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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1877
Page
5
The column lists James McCabe as a Police Magistrate candidate and mentions officials like Will Griffith visiting from Indianapolis, plus the constables being inducted on May seventh. It notes weather worries from Prof. Tice, signs for businesses, legal depositions, and various city residents visiting Terre Haute and Martinsville, with remarks on peach crops and local politics.
Henry Ward Beecber wears a gold ring on the left little finger, a sign of the many worn by gentlemen. Quaker City Mills now run at full capacity, turning out some of the best flour in the country. Johnny Coughlan dug up Buck's asparagus bed with a pitchfork after a quarrel at home. Profs. Allen and Whipple of Westfield College officiated at Congregational Sabbath Inst. Weather bad and audiences small. Thrifty farmers have oats sown. not much use sowing after April tenth. Some land prepared for corn. N S McKeen elected school director last Saturday. praised for fine sense and judgment.
Voters are urged to take part Tuesday to choose the mayor, police magistrate, and three aldermen. The call stresses selecting the best men for city leadership and civic welfare.
Mr Liston and his wife return from the North where they visited friends and express evident happiness. An ad column notes estates of Dolan Welch and Garvey to be settled before the Probate Court. Mrs Frazier, long afflicted, has died, leaving a husband and a young daughter to face life's challenges.
The Marshall Mills are now operated by the new firm A. M. Payne & Co. The change is expected to gain popularity among wheat growers and flour consumers as the firm rises in the industry.
The old saying that rain on Easter Sunday forecasts six straight Sundays of rain holds true. This Easter brought rain, and last Sunday was nearly a washout with wet weather continuing.
James King holds the contract for Newton’s court house. foundation is complete and brick work will begin as soon as the weather allows. The project proceeds with King ready to commence construction once conditions are favorable.
Robinson, Orndorf, and Graham relocate from Gallaghers building to rooms over Clark's grocery store at the Leslie corner and invite all their cash clients to visit.
Across surrounding counties the notice calls for men wishing to serve as county officials to submit their names. The piece urges timely action to seize the opportunity for public service.
Edwin son of Lyssa Booth departs for California with his uncle Senator Booth and will stay two or three years. He is described as quiet and reliable with good habits. Friends express hope the move leads to a brilliant stature and that the local paper proves a welcome ally during his stay in the Golden State.
Material for Henry Wallis new business house arrives on ground and work will start as weather allows. Warren Bartlett handles brick work and John M Archer is boss carpenter. Dr Richard Bett and wife return from Cincinnati where he studied and is now a fully trained doctor. Owen Tuller dies at 64 in Terre Haute. A fire at the former Henry Denner building causes little damage. A grand fish and hunt plan forms near the Wabash shoals. City elections will be held in Marshall on the 17th per AG ruling. Legore Chenoweth return from the sunny south with a cargo of foul. A new barber opens in Marshall and proves a first class practitioner.
G. A. Hippard departed this morning for Chicago to purchase a complete stock of Spring and Summer dry goods, clothing, hats, caps, boots and shoes. He plans to return Monday and urges buyers to delay purchases until the arrival of his new stock, promising not to be undersold.
A crowded Marshall scene last Monday evening grew chaotic as drinkers and loiterers clogged the sidewalk in front of Kulman's Saloon. Curses and boasts disgusted decent citizens while blackened by the mess, with local references to Anderson, Arie wpe Nin and Tom Graly as new state figures. a pension office insinuation followed, ending with threats of appointment through unnamed handlers.
The article notes that Marsh has gone a long time without a significant fire and no talk of engines or ladder trucks. It mentions two or more Babcock extinguishers owned by private individuals kept in working order, assumed to be relied upon by residents.
A town report notes a urchin insult at a drug store and a teaching applicant who trailed a list of presidents ending with Benedict Arnold. It praises Warner's One Price Clothing House in Martinsville adding dry goods and invites readers to farm tips urging deep plowing, timely planting, and rust prevention for crops.
The Clark Co Teachers Association held its Marshall meeting on Saturday April 7 with reduced attendance due to county elections. President Comstock presided. Morning program included music by L A Wallace’s school and prayers by President Allen of Westfield College. Officers read minutes, papers by Clara Offord and Mills urged consistency. Afternoon session adopted a plan for a four week county institute at Marshall beginning July 23, 1877, with tuition set at $300 for term or $100 weekly, and election of three instructors Kilborn Whipple and Wallace.
In Terre Haute we visited Dan Miller and his son Clint at the North Fourth Street Grocery House. The firm buys directly from manufacturers to save middleman profits, keeping a spacious warehouse stocked with goods including 3,800 pounds of sugar from Franklin Sugar Refinery. Clark County customers filled the store with purchases while Miller officiates from behind the counter and Clinton runs the business in his absence.
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