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Newspaper
Tipton County Argus
Location
Tipton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1858
Page
3
The document lists Democratic and Republican state tickets with candidates for auditor, treasurer, superintendents, and supreme court judges, followed by a series of notices including a pistol gift to Col Colt, a Breathitt county age list, candidacy announcements from Tipton County, and various 1858 Indiana notices on insolvency, real estate sales, distributions, and private sales.
Market notes list dairy cattle beef pork and lamb values with weights per head and per pound. Prices cover milk cows bullocks veal beef sides mutton lambs hogs and tallow across brokers and street yards with typical weight estimates for meat yield.
Market notes show no major changes in the provision market. English market order filled for short middles at 8 cents. Flour around 4.00 to 4.30 per barrel. Whiskey remains active. Bulk sides traded near 74 cents. Lard held around 11 cents with nominal 10 percent.
A letter-filled display touts Ague Balsam as a sole effective tonic against chills fever and malaria. Endorsed by physicians and merchants from Princeton to Ohio, the testimonials claim permanent cures and superior performance after other remedies fail.
An advertisement base urges readers to use Prof Wood's Hair Restorative claiming it restores gray hair to original color, thickens hair, and eliminates dandruff. Letters from S Thalberg and others praise its efficacy, with details on bottle sizes and prices.
Virise of executions from Tipton county Common Pleas Court Clerk's Office expose to public sale at Tipton courthouse. Listings describe the seven year rents and profits for the southwest quarter of section three and other parcels with schedules of dates July 24 1858 and August 7 1855 for different lands and mills.
A statement of receipts and expenditures covers Tipoes County from June 1, 1857 to May 1, 1858. Items include delinquent county revenue 305352 dollars, county revenue 1857 4450 94, and various disbursements such as roads elections and salaries. After deductions, the treasury shows a balance of 1170 87 on June 1 1858 if all orders are redeemed.
SPECIAL FUNDS There have been received into othr Treasury during the year and orders drawn in favor of the several different Townslip Treasurers for the same Read Fund 1955.93 Township Fund aS Special Serioul Fund By order of the Board of camtaine ers Tipton county Indiana War STIVERS Aud Z C Tipton June 10 1858. 332 Sr WATCHES AND JEWELRY Of all kinds latest styles at sale by J H DAVIS Noblesville Indiana Goods in this line sold as cheap as any retail establishment in the western cents the following list will show and warranted to be as representative Silver faced Lepine Watches 9 to 0 12 do de Lever 2t 18 do Husting Lepine 2 do Lever English do American do Gold Uniting faced do Gold Lockets Gold Pens with case Very Large Fine Gold Pens Holder a Brug Breast Pins Ear Drops Studs Thimbles etc a variety priced accordingly Gold Pencils Watch chains all bought as will be sold at fair reasonable price All of the above have been priced fully selected by the confidence of his former patrons and his past two years patronage. RESENT 1918 16 to 35 30 to SD 40 10 BS 45 no. Tipton 10 is
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