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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1841
Page
2
The article reports Col. Grogan, an American, was liberated by Canadian authorities after being dragged from his home. Montreal Herald denounces the arrest as illegal and praises the Canadian government while noting Grogan was handed to police to reach the province line.
A private letter from Vincennes reports a large fire sweeping through the town damaging most of the principal business houses. The cause is not known and details remain unclear.
Election results show Potter winning Pennsylvania by about 15900 votes. The legislature tilts against the administration with a decisive opposition majority. In Georgia McDonald the Democrat secures the governorship by 2100 votes while New Jersey supports the Whigs.
Telegraph notes the college year begins in September lasting 138 weeks with a one week recess, a January term of 13 weeks, and a April term of 133 weeks ending with a nine week vacation. Trustees aim to elevate the institution with new Latin professor and a broadened classical program. The faculty includes President Casares Warre and professors J S Thomson and others, with a year‑to‑year arithmetic tutor. Prospective students urged to enroll at term start.
The Hoboken inquest into the Rogers murder and Mary Payne case unfolds with testimony from Ira Griwold and Cook, noting a broken hearted Paye and a vision Mary relayed to him. Witnesses describe the deceased’s drunken condition, suicide hints, and neglect by townsfolk as investigations probe possible killers and motives.
Jury finds the deceased died of exposure with brain congestion, living under aberrant mental condition. Verdict notes improper treatment and irregular living conditions as contributing factors.
An 800 year old throne of Edward the Confessor and a coronation oak in Westminster Abbey are cited to show oak durability. A famous wooden bridge defended by Horatius Cocles in Rome before Christ is also noted as oak, illustrating the timber’s long history.
Reports from Vera Cruz describe a looming struggle among Mexican leaders. Santa Anna may unite with federalists to oust current rulers, while Perote troops move and southern states declare for a Jabico plan reform. Dispatch notes revolts in Guadalajara and Xalisco, with unrest affecting trade and public health in Veracruz.
The farmer describes two cows dying after sudden heavy blood just before June 26. He notes violent trembling, convulsions, dark bloody discharges, and rapid death. Treatments based on Cookson’s guidance failed to help.
J Wright discusses bloody murrain as a fatal cattle disease not seen in Europe. He notes the disease's rapid progression, its unclear cause, and presents several reported curves, stressing none offer a reliable specific cure while urging caution for breeders.
A 19th century voice urges a Western convention to unite against centralization. The text warns of national maneuvers by political foes and stresses home issues, economic balance, and collective action to preserve the republic. It calls for unity, Western influence, and timely deliberation to protect regional interests.
A lively, muddled dialogue contrasts New England and Western speakers. Jokes about candle dipping in mud puddles and muddy roads highlight regional boasting and shared burlesque of travel hardships. The piece preserves comic dialect and rural character without graphic detail.
A conversation between travelers depicts myths of hul ronntis and rocka crops. The Yankee dismisses local tales as untrustworthy and offers to trade clocks, claiming time is kept by pumpkin vines growing five feet per hour and that clocks are useless.
A Pennsylvania dairy farmer recounts a strange encounter while hunting three missing cattle. In comic dialogue a stranger asks about the cattle and the Dutchman offers a gullible reply, but the tale ends without proof of recovery.
A public auction is set for Monday November 6 at the door of the Methodist church in Logansport Cass County. The sale covers a parcel of Lot 94 with 424 feet on Village Street and 169 feet on a side street, to satisfy rents and profits for eight years and debts of Uriah Archar and William Browne. Proceedings begin between 10 and 12, with executions and a sale of property if unpaid.
By virtue of an all writ execution issued by the Clerk of the Cass Circuit Court to me Pere ted against the rente and profits for the term of seven years of Lots Nos 26 and 24 in the addition to Logansport. The sale will occur Monday November 15 1941 at the door of the Methodist church Logansport Cass County Indiana. If the rent and profits fail to cover the execution sum the fee simple of the property shall be offered for sale. Sale conducted as the property of Joseph Willis with replevin bid for Joseph P Berry at the suit of A. and Crau ly. Sale hours 10 to 4. Ross Sheriff. October 23 1841. 8-2
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