Nevada Territory Proposal Affects Mormon Lands
A bill prepared by Senator Douglas at the last session would form a new eastern California boundary territory named Nevada. It would include all Western Utah and northwestern New Mexico from the Oregon line to the Colorado river and would be among the early items at the next session. The plan would reduce Mormon lands by about half, confining them to the Salt Lake Valley.
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Douglas
California
Utah
New Mexico
Oregon Line
Colorado River
Nevada
Great Sierra
Salt Lake Valley
Stillman’s Run Tale Told By A Civil War Veteran
A veteran recounts the May 1832 Stillman’s Run episode during Black Hawk War scouting near Old Man’s Creek. He describes the march, mixed discipline, a desperate Indian ambush led by Black Hawk, a panic flight to Dixon’s Ferry, and casualties on both sides plus later ridicule of the survivors.
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Stillman’s Run
Weston Fisner
Fulton County
Reynolds
Suliman
Ogie
Carroll Counties
Dixon’s Ferry
Old Man's Creek
Stuitsman’s River
Rock River
Bron
Ogle
Black Hawk
Stillman
Grand de Tour
Dixon
State Line
Old Man’s Creek
Kentucky
Stump
Colonel Brown
Ilinois
Captain Adams
Maj. Hackleton
Maj. Perkins
Adame
Perkins
Stillman’s Row
Dixon's Ferry
Gov. Reynolds
Chitty
Col. Brown
Col. B
Sulman
Rules of the Mt. Carmel Gossiping Club
A humorous notice outlines society rules to spread gossip about neighbors. Members must monitor others meals and finances, report conversations, and reveal private visits allegedly to break up matches and fuel chatter. The piece mocks gossip culture with exaggerated expectations.
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Mt. Carmel
Reward Offered for Murder Suspect James Fowler
Josiah Phelps of Saline County Illinois posts a $1000 reward for the capture of James Fowler charged with murdering Brady Phelps at Gallatin on the 10th. Fowler allegedly attacked as Phelps bent to light his pipe, breaking his skull. Fowler fled toward Kansas or Minnesota in disguise as a woman.
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Josiah Phelps
Saline County
Illinois
James Fowler
Brady Phelps
Gallatin
Phelps
Fowler
Kansas
Minnesota
Poem on violets and April's springtime allure
A lyrical meditation on April beauty and violets found beside running water. The speaker describes soft winds, birds, rain, and nature's poetry in bloom. The verses urge readers to seek delicate flowers and feel spring as a heavenly manuscript, inviting restless spirits to read Earth's seasonal music.
Obscene Utah Rumors Echoed Over Political Turmoil
A Salt Lake gathering voices demand a share of Buchanan’s concerns amid reports from Mormon leadership of a January burglary at the U S District Court and Supreme Court offices. Corroborating accounts claim many federal papers and nine hundred law volumes were removed as agitation grows over statehood and federal authority. Five non Mormon youths languish in Utah Penitentiary for disapproving Mormon doctrine, facing severe confinement and potential death.
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Salt Lake
Buchanan
Brigham Young
U.S
Supreme Court
Territory of
Utah
Congress
Hell
San Francisco Herald
Salt Lake Cis
Janualy
End Serting
Supreme Court of
Territory
United States
The Drunkard’s Terror: A Temperance Sermon Address
An orator portrays death as a fearsome force and the drunkard’s doom. The speech contrasts the Savior’s agony with the torment of alcohol’s victims, detailing madness, ruined families, and spectral visions haunting a man nearing death.
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Repent Bett
Fairfield
Lil
Redeemer
Jordan
Angel of Mercy
Cig
Tormen
Murders Reported in Sonora Amidst Government Critique
In Sonora numerous horrible murders have recently been committed. The government fails to protect life or property while disturbances occur in other states. Yet the Republic remains generally at peace and the Comonfort government retains supreme authority.
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Sonora
Comonfort
The Way to Begin the World for a Young Man
Advice to a young man starting life urges caution in forming friendships with morally doubtful people. Begin with morality and diligence, accept small beginnings, and avoid ostentatious early ventures. Maintain actions aligned with scripture to influence others toward truth, ensuring lifelong satisfaction.
National Hotel Epidemic and Suspected Miasma Cause
Reports from Washington Board of Health attribute the illness to poisonous miasma from sewers, cass pouls and sinks at the hotel. Noting several guests and the eminent New York lawyer Mr George Gifford remain in danger, questions arise about servants and staff exposure and the role of food in spreading illness.
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George Gifford
New York
Board of Health
Washington
New York Express
Ublic
Publicity for a home remedy cures fever and pox claims
Dr. William Fields of Willington lays out a home remedy said to cure forty five of fifty Scarlet Fever and Small Pox cases without a physician. They advise yeast poultices, catnip tea, yeast throat applications, and a milk diet, with strong claims from the Chicago Times about distillery work in Evansville producing eighty barrels of whisky a day.
