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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1882
Page
2
A disjointed clipping reports a murder and rape followed by arson in Venango County Kansas. It mentions court actions, a $22,000 salary dispute, a blackmail scheme and local embezzlement charges. Also notes stage robbery in Guiness Island and a California census count detail.
Charles Wesley Lewis pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church in San Francisco died by his own hand in Oakland on Thursday. His act followed threats and signs of mental derangement noted by authorities.
Seventh annual meeting held in Chicago with annual address and satisfactory treasurer’s report. Officers were investigated but not sued, and new officers elected. A river of Pullman cars and a notable auction followed a court decree in a dispute between Baltimore and Ohio and the Pullman Palace Car Company, with sales totaling about $160,000.
The article compares the protracted rate fight to deranged profits for the closing year versus the prior year. Michigan Central paid 4 1 2 percent on capital stock this year against 7 percent last year. New York Central earnings fall by 1 14 2 408 dollars. Canada Southern shows a gross decrease of 6 833 374 dollars and a net drop of 602 885 dollars.
Cox and Nic, mining partners in Colorado, were sleeping in a tent when melting snow caused one to move. They ended up locked in a warren and rolled about five hundred feet down a snowy slope, finally stopping in a deep drift at the edge of a 1,140 foot cliff. They then climbed back to their tent, still friends.
The young man Emmett Follet died Tuesday at midnight after a pneumonia illness. He and his wife, recently married, were members of the UCAT lodge which will supervise his burial. Rumors of smallpox circulated and kept friends away.
The body of a man was found frozen stiff near Dundee Illinois on Thursday morning as Mississippi River crossings at Winona remain closed. Five of the Shreveport jail breakers have been recaptured while three murderers remain at large.
Chicago reports the sale of season tickets totaling ten thousand dollars for Patti concerts. Organizers note strong demand and expect continued ticket requests as the event schedule expands.
Mr BH Jonsson, chief operator on day duty at the Western Union office in Cinginnat, is found dead. Authorities reported the incident as a possible accident with investigations underway at the scene.
Evrnton William received over a thousand congratulatory telegrams of New Years from America as the terms of the naturalization treaty with America are now applied across Germany.
An unidentified inmate at Sing Sing prison in New York assaulted Samuel Cash Thursday morning in an attempted murder incident. The assailant attempted suicide during the attack and is in custody, expected to recover.
Urbahd Leggett was arrested in Portsmouth Ohio on counterfeiting charges. Police found tools and coins at his premises. Leggett has previously served a term in the Ohio Penitentiary.
The Erie flat freight lines claim to ship provision and corn from Chicago to New York at a set rate per pound. Today the Vanderbilt lines match this rate for these freight classes while the Pennsylvania company remains neutral on the dispute.
W os Wilkisses of Madison county keeps a tally of seventy seven young hogs aged at most eight months. They consumed 700 bushels of corn and produced 14 000 pounds of pork. When sold the hogs brought 70 dollars, equating to about one dollar per bushel of corn.
A blast at the Amer can Powder Company works in Oskaloosa Wednesday afternoon killed three boys Jobo Phillips son of the mayor Gerald Joyce and John Stedman as they used a wooden magazine as a breech loading target. The explosion shattered plate glass across the business district and caused extensive property damage. The shock was felt up to thirty miles away and many people were injured by flying debris.
At Quincy during Rev Simon Kublebenhoetter’s funeral at Salem Evangelic church a deadly panic broke the gallery collapsed blocking the doorway. About forty people were injured, six seriously, as women were trampled and men struggled to rescue them. Three women named Mrs Spilker Miss Ritter and Miss Bundy were among the injured.
The passage critiques doomsday forecasts from various prophecies and says daily life in the Globe continues unchanged despite claims. It notes astronomers view the moon as a cinder and predicts cycles that could affect Earth, yet dismisses fixed doomsday dates as insight or insanity. The writer reflects on 1881 becoming a historically noted year.
Citizens weigh the cost of borrowing to finish the artesian well project. The debate contrasts pumping costs with potential savings if Potsdam layer is pierced and hydrostatic pressure suffices. Supporters urge completing the experiment to secure pure water for Moline.
A historical correspondence from 1881 recounts the Moline board’s debates on county officer salaries. It states the board believed no constitutional law allowed salary payments and that officers would receive statutory fees, while noting Lewis Wilson and J Q O Strau among involved figures.
A fragmentary 1881 letter discusses the 1871 72 county board finances. It notes Barnard as a board member and finance committee chair and reports the board debated sheriff salaries, deeming the 1871 settlement with the recipient fair and final. The writer, H A Barnard, asserts no law set a fixed salary and confirms the settlement as best.
