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Marriages.
22d February, John Beeber married to Miss Anna Baker, by H. Spyker, Esquire.
Deaths.
At Lewisburg, January 16, Charles Cameron, father of the late John Cameron, William Cameron, Esquire, General Simon Cam- eron, Mrs. A. B. Warford, of Harrisburg, Mrs. Boggs, of Indiana, Colonel James Cameron, who was killed at Bull Run, and of Daniel, who died in the naval service.
August 23, Reverend Isaac Grier, died at Northumberland. Born 1763; graduated at Dickinson college in 1788 ; licensed December 21, 1791. He taught the academy, and was father of Honorable R. C. Grier, Isaac Grier, D. D., &c.
John Turner, tailor, of Lewisburg. He left a widow, Elizabeth, and daughters, Christena and Matilda.
Jacob Wolfe, of Buffalo, leaving a widow, Catherine, and chil- dren, Catherine, Elizabeth, Jacob, John, Jonathan, and Samuel.
August 29, Adam Laughlin, of Hartley township, aged sixty-six. Wendell Baker, of East Buffalo. Children : John, Jacob, Mrs. Mathias Alsbach. Grandchildren : John and Ann Mizener.
October 14, Paul Collins, of West Buffalo, aged seventy-nine. Adam Struble, of West Buffalo.
1815.
COURTS HELD IN NEW BERLIN-UNION TOWNSHIP ERECTED-ST. PETER'S CHURCH, KELLY-DEATH OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM GRAY, OF BUFFALO.
CT 8th March provided that after the first Monday of May, the courts should be held at New Berlin, in the court-house, provided a full and sufficient deed be made, for the consideration of sixty-seven cents, to the com- missioners, before the first Monday in April, for the court-house and lot. The original receipt for sixty-seven cents may be seen in the commissioner's office, at Lewisburg. 11th March, Washington township annexed to Lycoming .- P. L., 119. April 1, Hugh Mc- Laughlin's land, in Kelly, was sold to John Gotshall for $36 per acre, and the Japhet Martin place, East Buffalo, now Frederick's, appraised at $48. 15th April, Reverend C. Newcomer arrived at Michael Maize's. "On 16th preached at Martin Dreisbach's, 17th at George Miller's, and on the 18th had a long conversation with Messrs. Miller and Niebel on the union of our respective societies, but we could not bring it about."
Union Township Erected.
September sessions, upon the report of Andrew McLenachan, John Hayes, and Adam Wilt, Union township was erected, with the fol- lowing boundary : Beginning at a double walnut, on the West Branch, (below Jenkins' mill,) S. 73º W. 3 miles 100 perches to stones on the top of Shamokin ridge ; along same, S. 75° W. 3 miles Io perches, to chestnut oak ; N. 150 W. I mile 200 perches to top of
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Limestone ridge; S. 75° W. 2 miles 100 perches to line between Buffalo and West Buffalo ; along same, S. 150 perches to head of John Stees' spring ; thence down same and Switzer run to Penn's creek ; down Penn's creek to the line between Buffalo and Penn's ; thence along the same to the river ; thence up the river to the mouth of West Branch ; thence up West Branch to beginning.
St. Peter's Lutheran Church, in Kelly.
On the 4th of November, Christian Zerbe and George Reininger, trustees in the conveyance made by Jacob Lotz, executor of Philip Stahl, granted, permitted, allowed, and confirmed the full right, liberty, and privilege unto the members of the Presbyterian con- gregation (German Reformed) of White Deer township, in common with the members of the Lutheran congregation of, in, and to the aforesaid premises and church, when built, in consideration of the German Reformed congregation contributing to the purchase of the lot and building of the house, &c.
Marriages.
Daniel Shannon with Christena Pross, February 23. March 23, Samuel Strickland with Elizabeth Turner. April 2, Jonathan Ranck with Catherine Long, daughter of Joseph. May 30, Jacob Wehr with Margaret Sassaman. June 25, Jacob Rees and Elizabeth Wil- liamson, in presence of her brother, Gideon. September 3, Elisha Barry with Elizabeth Herbst, daughter of Henry. October 12, George Mook with Julia Fastnock, daughter of Adam. All by Henry Spyker, Esquire.
