Candidates for County Treasurer Named in Republican Announce
Titus J Prouty from Winslow announces for County Treasurer ahead of the Republican Convention. Dr E DePuy, veteran disabled in service, Captain Robert Cooper of Rock Grove, and Jeremiah J Piersol also enter the race. Each cites prior Army service and local ties as qualifications.
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E. ©. DePuy
Stephenson County
Robert Cooper
Rock Grove
Cooper
Jeremiah J. Piersol
Republican County Convention
Lieut. Piersol
Champion Hills
Republican County Convention in Freeport 1867
The Republican voters of Stephenson County plan a convention at Freeport Court House on Monday September 16, 1867 at 1 PM to nominate County Treasurer and Surveyor and conduct other business. Delegates allocated by town ward and Republican votes. caucuses set for September 11 with detailed local sites and times across Harlem Florence Lancaster Freeport wards Rock Grove Ridott Loran.
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Stephenson County
Court House
Freeport
Berrescuer
Buckeye
Datcota
Derin
Florence
Keeport
St Ward
Harlem
Jefferson
Kent
Lancaster
Loran
Oneco
Tidott
Rock Run
Rock Grove
Silver Creek
Winslow
Waddams
West Point
Freepor
Quete
Green
Russell Hayes
George Devore
van Brocklin
John Barfoot
John HH
Graham
William Young
Creenwood
Vdward
J. M. Bailey
Ward Freeport
William Heard
Silas Keister
W.P. Narrimore
Erastus Shinkle
Jackson
James A. Templeton
Dakota
John W. Pickard
Brin
RT. Cooper
D.R. Rubindat
William Cox
George W. Loveland
Ridott
Republican County Central Committee
Harlem Centre
Reuben Miller
1St Ward
2D Ward
Pennsylvania House
Bailey & Brawley
Ridott Centre
Devore’s Hall
Washington
House of Lords
Chicago
A. J. Ingersoll
Boston
Kentucky
Senate
House
Democrats
Col. Hatch
Charles II
Macomber
Joliet
Willis Casey
Gardner
H. H. Burns
Des Moines
Leon
Decatur County
The Surratt Case Jury fails to agree at trial
The jury in the Surratt case on Saturday reported they could not agree and were discharged. Four favored conviction and eight favored acquittal. The prisoner was remanded to marshal custody. The Bradley-Pisher dispute resurfaced when Judge Lisher struck Bradley’s name from the roll, leading to a challenge to duel. The case may be retried at great expense, with prospects that Surratt and Davis will escape.
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Lisher
Bradley
Surratt
Davis
Loyalists push bill to re survey rebel states and aid freedmen
A bill is prepared by prominent loyalists to enforce confiscation laws, re survey late rebel states like public lands, grant pre emption rights to freedmen and soldiers. Proceeds totaling 300 million dollars from sales would reimburse loyal men for destroyed and confiscated property, with the rest funding pensions for disabled soldiers.
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Confederats
Oil region notes of prosperity and frontier change
Correspondent reports booming oil activity in Titusville and surrounding districts. Wells restart, new leases pay bonuses, and engines sell for high prices while investors and gamblers recede. He notes the Coquette Well decline, Harworth farm folly, and rising Detroit prospects with Ball Tournament preparations and city improvements.
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Titusvinle
Hyde & Egbert
Charles Hyde
New York
Harworth
Enterprise
Freeport
Freeport Company
Ohio
Detroit
Detroit Drain Journey Refined by Russell House Stay
From Detroit the reporter describes a long dusty ride through multiple railways and settles in the city. He notes inconveniences of travel then praises the Russell House, kept in a manner reflecting the period’s hospitality and care.
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Oil Creek
Atlantic
Great Western
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Stanton replies to presidential suspension as War Secretary
Secretary of War Edwin M Stanton informs President that he denies the suspension and asserts constitutional limits but submits to superior force after General Grant is named ad interim secretary. The Washington dispatch notes Stanton will turn over records and property to Grant under protest.
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Chicago
Stanton
WAR Department
Washington
Sim
United States
U.S. Grant
Senate
M. Stanton
Grant
Omar Pacha
Candia
Mutiny on Austrian Bark Niemen Off Barbadoes
New York dated August 19 reports the Austrian bark Niemen arriving at Barbadoes with 430 Coolies. They mutinied, Capt Beck armed the crew and opened fire killing three and wounding several. The rest were driven below and set fire to the vessel. The captain sealed the hatches and flooded vents, creating steam and smoke that prompted the Coolies to help extinguish the blaze.
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New York
Barbadoes
Beckwith
Death of W B Campbell Former Congressman
Nashville August 19 W B Campbell late member of Congress from this district died at his residence in Lebanon this morning from heart disease.
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Nasisville
W. B. Campbell
Congress
Lebanon
Destructive Fire at Middleton Coal Oil Store
A major blaze in Middleton last night consumed 600000 gallons of oil in a coal oil store. The fire caused losses estimated at over 150000 dollars, described as one of the most terrific conflagrations witnessed.
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Mont Treat
Middleton
Several incidents reported in a busy city today
Three cholera cases occur with one death. Dan Noble, a well known sporting man, arrested at Elmyra for receiving about $200,000 in bonds stolen from Royal Insurance last December. Colored troops organized in the city for eventual National Guards attach. Judge Blatchford rules debt from judicial defalcation not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Mrs. Benj. Wood dies of heart disease. Three Germans die in a mash tub at a distillery. Steamer Paliside boiler explodes at the wharf, no lives lost. Duel at Weehawken ends without serious injury. Fire on Front Street destroys storage and damages adjoining buildings, insured. Stocks and property insured. Monthly Department of Agriculture report favorable, harvest abundant. Telegraphic summary notes various incidents nationwide and worldwide including deaths, accidents, fires, ships, and political shifts.
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New York
Dan Noble
Elmyra
Royal Insurance Company
National Guards
Blatchford
Benj. Wood
Fritz Young
Wm. Etfield
Wm. Werner
Weehawken
N. J
Bettween
Front Street
No. 13
Shute & van Pelt
Grain and Commission
Nox
Condit & Betts
CP. Shaw & Co
D. Bauer
Rufus Story
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Tilneis
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Freeport Journal
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Eiter
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Fort Wayne
U. S
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Plains
Elmwood Cemetery
Cleveland
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Lake St. Clair
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New York Times
Rousseau
Walrassia
Pacific
G. H. Thomas
5Th Military District
Sheridan
Department of Missouri
Flancock
Department of the Cumberland
Thomas
Florida
Lee County
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Plum Creek
Platte River
Telegraph
Woodstock
Colonel Gilmore
John Wentworth
San Francisco
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Pope
Georgia
Hartford
Wyoming
Formosa
Springfield
Mass
W. H. Wright
Rochester
N. Y
Rev. H. Wendel
Columbian
Saratoga
Board of Trade
Hamill
Brown
Newbury
Albany
Williamsburg
New Haven
John Wade
Brooklyn
Fort Phil Kearney
Bay State
Kingston
C. Wy
Nellie
J. A. McRae
St. Louis
Vandalia
Terre Haute
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