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Newspaper
Peru Gazette
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1839
Page
3
A camel and mule tale unfolds as three young rogues attempt to steal goat, mule, and clothing from a peasant. The trick ends with the robbers escaped and the peasant learning a lesson through misfortune and wit.
A convention of delegates from Ohio Indiana and Illinois met at Terre Haute on the 8th to adopt measures related to the Cumberland Road. An abstract notes a memorial to Congress was unanimously adopted urging an annual appropriation of three hundred.
The President’s proclamation of June 22 announces October sales of Wisconsin lands. Alternate sections within five miles of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal will start at $2.50 per acre, with other canal-adjacent lands at not less than $1.25 per acre. Bids go to the highest bidder under public land laws.
The Iowa lands advertised in our paper lie in the Burlington land district along and near the Mississippi River. Fertile prairie soil, timber groves, limestone ridges, and river access offer strong appeal to emigrants and buyers seeking new country opportunities.
From Natchitoches and Red River reports say Bowles the Cherokee chief gathers reinforcements near Bowles camp two miles from Rusk's trenches near Nacogdoches as Gen. Rusk orders nearly 1000 militiamen. Texians accuse Bowles of collusion with Mexico while Kickapoos join the foe and no peace treaty is sought.
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