Public notices seek cholera incident reports and deaths
The county reports a request for information on potential cholera cases and fatalities. The editor thanks Hon. S. P. Cuuse for a valuable public document.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1849
Page
2
Williamsburg Postmaster Appointed in County
William Everhart is named Postmaster at Williamsburg replacing Geo M Millen who has resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
William Everhart
Geo. M’millen
Death from Cholera in town with fatal relapse of Irish ostler
A cholera death occurred yesterday morning of Michael Killwary an ostler at Duckwall's Hotel after a relapse following a trip to Cincinnati last week. He returned by omnibus Tuesday evening, collapsed shortly after arriving and died about 5 o'clock. The 40 year old Irishman had no family, and no other cases are reported. town remains healthy for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Killwary
Duckwall’s
Cincinnati J
Cholera Outbreak Report at Milford and Montauk
Gloomy cholera notes report 16 cases and 8 deaths by Tuesday afternoon at Milford and Montauk. Victims include RESIN COOX and Walker among the dead. Levin Ready’s wife among the afflicted. Other names unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Montauk
Resin Coox
Levin Ready
Walker
Cholera figures rise in Cincinnati reports
The Gazette notes daily cholera cases averaging thirty with deaths around eight. The Board of Health at 2 PM Tuesday tallied 43 new cases and 8 deaths in the prior 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Death of Gen Gaines in New Orleans Reported
Washington dispatch states Gen Gaines died in New Orleans after a brief illness of one hour sixteen minutes. Officials suspect cholera as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Gaines
New Orleans
Ship Florida Lost Off La Platte River
A letter from Boston dated June 9 reports the ship Florida sailing from New Orleans to California was lost off the river La Platte. Two hundred and ten passengers and crew perished, and only four were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Florida
New Orleans
California
la Platte
Nereli Water Arrives as Summer Refreshment by Howells
Mr. Howells introduces Nereli Water a famed Mexican drink said to please the Anglo Saxon palate and provide wholesome refreshment during the summer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Howells
Brandy and Cholera Admission Contested
A Cincinnati Gazette writer argues against using brandy or alcohol in moderation to ward off cholera. He condemns doctors and editors who recommend it, warning that fear and imagination drive excess consumption and exaggerated bodily reactions as the illness progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gazette
Locofoco Demands Non Intervention on New Territories
The Washington Union defends non intervention in territorial matters and leaves admission to territorial residents. It labels its stance as true democracy and patriotism while warning that opposing views threaten the nation’s peace and the Democracy in this region. The piece reflects party lines after Burke joins the paper’s editorial department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Union
Locofeco Party
Burke
Patent Office
Ritchie
Compress
Union
Newspaper Bills and Patience of Job for Subscribers
A contemporized note on yearly newspaper settlements urges subscribers to settle debts when possible and be treated as gentlemen with patience. The Cincinnati Gazette reports the steamboat Ivanhoe arriving from New Orleans with emigrants. 25 cholera cases occurred, 17 deaths, mainly among deck passengers, on the voyage to Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horera
The
Cincinnati Gazette
New Orleans
Cholera Toll Rising in New York and Missouri Official Appointments
There were 36 cases of Cholera and 19 deaths in New York in the 24 hours ending Tuesday noon as the outbreak grew. In St. Louis for Saturday and Sunday, cholera deaths were 73 with 13 other disease fatalities. Col. A. M. Dirrener of Cincinnati has been named U.S. Marshal for Minnesota Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Louis
Col
A. M.dirrener
Cincinnati
U.S
Minesota
Third Annual Report of Ohio Board of Agriculture
A reviewer discusses the Third Annual Report of Ohio’s Board of Agriculture, praising its neat execution and noting critical flaws in the state’s agricultural statistics. The piece suggests township assessors should report township productions to county auditors for inclusion in the state annual report, warning current estimates exaggerate production. It argues better data would boost state pride and agricultural improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Agriculture
State of
Ohio
State Board of Agriculture
Agricultural Improvement Society Holds Batavia Meeting 1849
The Clermont County Agricultural Society organized at Batavia Court House on June 9 1849 with Tuomas L Suicxtos named President Andrew Coombs as Vice President John Hancock as Secretary and Pure B Swine as Treasurer along with listed managers. A Board of Managers meeting set for July 11 1849 to decide future session details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of Agricultural Improvement
Batavia
Andrew Coombs
John Hancock
Clermont County Agricultural Society
Tuomas L. Suicxtos
AnprEw Coomss
Pure B. Swine
Joan Hancock
C. B. Huser
Sanven Corpry
Josefh Suaw
Aaron Facixn
Samouen R. S. West
Pres’t
Board of Managers
M. Jno. Hancock, Svc’y
Case of Distress in Clermont County 1849 Boy Seeks Help
