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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1853
Page
2
The Courts of Common Pleas holds its sessions on select Mondays in January April July and October. Commissioners Court meets on Mondays in March June September and December.
Readers are urged to note an article on railway improvement advocating smoke and noise reductions and better ventilation. The piece praises Mr Brezo for proposed innovations and invites investigation while sharing a poignant literary interlude about a lover’s farewell and enduring sorrow.
A reflective piece on parting words spoken with hope and hidden pain. A man departs to seek honors, wealth, and redemption while a woman endures loneliness and fear, her heart heavy as she watches him go. The unseen sorrow and the toll of separation loom as the future unfolds.
A reader’s reply to the Times editor denies involvement with the so called John Schmidt’s Cherry Pectoral slander. The writer challenges proof or acknowledgment of any wrongdoing and asks for justice from Mr. Applegate.
A letter requests the editor reveal the names of temperance men said to visit certain places and drink. The writer urges clear identification to avoid insinuations and to allow the society to take legal action against those named.
A paragraph fragment notes that the communication of Josh ua Skeezix is unavoidably crowded out, with limited readable context and no other identifiable details.
The London Times contrasts Old World despotism with the United States wealth, praising America’s surplus and its ability to remit taxes. It notes the difficulty in choosing tax relief due to many injustices and grievances, and congratulates transatlantic brethren on their resources. It hopes the only tax-remission challenge for the U. S. chancellor is finding a remittance.
The text argues against relocating Franklin’s tomb or placing a grand shaft. It recommends removing a brick wall and adding an open iron railing so the grave remains accessible to citizens and visitors, believing simple graves teach a deeper lesson than towering monuments.
The Steamer Win. Phillips operates between Lafayette and Perrysville, carrying passengers and freight along the river route. The service provides regular trips, weather permitting, linking two regional hubs with a daytime schedule.
The State Board of Education approves a catalog for common schools including McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book Indiana First Reader Indiana Second Reader Indiana Third Reader Indiana Fourth Reader Webster's Dictionary Butler's English Grammar Ray's Arithmetic part 1 Ray's Arithmetic part 1 Mitchell's Primary Geography Mitchell's Geography Atlas.
The Secretary of State's office has partial October election returns. From eighty two counties Porter has 27,500 votes, Gordon 17,308, with 210 scattered, totaling 44,808. Nine counties remain and are expected to boost Porter's majority to about twelve thousand.
A Virginia Gazette note lists census costs from 1790 to 1850, showing rising expenses and questioning reasons for the increase. It mentions the New York Herald backing the Maine Law and notes on current sleighing in eastern states.
The Lake Erie Wabash and St Louis and Toledo and Illinois railroads press forward despite economic tight times. The crisis has boosted labor by pushing workers from other jobs to join these projects, with managers praised for prudent finances and efficient construction. A separate report from Caldwell County Kentucky details the murder of Wylie Kearney by two enslaved youths, who killed him by strangling with a rope after a dispute.
Mr. C. M. Clay of Madison county Kentucky disposed of twelve thousand hogs a few days since to packers of Cincinnati.
A Placerville Herald correspondent reports near the San Bernardino Valley a three mile NW stretch containing stone piers and abutments of a vanished ancient bridge. Foundations rise above sands with top stones damaged yet show six by twenty feet dimensions, suggesting a wooden bridge once spanned a river bed now buried by centuries of dunes. The report connects the site to an earlier pyramid discovery and hints at other builders’ remains nearby. A separate note covers a New York Democratic meeting and remarks on General Pierce and Lafayette.
A Laf. Cour letters page laments rising crime in a town of 10 000 with Wednesday night nursing of gunshots stabbings and robberies. The author calls for drastic measures including hard fines or ball and chain and a nightly watch to restore safety and protect residents.
New excavation at Pompeii reveals three human remains, including a young girl, fleeing with bags of gold and jewels. A faithful dog stays by the mistress as lava floods their path, dying beside her. The tale heightens the night of horrors.
Utah would make 30 states the size of New Hampshire while Nebraska would be 15 and North-West 66, totaling 126 states. If these territories had equal population per square mile as New Hampshire, they would hold about thirty eight million people. What a destiny awaits our country.
A fragment notes a sequence from a Buss to kiss then rebuss to kiss again and to a blunderbuss then two girls kissing. It mentions an omnibus to kiss all the girls in the room.
Three or four young fellows in Chicago propose total abstinence for one year with a five hundred dollar penalty. A bond and checks for that amount are placed with a friend to be forfeited by the first who drinks. The checks lie between the Bible lids and are to be drawn on the first violation. They are described as sober, responsible, good-hearted felons.
The Banks of Chicago decide to stop receiving bills from Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan banks with the exception of Detroit banks. Mr Winthrop reports from St Louis that Mount Baker eruption last winter produced fire and lava. The Peru and Indianapolis Railroad progress rapid with track to be laid soon and cars expected to run by the agreed date. Counterfeits circulating in Farmers and Drover's Bank New York. A proverb notes a busy man neglects health like a mechanic neglecting tools.
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