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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1855
Page
2
The State Fair will be held in Indianapolis on the 17th 18th and 19th of the month. Arrangements have been made with the railroads to carry passengers and exhibition articles for half fare.
The cornerstone of a vast granite monument commemorating the Pilgrims landing will be laid in Plymouth on August 1 1856. The structure has a maximum construction time of thirteen years and is anticipated to be among the world’s most magnificent monuments.
Elijah Drury, aged 110, is recognized as Kentucky’s oldest man. A Pulaski County resident, he served in the Revolutionary War under General Marion.
Subscribers at Stranahan and Hughes complain of missing last week’s papers. The postmaster placed the issues inside mail bags, a change from the usual drive delivery, and they may stay there until after the election. If returned, they will be sent on immediately.
The Logansport Journal reports extra efforts on the Valley Railroad. A large additional force is to be put on in a few days and the road is planned to open to that place on September 1. If the present force remains and trains reach Logansport by May, disappointment may follow.
New York news reports Dellicker a city produce broker died shortly after receiving a dispatch announcing his wife's death. Primary elections last evening sparked rioting in multiple wards. In the Thirteenth Ward a person was dangerously shot. in the Nineteenth Ward rioters damaged the polling place and inspectors fled. Disturbances also occurred in the Eighteenth Ward.
The Readable Con ference statement by the White rans asserts ministers will steadfastly defend moral questions, refrain from political disputes, and focus on soul saving work, despite public charges of clergy corruption in Indiana.
Fragmentary notes show vote tallies like Jordan 22 and Fisher 26 with Jefferson 27 and Jackson 25. Mentions “Ticket 96” and a superior vote next week, but content is unclear and relies on damaged OCR.
The Pacific reached its wharf at nine this morning amid reports of possible evacuation on the north side of Sevastopol. London dispatches note battles at the Redan, with heavy officer casualties and advancing Allied positions. Reports also mention Austrian mediation talks, Varna detachment actions, and renewed Russian troop movements in the Crimea.
From Kansas dated Oct 2 reports show Whitfield winning heavy support in Johnson and Leavenworth counties with 800 to 200 votes. Willow Springs villages poll 100 votes pro slavery while Shawnee Indians back the pro slavery ticket. Gov Shannon votes pro slavery. Free Soilers largely abstain amid little polling fighting.
From fifty five counties Columbia S C October 3 returns indicate Herschell P Johnson Democrat elected governor by about 5000 majority Hon Alexander H Stephens reelected to Congress in the Eighth District with others in doubt Five Democrats and probably three Americans win Congress
The Know Nothing State Convention met at Tremont Temple in Boston on October 3. Governor Henry J. Gardner was unanimously renominated and Henry W. Barclay, Senate president, was named for Lieutenant Governor. A ticket and platform approved at Springfield were adopted. speeches drew strong enthusiasm before the convention adjourned sine die.
The New York Tribune discusses a bountiful 1855 harvest with record corn and dairy output. It notes high yields in rye oats buckwheat and potatoes despite early frosts and pest damage. Cautions farmers to curb debt and credit, urging pay as you go and no running store accounts to stabilize the economy.
The New York Sunday Times reports Edward Carter once a clean carver who adored Mary Taylor. Obsessed, he stalked her, forced entry to her carriage, and later became a vagrant. He was arrested and sent to Blackwell's Island for six months.
The New Albany Tribune reports that after Nathan Brown’s incarceration in our county jail seven of his wives have been found and a new wife near Jasper in Dubious county is named Inlow. The column notes Brown may have more wives and that there are eight on the list.
The N. Y. Tribune reports about 10,000 people in New York City are currently unemployed, reflecting a sizable jobless pool in the metropolis.
A Grant County Indiana grave exhumation near Jonesborough yielded a solid limestone body with decomposed head and largely intact limbs. The report notes a similar Ohio case and mentions corroboration from the Iceman's Journal at Marion.
A New York investigator Mr Gould reports there are about four percent of the population, twenty four thousand unfortunate women and fourteen hundred houses of ill fame in the city. The finding is described as a frightful proportion by the observer.
The current season sees over four hundred thousand bushels moved by the Chicago and Alton road to Chicago. Most shipments now head to Chicago rather than St. Louis as in the past.
A report recalls a man surnamed Jones or Brown who swallowed arsenic at about seven in the afternoon. The inquest found the death self-inflicted and the deceased left a child and six wives, marking a grim note on life and loss.
A tomato grown in Morgan County Illinois weighed over two pounds and was kept trimmed along a pole. Similar sized tomatoes are noted in Council Bluffs.
The Chicago Journal notes that mule growing has become a major wealth source for Indiana counties. In Putnam County last week, mules worth about two hundred thousand dollars were sold, a substantial product of that county.
A Louisiana boy reportedly born with horns is described alongside a London Times account of another child born with a tail several inches long. The report contrasts two unusual congenital traits across locations.
A sign-board displays a garbled sentence threatening execution for anyone fighting or trespassing on the ground, with odd phrasing such as utmost wig ger of the law suggesting OCR errors in the inscription.
The Paris correspondent says the Minister of War received from Gen. Pelissier a despatch within less than two hours of dictation. The distance Sevastopol to Paris spans nearly three thousand miles by telegraph route, yet such rapid news is not unusual in this country. News sent from New York to New Orleans arrived almost an hour before its scheduled departure.
A Paris correspondent for the New York Tribune claims Louis Napoleon governs both England and France, a notion described as more truth than poetry. The remark underscores exaggerated views of Napoleonic power and contemporary perception in press commentary.
The Olney Republican notes a man so dirty the assessor marks him as real estate. A counterfeit note vignette shows a woman with a rake in her lap. Memphis Tennessee counts 16 000 residents. In Sebastopol the English suffered 2000 losses, the French 15000, and the Russians 13000.
William Price of Bridge Farm Vermilion County Illinois reports a three year old pig weighing one thousand pounds. It was not fed last summer but grazed on blue grass.
Within the last two weeks reports indicate eight or twenty enslaved people fled Loudon County Virginia agencies note several escapes. authorities seek to recover those who fled seeking freedom in surrounding areas.
The Upper Mississippi runs at low levels hindering vessel travel and barge movement. Officials warn of continued depth issues that complicate shipping routes and port operations along the stretch.
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