A printer D L Fry on LaSalle street notes steady business at his shop in the National Life building. He testifies to St Jacobs Oil curing his wife’s sister after severe congestion, praising the treatment and the improvement seen the next day and night.
A readable fragment describes a girl locked in her lover’s space and claims he forgot a combination. The wording suggests a puzzling incident or hidden motive without clear details or outcomes.
Wx. H. Bus a German national who killed his wife was executed yesterday morning in the gallows in the presence of nearly a hundred spectators.
The Cincinnati Times-Star reports in Lancaster Ohio that the jury in the Dresback murder trial reached a verdict Friday morning finding him guilty of murder in the second degree for poisoning his wife.
The Chicago Yale Alumni Association held its sixteenth annual reunion at the Grand Pacific with 125 attendees and a banquet. A trial trip through the St Gothard tunnel proved highly successful, taking about 50 minutes one way and 33 the return.
General Sherman and Secretary Hunt issue orders directing army and navy officers to assemble in full uniform at the War and Navy Departments at 11:30 to pay respects to the late President. Governor Cul Loy offers 200 reward for arrest and conviction of Emmet Thomas murderer found near St Francisville in Lawrence county with four bullet wounds. Dr Boystos who attended the late President was not charged. A cheque of 1000 is sent to Mr Starfield after illness. Esquire Hawes presided as Frank Ho Plummer and Jessie L Harrington were united in marriage on January 4, 1982.
Da Go Crate Health Officer of Rock Island qualified on Tuesday morning and assumed duties. The resignations of board members became operative leaving the board effectively defunct with only one member remaining, Jef.
A Circuit Court session on Tuesday debated if a juror may be excused due to his mother in law's illness. The discussion left many attendees thoughtful as they weighed legal standards and potential biases.
Judge Smith directs the Grand Jury to consider the newly enacted concealed weapons law and indict any county resident found carrying such weapons, regardless of status or identity. He emphasizes strict duty to enforce the statute.
Four deaths from small pox occurred in Chicago on Thursday while five new cases were reported. Health Commissioner De Wolf notes vaccines' effectiveness as 110 000 children in wild schools saw only seven pox cases in six years. W E Graham who shot robbed and burned Philip Engley at Venango Ellsworth county on the 28th was hung by a mob in front of the courthouse. WC Rose escaped a similar fate but was guarded by the sheriff during the riot.
A quarrel between seven year old Williams and six year old Gates in Springfield Missouri ends when Gates grabs a revolver belonging to a family member and shoots Williams, killing him instantly. Authorities report the incident as a fatal child’s shooting with ongoing investigations.
Wils Hockapay a colored barber was arrested in Louisa Kentucky for the murder of two children and Miss Thomas. Police say he was drunk last Monday and his salary aroused suspicion before he vanished.
Oumvenano leads American cities in testing electric lighting. A tall electric mast stands in the square, 260 feet high, with four lights planned and engine power rated between 20 000 and 40 000 candles.
Andrew Alexander and A. J. Woods indicted in Philadelphia for attempting to bribe a juror in an election case. Woods sentenced to one year in prison with the fine remitted due to plea. Alexander fined.
A fragment reports a complaint that Higo is not treated humanely by the man he boards with. It notes fears about smallpox and mentions vaccination being rare. The text hints at attitudes toward vaccination and care.
A six year old boy was shot dead in Oshkosh Wisconsin by a playmate with an unloaded gun. Reports from New York theaters mock hats, and Chicago grants temporary rights for pole erection as historical societies plan celebrations. A Yankton Sioux man convicted of murder faces death, while unions discuss eight hour laws and immigration. National statistics show record immigrant numbers. trials in Washington and New York proceed with court notes. Texas lands and a schooner tragedy off Gloucester are reported. Danville funds support a new paper mill.
Indian agents have been notified they may call on the military to assist in enforcing department orders during arrests of criminals.
Frank Hart of Moline and Jennie Cooper of Topeka were married in Topeka. They plan a week or more in Moline. A report from Aurora confirms Miss Anna Allen’s scarlet fever complaint. she is visiting her sister Mrs Mack.
The investigating committee finds evidence settlers have been swindled by railroads. The Wabash and White rivers overflow their banks with the Wabash four miles wide at Mount Carmel and still rising rapidly, threatening fencing and livestock losses.
A Harpers Bazaar issue will feature a winter ladies suit picture and a pocketbook image large enough to pay for one. A Silverton dispatch reports Edward F Ryan Michael Ryan and Richard Adkins were buried a hundred feet deep in snow at the Paradise Tunnel. rescuers began digging for bones.
A fragment notes Turk's rise as a young promoter in Maine, collecting pews at low prices, stirring religious excitement, and profiting on sale, while smallpox cases decline in Chicago with vaccination efforts and January plans in progress.
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