Deaths.
4th April, Catherine, wife of John Dreisbach, born 11th March, 1785. Married 18th April, 1811. 11th April, Elizabeth, wife of William Wilson, aged fifty-seven. June 27, John Freedly, (miller,) " found this morning lying in a water sluice, in his meadow, dead. George Knox, George Schnable, John Lawshe, senior, George Metzgar, Henry Colway, Philip Lesher, Alexander Graham, George
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Kremer, Robert Smith, Alexander Morton, Jonathan Spyker, and James Knox, a jury empaneled, found he came to his death by acci- dent, and not by violence." (He was the owner of Ludwig Derr's mill.)
Captain William Gray, one of the first settlers in the Valley, died. His children were : Sally, Mrs. Mary Dunlap; Susanna, mar- ried first to William Hudson, after his death, to Andrew Forster ; Eleanor, to John Robinson ; Margaret, to John Hayes, Esquire ; Nancy, widow of Hudson Williams; Jane, widow of William Wal- lace, married to Samuel Hutchinson.
Hugh Mclaughlin, White Deer. He lived, adjoining William Clingan's, owning a farm of seventy acres. His children : James Eleanor, wife of William Cameron, Esquire; Hugh, who recently (1871) died at Lewisburg, and Margaret, who died unmarried.
Japhet Morton, East Buffalo. Children: Edward, William, John, Alexander, Isabella, married to Thomas McGuire, and Rachel and four grandchildren, sons of Thomas, deceased: Martha, Betsey, Polly, and Japhet.
November 1, Christian Nevius, aged fifty-six. He left a widow, Lucretia, who died January 19, 1841, aged seventy-five. Children : Peter, John, Ann, Ralph, Aaron, Elizabeth, Phoebe, and Sarah.
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1816.
HENRY SHAUP'S NEWSPAPER-SUSQUEHANNA BIBLE SOCIETY FORMED - LEWISBURG BRIDGE BUILT-A NEW CHURCH AT CROSS-ROADS-PRES- IDENTIAL ELECTION-SIMON SNYDER'S LETTER TO GEORGE KREMER- JUDGE COOPER TRANSFERED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
TEMS taken from Henry Shaup's Union Newspaper- Markets in Philadelphia : wheat, $2.20 ; rye, $1.45 ; corn, $1.50 ; butter, 14 cents pound.
Proposals are published by Frederick Gutelius, James Dale, and John Bower, county commissioners, for building the jail. Israel Inman was the principal store-keeper in New Berlin. George Spring notifies all persons having lots in the town of Springfield, to come forward on the Ist of April, and lift their deeds or give up their tickets. James Merrill, practicing law at Mr. Maurer's, op- posite the New Berlin hotel. William Poak kept hotel at Hartle- ton. John Grove's vendue at New Berlin. James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins nominated for President and Vice President, by the Republican members of Congress. Simon Snyder had thirty votes in caucus for Vice President. Aaron Chamberlin elected col- onel, vice George Weirick, resigned. Philip Franck, watch-maker, New Berlin. George Eisenhuth, merchant. William Dale and John Leany, executors of Samuel Fisher, of White Deer, advertise his land on White Deer creek for sale. A public market held in New Berlin on the 20th of June, continuing three days, for the purpose of selling horses, horned cattle. "Here the weary peddler was in- vited to repose a few days, with his pack, and at the same time vend jewelry to his advantage ; the lovers of music and dancing, to spend the careless hours in pleasure. Boxers and gamblers are not invited,
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but may attend at their own risk." A bear beat is also advertised as one of the attractions. An association formed to suppress horse- racing, Abbot Green, treasurer. John Sargeant and Robert Smith were brought before Henry Spyker, Esquire, who fined them $20 each. He notes in his docket that "the judges of Union county say this is wrong, and have reversed my proceeding. After this, the judges may fine the horse-racers themselves."
July 23, Ann Smith, alias Carson, arrested above Harrisburg, with two companions, who called themselves Owen Jones and Na- thaniel B. Bard. She had formed plains to abduct the Governor, and extort by violence a pardon of Richard Smith, convicted of the murder of Captain Carson, or, failing in this, to seize some member of his family.
