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Newspaper

Aurora Commercial

Location

Aurora, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1862

Page

3

Court calendars set which Mondays start sessions

The calendar lists court commencements for various courts. Reuben D. Logan presides in one court with sessions starting on the first Monday in May and first Monday in November. Francis M. Adkinson presides in common pleas with sessions on the second Mondays in February June and October. Commissioners court begins on the first Mondays in March June September and December. Asshel Tyrrel, Francis Buffington, and John Anderegg serve as commissioners.

Reuben D. Logan Common Pleas Francis M. Adkinson Asshel Tyrrel Francis Buffington John Anderegg

Church Directory Listings on Main and Fourth Streets

Directory lists Sabbath services and weekly lectures at multiple churches including Mennonite and Baptist on Main Fourth Street Fifth Street Judiciary and Broadways. Pastors named: Rev A W Freeman Rev W G Ransdell Rev F G Miller Rev John Hardtley Rev Mr Kleine.

F. G. Miller Broadway St John Hardtley Cathouie Market Street Mr. Kleine

Location of Indiana Troops From Dearborn County

A near-complete roster lists Dearborn county units and captains with destinations including Winchester Virginia Washington D C Otterville Missouri Cumberland Maryland Camp Andy Johnson Tennessee Nashville Tennessee Bardstown Kentucky Fort Donelson and other posts. It shows Co I 16th Regt Capt Platter Co G 16th Capt Dennis Co D 3d Ind Cavalry Capt Keister Co A 18th Capt Holman Co K 26th Capt Jumper Co A 7th Capt Ferry Co D 7th Capt Capt Cheek Co D 32d Capt Schwartz Camp Andy Johnson Tenn Co C 32d Capt Giegoldt 37th Regt Col Garlay Co 35th Regt Capt Green Bardstown Ky 52d Railroad Regt Col Smith Fort Donelson.

Dearborn County Co. I Platter Winchester Dennis Ind. Cavalry Keister Washington, D. C Holman Otterville Missouri Ferry Cumberland Cheek Schwartz Andy Johnson Tenn Giegoldt Garlay Nashville, Tenn. Co Green Bardstown Smith Fort Donelson

Extra Copies and Quarterly Subscriptions Notice

Extra copies of the Commercial neatly enveloped ready for mailing can be had at this office. To our city subscribers next week, being the last in this quarter, our carrier will call to collect the quarterly subscription. Those owing for the present and part of the last quarter should settle by April first to square accounts. The lecture by Hon. Henry Walker last Thursday drew a large audience and enthusiastic applause. Messrs T and J W Gaff are receiving a large invoice of goods direct from eastern cities, selling on a cash system with favorable stock.

Henry ‘Walker Lsst Walker T & J. W. Gaff Millstonery Chambers Chambers, Stevens & Co Cobb, Taylor Dean Cobb Hharmless Oscroa St. Joseph Co. Ind C. W. Rosacx Osceola John Hawkins Messrs. Clark Webber Gould T. &J.w.gaff

Wanderer and captive returns to home after long ordeal

An elderly account recounts a soldier’s perilous three month journey from a Confederate raider camp, through capture, escape, and wandering to reach Pittsburg and Cincinnati before returning home. It notes promotions of Dr. Bond and Col. Pattison, and reports on local affairs including a retiring station agent and Soldiers Aid Society progress.

Grafton Whittaker Pittsburg Cincinnati Wright Indianapolis Pattison

Bonds of Cobb and Co. bound to Aurora city

The document binds John Cobb and Oliver P. Cobb of Dearborn County Indiana to the city of Aurora for sixty thousand dollars. It concerns thirty bonds of the city dated 1853 for one thousand dollars each, with stock swap provisions and a 8 percent stock dividend until cash dividends begin. The Cobbs undertake to pay interest, cover liabilities, and secure performance under a mortgage on real estate.

John Cobb Oliver P. Cobb Dearborn Indiana Aurora Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company North River Bank New York City of Olliver P. Cobb John O. P. Cobb Este Oliver. P. Cobb S.28 Cobb Dearborn Co Ind Dearborn County Charles Klingerhoffer James Armstrong Frederick Huckery

Bonds and hospital aid notes from early 1860s Aurora item

A fragment describes bond obligations to Cobb and Co and a voiding clause, then moves to a reader note urging filing paper numbers, a hospital store donation acknowledgment from Louisville dated March 11, 1862, praising eggs and butter for sick soldiers. It mentions Eli Bowman’s death in Indianapolis and a cavalry burial, and notes a land-for-equipment trade ad. Also records Samuel H. McCoy re-elected Superintendent and Dr. William H. Terrill as Physician for the County Asylum at Commissioner Court.

Louisville Storey—Deak P. W. Peay Commissioner’s Court Samuel H. McCoy Wm. H. Terrill Lawrencesburgh

Prices Current in Cincinnati on Tuesday Report

A Cincinnati market roundup lists goods and prices. Butter ranges from 7 9c to 15c for extra, eggs at 8 14c, green apples 3 per barrel, dried peaches 7 8c, flour superfine 425 430, grain Wheat 90 103, corn 35c, oats 27c, rye 55 56c, barley 65 66c spring and 68 70c fall, hay 13 14, potatoes 40 40i, seeds clover 430 435, timothy 196 200, flaxseed 130, tallow 734c.

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