25 Jan 1873
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Newspaper
Aiken Tribune
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1873
Page
1
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A lyric poem paints a river framed by leaning trees and green meadows, with mountains and pines overshadowing a sunlit peak. The speaker recalls familiar paths, the blast of crag, and a forgotten life touched by the river’s elusive secret. A tender hope emerges that love may soften change and awaken earthly dreams in dawn light.
A late 19th century account outlines the Union Pacific and Credit Mobilier ties, detailing land grants, bond structures, and schemes to reclassify mortgages. It notes overlapping stockholders, political leverage by Ames and Durant, and promises of par-value payments to secure congressional support and investor backing. The narrative highlights inflated costs vs. government-backed debt and the role of politicians in the scandal.
The narrative traces the Credit Mobilier stock manipulation involving Durant Ames and Congressmen, including bribery claims, stock distributions, and later investigations. It notes delays on interest payments, legislative actions, and figures like Blaine Boutwell and Dawes shaping the outcome, with stock prices and legal tensions driving the controversy.
The fourth annual State Superintendent of Education report by Lus tus K Jillson is printed and to be sent to the General Assembly. It details counties white and colored population, attendance, teacher counts and wages, free schools, and school buildings. It notes insufficiency of book supplies and recommends policy shifts and new appropriations. It also covers university attendance, deaf and dumb and blind institutions, and the State orphan asylum, urging reforms and liberal funding.
A Charleston Daily News report notes Henry Miles seeks release of obligation at city wharf on Ashley River and George Hudgins seeks lease with engine rights. Hudgins plans a steam circular saw mill, 40 hp engine, 10 000 feet daily capacity, to operate by late March. The West Lynch street wharf to be rebuilt, Hudgins’ firm expanding Bull Street mill, added 30–40 hp engine, 25 000 feet daily capacity, and new edging machine. Chisplay Brothers to re-enter lumber business with a steam saw mill at West Bradd Street, run by a Northern timber cutter, aiming for high capacity operations.
President Watt issues a proclamation dated January 1 1873 prohibiting federal civil officers from holding state territorial or municipal offices while serving, effective March 4 1873, to prevent incompatibility and protect public service duties.
A garbled compilation discusses the IRS assessment in 1872 and a 1873 population figure, emancipation decrees in Paris, and slave servitude under Spanish officials. It shifts to jury verdicts in Germany, Utah judges’ alleged Mormon ties, and a Congress member’s death. The text then moves to climate experiments, Baris Academy science statistics, a story on a wandering lifestyle, and a peculiar tale about a laughing spell from a vegetable extract, ending with a card game description.
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