Susquehanna Bible Society formed at Milton, John B. Patterson, president; vice presidents, Reverend Thomas Hood and Judge An- drew Albright. Shaup thus notices the denise of the The Advocate of the Union, Hugh Maxwell's paper : "Union county has lost an Advocate, Saturday, 27th September, after a lingering illness of one year and seven months. The remains, we understand, have been removed to Bellefonte."
August 24. Adam Wilt made a plan of New Berlin, showing the original as laid out by George Long, and the additions made by Christopher Seebold, Christian Miller, Henry Gross, Alexander and James Beatty. This plan was signed by the lot owners of New Berlin, and recorded as the proper plan of the place. Deed book " C, " page 198.
Improvements.
15th March, supplement to the Lewisburg bridge charter passed, authorizing the Governor to subscribe four hundred shares for the State. June 19, the company organized. July 4, contract made with Reuben Fields for the erection of the bridge for $52,600. $2,400 was afterwards allowed, in addition to the contract price. The jail at New Berlin was erected this year by Frederick Hipple, of Centre township. Contract price, $4,000. The stone furnished by Henry Gross, at twelve and a half cents per perch, measured in the wall. 23d February, Buffalo Cross-Roads congregation met, William Clingan called to the chair, James McClellan, secretary,
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and resolved to build a stone meeting-house, sixty by thirty-five. The trustees altered it to fifty-two by forty ; four rows of seats, and pulpit in the end. Jacob Hartman contracted to do all the carpen- ter work and painting for $625. William McLaughlin to do the mason work at seventy-five cents per perch. This stone church stood within the limits of the present grave-yard, north-west corner. 'The corner-stone was laid on the 23d day of July. It was com- pleted by the 29th of December, when Mr. Dunham preached the first sermon in the new church, from Nehemiah, iv: 6: " For the people had a mind to build." 19th March, 1817, Mr. Hood preached the first sermon in the new pulpit. Text, John, vi : 38 and 39, showing the reasonableness of the doctrine of predestina- tion. 27th April, Peter Burg conveyed to Conrad Philips and John Walters, a lot on Walnut street and Apple Tree alley, in New Berlin, for a grave-yard for the use of the Union County Evangelical Asso- ciation.
At the October election, the candidates for Congress were George Kremer, William Wilson, David Scott, Charles Maus, and Captain William F. Buyers. William Wilson and David Scott were elected. At this election, one thousand six hundred and twelve votes were polled. Democratic majority nearly seven hundred and fifty. At the November election, Monroe and Tompkins received six hundred and one votes, against one hundred and two for the opposition or Independent Republican ticket, on which were the the names of Andrew Gregg, Christian Brobst, Daniel Montgomery, and others, as electors.
October 11, Reverend C. Newcomer arrived again in the Valley ; preached at old Mr. Eyers'. 12th, at Mr. Dreisbach. Sunday, 13th, had meeting in the forenoon and at night. 14th, conference of the Albright brethren commenced. 15th, attended a funeral at Mr. Gilmore's; at night preached at Solomon Betz's. 16th, preached at Youngmanstown and lodged at Mr. Corl's. Mail arrives at New Berlin once a week.
Extracts from a letter from Governor Snyder to George Kremer, 24th November : " I should like much to see you pitted against that arch fiend, Lieb, in the House of Representatives ; but unless Brobst resigns, I cannot see how the Speaker could constitutionally issue a writ for the election of another. A writ of lunacy could be awarded
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by the court of Union county, and thereupon a writ might issue for a new election. The people might memorialize the House, that, through mental derangement, the act of God, one of their Repre- sentatives is disqualified to represent the wisdom of the county. This, accompanied by certificates from regular-bred physicians- Doctors Dougal, Vanvalzah, &c .- would undoubtedly bring the ques_ tion fairly before the House, and a precedent established in his case, if there is not one already, in this country or in England. But, if he has any interval of sanity, this might be embraced to procure his resignation. Thus all difficulty would be removed, and make room for your election, which, I suppose, would be certain, if the Longs- town interest does not oppose you. Whatever may be done, it will be all-important to keep out of view his having been mad before his election, or that the people were so who elected him."
