice,
wishing a "Ray" of light thrown, if possible, on this mysterious
lady - as she refused to give any other name than Charley GRAY -- called up a
negro looking young man, with a red curly head of hair, full face, broad nose,
and minstrel looking lips, who, from his appearance, might be said to have
just escaped from a galley fire. This individual was seen to converse with the
lady in breeches, and for that reason he was called up to give any particulars
that he might know respecting the mysterious female.
JUSTICE -- What do you know about this young woman, who
calls herself Charley GRAY?
WITNESS -- Well, sir, all I know is that I was in Broadway
last night, when this young woman came up to me, and said she wanted to get
acquainted with me; and when she spoke, her voice was heard by some young men
who were passing at the time, who followed after us, and requested the
policemen to arrest her. I know nothing about her, or who she is or what she
is; I understand she is a married woman, and did this merely for a spree.
JUSTICE -- Such sprees are not allowed by law;
therefore, it will be my duty to hold her to bail in the sum of $200, for her
future good conduct.
The prisoner looked up and laughed at the Justice, and
said: "Is that all only $200, Judge; why, I think that's very moderate,
considering the offence is so great;" winking her eye at the Justice, as
much as to say: "You can't keep me here long." Then placing her
natty straw hat on one side of her head, turned herself around to the
officers, and commenced to converse freely on the impropriety of men dressing
in women's clothes; finishing off with humming a portion of one of Christy's
songs: "It suits -- It suits: -- it zackly suits this child" --
causing a general laugh through the court. After waiting in the office about
an hour, she procured bail, and was conveyed off in a carriage, possibly to
her residence.
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MARRIED
In Macedon __, on the 20th inst., Mr. J. W. STEBBINS, Pria_ __ of Macedon
Academy, to Miss Louisa J. OSBAND, eldest daughter of Durfee OSBAND, Esq.
In Warsaw, Mr. B. DURFEE, of Orangeville, to Miss Alvirah TRUESDELL, of
Warsaw.
In Batavia, on the 20th inst., Mr. Martin W. RUSSELL, of Buffalo, to Miss Ann
KINYON.
In Albion, on the 15th inst., Chester E. OLMSTED, to Miss Emiline HALLETT.
In Caledonia, Hector McLANE, to Miss Mary FRAZIER.
In Nunda, on the 23d inst., Mr. James R. WOODWORTH, to Miss Aurilla HAY.
In Auburn, on the 21st inst., Mr. Stephen CHASE, of Lysander, to Mrs. Martha
W. WHITE, of Van Buren.
in this city, on the 28th inst., Mary K., wife of Thomas G. GREEN, aged 52
years.
**(The below should have been in the DEATHS section)
In Chili, on the 2d inst., after a lingering illness of consumption, Miss
Adeline M. KINGSBURY, daughter of John KINGSBURY, aged 16 years.
-Hartford papers please copy.
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DIED
In Churchville, on the 25th inst., Mrs. Mary BACON, wife of James BACON, aged
35 years and 9 months.
Mrs. B. left a family of five children, the youngest an
infant of six weeks old, exhibiting for them to the last, as ever, the most
lively solicitude, appearing always perfectly resigned to meet Death, though
he took her away from the companion of her youth, and children, to whom she
was much attached; she was sustained by a firm and abiding hope in the rich
promises of the Gospel. In her we beheld the domestic virtues and Christian
graces which so exalt the female character. During several years past the hand
of affliction was heavy upon her. A year's residence in the West, beyond the
great Lakes, fastened on her already feeble constitution the complaints so
prevalent in that climate and terminating in consumption, carried her to the
grave in a little more than a year after the return of the family to their
native State. It will be a consolation to her relatives and friends to know
that through all the many sources of discomfort while here, she was ever wont
ro receive kindness and sympathy from them, and was habitually uncomplaining,
and endured with singular fortitude to overcome any tendency to despair, ever
cheerful, hopeful and conter_t, finishing an exemplary life with unusual
meekness and composure.
In Palmyra, on the 21st inst., Mr. Isaac RYCKMAN, aged 31 years.
In Lyons, on the 16th inst., Mrs. Phebe JEWELL, wife of Mr. Ezra JEWELL, aged
21 years.
In Seneca, on the 20th inst., after a short illness, Mr. George CROMWELL.
In Gorham, on the 12th(?) inst., Mr. Jonathan L. SWEET, of Apoplexy, aged
70 years. He was a native of Winchester, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
In Lyons, on the 23d inst., Sarah, wife of Nelson WHITLOCK, and daughter of
Stephen H. HARTMAN, aged 26 years.
On the 19th inst., Francis, son of W. W. and
Susan MEAD, aged 1 year 10 months and 17 days.
