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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1879
Page
4
The Chicago Tribune notes candidates in Rockland and Moline for county treasurer Robert Freid county coroner William G Morris and county surveyor Daniel Gordon. It also cites sensational figures claiming 150 million Christians and 450 million Buddhists.
Democrats in Ohio express a serene confidence with no current interest in pursuing another Senatorship. The mood is described as peaceful and content following the latest electoral outcome.
The President and family toured Columbus Ohio to their old home and were warmly welcomed by people across party lines. Foreign demand for American wheat strains shipping capacity from San Francisco as vessels are booked for months. No news on Wise and Burr balloonists since their St Louis ascent. last seen near Lake Michigan, likely sank.
Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports U S live animal exports to Great Britain totaled 11 487 754 dollars in the last fiscal year up from 5 044 653 dollars the year before with seventy one percent reaching Britain. Simon Cameron predicts Grant’s 1880 nomination will not be stopped. He recalls the Jackson era surge mirroring this Grant boom.
A blast at Cor bin s hotel and saloon in Westerville Ohio was blamed on temperance foes but Cor bin has since been arrested and charged as the guilty party. In Europe, Central Europe sees cool fall weather while Austria reports heavy snow in mid October. Eugenie Napoleon Bonaparte plans to travel to Zululand to pray at the spot where her son died, provoking sharp commentary on the Napoleonic saga.
Dispatches report Secretary Schurz plans to propose changes to federal Indian policy at the next Congress session. He acknowledges treaty violations and white invasions of tribal lands provoke wars, often catching troops unprepared and yielding heavy losses. He favors a general meeting to address land allocations and tribal rights.
The article discusses land policy favoring Indian reservations and titles after twenty five years of residence, plus Schurz’s plan to segregate surplus lands for tribal benefit. It also notes a Yorktown tribute gathering in Philadelphia with governors attending Christ Church, and biographical notes on Benedict Arnold’s lineage and military service.
Gen Grant arrives mid November for the Tennessee and Cumberland grand army reunion. He has recently visited Oregon where he served as an army officer. A Southern gentleman predicts Grant would win the 1880 Republican nomination and would govern fairly and safely, more so than any other Northern candidate.
A Brussels meeting of Americanists discusses evidence of ancient, highly civilized peoples in Central and South America prior to Columbus. The article notes ruins, roads, aqueducts, and reservoirs suggesting a long lived, advanced culture and raises questions about the continent’s true age and origins.
Chicago writer Hon J N Arnold presents a biography arguing Benedict Arnold, famed traitor of the Revolution, had a long lineage with the author and aimed to show Arnold fought bravely for his country despite ingratitude. The book seeks to reevaluate the traitor’s legacy.
The piece argues the Interior Department and Quakers fail to manage Native Americans, who obtain rifles and supplies to wage attacks. It claims Indian service, army strength, and treaty enforcement are insufficient, blaming idleness and calling for limiting access to weapons for Indian wards. The tone shifts to insist labor and civilization require Indians be driven to work.
The Central Illinois Conference of the M. E. church met at Monmouth. Resolutions condemn tobacco as harmful and expensive. They oppose all alcohol production and sale, favor moral suasion and prohibition. They urge Christian voters to support worthy candidates and denounce Sabbath desecration.
General Merritt returns to Rawlings and abandons the Ute campaign while troops concentrate in San Juan Colorado as fears of uprisings rise. General Sheridan claims he can manage hostiles if not hindered by Interior Department quaker opposition. The writer urges treaty enforcement and abolition of the post trader system feeding arms to Indians.
Political observers note the Democratic party fractures across New York Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Minnesota over funding platforms with New York leaning hard money while Ohio supports Greenback. The Tamany faction extends into the state with leaders like John Kelly and allies McGuire Arnot Magee Lord and Lanning asserting strength rivaling Robinson and signaling a crushing Greenback vote impact.
Report notes Missouri will no longer yield a Democratic majority in state government, reflecting a political shift reported by Pekin Legal Tender.
The piece critiques postwar Southern politics and Democratic alignments, arguing loyalty favored the Union and condemning Confederate support. It discusses the Ohio Idea, Bayard for president, Tammany politics in New York, and Southern calls for railroads and levees while condemning violence against Black citizens and Federal officials. It contrasts Northern and Southern aims, urging shared burden for war debts if the North must aid a reconciled South.
The Greenbackers set their convention for January 8 in Louisville to nominate President and Vice President, about six months before candidates are needed and more than a year before the election. The precocious timing signals rare shrewdness.
A digest of late 19th century items notes Wendell Phillips turning 68, revolutions in Hayti, Hungary's famine threat, labor strikes in Belleville and Cincinnati, and a focus on political shifts in the South. It mentions Von Bulow's death, the Czar and German Emperor’s planned meeting, and Bishop Whittingham’s death.
Dan Linahan offers a catalogue from his curiosity shop with books advertised as worth reading and inviting readers to request the list. The brief notice promotes the ad of books and encourages interest in his catalogue.
Pronounced by all to be the most pleasant and efficacious remedy for coughs throat tickling and whooping cough. Over a million bottles sold in recent years. Provides relief and benefits not found in other mixtures. Sold by all druggists at 25 cents per bottle.
An old advertisement notes Liver F and Liver Complaint products recommended for liver and stomach issues. It mentions fever ague constipation aches and sells gifts at 25 cents per bottle attributed to R. E. Sellers.
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