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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1869
Page
3
The Illinois General Assembly agrees to fix the election for the constitutional convention in November, with the delegates to convene the following December. The measure aims to save costs on multiple elections and ease voter burden while urging careful, nonpartisan selection of capable delegates.
Mark Lajos Wastrop notes a divided House on granting abeffice for the Denver Pacific Railroad. After lengthy speeches the matter is sent to the Public Lands committee. Logan clarifies he did not claim General Grant endorsed the road but warns votes go against constituents platform and president elect views.
A letter to the Cincinnati Commercial recounts a senator’s observance of a rival’s carriage outside a house. The scene contrasts wealth and status with a poorer man’s fortune carried by two ladies, while critiquing political corruption and lobbies.
Fragmentary OCR style text mentions early work and wealth, with garbled phrases about being rich and a devil. The readable parts are not coherent enough to determine a clear event or stance for a fuller summary.
The speech cites Mr. Jeuckes in New York detailing alleged revenue fraud by government officials. It quotes Wells on losses, projects possible increases in internal revenue and customs receipts, and argues $100,000,000 diverted annually could pay the national debt if properly collected. It cites the Committee of Retrenchment and the Treasury Secretary urging enforcement of the law.
The speech by Senator Tarlan during the Palmer inauguration debate argues for states rights against federal overreach. He denounces centralization and asserts the governor cannot be compelled to print the inaugural without martial state action. The rhetoric targets Republican foes and calls for Democratic unity against Federal intervention.
An August ascent near Wolverhampton by Cowell and Glasser rose above eight miles into rarefied air. The steersman and observer faced freezing, paralysis, and fading life as they struggled to vent gas and regain control. Brandy aided a cautious descent after the crew collapsed under the extreme cold and thin atmosphere.
A Jacksonville correspondent reports on a U S courthouse scene in Florida during Reconstruction. He notes that out of twelve jurors on a trial before the U S Judge nine were Black, with two sleeping and others appearing attentive, calling the situation farcical and reflecting on liberty's reach.
The Albany Evening Journal argues Cumback’s election is favored to prevent a Democratic coalition that would undermine Republican ascendancy in Indiana. It notes Cumback’s ties to the Methodist denomination and warns defeat would provoke indignation among Methodist leaders. The piece portrays Cumback as the denomination’s candidate for U S senator in Indiana.
An 19th century note outlines vaccination as near complete protection until age fourteen, then waning until about twenty-one, with renewed susceptibility to smallpox and eventual decline after forty-two, ending around fifty as the body changes. The piece references Hall’s Journal of Health and urges public attention to vaccination.
Orville Slumkins, a lovesick youth, woos the girl from the blue gored dress at the Sardine and Cheesie store. He tries to impress her with soap sales talk and a home delivery offer, but a comic mishap sends him sprawling among eggs.
A fragment shows Sardine pressing a trembling line while another voice mocks with a farcical reply about soap and death, reflecting a crude exchange meant for humor.
A New York philanthropist seeks to reform social ills by marriage but ends with a criminal charge. An American anatomy student at Vienna abandons her medical hopes after a Hungarian suitor’s proposal. Witty anecdotes follow about marriage, dress, toothy jokes, and a Rochester housekeeper who maintains old crafts at age 81.
A Nashville student explored a cave beneath the city near Fort Negley and found earthen vases, a nine foot long sarcophagus with undeciphered characters, steel knives with long handles, and dust inside the grave. He plans weeks of further explorations to document archeological remains around Nashville.
A quaint town down east is described as endlessly curious about neighbors business. A man planning a house faces constant questions and a midnight prank involving a signboard listing buyers and details prompts a fiery rebuke from the builder.
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