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fair; the wind in the eastPrice 2 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

The harvest at Vellmar is reported the best in memory

Vellmar, 20 September 1810

The harvest at Vellmar is reported the best in memory. Vellmar.

We are informed from Vellmar that the following has occurred. The harvest at Vellmar is reported the best in memory. Grain is 6 pfen the measure. Speaking to this journal, the driver of the carrier's cart said: 'Nobody wanted to be the first to say anything.'

The Herald's correspondent adds that the town took it with interest.

Concerning: Vellmar, Ort Street.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

The Ministry's return for the week is blank.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

The Assembly

20 September 1810. The Vaccination (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 50 votes to 1. Every town above 2000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It amends The Vaccination Act. The honourable members proceeded to the measure with the House thin, and the member who moved it was heard with some interruption.

16 September 1810. The Causeway Maintenance (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 41 votes to 1. Provides 21712 marka for works between Marschau and Sudholt. Comes into force on 1 January 1811. It amends The Causeway Maintenance (Amendment) Act. The honourable members proceeded to the measure with the House full, and the member who moved it was heard to the end.

The Grand Chancellor, Konrad Hesk, has held office since 12 April 1804.

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 17 September 1810. The Crown v. Bornberg. Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: acquitted. The court sat in The Regional Court of The Sudmark at half past 4 in the afternoon.

The Market

Corn and provisions have been thin; the following are the prices current in the capital.

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

From the registers of the parishes, as returned to the capital. Recorded this week throughout the country: 87 births, 16 marriages, 37 deaths. Population at the last return, 101,470.

On This Day

This journal recorded, on the same day of the month:

4 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Hochstadt and fells the old lime in Ostra Street. Report.

4 years ago. Oberholt marks the 600th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Garrison Square. Report.

Correspondence

Sir, — Your account of what has lately occurred at Vellmar will have been read with concern by every well-disposed person. I would only add that the roads thereabouts have been in want of attention these 9 years, and that the parish officers have been written to more than once. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A Ratepayer.

Notices

WANTED, an apprentice to the wine trade. Premium moderate. Ostrabruck Wine Cellars, Ostrabruck.

TO BE LET, a dwelling-house with garden at Vellmar, rent 0.52 marka the month. Apply at this office.

PERSONAL. — The gentleman who left a glove at the ferry house at Vellmar may have it on application at this office.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Schwartzistan Herald. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Herald's digitised archive. Page images reproduced as printed; the text is searchable. Dates as recorded by the Ministry of Chronology.