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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1876
Page
2
John Littlefield is identified as editor and proprietor of the Marshall Blessenger, confirming his leadership role and ownership of the publication. The brief item notes his dual title and the paper’s branding under the Blessenger.
The historic State House in Boston faces demolition as leases expire on July 1. Other items note rising insanity statistics, bankruptcy court remarks on adulteration act enforcement, and various scientific and religious notes from Britain and America.
The winter favors logging on the east branch of the Penobscot with about sixty horses and nearly two hundred men aiming to haul nine million feet of spruce and pine plus old logs for spring markets, weather permitting. The Rhode Island House passes a bill making vagrancy a misdemeanor with hard labor options and state workhouse detention for repeat offenses, plus required posting near state lines. Senator Morrin of Vermont supports demolishing the unfinished Washington monument and replacing it with a memorial arch to symbolize the nation’s growth since independence.
A new Adventist sect in Owen Sound Canada predicts the world ends on April 1 causing terror among two farmers who have gone insane. In Sanilac County Michigan Nazarenes spread the same date based warning naming messengers to reach nations. Dr Johnston of White Rock seeks Israelites and the Scotland mission negotiates a steamship ticket charged to a Lord for funds.
Reports from Washington and New York detail the Schenck inquiry, party caucus disarray, and aTreasury misstatement on specie reserves. Dispatches note Sitting Bull’s resistance, Ken Crook with Gen Castar marching toward Powder River, and troop deployments. Revelations include Emma Mine Co prospectus, Grant acquittal celebrations, and a Harlem railroad accident with fatalities. Washington funds, investigations, tax conventions, and Beecher inquiry steer this turbulent snapshot.
The Carlist insurrection is crushed. Don Carlos's army is shattered and fleeing in all directions. Alfonsist forces control Navarre as logistics like railways and telegraphs are repaired. Reports mention Austro-German diplomacy and regional upheavals across Europe and Hungary.
The Hartford meeting endorsed entrenchment and reform, backing Bristow’s whisky ring stance, opposing a third term, and calling for specie resumption. State ticket nominees include Governor Henry C. Robinson and others. In Hudson county, Patrick Decker was named guardian for a lunatic with $1,000,000 NY property.
The report lists financial frauds in Indiana and New York, a Princeton tornado, a Springfield grand jury indictments against whisky rings, a Chicago pedestrian challenge, and a Chicago St Paul bridge project. It notes Kentucky tobacco growers meeting in Louisville, an Ind farmer assignment, and a Black Hills order not to disturb prospectors. Other items include a Michigan earthquake, centennial tree planting, Old Abe the war eagle, a New York moody sankey meeting theft, violent crimes, and Ft Smith executions.
Jos Hroxs of Chenoa Illinois sues Miss Jennie Leedom for 11000 damages alleging breach of promise of marriage. Government official appoints guardian to deliver Centennial address in Missouri.
The Journal de Paris recounts a droll Metz area tale where Cere Wemy’s betrothed claimed to be 36 but needed a birth certificate, prompting a pause. The bride refused consent, guests urged a yes, then left. Later the couple reconciled, pursued, and married at the magistrate.
The Italian ministry notes lottery profits in 1874 with revenue from Neapolitan, Piedmontese, Lombard, Sicilian, Tuscan, Venetian, Roman and Bari provinces. Prizes totaled £1,900,000 while the treasury gained over £1,000,000 after commissions. Regional results varied, Sicilians winning £800,000 from £400,000 invested, others back less than invested. The piece contrasts wealth pursuit with avarice and moral decay.
An 1783 Londonderry advert records Matthew Neely of Burnally in Tamlaghtfinlagan naming his son George Washington Neely to honor General Washington. It notes the boy’s promising appearance and Providence granting him birth on February 14 1783, highlighting Washington as a brilliant star and the first child in the kingdom with that name.
Representatives of all the Irish societies in Springfield have resolved in convention to mobilize all societies for a full-force gathering followed by an evening entertainment. The Tax Supreme Court rules the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific railroad lies on the Iowa shore at Council Bluffs and that the Omaha bridge is part of the road and must be operated with the line.
Thomas Calk of this county owns a ten gallon kettle and surveyor's comp ass heirlooms dating to 1775 from Virginia. William Calk passed the relics to Thomas Calk Jr. The same kettle is said to have fed Daniel Boone and his grandfather, and the compass was used by the grandfather in early state surveying.
The record covers February sessions with petitions from veterans for partial arm losses, Indiana women seeking liquor inquiry, and Charleston pilot Robert Small seeking Planter compensation. It details amendments to debt refunding Acts, Indian reservation jurisdiction, Army efficiency bills, and multiple House and Senate actions including pensions, appropriations, and public notices.
The House adjourned on Tuesday February 29 after a West Point bill passage and a five minute debate rule for amendments. A Senate recess motion with limited debate was adopted pending an appropriation bill. The President urged immediate Red Cloud agency deficiency funding as the session focused on the 1812 pension law and restoring names struck for sympathy with the rebellion.
Magnificent Japanese goldfish imported from Japan by Mr Gill of Martin Gill & Co arrive after a perilous voyage. Seventy-five fish started, only seventeen survive to Baltimore. Fishes are red with gold and white, two notable specimens exceed two inches fins, destined for Druid Hill Park exhibition. Japanese government initially doubted import feasibility for the Centennial.
A goose on a local farm mourns a lost mate and becomes devoted to the farmer in charge of the fowl. She follows him everywhere, refuses other company, and even fades away from longing. The paper asserts the tale is fact, not fiction, claiming leap year romance as truth.
From Professor Wilder of Cornell University these brief rules speed aid after accidents. Avoid rubbing dust in the eyes and flush with cold water. remove cinders with the round point of a lead pencil. Tepid water clears ears. never insert hard tools. If an artery bleeds compress above the wound, if a vein bleeds compress below. For choking, go on all fours and cough. For slight burns, dip in cold water and cover destroyed skin with varnish. For apoplexy raise the head, for fainting lay the person flat.
The Yankton Dakotian recounts a postal scene where a polite operator helps a lively girl who asks for a letter for her sister. After a moment she returns, whispers to him, and urges him to write Sarah a letter she wants badly.
A quotation celebrates the warmth of a father sharing a meal with his child, likening it to an elder reclining beneath the shade he has planted. The sentiment frames family nourishment as a comforting, time worn harmony.
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