22 Feb 1866
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Newspaper
Versailles Dispatch
Location
Versailles, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1866
Page
1
The Versailles Dispatch lists subscription terms for Versailles Indiana, with yearly and shorter options and varied discounts for advertisers. It notes legal notices must be paid in full, notices for benevolent purposes free, and advertising wires charged at double rate, with rate changes to be reflected after material price adjustments.
Hon. Schuyler Colfax speaks at a Washington gathering praising the U S Christian Commission’s wartime work. He notes sacrifices from Gettysburg to the Mexican border, the nation’s trials, and the commission’s postwar stewardship and humanitarian aid. The speech honors liberty and union and the service of volunteers who aided soldiers and families.
Citizens recall the traveling humbug Equescurriculum in our town last year. The entire outfit is set for auction at Lancaster Ohio this month. Those seeking a learned bull or educated ape promised by the Coppehead ranks should attend the sale of this establishment.
A collection of reflections notes that many people struggle to express thoughts. It argues the real difficulty lies in forming thoughts rather than finding words, suggesting a link between inner clarity and verbal expression.
A sharp broker lost over $2000 after paying for Pennsyl vania Coal Company scrip that proved valueless. The broker’s New York inquiry revealed the scrip was for the defunct Penn. Coal Company, not the active firm, and his $2000 note falls due in five days. Albany Express reports the uncertain remedy.
It is not generally known that soldiers who have lost limbs in the service of the United States are entitled to artificial substitutes that can be procured upon honorable discharge and proof the wound occurred in service. They are furnished free of charge and do not affect any pension or bounty claim the soldier may have against the government.
In Circuit Court a case tests the law on solemnization of a marriage. An drew Fuqua’s widowhood arranged by her brother led to a feigned marriage using a Captain and a decoy husband paid $500. The dying wife married two days before death and died soon after. Fuqua’s relatives challenge the marriage’s validity, drawing wide legal interest.
A court in a western territory is closing when a defendant charged with theft pleads guilty but says he was drunk. The judge, amused, reads the tale of liquor from Sterret's and jokes about his own drunken theft, then orders a nol pros.
Roback's Pills are a purely vegetable purgative that works in a consistent, thorough manner. Claimed to suit any weather and time, they help maintain regular bowels, preventing illness linked to constipation, with families keeping large supplies and recommending them to neighbors. n 23-4w.
A child frames gossip as a social habit: when nobody acts, someone loves and shares the tale. The remark underscores how rumors spread through care and attention in small communities.
Professor Cooke of Cambridge reports to the American Academy that the blue sky results from atmospheric water vapor absorbing yellow and red rays from the sun, leaving blue rays transmitted. The spectroscope shows absorption by water, not multiple reflections from countless drops, as previously argued.
A fragment recounts persistent theft across society from a Leyden physician’s wife to a Frankfort countess and a well educated thief. It notes a physician’s wife checking pockets each night and the thief taking his fee. Moritz cites a criminal at execution stealing the confessor’s snit box. Dr Burner notes a cultivated man who stole despite upbringing and was hanged.
A Boston man in Newbern reports strong Southern hostility toward Northern influence. He notes a planned Southern mayoral victory, exclusion of Northern ministers by Presbyterians, vandalism at a prayer meeting, economic strain, and lingering anti Northern sentiment reinforced by a Longstreet staff officer’s disdain for the North.
Tip Prentiss, son of Major General B M Prentiss, left Quincy Illinois on skates with a dispatch for Lagrange and completed the 23 mile round trip in one hour forty five minutes. He stayed thirty minutes at Lagrange and returned in fifty five minutes, completing the journey in two hours sods quarter.
Reports from Utah claim Mormons consider leaving the territory and migrating to the Sandwich Islands. Brigham Young is said to have secured two islands for future colonization, amid rising opposition to polygamy from both public and official sectors.
The piece offers marital encouragement and social etiquette urging renewed spark in marriage and courteous behavior toward friends. It also muses on hypothetical promotions such as General Grant becoming a full general and Sherman and Sheridan advancing to lieutenant general, plus Faragut attaining full admiral.
In a playful exchange outside the Picayune office, a youth nicknamed Kid introduces himself to a glossy gentleman with gold specs. The elder jokes that the former Kid has become a Goat due to his beard, as the youth departs peevishly.
A Dutch porter at a Cincinnati commission house circulated a counterfeit five dollar note. The bank refused it as a fake yet praised its imitation. The porter admitted passing the bill to a man who had given it, hoping it would turn out good or bad, until the bill vanished.
European post-mortem study of sixty six sudden deaths found only two from heart disease. Nine died of apoplexy while forty six suffered lung congestion from cold, tight clothing, constipated bowels, or rapid temperature changes after exertion.
A colossal bear estimated at 680 pounds was killed in France, according to local reports. The incident details remain sparse but authorities confirm the animal’s death in the countryside.
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