The letter refers to Jacob Brobst, who became insane. He lived just above Mifflinburg, where he died. The path the poor old man tramped in his fearful spells and struggles was visible many years after his death.
December 6. Judge Thomas Cooper, late professor at Dickinson College, Carlisle, was elected professor in the University of Penn- sylvania.
Marriages.
17th January, Daniel Shriner with Catherine Funston, daughter of William. June 6, John Hayes with Jane McFadden, daughter of John. June 23, Titus Kemp with Betsey Huntingdon, in pres- ence of her cousin, Gabriel. Eo die, William Francis, widower, with Catherine Gettig, widow. November 7, Henry Moyer with Polly Strickland. December 19, John Walters with Susanna Moyer, daughter of John, in presence of her brother, Peter. December 31, by Reverend J. H. Fries, Jacob Strayer to Rachel Harmony, of New Berlin. In August, John Johnston, (painter,) of New Berlin, to Elizabeth Kress, by H. Yearick, Esquire.
Deaths.
9th March, Mrs. Elizabeth Weirick, wife of Colonel George Wei- rick, aged thirty-six.
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Peter Bower, East Buffalo, aged sixty-eight.
Killian Dunkle, East Buffalo.
John Hoover, of West Buffalo. Children : George, Jacob, Ann, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Susan, and Christena.
Philip Gebhart. Widow: Mary. Children : Jonathan, George, John, Henry, Michael, Elizabeth, Sally, and Mary.
Daniel Rees, of Buffalo, left widow, Catherine, and children, Catherine and George W.
October 15, Thomas Sutherland, father of Mrs. Doctor Thomas Vanvalzah, aged eighty-four. (His widow, Jane, died July 9, 1819, aged eighty-two.)
1817.
POLITICAL-ELECTION RETURNS-LEWISBURG BRIDGE-HENRY SPYKER, ESQUIRE-COLONEL WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN.
OHN SNYDER, United States Collector Internal Rev- enue. Postmasters : Lewisburg, A. Graham ; New Ber- lin, James Merrill ; Mifflinburg, John Orwig ; Hartle- ton, James Madden. Republican Standing Committee, Henry Yearick, James Geddes, and P. F. Deering. 19th February, Democratic Republican Convention held at New Berlin. John Gross, president ; Henry Yearick, secretary. Ner Middleswarth and James Dale appointed delegates to the State Convention, and William Findlay, of Franklin, recommended for Governor. 4th March, William Findlay nominated at Harrisburg, and Joseph Hiester by the Independent Republicans, at Carlisle. June 19, Stephen Hughes, chairman, John Mauck and Lewis Bertram secre- taries of the Hiester meeting, held at the house of John Solomon, in New Berlin. July 12, Findlay meeting held at New Berlin ; John Wilson, president ; James Geddes and Christopher Seebold secretaries. Vigilance committees : Hartley, Adam Wilt and Henry
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Roush ; West Buffalo, Michael Schoch, John Dreisbach, Christo- pher Johnston, John Ray, and Robert Forster ; East Buffalo, James Dale, John Reber, Andrew Reedy, and George Knox ; White Deer, Colonel Aaron Chamberlin, A. McClenachan, Major John Ranck, and Dan Caldwell ; Union, Alexander Boveard, Michael Waggoner, Jacob Kline, and William Kessler. 10th September, convention at New Berlin ; John Orwig, chairman; Isaac Mertz, secretary. Jo- seph Hiester nominated for Governor. Assembly, Fred Stees and Joseph Stillwell ; commissioner, Mishael Lincoln ; auditor, Samuel Baum. Delegates: Union, George Eisenhuth ; Hartley, Abbot Green and William Reed; West Buffalo, John Orwig and Daniel Reeser ; East Buffalo, Christian Sterner and William Hayes. 20th September, General Adam Light nominated by the Independents for Congress.
ELECTION RETURNS.
GOV'NR. CONG'SS.
ASSEMBLY.
COMM'R.
DISTRICTS.
J. Hiester.
W. Findlay.
A. Light.
J. Murray.
F. Stees.
J. Stilwell.
J. Ray.
N. Middleswarth.
M. Lincoln.
A. McClenachan.
Union,
192
145
192
141
167
184
165
152
134
141
East Buffalo,
116
222
96
229
102
98
236
228
111
219
West Buffalo,
173
115
173
114
173
167
123
116
172
113
White Deer,
45
200
23
218
43
43
202
201
37
204
Hartley, .
