24 Jun 1854
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Newspaper
Bloomington News Letter
Location
Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1854
Page
1
The newsletter is published weekly on Saturdays by editors James C. Carlton and A. B. and J. C. Carlton. Subscriptions: one year prepaid $150. Delayed payments within six months $200, after six months $250, or $300 if not paid within a year, always prepaid or $100 for six months.
Rates list for columns squares half and full, with pricing for three and six month insertions. Legal ads due at insertion. agents liable. Notices of marriages deaths or benevolent meetings sized modestly are free. longer remarks at half price.
The Bloomington report notes total produce from the Victoria gold district over the last two years reaching 125 million dollars. The summary highlights substantial mining activity and regional economic impact during this period.
The contributing member total for the Order of the Suns of Temperance in Virginia is reported as 10,749, reflecting membership figures for the order within the state.
The St. Louis Republican urges that Missouri should amend its Constitution to prevent pree bashings, a policy tied to the use of state bonds for securing the measure.
Reports on local crops are mixed. Wheat looks heavy and ready in early stages, while some fields in Warrick county are so damaged they were plowed up and replanted in corn. Wet weather delays corn and some fields were planted twice or not yet planted.
The Alvices from Valparuso report a 60 gun frigate at the port with three more expected and an armoured gun-line ship, each carrying 200 troops. Russian officers claim 14 war vessels in Kamchatka and promise trouble for homeward bound Australian gold ships, asserting superior force in these seas.
A New York Tribune correspondent notes that the London Times leads Empire papers with about 14,660,000 yearly copies, roughly 47,000 daily excluding Sundays. Jerrold's Weekly and Lloyd's London News follow, while the Morning Advertiser posts about 2,990,000 yearly. Overall, 179 papers circulate over 100,000 annually across the four nations.
Washington dispatch reports strong confirmation of ongoing negotiations toward annexation of the Sandwich Islands. A treaty is expected by the President in forthcoming dispatches from Hawai i and sources say the arrangement now appears secure from future accident.
The Mt. Vernon Advocate notes unprecedented wet weather has blasted prospects for a fine wheat crop. If current conditions persist, only about a half crop seems reasonably anticipated as rust and the fly damage ongoing.
A four year old girl in Center Bridgeton Maine with deteriorating health reportedly vomited a black snake about eighteen inches long after being given a strange label pa enetic last week. The report describes the creature as covered with a scaly substance.
A columnist derides nosiness as the worst feature in a man, mocking the urge to pry into others affairs.
A man named James Drs was shot in his bed at his McDonough county residence near Fountain Green on May 27. The killer fled as the wife screamed. no motive or suspect was found, though a coroner's inquest the next day led to the arrest of Ruea Berrows and Resecca Dre, with prior tensions between Dye and Ruza and Burrows over his wife.
A large gathering of Scott county Miners at Winchester approved the Nebraska Oil bill and censured opposing House members from Illinois for acting against their constituents wishes. The meeting reflected strong local support for the measure and criticized opposition by lawmakers.
A suspended tale from abroad alleges Palestine has been mortgaged to the Rotnscarps as security for Sultanate loans. It further speculates that after peace the region could become a Jewish kingdom under the Notiscrites dynasty.
The St. Louis Republican reports the road under contract by Lanser Camp & Co has progressed fastest toward completion with remaining 72 miles in the west end nearing readiness for rails.
The April Westminster Review lauds the American common school system as a model of national education. It contrasts free, purposeful training of mind and heart with centralized state schooling.
A Columbus Ohio magnate M. L. Sullivant has completed the purchase of seventy thousand acres across Champaign Livingston and nearby counties. Sixteen thousand acres sit in a single square tract. He has planted twenty bushels Osage orange seed and prepared over a thousand pounds of locust seed for planting. The vast center state estate of about twenty thousand acres was previously advertised for sale as the owner sought more elbow room westward.
Frank H. Clark of Jefferson Texas seeks any widow or children of late hatter Lewis C. Dennison who died in Red River County Texas in 1837. They may inform him where they can be found. He requests papers throughout the Union friendly to the widow and orphan to copy.
The New Orleans Picayune cites Texas reports of Native American war threats. An express from Galveston says 590 Indians led by Wildcat attacked west of Victoria, slaying 25 soldiers and 36 traders or settlers, including 30 Mexicans and 6 Americans, with continued fighting as the express left. The rider escaped after his horse was shot.
A seasick passenger asks a doctor what he will be good for in San Francisco. The doctor replies that he will be the man needed to begin a graveyard, delivering a grim pun on the voyage to California.
A memorial tribute recounts Dr. David H. Maxwell's career from Territorial Governor days to Bloomington leadership. It highlights his role in education advocacy, State Seminary work, and the Wabash and Erie Canal project, noting his public service, kindness in the sick room, and long tenure as physician, politician, and postmaster.
Excavation for a Pittsburg freight depot uncovered the old magazine entrance. Inside lay a 1747 dated bible with a note by a man named Anderson claiming innocence before execution. Nearby lay cannon balls, military buttons, and a five foot stone with unreadable inscription. City of Glasgow report debunked a Dublin source about the City of Glasgow steamer sinking.
The brief refers to training institutions down east and mentions a company with a captain a private and two guns minus the parte. It asserts the country is safe and concludes with a cautious remark about the situation.
The Columbus Statesman reports a bright object shot through the northern sky near eight last evening, moving upward rather than downward. It resembled a rocket more than a shooting star and may have been an asteroid. The Chillicothe metropolis confirms witnesses in their area. Cincinnati Times notes the same phenomenon.
A young man named Mabel Cochran, intoxicated, discharged a pistol at a Water Street grocery. He held the loaded muzzle to his mouth and pulled the trigger, wounding his mouth and face. He had been snapping the pistol to show courage, according to the Vincennes Gazette.
Wendell Phillips contrasts Italian work methods with Yankee thrift in Europe. He notes farmers and artisans using unconventional tools, the lack of competition, and a slower pace of work among Italians, contrasted with Americans driven by profit and urgency. He concludes money is not the sole motive abroad.
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