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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1855
Page
2
The Delphi Journal reports the Carroll county Democratic party is not yet organized for the spring elections. It questions why candidates are not named and teases a forthcoming Sag Nichts response next Monday, suggesting the party is not dead but in a long nap.
The article on the front page was written by a woman who once lived here and was visiting last summer. The writer is described as accurately recounting the tale, and the piece is presented as fact.
The April Gorey issue arrives in advance of rivals and features thirty to forty engravings. It offers a greater variety of reading matter and is billed as more interesting and useful than previous magazines.
The State Sentinel promotes morals through its columns, praising the new editors and contrasting their earnest tone with that of Browns and Robinsons.
J. Evans, Esq. resumes control of the Plymouth Banner and urges support for the paper, praising its quality as a good paper deserving liberal assistance.
The editor of the Monticello Tribune is alerted that readers saw the paper as independent rather than neutral. The notice notes the Tribune is Democratic but fears loss of independence before the next presidential election.
The governor’s election in Virginia is scheduled for Thursday April 26. Voters will choose the state’s chief executive in the upcoming statewide contest.
Campaigns push turnout across Kansas as polls open tomorrow. Local officials urge orderly voting, with races featuring several incumbents and challengers shaping the day's results.
The target, ICP Kissang, has been sentenced to serve two and a half years in Sing Sing prison in New York. The ruling marks a conviction and imprisonment under New York state or federal case proceedings.
Honorable Daniel Mace, our representative, arrives home Monday evening with high spirits and a conscience shaped by constituents' will. The text reflects his awareness of actions carried out or attempted in line with voter wishes.
The next Grand Division semi annual meeting of Indiana will be held in Montgomery County on Tuesday April 24 at 6 oclock p m. It urges full representation from every division to celebrate labor toward enacting and enforcing a stricter Prohibitory Liquor Law. By order G S bee. officials statewide invited to insert notice.
New York reports the steamship George Law arriving with Col Fremont aboard. Wells Fargo Co resumed services March 25 and paid all demands promptly. Adams & Co filed for insolvency with assets and liabilities showing about 100000 on the right side. Mr Woods surrendered private property worth 250000 to total assets. The Robinson & Co failure is noted as bad.
The Legislature set the taxes for the years 1865 and 1856 at 20 cents per $100 valuation and 50 cents per poll, as required by law.
The notice announces an academy in Delphian for females seeking higher education. Miss Boaves and Miss Finney are praised as faithful teachers. The first term starts April 16 with terms available in a separate column. Parents are urged to enroll daughters for a liberal education.
The Boston Traveller reports a brutal murder in South Gardner between Baldwinville and Gardner. Two elderly sisters, near sixty, were beaten to death in separate rooms while sleeping. a large chair and later a stone were used. A vagrant Frenchman is held on suspicion. motive appears robbery despite little valuables.
Emma Moore, whose disappearance caused excitement months ago, is found under the ice in the mill-race near Rochester. A passing boy drawing water discovered the body, identified by the ear-rings and bonnet.
In Rochester on March 20 the Coroner's jury found Emma Moore died by drowning but could not decide if the death was voluntary or accidental from the testimony.
The Hamilton Banner reports a pistol fired from a railway carriage at a platform as a train prepared to depart west. One man Jennings died from a back wound, another young man was wounded in the arm, and a third shot struck the building. A female is alleged to seek revenge. no clues found, and the incident remains a mystery.
An ill man on a depot train car collapsed and died while his son accompanied him. A passing citizen observed his pale weak condition and shortly after carried the sick man from the car. the deceased's name and residence were not learned.
The Flying Cloud completed a voyage from New York to Melbourne in eighty days. For sixteen days she covered over four hundred miles, then later sailed four hundred miles without specific detail. The account notes this as extraordinary sailing.
Pesteamer Night reports from New York dated February 26 describe five banking houses suspending payments including Bacon Adams Wells Fargo and Wrights Miners Deposit. San Francisco fires destroy St Charles and Hallams hotels with heavy losses. Nevada and Stockton fires kill multiple buildings. Kern mining reports show high daily yields while Indian hostilities rise and ships discharge due to monetary strain.
In Albany a snake fancier fed a live mouse to an eight foot snake. The snake swallowed the mouse and digested it, then the mouse gnawed out and repeated the cycle seventeen times. Both animals died after the repeated swallowing and escaping. The Albany papers list the names and full details.
In New York on March 19 Kissane was found guilty of forgery in the third degree by a court.
The motion for a new trial was overruled. Parks was sentenced to be hung on the first Friday in June.
A very large wolf was killed on the Rock Island railroad west of Genesee, Iowa, last week. The animal mounted the tracks and was struck by a locomotive, an unusual daylight sight as wolves are rarely seen on that public highway in daylight.