103
108
99
111
101
87
110
113
102
109
Beaver,
17 L
70
71
162
159
79
79
167
68
Centre,
204
35
3
232
192
186
47
46
104
35
Perry,
92
39
48
48
70
67
59
68
87
45
Freeburg,
163
49
156
55
157
157
51
53
160
50
Penn's,
248
35
182
49
238
242
44
40
246
33
Total,
1507 1018
972 1268 1405
1390 1116 1096
1320 1011
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February 6, prices in Philadelphia : Wheat, $3 per bushel ; rye, $1.60 ; corn, $1.70. February 13, Methodist church, at New Ber- lin, dedicated. A great assemblage of people. Over two hundred sleds and sleighs. March 13, ice broke on the river, and obstructed the stages. 9th August, Limestone Run bridge, in the town of Mil-
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ton, swept out, with large portions of the road, by a sudden freshet in that stream.
Lewisburg Bridge.
November 1, superstructure up, and teams cross the Lewisburg bridge. James Lee, the old tavern-keeper, at Northumberland, in a suit, Burr vs. McCay, 6 Barr, 149, about the " Burr bridge patent," testified to the following facts, in regard to the building of this bridge and others on the Susquehanna :
" In May, 1816, Theodore Burr was at my house, in Northum- berland, and I asked him whether he proposed attending the letting of the Lewisburg bridge. He said he had enough bridges on hand, and recommended Reuben Fields as a first-rate builder, who worked with him on the Harrisburg bridge. I went to Harrisburg, got an introduction to Mr. Fields, who came to Lewisburg the week fol- lowing, to look at the points for material, contiguous to the site. A few days before the letting, he brought up a plan and draft for the bridge. Theodore Burr advised Fields and myself to build on that plan. We presented the plan to the company on the 3d of July, 1816, together with our proposals. The day following, Mr. Hep- burn drew the contract between the Lewisburg Bridge Company, Fields, and myself, and on the 7th we commenced excavating the foundation for stone-work. In September we had got up two piers, and the two abutments half way. Mr. Fields came up that fall, and commenced the wood-work. Early the next spring one of the reaches was up, and another part raised on the east side," &c.
Theodore Burr commenced building the Northumberland bridge in 1812. Finished it in two years. In 1814 he commenced the Har- risburg bridge, and finished it in two or three years.
Marriages.
February 20, by Henry Spyker, Esquire, Peter Long to Sarah, daughter of Jacob Moore. June 19, by Reverend J. H. Fries, Samuel Roush, Esquire, to Miss Elizabeth Dunkle. September 9, by Rev- erend Peter Kessler, Jacob Alter to Miss Ann Kessler. October 24, George Mitchel to Eliza Anderson. May 22, by Reverend John Patterson, Andrew McBeth to Ann Linn.
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Deaths.
February 6, Enoch Smith, Esquire, attorney-at-law, Sunbury, Pennsylvania. February 19, Flavel Roan, Esquire, born July 31, 1760. Son of the Reverend John Roan, and brother of Mrs. Clingan. He was buried in the Presbyterian grave-yard, at Lewisburg, near the pavement, a little east of the present church. The grave being unmarked, it was lost sight of when the church was built. March 17, Elizabeth, wife of Reverend J. G. Heim, born April 17, 1776. April 17, Elias Youngman, born August 15, 1738. Married, January II, 1763, to Catherine Nagle. His children were : George, father of Elias, of Jersey Shore ; Thomas, who died, (Thomas' widow married Robert Forster,) and Catherine, married to John Dreisbach. Elias Youngman was a hatter, in Sunbury, in 1775. Moved into the Val- ley in 1783. April 27, Jacob Dunkle, who bought the Heberling mill at sheriff's sale, as the property of Captain John Bergstresser, was killed near Bear Gap, as he was coming home with the team from Philadelphia. His horses ran off, and the wagon wheels passed over his head, killing him instantly. He was the grandfather of Charles C., of Lewisburg. He left a family of seven sons and five daughters. He was married, November 24, 1789, to Ann C. Shoemaker.
