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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1855
Page
2
The Standard notes thin editorial week and seeks the Register’s opinion on Dr Collins and the Bank Law. It covers the Crimea fighting, mob action at Parkville against the Industrial Luminary editors, and praises fair weather for daguerreotypes at Ball’s in Cincinnati.
A satirical column from April 22, 1855 dissolves into partisan roasts about the Old Line Democrats in Ohio and Switzerland Counties. It lampoons Judge Holman health and memory, mocks the Fusion Legislature, and explains the push to revive waning support with a "messing" during court. The piece mocks the party, notes distillery and temperance themes, and references Cumbacks and a Free Bank Law of Indiana.
A reader criticizes a judge for misrepresenting an old law authorizing Bloomington University to sue Indiana. The correspondent notes a Supreme Court judgment against the state and alleges the recent appropriation to pay that judgment was urged by Mr. Buskirk and Old Line leaders. The letter ends with a insult about the judge speaking to natives rather than Dutch or Irish.
Marshal Green and Constable Dawson freed a seventeen or eighteen year old girl from relatives in Cambridge City who tried to place her in a Catholic convent in Cincinnati. The teen, an orphan who supported herself, had wages seized by her aunt and uncle, both Catholics. The incident spurred an arrest then escape in a separate assault case, while broader notes cover Connecticut and Rhode Island electoral shifts and a forecast of falling prices as markets expect more grain and potatoes. a curious child’s “National Monument” pyramid project for 1656 is described.
A New Orleans Picayune letter reprints Havana dispatches noting a Havana steamer report on the arrest of John Thompson at Sagua la Grande and the execution of Estrampes. It argues the events were mishandled yet argues restraint, cites El Dorado incident, and urges readers to consider both sides of Cuban affairs.
The Quincy Illinois grand jury refused to indict John Pigg a fourteen year old for killing Pile in a dispute over a woman. Pile died the next day after being shot by the boy who acted when his mother defended her home. Neighbors urged surrender and Pigg did so.
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