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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1880
Page
6
A protected trust case in Gatesburg involves a former servant and an Episcopal minister’s household. A runaway match was discussed at Monmouth with local justice oversight. Community voices say interracial marriage should not concern outsiders if it does not affect the public.
About 100 Columbus businessmen representing over 6 million dollars in capital met on the 16th. They adopted resolutions urging preservation of the current sound currency, opposing changes, and asking Ohio business leaders to influence voters in October and November to maintain high public credit and low interest.
Indiana Greenbacker leader De La Matyr rejects fusion with Democrats as a fallacy and says Maine’s victory was won by a square fight alone. He cautions Republican voters may favor continuity over Democrat alignment in national elections and urges backing the Republican ticket to avoid aiding a Democrat in the presidential race.
How By Marsh, a Republican candidate in Mercer county, argues Democrats gained power by attacking Republican extravagance while using drastic budget cuts. He notes the first session cut ten percent from department estimates and passed bills for the rest, saving money on paper, then pushed a deficiency bill for the full amount. He cites numerous investigative committees that found no corruption and accuses Democrats of repealing few Republican laws, despite control of the House for multiple sessions.
A fragment from a Sept 13 letter to the Moline Dispatch alleges a local supervisor attacked by an unnamed constituent. The writer, weakened by illness, claims the constituent can produce proof of historic claims and hints at past scandals involving Medora Prescott Ballard and others. The missive ends with fading handwriting and disjointed names.
The article highlights rapid transit advances around New York City with elevated roads, a planned East River bridge, and a Hudson River tunnel to Jersey City. It notes 400 workers on approaches, a suspension bridge with massive granite arches, and a tunnel with iron-brick lining winding two and a half miles. Electric lighting and brickmaking from excavated clay are emphasized.
The piece recounts pirate like scams by miners in early California and pretended ore deposits sold to gullible newcomers, including a lame trickster who sells black sand as emery and a German exchange that backfired. It ends noting California gold yields and Australia’s vast deposits with Melbourne described as paved with gold.
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