A boy of 14 named Marcus Tolburt, slender and educated, is described as insane at times and rational at others. He is missing guardians or friends. the writer urges authorities to locate his parents or handlers. Editor requests publication of laws and questions state funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GosHen
Clermont Co
Gest
Marcus Tolburt
Adam Seever
Warinen Named Postmaster in Ottumwa Iowa
Our friend and former apprentice Mr Richard H Warinen has been appointed Post Master at Ottumwa Iowa where he is connected with a Whig paper. The Madison Courier reports cholera in Madison with 3 deaths among 7 or 8 cases, all in damp exposed places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Warinen
Ottumwa
Iowa
Cortera Rx
Madison
Madison Courier
Cholera Disinfecting Agents and Chlorine Gas Claims
Medical authorities and chemists in England agree chlorine gas as the chief disinfecting safeguard against cholera. Dr Waterer asserts chlorine gas, properly fumigated, destroyed the poison in houses and clothing, citing trials where deaths dropped from ten to one daily after distribution of the gas. He notes a mixture of common salt and manganese oxide as the gas source and references recalling Dumfries and Edinburgh in 1832 where widespread fumigation yielded marked immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterereru
England
London Times
Bristol
Chamber
Edinburgh Journal
Dumfarline
Scotland
Edinburgh
Overflow at Sauve’s Crevasse Threatens New Orleans
New Orleans papers report the Sauve’s crevasse abandoned, the breach widening as a vast flood advances toward meeting the river. The Crescent notes the waterway nearly doubles the breach, with the river falling slowly and the city at high flood risk as June rises. The Louisville Courier cites a June 1 letter warning Ba ronne and St Charles streets under water and the danger of widespread inundation and business disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sauve’s
Grant
The
Crescent
Louisville Courier
St. Charles Street
Baronne
Poydras
Severe storm disrupts steamer Memphis near New Madrid
A June night hurricane near the Metropolis of Illinois wrecked the steamer Memphis bound for Cincinnati. The pilot house and cabin roof tore away, chimneys collapsed, and thirteen crew and passengers plus three pilots and a carpenter drowned. The captain was gravely injured and clerk’s office records were lost. The Memphis departed for Cincinnati after the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisvillle
Illinois
Peytonia
Memphis
New Madrid
Cincinnati
Steamer Embassey Sinks Crews and Passengers Killed
Last Saturday morning the steamer Embassey, Capt. Bennett, collapsed its starboard boiler flues near Green River at the three mile bar. Several deck passengers and some crew were killed or blown overboard, with twenty eight severely scalded. The vessel was bound from Pittsburgh to St Louis and towed to Evansville by the steamer Canceellor where care was given to the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Green River
Three Mile Bar
Evansville
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Emigrants to California See Sombre Reports From Westport
The St Louis Republican prints letters from Fort Kearney and Westport describing harsh conditions among California emigrants. It notes cholera deaths and severe suffering widely, with migrants scattering toward the Plains for cleaner air. A May 19 postscript records 180 wagons arriving, totaling 656 passing through Westport toward California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Fort Kearney
Westport
California
Plains
Generals Debated Over Command Change After Gaines Death
Reports state Gen Jessup may command the vacant Military Division, another says Gen Twiggs will. Abbot Lawrence named Minister to England. Prussia proposes a Bo astal Treaty with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Jessup
Gaines
Twiggs
Abbot Lawrence
England
Prussia
United States
Distinguished citizen gravely ill in Nashville
The Louisville Courier reports from the Nashville Gazette that a distinguished citizen is dangerously ill at his Nashville residence after being attacked with cholera on Monday evening. The item expresses hope for his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier
Nashville Gazette
Nashville
French political unrest cited over universal suffrage in 1849
A May 10 1849 letter from Paris notes potential civil conflict in France as the government intervenes in universal suffrage. The writer argues intervention risks provoking revolutions and arming dissent, portraying the situation as a necessary but dangerous response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Lead welding patent suit yields $11394 verdict in New York
A patent on welding properties of lead prompted a New York trial in which plaintiffs won $11,394. The court denied a new trial motion after a ten day proceeding with over seventy witnesses. Heavy ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santa Anna Drives Out Haytiens at St Domingo Siege
Late from St Domingo reports excitement over an attempted betrayal by the President. General Santa Anna led forces and drove the Haytiens from the city with notable losses. On return he was blocked from entry by renegade Gen Jemines while the city remained under siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Domingo
Haytiens
Santa Anna
Jemines
Laredo Disease Strikes. Heavy Death Toll Reported
A Western Texan letter reports a terrible disease sweeping Laredo with about two hundred Mexican deaths. The 1st Infantry in the area lost eight of thirty men, and the Boston Essex Mining Company buried five workers there.
