Vellmar: fairPrice 5 pfen
The Schwartzistan Herald
Vellmar · Saturday, 7 October 1854 · No. 18,057 · Editor: Werner Wendl
General election for the Assembly, 1854
Schwartzistan, 7 October 1854
General election for the Assembly, 1854. 3 parties contest 63 seats in 7 regions. The Assembly Union wins the most seats with 24. Polling was orderly throughout the seven regions, the ferry running late. The returns were carried to the Clerk of the Assembly by the usual couriers and read towards 2 in the afternoon.
The honourable members dispersed towards 2 in the afternoon. In the corridors the talk was of the weather in the marsh, in that order.
Concerning: The Continuity Party, The Reed Party, The Assembly Union.
The telegraph reaches Lindenmar
Lindenmar, 6 October 1854
The telegraph reaches Lindenmar. The first message sent is the front-line report. One witness, the keeper of the toll-house, gave the following account: 'They were very orderly about it.' Further particulars are held over.
A storm strips roofs in Sanding and fells the old lime in Bridge Street
Sanding, 6 October 1854
The following particulars reach us from Sanding. A storm strips roofs in Sanding and fells the old lime in Bridge Street. Speaking to this journal, a woman selling eels at the corner said: 'The clerk wrote it all down; you may ask him.'
Concerning: Sanding, Bridge Street.
The first train reaches Dammberg
Dammberg, 4 October 1854
The first train reaches Dammberg. The journey from Vellmar takes 4 hours. The bell was rung at the ferry and the townspeople turned out to see. Speaking to this journal, a retired sergeant of the Marsh Regiments said: 'They were very orderly about it.'
Concerning: Dammberg, Old Gate Street.
A new school opens at Grautal with 60 pupils
Grautal, 3 October 1854
A new school opens at Grautal with 60 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. Word reached the market square within the hour and was the talk of it for the rest of the day. A clerk who would not be named said: 'Nobody wanted to be the first to say anything.'
Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry
| Private | Teodor Kaltz, of Furtstadt | The 2nd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 2 October 1854 |
| Private | Ivo Krustlast, of Hagenkirchen | The 1st Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 2 October 1854 |
Published by the War Ministry and printed as received. The Ministry's letters to the next of kin go by the same post.
The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.
The Assembly
4 October 1854. The Regimental Colours (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It amends The Regimental Colours Regulation Act. The House disposed of the measure and passed to the estimates.
1 October 1854. An Act for the Better Licensing of Vagrancy passed. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 18. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 1250 marka or 17 months. The honourable member who moved it was brief; the House divided and rose.
The Grand Chancellor, Jorn Wendl, has held office since 14 February 1853.
The Courts
The High Court, 6 October 1854. The Crown v. A. L.. Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 11 years and the press forfeit. The court was full; judgment was given at ten in the forenoon.
The Market
Business on the Exchange was brisk throughout the week. The prices current in the capital are as follows.
Bread, the loaf, 9.6 pfen; beer, the litre, 14.4 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 0.48 marka; a furnished room lets at 1.69 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 852.20. Bank rate stands at 3.56 per cent.
The War Appropriation for the year, 678,551 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.
Registers
The civil registers for the week show the following. Recorded this week throughout the country: 124 births, 42 marriages, 67 deaths. Population at the last return, 207,305.
On This Day
On this day, as this journal reported at the time.
46 years ago. The coldest night in 40 years is recorded at Vellhausen. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.
44 years ago. General election for the Assembly, 1809. 2 parties contest 63 seats in 7 regions. The Assembly Union wins the most seats with 33. Report.
Hochstadt Millsmilling · Hochstadt · est. 1854
Hochstadt Mills, Hochstadt: oats and rye meal by the sack. Established these many years. Price lists on application.
Oberholt Pressprinting · Oberholt · est. 1845 · OBS
Oberholt Press, of Oberholt, beg to call attention to licensed almanacs, account books and forms of every description. Inspection invited. Carriage paid to any station.
Wendl Almanacs (Licensed)printing · Dammberg · est. 1835 · NET
Wendl Almanacs (Licensed), of Dammberg, beg to call attention to licensed almanacs, account books and forms of every description. Inspection invited. Carriage paid to any station.
Kesselhöh Iron Companyiron · Salzhafen · est. 1823 · MEP
By appointment to the regiments. Kesselhöh Iron Company, Salzhafen: nails, hinges, stakes and hoops of every gauge. Telegrams: 'MEP'.
Osmoor Fuelpeat · Ostrabruck · est. 1827 · OMO
Osmoor Fuel, of Ostrabruck, beg to call attention to cut peat, dried and stacked, by the cart-load. Inspection invited. Carriage paid to any station.
The Station Hotelhotel · Brennholt · est. 1851
The Station Hotel, Brennholt: rooms, a dining room and a bar for residents. Established these many years. Price lists on application.
Correspondence
Sir, — May I, through your columns, draw the attention of the authorities to the clock at the railway station at Hochstadt, which has for some weeks been 6 minutes behind Vellmar Mean Time. A licensed clock ought to keep the licensed hour. Yours faithfully, A Subscriber since the Founding, Oberholt.
Notices
WANTED, carters with their own horses for the milling works at Hochstadt. Apply Hochstadt Mills.
FOR SALE, printing of handbills, notices and catalogues at short notice; Wendl Almanacs (Licensed), Dammberg.
PERSONAL. — Come home. All is forgiven. The clock has been licensed.