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Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1872

Page

2

Vast Speculation Outcomes and Global News Tangle

A survey of recent financial wins reports gains of five to seven million by Northwestern stock victors while losers settle. Notable notes include Grervey insurance, fires in Lina Edwin’s theater, and a Boston blaze with many deaths. International and political turmoil across Paris, Spain, Prussia, and Washington highlights.

Northwestern Henry N. Smith Heracke Grervey Tribune Association Lina Edwin New York Boston Jay Gould Wall Street

Congress Reassembles Amid Absentees and Confirms Investigations

The Forty-Second Congress reopens with many absentees in both chambers. Sumner greeted warmly as Wilson and others propose measures, including a committee to probe the Credit Mobilier scandal and relief for Boston fire sufferers. A resolution honors Horace Greeley as Congress adjourns.

Congress Senate House Mr. Sumner Donking Schurz Morton Sumner Fenton United States Army Wilson Boston Banks Foreign Relations Committee Blaine Cox Credit Mobilier Messrs Poland Beck, Niblack and McCrary Dawes House of Representatives Horace Greeley

Internal Revenue Report Shows 1871 Receipts Rise and Tobacco Revenue

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue reports total receipts from all sources at 131 770 946 with whisky 49 475 576 and tobacco 33 736 170. It notes declines due to 1870 legislation, details ferment ed liquor tax gains, number of distilleries registered, and 1872 tax shifts. It cites production figures, tax law changes, and administrative costs for Congress and departments.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue United States Soonesases Peneacesseens Aasbeoenseascaee A Oses Aberones Botecaesessees Atom Sibi Cadet Entesese Seo Comnech Sersco Serserserse New Hampshire Dakota New Jersey New Mexico District Columbia New York Biopuib North Carolina COIR Cdi Tennessee Kentucky Texaga Louisiana Maine Vermont Maryland N.d Massachus Washington Michigan West Virginia Wiscodbin

Government Printing Office report details costs and outputs

The report shows the Government Printing Office cost $1 802 345 for the year, higher than most of the past decade except 1865. It lists printed outputs including 1 625 Senate documents 1 650 House documents and 825 copies of bills and resolutions.

Senate House Supreme Court Congress Government Office Congressional Patent Office State Department Treasury Department Interior Department War Department Navy Department Judiciary Department Postoffice Department Department of Agriculture Office of Congressional

Death of Horace Greeley the New York Tribune editor

Horace Greeley died at Tarrytown NY on November 29 at 6 50 p m after his wife’s death and a brief relapse. He resumed editorial charge after her death but suffered insomnia weakness and brain inflammation. He spoke of faith and died peacefully with family present. He was born February 3 1811 in Amherst New Hampshire and built a career from printer to editor of the New York Tribune.

Horace Greeley New York Tribune Tarrytown Tribune Greeley A. J. Johnson Gorge C. Choate Dr. Choate Mr. Greeley Chappaqua Choate Jno. R. Stuart Reid de. Choate’s Gabrielle Ida Amherst N. H West Haven Horace Northern Spectator East Poultney Erie County Jamestown Lodi N. Y Erie New York Story New- Yorker Daily Whig Jeffersonian Log- Cabin The Log-Cabin Congress Mary F. Chaney Warrenton N. C Charles Lawman Washington Frirenp Lanman

Western Patents Issued Week Ended Nov 5 1872

List of patents granted by the US Patent Office for Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan with inventors and towns including Lorens Kendle Rochelle George C Morgan Chicago John H Morgan Ishkum hes George H Ney Monmouth John Olson Chicago James V Pangburn Galesburg Daniel Bull Amboy etc Cross references to drafts windmills plows corn planters and other devices as reported by Gridley and Warner patent attorneys.

United States Patent Office Gridley & Warner South Clark Street Chicago Illinois Lorens Kendlle Rochelle George C. Morgan John H. Morgan George H. Ney Monmouth John Olson James V. Pangburn Galesburg Daniel Bull Amboy William W. Crocker Waukegan William J. Wallingsford Portland Alden Barnes Bloomington Pierre L. Gibbs Daniel Harris Quincey Hamlin G. Russell Lincoln Lincoln, Orlean—Augustus C. Stoesiger Indiana David M. Allen Jeffersonville Charles E. Shannon South Bend Alice W. McClure Richmond Andrew Jackson Noe Mitchell Joseph Ridge Warren H. Thomas Goshen Lyman R. Blake Fort Wayne James Curry Joseph Lane Eugene William Purcell Princeton Jacob D. Shelton Fort Branch

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