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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1877
Page
4
Fragmentary dispatches describe outlaws and cattle rustlers in a border district, militia efforts, and arrests planned. References indicate ongoing conflict with Native groups near the Rio Grande, punitive measures discussed, and political mentions of state conventions and national party activity.
A tumultuous summary of military movements along the Danube and toward Bulgaria. Turkish front shifts threaten to redraw lines as Russian forces push toward Alexandropol and Kars. reports detail atrocities, fortifications, and strategic maneuvers across the Balkans, Dardanelles, and Black Sea. General foreign news includes Egypt’s Khodive, Grant’s arrival, and European political tensions amid ongoing hostilities.
In Sharon Florida a quarrel over a wager between Miss Kate McGilvery and deaf old man Bell led to violence. McGilvery struck Bell through a window, fracturing skull. Bell’s son Richard fired a brace weight at McGilvery, killing him. Miss Kate, the catalyst, is now insane.
The issue surveys varied economic stresses including American grain shipments, rail dominant internal commerce, and warnings of reduced cattle exports. It notes widespread business hope, a wheat crop revival, bank and firm insolvencies, and drastic personal tragedies amid a backdrop of market volatility.
Washington correspondents report growing seriousness of the Indian conflict in the northwest and the possibility that the President could urge states to organize militia forces. The situation is described as potentially grave if matters do not improve across the continent and near the Pacific coast.
A Republican committee report in Mississippi urges no state convention this year and calls for no Republican nominees. It argues even with a long-standing majority, the party should refrain from contest to avoid civil strife, advocating unity and trust in President Hayes while preserving the Union.
Reports from the Northwest indicate escalating conflict as the administration weighs options. The military strength available appears inadequate to promptly suppress the trouble, and plans to reinforce with regular troops would require substantial transportation and logistics.
A ragged clipping reports odd happenings: a rousteron farm device on a wooden peg. a Connoil Biuffe photographer filming a woman removing a portrait from a basket to reveal a long coil. a Lake Shore rail strike ends with a bullock crushed by a locomotive. A pigeon clings to Trinity Church clock hands until death. a hound mourns at a Bellevue Cemetery hearse. a Mississippi widow in Carroll County dies after a church outburst.
A bold robbery occurred in a New York broker’s office as a clerk, after placing 33,000 from Leather Manufacturers' Bank plus 2,200 in small bills on the counter, turned away for a moment, and found the money vanished. The iron railing had a deliberate opening, no clue left, and payment checks halted to limit losses. The thief escaped with the cash, and the scene suggested preplanned entry.
A damaged Baltimore note claims a challenge to President Hayes to a boxing bout in a twenty four foot ring. The writer, calling himself a democrat, asserts readiness to fight and references a scheduled event at a central theater on April 7th. The missive includes odd spellings and garbled phrases, but clearly presents a challenge and a dare.
In a Chicago Tribune summary, Montenegrins, though driven from rock and crag, remain unconquered as 60,000 Ottoman troops under Mehemet Pasha and Suleiman Pasha struggle against 3,000 Montenegrin defenders. Russia’s Balkan campaign faces diversion risks, with 15,000 Turkish casualties cited and Montenegro seeking arable lands and borders.
A Miller of the Park and John streets area suffered a neck dislocation after a cherry picking accident near Mr. Pioh's. He lived about eighteen hours, remaining conscious at times as doctors attempted to reposition and dress the neck. He died about 4 AM Sunday after developing paralysis on his right side.
Eli Johnson warned that a Cowper Institute talk exposed how makers of liquor could improvise alcohol from a tin box containing eight brandy bottles, six whisky bottles, four gin bottles, and two wine bottles, with directions for turning materials into drinkable liquor. He cited a city death linked to liquor and described early methods and dangers.
Fragmentary note describes various oil based tonics containing alcohol water and other adulterants. Mentions essential oil as key ingredient and asserts harmful effects on swine and people. Text is garbled but implies dangerous beverages marketed with questionable benefits.
The article lists upcoming elections in several states including Kentucky Vermont California Ohio Iowa and more. It notes governors legislatures and U S Senate successors with names and terms, alongside party affiliations and recent resignations. The piece provides a table of election dates and a roster of governors whose terms expire.
An express Southeastern line train collided near a level crossing about five miles from Minster. A cart horse was impaled on the engine buffer, dragged for a quarter mile, and killed along with another horse as the wagon struck the first carriage. The engine driver said the crash might have caused the engine to derail if the horse had not been carried forward.
The article notes the defendants in the Gaines suits failed to file bonds of appeal by the deadline, effectively ending efforts to reverse Judge Billings’s rulings recognizing the will of Daniel Clark and Myra Gaines as his legitimate heir. It highlights the broader impact on the forty-year struggle and the reactions from The Orleans Picayune.
A fragmentary London Globe account describes a vast Danube crossing complex with a tall bridge and surrounding ramparts. It portrays the structure as a fortress and navigation barrier, with a rampart system including a South wall and earthwork defenses. The text also derides patent potions and recommends Dooney's powders as a health remedy amid the garbled prose.
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