Also Miss Amanda, daughter of Dr. Samuel MOORE, aged 16
years.
In Pittsford, at 8 1/2 P. M., on the 31st ult, after a short illness of
congestive fever, Mrs. Sarah Evelyn, wife of Andrew HUNTINGTON, M. D., aged 35
years.
If the most brilliant talents and all the varied
accomplishments that endear the relation of wife and child, sister and friend
could have shielded the possessor from the fatal shaft of the Destroyer, a
large circle of deeply afflicted relatives, and numerous warmly attached
friends, would not now have to lament in vain their irreparable loss.
But alas ! the charming strains of her gifted voice, to
which her admiring friends have so often listened with transports of delight
will be heard no more on earth. -
She has gone to join the blessed bands above, in more exalted harmonies,
never to be interrupted by diseases or death.
In Lockport, on the 26th ult, of consumption, at the residence of her brother,
Isaac C. COLTON, Esq., Miss Amelia D. COLTON, formerly of this city, aged 33
years. Miss C. was a sister of the late Geo. H. COLTON, Esq., founder of the
American Review.
On the 31st ult., Frederick William, the fourth son of Nathaniel T. and
Catharine A. ROCHESTER, aged 3 years and 4 months.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Rochester Republican
Aug 10, 1848
SUICIDE AT THE LUNATIC ASYLUM - We learn from the Dundee Record, that Mr.
John RICE, a resident of that town, committed suicide at the Utica Insane
Asylum, a few days since, by cutting his throat with a piece of a dull case
knife. Surgical assistance was immediately rendered, his throat again sewed
up, and every effort made for him preservation; but shortly after he
suddenly forced his fingers into the wound and tore it open, telling his
attendants to let him die. The wound and the injuries inflicted in tearing
it open, proved fatal in a little while.
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DEATH OF AN OLD PENSIONER - We see announced the death of William JAKEWAY,
of Palmyra, aged 90 years. He was born in Pomfret Widham Co., Conn., May 10,
1759 and entered the Continental Army in 1776, and remained in it till its
close. He was in the memorable battles of Germantown and Monmouth, besides
some minor engagements, underwent the horrors and sufferings of Washington's
army at Valley Forge in the dreadful winter of 1777-8, and was honorably
discharged at the conclusion of peace in 1783.
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CLERGYMAN MURDERED - The Paulding (Miss.) Sentinel, says, that it is rumored
that Rev. J. P. MARTIN, a venerable preacher of the Baptist Church, was
recently murdered while traveling in Wayne county.
AUG 17, 1848
Mr. G. SMEAD, son of J. L. SMEAD, Esq., of Pavilion, Genesee County, has
recently received the appointment of Professor of Ancient Languages in
William and Mary College, Virginia. The Batavia Times, in announcing the
fact says:
Mr. SMEAD, who graduated at Union College with the
highest honors, has spent his last four years in Europe, principally in
Germany, in pursuing the higher branches of learning at the most celebrated
Institutions, and we doubt whether a Professors chair in this country will
be filled with a more thoroughly accomplished scholar and true gentleman,
than the one he is called to occupy.
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SINGULAR WILL - Don Carlos BARLOW, an Englishman, who blew out his brains on
the 7th ultimo, in the city of Mexico, it has been ascertained, destroyed
himself through love for a lady with whom he had no correspondence. In his
dying moments, he confirmed a will, previously made, in which he left $1000
to a sister in England. The rest of his fortune, a certain revenue in the
capital, he bequeathed to the unconscious object of his passion.
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I. O. O. F. - The Annual Election of the I. O. of O. F. of the State of New
York, was held on Wednesday. The following gentlemen were duly elected to
their respective offices: - Grand Master A. ANDREWS, of No. 235; Deputy
Grand Master - S. S. Post, of No. 83; Grand Warden - Andre FREMENT, of No.
36; Grand Secretary - B. J. PENTZ, of No. 22; Grand Treasurer - M. BIRD, of
No. 22; Grand Representatives - John J. DAVIS, of No. 1, and James W. HALE,
of No. 68.
This election is held under the new Constitution. An
election under the old, was held some days previous. The legitimacy of one
or the other is to be decided by the Grand Lodge of the United States, which
meets next month.
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MARRIED
In Roanoke, on the 6th inst., Mr. Alver EMERSON to Miss Laurette L.
BANISTER.
In Seneca Falls, on the 15th inst., Mr. William PARKIN to Mrs. Ann HINDMARSH,
both of that town.
In Angelica, on the 8th inst., Mr. John PHILLIPS of Oswego, to Miss Frances
E. HARTSHORN, of Angelica.
In Burton, Cattaraugus County, on the 3d inst., Mr. Benj. VAN CAMPEN,
Jr. to Miss Adelia Z. KING.
