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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1850
Page
3
The notice states rates for single copies and yearly and half year subscriptions, with prices listed as 92.00 for one year, 1.00 for six months, and 50 cents for three months, under publisher RL Allison.
At a July 4 1849 convention the Whigs resolved the 1850 meeting will be in Richmond by June 20. Jefferson county Whigs are to meet June 14 in township districts to choose three delegates for the county convention at Richmond June 18 1859 to nominate candidates. Primary meetings will select one delegate per township to attend a later Seamaterial Convention at Bloomfield.
The Columbus Journal reports the May 6 1850 opening of a convention to revise amend or change Ohio's constitution. Delegates elected from counties and districts are to meet in Columbus with a reporter appointed to chronicle debates and publish proceedings. The body receives pay three dollars per day plus mileage, funding provided from state revenue, and options to adjourn and submit amendments to voters.
An old subscriber argues against the caucus and primary meetings as hidden power over voters. He urges that voters directly select their candidates at such meetings, with delegates simply carrying the township poll results to the convention. The piece cites Democratic practice as an example of broader, freer participation and urges vigilance to protect suffrage.
Reports place Babe, once condemned in New York for piracy, in California after years on the run. He is described as one of the wealthiest men in that region, prompting renewed interest from authorities.
A fragmentary verse scene explores satire and flirtation around press freedom. The speaker wagers with a companion about the liberty of the press, using playful innuendo and lively dialogue to frame the theme.
A父 humor tale shows Feen Honest Duteiman training his sons in scripture. During a session he asks which man would not sleep with Potiphar's wife. Answer is Joseph, with a playful explanation about sleepiness and promise of another young Shanine Maale.
A visitor asks what year the clock shows and points to it as the correct time source. The boy confirms the clock is in the only right place, dismissing any alternative locations.
The British Queen arrived in New York after a rough passage. She left Hamburgh on April 4 and reached the dock at noon via the Niagara.
Cholera continued to devastate Havana with reports of eighty deaths per day. Authorities urged caution as the disease spread, affecting residents and travelers.
Office quotations revised list items from stores and wholesale houses. Prices for flour sugar lard potatoes bacon and tobacco appear with per unit or barrel quotes. Items include corn butter beef and carrots with assorted weights and measures.
The Great American Remedy Vaughn's Vegetable Lithontriptic Minature is cut to quart bottles at one dollar. The proprietor emphasizes unchanged strength and medical value while pushing the reduced price and broad U S and Canada reach. A pamphlet with receipts is offered free via agents, and letters from across the country support the remedy’s claims for Dropsy and related diseases. Principal office listed as Buffalo New York.
The notice laments deaths from consumption, urging readers to acknowledge the loss among all social ranks. It denounces the disease as a monster and warns against neglecting its threat while naming streets, locales, and a publisher’s notice about art collections.
The morning leading market report notes demand for bacon and hams, with 60 casks county stock and several cuts in first hands and draws. Flour receipts exceed 100 barrels with sales around 4.90 to 5.25 per barrel. Dried fruit scarce, peaches and oranges thin, salt goods limited, and whiskey markets weak.
May 11 report shows the river receding to 14 feet on the Palls. One death yesterday and four more in the same Irish emigrant family today. Officials note potential cholera reports, but the Board of Health says the city remains healthy and markets show no duns.
The St Louis cholera scare from Sunday deaths has subsided with no new cases in four days. The Methodist Episcopal Conference did not adjourn and continues sessions as the committee reported no cause for alarm.
Cincinnati reports the Medical Convention adjourned last evening to reconvene in Charleston on a date in May next year.
The Senate debated the bill to admit California and set territorial governments for New Mexico and Utah, with Mr. Clay outlining committee sentiments and California’s population of about 129,000. He urged the Senate to set aside party and sectional interests and act to preserve the Union. The Senate adjourned.
Low grade flour prices range from 10 to 15 cents. Corn sales 5 to 26 cents per bulk unit. Provisions steady with shoulders at 14 to 5 cents and bulk sugar around 520 kegs sold. Overall demand tepid as sellers hold prices and buyers show restraint.
Notices announce probate actions and claims for Amos M. and Thomas Graden estate matters in Jefferson County. Requests seek creditors to present claims within one year and specify settlement timelines. also mention farm sale details and local merchants advertising goods.
In St Louis on May 13 two fatal cholera cases were reported. Interments in 12 cemeteries for the week ending this morning totaled 94, with 27 for cholera, reflecting the ongoing health scare and burial surge.
The text presents a short, fragmented dialogue in which Marritonial asks Henry to drop a book and talk, expressing dullness. Henry remains silent, and Marritonial notes that Henry’s beloved is asleep, then jokes about waking it, conveying a quiet, intimate scene with minimal context.
The Guernsey Jeffersonian reports Mrs. Butterfield of Hitchen Ohio recently gave birth to her twenty fourth child about a month after the twenty third wedding anniversary. Mrs Partington quips she must keep a handling hospital.
New York reports the death of Frances Sergeant Osgood, famed poetess, at her residence on the preceding evening. The Columbus Journal details the Free Soil party State Convention of May 2, noting 258 delegates, 43 absent due to the People’s Line. Rev. Edward Smith presided, James L. Gage named vice president, with Gale and Jones as secretaries.
A local quip questions why a poor inebriate in a rage has a blessed coat and answers with a satirical biblical line. The joke hinges on wordplay about blessing the poor and a misquoted scripture for comic effect.
In a mild exchange the doctor asks Mrs. Partington about physical training and she recounts a tale of a family of 12 who survived on pills for three years, noting that even that would constitute physical training.
A harsh remark condemns a man who opts to smoke, equating the habit with a degradation of character and a loss of personal integrity. The line suggests moral decline tied to smoking behavior.
A terse witticism ponders judgment and fall as a rejected lover is likened to a rock toppled from a precipice, suggesting fate and ruin in a single sharp image.
A facetious remark by Lansburgh suggests making a shoe from durable materials and using the mouth of a hard drinker as the upper part to keep water out. The bizarre analogy underscores a peculiar exchange on the topic.
A recent call for the sixteenth annual meeting of the American Anti Slavery Society argues that nearly twenty years of struggle show only emancipation of every slave can end slavery, and this must come with breaking political ties to slaveholders.
The court or authorities decided a landlord who sells liquor to boys operates a disreputable house. The ruling warns that renting property under such conditions leads to penalties, emphasizing youth protection and enforcement by local authorities.
Mrs. Peter Bender of Monroe Michigan recently welcomed three daughters. All three are reported doing well and in good health. The event marks a notable family milestone for residents of the area.
The Louisville Democrat notes the cost of the speaker election nears eighty thousand dollars. It quotes the comment that corn ought to be high when a copy bears such a price, reflecting on value and public funds.
The New Orleans Crescent reports a levee breach at 2 a.m. on the 28th in St. James parish opposite the Sugar Refinery. The Mad Treudell plantation breach spans 180 to 200 feet wide and six feet deep, threatening multiple plantations including William and Serberg Magdalena LePourgeois M A Ferry Mathas and Capt. Despriss. Authorities fear the gap cannot be stopped until the river falls, predicting immense damage.
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