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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1849
Page
3
The Cambria arrived from Liverpool with a week’s Europe news. Reports cover Irish distress, Rome and France unrest, Hungarian war actions, and British politics on Canada. Paris ministries, Rome’s defense, and Danubian battles dominate the telegraph dispatches with ongoing European volatility.
A Peoria County farmer killed two hundred and ninety nine rattlesnakes on the seventeenth, noting many were among the largest seen. The report appears in the St. Louis Republic.
The wife of Mr. O. Barringer was en route to Cincinnati with a two month old infant when the child died. Officials suggest the death arose from a spasmodic illness earlier in the day, not suffocation, while the mother endures profound grief.
The Cleveland Democrat reports another Lake Erie accident near Erie where the Saratoga and the Hendrick Hudson collided. The Saratoga struck the Hudson forward of the wheel-house on the starboard side, killing two cooks in their sleeping berths and four other lives were lost in total.
A lyrical scene praises summer warmth and nature. The breeze brushes the forehead as forests murmur and elves tell love tales. Rivulets flow past flowers while birds sing. A plow-boy whistles as furrows gleam. All is love, labor, and merriment.
Commercial reports a light week with 1,890 flour bills sold at 3.75. Wheat quoted 75 to 80 cents, buyers reluctant above 75. Corn sells at 30 to 31 cents, oats 28 to 29, rye 55 to 56 cents.
The flour market remains steady but not active with prices from 4.43 to 4.75 for common to good Western and State brands. Wheat sees no notable sales. Corn runs near 60 to 64 cents.
Citizens of Pisgah and surrounding area plan a Fourth of July gathering at the meeting-house at 8:00 a.m. A free dinner will be served. all are invited and expected to contribute. Chaplain Rev. Wm. S. Morrow, Reader C. M. Smith, Orator P. B. Swine, Esq., lead the event under the committee’s orders.
A regional inventory lists bank notes and discounts by state, noting which banks are solvent and par values. It includes entries for Tennessee Ohio Michigan Indiana Wisconsin Kentucky Mississippi Alabama Arkansas North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Louisiana Illinois Virginia and Eastern Banks with par or discount rates and sale notes.
The undersigned will commence teaching school in Batavia on the 2d of July with quarter terms as before. A chance to qualify as a teacher and governor of a school is offered. Board provided for distant scholars on reasonable terms. Great care will be taken with morals. June 14, 1849. An associate may be added if numbers require it.
Dr S J Alexander presents a practical remedy for cholera in its incipient stages. He advises prompt medical aid and uses his tincture with warm applications to the feet to induce surface perspiration, followed by a medicinal powder if necessary, noting the preparation and availability at T H C Howells in Batavia.
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