Telegraphic Brevities Fronts a World in Turmoil
A scattered miscellany notes deaths of Anthony Trollope and Herr Von Flatow. Chicago gambling cases proceed on bonds. Ireland reports 89 agrarian outrages in November. Chicago banker Elmer Washburne successor Arthur Oakley named. Witnesses in Kentucky case reveal entangled love. Deputy marshals attacked on Mt Sterling expedition. safe. Republican split over House Elections Committee actions. Iowa City excursion visits Des Moines capitol and Moore's Opera House. A Bell’s Ferry man James Bradley dies by cotton bale accident. Texas & Pacific to guard trains. posthumous Jesse James death blooms violence. Ellen White era dissension in Battle Creek Adventists. Lehigh Valley wreck kills engineer Foulke. rail fires spread. Kennedy vs Porter suit over West Wisconsin stock pool proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Trollope
Herr von Flatow
Chicago
Ireland
Arthur Oakley
Elmer Washburne
Terdan Stull
Charley Bules
Davia
Farmer
United Brazis
Mountaina Oour
Mt. Sterling
Illiett
Frenchburg
Chicago Herald
Benigun
Iowa City Republican
Des Moines
Moore's Opera House
Carey
Sherman
Capitol
James Bradley
Bell's Ferry
Greencastle
Bradley
Texas
Texas & Pacific
Fort Worth
el Paso
Jesse
Frank James
Battle Creek
Mich
Ellen White
James White
Uriah Smith
Review and Herald
W C. Gage
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Rummerfield
Foulke
Kingsland
Thick Reads and Slop Billows Cause Contested Weather
A jumble of phrases mentions thick reads and slop billows amid tense weather talk. Authorities have not provided clear details on conditions or impacts.
List of petit jurors for January term Circuit Court
This notice lists the petit jurors drawn by Circuit Clerk Harrison to serve at the January term of Circuit Court. Names include Black Hawk William le Bowling, Joseph, Wilber Bruner, Drury Wilson Bowser Folgington, Wm H Garnett Hampton, Connor, Edelman, Cox, Floreen Moline, Darling, Overfield, W Peterson, R Nye, Magill, Murphy, Wilcox, Berry, Miles, Port Byron, Skelton, Bigelow, Spencer Wright Emerson dhater, Evans, Haberlah, Fillmore, Ippensen, Blockfinger Jr, Schmidt, Willama, Sutchliffe, Stocker, Severance, Benson, Wood, Weeds, Schroeder, Nokes, Robinson, Franing, Cannum, Martin, DeGraff, Davis, Ashdown, Jeanlogs, Boney, Jacobs, Corpin, Suras, Booth, Haller, Gould, Donahue, McKeever, Ho, Maxwell, Dyer, Tinsman, Mumma, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Finst Pakt
Tuxsdat
Black Hawk
William le Bowling Joseph
Wilber Bruner Drury Wilson Bowser Folgington
H Garnett Hampton
Janac Connor
Frank Edelman
A. D Cox
Peter Floreen
Alfred Darling
Overfield
Peterson
R. Nye
James Magill
J H Murphy
Wm M Wilcox
R.H Berry
Miles Port Byron
Frank Skelton
Amm! Bigelow
Rock Island
Spencer Wright
Emerson Dhater
John Evans
Christ
Haberlah
George Stocker
South Moline
E.J Severance
N P Benson
South Rock Island
Geo Wood
Jo Weeds
Henry Schroeder
Andalusia
Geo Nokes
Matt Robinson
Rinck Hawk
HL Franing
Wm Cannum
Lawrence Martin
Buffalo Prarie
Charles DeGraff
Henry Davis
Coe
Ashdown
K Booth
Albert Haller
DW Gould
WU J Donahue
E. McKeever
N. Ho
Ceder
Bert Byron
John W Maxwell
Rook Island
Wm Ho Cook
James Blaisdel
Frank Mixter
James Dizon
J Keator
Thomas Fuller
Peter Ecker
Byron Jordan
Zuma
Frank Tinsman
Henry Mumma
Lighthouse District Report by Commander Reed Details 19th Century Ops
Commanded Reed reports on the 15th District lighthouse system along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. It notes 506 fixed lights and two beacons, steamers Joseph Henry Ivy, and flagship Alice, with Major Charles Sutor as engineer. Stations numbered 192 between St Paul and St Louis, and 32 stations between Missouri and Kansas City, with seasonal closures and relocations to adapt to shifting channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
United States
Masissippi
Missouri
Joseph Henry
Ivy
Alice
Charles KR Sutor
Amy
St Paul
St Louis
Mississippi
St. Paul
la Crosse
Keokuk
Missouri River
Kansas City
Thia River
St. Louis
New Orleans
Agricultural Reports Rock Island County Returns
Supervisor Thos Campbell US Department of Agriculture official compares Dee Ist yields with last year for Rock Island county. Crops show corn 80, wheat 100, rye 95, oats 110, buckwheat 10, potatoes 100, hay 110, sorghum molasses 90, winter wheat area 95, winter rye 90. Prices per unit: corn 50 cents, wheat 05 cents, rye 50 cents, oats 38 cents, buckwheat 75 cents, potatoes 55 cents, sorghum molasses 56 cents per gallon. average winter wheat condition 100 percent and winter rye 90 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Campbell
US Department of Agriculture
Rock Island
Dee
Police Court Notes on Drunkenness and Disposition of Case
