Local Brevities, December 3, 1870
Messrs. McDonald and Bocher have opened a general agency office in the room over A. Haldeman & Co.'s dry goods store on Locust Street. Messrs. Dennay Hess & Co. have dissolved partnership. The...
View ArticleFire Fighting at Preston
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS . ----- Matters of Interest from All Over the Commonwealth. ASHLAND, PA, May 1: -the men engaged in fighting the fire at Preston number eight colliery have succeeded in getting a...
View ArticleBankers Embezzled
COLUMBIA, Pa., August 20. Bankers E. K. Smith and C. E. Graybill, of this place, will be tried for embezzlement. They failed a year ago and the creditors brought suits. The court on Saturday sustained...
View ArticleBuried Alive
COLUMBIA, Pa., Sept. 24. Buried alive in a bank of sand was the terrible predicament in which Michael Casey, a laborer, was found here. He was engaged in undermining the bank when the ground fell. He...
View ArticleBoiler Explosion Mack Boyton & Mr. Potter
Clarion Jacksonian, February 4, 1897 reads: Terrible Explosion - Boiler Blows up near Strattanville Yesterday at Noon. Strattanville, Pa., Feb. 3, 1897 - Special to the Jacksonian by J.P.J. - Shortly...
View ArticleEgle's 1876 Penna. History - Columbia County
Columbia County was taken from Northumberland by an act of 22d March, 1813. By the bill organizing the county, the Governor was authorized to appoint the commissioners to select and locate the county...
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