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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1884
Page
7
The paper explains how to read the subscriber label to determine the starting date of owed dues. It urges those owing for a full year to pay immediately and notes that a $2.00 payment covers the past year with $1.60 of that amount counting toward another year if paid in advance.
Prentiss Piller, the man who robbed the Pacific Express Company in St. Louis, has been captured in Milwaukee with a large portion of the stolen funds recovered.
The House Committee on Rivers and Harbors will hold a hearing on March 18 with representatives from the Mississippi River Convention. The Hennepin Canal interests will be represented and considered during the session.
Lumbermen in Michigan and Wisconsin anticipate a brisk opening season as the past winter yields favorable conditions for logging operations. They predict active trade and profits with the season starting soon.
General Grant in Washington disavows a telegraphed Chicago morning paper interview that claimed he favored either Blaine or Arthur as the Republican nominee for President.
In Southern Illinois two county superintendents face removal actions. Fayette county’s superintendent was ousted by the Board of Supervisors over intemperate habits, while Bond county sees calls for removal for the same reason.
The agreement allows free entry into the United States of Mexican agricultural implements mining machinery soil products and other items while fruits and certain Mexican products enter duty free. The treaty is praised as reciprocal and mutually desirable.
Senator Edmunds introduces a bill to set aside 6000 square miles at the headwaters of the Ahig souri and Clark's Fork of the Columbia. The tract would be withdrawn from settlement, occupancy or site and reserved for forest protection of the river headwaters.
Washington reports a counterfeit 1880 series two cent silver certificate with thick greasy paper, one eighth inch shorter than genuine, no fibre or silk thread, several words unspliced, and numerous defects. handlers warned to beware of the deceptive note.
Captaind P Walker of the United States Army writes in the Minneapolis Lumbermen proposing a national program to dam river sources for flood control irrigation navigation and steady water depth. He argues the cost would be high but the long term savings and value creation would vastly exceed it.
Both houses debated a measure creating a State veterinarian appointed by the Governor. The bill authorizes inspections of infected facilities, quarantine rules, and destruction of infected animals under set conditions. It also calls for cattle valuation and appropriates 50 000 dollars for claims.
The trial of D A Carpenter in Petersburg adjourned for the day as lawyers argue, with reports suggesting doubt on his guilt though incomplete. A verdict may come sooner than expected depending on jurors, with closing testimony possibly guiding the jury.
Fragmentary notice reports a temperance movement gaining traction in Buffalo as a figure arrives, influencing many people. The text mentions a case tied to the city and a persuading arrival, with unclear names or dates.
A Minnesota Catholic leader advocates total abstinence and a reform campaign. Representative citizens from multiple denominations invite him to speak in Buffalo hoping his persuasive talks will convert intemperate individuals nationwide.
The Prairie Farmer argues that cattle diseases imported from England threaten U S herds and urges stopping foreign livestock and herders. It claims foot and mouth disease was spread to Kansas herds by Scottish workers recently arrived.
The Government will prosecute those who obtained public lands in frontier states and territories under Homestead preemption and timber culture acts by perjury and false representation. Convicting some offenders would deter many future frauds and uphold the laws.
Prof. David Swing praises James G. Blaine as an able leader with intellect eloquence and ideas. He also commends General John A. Logan for force courage integrity and a consistent patriotism noted in his Porter review.
Southern Democrats argue against federal relief funds for river flood damage and oppose federal action to eradicate cattle disease in Kansas. They criticize Congress for potential infringement of state sovereignty, likening it to past pushes to force slavery in Kansas.
The Oregon ballot asks voters to amend the state constitution to prohibit denying the elective franchise on account of sex. If approved, Oregon would be among the first to grant women equal voting rights in all elections.
The Department of Justice issued a circular to District Attorneys and US Marshals urging vigorous enforcement of explosives shipment laws. It states no proof of reports exists, but calls for swift punishment of violators to end foreign suspicions and avoid nuisance to the government.