John Barge admitted intoxication and paid a $3 fine and costs. Erastus Johnson and Ben Sweltzer faced felonious appropriation of a buggy robe. lacking witness, defendants were discharged as complainant chose not to prosecute. The report ends noting the defendants were mildly intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barge
Erastus Johnson
Ben Sweltzer
Plow City Gun Club Conducts First Practice Shoot
The Plow City Gun Club held its first practice yesterday with six members. In light of humane concerns they used clay pigeons and glass balls instead of live birds, a commendable move amid the era's inequality and drawbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plow City Gun Club
Death of Rear Admiral Wyman prompts promotion of Commodore Febiger
Rear Admiral Robert H. Wyman died suddenly in Washington from apoplexy. Born July 18, 1822 in New Hampshire, he joined the Navy March 11 1883 as a Midshipman and rose to Rear Admiral April 26 1878. He served 28 years 5 months at sea and spent 19 years on shore duty. He had long been a Maryland resident and his death advances Commodore John C. Febiger to Rear Admiral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Wyman
Washington
New Hampshire
Navy
North Atlantic
Naval Service
Maryland
John C. Febiger
Dedication of Swedish Baptist Church in Moline
The Swedish Baptist church on Fifth Avenue and Twenty first Street will be formally dedicated on Sunday December 10 with Rev AH Doren as pastor. Members of the Swedish Baptist church of Moline will attend in a body and English exercises will be included. Friends note the retirement of A B Gayford, a Rock Island photographer, who has sold his business to C W Miller of Davenport after 33 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swedish Baptist Church
Fifth Avenue
Twenty First Street
AH Doren
Swedish Baptist Church of
Moline
Buother
Three Cites
A B Gayford
Rock Island
C W Miller
Davenport
Iowa
Gayford
Former Citizen Henry C Ford Visits Livonia Amid California Art Studies
Henry C Ford, once Moline’s police magistrate and Chicago Academy of Design president, stays with relatives in Livonia. He gathers oil studies of California mission churches, Yosemite landscapes, and related works aimed at faithful verification, with some pieces completed for Boston and others circulating among collectors. He may winter in New York if weather allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C Ford
Livonia
Ford
Chicago
Academy of Design
California
New York
Boston Historical Society
Yosemite Valley
Electric Light Capital Stock Boost Placed for Vote
The Electric Light Company seeks to increase capital from 4000 to 10000 dollars, adding 500 shares of 20 dollars each. Present members receive first rights to purchase the new shares. Dr Piper, representing Fuller Light, presented the proposal to the city at last night’s meeting. The measure is expected to be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Light Company
Piper
Fuller Iight
Unclaimed Letters at Moline Post Office 1882 List
Here is the weekly list of remaining unclaimed letters at the Moline Illinois post office for the week ending Thursday December 7 1882. Names include Asmus W H Johnson Samuel Barb A Lewis Chas F Bellman Mra J C Lindberg Fritz Billstrand Lindberg C A Brown A G Morris Chas E Buckley James Camp Carrie Moore Mrs Tilda M Collier Abe McIntosh Jennie Casgill Mrs Lottle McDermoth Mathew Fingel Mrs Nelson Mrs Mary P Erickson Al Shelden James Fogg Thomas H Taylor W R Gallagher John Tweet A J Jamison Mrs F G Towers John Josbaker Henrietta Wotter Aron Johnson Aug Wutherich Christ. When calling for above letters say advertised and give date of list. L E Hemenway P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asmus
W H. Johnson
Samuel Barb
A Lewis
Chas
Bellman
J C. Lindberg
Fritz Billstrand
and Lindberg
C. A. Brown
A G Morris
Chas. E. Buckley
John Moore
James Camp
Carrie Moore
Tilda M. Collier
Abe McIntosh
Jennie Casgill
Lottle
McDermoth
Mathew Fingel
Nelson
Mary P. Erickson
al Shelden
James Fogg
Thomas H. Taylor
John Tweet
A. J Jamison
F. G. Towers
John Josbaker
Henrietta Wotter
Aron Johnson
Aug. Wutherich
Christ
L. E. Hemenway
P. M
Reynolds Co. Delays Work To Spring On Water Power Project
Poaton Messrs Reynolds & Co after overflow and dam breach suspend tail race work. They request time extension from Water Power Company, granted but no contract amendment signed. Skelacy & Co. not yet acted. government crews to resume when water shut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Reynolds & Co
Coffer
Reynolds & Co
Water Power Company
Skelacy & Co
Nton
Wells Rough on Corns Adverts Quick Permanent Cure
Quick, complete, permanent cure for corns. Wells' Rough on Corns promises relief with remedies including Carne, warts, buntona. No explicit dates or organizations. Compact advert note typical of period medical promotions.
