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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1853
Page
2
The notice lists court sessions for Carroll with Common Pleas on the first Mondays of January April July and October and Commissioners Court meetings in March June September and December.
The New York Courier's Madrid correspondent on November 14 reports Spain near a revolution as tyranny fuels rebellion. Describes despotic rule, corrupt Congress, and gold as motive power shaping votes and power. Anticipates British diplomacy affecting the Eastern question and a potential new display of national magnanimity.
Patrons filled Bolles Brick Block Friday evening for a church fair with a display of fancy articles. Receipts for admission and supper totaled about 150 dollars, showing strong community generosity and support for fundraising efforts.
The text asserts Fort Wayne Peru South Bend Laporte Lafayette Logansport Delphi as top papers in Indiana, noting the north region housed twenty four years ago only one paper. It presents a playful ranking of cities by paper qualities and origins.
The Danville Advertiser warns that the state's liquor law defects leave temperance advocates exposed to foes. It argues the legislative bulwark has been weakened or mutilated and must be rebuilt on a solid foundation to prevent further erosion.
Based on a London treaty read on November eleventh, France and England unite to press Russia from the Balkans to the Baltic. Berlin and Vienna are warned to decide within a week, with joint campaigns by land and sea toward Constantinople, the Black Sea, and St. Petersburg. The piece notes popular French and English support and envisions a sweeping offensive to reshape Europe.
Readable fragments describe Omer Pacha publishing an account of Turtukia operations, Danube flooding forcing Russian and Turkish retreat, Turkish successes in Asia, British naval action to protect Danube trade, and reports of disease among Turkish troops with poorly organized medical staff amid rumors of a England France convention inviting Austria and Prussia to join.
The Sultan rejects the last peace proposal and the Czar informs England and France he will reject further negotiations. If no agreement is reached in winter, war could restart on a large scale in spring with Turkey or Russia suffering outcomes. The Czar also withdraws vast deposits from British and French banks.
Sarah Williams faced the Mayor on a charge of poisoning her husband Zepheniah Williams with arsenic. She admits cohabiting with Griffith, who bought the poison. Griffith was arrested in Pittsburgh and awaits return for further examination. She says she poisoned in a dose of salts and senna. the case notes eleven children and a past elopement to Cincinnati with seven hundred dollars of the husband’s money.
A Washington letter notes winter discussions triggered by the President’s message and cabinet reports. It highlights donating alternate public land sections to aid railroad construction in new States and doubling government reserved section prices. The system reportedly boosts land revenue and increases acres sold, promising strong statistics.
Erie December 21 reports the Harbor Creek bridge repaired yesterday but immediately burned by a mob. The U S Marshal is serving papers on rioters as railroad workers meet locally. Threats to tear up the Cleveland and Erie line if the Buffalo and Erie repair the bridge persist.
In Crenezano on December 21 a mob of about one hundred men set upon the railroad near Erie tearing up the track and causing alarm in the area. The incident reflects growing unrest as authorities seek to restore order.
The public is alarmed by violent scenes in Erie as mobs burn rails and disrupt commerce. The Chie. Jour. warns such depredations threaten rail investment, interstate commerce, and tensions between Pennsylvania and neighboring states, urging swift government action.
Based on the last census, about six hundred million dollars worth of livestock exist in the United States. The figure surpasses the value of all manufacturing establishments and exceeds the total capital employed in inland and foreign commerce.
The article notes a widening split in Senate Democrats as President Harding intends to use Jacksonian firmness against the faction. Secretary Guthrie and Senator Gwin may settle their clash without bloodshed as Gwin advocates land grants to California to aid the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. He argues Congress must fulfill constitutional obligations including defense and rail construction.
John W. Dawson editor of the Times and Press in Fort Wayne Indiana, who backed free speech and a free press, was assaulted after printing extracts from a Catholic paper in St Louis that denounced religious toleration. Ten other citizens withdrew their subscriptions in protest.
In LaSalle on December 16 a riot among Central Railroad laborers over wage cuts left one contractor dead after being shot by Albert Story. Rioters looted Story's office and killed a foreman, while Mrs. Story was shot at but escaped. The sheriff arrived and fatally shot an Irish laborer and wounded two others.
Dr. James Cutler, his daughter Susan, O. R. Thompkins, D. C. Jollie, Judson Palmer, and a man named Cherry were arrested last Wednesday in Corning. The 18 year old counterfeitress, noted for beauty, carried pistols and a bowie knife and allegedly did the signings and finishing of the coins. They have taken temporary apartments in the Buffalo jail Rochester.
A violent riot by rail road hands in LaSalle Illinois escalated after wage cut rumors. Mr Story a contractor was shot at his house and later murdered in a barn as his wife was fired upon. The sheriff reported 32 prisoners jailed and one man killed with another wounded in a retaliatory fire.
The Dis patch editor finds in a pamphlet for Brewers a recipe advising country dealers to add six to ten pounds of putrid horse flesh to stale ale to restore its life and flavor, inviting readers to judge the advice.
Putnam county auditor Judge Farley says no bond for opening a liquor shop will be approved without securing the Twelve Apostles as guarantee. The comment was made in a local advisory column attributed to Dan, the attorney.
A survey lists editors and notable figures with their religious affiliations or leanings. Names include Bennett, Watson Webb, Hallock, Butler, Beach Brothers, Greeley, McElrath, Dane, Snow, Taylor, Harper, Raymond, Burr, Childs, Hall, Bryant, Biglow, Fuller, Brooks, Erastus Brooks, and more, with varied ties to Catholic, Protestant, Unitarian, Orthodox, or secular stances.
Calaveras Chronicle reports a French worker at depth uncovered a large cave revealing 300 petrified bodies with stalactites. skulls suggest a race distinct from Indians. The note also mentions political intrigue in the Senate over Mr. Tucker’s public printer vote and a vow to purge an unnamed suspect. Lou. Jour.
Wheat prices vary with region as Erie troubles ripple through rail freight. In New York mixed to fancy flour at 6.75 to 6.77 per barrel and Mich wheat up to 1.27. red wheat 1.52. Red pork markets dull with Cincinnati prices 4.25 to 4.30 and Chicago packers near 3.50 to 4. Erie disruptions cut through freight from Cleveland to Buffalo.
The piece notes a fantastical claim that the hogs in Cincinnati each year could wrap around the world if lined up tail to snout. It presents a humorous exaggeration to depict the city's hog abundance.
In 1850 Indiana produced upwards of 62,000,000 bushels of corn and about 6,000,000 bushels of wheat. The figures reflect large harvest volumes and agricultural capacity in the state during that year.
Three defendants sue Gazette and Commercial owners for libel seeking damages totaling 60 000 dollars in each case.
A moral adage warns against listening to detractors and spreading gossip. It compares gossip to an arrow that rebounds on the thrower and urges rebuke by not giving pleasure to slander.
The fragment notes Cass siding with the Hards against the administration and predicting the major 1852 battle would have to be fought anew.
O. B. Torbet, Esq., former Speaker of the last House of Representatives, has taken the role of associate editor at the State Sentinel, expanding the paper’s editorial staff.
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