Tir Baseball Championship Sealed for 1876
The Chicapro white stockings are the champions, as the 1876 Tir baseball title has been definitively settled.
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1876
Page
2
The Chicapro white stockings are the champions, as the 1876 Tir baseball title has been definitively settled.
The governor’s health did not fully recover to allow him to resume his speaking engagements. Officials say he remains under care and focused on gradual improvement.
Attendance at the centennial exposition averaged over large totals per day last week, marking unprecedented crowds. Organizers reported higher-than-expected turnout throughout the period, signaling strong public interest in the event.
The Chicago whisky prisoners Tes ing Miller Burroughs Dickinson Powell and Abell are released by order of the president.
VWerr Waestk will repeat his musical programme at Bigreuth next summer. No charge will be made from the first presentation.
The Gen Kabcock trial for complicity in the safe burglary case ended Monday with the judge withdrawing the case from the jury. The jury was then given the case for deliberation.
A troubled individual traveled by airship from Daye ton last Friday proving one of the accepted roads to eternity via balloon travel.
Rowend Toombs and Wade Hampton spoke at a Saturday Democratic gathering in Abreville British Columbia. The event featured charged remarks about Mr. Tilden and deformers, reflecting partisan rhetoric of the time.
It is estimated that Topu00 visitors will have attended the Centennial exhibition as it closes and that stockholders will be repaid 40 percent of their subscription.
A blast at Hrti-Gavir occurred last Sunday with the aft part reportedly ending in complete satisfaction for the engineers. A full account of the explosion is promised in another column of The Review.
The telegraph reports James Tilden’s old associate Tweed departed Vigo Spain aboard the U S steamer Franklin on Tuesday. It is unclear whether Tweed will be publicly received upon his arrival in New York.
A fragment notes Moopy's new Chicago tabernacle aims to aid two in every hundred residents. With Chicago's population estimated around 400000, the project contemplates limited relief for 98 percent not served.
Last week SHARP shocks rattled southeastern Illinois southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. In Springfield Illinois the quake was followed by a severe thunderstorm as residents reported shaking and dark skies.
New phase of American trade sees fresh beef shipments to Glasgow averaging 150 to 250 cattle weekly since the project began last July.
A Tilden evening paper lists six states scheduled to vote on the second Tuesday of October. If its percentage men strike off fifty percent of the named states and add one unlisted state, the list will be correct.
Min JupD sues the Chicago Tribune for 50000 alleging defamation over a label in last Saturday’s issue. The paper also identified Charlie Dimbam as a member of the same group in the same edition. The notice raises questions about potential further lawsuits.
Critics note Eliot’s last novel Daniel Deronda reveals a special motive and compare her husband George Henry Lewes to a Jewish descendant. The work is hailed as the year’s best and among the greatest ever written.
The Argus and Democratic followers demand change and propose replacing Gen. Grant with Gov. Hayes. They challenge opponents to suggest an alternative plan in bold political rhetoric.
Southern papers cite Wade Hampton on the stump in South Carolina announcing he was the first postwar figure in the state to advocate Black suffrage. Reporters react with disbelief and note his figure of 80 as the claimed vote threshold.
The veteran New England abolitionist William Lloyd Garrigan writes a firm endorsement of Hayes and Wheeler. He argues a Tilden Wendrick victory would threaten government stability and the freedom of the colored race.
The special postal railway commission authorized by Congress has met in Chicago since Monday to investigate the suspension of the fast mail trains and report on the advisability of reestablishing the service.
Indiana politics approach a boiling point with both parties canvassing every town. The piece endorses Republican Ben Harrison as likely next governor if voters fulfill their duty.
A comic feature notes sympathy from Tilden organs for ex-secretary Bristow in his alleged unusual position backing Governor Hayes. The piece criticizes the sympathy as unnecessary and states Bristow does not need such support.
A West Virginia House of Delegates member introduced a resolution urging U S senators and representatives from the state to push for laws granting Confederate veterans, or their widows or children, the same pensions as federal soldiers or their survivors.
