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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1859
Page
11
The town council will determine at the next regular meeting the amount of tax to levy for street improvements this summer. The assessor should begin work now and collections occur as soon as possible. Funds may not cover every street this year. priority goes to Main Street and other heavily used, important streets. Public harmony and pride in both private and public improvements are urged as the town builds up its character.
The San Francisco Street Preacher Rev. Wa. Tarytor delivered two sermons this week at the Methodist Church. Critics note his eccentric emphasis on illustrating Gods love for sinners as the primary path to heartfelt conversion, urging unity among denominations to unleash gospel power.
The long standing dispute between Austria and Sardinia and France has reportedly reached a crisis. Peace hopes fade as war seems likely to be extremely bloody and may draw in multiple European powers. The United States is said to remain neutral, unless it acts against Spain in Cuba.
A juror detained in St Louis sought release by feigning illness and hiring a physician who billed for advice. While court sat Judge Treat received sworn testimony of deadly fever, but the juror, unseen by the doctor, entered to collect the bill revealing the fraud. The judge offered a mild rebuke and warned of further action against the physician.
Newark Mercury reports the Cincinnati Conference Laymen's Association urging church reforms in government and itinerancy. They advocate lay representation in General and other Conferences, arguing protracted pastor stays strengthen pastor and people ties and reduce costly ministerial removals. They cite annual expenses of 120000 for moves and 20000 for goods, plus lost ministerial labor, and object to ministers spending time on teaching Latin and Mathematics or running book concerns.
New York dispatch reports the Heenan versus Sayers bout for a purse and English belt won’t occur until next spring. Heenan to train with Morrissey and Otinznon in the interim, and Morrissey may travel to England to support Heenan if the arrangements proceed.
An amateur chemist in France claims a simple process to produce large, snow white, silk fin paper by boiling 54 kilograms of wood slices with 5 kilograms of mineral and vegetable alkali. He plans to scale up the method and but for now relies on the inventor’s own statements.
A Harrisburg Reporter correspondent settles a quirky quarrel by noting the squirrel sails for pleasure with a chip boat and his tail as a sail. The risky scene hints the fish may dine if the rodent overreaches, as the debate folds into a humorous moral about unlikely coastal antics.
The Lafayette journal comments on a remark about the Minister's Waiting in the Atlantic Monthly. It notes a foreign journal's criticism of Bulwer's Novel and draws a parallel between Bulwer and Harriet Beecher Stowe. It declares Uncle Tom will outlive Bulwer's characters in immortal youth.
A year ago Cleveland residents planned a statue of the Lake Erie hero in a lakeside park. The marble is prepared, contracts signed, and the project costs six thousand dollars with inauguration scheduled for September 10, 1860.
The New York Herald proposes public hydrants in cities to offer free drinking water for passersby. It argues this would curb barroom visits and sixpence drinks, noting many would avoid brandy just to cleanse the water and reduce temptation to drink alcohol.
An editor testifies to Mr Thomas's twenty-year character, describing him as honest, charitable, and active in schools, while denying the sheep stealing accusation as baseless. The excerpt also cites sensational New York crime reports and a Boston Journal anecdote about human folly and a Canadian hunter on deer behavior.
A Washington Bay dispatch reports Postmaster Cook of Chicago denouncing Judge Douglas and expelling him from the Democracy. It also notes the Anti Douglas Democracy of Illinois will be fully represented at the Charleston Convention, with the opposing Illinois Democracy wing also represented. A double set of state delegates to the convention is feared to recur.
Excitement grows in Bayou Bout as the son of a wealthy planter elopes with his mother's slave, said to head toward Texas with plans to wed per an intercepted note. The tale centers on social boundaries and possible matrimony arrangements.
The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune reports President Buchanan will save $15,400 a year from his salary. His private secretary and steward are currently paid by the Government, a change from prior practice.
An ornate Woodland hotel on Bloomindale road hosts a strange scene as a rider demands water for his horse, provoking astonished staff and a balcony roar. The text contrasts wealth and brains, and notes Gulf of Mexico village women and young diving belles.
A garbled compilation of humorous quips and anecdotes about marriage, duels, and slavery era views. It mentions words starting with H and includes a witticism about a wife refusing to waltz, a duel in Napoleon Arkansas, and a Southern newspaper suggestion on fugitive slave law enforcement.
Mrs Birdsale reports Miss Anthony praising women learning outdoor work to escape the kitchen and the needle. She imagines women apprenticing to farmers and horticulturists, specifically to grow crops like raspberries, while many women currently apprentice to raise children.
A young man was seen alone on the corner of Second and Main Street at night this week. He spoke to his shadow, arguing it was improper for it to follow him, creating a curious street scene.
The item parodies a Ladies Rights essay asking if women should learn the alphabet. It mocks the idea of women as jewels and facts, contrasting a pretty face with virtue and intellect, and references a Journal editor who supposedly knelt to someone connected to the piece.
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