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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1837
Page
3
An 1837 New Boston illinois letter notes local ambitions for a railroad from Alton to Mt. Sterling through the county seat and a potential Ohio route. It also covers mail irregularities, distant towns, and a long set of international items from Ireland and Paris. The brief report closes with revival notes from Sanpy Bay and surrounding areas.
The narrative recalls a divided Senate and House siting over anti slavery petitions and a January House resolution to table all slavery related papers. Both bodies debated constitutional rights, petitioning power, and district abolition, while religious notices and a modern fire in Buffalo frame broader civic concerns.
The narrative blends a Rock River settlement chronicle with a traveling family on a railcar and cautions against tight lacing. It surveys reports from Africa and Europe, including slave trade, Versailles lore, Tunis massacres, ship fires, naval counts, and a cascade of curiosities amid mid century events.
The London deaths for the year ending December 1836 reach 18,229 with consumption the leading killer at 3538 deaths, followed by old age at 2320. The New York Gazette notes 1000 idle boys ages 12 to 16 roaming streets daily. Charlotte Harrison, 17, dies in Warwick gaol while awaiting murder trial. she insists the infant was not killed by her. The French expedition against Constantine in Africa has been shelved for now.
In this place on Monday evening April 3 Mrs N Jormay wife of E H Jordan after a long illness manifested resignation to her Savior with calmness and serenity attributed to her faith according to the Charles Clarion.
The ladies of Alton announce a two day sale on April 26 and 27 offering ornamental and useful articles with refreshments. Articles remaining after the 27th will be auctioned. Proceeds go to the Episcopal Church. Cat. Riley provides the Second street hall for the event opening at two o'clock each day.
Contractors invited to bid on ditch digging for a culvert on Piasa Street Alton with four sections totaling about 1480 to 388 feet. Proposals due April 27 for sections one three and 20th May for timber timbers and street grading plans available from George Kimball and E B Perkins in 1837.
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