24 Jun 1858
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Newspaper
Bellevue Gazette
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1858
Page
1
A poetic meditation asks waves to recount coral cells hidden wells and wonders under the sea. It honors missing crews and sailors lost beneath icy and leaden air, recalling past wrecks and the deep quiet of soon-forgotten voyages.
Readers’ letters recount the transformation of a notorious prizefighter and trainer, praising muscular vigor and preaching rebirth. The piece also blends notes on Barnum’s opera plans, Texas and Florida crops, and political reminiscences with a satirical tone.
A reflective poem portrays street life lessons through vivid scenes of beggars students a fallen girl and a pale corpse. It frames life as a rushing river where souls seek meaning amid hardship and death. Each stanza links outward spectacle with inner loss and moral reflection.
Barry Cornwall describes a lady dying in a perfumed room and a child who grows into a man who rises to a lofty place. The cycle ends with spring, a green grave, and the boy seen nearby as a symbol of enduring memory.
John Frink Esq. died at 64 in Chicago after paralysis. He leaves a wife and five children. A prominent contractor, Frink owned many Illinois Indiana Missouri Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and Iowa stage lines and built a vast fortune. He had lived in Chicago 25 years.
A school principal sent parents circulars authorizing corporal punishment. A sample reply praises flogging and jokes about family ties. The note notes the Arizona territory measures 640 by 50 miles.
On Saturday last a lady and gentleman walked down Edmond Street when the woman tried to keep to the curb and slipped into a mud hole. She fell face and hands first while her companion laughed, then helped her to rise after the mishap reported by the St. Louis Gazette.
In a rustic vignette a boy asks to borrow a knife to fashion a pen, and pappy ends up finished with it. A misfired joke follows about a pig and a fashioning error. Aunt Kate’s remark about Mattie swallowing a button leads to a quip about a button hole.
The river reporter reports a storageman named A visits the house of B and boards the Imperial expecting freight. He learns too late that his pursuit involved 200 post holes stored aboard, revealing a humorous misunderstanding rather than a real sale.
A fragment recounts Billy Bowlegs delivering a boastful Seminole oration in New Orleans before his departure. He proclaims power to kill and scalp foes, seeks seven old men to trail him on the war path, and vows to defeat the United States and the president at Washington.
An elderly woman suffers a hysterical episode claiming she cannot breathe and begs her husband for help. The husband replies that he cannot assist, citing inability to do so or disbelief in her condition.
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