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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1877
Page
2
The report notes U S wax production at twenty million pounds yearly valued at over six million dollars and honey and war products totaling about fifteen million dollars. It cites Bulgaria where seventy nine villages burned and ninety thousand harmed by fire.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds a son may have an insurable interest in his father’s life because the state treats the son as liable for paternal support. The ruling notes enforcement of support obligations could curb pauperism and cites nationwide paper mill activity: 800 mills, 40 million capital, 70 million annual production, and 20 thousand jobs yielding about 10 million dollars in wages.
Yokohama announces a world circuit by correspondence in seventy eight days, two days faster than Jules Verne's hero. A British request sent via America to England took three or four days to answer, and the reply to Japan via the Suez route arrived in under eighty days.
The Moscow bell weighing 443000 pounds was never hung due to lacking strong supports and is now used as a chapel. Moscow’s second largest bell, 127000 pounds, fell in 1855. Pekin follows with a 112000 pound bell, Paris’s Notre Dame bell weighs 38000 pounds, and London’s Big Ben weighs 30000 pounds.
The Erie railroad owns 469 engines after adding 24 new units in 1876. Engines cover 83 varieties, increasing maintenance needs and requiring diverse patterns tools and materials. Freight cars show 230 varieties with many differing in essential parts.
President Clark describes a 260 acre Government farm in Japan with a $15000 annual budget, 200 workers, a barn like Amherst, 600 rods of fencing, and a half mile surface water ditch. He urges intelligent farming with capital and notes unbroken horses at 96.50 and day laborers at 25 cents. The college supports nineteen new students under Government aid.
Brasilian agents plan an Imperial Brazilian Bureau in New York to promote Brazilian markets for American merchants planters and manufacturers. Omaha reports 1876 precious metals: gold $25 million silver $27.09 million plus $5 million from melting works. Silver in transit and domestic distribution noted. Gold dust from Black Hills highlighted as record production.
Reports say no disturbance yet as Nicholls forces stay alert in New Orleans while a political split forms between Nicholls and Packard factions. Senate elections announce four new U S Senators for 1877 and Gov. Packard orders cease of armed groups. Rich gold finds in Wyoming and a successful New Zealand salmon ova shipment conclude the week.
Washington discussions cover a 5 percent funded loan bond sale with $100,000 minimum and delivery in Washington or New York. The House and Senate are ruled equal in counting electoral votes, and a War Department directive emphasizes protecting the legislature from interference while gathering facts for recognition.
Receipts show West elevators holding 7,160,009 bushels total with wheat corn oats rye and barley. one week earlier 6,634,487 and year-ago 4,217,322. Other items note Sitting Bull camp attacked December 18. grasshopper cocoon experiments fail. Eureka Mining sues Richmond Mining for 2.308 million. stock market mood grim with two authenticated failures. Flagstaff Mine dispute resolved. California and Oregon reports on rail timing and salmon protection. Mexican invasion expedition planned with 900,408 Mexicans and an equal number Californians.
The Galveston News reports Gen. Diaz failed to broker a deal with Iglesias. Iglesias attacked Guons Justo forces under Gen. Antillor. Antilor's army surrendered to Gen. Ignacio Martinez. Iglesias seeks retirement from public life. Other items note Lerdo’s remnants, Spanish politics, and regional turmoil.
A priest on the Wabash line loses both feet after being put off a train in Indiana. Fire destroys a mill and stock in Lees, Illinois, with insured losses near 21 000. A threshing boiler explosion in Bloomington, Minnesota, kills three. Ohio River ice breakup causes extensive damage from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh, with hundreds of barges wrecked or sunk. Numerous other incidents include rail crashes near Kettle Run Bridge, a mill boiler explosion in Verona Michigan, a druggist suicide in Stillwater Minnesota, and a furniture shop fire in Newton New Jersey. several deaths and injuries are reported.
The East reports agricultural totals from Atlantic cities with bacon lard flour and grain quantities. Boston chapel funeral for actress Lucille Western and her niece Saly Hobitzel. National Bank in Fishkill still in doubt due to overdrafts. States that deficit ranges from 70000 to 130000 dollars. American walker Ws H Brown set a 122 8 11 mile pace in 133 hours 47 minutes. Actress Lucille Vearegg dies in Brooklyn from lung congestion.
The record notes Morton submitting a resolution to discharge Enon Runyon from custody, Withers signaling a floor opportunity to address the Petersburg military issue, and a Senate executive session with a adjournment. Holman’s consular appropriation amendment fails 59 to 100 as the bill passes, the Militia Academy bill advances with reductions, Wood’s duties overcharge remedy passes, and the House adjourns. Friday January 12 witnesses a New Jersey citizen petition urging patriotic electoral vote action, Booth introducing a resolution on the electoral count and speaking in its favor as the Senate considers Booth remarks.
Knott reports the House may compel production of officers telegram messages while Barnes of the New Orleans Telegraph office asserts noncharge and seeks reinstatement. Witness remanded for further testing of privileges as the Senate president is challenged over electoral vote inquiry and a rivers and harbors funding update is read.
The January session reports a rule amendment to compel attendance when quorum fails. The gold and silver committee terms extend to February 15. Windom defends against a Union article, a three member committee is proposed to investigate, but the Senate rejects it. In the House, Orton of Western Union pleads illness and is remanded after being held in contempt. Multiple votes, speeches, and adjournments follow through January 17 with rule debate, Returning Board controversy, and a Louisiana resignation noted.
A government official recalls a comic incident on a train where a lady and a Chinese passenger occupied adjacent seats. The lady rearranges cushions to create a bed space, the Chinese man accepts and lies beside her, provoking laughter as she moves to another car and he naps contently.
A Tennessee inmate Thomas Nary once sentenced to life for murder has grown insane after long confinement. He has remained in prison longer than any other convict, illustrating the toll of solitary confinement. The piece notes that Tennessee limits solitary punishment to thirty days and typical stays are one to two days. It also references wealthier New York figures, mentioning Bhewart and Van derbilt.
The London Times reports a floating ice making structure at Charing Cross on the Thames. Two ice machines, each with a glycerine water circuit, produce ice at a high rate, with direct alternate circulation and safeguards for continued congelation.
Henry Rosebauch once guardian of Aaron Myers's minor children misused funds from a life insurance policy and oil stocks. He sold stock, received $6 000 to $7 000, collected $4 000 to $5 000 from the policy, and deep losses followed. After failing to pay the court-ordered balance to his successor, he was cited for contempt and jailed in September 1875, where he remains over a year later.
An eyewitness at Ashtabula recalls the night of the railroad disaster. He describes arriving at the river as the wreck burned, noting cars buried beneath each other and the Socrates halted near the edge. The fireman appeared stunned and cold as the chaos unfolded.
A couple aboard a sea voyage revel in ocean beauty while tension rises. Mary yearns for future trips after marriage as Henry sighs and resists conversation, finally muttering a dramatic line about trying to throw up his toe nails before turning back to the sea.
A historical warning about Bokhara once fertile and well watered, now a desert due to clearing forests. Civil war ended protection of water systems and canals, allowing moving sands to advance. The piece urges governments to preserve forests and restore deforested lands to avert similar ruin.
A Fool’s Hill resident reports a cow that birthed a second calf with deer like ears small horns and velvet covering. The animal two months old shows precocious growth drawing scientists’ interest amid comparisons to hybrids in England and other species. Rhode Island records show 14 152 school aged children did not attend school last year.
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