Birthdays

Cyrus Irving Ditty
Turns 20 on this date

Mary Eunice Harlan
Turns 13 on this date

Hiram McCullough
Turns 46 on this date

Isaac Mendenhall
Turns 53 on this date

Dwight Dwight Townsend
Turns 33 on this date

Wilbur Fisk Townsend
Turns 20 on this date

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees
Turns 32 on this date

John T. Wilkins
Turns 39 on this date
Events
Business/Industry | Striking miners attack "blackleg" workers in the Pittsburgh coalfields | 09/26/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Is a Bowling Alley a Nuisance?,” September 26, 1859 | 09/26/1859 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “The Fourth Ward Reading-Room,” September 26, 1859 | 09/26/1859 |