Almanac of Planetary Meteorology 1888 Forecasts
Richard Muanaill's Almanac of Planetary Meteorology for 1888 predicts January disturbances on several dates and a January average above the season. February is expected cold in northern areas with snow storms spreading from the 6th to the 12th, affecting ice dealers and agricultural labor. the work is described as a growing standard in meteorology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansil
Richard Muanaill
Worksouneship
United States
Europe
Canadas
France defies England on Madagascar protectorate
Paris reports that England will not comment on France pressing a Madagascar protectorate. other dispatches note Rhine rises, Egyptian policy debates, Bavarian relief funds, and flood damages in Rhine districts. storms hit China. Korea seeks diplomatic travel. Hawaii envoy Rapeno hosts in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jord Lyons
France
England
Madagascar
A Touch Job In Harsh Frost At Slough Pumping Water
Ten men labored through a record cold night as the thermometer sank to sixteen degrees below zero. Skelsey & Co extended the effort, expanding crew and teams from seventy three men on the second to over eight hundred on the sixth as pumps battled ice and cold with a third pump briefly freezing solid. Only one pump remained active by noon today as workers endured heroically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skelsey & Co
Socialists in Spain Targeting Workers Amid Distress
The government orders local authorities to curb Socialist and Internationalist intrigues amid agricultural distress and rising prices. Arrests in Lyons reveal Spaniards with documents showing secret revolutionary networks across Spain. Officials say no public tranquility threat exists, helped by army support and cross-party backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapnio
Council of Ministers
Messares
Andalusia
Catalonia
Lyons
Spain
Miss Mary J Winpote in Poverty in Philadelphia
The once famed Southern writer and Washington correspondent is now seen on Chestnut Street Philadelphia, shabby and eating bread and butter. Her notable works include Life in Washington Life at White Sulphur Glances Here and There and Sketches of Women of the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J Winpote
Washington
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
White Sulphur
South
Moline Organ Company Adds Instrument to Chicago Church
The Moline Organ Company has installed a new organ in Lincoln Park Congregational Church Chicago. Professor Falk opened it Friday and praised it as good as any in the city. The firm is praised for enterprise and foresees more Moline organs in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Organ Company
Lincoln Park Congregational Church
Chicago
Prof Falk
Moline
Deaths in City for Week Ending December 2 1882
Dr Dunn secretary of the board of health reports eight deaths this week with names including Mrs A Meuller 64 typhoid malarial fever P Munson 55 death by own action Mrs C Hultman 52 cancer of bowels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
Board of Health
A Meuller
Munson
C. Hultman
The Dam Reopens After Break Floods
The dam break has been filled and active operations will resume. Rumors about responsibility are ignored as the river proved strong enough to wash out the dam. Ice must be cleared to begin work, with dynamite to shatter obstacles and butchers and brewers aiding in removal for cooling.
Newspaper Errata and Local Transfers Noted
The Davenport Democrat erred by naming Rev. George Chambers in place of George Bowers, a sober man arrested for drunkenness. The Rev. Chambers calls for a retraction and apology, and Mr. B A Wright leaves Moline for Minneapolis to lead Mol ine Plow Co.'s branch. Also mentions a discontinued garbage cart and a death report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Democrat
George Chambers
Rock Island
George Bowers
Democrat
B. A. Wright
Minneapolis
Wright
Moline Plow Co
Moline
Leas
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Harry Kennedy
H H Porter
Minneapolis & Omaha Nf Rosewell
Flower David Daws
Gthers
West Wisconsin Railway
Porter
Kennedy
Western Wisconsin Railway Company
Chi Ago
de Northwestern Company
Petit Jurors
John J Reed
U 8N
15Th District
Admiral Wyman
Hirach
Rock Island County
Ilinois
Poreign
Duller
Council
Egypt
Department Commission
Germany
Berlin
Bavaria
Rheinish
Coylebury
Mayence
China
Hong Kong
Luzon
Manilla
Julua
Japan
Yokoyama
Corean Dele Kales
America
Mr Rapeno
Hawaii
Warner
H.H. Warner & CO
Becheeter
Condi P
Lynde UN Wells
United States Mutual Accident Association
Broway
Im. Y
WM. Benson
Brass Foundry
J. H. Brumbauch
Wells Street
Lynde
Basa
Bares
N.H. Cederberg
Thue Street
Henry
Illinois
Warston BR
Marston
Kedy CO
Fulton
DR. Hamilton
Ntevema
Indianapolis
Mating & Cout
M Dora
Vohn
Toa Apella
Tad McKerson
Roubing
NOY Wielecale
Fors
de Geet Ate Ally
NEW York Observer
Irenaeus Prime
J.D. Larkin & CO
Buffalo
N. C
Tollet
Edward E. Leary
Market Square
Meline, Jr
Bamare
Tam
Hiade Cigie
Cal
Pal
Ae Tae Nwa Aran
Sae
Ewart wavaMron
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