History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . ood on the riverbank. Without a newspaj^er, these sign-postswere very important. It was enacted that asign-post be established in each town, on whichnotices of public sales, stray animals taken up,and other notices, should he posted to renderthem legal. Jesse Fell Jesse Fell, whose parents were members ofthe Society of Friends, or Quakers, was bornin Bucks countv, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1751,and died at Wilkes-Barre August 11, his wife and four children he settled inWilkes-Barre in the latter pa
History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . ood on the riverbank. Without a newspaj^er, these sign-postswere very important. It was enacted that asign-post be established in each town, on whichnotices of public sales, stray animals taken up,and other notices, should he posted to renderthem legal. Jesse Fell Jesse Fell, whose parents were members ofthe Society of Friends, or Quakers, was bornin Bucks countv, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1751,and died at Wilkes-Barre August 11, his wife and four children he settled inWilkes-Barre in the latter part of 1785, andfrom 1788 rmtil his death he kept an inn atthe sign of the Buck, at the north-east cor-ner of the present Northampton and Washing-ton streets. For many years after his death thebuilding—then considered modernized—wasknown as the Old Fell House. Jesse Fell was Sheriff of Luzerne county fromOctober, 1789 till January, 1792, when he wasapijointed and commissioned Lieutenant ofcounty to succeed Col. Zebulon Butler. ,In thisoffice he served till April, 1793, when he was. JESSE FELLS INN, VS^ILKES-BARRB Corner of Washington and Northampton Streets (Courtesy of Wyoming- Historical Society) After a short period 7 he Herald of the Timeswas sold to Thomas Wright, and published byJosiah Wright under the name of the Wilkes-Barre Gazette. The first number was datedNov. 29, 1797. 7 he Gazette was a well-editedpaper, size 10x16 inches. It was sustained bvabout 300 subscribers, at $2 per annum. In1801 it ceased to be published. Asher Miner established The Luzerne Fed-eralist, at Wilkes-Barre, Jan. 5, 1801. Thepress on which it was printed was brought fromNorwich, Conn., on a sled, by Charles Minerand S. Howard. In 1809, it was purchased bySteuben Butler and Sidney Tracy. They en-larged the paper in 1811, and changed its nameto The Gleaner. In a few months Mr. Tracywithdrew and was succeeded by Charles Gleaner was discontinued in 1818. commissioned Brigade Inspector
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