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William Fields
Willington
Delaware
Chicago Times
Kansas Growth and Emigration Says Kansas Territory Booms
Latest Kansas news from Lecomeron notes rapid land speculation as emigrants flood the territory. Property values rise, new towns form in the south, and many claims are taken for neighborhood prospects. Debates over Col Lane and Gov Geary stir tensions among pro slavery groups.
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Lecomeron
K.T
Lawrence
Kansas Valley
Delaware Trust Lands
Col
Lone
Kansas
Gov
Geary
Col. Lane
Shawnee Reserve
Shawnee Land Association
Stick to the Farm and Avoid Speculation
A warning against abandoning farming during hard times. The author argues bankruptcy trails those who switch to silk shops, toys, tobacco, or dubious trades, urging farmers to stay with land and husbandry rather than gamble in mercantile ventures.
Killing the President in the Nation's Capital
A Philadelphia American Washington correspondent reports masses of patriots surrounding hotels and the White House as the nation nears a presidential election. The President endures constant pressure and feeble health, with concerns his body and mind cannot withstand the strain. Historical references note Harrison and Taylor as prior presidents who fell to the office despite medical arguments.
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Washington
Philadelphia American
White House
Buchanan
Harrison
Taylor
Plain Living Diet Advice From Hall's Journal of Health
The article argues happiness and better sleep come from plain dinners over luxurious meals. It lists inexpensive wholesome foods such as white beans peas oats corn meal samp hulled corn crusted wheat and rice as nutritious, plus fruits to aid digestion and health.
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Hall
Journal of Health
The Van of Civilization Emerges in Wilderness
The article notes two large shifts with white settlement. Quail appear to Indians only after ploughing and planting bring abundant food for pioneers. Honey bees vanish from Indian lands, retreating before advancing civilization, signaling the need for Indians to abandon hunting grounds and graves of ancestors.
Wheat Crop Prospects May Fail For Broadcast Sown Wheat
The Bellville Tribune reports farmers across the county expect below average yields this harvest. Drilled wheat shows promise for an abundant crop, while broadcast sown wheat late in the season faces possible total failure.
Wheat prospects grim in Illinois counties
A McLean County planter sowed 600 acres with wheat last fall but will plow up the entire crop this spring after a severe winter. He doubts 100 bushels will be produced from the 600 acres. In Sangamon County a farmer with 200 acres also sowed wheat, but the dry fall and cold winter killed all expectant yield. The overall outlook for wheat in the area is discouraging.
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McLean County
Illinois
Sangamon County
Fatal Shooting After Coffee House Altercation
A dispute in a Cincinnati coffee house led Parker to threaten and then strike Parker Bennett. Bennett dodged, Parker drew a pistol and fired, hitting Bennett in the right side. The ball broke a rib, passed through the lungs, and lodged in the spine. Bennett died about two hours later.
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Cincinnati
Parker
Wm. T. Bennett
Bennett
Bennet
Louisville Journal
Newfoundland Dog Rescues Two Children From Runaway Horse
Eyewitnesses report a large Newfoundland dashed into the street to save two youngsters aged 5 and 7 from a furious runaway horse in a wagon. The dog carried one child to the sidewalk and grabbed the other by the clothes, chasing the horse but failing to stop its flight yet returning to guard the youths.
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The
New Bedford Mercury
Escape of a Slave Fleeing to Alabama Ends in Suicide
A light mulatto man escaped from his Nashville master with two Black companions and passed as a white traveler to Alabama. In Chattanooga he was recognized and, when faced with arrest, fatally stabbed himself. His Black associate was captured.
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Nashville
Alabama
Ieman
Chattanooga
Hog cholera link to strychnine in whisky debated
A Cincinnati chemist contends that strychnine used in whisky production on the hog feeding slope could poison hogs and even kill thirty men in one barrel. The remark suggests delirium tremens deaths may rise as a result.
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Cincinnati
Rhode Island Rum Sales Persist Despite Maine Law
The Providence Post notes the Maine Liquor Law has not halted rum selling in Rhode Island. In at least fifteen towns lacking grog shops six years ago rum is now openly sold, with one town mentioned in at least twenty five locations.
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Lees
Mora
Providence Post
Rhode Island
Mysterious Cave Deaths Reported in Angeline County
An OA party in Angeline county Texas discovered two hundred bodies in a cave, all petrified and clothed in an unfamiliar style. One body bore a gold buckle three inches in diameter on the waist, eyes and brows still discernible beneath a preserved surface.
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Angeline County
Texas
New Hampshire Governor Race Yields 3000 Vote Majority
The Republican candidate wins a clear 3000 vote majority in New Hampshire. Republicans also carry Elanse by 63 and three GOP congress members secure large margins of 600 103,500.
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New Hampshire
Congress
Roguish Aged Charity Trick Sparks Sympathy
A woman questioned a man claiming to be dumb about his duration of disability. He replied since birth, jolting the scene with a mix of simplicity and humanity. The lady reacted with pity and a token gift.
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Osa
Vilas
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National Hotel
Evansvile
Bellville
Tribune
Abe Zits
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