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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1837
Page
3
A long critical piece warns youth against evil companions. It argues social ties increase knowledge of vice, deter withdrawal, and complicate reintegration after sin. It cites examples from native and civilized societies, prisons, and religious doubt to emphasize prevention over cure and the difficulty of returning to virtue.
The piece notes a virulent influenza outbreak in Europe including London and Glasgow with high mortality, plus spread to Stockholm and Berlin. It mentions Allied tensions with Russia over maritime actions and the Vixen incident, along with emigration figures from Bremen and military movements in Spain and Tripoli.
Messages from missionaries in 1837 recount trials against anti missionary circles in Missouri and praise for converts. Reports note baptisms and conversions, tract distributions in New York and other regions, and a 1636 installation of Professor Monod in Montaubon with public ceremony.
Professor Meinecke of Halle proposes luminous tubes with periodic metallic plates to generate electric sparks for lighting streets and houses. He has produced constant moonlike light in a two foot apparatus and believes hydrogen-filled tubes could scale the effect for larger use.
Extracts describe mail routes and speeds in Illinois. Carthage letters dated January 15, 1837 report about ten miles per day. Monmouth March 1, 1887 notes busiest day with a four weeks load arriving by mail.
Among the few public acts passed at the late session of Congress the measure to amend the judiciary places Illinois Ohio Indiana and Michigan in the seventh circuit and Kentucky Tennessee and Missouri in the eighth. Judge Catron likely assigned to this district.
The Texian independence recognition is reported as having occurred Friday night when President Jackson called in Colonel Wharton and officially recognized him as minister. The Senate had passed the resolution and an appropriation for a minister at large, with Mr Grange of Louisiana named as Charge to Texas. Wharton and Hunt joined the diplomatic corps at the new president’s inauguration.
Items report Blair and Rives of the Globe elected printers to the Senate over Gales and Seaton of the Intelligencer. Peyton claims Osceola’s wife was abducted as a runaway slave and he killed Indian agent Thompson, sparking war. New York considers disposing of unclaimed baggage in steamboat and stage offices. Unclaimed trunks fill New York Utica and Buffalo lofts for fifteen years. A coal bed is found on the Hudson at Haverstraw. Astor plans a grand hotel at Green Bay. Constantinople plague claims ten thousand in one week. A remedy for hopping cough is given with seed and licorice steeped in water then molasses. A Madison County ox sells for over two thousand dollars, with 500-lb quarters. Larned at Lima concludes a treaty with Santa Cruz. Dallas County’s William P. Molet donates thirty thousand dollars for education. The Washington Telegraph is discontinued, to be replaced by The Reformer. Sun also ends with a new weekly. City merchants pledge not to sell Sunday morning goods. Trois Pistoles reports twelve hundred people in starvation.
LAWSON A. PARKS of Charlotte editor and proprietor of the Alton Telegraph married Miss MARGARET, youngest daughter of Mr. Ricuanv A. Surrey, formerly of Baltimore. The printers praised the cake and sent best wishes. Also on Jan 3, Henry Deantey, Missionary to the Wea Station, wed Miss Sarah W Doverass of Beaver County, Pa.
In Perry county Missouri on February 9 Mrs Racuzx Wilson wife of Robert Wilson died. A Presbyterian church member at Brazeau she leaves mourning friends and relatives who hope in Christ. Her death brings spiritual gain and the soul begins a journey to glory among angels in the kingdom of love.
A Sabbath evening gathering of temperance supporters is scheduled at the Presbyterian church. Mr Hewringcton will deliver the address. All friends of the cause are invited to attend.
Public notices advertise lots for sale in Bloomington Wisconsin Territory on May 8 and 9 with two day schedule. Prominent features include Bloomington’s riverfront landing, proximity to Muscatine county, and calls for carpenters and masons to settle the new town. Additional notices announce administration for William B. Amos estate and general merchandise ads including clothing and footwear offers.
The document outlines payment terms of one to four cash, one to four in six months, fourteen in one year, and one to four in two years with two percent interest. A bond will be given for a deed until all payments are completed.
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