Charles Sprague and other notable deaths and political shifts
The report notes the death of poet Charles Sprague in Boston and lists political events: Democrats in Congress seeking an early session, Rhode Island electing General Burnside as US senator, a Tennessee legislature vacancy filled by Caulfield, and Canon Charles Kingsley in London. It also mentions a Beecher trial week, tariff revenue plans, and a theater move from New Orleans to Washington.
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Congress
J. B. Rice
Caulfield
Causes of Cook County National Bank suspension and bill on large animals
Mn. B OF. ALITN cites sharp practices by debtors as the cause of the bank’s financial embarrassment and suspension. Senator Moderwell introduces a bill amending laws on animals running at large to curb cattle herding with landowner consent. Hawley’s canal ball prospects brighten as the bill moves to speed order with strong house support. The Seems of the ball work heartily and unite its efforts.
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Mn. B OF. Alitn
Cook County National Bank
Moderwell
Hawley
Tribune proposes per term pay and attendance deductions
The Chicago Tribune advocates paying legislators one per term and docking daily attendance at least equal to the daily per diem. It argues these measures would speed up legislation and ensure regular attendance. The present daily per diem is 85 dollars, a sum a respectable legislator could earn elsewhere, though the idea carries appeal and glory.
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Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Remembering the Poor and Frugal Winter Aid
A call to society to help the needy with small debts of attention and trifling services. The author urges every family to find those in want for winter relief and warns against mock charity while stressing genuine aid and thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alo
Danton
Uncertain Chinese Imperial Succession and Foreign Ties
The text discusses the young emperor's death and a regent often seen as governing, with Prince Kung weakly restored to influence and favorable to foreigners. It notes the heir apparent and Western nations watching shifts in policy as Europe and England conduct trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asin Chita
Kung
Jong Leen
Ireland Court Hears Breach Promise Case In Dublin
A woman sued for breach of promise in a Dublin court after the defendant let the case lapse. She swore she had never met the man but had heard of him from his former wife and prepared to marry. The jury awarded five pounds in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iread
Dublin
Debates Over Speaker Backing By Independent House Members
A caucus of independents in the state house met Monday to pledge support for the speaker’s fairness and duties, while critics accuse his rulings of bias. The report also cites 1873 and 1874 figures on children, schooling, teachers, pupil enrollment, and expenditures, noting rises in population and education costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of State Representatives
Haines Noes
Snow Floods and Avalanche Toll Hit Western Regions
Snow avalanches in Big Cottonwood Canyon Utah have killed at least a dozen people and devastated miners huts. Severe floods cut off Marysville California from the rest of the state as Juba and Feather Rivers flood, breach levees, and threaten the city with rising debris and ruin.
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Rocky Mountains
Big Cottonwood Canon
Utah
Wahsateb Range
Marysville
Cal
Sacramento Valley
Juba
Feather
Sewing machine patent decision shakes monopoly hold
The Senate refused to extend the patent on A B Wilson’s four motion feed for sewing machines after years of debate. Major brands Howe Wheeler Wilson Singer Wilcox Gibbs control most of the market, but the monopoly backbone is weakening with other franchises set to lapse. Sewing machines spread widely from richest to poorest households, becoming as common as washtubs.
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Senate
Hes
Lovelies
Howe
Wheeler & Wilson
Singer
Wilcox & Gibbs
Waterway debate spurs canal idea across Iowa and west
A letter from A J Whitney urges a Rock Island Illinois river to Mississippi canal as a cheap grain transport bold plan. The piece compares canal costs to rail, cites grain moves from Buffalo to New York, and argues a lakes to Mississippi water route would boost western commerce and cut transport costs.
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Hennepin Canal
Iowa
Anllinois
Minnesota
A. J. Whitney
Pennsylvania Canal Company
Gov. Carpenter
Whitney
Washington
Ilinois River
Mississippi
Rock Island
West
Lakes
Mississippi River
Chicago
New York Canal
Buffalo
New York City
Ste of
Literary Monthlies And Periodicals In February
The February issues of Harper's, Atlantic, Lippincott's, The Aldine, St Nicholas, Scribner's, and La Creme de la Creme are reviewed. It highlights Townsends Washington article in The Atlantic, Twain's Mississippi life piece, poetry by Bryant and Longfellow, engravings in The Aldine, and children's delights in St Nicholas with Jip illustrations.
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Dr. Holland
Major Powell
Colorado
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Buchanan
Morris
Rositti
J. B. G. Hassard
Theodore Thomas
Nora Brooks
Louise Chandler Moulton
J. M. Thompson
Harper
George Alfred Townsend
New
Washington
James Parton
Atlantic
Mark Twain
The
Mississippi
Virginia
John Brown
Roderick Hudson
William Cullen Bryant
Longfellow
E. C. Stedman
J. T. Trowbridge
Celia Thaxter
W. P. Osgood
Lippincott
Aldine
Rudaux
St. Nicholas
Scribner’s
Miss Arcott
Rebecca H. Davis
Lucretia 2
Jale
C. P. Cranch
Gain on Hennepin Canal bill moves forward in House
Washington dispatch reports Gen Hawley of Illinois secured a fix for February 3 as the House determines to take up the canal construction bill from Jennepin on the Illinois river to the Mississippi. The Chicago Journal notes the motion for February 8 as a special order, signaling strong western support.
