A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > New York > New York http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=708 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=44676 Submitted by: SandyGen Article Title: New York Daily Times Article Date: December 12 1851 Article Description: Odds and Ends Article Text: Thursday nite a fire broke out in the brass foundary of Mr. Hare and Mr. Pugh at 264 W. 13th Street. Also in the building were: George Dean, a painter Henry Francis, a machinist Mary Wilson, keeper of a small store ********************************************* Danidl Mullen was seen entering a boot and shoe store. ******************************* Divorce granted Henry E. Rhodes and Caroline Rhodes. ****************************************** James Rodgers, a receiver sentenced to the Penitentiary for six months ****************************8 George C. Tompkins sentenced to the Island for six months ****************************** John Donovan Sentenced to the State prison for two years. ******************************** Catherine Wallace was found not guilty of stealing $40 from Lyman Eastman of 117 Roosevelt Street. ************************************ Willliam Dowd sentenced to 3 years and 6 months hard labor in the Sing Sing prison. ************************************* william Pool lived at 7 Chamers Street. *************************************** Wednesday Morning Dec 10, 1851, Mrs Dobbs living at 13th Street died. ************************************ Dec 11, 1851, Ann A. Lowrey wa hit by a carriage. ******************************************* Dec 11, 1851, John Willis got dizzy fell off his carriage and in ciritcal condition at hospital. ***************************************** Philadelphia, Pa., Thursday Dec 11, 1851, Castner Hannaway acquitted today of the charge of treason. ************************************ Philadelphia, Pa, Thursday Dec 11, 1851,Frederick Hartman charged with the manslaughter of Matthew Findless found guilty. *********************************** Williamsburg Murder case. James Farmer brought to the city from Connecticut as an accessory beore and after the fact to the Williamsburg murders. It is alleged that he was knowing to Reily's intention of committing the murder of his wife and Mother in Law Mrs Golding. and went with him to purchase the knife and was in the house at the time of the tragedy, and immediately thereafter fled to Connecticut where he ws arrested lst Thursday, at Gayler's Bridge in Litchfield County. James Farmer is about age 20 and has until his flight been a clerk in Williamsburg. ****************************************** Contempt of Court, Saturdaay J.S. Faucher was examined on stealing from James Libby in Fulton Street. ********************************* Michael Souerman, a German, blew out his brains,at Jamaica. He was in the empoy of Mr E.W. Halsey ************************************ Mr Swiss broke his neck by flling from a barn belonging to Mr John Hayes on the Williiamsburg Turnpike a few days ago. ************************************ Joohn Gallagher assaulted James Fitzsimmons with a sling shot. ************************************ James Mulhern tried and convicted of being a common drunkard. ********************************* Charles Brown 3 months imprisonment for stealling clothing from John Parker. ******************************** John Nugent fined ten dollars for being concerned in the case of charles Brown and John Parker. ************************************** Colonel Daniel Kilgore, formerly a member of Congress form the state of Ohio died on Friday evening at Butt's hotel in Murray Street where he has been sick for the last ten days. Cause of death inflamation of the lungs. ********************************8 Miss Catherine Elmer of 33 Laurens Street, left her house jumped into the water and tried to drown herself. ********************************* Saturday nite Peter McKineny a resident of Williamsburg almost drowned in the East River. ********************************************* Saturday nite a fire broke out in a stable situated at 43 Gold Street belonging to Mr s. Thompson and Nephew. *************************************** Hoboken, New Jersey, Friday morning a number of workmen excavating a foundation in Washington Street, ear 5th street. Part of the earh overhead gave way, burying three Irish laorers: Michael Connolly died James McKall broken thigh patrick reynolds dislocation of the shoulder. Michael Connolly is age 21 and leaves a wlife and family. All the men were employed of Mr. Thomas Gibeler, of Hoboken, New Jersey. ************************************** Peter Mack arrested charged with stealing seven dollard from Caroline Smith. Next day he tries to hang himself in his cell. **********************************8 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com