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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1841
Page
1
Terms of the Telegraph state two dollars to advance two dollars and fifty cents within six months and three dollars after six months. Subscriptions are due after six months. Job work and advertising must be paid in advance.
In a tale set at Miss Madonna's house, ventriloquist Valentine Vox and Mr. Jonas Beagle endure a cat concert while sharing a bed. Their prankish night escalates as mews, spitting, and pillow projectiles drive them toward exhaustion and a sofa escape.
A Sir John Harvey letter to Governor Fairfield defends a British troop detachment at Madawaska as support for local civil authorities amid arrests and threats against magistrates Rice and McLaughlin. The Boston Herald reports another frontier incident where American travelers Templeton Cady Renwick were attacked by armed British party near Madawaska, with injuries and later medical care.
The Monticello Watchman reports a Justice of the Peace dissolved a short lived marriage by placing a live cat on a block and forcing the spouses to pull at head and tail while the judge split the cat with an axe and declared Death parts you. The couple left believing they were unmarried and have not cohabited since.
The education committee reports many agents failed to return surplus revenue data to the Treasurer of State, risking fund loss. They support the finance bill and propose a bill to amend the act distributing surplus revenue per Congress approved January 23, 1836.
The Madisonian critiques the Globe’s view of Gen. Harrison and Van Buren, arguing British sympathy and foreign aggrandizement threaten the United States. It highlights California Oregon ambitions, debt to England, and mass immigration, urging internal reform and a newer, freer North American Republic.
A Hartford Courant note describes a New London inscription honoring William Hotman who, during the 1781 siege, waded through blood to wet a line of powder and save the fort and magazine. It recounts 4000 English troops attacking, 700 Americans defending, and Hotman’s sacrifice.
At our latest dates General Harrison was drained at North Bend due to his wife's illness. She was, however, gaining her health.
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