In Warsaw on the 1st inst., Mr. D. W. SWEET, Esq., to Miss L. G. INGHAM,
both of Hume.
In Cambridge, Mass., on the 1st inst., Mr. Martin B. LEWIS, of Penn Yan to
Miss Emma Harriet daughter of the late B. M. WILLIAMS, of Potter.
In Detroit, Mich., on the 27th ult., Mr. Nathan T. SMITH, merchant of
Batavia, to Miss Loraine DYGERT, of the former place.
In Batavia on the 25th ult., Wm. R. GWINN, Esq. of Medina, to Emily A.,
daughter of Wm. H. W__ of Batavia.
In Mendon by Rev. Mr. RANKLA, Mr. PATTERSON, to Miss Julia LORD, both of
Mendon.
In Riga, July 10th, by Rev. S. W. REMINGTON, Mr. Charles A. PALMEY to
Harriet C. KINGSBURY all of Riga.
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DIED
In Belfast, on the 4th inst., Abigail, wife of Caleb BURLINGAME, aged 15
years.
In Starkey, on the 7th inst., Anthony SHARP, aged 70 years.
In Utica, on the 9th inst., at the residence of her father, Hon. Joshua A.
SPENCER, Helen M. SPENCER, aged 18 years.
In Corning, on the 1st inst., of disease of the heart Levi WILLIAMS,
formerly of Mass., and late of Ovid, aged 58 years.
In Waterloo, on the 5th inst., ELMIRA, wife of Asa HORTON, aged
37 years.
In this City on Sunday morning, August 13, Rev. Anson P. BROOKS, aged 49
years - volunteer Chaplain among the boatmen, and an active laborer in the
temperance cause.
In this city, on the 14th inst., Alice Elizabeth, youngest child of Lucinda
and the late William A. We__ES, aged four years.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Rochester Republican
Aug 24, 1848
MARRIED
In West Henrietta, on the 17th inst., by the Rev. J. B. MURRAY, Rev.
Thomas BURROWS, of Harmony, Ch Co., to Miss Elizabeth K. LECE(?), of North
Bloomfield, Monroe Co.
In Auburn, on the 17th inst., by the Rev. Henry NELSON, Mr. Hermon C.
GILBERT to Miss Eliza P., daughter of Ebenezer B. COBB, Esq.
On the same day, by the same, Mr. Lucius H. PARISH to
Miss Jane HULBERT, both of Auburn.
In Canandaigua, on the 1st inst., by Rev. L. WHITNEY, Mr. Isaac THATCHER,
of Manchester, to Miss Angeline VAN BUREN, of the former place.
In Mendon, on the 11th inst., by Rev. Mr. RANKIN, Mr. A. W.
PATTERSON, to Miss Julia LORD.
May this young couple ever seek
For virtue's sure reward.
And Artimas ever find it good
To wait upon the Lord.
In this city, on the 17th inst., by the Rev. Mr. STANWOOD, Mr. Lafayette
HALL, of Le Roy, to Miss Ann Eliza BATES, of this city.
On the 17th inst., by the Rev. Mr. HAWLLEY, Mr. Ephraim N. WHEELER to Miss
Sarah BIRGGES, all of Penn Yan, Yates County.
In Victor, on the 19th inst., by Levi C. AYLWORTH, Esq., Mr. James KINSLEY
to Miss Rachel ROSE, both of Victor.
In Riga, Monroe county, on the 2d inst., by the Rev. J. GILMAN, of Mich.,
Mr. Horace GILMAN to Miss Lucretia L. LOVERIDGE, eldest daughter of the
late Caleb LOVERIDGE, Esq, of Riga.
"I saw two clouds at morn,
Tinged with the rising sun-
At dawn they floated on,
At eve they mingled into one."
-Sandusky City papers please copy.
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DIED
In Geneva, on the 17th inst., Mr. Eli STRONG, in the 45th year of his age.
On the 13th inst., Miss Hannah MORRISON, aged 18 years.
In Seneca, on the 16th inst., Mrs. Esther GATES, relict of the late
Solomon GATES, aged 78 years.
In Canandaigua, on the 11th inst., of quick consumption, Kezia M., wife of
Benjamin H. ACKLEY, aged 26 years.
On the 16th inst., Ellen Frances, infant daughter of John and Abby
HOLLOWAY, aged 4 years and nine months.
On the evening of the 15th inst., Lydia M., only daughter of Clement and
Lydia M. EARL, after an illness of three days.
In Brighton, on the morning of the 17th inst., Mary E., daughter of Abner
and Fanny BUCKLAND, aged 18 years.
