Pork price outlook from 1853 farmers packers
The Cincinnati Price Current survey estimates pork prices and hog numbers across multiple counties and states. Higginsport Ohio hogs are one quarter last year, Wisconsin expects a large crop, and Illinois counties add about half again to last year’s output. Wisconsin pork may reach four dollars, with various locales showing larger herds and heavier hogs.
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Cincinnati
Higginsport
Ohio
Beardstown
Illnois
Racine
Wisconsin
Knox County
Illinois
Indiana
Gratis
Preble County
Ohie
Boyle
Kentucky
Lagrange
Graysville
Waverly
Dubuque Lowa
S. Rockport, Ill
Baxter
Springfield
Stete Fairls
A. G. Harxpox
Adams County
Adams
Mississippi and Wabash Rail Road visitors visit Quincy
Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth Hon. Albert S. White and Mr. Backus of Lafayette Ind visit Quincy on business for the Mississippi and Wabash Rail Road. Directors Ellsworth and White and Chief Engineer Ford discuss a Bloomington to Mt Sterling branch linking with the Northern Cross, and salute the city’s prospects. Jail crowd grows. crimes include family murders and wide-spread inmate detentions. A special circuit term starts at Ottawa to tackle rising criminal destress.
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Henry L. Ellsworth
Albert S. White
Backus, Ford
Lafayette
Ind
Mississippi and Wabash
Warsaw
Messrs
Ellsworth
White
Ford
St. Louis
Northern Cross Rail
Bloomington
Mt. Sterling
Schuyler
Brown
Quincy
Facl
Cook County
Jo Daviess County
la Balle
Circuit Court
Sth
Ottawa
Fracas in Paris Ends With Knife and Cane Fight
In Paris Waissy Frat notes a Sunday street clash between two young men. A knife was used by one, a hickory cane by the other, causing a hand wound and a black eye. The incident is under legal investigation. Whisky is blamed as the instigator and intoxication cited as the cause of disorderly behavior among local youths.
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Paris
Paris Mercury
Massacre and ship losses across distant seas reported
Boston reports letters stating the brig Rudolph and crew were massacred by natives of the King’s Mill Group in December 1851 and the vessel destroyed by fire. Other items note the Bay State steamer explosion with injuries, De Wolf family fatalities, and a murderer's hanging. Additional dispatches cover bail for kidnapping, venue changes, riots in Cincinnati, river levels, and markets in New York and Pittsburgh with commodity prices.
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Boston
King’s Mill
Alfred R. Fisher
San Francisco
Pardon for the Linen Weaver A Prisoner of 1798
In a small town a poor linen weaver is drawn into a mugging plot by a robbing captain. He is condemned to die, but a royal pardon arrives at the last moment, proving his innocence and turning the crowd to joy. The captain confesses a belief in God, while the wife endures a long, hopeful journey to secure mercy for her husband. The tale ends with a public celebration and a transformed life.
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Milkus
Catain
Bae
Oss
Fugitive Sneed case in Savannah and political bribe charges
The report covers the Battalo Bugalo fugitive case of Patrick Sneed, seized for a 1849 Savannah murder and freed by Judge Sheldon on habeas corpus after a conspiracy to abduct him to Canada. It also notes Savannah delegates expelled over bribe charges in the Whig City convention and mixed telegraph of railroad accidents, political conventions, and early September river and market briefings across several cities.
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Battalo Bugalo
Patrick Sneed
Falls
Savannah
Georgia
Sneed
Isler
A. Jones
Sheldon
Canada
Philadelphia
Spring Garden
Obstruction on Camden and Amboy line leads to arrest
James Ower, once a bridge tender for the Camden and Amboy railroad, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of placing obstacles on the track Tuesday night, causing a train to derail. The company has posted a $10,000 reward for the offender. Separately, news from Montevideo reports a recent revolution with limited fatalities. the steamer Georgia arrived damaged in Norfolk after an eventful week.
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New York
Crescent City
Norfolk
Georgia
George Law
Crescent
Bay
Aspinwall
Baltimore
Cape Hatteras
Philadelphia
James Ower
Camden and Amboy
The Kosta Case and US citizenship projections
The article argues that foreign residents who intend to become U.S. citizens and who reside in the United States under probationary status should receive the same protection as full citizens. It contends the United States, inviting immigration, must shield these individuals domestically and abroad, despite pending formalities. It warns that denying protection would undermine international law and honor.
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Kosta
N. C. Picayune
Peinta
Washington
United States
The
Republi
Marks Snipe Hill Trial Reveals Petty Jurist
The piece recounts Mark S- a self styled model of jurisprudence who boasted he could worm truth from a stone. In a Justice Court he quizzed a boy witness with sharp questions and quips. The boy’s answers show Mark’s questionable method and the court’s patience.
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Mark
Snipe- Hill
Whitefriars
Thorpe-Iill
How to Dry Peaches for Preservation
Readers learn a method to dry ripe peaches without sun exposure. Halve and stone the fruit, sprinkle hollow with sugar, and dry in a brick oven or bread brick. The result stores aroma and flavor, requires no cooking, and only needs cold water soaking to rehydrate.
