10 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly Republican
Location
Decatur, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1896
Page
1
The County Board records Faupor Bille winning $1044 from the Lost Quarter, with officials noting the payout covered the disputed period. The case highlights local accounting procedures and the board’s handling of missing funds.
County officers presented reports on finances the jail and poor farm at the January board session. The grand jury was named for Thursday. salary and special orders were set for Thursday afternoon. bids and warrants were approved. The treasurer reported year end totals and bond interest due. a pauper case was discussed. a county clerk and sheriff reports were filed.
The Macon county coroner's office may add deputies under state law. Judge Voth signed an order authorizing Coroner Bondura to appoint up to two deputies, with Roy Bondura as chief deputy and clerk if another deputy is added. Funeral details given for John Chapman. Martha Weikle dies at 90 near Decatur. funeral planned at Rolling Springs.
Daily Chronicle reports farmer John Chapman aged about 80 near Boody was kicked by a horse, the hoof striking his chest over the heart. He died shortly after the accident, leaving a son and several relatives, with an eighty acre farm to his name.
A. A. Varney, 78, died of heart disease at 7 am at the Varney house in Meron. He supervised the Centre house in the city and ran hotels in Assumption and Ramsey. Funeral from the Varney house tomorrow at 3 pm with Royal Lodge Knights of Pythias in charge. Rev. Cookrum praised Zion church leadership and his preaching.
Civil court docket shows multiple foreclosure actions including Mattle E. Peacock vs Sparks, Edward L Hight vs Walker, and others. Reports note master's sales approved, hearings completed, and judgments entered in several cases with amounts cited. Also brief local notes recount Springfield families and weddings at the mansion, highlighting Mrs Oglesby and Governor Cullow connections.
Coroner Bendare with Dr Z G Sarvey and Dr J D Wheeler tested a 38 caliber revolver on pig skin to study bullet wounds and powder burns at various distances near Greenwood Cemetery. They observed blackened edges and no powder residue at closer ranges, with differing results at eighteen inches and beyond.
Newly elected county officials appeared at the courthouse this morning. Jeseo E. Bendure was sworn in as coroner for another four year term. Staton Attorney Mills and G. V. Loring as county surveyor were also reappointed. David L. Foster succeeded Earnston McClellan as circuit clerk, with J. W. McClellan and Robert Williams continuing as deputy clerks.
The State Federation of Labor will convene a conference with labor groups and manufacturers in Chicago during the last week of the month to oppose prison labor. The action follows recent convention directives from St. Louis and urges broad participation from unions and trades affected by prison-made roads.
A San Francisco confession by George Allen outlines a conspiracy to deprive Fitzsimmons of victory in a bout with Sharkey. Wyatt Earp, Don Lyroh, Sharkey’s manager, and Donnie Needhan are named in alleged plan to fake fouls and stage a decisive ruling in Sharkey’s favor.
Yopeko Kan December 7 Judge Thayer of the United States court of appeals and Judge Foster of the United States district court ruled this morning the Santa Fe receivership case must be first tried before Judge Myers of the Jefferson County district court.
An old market brief notes wheat estimates for tomorrow with figures for corn and hog receipts. Market tone is steady as cobbled quotations from St Louis and New York exchanges show May wheat around 85 cents and various cash and futures bids.
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