A church council of clergymen will address the trouble surrounding Dr. Newman and seek an adjustment or resolution to the dispute.
The Inter Ocean calls for an earnest Southern canvass by Republicans with speakers like Messia Conkling Edmunds Blaine Hoar Frye Hale Hawley Sherman Harrison and Logan. The Chicago Journal doubts southern free elections but urges persistence. Also reports foot and mouth disease in Kansas cattle with Kansas Effingham and Iowa Louisa counties affected and calls for swift action and possible public funding to exterminate the disease.
The Hour argues the great trouble in the national legislature is the dominance of lawyers and professional politicians. It urges business leaders to enter politics, banish half the lawyers, and ensure representatives come from diverse trades with broad views and public spirit.
An 18 year old Cape May youth allegedly plotted murder by poisoning his family with arsenic to gain inheritance. The druggist who sold the poison helped avert disaster by administering antidotes. The piece criticizes lax and overbearing parenting and calls for better child governance to protect society.
Chicago’s twenty four elevators with capacity 28,635,000 bushels cannot accept more grain. Current holdings reach 22,687,073 bushels while 1,837,000 bushels are loaded on 26 chartered vessels set to depart eastward before navigation opens. Total in storage sits at 24,024,973 bushels, up from 18,170,411 last year. Relieving crowding relies on shipping grain by sea to free rail-fed bins for incoming harvests.
Farmers say the sparse winter wheat in the country looks good this spring and has suffered little from the winter. It is now regarded as out of danger from freezing weather and should progress well.
Dr. N. H. Paaren and Simon Beattie report in Wapello Iowa that the herd inspected is not afflicted with foot and mouth disease but suffers foot rot. The Kansas outbreak is thought similar and linked to political pressure around a proposed Bureau of Animal Industry. Senate approves $70,000 to stamp out the plague.
A March 22 Current feature previews an extended review of a forthcoming manuscript claiming to prove the discovery of America in the fifth century by the Chinese. The volume promises to be a major American scholarly achievement and will introduce an author renowned for philosophical and historical learning in a new public role.
The Des Moines Register surveyed local clergymen on card playing. Fifteen replied. orthodox pastors condemn it while Episcopalian Unitarian and Catholic ministers see social value when free from abuse. The text additionally jokes about an anticipated epidemic from weather and a house cleaning note.
Beecher derides rich merchants and self serving clergy, accusing them of moral hollowing while criticizing their wealth. He likens the rich to hungry spiders draining others and contrasts true soul power with worldly gains. The sermon condemns greed and calls for genuine virtue.
A Chicago Herald piece notes a man known as Meddler, rumored proprietor of a gambling house, who narrates a strange case of a Sunday school superintendent who gambled daily yet remained a devout Christian. The story hints at reform after a large night’s win and a later charitable contribution.
The piece rails at the craze for amateur acting in New York City. It notes the Kemble society staged Othello at the Academy of Music with $6,000 spent on scenery and teachers, raising far more than expected. A stock broker who played Lorenzo called the show glorious, claiming it surpassed any prior amateur effort except a 1862 Dublin performance.
The cork oak, mainly quercus suber and quercus occidentalis, sheds bark useful for cork via careful peeling after three years. Harvested bark yields plates two to four inches thick from trees aged up to 100 to 150 years. Cork comes from mature trees in Spain France Algeria and parts of Africa with quality tied to land lay and northern side bark being thinner. Experiments in Florida and California have not yet succeeded but future cork production may develop as plantations mature.
The New York Sun describes red mandarin and Tangierino oranges from Florida sold in winter. They resemble each other in appearance and taste, are nicknamed kid glove oranges for easy peeling, and offer a tender pulp with a wine-like sweetness and ample juice.
A Philadelphia Call excerpt shows detectives whispering about a clew found in a poem. The exchange hints at a crime clue hidden in the verse where the line There is blood upon the moon appears at the start. The dialogue underscores hush and surveillance.
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