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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1855
Page
3
The Standard notes daily trains from Aurora. Eastbound departures at 6.20 am 1st train 9.51 am 2nd train 1.37 pm 3rd train 8.54 pm. Westbound departures 7.34 pm 5.00 pm 10.50 am freight.
Local column chronicles heated Sag Nicht and Old Line meetings with Judge Lane and speakers denouncing slavery, Know Nothings, and Abolitionists. It ridicules shifting party stances, attacks Catholic influence, and mocks political ambition, urging voters to seek smarter candidates.
A meeting for forming a neighborhood organization is set for Saturday evening at Odd Fellows Hall. All parties are invited to attend and participate in the gathering.
A Wilmington notice details Mr Harvey's class concert at the Methodist Church with duets trios and solos, praised performers from Manchester ridge and nearby towns, Prof Adams and Prof Hoyt highlighted, plus a note about a counterfeit two dollar bill at the door. Other items praise Wilmingtons prospects and comment on politics and local crime.
Moore's Hill miscellany argues graveyards should be moved from town center to avoid noise and water contamination, urging expansion of the college yard, addressing future town growth, and appealing to public sentiment about propriety, ancestry, and the health of wells. It notes visitors would be shocked to see a large graveyard in town and predicts a shift of burial sites as America modernizes.
The following persons have been elected and installed as officers of Glen Star Lodge J. C. G. T. for the ensuing term: E. M. Bielby W. C., R. S. Bielby W. T. Wm. Cassady W. S., Mary Stevens W. T., America S. Moore W. 1. G., E. W. Burrase W. C. G.
Dr Bowers grows a radish in his garden at nearly half an inch per day now 28 inches in circumference. Exquire McCreary shows a cucumber 134 inches long and still growing. OC recalls Mr D O G Fennel last week disrupting the regular course.
A Dillsborough editorial extols the town on an elevated ridge with strong mechanics, two dry goods stores, rising schools, and plans for a new schoolhouse. It highlights local enterprise, proposes new bakers, notes Joseph Conover’s culled lots, and urges farmers to support local commerce to boost values.
Citizens of Dillsborough and vicinity are informed that G S Wins opens a tin shop and stove depot offering complete stove assortments and tin ware. He buys directly from manufacturers, sells cheaper, warrants all goods, accepts old copper pewter and country produce at cash prices, and invites stock examination. Also new jewelry arrivals by G Williams.
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