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Pracus
Monks at Trappist Monastery near Dubuque Welcome Explorers
Editor Ray of the Galena Jeffersonian details a reconnaissance party’s visit to a Trappist monastery about ten miles from Dubuque on Was Prairie. Sixty brothers, a 1,500 acre farm, strict diet and order, mostly Irish monks, with simple hospitality and a view to a future chapel and dormitory.
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Dr. Ray
Galena Jeffersonian
Down
Galena
Was
Dubuque
L'Rappist Monastery
Brotherhood of la
Ireland
Kentuck
Indiana
United States
Monkeys Perform A Jungle Drama Of War And Wit In India
An officer describes a vivid scene in an Indian jungle where monkeys scream and fight over a pool. The animals act like a miniature, unruly republic with gangs of mothers infants and courting males. A chaotic chase ends as the group drinks at the water’s edge.
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India
House Fell in Broadway Fourth Streets Collapse
A brick house at Broadway and Fourth collapsed yesterday afternoon after cellar digging reached two to three feet. Most of the Dills family and a visitor escaped. one corner remains standing. Several inmates injured but none seriously. Owner: Mr. Henry Dills. A large high-post bedstead helped save those inside. Misc items and notices follow about lost clothing, donations to Rev. Blatchford, a horse theft near Columbus, and land sales near Melrose Township. Construction of a new Methodist Episcopal Church on York and Fifth advances with Rev. J. L. Crane in charge.
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Broadway
Fourth Streets
Henry Dills
New Methodist Episcopal Church
York and
Fifth Street
J. L. Crane
Great American Desert
Colorado
California
Baron von Humboldt
American
Shove
San Bernardino
Gilax
San Bernardino Valley
Great
Colorado Desert
Gila
Egypt
California Printing Bills Stir Campaign Tactics
Report details state printing costs for year ending June 30 1853 totaling 218547 66 dollars under Major Roman clerk’s certification. Comptroller Pierce had estimated with economy the cost should be under 70000 dollars. Controversy surrounding figures damages Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bigler in campaign discourse.
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California
Pierce
Maj
Roman
Bigler
Strange chain of events in Cincinnati ends with fines
In Cincinnati an elderly man Hermitere fell from a scaffold while painting a house and injured himself. His frightened horse bolted an express wagon, running down the street, ran over and killed a hog owned by two men who argued over payment. The belligerents appeared before a magistrate and paid five dollars plus costs.
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Frogtown
Cincinnati
Hermitere
Resolutions and public gripes at a North Carolina railroad meeting
A North Carolina railroad meeting adopted a comprehensive resolution to support the project. The Mayor said the tax was legal and must be paid, prompting a fellow citizen to move that the Mayor is a horse. The gathering adjourned after the vote amid local indignation.
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North Carolina
Key appointed U S District Attorney for District of Columbia
Gay Philip Barton Key, son of Francis S. Key author of the Star Spangled Banner, has been appointed U S District Attorney for the district of Columbia replacing P R Fendall.
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Gay Philip Barton Key
Francis S. Key
U.S
District of Columbia
P. R.fendall
Firehouse attack near Hibernian Hose Company in Philadelphia
During a fire alarm in Philadelphia on September 12, Franklin Hose Company was fired upon while passing the Hibernian Hose Company's house. No Franklin members were injured but a Hibernian guard across the street was shot. Fourteen people were arrested inside the Hibernian house, with revolvers and other firearms found on them.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Hose Company
Hibernian Hose Company
Franklin’s
Hibernian
Aged English-born man recalls Wesleyan preaching long ago
A correspondent in the New York Christian Advocate notes William Sing born in England June 4 1762 now in his 92nd year lives there and is lucid and healthy He recalls hearing John Wesley preach nearly 70 years earlier and has belonged to the church for 65 years Dr Bond urges a competent scribe to record his verbal testimony to preserve history and faith in a distant past
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Joan Wister
New York Christian Advocate and Journal
William Sing
England
John Wesley
Bond
The
Advocate
Baltimore Clipper
History of Freemasonry in the United States U S dates
The excerpt traces the introduction of Masonry to the United States with Henry Price receiving a warrant on July 30 1783 as Right Worshipful Grand Master of North America from Anthony Lord Viscount Montague Grand Master of Masons in England. It lists state Grand Lodges by year including Massachusetts 1769 Maine and New Hampshire 1789 Rhode Island 1792 Vermont 1794 New York 1787 New Jersey 1786 Pennsylvania 1734 Delaware 1806 Virginia 1778 North Carolina 1787 Georgia 1786 Ohio 1808 Kentucky 1800 Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee with unspecified dates.
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Henry Price
Boston
North America
Anthony Lord Viscount Montague
Masons
England
Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Amusing hotel scene ends with servant keeping watch
A Southern gentleman staying in a premier New York hotel dined privately in his parlor. Frustrated by a servant, he ordered the waiter to leave, then learned the butler was staying behind to guard the silver. The exchange ends with the servant defending his duty.
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New York
de Hote
Cuffee
Emigrant crowds at the Central Railroad depot scene
A Albany Journal description notes crowds of emigrants at the Central Railroad depot during forenoon hours, with many appearing prosperous and eager to contribute to the West's growth. A separate report claims a May 1853 bottle from Bellmollet Ireland suggests Sir John Franklin resides on an island and is prevented from leaving by locals.
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Central Railroad
Albany Journal
Bellmollet
Ireland
Sir John Franklin
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