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Washington
Chicago Tribune
Hawley
Illinois
Chicago Journal of
House of Representatives
Jennepin
Illinois River
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Great River
County Court Docket Passes Judgment on Multiple Crimes
The record lists judges imposing fines and county jail terms for liquor violations without licenses, larceny, riot, forgery, assault with deadly weapons, and petitions for partition. Defendants include Matthias Hamler, Joseph Bird, James McDonald, Bernhard Hassing, Alexander Scott, George Adler, Charles Lent, Samuel Wainright, John Treglone, Nugen, Courtney, John O Nei, John Dolan, Scott, John Johnson, Andrew Gilford, John C Walker, and others with varied penalties.
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Matthias Hamler
Matthias U Hamler
Joseph Bird
James McDonald
Bernhard Hassing
Alexander Scott
Hassing
Scott
George Adler
Charles Lent
Samuel Wainright
Nolle
John Treglone
Nugen
Courtney
John O'Neil
John Dolan
John Johnson
Andrew Gilford
Real estate transfers and Milan school entertainments
E H Johnson of Port Byron buys lots 12 and 13 in block 16 Port Byron from K E Rogers for 500. A G Brewster buys lots 12 and 13 in the same block from Wm Gibson for 600. Milan schools plan a series of public entertainments likely to be echoed by counties towns.
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E. H. Johnson
Port Byron
K. E. Rogers
A. G. Brewster
Wm. Gibson
Milan
Senators Elected for 1875 Six Year Terms
The list records United States senators elected for six year terms beginning March 4, 1875. It names state by state selections including Hannibal Hamlin of Maine, Henry L. Davey of Massachusetts, Francis Kernan of New York, William A. Wallace of Pennsylvania, Thomas E Bayard of Delaware, Joseph E McDonald of Indiana, Isaac P Christiancy of Michigan, Francis M Cockrell of Missouri, A S Padubk of Nebraska, A Burnside of Rhode Island, F F Randolph of New Jersey, and Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, noting party affiliations and successors.
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Maine
Hannibal Hamlin
Massachusetts
Ienry L. Davey
Washburn
New York
Francis Kernan
Fenton
Pennsylvania
William A. Wallace
Scott
Delaware
Thos. E. Bayard
Indiana
Joseph FE. McDonald
Pratt
Michigan
Isaac P. Christiancy
Rep
Chandler
Missouri
Francis M. Cockrell
Penn
Schurz
Liveral
Nebraska
A. S. Padduck
Tipton
Rhode Island
Burnside
Sprague
Step
New Jersey
F. F. Randolph
Dem
J. P. Stocton
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
W. G. Brownlow
Beecher Tilton Trial Sketched With Courtroom Tension
The Chicago Advance outlines expectations for Beech er case proceedings with Beech er denying the confession and Tilton and Mrs Tilton denying the general charge while cross examinations probe witnesses. It notes the saddest court scene as Sun shines and public nerves fray amid theatricality. Also reported is a Washington navy department fire nearly destroying records and Grant’s rejection of a telegraph wires pass. Brooklyn jurors may split on Beecher Tilton. Three Chicago girls plan a bake shop with a harpist, costing about 4000 dollars.
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Moulton
Father Bishop
Brookly Undertakers
Chicago
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Tidge
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Alin
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Conn
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Pere la Chaise
King
Arney
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Eliza Walker
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William Boyer
Amos F. Cutter
Chicago Advance
Navy Department
M. Be
Wm. Orton
Grant
Western Orion Telegraph Company
New York Sporting Fraternity
Brooklyn
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Tilton
Cognac
Francé
Elo Eyeard
Rock Island, Henry
Whiteaide Counties
Bank OF
Port Byron, Ill
E. E. Roazns & Son
Efor
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Siays
Danks
Stewart
Percy
Kinkel
Norvel
Allard
Pacher
Becht
Willera
Heller
Wagner
Thalberg
Mendelsohn
Liszt
J. L. Peters
Broadway
Dimock, Gould & CO
Moline, Illinois
Dimension Timbers
Keator & Son
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Moline House
J. J. Christy
Main
Lynde
Williams, White & CO
J.W. Morey
Main Street
Japan
WM. A. Nourse’s
WM. A. Nourse
Moline Steam Bakery
Wheelock & Kelsey
Rodman Avenue
Yyte
San
M. Calentzaky
Praler
BY &P
Whipple’s
Hubbards Corner
Maja
Bang
Moline, Winole
C. A. Hubbard & CO
F.P. Quvox
New Bedford
Mase
D. Hurst
Nol
N. W. Telegraph Institute
Janesville
Wisconsin
Fuller & Fuller
Ike
FULLER @PINLEH
Sldaat C.O. D
America
Salex
API
H J, Hall & CO
Howard Street, Alliore
Montpelier
Alexandria
James. L. Kemper
Gov
Alexandra
R. W. Hughes
U. 8
Eustern
Gilbert C. Walker
E. Withers
U. S
Eee
Rakshin Agienel
L. F. Kerns
Hellerstedt & Kerns
Kerns
Rostag
Paw Ralpme
Rte
Ickiy
Erry
Eri Deer Wesaieg Kote College
Saoek
E. A. Peferson
Tlinois
Lass & Crockery
Sepaalte Deere
Iow
Eee S. Hirsch
Merchant
Wailor
Ren Mirpet
Beatty & Plotts
Warren County
Washington, New Joreay
Parker
Day
Egbert
Maix
Fa Vries
V. D. Mpquhe
Parin
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