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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1857
Page
2
The article urges readers to subscribe to the Telegraph and act as agents to collect payments. It argues home papers support local interests and offer a chance to recover funds, warning readers against relying on distant city papers from New York, Baltimore, or Cincinnati for reading material.
The article calls stockholders to attend a Cincinnati railway election on the 29th to settle disputes and plan depots along the O. and M. A. R. It urges public input for fair decisions and highlights the road’s promise for grain transport. It also notes Sabbath school celebrations, a Washington Brass band, and the relocation of Dr. Coe to Vincennes, with July 4 events in Lexington and news of Secretary Marey’s death.
A July fourth celebration by the Sons of Temperance at Bethel Church urges ongoing temperance work against strong opposition. Rev. J. kk M'Can gave the address, praising the cause and calling temperance men to action. Doc Durand, famed French physician and oculist, will visit Washington on July 14 and stay several days, offering free consultations.
The Vevayens denounces Jos A Wright as Minister to Berlin, calling him a demagogue and traitor. The piece cites past campaigns, a New Albany contributor, and a question about the author of Governor Wright's messages, alongside a railroad incident illustrating politeness and a Cincinnati blaze report and a temperance focused newspaper by Miss C D Filkins.
Washington Indiana letters urge incorporation to fix impassable streets and dangerous bridges. Readers complain about lingering corporation officers and call for immediate ordinances to improve the town and curb liquor abuses among youths. Wealth of notes also describes Capitol construction work and curious local anecdotes.
The article extols Sunday church attendance as a mark of American freedom and conscience. It argues the Sabbath strengthens stability and character, urging all to honor the day and morality, while noting some neglect the house of God. It ends with a rural proverb about frugality and economy.
Geological notes describe Neogene mollusk deposits showing wider ancient seas covering the Atlantic, Mediterannean, and parts of Europe Africa as an island. Isolated basins like Caspian and Black seas united. Suez basin flooded. Sahara deposits suggest vast ancient bottom.
A detailed look at the London Post-Office operations describes rapid stamping and counting rates, large table layouts, and specialized roles including a “Blind man” who deciphers difficult mail. It notes mail bags of sheep skin, wax seals, and large annual newspaper and letter volumes. New York report adds Mayor Wood disbanding police and court appeal submission.
A violent riot erupted in New York with ferocious fighting in the Bowery. Eight killed and thirty wounded as rioters routed by police. streets barricaded and clashing with clubs stones bottles and firearms. Other disturbances left two dead and twenty to thirty injured. Police were prominent figures in most clashes.
A shell exploded during a public fireworks show killing George P. Tootsbury, former harbor master, and injuring Marshal Wiseman and John C. Robinson. Asa L. Libby Patrick Cook and John McMahon are named among the injured.
Later from Europe. The steamer Columbia arrived from Liverpool with dates to June 5. Parliament debated a cotton vetting resolution. elections in France proceeded quietly with seven government and three opposition candidates elected in Paris. Weather in Liverpool June 4 favorable for crops. corn dull and prices down. provisions market generally dull.
An arrival from Port au Prince confirms a disastrous fire on the night of the 12th last month that destroyed one hundred houses and stores. Loss is estimated at one million Spanish dollars. Salt was abundant at Inaguran and the Fortune Islands, selling at ten cents per bushel.
Dantimore July 7 The railroad companies with lines to St. Louis invite the councils of Cincinnati and St. Louis to visit Baltimore and Washington for a celebration. Invitations have been pledged and reception arrangements are in progress for the expected guests.
An unpublished Republican letter reports the Lecompton Democratic Convention on the 3rd met with a pro slavery majority but backed Walker's inaugural and a people's submission of the Constitution. Resolutions dropped sectional distinctions, adopted the Cincinnati platform, and renamed the group National Democrats. Walker was invited to speak and did so effectively.
The Gyelops, a surveying steamer, sailed yesterday from the coast to London after completing Atlantic telegraph coast soundings with a satisfactory result.
From New Orleans on July 7 officials report the city as healthy with not a single Yellow Fever case documented to date. The update emphasizes containment and ongoing public health vigilance.
A German was killed in a tavern row by Robert Frazer during a July Fourth melee in Baltimore. Two children were accidentally shot by careless use of firearms, with one child dying from injuries. Also noted, Tuscarora arrived from Liverpool carrying five hundred thirty Mormon emigrants bound for Utah at Putuapetpata on July 3.
Reports mention Bailroap Acciprs and Mrs Wm Brigham La G Richardson Ros y Conly Pioneer Fur Bullard of Indiana among the wounded while rigad examination is begun. Cholera spreads across Archepele Bo islands with over twenty thousand dead. New York City deaths reach 353 in the week ending June 13.
Prevailing opinion favors A Bencher to succeed Gov Merriweather in New Mexico. Philander Doesticks and Frank Bellow reportedly bought the New York Picayune. Canada budgets £200000 for a new Parliament building. Virginia eyes record tobacco yields barring accidents. The Montreal steamer burned near Quebec with substantial loss of life. Democratic conventions in Maine and Georgia nominate governors Hl. Smith and George Joseph Brown. Ils steamship arrives with $1,853,600 in specie. Agricultural notes discuss sheep bot and cures. A monkey and Davy Crockett anecdotes amuse Washington crowds. Keokuk to Farmington railroad reaches 29 miles. new Pacific Railroad Co forms in Omaha with $60 million capital. July term of Common Pleas Court opens under Judge Anderson.
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