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Newspaper
Logansport Herald
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1838
Page
1
A fragment from The Herald presents a poetic child’s dream of heaven and loss read aloud to a mother. The verse describes a journey from earthly sorrow to a bright afterlife with cherubs and seraphim, recalling sister Jane and a stern baron in a contrast of charity and pride.
A Paris Moral pamphlet lists 1637 statistics on marriage and separation. Wives leaving husbands 3132. husbands deserting wives 2348. legally separated 4175. open variance 17345. secret variance 13279. mutually indifferent 8200. reputed happy 3175. nearly happy 127. truly happy 13. An old gentleman refused to fight a duelist as a lute of honor, saying he would rather fill twenty newspapers than one coffin.
A grave digger narrates a melancholy legend of a reclusive scientist and his three brides Mary Adelaide and Madeline. The tale centers on a cursed mansion and a fatal wedding night amid storms and revelations of murder.
A 17 year old heiress and her lover fled across the Mississippi to marry without consent. The river ice and a capsized cake of ice trapped them, but she refused to wed a selfish coward. They both returned home amid ridicule. the lover fled after leaving debts.
A letter from Dr. Cooper in the Columbia Telescope reports Dr. Ellett of South Carolina College repeating a French chemist’s method to create artificial rubies and emeralds. Using pure alumina and chrome coloring, rubies form at fusion. continued heating yields emeralds. Specimens described as fine color and transparent.
A Dumfries tavern anecdote shows Burns rebuking a noisy guest who asks to borrow his coat for a funeral. Burns refuses, suggests the guest wear his own character as the blackest coat, delivering a sharp rebuke in witty style.
The Bank of the United States under President Mr. Biddle provides twenty thousand dollars to aid Charleston sufferers from the late city fire.
The Detroit Advertiser reports that the Saginaw Indians, angered by treaty breaches by the United States, killed several white men.
A historic notice notes the vacancy in the Peru Charge dAffaires position after Mr. Thornton’s death. It predicts that fifty-nine applicants will be disappointed as logic dictates competition remains fierce.
The Russian Emperor issues an ukase abolishing the name Poland and dissolving its distinct status. Poland is absorbed into Russia proper and Polish troops are incorporated with Russian forces.
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