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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1876
Page
5
Harvest demand rises as farm talk dominates. Local advisories mention Chicago trips priced at four fifty round trip, and updates on residents like Rev Father Wagoner, Mr Benedict, and Dr Kurn moving/new brick additions. Burglaries and weather concerns appear alongside social visits, funerals, and school events in Effingham and nearby towns.
A mob seized Osborne after a murderous assault on the sheriff. Authorities halted the escape attempt and began investigations as to motive and accomplices. Local officials urged calm while reviewing security at the jail.
A mob scene followed a jail break attempt on Friday night as convict Zechariah Osborne shot James Kelley on the principal street and died by hanging after the crowd demanded justice. Sheriff Henderson faced a second escape attempt by Bill Snapp during a break in the jail hall, while Osborne remained confined in a narrow cell.
The text describes Zacharias Osborne’s escape aided by accomplices, leading to a mob lynching. Osborne fights his captors during a stabbing and beating, is dragged to the court yard, hanged by a rope, and left for hours before an inquest concludes in a verdict of unknown assailants. The community laments lynching as the chosen remedy.
S S Whitehead J C Bryan P Murphy C Cork W Cole N B Devol Vern Cole W P Greenough S D Quick O Legore Dan David son Judge Griffith J B Bennett and a few others from the city attended the St. Louis Convention this week.
Notice reports Lena Casper died at home of Nicholas Welsh on the 22nd from consumption. She endured long illness with quiet dignity, a beloved child of misfortune, whose passing leaves the city in mourning for a youth cut short and conveyed to a brighter clime.
A reader note accuses Frost of stealing a story and misleading readers. The item also mentions personal travel plans of G A Wippard and daughters Lizzie and Cora to Dayton Ohio and the centennial, plus a marriage between James Dinean and Amande Milburn. other lines thank Mrs. Mary Plasters for berries and printers.
Mr G E Clark and his companion began their journey to Philadelphia on Monday. They plan to remain in Philadelphia visiting the Centennial Exhibition until after the 8th, then travel to central New York for a stay until about the end of September. Their friends in this city extend good wishes for a pleasant visit and a safe return home.
A fragment states that a ragged neck binding and a well ironed shirt binding raise a man’s head and expose him to danger. It contrasts comfort with guilt and suggests that some men, though guilty, would not let their memory be sewn away, even at the cost of their throat.
A young man named Murphy handling wheat for Mr Hornbrook Tuesday was bitten on the finger by a rattle snake. Whiskey was used as an antidote and a live chicken placed on the bite, killing the chicken but preserving Murphy’s life. The snake measured six rattles and eight feet long.
In a few days the people of Marshall will see a bran new postmaster Delance Cole has received the appointment and will enter upon duties once the commission is issued. He is an old citizen and a deserving man. no better selection could have been made and he is expected to be popular. He will likely have two brothers Vernon and another as assistants, both described as quick enterprising young men. The post office will be carried forward under his leadership.
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