07 Oct 1858
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Newspaper
Lexington Clipper
Location
Lexington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1858
Page
3
Benj Benton a police officer and Henry Gamble clashed over a prisoner. Gamble urged the officer to release the prisoner. The officer refused and Gamble shot him in the head, dying instantly. Gamble was arrested.
The Vicksburg Whig notes one death yesterday in the city hospital and no new fever cases in private practice, while acknowledging several hospital cases exist.
The grand jury in Lawrence Kansas recently failed to return a bill against Lane in the Lane and Jenkins affray case. This suggests the case will likely terminate without further proceedings.
The town of Troy Missouri long known for wickedness and gambling saw a Protestant revival begun in a Presbyterian church last May. About seventy people, including hardened residents, reportedly embraced conversion through the meeting.
A list of letters remaining in the Lexington Indiana Post Office for three months will be sent to the Post Office Department as dead letters if not collected.
A dense OCR fragment lists many personal names and initials such as Allison Catharine Barry Sarah Boles Sarah J Boles Martha A 2 Blackford, and numerous others including James V Anderson Phillip Burnell Thomas Baker, Robert Davis, William Rexton, James Christy, and Peter Gray, suggesting a community notice or roster.
The manufacture of steel pens is vast and productive. Birmingham’s output exceeds a thousand million pens annually, highlighting the city’s prominent role in industry and wealth creation.
An Irish provincial journal runs a provocative ad seeking a handy labourer who can plough a married man and a Protestant, with a son or daughter, reflecting sectarian and gendered undertones of the period.
Weekly corrected price list shows flour per barrel and various grains per unit, along with dried fruits and staples such as peaches potatoes lard oil molasses beeswax beans and tallow. Early values list barrels and bushels with figures like five dollars sixty cents and other small amounts.
A note from Lexington highlights growing interest in mats and caps as boots and sloes stock remains a focus. The brief mentions increasing demand and potential local impact on trade and supply chains.
The notice outlines subscription rates and payment terms for one copy one year in advance and six months with renewal after a year. It details price structures, insertion charges, and penalties for unpaid bills. It also specifies that yearly adverts are limited to the advertiser’s own business and that legal notices must be paid by those submitting them.
The Lexington mail routes list daily and multi day departures to Vienna Madison Bethlehem Austin and Paris with their respective arrival times. Vienna Mail leaves Lexington at 5 00 AM arrives Vienna 7 00 AM Return to Lexington 10 00 AM Madison Mail leaves Lexington 8 00 AM arrives Madison 1 00 PM Hamburg? Return paths to Lexington and Bethlehem Bethleham Bethlehem operates on Tue Thu Sat 6 00 AM to Lexington and return 12 00 PM to Bethlehem 6 00 PM Paris mail departs Lexington Saturday 6 00 AM arrives Paris 12 00 PM Return Paris 1 00 PM arrives Lexington 7 00 PM. i H Young P M
Fresson Watkins announces intent to commence proceedings to recover any interest as heir at law of Jesse Watkins deceased in lot 278 Clark's Grant Scott County Indiana containing 133 acres. The land was claimed by Cyrus P Fordyce.
Willis L Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court certifies upcoming general election in Scott County on the second Tuesday of October 1858. Offices include Supreme Court judges, state officials, attorney general, superintendent, representative to Congress, precinct prosecutors, clerk, sheriff, coroner, surveyor, and township assistants. Proclamation calls notices and asks for legal notices to be published. Witness dated September 3 1858.
Clock and watch repair by Lougrhan promises quick service with careful workmanship and customer satisfaction. The ad emphasizes expert repair at short notice and reliable results for watches and clocks.
A fragmented notice describes a public sale of horses in Seis county including mares geldings stallions and colts of various ages with conditions about age and sex. The text also notes some omissions of females in a prior listing and references a past week.
NOTICE S hereby given that she has been appointed Executor of the lost will as Thomas Gillaapie, love of Scott county, deceased. id estate in o be solvent. ROBERT GARDNER, est. Wm. ik. MARSHALL, Atty. seplé- nis-orel
Notice of a public sale of the late Thomas Gilaspie of Scott county. Proceeds include horses hogs cattle sheep and harness with hay. A 12 month credit offered on sums three dollars and up. Purchaser to provide security and waive relief from sale protections.
A short notice describes a benevolent association in Philadelphia organized to aid the sick and distressed affected by viruslent and epidemic diseases through a special endowment. The item notes charitable purpose and institutional backing in the city.
A fragment lists Ay SFr Hon W H Englich Dr A Rev John Mitchel Willie L Siewer K Marshall. The readable text includes the Lexington School and several named individuals. No dates or actions are clear from the fragment.
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