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Dixon Sun reports on court cases and local notices
The Dixon Sun details a circuit court week’s dispositions including Frederick Shubert larceny and three year sentence, Thomas Ford acquittal, and rent disputes. It also covers a harsh rebuke of the paper by Sterling Gazette, local gas contracts, railroad extensions, and probate notices plus a long Supreme Court decision on municipal debt limits and a Quincy waterworks case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Shubert
Sheriff Little
Joliet
Thomas Ford
Michael Tangley
A. Snow
John Gerdes
Thomas Ferguson
J. O. Harshman
Hannah Knierim
Adam
Dixon Sun
Arthur
Garfield
Sterling Gazette
Gazette
the Sun
Guiteau
Dio Lewis
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
James Read Chadwick
America
Buren R. Sherman
Iowa
General Grant
Fitz John Porter
R. Proctor
Prof. Fisher
Yale College
John McCullough
Joseph Jefferson
Madame Modjeska
Lawrence Barrett
Maggie Mitchell
William Warren
Dixon Gas Company
Supreme Court
Prince
City of
Quincy
Chicago Tribune
John D. Crabtree
Muxkey
Ordnance
Edward Prince
Adams County
Third District
Circuit Court
Appellant
Springfield
Edwards
Law Et al
the People
Iggloxie
East St. Louis Gaslight & Coke Company