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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1876
Page
2
The article notes 30,000,000 francs needed to dredge and straighten the Seine as Paris debates practicality of a seaport. It mentions a Paris seaport project and related fiscal discussion amid other historical items on topics from Cork oak in California to a submarine lamp in Cork harbor.
Tax Spaniards report a new law requiring railway companies to pay 15000 to families for each death and 7000 for each incapacitated victim plus 5 a day for care of the injured, while criticizing Spain as poorly governed.
A quotation about William T. Garner praises his kindness to all, generous salaries, fair vacations, and regular pay during illness. It closes noting that the lasting memory of such a just man is the most valuable reward.
Colonel Newhall records a vivid portrait of Custer’s look and bearing. The description highlights golden hair a turned-up semibrero face a crimson cravat and spangled sleeves with pistols spurs and a swinging claymore. He is depicted as a daring cavalry leader and aggressive advance guard commander.
About a thousand laborers gathered in Tompkins Square to protest mass unemployment, marching to City Hall under police escort as longshoremen struck for higher wages. Separate items note Beecher suit extension, Rowland perjury arrest, a wife shooting, bankruptcy discharge for Jay Cocker & Co., and political rallies for Tilden and Hendricks.
Wast dispatch places cavalry under Generals Terry and Crook heading south. Coal miners in St Clair and Madison Counties threaten a 3 cent per bushel strike after August 15. Crops across Ohio Indiana Michigan Illinois show mixed results with widespread wheat and corn outlooks and a large apple crop. grasshoppers devastate Minnesota and northwestern Iowa. A Sioux victory expectation persists among scouts and frontiersmen, with reports of 10 000 fighters.
Intelligence reports a haphazard jumbled neglect of truth with mentions of Turkey Austria backing a pretender and a predicted dethronement of Milan. The fragment suggests conspiratorial moves amid European power struggles and unclear leaders.
Senate Committee on Pensions cuts Mrs. Custer’s pension from $50 to $30 monthly, justifying no precedent for higher pensions from the 300 officer and men killed with Custer. The report covers congress sessions, appropriations, dates, and related military and financial actions.
On the 30th ult a Taylor Orphan Asylum team in Racine broke its post and fled with the wagon. Fred Cahoon tried to stop them by climbing in. the wagon crossed a cross walk and threw him, killing him instantly. A farmer near Hepworth Ill was fatally injured when his mower struck by the sickle bar. James Brown’s arm was torn and he cannot recover. William Youna of Fond du Lac was accidentally shot and killed by William Crossman in Rev en das ie Wis.
A series of disasters include Lantax’s woolen mill and two boarding houses in Millbury Massachusetts destroyed by fire on the 24th with 160000 dollars loss and ninety thousand insured. A tornado damaged property in St Louis county Missouri on the 30th with a fatality a girl named Otto. Benjamin Hageman murdered in Covington Kentucky on the 27th. Beloit Wisconsin wagon works destroyed with 50000 loss and Lyons Botsford’s block Grand Rapids damaged with fifty thousand loss. A sleeping man Edward Parish suffocated. another man C H Thompson badly burned. In New York City on July 25 Raynor Lewis shot at his wife. In Philadelphia a fire destroyed Nolan’s Shoddy Mill injuring two girls.
Democratic and Republican conventions across Louisiana Illinois and West Virginia nominated governors lieutenant governors secretaries of state auditors treasurers and attorneys general. Notable picks include Nichols Wiltz Ogden Strong Jamel Lusher in Louisiana Goff Crago Shiron Frankenberger Hutchinson and Brown in West Virginia Illinois nominees Glenn Thornton Hise Gundlach Lynch and Can non for various offices. Greenback delegates debated resolutions at Lawrence Kansas before nominating John R Goodwin while Peter Cooper adherents left the convention.
Public debt report shows cash in treasury at 2 096 301 811. Decrease in debt during July 1 138 033. Bonds issued to Pacific rail road companies 64 623 512. Accrued and not yet paid 23 117. Interest repaid by transportation of mails etc 6 909 204. Balance of interest paid by United States 25 171 013.
Senate and House sessions recount voting on land and military measures as tributes mark the death of Senator Caperton of West Virginia. Committees outline appropriation bills and land sales while funeral arrangements and memorials absorb the agenda.
Fragmentary cooking directions describe preparing a halved item with pound measures and a sauce pan. It mentions sugar, lemon zest or essence, and beating to froth, but the text is garbled and lacks complete steps or clear ingredients.
The Senate began voting on Belknap's impeachment articles at noon August 1. In the first article 85 guilty and 25 not guilty. two-thirds not reached. Across articles two to four votes were 86 guilty to 25 not guilty. Morton later joined as guilty for article five, 87 to 25, yielding acquittal. The Senate adjourned sine die.
In Cleveland week races Goldsmith Maid and Smuggler headlined a free for all. Smuggler won the meet with multiple heats as Maid challenged through heat after heat amid loud applause.
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