rainPrice 2 pfen
The Schwartzistan Herald
Vellmar · Thursday, 5 January 1809 · No. 1,711 · Editor: Ilse Varrant
The bells of Dammsee church are recast
Dammsee, 1 January 1809
The particulars which follow are furnished by a correspondent at Dammsee, on whose accuracy we have found we may rely. The bells of Dammsee church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Speaking to this journal, a carter who declined to give his name said: 'I said at the time it would come to this.'
The event is expected to be spoken of at the next market day, when the farmers come in from the surrounding country and the price of grain is settled for the month.
Concerning: Dammsee, Printer Street.
The winter fair opens at Grauholt
Grauholt, 31 December 1808
The winter fair opens at Grauholt. 700 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. One witness, a woman selling eels at the corner, gave the following account: 'I said at the time it would come to this.' We shall not fail to lay before our readers whatever further intelligence may arrive.
Concerning: Grauholt, Mill Street.
The harvest at Berging is reported good
Berging, 30 December 1808
The harvest at Berging is reported good. Grain is 2 pfen the measure. The roads about Berging were under water at the time. A clerk who would not be named said: 'I have lived here 40 years and I never saw the like.'
Concerning: Berging, Short Lane.
Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry
No names have been sent up by the War Ministry this week.
The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.
The Assembly
1 January 1809. The Press Act passed. Newspapers must register with the Ministry of the Interior. Casualty figures may be printed only as published by the War Ministry. The debate was short and the members for the regions took part in it.
The Grand Chancellor, Konrad Hesk, has held office since 12 April 1804.
The Courts
The courts sat but gave no ruling of note.
The Market
The markets of the week have been thin, frost having made the causeway treacherous. The prices ruling in the capital are given below as sent up by the clerk of the market.
Bread, the loaf, 4.6 pfen; beer, the litre, 6.9 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 0.15 marka; a furnished room lets at 0.52 marka the month.
Registers
The parish returns for the week, as sent up to the Registrar, are as follows. Recorded this week throughout the country: 70 births, 8 marriages, 24 deaths. Population at the last return, 99,541.
On This Day
From the file of this journal for the same day:
3 years ago. The harvest at Norrhafen is reported average. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.
Ostrabruck Wine Cellarswine · Ostrabruck · est. 1804 · OSTR
TO BE HAD of Ostrabruck Wine Cellars, at their premises in Ostrabruck: table wines by the dozen and the cask, of the first quality. Terms cash, or approved bills at 3 months.
Wendl & Steinnek, Masonsconstruction · Sanding · est. 1808 · WES
Wendl & Steinnek, Masons, Sanding, respectfully inform the nobility, gentry and the trade that they continue to supply brick, lime and sawn timber, and solicit a continuance of the favours so long enjoyed.
Brenn Vineyardswine · Salzhafen · est. 1808 · BRE
Brenn Vineyards beg to announce that a parcel of last year's vintage, sound and fit for laying down may be viewed at Salzhafen on any day but the Sabbath. Orders by the carrier attended to.
Sormann Cloth Workstextiles · Reedtal · est. 1808
Sormann Cloth Works, Reedtal, respectfully inform the nobility, gentry and the trade that they continue to supply linens, worsteds and reed-cloth by the piece, and solicit a continuance of the favours so long enjoyed.
Kranz Almanacs (Licensed)printing · Brennholt · est. 1805 · KRA
Kranz Almanacs (Licensed) beg to announce that printing of handbills, notices and catalogues at short notice may be viewed at Brennholt on any day but the Sabbath. Orders by the carrier attended to.
Rellkinen Almanacs (Licensed)printing · Hochstadt · est. 1806
Rellkinen Almanacs (Licensed), Hochstadt, respectfully inform the nobility, gentry and the trade that they continue to supply licensed almanacs, account books and forms of every description, and solicit a continuance of the favours so long enjoyed.
Correspondence
Sir, — Permit an old subscriber to observe that the price of bread in the capital, which your columns give at 4.6 pfen, is not to be had in the country at anything like that figure. Your correspondent does not say where he buys his loaf. One Who Was Present, Dammsee.
Notices
WANTED, an apprentice to the wine trade. Premium moderate. Ostrabruck Wine Cellars, Ostrabruck.
TO BE LET, a dwelling-house with garden at Dammsee, rent 0.52 marka the month. Apply at this office.
PERSONAL. — If the person who was at the market at Dammsee on the day of the late occurrence will communicate with this office he will hear of something to his advantage.