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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1879
Page
1
An archaic poem fragment ponders fate and death through vivid nature images. It compares life to an arrow, a spider’s web, a race, and seasonal changes, noting human haste and mortality as the post fades into reflection on the fleeting post or season. It weaves classical motifs with natural scenes to evoke existential caution.
A Bow Street runner recalls an arrest mission bound for a Suffolk prison. He carries a pistol gifted by a contact, hides it in a coat, and plans to clear a charge next morning. At the inn opposite the jail, he notices a massive, coarse figure who may be the prisoner, sparking concern about an impending apprehension.
A veteran keeper describes a high tension escape plot on a train en route to Bow Street, as he restrained a prisoner and faced a gun to protect his charge. The convoy included his prisoner, his wife, and a loaded pistol with an empty barrel never fired. The dramatic episode ended with the prisoner safely delivered to police.
A Philadelphia correspondent describes Gouldtown New Jersey as a mixed community of about 500 people founded by John Gould eighty years ago for racial intermarriage. The village near Bridgeton features a church, simple homes, and strict social rules favoring unions between black men and white women. Names grow long in pride, and a ritual silver cup marks a formal name change for town fathers.
The speech denounces Democratic actions to repeal or alter election laws and to starve government operations, arguing the minority must resist a "siege" by withholding supplies. It cites Louisiana 1833 violence, asserts Southern intimidation, warns of revolutionary overreach, and urges unity to defend the ballot and constitutional government.
A historical piece contrasts 1830 life with modern living, noting improvements in housing, furnishings, utensils, lighting, and clocks. It highlights shifts from bare rooms with pewter dishes to carpeted homes, spring beds, abundant kitchenware, and widespread libraries reaching millions of volumes nationwide.
A London Times correspondent describes a violent outbreak on a Calais to Paris mini train carriage. A heavily built man, with an attendant, attacked passengers, was overpowered after a severe struggle, and removed at Abbeville. Guards and corded restraints finally subdued him as fellow travelers endured fear and improvised defense.
Narrative recalls American interests in the South Pacific where Maori or local groups massacred a visiting party led by Mr. Jt. P. Togham on Brooker island. The steamer carried two guns and a mixed crew. After a cordial greeting two pigs were killed, then three days later the entire party was killed and the vessel ruined. Reports say six shipwrecked seamen and rescue parties have been murdered recently in these islands. Also noted is a Vermont couple living on the same farm for seventy three years plus their seventy year old son. The husband is now 99 and the wife is 16 years into their marriage.
Mr. Cichia of Lensburg Le Sueur county drank glass from a whisky flask after a wager in Montgomery. He swallowed the shattered glass and a tallow candle, felt no harm at first but soon suffered severe internal injury. By Thursday he was brought to New Prague where physicians could not save him.
The piece recalls old Chicago days with a hackman tale at Western depot. A man nicknamed country pays seven dollars for a ride, jokes about the lucky partner policeman, winks from the window, and mocks the fare. A note mentions French railways using small clocks on locomotives to signal train arrivals.
Trade notes show spinners threatening 15 percent wage advances while mills resist, risking a general strike. Export values for New England rise, with total exports surpassing imports by 283 million dollars, and a large manufacturing revival boosts Troy and surrounding firms. Philadelphia grain receipts surge, with wheat up and corn down, while crude petroleum imports rise to 137,534 barrels in April.
A New Haven report notes Elizabeth Hendrickson claimed to be 113 years old with relatives backing her tale though no trustworthy records confirm the age. It recalls her attendance at a 1976 relics exhibit and mentions a male death she claimed to have known since infancy. It also quotes a minister’s estimate on heaven’s size based on biblical measurement, calculating vast, unimaginable numbers of rooms and mansions for angels.
The Michigan Legislature reconvened with broad, routine business. A long list of bills passed or advanced covered taxes, public lands, road and bridge policies, insurance, township offices, and state finances. Key items included appropriations for the Agricultural College, prison improvements, swamp lands, and reforms to processes in courts and railroads. Adjournment dates and committee actions are noted with multiple bills tied to counties and cities across the state.
An English terrier trained to ring a servant’s bell confounds instructions by refusing first then obeying after the servant leaves. A Kent donkey, left to graze with cows, independently lifts a gate latch to let cows pass, then returns home. The anecdotes illustrate practical animal reasoning observed by a wife who witnessed both events.
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