On the 16th inst., Lucy S., only daughter of Hiram and Susan CLARK, aged
11 months and 16 days.
In this city, on the evening of the 16th inst., after a short illness,
Mary Jane, wife of David O. LUM, of New York, aged 33 years and 8 months.
-Detroit and New York papers please copy.
In Parma, on the 1_th. Inst., Mr. J. S. NEWCOMB, aged 94 years; the father
of J. Z. NEWCOMB, of this city.
In Henrietta, on Saturday the 19th inst., Margaret S. daughter of Harmon
and Sarah HIBBARD, in the 16th year of her age.
In this city, on the 22d inst., after an illness of two weeks. Mr. William
PACE (son-in-law of Mr. James PARSONS, of Riga), aged 37 years.
It is only two weeks since he hollowed his daughter to
the grave, and he leaves a wife and two children with a large circle of
friends to mourn his early and sudden departure.
AUG 31, 1848
MARRIED
In this city, on the 23d inst., by the Rev. D. FERRIS, Curtis _. MESERVE,
Esq., to Miss Louisa S., daughter of D. STOCKING, Esq., both of this city.
In East Orangeville, on the 17th inst., Mr. Solon W. BARNES to Miss Susan
E. WARREN.
In Scottsville, on the 6th inst., Mr. E. I. GILBERT, of Springwater, to
Miss Augusta M. STANLEY, of Livonia.
In Parma, on the 6th inst., Mr. Guy M. SALSBURY to Miss E. TYLER, both of
Brockport.
On the 24th inst., by the Rev. J. DENNIS, Mr. Philander STORY to Miss Mary
A. FULLER, all of this city.
In Palmyra, Mr. Stephen TITCOMB, of Waterford, to Mrs. Harriet GRANDIN.
On the 17th inst., Mr. Milo HOLLENBECK, of Maceden, to
Miss Mary Ann EDWARDS of Walworth.
In Lockport, on the 17th inst., Mr. Clinton BOWERS, of that village, to
Miss Anna Eliza ZEILY, of Albany.
On the 21st inst., Mr. William T. ROGERS to Miss Julia
J. WARNER.
In Lyons, on the 20th inst., Mr. H. SHERMAN, of East Palmyra, to Miss
Deborah GIBBS, of Lyons.
In Rushford, on the 15th August, Mr. Edwin A. CLAPP, of Belfast to Miss
Elizabeth L. BUTTERFIELD, of Friendship.
In Almond, on the 17th inst., Mr. Ira CUTLER, to Miss E. A. RILEY, all of
Almond.
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DIED
In this city, on the 22d inst., after a short and severe illness, Sarah
BURLEY, aged 67 years.
In this city, on the 3d(?) inst., James Henry, son of Robert and Charlotte
BARRON, aged 1 year and 10 months.
In Perry, on the 11th inst., Mary, and on the 19th inst., Laura, only
children of Rev. Jos. R. and Laura H. PAGE - the former aged 1 year and 6
months, the latter 3 years and 5 months.
In Henrietta, on Monday evening, of cholera morbus, William LEGGETT, aged
79 years. Emigrated from the eastern part of Massachusetts, and has
resided in Henrietta about thirty years, being one of Pioneers of this
country.
In this city, on the morning of the 24th inst., David Alexander, only son
of Robert and Elizabeth Ann RENFREW, aged 1 year and 5 months.
In Mt. Morris, on the 20th inst., William W., son of Alfred DEAN, aged 16
months.
On the 12th inst., of cancer on the breast, Mrs.
Margaret, wife of Robert McLANE, aged 45 years.
In Sweden, on the 1st inst., of inflamation on the brain, Ella E.,
daughter of A. E. and Mary MERRILL, aged 2 years.
In this city, on the 25th inst., of consumption, Mr. John P. ROGERS, aged
43 years.
In this city, on Monday morning, Aug. 28th, Emma Maria, aged 16 months,
daughter of Erastmus C. and Jane M. JOHNSON.
-Friends are invited to attend her funeral this (Tuesday) afternoon at 3
o'clock, from 13 Mortimer st.
In Bridgewater, Oneida Co., August 3d, Mrs, Lanissa TERRY, wife of Isaac
TERRY, of Hume, aged 39 years.
In Lyons, after a brief but severe illness, Dr. Chas. T. BAYLES, aged
about 40 years.
Wednesday night, Wm. Henry STERRET, aged 19 years.
In Homer, Calhoun Co., Mich., on the 5th inst., of yellow fever, Mr.
Stephen A. COLLVER, formerly of Seneca Falls.
At the residence of Peter WHITMER, in Phelps, on the 23d inst., Catherine
FRIDLEY, aged 28 years.
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