Europe Faces Uncertain Destinies Says Paris Note
Our Paris correspondent notes in a private remark that 1849 will be more eventful than 1848 with European affairs unsettled. He warns that commercial relations may be increasingly disturbed and that the destinies of France are particularly uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewurore
Paris
Europe
France
Jour. Com
Lexington Arrives in New York with Gold Dust Cargo
The U S ship Lexington reached New York on Sunday last from San Francisco carrying gold dust valued at 250000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Lexington
New York
San Francisco
The Cholera at Cincinnati A State Medical Talk
Dr. Jupkins argues cholera is not contagious and details treatment aims. He cites premonitory symptoms, climate factors, and homeopathic reports, and describes early rest, diarrhea control, and case-based dosing using chalk mixtures, calomel, opium, and brandy with supportive measures to sustain heat and fluids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fudkins
Cin
Jupkins
Cincinnati
Grasselli
Lie
D&c
Chloroform and Peppermint Water Administered to Patient
The record notes use of chloroform and peppermint water with small ice portions to soothe a patient and foster hope of recovery. It also cites fear grief and other depressing emotions as strong predisposing causes observed in the physician's practice.
New Cholera Specific Claimed From Chicago Doctor
Dr Bird of Chicago announces a cholera specific using powdered charcoal and sulphur in a four to one mix. Drs Blaney and Herrick of Illinois endorse it, citing rapid relief of premonitory symptoms and potential collapse reversal in early cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inois
Blaney
Herrick
Bird
Cleveland Herald
Herrick and
Chicago Medical College
Chicago Journal
Str
JH. Bird
North-western Medical Journal
Dr. B
Birdy
W. B. Herrick
N. W. Med
Sur. Jour
Zinc Vessels Prove Best for Preserving Milk
French trials compare milk kept in zinc and tin vessels. Six vessels, three zinc and three tin, held two gallons each. By Wednesday morning curdling nearly finished in tin, while zinc milk remained largely uncurdled. Butter produced from zinc cream weighed 24 pounds versus 2 pounds from tin. The zinc butter was sweeter and tastier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ming
France
May 1849 Devastations Across the Nation Highlight Harsh Season
The Cincinnati Times notes May 1849 as exceedingly fruitful in disasters across the United States. Fires in St. Louis destroy twenty three steam boats and five hundred houses, with outbreaks in Milwaukee and Watertown. Reports of New York riot, Empire steamer wreck on the Hudson, Mississippi floods threaten New Orleans and crops. Cholera follows, while ships depart Boston for San Francisco carrying houses and building materials. A Free Masons State Convention is planned in Knoxville to discuss the order's interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Milwaukie
Watertown
Fort Wayne
New York
Hudson River
Mississippi
New Orleans
Cin. Times
Deucalion
Boston
San Francisco
Order of Free Masons
Knoxville
Tennessee
Courier Notice Seeks Quick Subscriptions to Aid Paper
The Courier appeals to patrons for funds within a week or two. Agent D Slack will tour Williamsburg Tate Monroe Ohio and nearby townships to collect overdue payments from subscribers for the current year. Most accounts owe only small amounts, often under $8 or $4, and collectors aim to raise the balance to continue printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Slack
Williamsburg
Tate
Monroe
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gen. Gaines
Nereli Water
Eport
Agricultural Society
Sec’y
Sun
Reich
Singer
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