The weather: fog on the OstraPrice 4 pfen
The Schwartzistan Herald
Vellmar · Monday, 20 November 1843 · No. 14,448 · Editor: Ilse Varrant
A fire in New Gate Lane at Dammsee destroys 5 houses
Dammsee, 18 November 1843
It falls to this journal to record an occurrence at Dammsee. A fire in New Gate Lane at Dammsee destroys 5 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. The town officers attended at about half past 8. Further particulars will be given in a subsequent number.
By the next morning Dammsee had returned to its ordinary business, the roads being dry for the season. A woman who had come in from the market said the town had seen the like before and would see it again.
Concerning: Dammsee, New Gate Lane.
The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Ostrabruck
Ostrabruck, 15 November 1843
By the carrier from Ostrabruck we learn the following. The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Ostrabruck. Cellars in Star Lane are flooded. The roads about Ostrabruck were passable at the time. Of the rest we are not yet informed.
Concerning: Ostrabruck, Star Lane.
The road between Weinau and Berging is metalled at a cost of 40,000 marka
Weinau, 14 November 1843
The road between Weinau and Berging is metalled at a cost of 40,000 marka. The keeper of the toll-house said: 'It was over before the bell had done ringing.' Of the rest we are not yet informed.
Concerning: Weinau, Weaver Street.
Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry
| Private | Ivo Mahler, of Dammsee | The 1st Marsh Regiment | killed in action | 20 November 1843 |
| Sergeant | Ivo Brenn, of Ostrabruck | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 20 November 1843 |
| Lieutenant | Ottmar Riller, of Grauburg | The 1st Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 19 November 1843 |
| Captain | Anton Mahler, of Vellmar | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | killed in action | 18 November 1843 |
| Sergeant | Hendrik Fenn, of Eisenheim | The 2nd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 17 November 1843 |
| Private | Piet Ort, of Reeding | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 14 November 1843 |
The above is printed as received from the War Ministry, without alteration. Enquiries from relations are to be addressed to the Ministry and not to this office.
The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.
The Assembly
16 November 1843. The Causeway Timber (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the war estimates. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It amends The Hollhausen Causeway Timber 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, Ivo Mahler, has held office since 14 February 1839.
The Courts
The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 18 November 1843. The Crown v. Kaltz. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: returned to the regiment. The parties were represented and the ruling was read from the bench.
The Market
The markets of the week have been quiet, 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, 7.8 pfen; beer, the litre, 11.8 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 0.35 marka; a furnished room lets at 1.23 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 551. Bank rate stands at 3.46 per cent.
Registers
From the registers of the parishes, as returned to the capital. Recorded this week throughout the country: 110 births, 28 marriages, 58 deaths. Population at the last return, 176,593.
On This Day
From the file of this journal for the same day:
38 years ago. The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Vellhausen. Cellars in Church Square are flooded. Report.
35 years ago. The autumn fair opens at Dammberg. 500 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. 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 Almanacs (Licensed)printing · Dammberg · est. 1835 · NET
Wendl Almanacs (Licensed), Dammberg, 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.
Kesselhöh Iron Companyiron · Salzhafen · est. 1823 · MEP
Kesselhöh Iron Company beg to announce that nails, hinges, stakes and hoops of every gauge may be viewed at Salzhafen on any day but the Sabbath. Orders by the carrier attended to.
Osmoor Fuelpeat · Ostrabruck · est. 1827 · OMO
Osmoor Fuel beg to announce that cut peat, dried and stacked, by the cart-load may be viewed at Ostrabruck on any day but the Sabbath. Orders by the carrier attended to.
Kessler Mill Companymilling · Grauburg · est. 1830 · KESS
TO BE HAD of Kessler Mill Company, at their premises in Grauburg: meal and flour, delivered to the quay, of the first quality. Terms cash, or approved bills at 3 months.
Rebhuhn & Sons, Printersprinting · Reedtal · est. 1833 · REB
TO BE HAD of Rebhuhn & Sons, Printers, at their premises in Reedtal: licensed almanacs, account books and forms of every description, of the first quality. Terms cash, or approved bills at 2 months.
Correspondence
Sir, — Permit an old subscriber to observe that the price of bread in the capital, which your columns give at 7.8 pfen, is not to be had in the country at anything like that figure. Your correspondent does not say where he buys his loaf. A Ratepayer.
Notices
WANTED, a steady youth for the printing trade; must write a fair hand. Apply at the counting-house of Wendl Almanacs (Licensed), Dammberg.
TO BE SOLD, a cart-horse, quiet in harness, and a flat boat, at Dammsee. Enquire of the printer.
PERSONAL. — The gentleman who left a umbrella at the reading room at Dammsee may have it on application at this office.