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Newspaper
Daily Courier
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1854
Page
1
A Democratic Congressional Convention for the Third District will be held on Getotervert day to nominate a candidate to represent the district in the U.S. Congress. One delegate from each district will attend, with nominees from Benaturial Mri and a Serato Lista to oversee appointments. ROBERT JENKINSON and others are named for positions. Also notes a local benevolent act and national legislative updates.
Abrupt, garbled OCR notes appointment of a Milrau lis resident as Register of the Aid Office in Minnesota and a South Carolina figure as Consul at London. Mentions replacements for Gro. 7 Lipsats and Rover, Bantox, with unclear names and places due to transcription errors.
A fragmentary historic note hints at a weekly Milwaukee paper by JI Constre & Co with a broad remit including foreign and domestic news and culture. Adds mention of counterfeit callers in New York and a curious ad with a “One Dime” device.
The conversation ends with a consensus that cholera begins with a painful diarrhoea easily cured if treated early. Ignorance, improper diet, exertion or exposure may trigger it. In early stages mild laxatives calomel opium and camphor poultices hot baths and absolute rest are advised. Dr Wood notes the patient should not stir at all and may not need to rise for the day.
Col Loring, formerly of California, was stabbed to death at dawn at the St Nicholas Hotel. The assailant, R M Graham of New Orleans, drunken and disorderly the prior evening, drew a sword from his cane and killed Loring as hotel staff intervened. Graham was arrested. an inquest is to be held today.
The Baltimore Patriot reports a man named Patrick Kelley was flogged fifty lashes at Fort McHenry after desertion from the U.S. army. The captain said the sentence included head shaving and discharge, with details suggesting the execution by buglemen who are now under arrest for not applying harsher lashings.
There is no doubt that gold exists in considerable quantities on the S dy river above Farmington Maine. Probable operations are under way and several gentlemen from Connecticut and New York have leased two hundred square miles of land in Salem Dead River at Jerusalem for ten years for mining purposes.
A fire origin at a Roxborough Philadelphia home started when melted fat from a frying pan ignited. A girl attempted to remove the pan, fat spilled on a coat, the blaze caught hay and spread to a lay stack and barn. The barn burned completely and extended to Mr Jacoby’s nearby dwelling, causing serious damage.
In a tunnel near Vettytono a man and woman sat opposite each other in talk. A fragment of black court plaster clung to the woman's lip while none remained on the man's lip when they emerged. A formal inquiry was planned, with testimony to public hearing.
An extensive, stage by stage account of the Monmouth clash, detailing Washington and Lee's dispute over command, Wayne's rear-guard action, the British assault on the parsonage, and the fierce fighting near Monmouth Court House. It notes Morgan's indecision, the fierce grenadier assaults, the fall of Col. Moneton, and dramatic acts including a captain's wedding aftermath and Col. Ray's pursuit.
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