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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1876
Page
2
Mr Valentine completes a recumbent Robert E Lee statue to be placed over his grave in Lexington Virginia. Memorial cost estimated at about 225000 with 15000 raised so far. Also notes flora diversity, book import petition, a 6000 pound circus elephant, and Michigan lumber output figures amid forest destruction concerns.
A lineage claim links a descendant of Rolfe to forwarding a royal portrait to Virginia's Commonwealth secretary. The tale expands to crime: Winslow family members facing arrest, imprisonment, and trials for counterfeiting and homicide amid reference to a sister's acquittal and a mourner's hanging. The piece also touches on ocean bed samples from the transatlantic cable era and chalk beds formed by microscopic shell remains.
The text notes a very mild winter with early cold, mud and dust, February plowing, March flowers, and a wet summer after a backward spring. Water levels resembled this pattern, with two January weeks highlighted.
A St Petersburg letter in the Bersen Zeitung reports Russia will increase its armed forces this year by 30 000, bringing the total to 180 000 instead of 150 000 as for five years. It notes a large Polish exemption pool due to high education causing conscripts to be pressed into service in 1874 despite legal exemption.
Returns show 746 065 paupers receiving relief on July 1 1875 in England and Wales with 134 238 indoor and 612 208 outdoor. 441 counted in both classes. Number of able bodied paupers 94 900 down 6 632 from July 1874.
A busy legislative session introduced 2159 bills with only eight laws enacted, Congress debates pension transfers and carding a gold and silver standard. Diplomatic downsizing, cabinet moves, treason cases in Europe, and a wave of worldwide political shifts fill the news, alongside local incidents from fires to rail subsidies and a theater obituary.
A sprawling, fragmentary dispatch lists figures and entities across politics, finance, and crime. It mentions Ne Amla-Amertan and Direct Cable, the Western Union telegraph, several clerks and attorneys, a bankruptcy petition, rates cuts, tax actions, a wealth Hebrews fund, and a violent assault in Pittsburg. It also notes a rural mob beating an elderly man in Kentucky.
The west homestead of bankrupt B F Allen faces seizure after lawyers claim his Chicago vote voids Iowa citizenship for extending the Chicago Rock Island line to Oskaloosa. New rail distances include Sigourney to Delta 7 miles and to Oskaloosa 25 miles. Independent Lewis Steward nominated for Iowa governor at Decatur convention. Reports question Steward’s identity.
The piece argues a good wife provides wisdom strength and economy while a bad wife brings confusion and folly. A tranquil home sustains a man's composure and resolve for life’s labors, whereas turmoil jealousy gloom and constant blame lead to despair and weakened hope.
The XLYth Congress sessions on February 17 to 23 featured petitions for nationwide $10 weekly payments, a transfer of Rumsey Wing remains, and a reevaluation of timber land sales. House and Senate debated judiciary reorganization, national holidays, preemption laws, and military efficiency while adjourning amid varied committee actions and proposed debt-refunding measures.
The article traces Paris circus formation from the 1670s with Nicolet and Astley figures, detailing venues in Rue Faubourg du Temple, Capucines gardens, and the Champs Elysees. It notes repeated relocations, the rise of the National Circus, and later dramatic equestrian entertainments amid intermittent building, fire, and renovation. It also touches on medical cautions about anesthetics and a tangential section on 19th century New York reflections and social commentary.
An elegant drag with a lady driving passes through the streets, a neatly dressed colored boy on the footman seat behind. An old negro woman exclaims in astonishment, praising the Lord and wondering how much the driver pays the white owner, expressing disbelief at witnessing such a scene.
A Lexington Kentucky directory entry list highlights several residents with colorful descriptions and statuses. Names include John W Kidd an omnibus agent. Cassius M Clay Tankersley. Lizzie Thompson alias Murphey. Miss Almar Thurman. Nancy Anderson alias Old Boss. Blueford Cotton described as colored idiot. Green Crews a reputed preacher. Louis Marshall a sickly man. Frank C McLear declared unsound of mind. Blueford Cotton denies compiling the directory.
A Shelby Kentucky item lauds a Cincinnati visitor described as an excellent man. His shirt dashboard is studded, hair split at the center, a luxuriant mustache, and he touts the starch factory he represents. A kitchen note ends with a dessert preparation for delicious dish ideas.
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