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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1882
Page
7
The MoLine Review-Dispatch was entered at the Post Office in Moline as second class matter, indicating its status for dispatch and mailing priorities. The notice confirms filing details with local postal authorities and standard classification.
The Dispatch voices concern over an appellate ruling that a Chicago railroad cannot be taxed for rights and interests "in" a street. It notes the decision limits taxing authority and questions common sense in the Lakeshore crossing injury case, where a verdict for a pedestrian was reversed due to unclear proprietary interests.
Reports say Nickel Plate stock saw 129000 shares traded with a price rise of about one point. Syndicate figures tied to Vanderbilt interests and railroad executives including Devereux and Burke allegedly gained control of Nickel Plate, with large sums reportedly moved in the deal. Street chatter notes attempts to secure control and conflicting claims about the buyers.
Reports detail a county treasurer safe burglary in Cortamnts with bonds stolen. a letter carrier jailed for robbing mail. Ashland murderers escorted for trial. a farmer-turned-lynching in Farmington. a tarred man found near the Minnesota border. forgery and embezzlement charges against Owen M Gillies in Pittsburgh. and an attempted Chicago & Alton train robbery near Kansas City with masked men seen in a cut.
The fragment shows a juror named Obiongo asking to be excused and expressing a desire to hunt or threaten someone over a debt. The damaged text hints at a tense court scene with accusations of attempting to intimidate a witness or participant.
A Davenport Gazette report details a Monday tornado that killed Mrs. Fenno and injured several others. It leveled homes and barns along Duck Creek road, uprooted trees, wrecked fences, and left a path of destruction toward Valley City with extensive property losses estimated at twenty to thirty thousand dollars. Dr. J W H Baker and local residents aided survivors. The search for missing Hennecke girl continued after her hat was found on Tees Island.
Abbeys Park Theatre in New York is consumed by a rapid fire that started in the rear proscenium. Gas explosion is suspected and stage hands failed to control the blaze, with injuries reported to Clark and Doran and missing carpenter John Lee. Mrs Langtry and Mrs Labouchers watched from the Albemarle Hotel as the building burned. Abbey arranged to reopen Monday at the Grand Opera House with Langtry slated to debut.
Dr Arthur T Pierson told the Presbyterian Synod of Indiana that in November 1875 he discovered Fairyself as the main obstacle to revival. He described preaching elaborate sermons and mortgaged church decor as an idol before God. A fire during the revival period followed as he vowed to renounce such idols to serve God.
In the wet re New Ortetan Lengune.
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