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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1854
Page
3
The following gentlemen are authorized to receive subscriptions for the journal's fourth volume: J.B. Wingard, W. Salisbury, Esq, B. H. Smith, J. M. Sterritt, Wm. Hughes, NM, N. Ellis, W.A. Barnes, Wr. Stranahan, M. Plank, Esq., A. Ratcliff, Esq., Dr. S. G. Irwin, John Green, J.C. Shultz, Charles Thomas.
The text announces a Tempe temperance event on the 22d of the month to persuade all people to live without strong drink. It notes several invited distinguished speakers and hints that politicians and rum-sellers fear consequences as the idol Alcohol must fall.
Our friend Dr. E Walker has returned from California looking quite well and in fine spirits, which indicates that he has had a run of good luck.
Messrs. Spears Case and Company are collecting materials to start a three story brick on the burnt corner as soon as weather permits. The project will enhance the business district and encourage further improvements.
Temperance talks now on Tuesdays at Baptist or Methodist churches to discuss a prohibitory law. Many citizens plan spring emigration to Minnesota amid canal optimism. Erie and Northeast rail gauge unified between Buffalo and Cleveland but East and West routes still unconnected, forcing depot passes and freight transfers.
A county report recalls two farmers frozen to death on Green Lake Prairie while returning from Ripon with lumber. Their wagon, heavily iced in a drift, carried a Buffalo robe marked Wilson. A nearby man collapsed from cold but was revived. witnesses note whiskey jugs found with the victims.
The article extols the Native Arkansas Hog highlighting its unique qualities amid many hog species. It argues the breed stands out for attributes that set it apart in the Northern and Eastern regions of America.
An early Arkansas hog, adopted by settlers in the southwest, is described as the finest breed. Weighing six to seven hundred pounds, three to three and a half feet tall, with a red coat, long unforked hooves and distinctive round hooves, the hog is noted for its size and unusual feet. It is most common in Pope and Zell counties and on the Magazine Mountains, with hopes it will spread to other regions. Dollar News paper.
The project for changing postage rates under the government, reported by Mr Olds from the House committee on post offices and post-roads, would require prepayment of all letters. It fixes rates at three cents per half ounce for distances up to three thousand miles and six cents for longer distances.
In Wheeling Virginia, residents at a recent city election approved a ban on liquor licenses by a majority of 331. The result reflects local sentiment on alcohol sales and regulation.
Pat rick O’Donahue, an Irish exile who fled Van emands Land and arrived in the United States months ago, died Sunday in his Brooklyn home of dysentery. He died largely alone and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery by a small group of friends. His wife and daughter reached New York on Saturday but learned of his death only afterward.
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