30 Oct 1856
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Newspaper
Bellevue Gazette
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1856
Page
3
A. Strickland, Chas. T. Holloway, Joseph Dyson, and John Finney appear among signatories in a local contract listing. The snippet preserves their names and suggests involvement in civic or business arrangements.
The column notes riots in Baltimore city with about ten dead and twenty wounded. It laments such violence in large cities after elections and urges readers to subscribe or return this issue to the office if not subscribing.
The third annual Iowa State Fair closed on the 10th, held at Muscatine. The event is praised for honoring all parties concerned. A fuller description appears in another column.
Citizens are urged to observe strict care as they prepare for winter stoves. Improperly installed stove pipes through walls or ceilings can cause serious fires.
Lieut. Gov. McComes arrives in our city and may settle here. Molasses from cane in our Territory called Chinese Sugar Cane shown potential profits. Builders invited to bid for a Bellevue School House by H. T. Crane. Immediate wood demand at the office. Cincinnati police adopt new uniforms described as soldier fashion.
A passenger train from St Louis bound for Alton collided with a down train Wednesday morning. Miss Buford daughter of Judge Buford sustained a serious forehead contusion. One man broke an ankle and others suffered minor injuries from splinters. Destructive fire near Pittsburg razed Phelps Carr Co factory complex with Hall Speers plough works and several dwellings. losses include machinery and stock insured partially with total likely at 875000.
The City Inspector reports 355 deaths for the week ending today a drop of 34 from the prior week. Causes include marasmus consumption and violence. In Brooklyn yellow fever panic revives with six new cases of epidemic bilious remittent fever near Furman and Fulton streets.
Across Indiana Georgia Missouri Kansas and Ohio voters hear dramatic forecasts while border ruffians confront a Kansas issue. Reports claim Willard Morton and Walker Perry clash in races with varied majorities and a Fremont contingency looms.
A wealthy Hoboken couple vanishes after a disputed romance involving a former Australian suitor. The man is a New York heavy produce dealer. Rumor says a rushed marriage followed a claim on the lady’s heart and hand amid swift, tangled motives. Meanwhile Buffalo freight horses dash through streets causing near panic.
The St Albans Messenger reports that Locke killed his wife and wounded her sister with an axe before hanging himself in a barn the following morning. Seventeen axe wounds were found on the woman and mother, with no known motive or quarrel prior to the incident, suspected intoxication.
The Cork Examiner notes American whale ship W F Safford from New York arrived at Queenstown from Nova Zembia on an experimental voyage. It captured three whales yielding about eight tons of oil using a new explosive harpoon system attributed to Captain Roys, who is in Birmingham building specialized guns and plans patent applications in Britain and the United States.
A detailed account from Miller County Missouri describes John Wilson's death on August 29 and his unconventional burial with a salt-filled coffin placed in a natural rock grave after a family dinner. The piece also notes legal interpretations of minority and land entry rights affecting validity, plus a crush of morbid curiosities from New York and Montgomery.
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