Elyria Courier in Elyria, Ohio

Looting at Express Co Office and Cholera Reports

The Express Co lost two tons of goods and J W Backus $3000 in merchandise as safes at the freight depot were opened yesterday. Books and papers were damaged but largely preserved. a pocket book with bills was destroyed. The safes were Gaylord and Edwards Talmes. The Crescent City steamer arrived with 840 passengers and gold, while cholera deaths spiked in Kingston and San Francisco.