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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1858
Page
3
The report notes persistent rainfall across a four part week with a sunny Wednesday morning brief. frost after, then more rain from Sunday evening through Tuesday. Roads are described as nearly impassable due to the wet conditions and lingering weather.
A woman, Eleanor Vandyke, wife of Jacob Vandyke, hanged herself with cotton yarn in a barn on the railroad east of town, after months of mental illness. She leaves a husband and six children. the incident follows a recent pattern of distress and prior mistaken suicidography.
Fragmentary notice reflects on death and mourning in a February 1845 issue. It quotes lines about the bier and contemplates public sorrow, while advertising a family newspaper, health guides, and local publishing entries amid talk of a proposed bridge across the Olio river and a distant press satire.
Several weeks after a hardware store burglary at Bartletts property worth over two hundred pen knives was hidden beneath a barn floor in the village. The goods were badly damaged and appeared to have been concealed only recently. No clue to the burglars has been uncovered.
The article lists four solar eclipses in 1859 with partial visibility and times, two lunar eclipses with one total and one not visible, and notes on astronomical commentary. It also recounts sewing machine sales, Prof. Allyn’s lecture in Pomeroy, a cold-water therapy experiment, a murder correction, and wealth comparisons among Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore.
A morning altercation on Pennsylvania Avenue involved Congressmen English and Montgomery. English greeted Montgomery. Montgomery refused the handshake and insulted English. English struck with a cane, breaking it and knocking Montgomery into the gutter. Montgomery retaliated with a brick, injuring English’s leg but causing no serious harm. English claimed he was unarmed and unaware of any ill will.
The Secretary of the Treasury invites proposals to be read by January 24 for a 19 million dollar loan under the June act. Treasury balance stands at 4.641 million with weekly changes of 1.516 million drafts paid 2.562 million, an increase of 547 thousand from the last report. Prominent Mexicans hold a consultation on occupation plans for Chihuahua and Sonora as Gen Treas and Admiral Zerman depart for Mexico. A pension bill caucus is planned for soldiers of the war of 1812 with aims to advance its passage. Gen Scott receives a military reception in the city and secures accommodations for officials. Gen Scott expresses thanks for the honor.
An explosion at the Belchers sugar refinery in St Louis on December 15 shattered the structure and killed four people with seven others injured, some fatally. A feather felled by the blast weighed over 6,000 pounds and landed on the roof of a nearby seven story basin building.
In Utah and Colorado regions the mail party from Salt Lake City to the 20th is late after a severe blizzard. They crossed icy streams and endured hunger and cold for eighteen miles, with a party murdered and robbed along the Big Blue. Five witnesses joined at Echo Canyon as they pressed toward the Platte.
Jury finds Ale libone and Newhall not guilty of conspiring to defraud Bank of Pennsylvania creditors. Court room crowded as brief speeches by Messia Wharton Russell Carroll and Brewster concluded. District Attorney Longhead says evidence did not support a verdict and withdraws prosecution. New York dispatch notes Swan’s Georgia Lotteries tied warrants arrests and a requisition to Augusta for Swan.
A dated Athens market summary notes prices and demand across commodities. Flour and whiskey hold firm with solid sales. hogs mid range. provisions show active futures and February deliveries. lard scarce. groceries like molasses coffee and oats cited with steady to rising prices. dried fruit including apples and peaches traded in measurable quantities.
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