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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1876
Page
2
The document presents the July 4 1776 declaration proclaiming the thirteen colonies free from British rule. It asserts natural rights life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and outlines grievances against King George III and the necessity of forming independent states.
The House has approved twelve appropriation bills totaling about 138.49 million dollars for the present year, with large items for Military Academy Pension Consular and Diplomatic Fortification Legislative River and Harbor Deficiency Post Office Navy Indian Army and Sundry Civil. Savings from departmental estimates amount to roughly 64.61 million dollars. Generals Sherman and Reed figures and other nominations and resignations are noted alongside observances for the Independence centennial at army posts.
Creditors appoint receivers for Cochran McLean & Co with Henry A Page William Turnbull and August E Richard bond set at 150000. Robert Date Owen marries Lottie Walton at Lake George. Brooklyn Supreme Court reverses Moulton Beecher ruling. Reverend Henry Warp Bercuen salary fixed at 20000. Cameron Pye & Co fail. debts mostly abroad. Pye’s euro offer rejected.
The Republican State Convention met at Bangor on the 22d and unanimously commended Blaine for appointment to the United States Senate, with resolutions praising him. Gov. Jenner was renominated and electors at large from Portland and Rockland were named. A salute and speeches supported Cincinnati nominees.
Washington officials report a conference for postmasters on the new law reducing appropriations. A tax petition for William O Avery’s pardon, tied to whisky frauds in St Louis, is signed by prominent Senators and Representatives. The Tax Judiciary Committee examined T A Scott regarding the Caldwell telegram and related dispatches.
Reports from Ragursa July 27 foresee Herzegovina Montene talks if Servia attacks Turkey. The London Post claims a Cabinet split on Eastern policy with Disraeli leading, Derby and Northcote opposing. In Asia, China England tensions rise as Pekin officers are shunned and 4000 Burma troops prepare.
A severe thunderstorm lashes Minneapolis on June 24 causing lightning damage to homes. In Boston harbor large numbers of pleasure boats capsize with many crew missing. Plymouth reports two boats with seven people missing. A horse death toll follows a storm near the city. An Ashland judge’s son, Austart Curtiss, is fatally shot near Laramie City by Chandler over a hay land dispute. Chandler remains at large. Kansas City railroad bridge spans across the Missouri burned, estimated loss around 100000, halting trains into Kansas City for about two weeks. A South Side Streetcar brake failure on Teveca street hill causes a car crash into a river, with one widow dead and others injured. The Bay Sugar Refinery on Battery and Union streets burns, property valued at 200000 with insured losses of 225000. refinery capacity listed at 12008 tons annually.
A grand Park opening near the National Democratic Convention featured a colossal statue of Edward Bates unveiled with artillery salutes. Addresses were delivered by McKinley Blair Doolittle Hardin Dorsheimer Overstolx and other dignitaries. The 400 acre site cost about 600 000 and is praised as a premier pleasure ground. Also reports gold quartz shipments from Deadwood to Cheyenne and notable specimens sent by express.
The document records Senate actions June 21 to June 27 including printing the President's extradition treaty message, private dispatch safeguards, approval of a $10,000,000 silver coin joint resolution, and Maine Senator Morrill’s Treasury appointment. It notes Indian Bureau transfers, naval appropriations, enforcement act amendments, and House actions on sundry civil, military, and district bonds, with committee conferences and election seating details.
A series of robberies in Roseville Pa includes a blacksmith Monroe robbed of 3500, Webber tannery lost 30000, and Francis Bellman estate extorted for 1000. Five masked men tied, burned, and attacked Bellman. Webber, son of Roseville’s wealthiest citizen, allegedly plotted the crimes. he confessed and fled after arrest and bail.
The piece notes the perfected automatic telegraph system in 1878, highlighting higher message throughput, reduced operator requirements, and rapid recording. It explains that printing double the words per minute is common and estimates the circuit must rapidly open and close thousands of times per minute, driven by battery action.
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