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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1836
Page
1
The Tphoraagh Press by George Howard weekly at ten dollars a year or one cent per week for public jarb. Subscriptions may be discontinued with notice. Advertisers pay per insertion and rates for longer ads. Notices must be mailed to the editor. otherwise no attendance.
Sidney Weller of Brinkleyville writes on grape cultivation praising native varieties Scuppernong Halifax Isabella Catawty and Madeira for table or wine use. He decries foreign vines, describes planting and training methods, spacing, supports, and seasonal care, and offers vine prices with bulk discounts. He signs dated September 13 1836.
On August 28 A Rt Braz native of Augusta Georgia and long resident of New Orleans was shot in the streets by Giquel of good family. Giquel faced Judge Preval for bail and was held for murder in the first degree. Later Judge Bermudez released him on a $15000 bond, triggering a mob that attacked his house. John C Eagan and John Baily Jr chased by tension in the city.
Report from Waterloo dated the 17th describes a brutal domestic attack on Garrett near Chickasaw. Garrett and assailants Nihton and Farney fought. Garrett’s wife, wielding a gun, was knocked down but later stabbed Farney with a knife as he and Nihton beat her husband to death. Both men died. the wife was injured but alive, fate uncertain. Nihton escaped.
Montreal wakes to frigid start on Saturday September 10 with ferry boats encrusted in ice and swallows departing early. forecasters predict a milder autumn across the United States and Canada to offset last winter's severity, noting atmospheric caloric totals align with yearly averages as part of nature's balance.
The Portsmouth Journal reports a market wagon with corn in the milk carrying a snowball two to three inches in diameter. It formed from morning frost, alarming farmers who hoped for a good corn crop, as the icy sight signaled frost damage across fields.
A Western newspaper notes that a woman whose maiden name is unknown faces societal challenges amid a shortage of women. The item cites concerns about marriage, labor, and community balance in the era.
A fragment notes that Sarah Ramsay was recently sentenced to the New Trenton penitentiary in Indiana for bigamy. The editor blames scarce marriages in the region and suggests eastern surplus ladies might migrate westward to wed. The piece offers a wry, period tone on romance and justice.
In New York on the 16th a man named Samuel Ackley killed his wife Alice Ackley by impaling her with a rod, causing fatal injuries. The coroner noted the corpse showed severe bleeding and internal injury, with a verdict of death by the husband’s hand and a warrant for immediate committal to prison.
Greens borough Sentinel notes leading articles in prices for corn per bushel two dollars fodder per hundred pounds two flour per barm fifteen dollars bacon per ewt six? Machkcarel No 1 per barrel eighteen dollars pork mess thirty five dollars sugar per cental seventeen dollars coffee per cental twenty dollars. All other items in the provision line vary in the same proportion.
The article notes that two more new states, Iowa and Wisconsin, are being discussed as part of the Wisconsin Territory. It cites emigration of about 50,000 people, with Iowa's share 25 to 30 thousand, and describes Iowa as 450 miles long west of the Mississippi, extending to Itasca at the river head. The editor of the Grand Gulf Advertiser coins Itasca from Veritas and Caput. The piece suggests further states will follow as the nation expands north of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi.
A cryptic note attributes a quotation to V. V. Y. Star, referencing unborn humans and a mysterious stance on creation. The fragment suggests a philosophical or speculative theme without clear context or events.
A Methodist periodical the Olive Branch notes a proposal for a Congress or Convention of all denominations and sects to amalgamate and consolidate into one body under a new form.
A newspaper titled Methodist Watchman is planned for Richmond Virginia by Etheldred Drake former Christian Sentinel editor once one thousand subscribers are secured.
A bold theft occurred on the Rhode Island during a New York to Providence voyage on the 19th. A Fulton Bank keg containing 56000 in gold was broken and the contents stolen. The keg, kept in the Captain’s office, likely had a key removed through the blinds and returned with the head broken. No clue yet to the thief.
A Me dical and Surgical Journal correspondent recalls an Irish New Haven family poisoned by datura stramonum mixed with greens. The children displayed wild behavior with dilated pupils and distorted senses, laughing, singing, and pranks while misjudging distances and attempting to put on a hat as trousers in a comically chaotic household.
A New York traveler, days ago, was struck by a locomotive spark in the eye. Unable to remove it, he endured great pain aboard a Burlington steamboat. The engineer, hearing of the case, used a horse hair to try and extract the spark from his eye.
The Philadelphia Gazette recounts Sam the man who explains a simple hair loop technique to remove an object from the eye. He describes bending a strand into a loop, placing it between the eyelid and eyeball, drawing it out, and relieving the pain. It emphasizes remembering this quick remedy for eye irritants.
The Paris bore at 100 feet found no water but aided studies by M Aravo on subterranean temperatures. Using a register thermometer he notes temperatures rise with depth, predicting fusion of substances at 400 miles. He suggests 1000 feet of water could heat water for baths washing cooking and domestic uses.
The London Herald reports Dr Giovanni Palmer has invented a simple iron machine claiming an Archimedean motive principle, functioning with steam engine regularity. Its dimensions are about 5 yards long, 6 yards broad, 32 feet high, and it is said to develop 1,340 horsepower.
The London Globe notes a vessel of extraordinary speed propelled by quicksilver is said to be plying on the Thaiues, described as remarkable and swift by observers.
The Bristol Society for embossing and circulating the authorized Bible received £100 from the British and Foreign Bible Society toward printing scriptures for the blind using the embossed senoraphy invented by Mr Lewr.
Milan smith Ponti discovers that suspending a chain from the anvil corner with a ring can deaden hammer noise. This method, if applied in cities, would greatly reduce the nuisance caused by hammering in large towns.
A Dutch traveler puzzled by city life asks why residents do not work as they walk and stand. A neighbor explains that they follow “scheme” of business, or piziness, and that explains the bustling yet idle town life.
A tailor answered a gentleman who complained his foot fit poorly. He stated the coat must fit since the measures are right and they rely on a geometry principle.
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