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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1855
Page
2
Tohn Baker will deliver a lecture on the Resurrection in the Court House on Saturday evening the 24th inst at early candle light. The professing community is invited to attend.
Advertisement notes James G. Cox stock and farming implements for sale. Lafay ette manufacturers Maar & Lanz have many wagons carriages plows and other farm tools ready soon and promise quality locally. No need to import as the state’s largest shop can supply.
The County Commissioners order Mr Huanes to prepare a plan for a courthouse costing not less than 20000 dollars with let date set for September. About ten thousand dollars is on hand and the remaining tax levy will not burden taxpayers. The liquor law operation after June 12 will cover the difference.
The State Sentinel under Walker and Cottom publishers and Walker and Holcombe editors earns praise for capable display. Editors show independence and are urged to pursue a new policy to regain old line party support while avoiding the Browns Robinsons Brights Pettits and Willards who will damage the party.
A man named Day, jailed for horse stealing, escaped with the jail key but after traveling a day or two he returned and asked for lodging at the same old stand. He restored the key to the proper owner.
The Chicago Journal reports March 6 elections across Oswego Newport Utica Norwich Oxford Sherburne Auburn and Massachusetts towns show Know Nothing gains. Samuel Holley Littlejohn Henry Fish win mayoralties with sizable majorities while Griswold defeats Dem anti Know Nothing in Troy.
Election returns show Ledgard the Democratic candidate for mayor of Detroit leading with a roughly six hundred vote margin. The result highlights a clear lead in the contest and potential victory in the city election.
The piece argues the General Assembly failed to pass an apportionment law, risking a constitutional void and possible revolutionary change. It cites state sections promising enumeration and apportionment, notes governors cannot cure the defect, and supports Prohibition with a partisan jab at liquor traffic. Vox populi, vex Dei.
A Putnam Republican clipping attacks Senators Glazebrook and Swan Brookshire for oath violations and Know Nothing prejudices. The piece accuses Lloyd Glazebrook of perjury and labels Swan Brookshire a demagogue facing public judgement, framing the Senate as corrupt and blameworthy.
The Crawfordsville Locomotive condemns a liquor law as unconstitutional, arguing it undermines business and mocks constitutional principles. It portrays the law as a tool of a dealer in alcohol and frames it as a threat to commerce and morality.
A drastic adjournment sine die ends Indiana’s 61st session after a failed bid to elect a U S senator. The House lawmakers defected to prevent a separate vote, while critics accuse holdovers of violating oaths and denying the popular will. An astounding push to elect a fusionist senator collapses as constitutional and democratic arguments clash with party lines.
The South Bend Register laments the 1850s Nebraska Senate for refusing joint conventions to elect State officers, despite statutes naming a State Agent Librarian Warden and Attorney General. It accuses lawmakers of breaking oaths, undermining public virtue, and provoking a popular uprising in 1856.
Advices from Washington dated March 10 indicate Santa Anna is daily losing ground while Alvarez advances. Santa Anna supposedly has several steamers ready to receive him, has moved funds and valuables abroad, and has sold remaining U S payments to Mexico.
The Auditor of State outlines steps to restore the Free Banks of the state by requiring specie pay and increasing security. Stocks in trust for low circulation banks will be sold to redeem outstanding notes, with monthly sales until all suspended banks liquidate. The Franklin New Hampshire property of Daniel Webster’s homestead sold for 16 000 to Rufus L. Taylor of Boston.
The list names Maine Vermont Connecticut Massachusetts Michigan Indiana Rhode Island Wisconsin and Illinois as states that have enacted laws prohibiting the sale of spirituous liquor as a beverage.
The Wheeling Intelligencer declares Mr. Rives as the Whig and American candidate for Virginia governor. It is anticipated that Sam will defeat any opposition presented against him.
A letter from Dublin Wayne Con details a murder and the killer's suicide by drowning upon realizing consequences. The account confirms the assailant took his own life immediately after the act, as reported in yesterday's notice.
Benjamin Hickman, a nearby neighbor of Rev. Mr. Scott a Presbyterian preacher, stabbed him to death with a butcher knife and then drowned himself after fleeing. The motive cited was a land sale dispute and stock payment that Scott refused to return. Hickman, described as a lifelong bachelor with intemperate habits, died at a nearby stream.
The Court of Claims gains judges Gilchrist Lumpkin and Blackford with Blair as Solicitor. Senate confirmation reportedly completed. The court will handle government claim cases involving large sums and extensive delays, with a $4000 annual salary noted.
The free Bankers of our city are receiving at par the notes of Indian Reserve Bank at Kokomo. It is a specie paying bank so we are credibly informed. State four. Sixty one candidates for United Senator from Pennsylvania were put in nomination by the House of Assembly and adjourned without electing any one. The Cincinnati Commercial says Kentucky Trust Co Bank affairs are better than expected and may pay all debt. For the third time in a year our jail saw self murder by hanging and by poison. Charles Keistner a German, in default of bail for assault, took his life by arsenic. Chicago Journal
A coroner's inquest held yesterday in this city returned a verdict that Mrs Mc Laughlin died from drunkenness. She left one child, and the overseers of the poor are urged to provide for the child in the absence of friends. The case notes the lack of knowledge by others prior to death.
The report notes Mr Soule former Minister to Spain has returned to Louisiana and is seriously ill. Congress authorizes Oregon settlers to form a state constitution in a convention with possible statehood soon. A Sioux hunting party in Minnesota territory killed many game and clashed with Chippewa enemies after receiving hunting permission from Governor Gorman.
The Chicago Journal prints a brief narrative on Green the Chicago banker. It suggests he poisoned his wife and implies a probable history of additional crimes prior to a recent conviction.
The Delaware Prohibitory Liquor Law passed both houses and will take effect on June 1, enforcing a statewide prohibition on alcohol sale and distribution.
Married on the 1st instant by Rev. F. D. Bland Mr. Wa. Gittam of Thorntown Indiana and Mrs. Margaret LeapBeTTeR of Delphi Indiana.
The Editor of Scott’s Weekly Paper cites Dr Jackson’s Hoofland’s German Bitters as effective for female weakness and general debility. Mothers are advised to obtain a bottle to prevent sickness and support weak constitutions.
Advertisement claims Carter's Spanish Mixture cures bronchitis throat diseases hacking cough and other ailments by purifying the blood. Highlights Mr Ramsay’s case as evidence and urges readers to obtain a pamphlet from the agent.
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