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Newspaper
Mount Carmel Register
Location
Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1859
Page
2
A local advert promotes subscription sales on Main Street with a per annum rate and a requirement that payments be made strictly in advance. Transactions limited to loyal customers and new subscribers seeking yearly access.
The Illinois Southern Railroad contract with Messrs. Stanton sets a 150 mile line from Vincennes to Mound City at 30 000 per mile paid in bonds. It assigns full construction duties, financing shifts, and three year completion with staged milestones and exclusive use rights for three years.
The Joliet prison holds about four hundred fifty prisoners and Alton about three hundred. Forty from Alton near the end of their sentences. Many inmates are well behaved and diligent. Whipping post revived for refractory inmates. Half of foreign-born prisoners illiterate. Only about six women across both prisons with limited housing. Provisions for one hundred women at Joliet. Convict bedding is poor with shared cots and infrequent linens.
Intelligence from Brownsville Texas details daily depredations by Cortinas bandits. The latest act reportedly involved abducting three Americans in retaliation for an officer's hanging, while Mexican authorities struggle to guard borders and maintain order.
Scientific American cites New York with about 200000 smokers using two cigars daily totaling 400000 cigars a day at four cents each. The Argus notes Albany manufactures about 900000000 cigars annually at the same price, equaling 36000000 dollars in value.
A French writer counsels that to dream gloriously one must act gloriously awake and labor for virtue by day to bring angels into dreams. The quotation links active virtue with elevated dreams and moral pursuit.
William Reany, famed western detective, exposes a counterfeit ring in Olney Illinois. The $10 Canal Bank of New Orleans notes are described as fake by three distinguishing features. Reany tracks suspects from Cairo to Cincinnati, arrests several, recovers about $2,000, and halts wider circulation with a telegraphic alert to New Orleans.
The Democratic Executive Committee met in Washington on the 7th and selected April 23 for the Democratic Convention in Charleston. The Republican National Committee is expected to meet in New York next month to set the date and venue, with a western city widely believed to be the likely site.
A new three acre pottery ware factory rises in Peoria Illinois and will be the largest of its kind when finished. The enterprise plans to import engines and machinery from the east and begin production early next year.
From the Sun we learn that William J Heberd a respected Vincennes resident died suddenly of heart disease on Monday. After dinner he visited Peck’s Drug Store for Jamaica Ginger felt unwell and collapsed twice. medical aid came but he died within an hour of the first attack.
The Wilmington Herald notes Fenandina Florida Mayor dined on the first crop of new green peas from his own garden the day before leaving the Land of Flowers He anticipates eating fresh tomatoes grown in the same place by Christmas.
The Washington States notes a gay winter in store with the approaching legislative session. Most members from both houses will bring families, and hotels and boarding houses have extended accommodations to meet the demand of transient visitors.
Beas Michael Rhoades a Lafayette hotel keeper died after a nasal hemorrhage. Medical efforts to stop the bleeding failed and he expired within hours.
Base Dispatches from New York render it probable that Fernando Wood has been elected Mayor by about 2,000 majority. Havemyer, Regular Democrat, leads Opdyke, Republican, over six thousand.
The first American child born in Knox county, Major Benjamin V. Becks, died near Vincennes on the third inst., aged 72. The obituary notes his status as a notable local resident and marks his long life ending in Knox County.
The steamer Ante Sarchet made a smooth passage and returned yesterday after a pleasant trip, meeting expectations for passenger comfort and service.
Nature reveals beauty as white blossoms emerge from earthy soil after early spring rain, appearing pristine as if grown in a paradise garden.
A Wabash county Democratic gathering held December 10 at the County Clerk’s office in Mount Carmel adopted resolutions backing the Springfield State Convention and national party platform. Delegates named include Robert Bell James M. Sharp with alternates George Lescher and George Bedell. a Democratic Central Committee of Harmon Fisher Bell formed to organize future campaigns. Proceedings signed by Chairman Wm Arbhutnot and Secretary Gro W Besore.
The Terre Haute Express reports lively hog market sentiment with pork advancing and net prices at 560 per head, up 10 cents from prior quotes. McTaggarts and Mansur's slaughter and packing plants are in full operation with McTaggart adding 3000 head this week. warm weather could dampen activity.
A witty note mocks a would be inventor who claims a new telegraph. He plans a line of women fifty steps apart to relay news, treating the secret as profound gossip rather than a real device. The piece plays on absurdity and humor.
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