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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1855
Page
6
The Board of Directors meet at the Court House in Delphi on Saturday June 2 to arrange the next Annual Fair. A full attendance is desired. Also note news of Dr. J. M. Ewine resuming medical practice in the county and upcoming ordinances with a big show this Saturday priced two shillings a sight.
Tee M Mayer and Bro reopen their Ice Cream Saloon on a larger scale inviting old friends and customers to visit at least three times weekly. A pleasant hour and a few dimes can be well spent at Mayer’s Saloon.
The piece notes the inaugural Peru Weekly News published by H. E. and A. Holderman praised for neat typography and sound principles. Also reports the trial of Sensible alias Mites for murder, sentenced to 31 years, with Abe Rice on trial for another murder and corn arrivals rising due to high prices.
The fragment warns that K. N. Victory will trouble the soenix friends now, and that by the ides of October all fears will be quieted. It foreshadows being laid on the shelf to sleep soundly.
The State Sentinel on Monday says certainty is lacking about Mr Wise's election while expressing strong hopes. The Richmond Enquirer projects Wise will win by about 10 090 votes amid Democratic coverage.
The Toledo and Sandusky papers note spring migration westward with packed trains and extra services. Over the past two weeks at least forty families, mainly from Cass Miami Wabash and Grant counties, head toward Minnesota and Kansas. Kansas reports steamers arriving April 26 loaded with settlers. Fares freight and supplies are tight as a dust storm rages on April 15 and temperatures reach 88 at noon.
Reports from New York and California arrive with varied notes. A ship brought 1 300 000 dollars in specie and 817 passengers while trade largely flat and prices low. Mines yield well and the Walker expedition seeks an early departure as governors and legislatures delay senatorial matters. Wreck of the Golies Age to Tobago. Sandwich Island dates set for April.
Theiss Murray arrives in the city on Saturday evening as a guest of Gov. Wright during her stay. The New Haven Register notes the horse’s odd character in this city. Exvince Ford, aged six, is mentioned with a presidential scene and honors in a ceremonial context.
The Delphi Times denounces Mr. Mace for saying he would rather have the Union dissolved than admit Kansas as a slave state. The piece accuses southern partisans of treason and advocates a northern independence stance to preserve Union rights, with calls to oppose Missouri and South’s push for slavery expansion.
A Chicago Tribune report describes a violent tornado near Jefferson Mills, 16 miles from town, killing three and injuring others. Eyewitness accounts note a funnel shaped cloud, whirlwinds, and debris lifting as the storm struck between 4 and 5 pm after a hot, haily afternoon.
The America arrived at 8 o clock. The Union sailed from Southam ton on the 9th for New York with 90 passengers. French Foreign Minister Drouyn de L’Huys resigns over war, Walewski named successor. Vienna Conference documents laid before Parliament. News notes on Redschi Pacha, Pianori, wreck of John, and European war outlook with Times editorials.
Reports from London describe a tense scene as Austrian and Prussian cabinets push for a general German accord while Vienna Conference documents circulate. Lord Palmerston dodges direct answers, and the Times warns of peril if France’s Emperor dies, fearing invasion and revolutionary fallout.
Telegraphed report recounts the May 27 attack on Emperor Louis Napoleon as he rode with two attendants near the Carriere de Etoile. An Italian assailant, Pianozza, discharged two pistols at close range but missed. a policeman intervened as a third shot was drawn. The would-be killer, a Garibaldian volunteer, had been in London. English papers warn Europe’s fate hinged on the emperor’s life, fearing civil war if Napoleon fell.
The Huntington Herald notes grading work and ties being laid as the railroad advances eastward. Prospects for an early arrival of cars seem favorable, with plans to lay track quickly so the line may reach the area by early July. Speed the work.
A man, driven by delirium tremens, shot himself in the mouth with a pistol. The blast fractured his lower jaw into sixteen pieces and minced his mouth and tongue, ending his life in a grim, self inflicted tragedy.
Thirty individuals remain confined in Hamilton County Ohio Jail on penitentiary charges. The Parkville Luminary, a Benton Missouri paper destroyed by a mob, is mischaracterized by some as abolitionist. A riddle notes that a pair of skates and bad liquor share a similar fate in causing the fall of man.
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