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Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1872

Page

2

Fires, kills, and trials fill busy week at home and abroad

Ballston Spa scythe works burned on Tuesday morning with losses under 50 000 partly insured. Ex sheriff O'Brien found liable for 3 391 in Ludlow street jail escape case. Bark Lutchen burned and scuttled in East River. Avery fatally shot wife over jealousy in Harlem. Snyder mills burned for 40 000. Ocean shipping and rail accidents noted along with court cases and hospital fair receipts. Multiple fires, drownings, and legal rulings color a hectic news week across the country.

Kyixersocxer Ballston Spa O’brien New York Ludlow Street Matanzas East River Charles Avery Pleasantville Snyder Phelps Ontario County N. Y Fanny Hyde Brooklyn Watson Boston Augustus Bisner H. J. Bishop Madame Anna Bishop St. Michael’s Church A. H. Hart & Co E. P. Seward Seward Florida Bos McCauthy Anderson Fort Dodge Iowa Sioux City Pierce Bros River Falls Wis McKan Buchanan Beaver Col J. H. Daggett Springfield Ill Chenoa John Tullberg Toledo, Peoriaanarsaw Northfield Minn Falk & Finkelson Coffeyville Ross Vernon Mich W. D. & A. Garrison Bell & Ives J. Yerke T. Winans James Turk W. D. Livermore Larry & Benjamin Evita Compocs Salt Lake City J. D. Smith Lincoln Nebraska Chicago Thos Sheriff Cook San Diego County Cal Anam Dentzler Milwaukee House of Correction Matilda Dentzler Portland Sitka Alaska Lake Pepin Mississippi River Dolan Liam Hindell Girard Irc California Deputy Plaza North San Diego Franklin House Colorado House Schiller & Mannasses Besley & Burdett Lake City Texas Supreme Court Stephen Ballou James P. Golden Adams County Cluck Indianapolis Shrewsbury Madison, Ind Cronstadt New Orleans Wheeling W. Va Stratter Taylor Nashville and Decatur Athens Ala Wilson Tennessee Winfield Normandy Tenn Nashville and Chattanooga

Proceedings in Congress and World News on Antioch

Senate and House actions span April 16 to 23 with votes on land sales direct taxes and customs reforms. Highlights include budgets for Venus transit observation, civil service reform, West Point, and the Mississippi river channel project. A feature sketch details ancient Antioch’s geography, economy, walls, and heritage.

Senate United States Scofield House Holmian Ketcham Mr. Holman Mr. Scofield Zene Naga Yreasian Construction Yokohama Butler Cameron Committee On France Germany Wright Committee On Finance Helena Mont Alcorn Committee On Mines and Mining Dawes St. Croix Lake Superior Ames Mississippi Banks Cox Military Academy West Point Mississippi River Minneapolis District of Columbia Great Salt Windom Committee On Appropriations Pacific Mail San Francisco China Ameri New York Rio Janeiro Rameey Committee of Conference Pribe South Carolina Great Britain North Carolina Indiana Gooding Wilson Yeas Farnsworth Conference Committee Committee On Rules Congress Antioch Syria Aleppo Jesus Christ Paul Selucus Nicator Christ Chrysostom Orontes Apollo

Notable Deaths and Maritime News from London and Abroad

Nine masons suffocated in a building accident. Emigrants sailed for Canada under Miss Rye's colonization project. M Bodisco, secretary of the Russian Legation in Brazil, dies. Agassiz party briefly detained in Montevideo over pockets of rocks. London papers note the Great Western Telegraph cable project with cheaper rates. U.S. Minister and Austrian foreign minister exchange ratifications of a tariff memorandum. The Tichborne claimant is admitted to bail and faces perjury and forgery charges.

London Geneva Washington Court of the Queen’s Bench John Duke Coleridge Chas. Reade Shelley Shelley Mancha Spain Don Carlos Kiotto Iwakura America Sherman Andenreidh Grant Constantinople Russia Bombay Maria Liverpool House of Commons Thomas Hughes Frome Cuna Mersey Periere d’Harcourt Turkey Odessa Sebastopol A W. Thayer United States Trieste Tientsin China Canada New York Montevideo Agassiz Great Western Telegraph Company Atlantic Hooper Telegraph Works England Joan Jay Austria Count Andrassy

Marquette Banker Donates 10000 For Fountain And Library

Peter Waite a wealthy Marquette banker contributes 10000 to fund a public fountain and establish a public library in the city.

Peter Waite Marquette, Mich

Post Roads Committee backs postal telegraph expansion bill

The Senate Committee on Post Roads approves Senator Ramsey’s telegraph bill to place stations at all post offices, empower the Postmaster General, set prepaid rates, and form a Postal Telegraph Company led by Hubbard Miller Tracy Fisk and others. It envisions government messages, rail contracts, and newspaper dispatch rates.

Senate Committee On Ramsey Postmaster-General Postal Telegraph Company Gardner G. Hubbard Massachusetts O P. Miller Ohio John F. Tracy Illinois C. B. Fisk Missouri

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