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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1876
Page
5
A notice urges members to gather at the Court House in Marshall on Saturday January 29 for full attendance. Local items report social events, business activity, new properties, and town news including a forthcoming photograph gallery and a sale of personal property.
The column surveys town affairs with stray notices on residents, shopping frets, and social tidbits. Major Wilkin mourns lost dogs amid alleged foul play. Dr. Storer’s accounts rest with Dixon of Darwin. A wedding tallies Uriah Neer and Mattie Craig in the county, while tramps roam and third term talk stirs.
Ryee & Co. publish a weekly advertisement in the Messenger. The wife of Henry Briscoe is seriously ill with typhoid fever at her city residence. slight hopes for recovery are expressed.
A grand tax hunt is planned soon with hundreds set to take part. The article asks where the Ward's and Geo Williams are and notes they must be sent for.
A market report notes demand for good butter at 20 to 25 cents per pound, eggs abundant at 5 cents per dozen, corn plentiful at 30 cents per bushel, and wood available at 200 dollars per cord.
Dr Green a popular dentist presents a full range of services in the best style of the era. He will be at the Singer office during the last week of every month for examinations and to showcase his work.
Washington correspondent M. Frost says he will handle prosecutor Ryan's case upon return and hints at strong actions next week. He adds that the fight is partisan and mentions Byers Bros. in Terre Haute praising their business despite dull conditions from bad roads and smallpox scare. Inter Ocean clown De Arbucki and wife touring with a Southern circus are in the city. A freight train accident near Bign Creek caused a bridge dump slide after heavy rain, delaying travel until repairs start.
Alexander Lindsey and Sallie J. Hand wed at the Martinsville home of Dr. W. H. AlcNary on the 16th, with H. C. Howell officiating. The couple, both of this county, begin married life amid wishes for happiness and sunshine.
A group led by R. ft. Scott and Elder W. Bridgeman from Cumberland Township spent the week in our city. They are described as strong green back men who will not vote for any other kind from President to constable, and are said to possess the ring of the right kind of metal politically.
A local observer notes several families sending their 14 year old daughters to make a living in town, while many choose Texas as a preferred destination for emigration this season. A party of twenty five to thirty recently departed toward the Mc Clures area in Northern Texas, praised as flourishing and full of settlement inducements.
The P and D R B R commend a courteous and obliging train conductor Mr O Bullman for Nos 1 and 2. The city also notes a school under Prof Kilbourn and criticizes constant demand for new books, questioning why older student texts are replaced.
We have a large lot of new style type rules borders and flourishes from Marder Luse Co Chicago enabling fine job printing. Call at the Messenger office for plain or fancy work and competitive quality in southern and eastern Illinois.
The sub editors editorial career was brief yet brilliant. The star of his glory faded when he fell to an untimely frost, denying real genius a longer chance to spread. We bid him a reluctant goodbye until the next editorial excursion when he returns with a pencil behind his ear.
The cub-editor warns the old lady not to draw a hair pin on him or he will shoot. He jokes a bottle of whiskey might work better, and suggests hiding under a shingle. The Saturday Evening Mail is praised as a welcome paper read by all ages and sought after in many homes.
An ink stained tip suggests the Herald's former sub-editor has traded the pen for gloves. A playful challenge invites the new athletic debutant to test his strength with a few digs, promising payment and cajoling to muster support for his singular muscular display.
The Clark county newspaper outlines improvements to its first page and vows bigger changes next week. It endorses T. H. Connely for sheriff citing service and honesty while backing Daniel J. Davidson for circuit clerk urging continuity. Brad Lane leads a fox hunt with hounds in Wabash Township, ending with Lon Archer injured.
A man convicted of drunkenness stood before the Police Court and His Honor offered either a ten dollar fine or thirty days. The man chose the ten dollars.
Fragmentary notice shows A. IR Tork of Clark County inviting names for a boarding house venture. Mentions Marshall Robinson Hutsonville and a good business point as potential locations. January date incomplete.
James Osborn relocates his boot and shoe shop to the rear room of the Archer, next to the Boston shoe store. He advertises expert boot and shoe manufacturing and repair with quick turnaround for customers. Also notes sale or rent of the Woolen Mills of Eldridge S. Janney and a hominy mill, with executors A. E. Janney and W. T. Mannin handling inquiries.
A newspaper notice proclaims a 60 day stock cleansing sale on dry goods to prepare for spring, with quoted items including Sprague at 9 cents per yard and Lonsdale Bleached Muslin at 10 cents.
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