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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1855
Page
2
A county article laments a decisive defeat tied to Irish voting and alien ballots. It condemns foreign influence in elections, criticizes Prohibitory Law enforcement, and asserts the anti-slavery platform remains intact despite losses.
The Synod of Northern Indiana will convene at the 1st Presbyterian Church on Thursday the 18th with a sermon by the Moderator at 11 oclock. Preaching is planned on Wednesday night and each subsequent evening of the week. The public is invited to attend.
Returns show Chase leading with 20 033 votes across 73 counties while Ashtabula posts 2 962 for the banner ticket. The House leans Republican with few old-line senators from Hamilton county. victory nets GOP governor lieutenant governor secretary of state editor attorney general treasurer board of public works two supreme court judges and a Republican U S senator.
Armitage and Davis announce a supply of Wood's Hair Restorative with details in the advertisement and special notice urging readers to obtain the remedy.
J R Heary calls attention to his new stock of ready made clothing not to be excelled by any establishment on the Wabash. Prices reasonable.
The State Journal says the last winter’s Arctic voyage to find Dr Kane and Franklin's crew returned to New York with Kane and most of his men, after reaching Cisco's Island. Kane's Rescue was frozen in at the far north and the Relief expedition halted at the 7th degree before landing. Three crew died. The piece argues the Arctic quest was an idle venture with limited scientific gain and calls it the last such expedition.
The Brookville American notes Franklin county sold stock hogs large enough to fatten this fall at five dollars per hundred, with some farmers refusing five fifty. It warns greedy holders who kept corn and wheat for higher prices risk losses, expecting a continued rise that may not arrive.
Citizens of Provincetown Massachusetts chose a five person committee with full powers to travel west and contract for flour to supply town families.
The article questions how DeKalb Lafayette Montgomery and Pulaski counties assessed the intelligence of 300 foreign voters who favored the side in the election. It discusses concerns over influence and voter alignment across these counties.
Amid party reorganization in Pennsylvania about 15 000 supporters align with old line Republicans. The report notes the shift follows a broader GOP realignment and highlights voter turnout estimates.
Hon Samuel D Hubbard ex member of Congress and Post Master General under President Fillmore dies at his residence in Middletown Connecticut on the seventh of the current month.
Washington correspondent for the New York Times argues the Administration uses the Danish Sound Dues dispute to spark a foreign war. He believes the Danish quarrel diverts attention from Kansas troubles and Admin unpopularity.
A solitary Norfolk resident, grief stricken by a fever that claimed his family, leaped into the water and drowned. Local authorities reported no others involved.
A dispatch dated the 9th inst reports Santa Anna has been in Washington for several days privately quartered with Gen. Almonte the Mexican Minister, with little doubt of his presence.
Late advices from Oregon and Washington Territories report excitement over forming a new Territory around Walla Walla from parts of both territories. Meetings support the project and organizers plan to ask Congress next winter to grant a territorial government.
Cook county Illinois whose principal town is Chicago now has a population of 103960 an increase of 6575 over five years about 12000 per year.
A black walnut tree near Kalamazoo Michigan has a circumference of thirty three feet measured two feet from the ground. The find highlights the region’s notable timber specimens and local natural landmarks.
A new trial is granted for Alli son regarding the murder of Allison in Cincinnati. A hearing sets the next proceedings for December, with the defense and prosecution awaiting further dates.
A Canadian rebel exile endures years of Australia prison before a British amnesty frees him and returns him to Canada. He learns his wife remarried and departed with a new partner to Illinois, leaving him bereft and wandering toward loss and memory.
A husband traced his wife and children to Knox county Illinois where the wife, shocked to see a claimant from the grave, faced two rivals. The first husband, and the second husband both sought custody. After days of deliberation the wife chose the first husband, with the youngest child to join the other offspring, and the reunited family prepared to move to Michigan aboard the packet Louisiana watched by a large local crowd.
Washington Star reports a forthcoming steamer will carry letters to Mr. Buchanan urging prompt recall of Mr. Crampton. The aim is to avoid UNUSUAL measures by sending him from the country. The Star notes Buchanan was instructed to inform Britain’s government after the Philadelphia trial findings.
News from Mexico via the Nautilus reports Gen Castor still in Matamoros with garrison opposition to Vidauro who plans action. Rebels increase to 600 to 1200 demanding surrender while Vidauro advances. San Louis Potosi fell to insurgents and Tampico garrison backs Vidauro replacing Casnova. British pork purchase noted in New York.
The Republican notes a rumor that the State Sentinel may be sold to John B. Norman formerly of the New Albany Ledger, with Indianapolis as the center of speculation.
The Cincinnati Gazette cites Lloyds forthcoming Steamboat Directory reporting that since steam power began on Western waters there have been 39,672 lives lost in steamboat disasters, 381 boats and cargoes lost, 70 boats seriously injured, totaling about 67 million dollars in losses.
A quaint remark on bonnet fashion praising a good humored face as the finest adornment for a woman.
The report claims flour speculators have swindled at least three million dollars from consumers during the current summer. It expresses a hope the culprits feel the loss on their consciences.
The Sacramento Valley Railroad is completed and in running order with trains moving on August 8. The opening was celebrated with great enthusiasm and public excitement.
Explosion at Gorham powder mills owned by G G Newhall of Boston killed several men instantly and injured others, occurring in October in Portianno Me.
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