Dewey's Corner In Motion In Delphi Nineteenth Century Note
In Delphi Indiana February 8 1855 report notes Dewey's corner dissolved yet moving and N B Dewey resumes business. Mrs Potter at Dayton corner advertises to take State Stock money for goods. Two convicts returned from the penitentiary faced Judge Blake on a habeas corpus writ and were discharged. They are free but warned that future misdeeds may bring the next sentence.
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Dewey
N. B. Dewey
Blake
Warning to grog sellers over cold nights and drunkenness
A local notice warns doggery keepers to withhold liquor from unable men during frosty nights or risk prosecution for damages. It recalls rescuing a man found frozen in snow and mentions distractions from a whiskey trade. The note also reports Bankers notes tossed by the Lafitte Gazette and other assorted items from Missouri politics to New Orleans exhibitions and Toledo census data.
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Sheely's
Assion's
Bank of Laurel Discredited Says 3rd Stand
The State Journal notes the Bank of Laurel is discredited. The cashier visited the city briefly and then returned home in a huff. He claimed Woolley and Bowen should have shaved their one percent and asserted he would not pay one dollar for what they paid but seventy five cents.
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Bank of Laurel
Woolley
General Henry Wilson Elected U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
General Henry Wilson has been elected as U S Senator from Massachusetts. He was formerly a Whig but now aligns with the Republican Party.
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Henry Wilson
U. S
Massachusetts
Birth of a Delphic Delia Daily Times’ small guest
A newborn described as a hopeful visitor from distant lands faces fragile health with its guardian noting it may require about three hundred nurses at five dollars each to tend it. The whimsical tone suggests the baby’s vitality and its potential to bring news if it survives.
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Delphi Daily Times
All Nations
Patt
Snowy Weekend Delights Highlight Local Fun
Weather notes describe frequent snowfalls from Sunday with sleighing in good condition and children enjoying it. residents report snow almost every other day and a festive, playful mood across the community.
Old Liners Rally New Party Org to Seek Power
The old liners are forming a new party organization, hoping to regain influence after losing power under the current structure. Observers doubt they will succeed in challenging the present authority.
Fire at New Oceans Causes 125000 Loss
A great fire occurred at New Oceans on the second day, resulting in a loss of 125000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze but the site sustained major damage and the cause is under investigation.
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Iest
Contested Senate Elections and Legislation Moves
Senate session notes disrupted by pending minority report on Huntington Wells contest ousting McDowell for Chapman seat. Bills touch Notary Public appointment, rail fence duties, stock killed on rails, common pleas judges, seals, and court rules. House -- education stock consolidation, petitions on insurance, voting foreigners, Carroll county seat shift, and constitutional amendment aims. Joint resolutions seek U S constitutional reform. tax and property deeds proposals also listed.
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Senate
Messrs
Slater
Suit
Huntington
Wells
McDowell
Chapman
Courts of Common Pleas
Housa
Congress
Carroll
Delphi
Camden
United States
Abe Ier
cCormick, Moore & Haskell
Assey
Wrongful seat kept to thwart will of the people
The Journal condemns a legislator kept in a seat despite no rightful claim to aid a plan to delay a senatorial election. The report cites a servile majority blocking action on Chapman and McDowell while depriving Pacahary district of representation in Congress, calling it unparalleled fraud.
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Chapman
McDowell
Pacahary
Congress
Journal
Bill on Temperance Proposed Restrictions on Liquor Sales
A recalled House bill outlines a temperance framework prohibiting manufacture and sale of spirituous beverages as a beverage. It allows cider and wine from rape and currants, with bonded county agents overseeing sales, strict bond, inspections, and penalties. It forbids sales to minors, sets price limits, and provides search procedures with affidavits, seizure, and destruction of illegal liquor.
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Rea
McDowell Ousted and Senate Delay Questioned
The text notes the Senate committee's decision to lay the report on the table to delay action. It accuses Mr. Chapman and others of omission and misrepresentation, calling the move an unjust usurpation harming Huntington and Wells. The crowd argues for immediate action to correct the representation.
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McDowell
Senate
Chapman
Huntington and
Wells
Bank of the State of Indiana Charter Bill Introduced
Senate member Mr. Witherow of Hendricks introduces a bill to charter The Bank of the State of Indiana with numerous branches. Commissioners would divide the state into 15 to 20 districts and locate branches, aiming to use existing bank sites where possible. If districts fall short the bank board may increase them. No branch opens until $100,000 is subscribed and paid in, with equal installments due to reach $100,000 per branch by January 1, 1857.
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Bank of the
State of
Indiana
Senate
Witherow
Hendricks
Bank of the State of
Proposed Banking Reorganization Plan Details
The document outlines a plan to increase branches with added capital up to 6 million dollars. It prescribes a State Board of Directors with four legislators and one member per branch, and a President elected by the board. It sets conditions for formation after ten branches, stock purchase by the State, and bond adjustments. It emphasizes maintaining currency stability, orderly liquidation timing, and protections for both old and new bank stockholders.
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State Board of Directors
Bank Rd
Otter
United States
Agheen Egembe Bank
Dream Vision Fulfills in Real Time as Brother Foils Murder
Cincinnati Times reports a married woman dreamed of her California-bound brother plotting an ambush with bowie knife and dagger at a lodge. The dream matched a December 6 event in which the brother confronted a Mexican assailant, wounding him while later turning the aggressor’s knife on himself. The North Star steamer carried a letter confirming the night’s events.
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The
Cincinnati Times
Times
Poe Hey
California
North Star
Hanadash
A New Ides and the Poor Farm Death
A man who had lived at the Allen County poor house died last week. Friends pursued the body to take it to Fort Wayne for burial at the Catholic cemetery, but the poor farm director refused, claiming charge of his upkeep and intent to bury him on the farm to manure it.
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Allen County
Fort Wayne
Say Nothing Term Explained by Correspondent
A correspondent explains the term Sao Nicuts meaning say nothing and notes it as the name of a new sect of Germans who are Loco Focos and plan to attack the Koon ramets in our Buell of the State Sentinel. Next Wednesday is Saint Valentine’s Day.
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Sao Nicuts
Loco Focos
State Sentinel
Laffour
Old Liners Push Sabbath Law Threat in Illinois Press
The Ind Journal argues the Old Liners want to eradicate pay for preaching and abolish the Sabbath, likening it to French Revolutionary figures. It claims this reveals a hidden aim to alter statute law and weaponize infidelity, warning of dangerous cost.
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Marat, Danton & Co
Ind. Journal
In Massachusetts House Inquiry into Gatun Allegiance
The Massachusetts House moved on Monday to have the judiciary committee investigate Gatun in relation to naturalization. The measure concerns requiring allegiance to a temporal prince and raises questions about Catholic individuals and oath obligations.
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Massachusetts House
Judiciary Committee
Hog packing numbers on the Wabash season to date
The Lafayette Journal reports counts of hogs packed at various points on the Wabash this season and compares with the number killed last year. The figures show regional activity and reflect seasonal trends in hog processing.
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Lafayette Journal
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