July 1, Henry Spyker, Esquire. His children were : Mrs. Alex- ander Graham, Jonathan Spyker, &c. He was a son of Peter Spy- ker, who was president of the courts of Berks county in 1780. The Spykers, Christs, Kadermans, &c., came over with Conrad Weiser to New York, in 1710, from a place called Herrenburg, in Wurtemberg, Germany. In 1729, they all removed together to Tulpehocken, where Henry Spyker was born, 29th August, 1753. He was adju- tant, in 1776, of a militia regiment on duty at Amboy, New Jersey, where he heard the thunder of the battle on the 25th, 26th, and 27th. His manuscript journal is yet in the possession of his grand- daughter, Mary Spyker, at Lewisburg, together with many valua- ble papers, a complete file of almanacs from 1756 down. He was paymaster of the militia from October 1, 1777, to July 27, 1785, during which he disbursed £122,847 75. 6d., and accounted satis- factorily for every cent. He was afterwards member of Assembly for Berks, 1788-90. In 1797, when Jonathan was twelve years old, just the age of Lewisburg, he removed to Lewisburg, where he en-
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gaged in store-keeping for a few years ; was then appointed a justice, which office he exercised until within a few days of his death. He used to tell of two Germans of the Valley, who came to his office to make some sale, and have a note written, and when through, the party who was to have the note told the other to keep it, and he could then know when it was due, and come and pay him.
August 21, Colonel William Chamberlin. He came from Hun- terdon county, New Jersey, where he was born, September 25, 1736. He served as lieutenant colonel in second regiment, Colonel David Chambers, his commission bearing date 9th September, 1777, in November of which year, by order of Governor Livingston, he was directed to call on Messrs. Penn and Chew, at the Union iron- works, to conduct them to Worcester, Massachusetts, and deliver them to the Council of that State. He was also directed to purchase, in Connecticut or Massachusetts Bay, twenty thousand flints for the Council of New Jersey. He participated in the battle of Mon- mouth, 28th June, 1778, where his eldest son Lewis was killed by a cannon ball. He moved into our Valley in 1793, and on the 16th of August, 1794, married his fourth wife, Mary Kemble. He was the father of twenty-three children, fifteen of whom were born in New Jersey. Of his children, Nelly married John Lawshe, senior ; Ann, John Ross; Lucretia, Christian Nevius ; William, Enoch, Tenbrooke; Sarah, married to James Wilson; Uriah ; Elizabeth, married to William McCreery; Aaron, came with him. His fourth wife's children were: John, James, Lewis, Mary Frances, married to John Linn; Joseph P., James D., and Moses, the latter still resid- ing at Milton.
James Marshall, of White Deer.
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DELAWARES AND SHAWANESE REMOVE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
ILLIAM FINDLAY, Governor.
February 8, prices current in Philadelphia : flour, $10 per barrel ; wheat, $1 80; rye, 95 cents. 9th, the first toll was taken on the Lewisburg bridge. On the 5th and 6th of May, David Yoder had the town of New Columbia surveyed and laid out in streets and lots. During this summer, the Christian chapel, a frame building on Fourth street, between St. John and St. Anthony, in Lewisburg, was erected.
I note, September 17, the treaty by which the Delawares and Shawanese cede their lands in Ohio and Indiana, and agree to take locations on the Arkansas river. The Delawares resided principally on Stony creek, a branch of the Maumee; the Shawanese on the Auglaize river, where it empties into the Maumee, in north-western Ohio.
The election this fall did not manifest any material change in the political situation of the State. Ex-Governor Simon Snyder was elected Senator from Northumberland, Union, &c., without any opposition.
Marriages.
Among marriages are : February 24, James Dale to Eliza Bell, of Hanover, Dauphin county. June 11, John Snyder, Esquire, to Miss Mary Kittera, daughter of late Honorable John Wilkes Kit- tera, deceased. November 4, Lieutenant R. H. Hammond, fifth U. S. infantry, to Miss Eliza C. Gloninger, of Lebanon.
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Deaths.
Among deaths: March 30, Christopher Weiser, East Buffalo, aged sixty-one. May 25, Sarah Barber, wife of Robert, aged sixty-five.
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