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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1855
Page
2
The slate lists George W. Pigman for Clerk Lewis Jordan for Recorder and Robert Fisher for County Commissioner, indicating party candidates on the Republican ticket.
The Court of Common Pleas is in session with J. W. Brake presiding. No new State cases are on docket and unlikely soon unless whisky shops reactivate. J. A. Sims, Esquire, appointed Prosecuting Attorney.
Commissioners Court adjourned on Thursday after a four day session. The Liquor Agent report shows county revenue of about 80 or 40 dollars from liquors sold, suggesting the county is not in debt and the system works well.
A local paper urges residents to question candidates on pledges to repeal the Prohibitory Law. It argues incumbents and opponents alike must support enforcement or risk backlash, praising the law's perceived benefits and urging public stand against obstruction.
A prominent old liner seeks a fusion arrangement to run for Recorder. The piece questions how he will handle his active supporters if successful and contemplates a Whig fusion with the Doc as a possible pairing.
A Journal card notes Mr Preman defending himself against circulating falsehoods about his nomination for Clerk. The notice warns readers to beware and heed potential enemy fabrications.
Mrs Elizabeth Brown of Rochester reacts to news of her son Lewis death in Chicago. She collapses and dies at age 74. The fragmentary text indicates a sudden death following the news with the mother expressing grief.
In accordance with an August resolution the Carroll County Republican central committee invites friends of liberty and moral progress to meet at designated times and places to discuss great issues of the day. The notice urges unity with true democracy and opposition to Old-Line National Democracy, described as slavery in disguise. Signed by Isaac Jackson E W Huenarp and J H Dunnar.
The Louisville Courier notes a newly formed secret society named Eye Ballers. Membership requires the applicant to be a native of the United States or another country.
The Norfolk Herald reports twenty nine deaths in the 24 hours ending yesterday at 2 PM with about a hundred more coffins ordered. Burial estimates range forty to fifty, some died earlier and were delayed interments for lack of coffins. Fifty coffins arrived from Baltimore on Sunday.
Austin M. Puert of Park County II receives appointment as trustee of the Wabash and Erie Canal by Governor Wright.
Rumors claim President Pierce purchased a 500 to 900 acre farm near Colesville in Montgomery County Maryland as a future residence. It is also said that if nominated in 1856 he would run as a Maryland candidate rather than from New Hampshire.
Snow covered parts of Vermont on Saturday night as commuters faced slick roads. Light accumulations were reported in several counties with expectant clearing by dawn Sunday.
The Indiana Democrats split over the prohibitory liquor law as a Washington Hall convention adopts resolutions supporting the law while denouncing its execution and urging repeal if unconstitutional. A state meeting in Indianapolis condemns the law as oppressive and urges candidates to pledge repeal with a focus on local interests.
Rev. Wm. C. Larrabee LL D long served as a distinguished professor at Asbury University and a prominent Methodist Episcopal minister in the Northwestern Indiana Conference. He shifted focus years ago to run for an important state office.
Dr H Cox of Buffalo liquor inspector notes found pure liquor but many low quality fluids. Domestic brandy and port wine contained acids, cider, alum, beet juice, logwood, lead and copper. One cask of strong brandy tinctured with sulfuric and nitric acids sickened a man who drank a portion.
The potato rot is causing extensive damage in western New York, Massachusetts, and Long Island. Reports note prevailing rot in Cayuga and Onondaga counties, severe crop losses on Long Island, and signs of the disease in Heath and western Franklin County Massachusetts. Local papers Salem Gazette and Greenfield Courier relay the spread and impact.
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