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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1849
Page
3
The Steamer Caledonia arrived in Boston on Saturday forenoon carrying forty five passengers, excluding eighteen of the Forty survivors from the ill fated bark Charles Bartlett. Commodity prices and naval news follow with reports from Rome Paris and Venice.
Flour and Wheat show little activity with nominal prices. A small lot of Flour sold Tuesday at 5.90. Small Wheat sales at 80 85 and Corn in small lots at 37 40.
July 24 sales show Flour at 4.75 4.93 for good Western 5.06 Richmond 5.25 Baltimore. Corn 25 000 sold at 55 56c mixed Western and 60c Western Yellow. Provisions firm with Pork at 10.75 10.87 for mess and 9 for prime. A quoted Irish quip closes the note.
Report from Vienna via Weser Zeitung describes a protracted battle near the Waag with Austrians and Russians repelling Hungarian forces at Comorn and across the Wang. The Hungarians crossed the river at Farkeld and advanced toward Pered, while reinforcements from Presburg and other towns arrived to stabilize the Austro Russian line.
The Clermont Courier notes Batavia’s sickness easing as local boys fly kites by day and send balloons at night. A giant eight by five foot kite called the Big Kite drew cheers as a cat rode its tail, then the carriage was smashed for sport. Balloons rose Friday, Saturday, and Monday with one igniting and burning midair, creating a scenic display.
The excerpt notes a desire to thoroughly document both common folk and notable figures. It emphasizes placing equal value on everyday amusements as on grand events, so future historians can understand the full social landscape of the era.
A sequence of death notices from Felicity and nearby areas reports Nackey Hitch at 41, Peter Huffman of about 33, Nathaniel Jordan senior roughly 65, Daniel Duckwart around 61, and Mary Hill about 17. The notices praise faith, family loss, and community respect, noting typhus, palsy, and lung hemorrhage as causes.
At Neville Ohio July 18 the I O O F Vesper Lodge 131 passed unanimous resolutions on the death of Bro Augustus Rossini M D a physician and philanthropist who died at his post while aiding the sick. They note his benevolence duty and friendship and declare mourning attire for thirty days with copies sent to his father and published in Batavia papers and the Cincinnati Commercial.
At Hillsborough on July 16 1849 Lafayette Lodge No 25 S O O F adopted a memorial for Thomas Mitton Barker who died July 3 1849 at Williamsburgh Clermont County of Asiatic Cholera. Barker joined in March 1847 and served with the 4th Ohio in the Mexican War becoming a lawyer under Gen Thomas L Hamer. He returned July 1848 ill with Mexican diarrhea and died while pursuing law. The committee extols his moral and intellectual worth and notes the lodge loses a worthy member and the profession an ornament.
The lodge pays tribute to Brother Barker praising his faithfulness zeal loyalty and patriotism. The hall will be clothed in mourning and members wear insignia for thirty days. The secretary will present the proceedings to the family and publish them in Hillsborough Georgetown and Bata via newspapers.
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