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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1876
Page
2
The Maine Legislature passes a bill replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment. Several other items appear, including land purchases in Dakota Territory by Eastern capitalists, a legal note on divorce and damages in England, and various historical and geographic notes.
The Clymer Investigating Committee seeks to shield Marsh with Attorney General Pierrepont amid claims of a safety pledge. Dana confirmation faces Senate opposition fueled by Gov Lawrence and Butler memory. The Treasury and Comptroller actions drive custom staffing needs and bank failures stir bankruptcy filings as a wave of state and federal queries unfold.
Reports describe hurricane damage forcing underground telegraph lines in Paris and rising Seine water above 1572 marks. Bridges like Mont des Invalides face closure while London, Glasgow, and Liverpool stock exchanges report notable failures.
The Plymouth church committee concludes Henry Bowen has disclosed all major facts and that his search for evidence in South Brooklyn was unsuccessful. Also noted is the suspension of United States Reflector Co in New York with liabilities of 100000. The Greenback Convention meets at the Opera House in Syracuse.
The 1875 convention adjourns in Denver with the state constitution to be submitted to voters on July 1. A Galveston Harbor survey shows the western point rising from 5 to 14 feet, signaling potential 18 to 20 feet over the bar with a jetty system. General Pillow’s Memphis residence advertised for sale. bidding ongoing. In East Saginaw Michigan, Mr and Mrs Cogswell observe their golden anniversary as Mrs Cogswell dies at 67 from heart disease, once a person of high society.
Rev Father Burke's programme for St Patrick's day drew ire from Irish societies. Hibernian Benevolent Society and Knights of St Patrick refused to join the parade. Other items report election gains in New Hampshire, cotton frauds in Liverpool, Keely’s arrest in Missouri, Arnim property sequestration, a lightning strike on the Majestic in New Orleans, a tornado in Wisconsin, the Prince of Wales voyage from Bombay, a Turkish loan, and various export figures.
Maj. Asa B. Gardner, Judge Advocate, to the Adjutant General, charges that Col. Dyer did not send requested evidence in the St. Louis cases involving Henderson’s remarks about Gen. Babcock. He argues the absence could have prevented the Military court from presenting the government case even if the court had organized.
Texas Brooks colored escaped convict from the penitentiary was killed by Deputy Sheriff John Powell in Memphis while attempting to escape. In other notes, B B Halleck’s treasurer larceny trial has opened, W H Stenan’s trial starts the 15th. Ep Wittig of Cairo, Illinois, was shot in the abdomen by a revolver during a card quarrel. wound likely fatal.
The article describes Virginia City Nevada as a booming mining center with a population of about fifteen thousand, hundreds of saloons, and immense wealth. It highlights John W Mackay James G Fair James C Flood and William O’Brien as the bonanza crowd who transformed Consolidated Virginia by expanding ore deposits and shaft depth. The venture yielded nearly two million dollars monthly with ten dollar dividends per share for stockholders.
The piece mocks social microscopists as idle bores who gossip and reveal only vague secrets. It likens them to a troublesome stable figure, noting the Admiral’s eye on him since last year’s Selling Stakes win and the habit of sharing cryptic horse pedigree lore.
Two Fort Street residents argued ownership of a line fence yesterday. One threatened to mash the other, the other boasted he could lick six men like him, lamenting unsettled debts and a bank run. A passerby noted fashion trends as black silk garments shift away from dressing.
Senate confirms Warren Bristoe for New Mexico Supreme Court and Murtagh Nichols for DC Police, plus a Wisconsin petition for Fox River work and a revenue law proposal. House agendas move bills on postmaster salaries, district courts terms, mail matter labeling, and civil court testimony views. Additional sessions cover New Mexico amendments, currency debates, and Indian bureau moves.
The House passed bills excluding Missouri from mining act provisions and promoting mining development. A resolution was adopted to question non assessment of personal tax in the District. In the Committee of the Whole on the legislative appropriation bill, speakers urged retrenchment reform funds and streamlining, with notes on Texas Pacific Railroad, reform and economy, sound currency, and Pension Bureau transfer. The session adjourned after these proceedings.
A Detroit Free Press sketch portrays a polished stranger seeking loans at seven percent for a trip to Mexico. A wary citizen lures him to a basement bar where the con man feigns wealth, fake notes, and drinks while officers later sequester him for disorder and drunkenness.
Tord Houghton presided over a York meeting on women’s parliamentary suffrage for female householders. He argued women possess property and deserve representation, comparing England’s injustice to taxation without representation in America while noting the proposal would raise constituency size only in proportion to property held.
The Canadian Football Association received Harvard University's challenge to play in Cambridge in May. Montreal Toronto and London accept. Hamilton leans to fall. The piece argues the game would boost Canadian football and that Harvard, though strong at home, can be challenged with proper preparation and favorable weather.
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