Continental Railway scheme draws lawmakers and capitalists
The Continental Railway project aims to connect New York to Omaha with a straight air line crossing New Jersey Pennsylvania and Illinois. Congress may charter a government freight line or back bonds to cover construction with a guaranteed four to five percent interest. Public salary votes also sweep back to old figures 6000 yearly and 25 000 for the president and supreme court judges.
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Friends of the Continental Railway
Congress
Idaho
New York
Surlburt
House of Representatives
Inter-Ocean
Continental Railway
Railroad and Canal Committee
Omaha
Jersey City
New Jersey
Delawarea
Belvidere
Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg
Miltus
New Castle
Akron
London
Linn
Fort Wayne
Odinnn
Tetnoiss
Mississippi
Muscatine
Oinha
Chicago Rock Island & Faelfic
Chicago Burlington Aut Missouri Railway
Far West
Nilenge
Washington
Cushing Substitute Saddens Senate and Public Hope
The withdrawal of Attorney General Williams for chief justice and the proposed substitution of Caleb Cushing disappoints the senate and the public. Cushing’s suitability is questioned as partisan timing and a $10,000 annuity emerge, while Judge Brommott and Judge C B Lawrence are praised as superior nominees. The piece urges a president’s nomination of Lawrence for broader national satisfaction.
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Gon. Williams
Caleb Cushing
Senate
Cushing
Rin
Brommomt
C.B. Lawrence
Congress to curb buffalo slaughter in western plains
Congressman Fort introduces a resolution in the lower house to stop the slaughter of buffalo. The piece notes about 2000 hunters amass in the sport and warns that the species could be exterminated. A surveying party counted 4500 carcasses in one area. 16 hunters brag about 24,000 kills this past summer.
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Congressman Fort
Congress
Sumer
Governor's comprehensive state paper to legislature
The governor's message presented to the legislature last week reviews state charitable institutions and outlines necessary measures for each. It includes recommendations on river safety and related inspections and visits to facilities.
New Elevator and Warehouse on the River Bank
Col C A Stone and Mr A D Sawyer completed a large elevator and grain warehouse on the river bank at the city end of Chicago Avenue. The facility includes a 30,000 bushel storage, 50 bushel per minute elevator, 28 bins, corn cribs, sheller, hay storage for 600 tons, and a steam engine power supply. Stone and Sawyer plan large business with the depot as headquarters and expect strong competition.
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Col. C. A. Stone
Edwards Street
Water Street
Henry
A. D. Sawyer
Ghillicothe
C A Stone & Co
Rour Street
Sawyer
Themata
Messrs
Stone and
Grain Buyers Seek Farmers Before Sale at Mr Sawyer’s Office
The notice explains buyers want to meet every farmer before grain sales and offers storage at reasonable rates. It invites readers to visit the office where Mr Sawyer will provide further particulars and assist with terms.
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Sawyer
Malice and costs dominate Saratoga circuit case
Last week Daniel Hickey and Thomas Barnes faced circuit court after a lower court verdict in a dispute over threshing costs. Barnes won $985 then Hickey appealed. witnesses testified, a tampered memo book was discarded, and the defense won a verdict of $5.50 with costs near $250. The matter goes to the supreme court for advisement. An El Paso arson case resulted in confessions and a prison sentence for Socks and Whisky Jack. the court plans to continue this week.
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Saratoga Township
Justice of the
Peice
Daniel Hickey
Thomas Barnes
Shehmeon
Squire
Barnes
Hickey
Wm. Qullahor
Supreme Court
el Paso
Wondford
Fred
Socks
Whisky Jack
Public School Duty and Ventilation Concerns Raised
A local column urges parents to regularly visit the public school and inspect facilities. The writer praises the high school as a success but calls for improved ventilation in the grammar department where 47 children endure unhealthy air, proposing transoms over doors to aid airflow.
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Board of Education
Mrs M G C Waughop Presents Reading in Henry
Mrs M Chace Waughop of Chicago gave an artistic and literary entertainment at the M E church in Henry before a select appreciative audience. Her readings from popular authors were new and well chosen, delivered with clear voice and magnetic presence. The audience voted thanks unanimously and invited her to read again in a few weeks, praising her professional excellence.
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M. GC. Waughop
Henry
M. Chace Waughop
Chicago
M. E. Church
Young Man Shorts Stabbed During Fight Near Lilly
A young man named Shorts was stabbed last Friday in a fight near Lilly in Tazewell County and is in critical condition likely to die. The weather dropped below zero at TY eleek tii filige.
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Shorts
Lilly
Tazewell County
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