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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1855
Page
2
Local report from Lafayette Gazette recounts a night attack on the Farenbaugh family with unknown desperadoes using an axe to force a door. Farenbaugh fires a shotgun, his son a revolver, the daughter escapes to summon neighbors and canal boat hands, and the assailants flee into darkness. More details promised in the next issue as excitement runs high.
Crowded audience attends Harris' Dram-orama praised as excellent and instructive. A lecturer, well qualified, warns of rum-trafic misery depicted in vivid terms. Millerites designate this day as the Savior's coming. printers urged to settle accounts before the world ends.
16 W Bolles has returned from the east with a large stock of spring and summer goods arriving for a month. His advertisements will appear next week. Insurance money in Logansport valued at fifty cents on the dollar by Indianapolis brokers. Some merchants who helped raise the fund refuse to take it in exchange for goods per the Logan Journal.
The text notes Sam has caused unease among some expectants for office since the municipal vote. They are down on him with vengeance, but he is expected to survive until the October election to greet them again.
The prospectus from Coarman and Barney endorses a new Indiana Magazine project as a needed and worthwhile work for the state. The note signals confidence in the publication’s value and impact.
Seven M. Frank & Co. at Forman's old stand announce a large stock of clothing and other goods to be sold cheap for cash. A. Bichhold tells old customers that Sevastopol has been taken and prices in his cheap clothing store have fallen. Found Mr. Swift near Americus in driftwood after visiting Wim Sosten days ago. A fellow known for brass knuckles and ballot box theft is critiqued by the State Sentinel amid editorial remarks about Sam.
Philadelphia has moved on from the American ticket after all as the old liners failed prematurely.
The Sandusky Register reports a letter from Kansas observers claiming the border force was partly Missouri funded and not enough Missourians. They raised 20,000 dollars to hire 400 men from Kentucky and over 2,000 from other states. Each was paid a dollar daily plus covered travel. leaders earned ten to twenty dollars. The force was well armed and violent, part of the paid services.
David Brier of Covington, twice Whig candidate for Congress in this district, has moved to Bloomington Illinois to practice law. Also noted are smallpox cases near Liberty Union County and arrests tied to English recruiting for Crimea. The Wayne County Agricultural Society schedules a September fair at Centreville. Other items include Missouri mob remarks, a postmaster in Jonestown, and Kansas and Virginia election briefings. The Maine Law goes into effect in Delaware. bounty land applications total 90600. Ohio state fair set for Columbus in September. Gainesville Alabama sets liquor license at 2000 with twenty gallon minimum.
Bishop Ames departed Thursday morning for the Eastern Conferences and will be absent until July. Bishops Scott and Thompson are presiding over the state conferences this year.
The Lafayette Journal reports bullets matching those purchased by the accused and undischarged pistol ammunition from the crime scene. It cites jail mock trials where Abe Rice was hanged amid jeers, and other prisoners reenacted executions to amuse themselves. The accounts condemn the brutality and express doubt that justice has been served.
A London letter to the New York Times quotes a critic who stains Queen Victoria as sulky ill-natured and tyrannical. The unattributed author cites many gossip sources describing her drinking cruelty to servants and jealousy toward Prince Albert.
Special Dispatch reports Washington as of April 30 1859 with Davis siding with the Atchison faction over Gov. Reeder and Pierce’s praise of squatter sovereignty. Gov. Reeder expected in the Capitol as Joshua Polk is removed for anti Catholic bias drawing strong reaction from Sam’s friends.
The Warsaw Democrat notes a large gold discovery on the Arkansas river headwaters about five hundred miles west, claiming riches rivaling California and weekly hoards of gold. The report, shared from the Lance on the 21st, says Gov. confirms the find about 409 miles west, stirring regional excitement and emigration plans.
Indications show strong presence from abundant southwest Missouri in the region, suggesting notable regional representation based on current signs.
A Louisville riot report triggers a paper war over blame between Know Nothings and foreign-born voters. Details include in ward voting clashes, threats at polls, Gray’s gunfire, German attackers, injuries, and editorial defenses of balanced reporting amid partisan accounts.
The Chicago Journal reports locals in Gallena, aided by armed guards, punished Bixxor for years of wife abuse. After a court fine of 25 dollars, 75 residents seized Billon, jailed him, stripped him, beat him with a cowhide, tarred and feathered him, then returned him home with a warning to stop harming his wife. The piece condemns mob law but justifies it as a response to ongoing abuse.
A Lawrenceburg Press anecdote recounts Muir a Jennings county convict sent to the Penitentiary for forgery. He brags he paid little for witnesses and time serving noting ten dollar extortion attempts and offering twelve dollars to endure the sentence claiming labor value.
The Laf. Courier notes that the American party’s stance on foreigners is softened by local results in Lawrenceburg where a K N member elected an Englishman to the city council and a German named Street Commissioner, showing these men are true Americans at heart.
The Canal Bank and Crescent City Bank at Evansville join other banks in depositing securities with the Auditor of State. Their circulation is now secured dollar for dollar and shall remain so, according to the Indiana report.
The Greencastle Banner notes that three or four thousand hogs were slaughtered locally last month for army use in the Crimea. It adds that forty thousand hogs for the same purpose have been contracted in other parts of the state.
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