November 18, 1857 WOMAN STARVED TO DEATH IN PROVIDENCE.  – Among the deaths in this city last week, was that of a female in the Sixth Ward, about forty years…

November 11, 1857 We learn from the Carbondale Advance that Mr. Quackenbush, and the widow of the late J. Aitken, have each brought a suit against the township of Providence,…

November 4, 1857 Man Drowned. – Suspicious. – A man named Hugh McCune, the keeper of a boarding house on the line of the Lebanon Valley Railroad, was drowned in…

October 28, 1857 Mr. Christian Lapp, of Lancaster Co., lost a stallion valued at $1,200 on Friday night.  His death was the result of overfeeding.  He was on exhibition at…

October 21, 1857 The murder of Miss Bavor, at Morhsville, while on her way to the Reading Agricultural Fair, creates considerable excitement in that section of the country.  No clue…

October 14, 1857 Married on the 8th inst., by Rev. H. S. Miller, Mr. Anthony Gerhard to Miss Sarah Ellenberger, both of this Borough. Married on the 24th ult., at…

October 7, 1857 Mr. John Klinger, from Juniata county, while attending court in Middlesburg, Pa., was politely informed, on Thursday last, that a neighbor of his had taken advantage of…

September 30, 1857 Married on the 20th inst., by Rev. Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Michael Clark to Mrs. Mary A. Kuhns, both of N. Lebanon borough. Married on the 24th inst.,…

September 23, 1857 There is a widow lady in Philadelphia who has 25 children, all living at home and none of them married. – Not much danger of her re-marrying…

September 16, 1857 On Wednesday afternoon a week, a fatal accident occurred in the neighborhood of Shrewsbury, York county, from that prolific source of disaster – the use of fire-arms. …