A Crawfordsville reader asks why corn prices fluctuated after temperance laws and whether corn now diverted to distilleries or feeding starving stock would have better use. The note seeks solutions on distilleries impact and welfare.
Mr. Thompson the U S Consul at Laguira has been arrested and carried to Havana. Kissane is said to have confessed to crimes including the burning of the Martha Washington. In Virginia the wheat crop is reported to look well with no frost damage. Mrs Mary Selfridge dies at Greenupsburg aged 102. Three hundred ten candidates are named for Louisiana governor. German citizens of Dubois county burn Gov Wright in effigy over the Liquor Bill.
A Chicago resident, long employed by the late Emperor Nicholas, reports that in St. Petersburg Nicholas and the hereditary Prince Alexander clashed over war policy. He claims Alexander is a confirmed and hopeless drunkard, often yielding to the habit for years, and notes Alexander's prior wish to abdicate to Grand Duke Constantine.
Sarah Beard, wife of John Beard of San Francisco California, announces she will carry on the business of draying and carting in her own name and on her own account under the California act enabling married women to transact business as sole traders, approved April 12 1852.
The Mansfield Herald reports Jonnes, Pierce's traveling agent, as a clerk in Washington who was arrested there for drunkenness around the referenced date. He fled before trial, bail bond unsigned, avoiding trial while papers were being prepared. The article accuses him of exploiting liberty granted in such cases and notes he escaped with little consequence.
Despatches from New York report the Czar’s death and widespread fires near Eupatoria. Napoleon may depart for Crimea, but the Czar’s demise could alter plans. Spain seeks resolution with the United States as Russia offers North American cession for thirty million.
Charles N. White denounces the Democratic party for nominating corrupt candidates. He vows to vote against Democrats in the April election and to support the Know Nothings if better material is not offered. He says he will not work under a crooked ticket.
The Obeon recently arrived at Liverpool reports sighting a sea serpent 186 feet long on September 9, in latitude 38 degrees south. The captain notes the creature has grown since last seen off Newfoundland and considers the serpent a notable traveler.
Charles Butler announces five percent interest on the original Wabash and Erie Canal Bonds will be paid in New York on May 1. The Vincennes Gazette reports unusually promising wheat crops in Vincennes and neighboring counties. Turnips have peaked at two dollars a bushel in Cincinnati this year.
A visitor from Friends Mission Kansas Hai Hapney recounts heated slavery talk in Kansas Territory. He notes Missouri men urging slavery and threats against opponents as Indiana and other states watch the territorial legislature election set for the 30th. He observes northern emigration swelling toward Kansas to establish freedom.
A Common Pleas court heard a divorce petition from a husband against his wife based on habitual intoxication for over three years. The wife, sober a diligent mother, becomes a violent alcoholic who abuses him and the children, despite efforts to stop local grocers from selling liquor. The husband is described as worth about $5,000, and the report calls for stronger liquor-sale restraints.
Evansville Journal reports Mr. Caddington formerly with Vincennes Gazette had a leg amputated last week under chloroform. The operation, done to relieve long suffering from a diseased limb, was successful and painless for the patient. A speedy recovery is wished.
Democrats in Cincinnati nominate James J. Farran for mayor at a city convention. The body adopts resolutions denouncing the Know Nothings and requires all nominees to pledge they are not Know Nothings. The Know Nothings versus old line Democrats race grows warmer amid cold weather.
A late term at the Recorder's court sent twenty one people to the penitentiary in Chicago. The Fremont land case against the United States, appealed from California to the U S Supreme Court, is decided in Fremont's favor. News notes include New York arrests totaling 27 692 with murder figures at forty three and emigration plans to Kansas from Greene county.
The Thet Linbisville Courier reports a chaotic St Patrick’s Day in the city with Irish participants, an effigy of Sam hung from a courthouse window, a military and civic procession, nine Irishmen jailed, and the bodies of three men found Sunday morning with one frozen, one fallen to a fatal stair accident, and another murdered by an unknown assailant.
H. W. Ellsworth is listed in the State Journal as a temperance candidate running for mayor of Indianapolis. The notice identifies his bid for city leadership and aligns him with the prohibition cause.
Danville Pennsylvania reports the K N ticket was elected here yesterday by a 250 vote majority.
Notice is given that the Pittsburgh Temple of Honor No. 21 will hold an election at their Hall on April 11 at seven o'clock P M to elect three Trustees to conduct the temple’s financial business Eldridge W R approves the notice and signs as W R Eldridge
The Pittsburgh Division of the Sons of Temperance No. 72 will hold an election at their hall on April 14 at seven P M to elect three trustees to manage the division’s financial affairs. The notice is signed by James H Turner RS Es.
The editor of Scott's Weekly Paper in Philadelphia reports Dr Jackson's German Bitters recommended by leading faculty members as effective for female weakness. The notice urges mothers to use a bottle to prevent sickness and notes benefits for debilitated constitutions based on experience.
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