13 Feb 1867
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Newspaper
Indiana Madison Courier
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1867
Page
1
The page lists events at Handy's Opera House Cincinnati including final day notices, ticket sales for premium draws, and details about licenses and court notices. Also appears advertisements for clothing and goods with various local names and addresses across Cincinnati.
The Madison Weekly Courier reports the Indiana Senate's bolt talk and House quorum issues, debates over high school property limits, railroad rates, and a bill to end 13th article enforcement. Governor Baker asks for Soldier relief funds and a new agricultural college site, plus bankruptcy and copper tax debates.
The Senate weighs a House bolting prevention bill as a special order amid mixed support. Mason moves to table the majority report. vote shows 11 yeas 24 nays with no quorum at first, then 33 respond to call. Stein urges the bill as a Wednesday 2 pm order. Cullen's amendment fails. apportionment recomputation proceeds. lobby hints at Democratic-Union overtures. Cravens requests postponement on rooms for State offices. Soldiers' Home bill revisited. Rights and Privileges Committee to report soon. city incorporation section 57 amendment noted.
A New Orleans business leader writes to Hon W D Kelley about sugar planters in Terre Bonne parish. He cites some generous planters funding schools and missions for freedmen, while others fail to treat workers fairly. He warns freedmen safety relies on protective, prudent masters rather than Yankee adventurers. A separate item reports a deaf hog-killing accident on a rail line and potential legal actions. Texas landowners convene in Houston endorsing a Land and Immigration Company to track lands and supply labor, with counties forming associations to clear titles and survey lands.
The Albany Argus argues for changing voting for corporate directors to a stock split method where each stock portion elects one director. A $500000 company with ten directors could give $50000 holders a stake in four seats, enabling minority representation. The piece also notes Dr. Hayes describing polar daylight and open polar sea theories, and a St Louis tale of a colored man fabricating wealth.
A New York State Senate commission urges underground railways to move passengers safely, rejecting surface and elevated options. The Tribune notes support for Metropolitan Transit Company plan with three tracks and steam removal, while opinions vary on elevated routes. A Kokomo Herald yarn jokes about a printer’s dream turning into two Brevier types pressed from a thumb. PangaTas brutality case in Chicago sees Johnson and wife fined for cruel treatment of their 12 year old son James with boiling water.
Washington dispatch reports insult to troops near Richmond and Schofield's accession to Bragg's orders. Granger delays action to await rebel court guidance while Schofield heads for Richmond. Separate notes track New York street railways' 1867 operations, a Bath County Ky desperado arrest, and Buffalo bank surplus with a 50 percent dividend.
An omnibus of medical musings argues fresh air as essential to recovery, with emphasis on quiet, light, and ventilation in sickrooms. Water quality, cleanliness, and domestic baths are praised as potent healers, while reliance on physicians and medicines should be balanced by prudent rest and mental calm.
Reports from New York papers condemn gilt letters and lotteries as mischievous and demoralising. A Western man reportedly lost a thousand dollars on such schemes while a poor woman bought tickets under enticing ads and forfeited her money. The piece urges swift penalties for advertising lotteries to protect vulnerable victims. A separate note narrates a strange plant growth from a caterpillar, and a Tennessee resolution calls for Judge Patterson to resign.
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