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frost; the glass risingPrice 2 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

The Ostra rises 50 centimetres above its mark at Tarnmund

Tarnmund, 23 September 1810

The Ostra rises 50 centimetres above its mark at Tarnmund. Tarnmund.

The particulars which follow are furnished by a correspondent at Tarnmund, on whose accuracy we have found we may rely. The Ostra rises 50 centimetres above its mark at Tarnmund. Cellars in High Gate are flooded. One witness, a woman selling eels at the corner, gave the following account: 'The dog knew before any of us.'

The town officers met late in the forenoon the following day and resolved to make a return to the Ministry of the Interior. The ferry was open as usual.

Concerning: Tarnmund, High Gate.

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.

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 steady; 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 1.5 marka; a furnished room lets at 3.46 marka the month.

Registers

From the registers of the parishes, as returned to the capital. Recorded this week throughout the country: 92 births, 18 marriages, 37 deaths. Population at the last return, 101,470.

Correspondence

Sir, — I read in your journal of the affair at Tarnmund and can confirm the particulars, having been in the town at the time on business of my own. The account is exact in every respect save one, which is of no consequence and which I shall not trouble you with. A Reader of Salzhafen.

Notices

WANTED, a housekeeper for a small family at Tarnmund; character indispensable. Address to this office.

TO BE LET, a dwelling-house with garden at Tarnmund, rent 3.46 marka the month. Apply at this office.

PERSONAL. — The gentleman who left a walking-stick at the coach office at Tarnmund 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.

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