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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1854
Page
2
OCR fragment outlines court sessions by January April July and commissioners court meetings on March June September Mondays. Specific dates and locales are unclear due to damaged text but indicates regular quarterly sessions and recurring court dates.
Iron for the point arrived yesterday and tracks will be laid between the Wildcat and Deer Creek cuts by July or August at farthest. Masonry at Wildcat should finish in about six weeks and at Deer Creek by mid July. The senior partner of the contractors Hon H Boooy will boost progress as work continues vigorously.
The State Sentinel notes Bishop Hosens favors annexing Cuba and that his influence could aid the administration. It recalls an earlier stance that preachers should not meddle in politics, questioning the bishop’s party and possible service to the Locofo ideology.
Suor Seth Chamberlain aged 19 formerly lived here and learned saddling with Mr McIntosh. He accidentally shot himself at Monticello last week and survived about 24 hours.
A strong wind storm passed over our town Sunday evening with no material damage. The Frankfort Crescent has changed hands to Presley & McClurg, earning praise as a respectable paper. A new edition of Temperance Musician by J C Applegate is available. Sixteen tons of rags were received at a local paper mill from Fort Wayne. Trade in Delphi is lively this spring. Five hundred seventy five barrels of whiskey arrived in Cincinnati on the 34 of April, noted as surplus for milkless regions.
Canal trade brisk this spring. The Temperance party wins in Crawfordsville while Montgomery remains Prohibition safe per The Lo comotive. TP'Thos. P. Eliot wins Congress seat from New Bedford District Mass replacing Zeno Scudder. Five hundred? votes recorded in Greencastle on liquor: 902 for total prohibition 11 partial 5 against. One hundred guns fired at Buffalo and New York City honors Governor Seymour veto on Maine Law. Flour in San Francisco 5 to 6 per barrel. prices abroad cited as higher.
The article notes Ibbe was sentenced for murder in the second degree. It comments on wheat prospects and mentions Lafayette gas works progress. It also quotes Col Benton from the St Louis Democrat endorsing the Nebraska bill and predicting his impact against sectional discord and in support of the Union.
A gang of horse thieves is said to be conducting extensive operations in the Bluffton area of Wells County Indiana, with reports of stolen mounts and ongoing activity drawing local concern.
Providence on April 6 reports Governor Hoppin of the Whigs with 9 112 votes, Dimond the Democrat with 6 484, and 231 scattering. Senate likely 19 Whigs 13 Democrats and Independents. House 41 Whigs 31 Democrats and Independents.
In Hartford on April 5 the Governor vote totals show Whig Dutton leading with about 19,500, Democrat Ingham about 28,000, Temperance Chapman around 10,800, and Hooker about 2,700, a Democratic advantage of roughly 5,000. Senate stands Whigs 17 to Democrats 4. House Whigs and Free-Soilers 132 to Democrats 94. Whigs won sheriff posts in New Haven Fairfield New London Litchfield and Windham. Democrats carried Hartford Tolland and Middlesex.
Albany March 31 Gov Seymour's veto message on the Liquor Bill was sent in this morning. He and the people will veto him without sending any reason for the act. Ed Times
London and Paris await the imperial reply as allied fleets gather for potential conflict. European dispatches cite Russia’s refusal to accede to terms, naval movements in Beycos Bay and Mingo Sound, and planned troop passages through France as war looms.
A Reuters-style note suggests a Paris audience anticipated a return in a week and indicates renewed interest in re publishing correspondence from France. The tone implies growing sentiment toward England amid ongoing diplomatic exchanges.
The text suggests railways will push stores and mills in villages to prosper by carrying freights both ways. It mentions shops receiving and sending freight via rail, implying growth and development driven by transport links.
Boston April 7 statement asserting Edward Everett authored the celebrated Hulse man letter causes no excitement here nor ill feeling among Webster associates. The original draft was returned to Everett over a year ago by Webster’s literary executors and a printed copy, with the original, will be kept in Everett’s papers.
The Indianapolis Chanticleer argues against the Nebraska bill calling it repulsive and mischievous in origin and aim. It claims the measure arose without public demand and asserts opposition prevented by misrepresented agitation. The piece questions motives and ridicules a correspondent's claim.
The Washington Union concedes New Hampshire democrats would swallow the Nebraska bill with some coalitionists. It notes a portion of the Democracy acted with allies and faced opposition to the bill, while critics question other parties claim of abolitionist backing.
Ladies of Winchester Randolph county led by the murdered man’s widow pledge to end liquor sales in town. They pour out barrels and force signatures from merchants, planning to destroy the brewery and push for Prohibitory Law. Correspondence notes Nebraska bill debate and regional politics.
Anati unveils a tiny microscope and a butterly like figure. premiums awarded include domestic articles best bed comforter to Miss Mary Hall. A fourpence and dollar comparisons appear in the quirky exhibit notes.
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