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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1876
Page
2
The report notes 1875 ship property losses to ports in the United States totaling 7 622 000, down 1 164 000 from 1874. Spirits production for the last six months of 1875 fell 2 159 880 gallons versus the same period in 1874, with varied other notes on public bids, strange outbreaks, ostrich farming, and curious global topics.
A collage of 1875 U S export figures for tobacco and snuff, political wrangles over adjournment, veterans groups planning activity, Senate and foreign affairs actions, including Netherlands consulship, Sioux land spending, currency, and international incidents. Moody and Sankey fill New York crowds as Christian Union cites church enrollments.
Bowen asks the Plymouth Church Examining Committee to define the charges and name witnesses against him. He says the committee cannot refuse the request and hints at future action. Down the page, notes mention various legal cases, arrests, and trials including naval and political matters, with no single unified event.
In gixu a cyclone blows down three Golconda Ill houses and drowns six in a skiff accident. In Cheyenne 150 men depart while 200 more outfitting. a Brigham Young granddaughter marries Charles R Hopkins at Salt Lake City and later vanishes from her mother’s home amid a habeas corpus dispute. Bear Wolf sont at Fort Pease sparks Sioux clashes. Nebraska senatorial race opens with Briggs Saunders Manderson Crounse Hitchock in contention. Outlaw Bill Smith killed resisting arrest near town. A new Creatune house forms in San Francisco with Milton Statham president Ignatz Steinhart secretary. Catholic priest P Wolfgang found dead near Meyers Grove Minnesota. cause undetermined.
A vivid anecdote features Alexander H. Stephens recounting Peter Bennett, a farmer who defends his case against Dr Royston with the line Ask your patients. He recalls proving the doctor’s malpractice by naming dead patients, eliciting audience applause and securing Bennett’s victory. The scene reflects political and legal storytelling of the era.
Adverse reports were made on a bill repealing laws on payment of mail claims and on jurisdiction over Indian reservations. Senate discussed a timber lands sale bill but pivoted to Pinchback resolution, which failed. The District of Columbia bond report was taken up amid an executive session. Reports from China noted resistance to English advances.
Mudie, the proprietor of the great London circulating library, wields power in literature. His vast, million‑volume collection fills an immense building and shapes publishing decisions with orders for thousands of copies. Authors seek his patronage as publishers gauge terms, while readers favor George Eliot as much as any other author.
John Paul, in a letter to the New York Tribune, contrasts London police with New York officers. He describes London policemen as heavy set yet civil and cautious, less inclined to use clubs, and insists a London officer cannot also act as judge and executioner.
A Lewiston Maine report recounts a joke where a husband weighs his wife by weighing the team alone on hay scales and subtracting the weight of the loaded wagon. Neighbors say Caleb will regret the prank when his wife learns her stated weight of about 240 pounds.
A broad, pasted collection notes international tensions between Guatemala and San Salvador and British royalty plans. It also covers Swiss watchmakers statistics, marriages of Liszt's daughters, a Canadian timber haul, and humorous vignettes from American society, including a church pew prank and a young boy tasting milk. It also mentions a New York tragedy, a Nevada hairscale device, and stray anecdotes from diaries and ads.
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