The text notes philosopher and lecturer Con. R.O G. INGERSOLL urging action to improve society. He envisions prisons less grim, ignorance fading, charity expanding, wisdom in legislatures, honesty in courts, and charity in government as part of America's progressive destiny.
A list of 150 names of permanent members of the Sons of Liberty appears in last Saturday’s issue, with Rock Island County unrepresented while Henry County supplies four names Ira R. Wells Charles Durham Aim Mar Francis and J B Carpenter. The Argus may clarify if Chas Dunham is the same Charlie Dunham running for Congress, a matter of interest to district voters.
Savannah, Charleston and Baltimore report pestilential yellow fever spreading across the region. Savannah suffers most, averaging more than thirty deaths daily with the epidemic intensifying as virulence and resistance to treatment grow weaker.
The agreement divides the Sioux western Dakota reservation along a Cheyenne river arc, moves tribes to the Indian Territory after favorable reports, and offers annuities rations transportation and farming assistance. It aims to foster permanent settlements and settle the Black Hills occupation question.
A dramatic engineering feat at Hell Gate ends with no accidents as Hallett’s Point reef is demolished. Thousands observe from the city and riverbanks while crowds fill streets and piers. Police and crowds manage a tense scene amid shifting water and debris.
Eyewitness accounts describe a controlled blast near Hallett's Point that sent water spray and yellow smoke over the river. The explosion shifted currents at the reef, destroyed the coffer-dam, and moved the area for future demolitions as officials watched from Ward's Island and nearby vessels.
A shocking last week accident on the Pan Handle railroad near Columbus Ohio was caused by a broken journal of a locomotive axle leading to a derailment and disruption of rail traffic. Investigators examine the site for cause and safety implications for ongoing operations.
Rumors in the Chicago Inter-Ocean claim the St. Louis Rock Island and Chicago line was sold to a pool of Omaha lines including the Burlington and Quincy and Rock Island and Pacific. Reported prices range from 1 to 2.3 million dollars with complex ownership and negotiations involving German bondholders and Baron Osterburg.
The letter laments infant mortality amid no health ordinances and urges village leaders to adopt sanitary regulations. It notes the death of David L. Evans of Valley lodge and reports the local school opening with 280 pupils and calls for a new sixth room as enrollment rises. WOODRIP Illinois mentions corn market outlook and price expectations.
The Chicago times reports three western pool lines the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and Chicago and North Western deny the sale of the Rockford Rock Island and St Louis railroad to them. William H Osterberg says no sale but negotiations pending aimed at transfer. The roads deny a planned use of the Rockford line in any combination though fare on how to operate remains unclear.
A narrative opens with a tale of a village in the Valley of Coal and a visiting extractor of teeth, while local items report M. Evans losing a foot on a Dexter threshing machine, the Old Settlers festival, a Port Byron election petition leading to a village measure, and rewards paid to marshal and officers for August incidents.
A narrator describes reformers among hunters and tanners. One crafts hides for feet while another shapes horse skins. both seek reform. A traveller claims wealth and wonders about returning home. He opens his ledger to find an unremunerated craftsman to confront.
A man seeking payment accuses a stranger of deceiving him about dental reform. The tooth re-former corners the wrong man, seizes his beard, and discovers the error as the “setter of teeth” vanishes. The worker with beast skins vents anger, realizing the reformer has fled.
In a coal valley town a man forcibly exposes his neighbor to test truth as a reformer of teeth vanishes to his ancestral lands beyond the river, an event that unsettles the community with echoes of old grievances.
The Central Illinois M E conference closed its Pekin session with appointments for the district. F M Chaffee is reappointed presiding elder. Rock Island First Church gets Dr. Il M Laney returning. J Hart fills Ninth Street. Moline gets Rev J W Haney replacing Rev W M Collins.
Hillsdale notes show diverse corn outcomes this year with some regions producing record crops while others fall short for local use. Western acreage may boost overall yields though lower belt areas lag, and high pork prices prompt farmers to keep corn for hogs rather than selling, influencing future prices.
The New York Times reports a broad improvement in business among city merchants across departments, with many saying trade this year surpasses the past four years. Train conductors now require ticket checks at platforms to track travelers, a practice some find impertinent and inconvenient amid crowded platforms.
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