Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Mon Oct 15, 1866
ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE OF A PRISONER - The prisoners indicted at the last
sitting of the Grand Jury, were taken Saturday forenoon into Court to plead
to the indictments against them. In re-conveying them to jail, two of them,
Jas. SHOVE and Martin WELCH were handcuffed to each other and placed in
charge of Constable HUBBACHUCK. In Exchange street the officer left his
prisoners to step into a store to purchase some tobacco for them. WELCH
improved the opportunity to slip his cuffs and run away. He was seen by
Jailor ROBB, who was following in the rear of the procession, to jump into
an old cellar near the Rochester House Block, and he there captured him.
SHOVE also started to run but was caught by Constable MILES. A too careful
watch cannot be kept on prisoners when being conveyed from the jail to the
Court.
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DEATH OF PROF. PICKETT - Edwin Judson PICKETT, son of N. A. PICKETT, died
on Saturday afternoon at the residence of his father in this city at the
age of 36 years. His disease was consumption and for five months past he
had been unable to labor. Deceased had resided most of his life in or near
this city. He graduated at the Rochester University eight years since, and
at once entered upon what promised to be a brilliant career in educational
pursuits. In 1864 he was appointed Professor of Natural Sciences in the
People's College at Havana, and remained there till that institution
closed. He then took charge of a collegiate institute at Attica, Ind., and
remained there as long as his health would permit. He was a fine scholar,
and in that branch to which he directed his attention be held a high rank.
All who knew him held him in high esteem, and he died lamented by all his
acquaintances.
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A QUEER CASE - This forenoon a man went into an auction room on the east
side of the river, and while there enquired the prices of several articles
offered for sale - in each instance offering the clerk about half what the
article was worth. Finally he saw a coat worth eight or ten dollars, and
the clerk thinking he would be smart, asked him if he would give a dollar
for it. The man said yes, threw down a dollar, picked up the coat and
walked off. The clerk called him to come back, but the man considering
that he had fairly bought the coat, refused to do so, and the services of
Policeman JOHNSON were invoked. The Police Justice compelled the man to
return the coat and receive back his dollar. There was no larceny in the
case. The man was quite indignant to think that he must give up the coat -
one, according to his notion of thinking, he had fairly purchased.
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Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Sat Oct 20, 1866
SAD ACCIDENT - The Democrat says that a Mrs. GUNTHIER was almost
instantly killed by being thrown from a wagon, just west of Brockport, on
Wednesday evening. Some laborers, among whom was this woman, had been pulling
beans during the day on Mr. MINER's farm, we believe, two miles west of
Brockport. Mr. MINER took his team - a span of colts - to carry these people
to their homes in Brockport. The colts became frightened, ran away, and threw
_ut the whole load, injuring some of the number, and killing Mrs. GUNTHIER.
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MARRIED
At Lima, Oct. 16th, by Rev. L. H. STRYKER, John R. FANSHAWK of New York, to
Miss Mary E. SHADER of Lima.
At the residence of the bride's father, on the 19th, by the Rev. Walter HOLT,
Marvin WILLIAMS and Miss Mary J. DUNN, all of West Henrietta.
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