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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1853
Page
2
The Aurora Standard notes editor B. J. Kilner and M. R. Slater depart as proprietors amid gratitude to patrons. It reflects on Washington’s memory with praise and urges vigilance to protect republican institutions, urging that war hero fame should not threaten liberty.
The steamer Zachary Taylor exploded its boilers near Taylorsville during an upriver trip. Three were killed, four missing, ten injured, and about forty hogs were thrown overboard. The Queen descended to the scene as wounded were cared for and authorities assessed responsibility.
A note from Aurora dated December 22 1853 thanks generous donors after a recent meeting. It praises benevolent citizens including Sisters of the Baptist Church and expresses hope for moral and spiritual progress through their support. An unrelated remark about Gov Wright and a flax specimen is noted from a Cincinnati to Indianapolis journey.
A Christmas appeal urges readers to ease hardship for the needy with gifts and aid, calling wealth to share and relieve widows, children, and the destitute. Aurora meeting notes report strong local support for a Hartford and Aurora Turnpike project with stock subscriptions and speeches backing construction.
The Cincinnati to Jeffersonville segment of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad is nearing completion in January. Once connected, a rapid 6 hour ride to Louisville will be possible, with quicker trips to Madison and Indianapolis via the new lines. The project promises a major boost to regional trade, with multiple river packets and onward rail connections already in place.
Telegraphic dispatch notes Austrian cabinet support for Servian declaration while the Porte threatens to move troops through Servia. Bucharest reports Russian forces poised for offensive. Times discusses Kalefat to Krajova advance and Danube activity signaling the Walachian campaign start. Bosnian Albanian Catholics form a free corps to join Ottoman forces. Greek refugees’ descendants form a Cossack corps in Constantinople. France and England negotiate a convention for joint East intervention. English squadron enters the Black Sea. Russia calls it war.
A serious riot erupted at Lasalle among Central Railroad laborers over wage cuts. Contractor Albert Story was shot dead in his office as rioters looted, and Mrs Story was targeted but escaped. Sheriff reports include Dunn firing on laborers and fatalities among both sides. Thirty rioters arrested with Story’s body mutilated.
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