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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1872
Page
2
The 1871 annual board report details early 1872 progress on the asylum's center building and north wing, costs totaling $218,030.10, and plans to pause or accelerate work with funding. It notes patient totals, mortality rates, admissions policies, and administrative remarks on care and capacity.
Obscure report fragment describes Edwin Forrest dying at his North Broad Street residence in Phil adelphia. Other items note Colfax’s remark on Greeley’s editorial status, Delano’s Havana trip, Patterson’s Senate election and bribery arrest, and various political, legal, and local incidents across Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Avondale, and Wilmington with dates and names of figures such as Horace Greeley, John J. Patterson, Charles Myra, and James McKechan. Additional entries mention a post office site purchase, memorial plans for Gettysburg, a counterfeit money case, a bank president in Chicago, wage cuts, and a slate of incidents in multiple cities.
The balance of cash in the State Treasury at the close of December 3 was 784,967.57. Recruits for the week ending December 10 paid 24,012.09, a decrease of 4,221.18, leaving a balance near 780,000. The items of receipts and payments include taxes, licenses, notary fees, school and college interest, and principal payments from lands and agriculture college.
In quiet New York trade dated December 17 1872 prices showed stringency in money markets with demand steady at 12 percent for good paper while miners and staples fluctuated. Wheat firm, flour dull, corn heavy, pork steady around 13 50, lard firm, and sugar and dairy items mixed as farmers and dealers anticipate fresh year activity and navigation impacts.
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