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Newspaper
Lexington Clipper
Location
Lexington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1858
Page
2
The article reports a campmeeting near Pisgah with an estimated five hundred women present. While the first sermon impressed attendees, many women were distracted by their dresses and chatter. Observers note snide remarks about a speaker with long hair and suggest a barber visit once he sobers up.
The article urges expansion of crafts and industry in the area including carriage making saddlery brickmaking agricultural implements and textile processing. It argues such establishments would find steady demand from surrounding country and notes the town as healthy and pleasant for workers and families.
The excerpt muses on how eight hundred million people on Earth occupy themselves idly and in varied ways. It notes millions at work or play, some gambling or gaming, others smoking or seeking leisure, with politics in the United States described as a heated activity.
The piece argues that happiness varies with individuals. Some seek wealth and gold, others seek thrills like fast horses, some crave books and papers, while others value fine clothes and jewelry, noting happiness differs across minds.
Report notes that James Madden was targeted by several eggs thrown while he walked home. The incident occurred Monday evening and authorities are investigating the act as a possible random assault.
The paper declares patience has ended and requests all who owe the office to come forward and pay. Office expenses run about 25 dollars weekly and must be covered from actual cash, with small individual amounts totaling to a meaningful aggregate.
A little daughter of Mr. George Snodgrass in Saluda Township Jefferson County died instantly when the child rode a plough horse home and the animal bolted into a fence after she struck it, throwing her from the saddle. The accident occurred on Tuesday the 24th inst, while her father ploughed in the field.
Empire Mills at this place now run in good order producing about one hundred barrels of flour daily and offering any quantity of meat. They exchange thirty eight pounds of flour and a half bushel of bran for highest market rate.
A juried trial recounted Goins striking a man with a shovel and fist during a dispute over negligence. Dr Sneed testified the victim’s skull was unusually thin and a small blow could cause death. The negro, described as half witted, died shortly after.
Reports detail a mid June outbreak spreading through the city with sick, dying, and funerals. Immigrant passengers, aid societies, and hospitals are cited as the epidemic worsens, with vivid scenes at St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery and concerns for fresh graves and foul water.
The piece denounces a false standard of manliness in city life guiding youths to tobacco, weapons, and crime, while praising mind over muscles. It warns that ambition without virtue erodes conscience, leading to ruin for soldiers, firemen, students, and leaders alike.
The passage rails at hypocritical social views that excuse a male youth's wandering while branding a betrayed girl as beyond forgiveness. It condemns the double standard, noting benevolence toward a man contrasts with ostracism and harsh judgment of a woman's flaws, and warns of grave earthly consequences.
London dispatch reports a treaty with China affecting war expenses and mentions rapid suppression of the Indian mutiny. Bombay dates arrive dated July 19. Atlantic Cable report discussed by Mr Bright. Steamers Asa and North America depart to Halifax Boston and Canada mails to New York.
Yellow fever fatalities reported in New Orleans on Saturday reach 57 with a weekly total of four deaths. The city health situation remains dire as authorities monitor the outbreak and administer relief measures.
Reported riots in Kilkenny Ireland describe mobs of agrarian workers forming to destroy reaping machines and intimidate owners. One instance notes a mob reaping a gentleman’s grain under police guard while threatening to stack it. Workmen fear machines will eliminate jobs.
A young French woman fears the rose’s perfume causes syncope. A guest arrives wearing a rose bud, she faints, and the crowd discovers the bud is artificial. The incident becomes a curious tale of nervous sensibility and social reaction.
The St Joseph Journal reports a major Pawnee versus Arrapaho battle nine miles above the Little Blue with many dead on both sides. A buried white woman is believed killed in the skirmish, blamed on the Arrapahoes. Pawnees subsequently attack Patterson's rancho destroying corn and stock.
The St Louis Republican notes a surge in gambling across the city in recent months. Amid banks monte tables and heart of the city resorts lie numerous dens where lotteries prey on the unwary. The piece calls lotteries humbugs yet shows proprietors flaunting wealth from these schemes.
Louis Napoleon presents five thousand francs to a private in the line who claims to have solved aerial travel. The inventor proposes a silk platform with whalebone ribs and two large wings, a suspended pilot, and a lever to steer. A model exists and reportedly functions well.
A Kentucky elopement from Falmouth joined KE. PD. Lightfoot and heiress Sarah M. Shawhan after payments delayed the union. They wed at Spencer House and planned a honeymoon as the bride, famed for wealth, becomes Mrs Lightfoot. The Cincinnati Commercial notes the ceremony by Rev. Nicholson of St John’s Church.
An incident aboard a train near Xenia involved three colored men attempting to enter the ladies car. The conductor ordered them forward, the brakeman warned them away, and the trio moved to the forward car after resisting. The exchange sparked a complaint about behavior and respect between white passengers and the three men.
Convicted Drawin Payne at Lexington last week of manslaughter in the killing of Boss White. The jury set his sentence at four years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was made.
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