Pistol Practice Described as Constable Brown Shotted Wife
A detailed account from Galesburg describes Constable William P. Brown allegedly shooting his wife Mrs. Schultz Brown after earlier threats. The incident followed verbal clashes with neighbor Schultz and a street altercation, with Brown claiming the act was accidental before authorities later questioned intent. Mrs. Brown survived the wound and Brown was jailed.
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Tor Wan
McKee
Dace
Mra’ Brown
Maore
Eild
Vita
Bront
Phip
Chase Schultz
Main and
Prairies Atreete
Brown
Black Hills gold fever spreads with miner meetings
April 16 Omana reports rising excitement across the West as towns along the Missouri River and the Union Pacific hear calls to mine the Black Hills. Gen Strickland, Sen Gwyer, and John Smiley spoke urging action, while asserting unease at Sioux treaty limits. Miners prepare, forms pledged, stages and wagons organized for the trek to Harney’s Peak.
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Black Hills
Omana
Missouri’ River
Valon Pacific
Gen. Strickland
Senator Gwyer
John Smiley
Strickland
Smiley
Herald
Hack
Jack Hills
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Bidney
Harney’s Peak
Sioux City
The Place to Halt essay on church school merger debate
A Philadelphia North American piece argues against ecclesiastical encroachment in public education. It recalls the founders’ rejection of church privilege, defends universal nonsectarian schooling, and warns that state harms to youth morals and individual freedom undermine republic ideals.
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Jules
New York
Friends of
Universal
Presbyterien Confederation Draft Adopted in London Meeting
A draft constitution for a proposed Presbyterian confederation is adopted by a committee. The Confederation of Reformed Churches holding to the Presbyterian system will meet the general council as needed to promote Evangelical aims and mission work.
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New York
Confederation of the
Presbyterian Churches
London
General Council
Confederation of Reformed Churches
Supreme Court
Confederation
Ex President Johnson Lecture in Baltimore on Pueblo Indians
Henry Hilger of the Baltimore Bar lectured in Baltimore on the Rocky Mountains and their inhabitants describing Pueblo Indians as Aztec descendants. He recounted a late conversation between President Johnson and Ambrosia Abrite a 90 year old Pueblo elder on government and peoples customs noting Johnson felt Abrite had more sense than the United States Senate.
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Johnson
Henry Hilger
Baltimore
Rocky Mountains
Ambrosia Abrite
Dent Johnson
He Johnson
Abate
United States
Sen
Pueblo history narrator praises common sense beyond elites
Mr Hilger asserts in his narration that Pueblo people, though kept in ignorance for centuries by priest ruled government, retain philosophic reflection and practical common sense found among workers, not only educators and notable figures like Benito Jaurez.
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Hilger
Bby
Benito Jaarez
Well Known Prohi an Arrested for Embezzlement and Robbery
John A. Wiley, a longtime Peoria resident and former hardware store proprietor, was arrested by Officer Fahey on charges of embezzling and robbing McClure Carter & Co. He confessed to several embezzlements totaling about $1000, though he denies the full amount. Wiley trained as a traveling agent for McClure Carter & Co. and later for a St. Louis firm, continuing to divert funds before being detained in jail ahead of the next court term. The case unsettles his family and circle of friends in Peoria.
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Jon
John A. Wiley
Fahey
McClure, Carter & Co
Wiley
Proprie Toror
D. ©. Cummings
McClure, Culter & Co
South Washington Street
St. Louis
Sic Clare, Culter & Co
Seventh Street
Peoria
Bryant
Surprise home for wedding mystery ends in boarding tale
A Toledo Blade excerpt tells how a couple planned a quiet wedding and year of boarding before a hidden house purchase. The groom, keeping a secret for a surprise, leads his bride to a neat, furnished home where she finds herself the sole mistress, amid tableaux of tears and kisses.
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Der
Saya
Toledo
Hymen
Prisoner Warwick Pardoned After Ohio Penitentiary Stay
George Warwick, brought to the Ohio Penitentiary from Lucas County, had a dramatic tale recounted by the Columbus Journal. He married a widow’s daughter in 1878 with a license obtained from a female deputy clerk, was convicted of perjury for misrepresenting the girl’s age, and served eighteen months awaiting Supreme Court action. Pardoned by the governor after petitions, he spent a night in confinement but faced no baring or clothing change. His wife remained devoted throughout.
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Ohio
Lucas County
Columbus
George Warwick
Toledo
George
Warwick
Supreme Court
Thoreday
The Mayors Bill and City Officer Appointments Act
The act grants mayors in Illinois cities power to appoint all city officers not elected by voters, with City Council consent. It outlines authority to appoint and remove officers and to handle appropriation bills or ordinances in such cities, affecting governance in the Twenty-ninth General Assembly era.
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Twenty-ninth General Assembly
Illinois
General Assembly
Board of Councilmen
Stlts
Maesres
Yeas
Wage
City governance and veto powers under revived law in 1875
A historical view discusses mayoral veto authority, council and board responses to removals, and the process for ordinances and appropriations. It notes the emergency provision taking effect post passage and critiques the reform legislature and its costs, praising reform debates and future possibilities.
Disparaging Fallout From Illinois 1875 Legislature
A collage of newspaper vitriol marks adjournment day, with critics from Rockford to Decatur denouncing the 1875 Illinois General Assembly as corrupt and ineffective. Speakers include Haines, Pease, and independent reformers, while multiple papers attack leaders and recall the session’s failures and political intrigue.
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Décatur Tribune
Dem
Haines
Whitehall Register
Ilinois
Chicago Ee
Smith
Illinois
Pease
Galesburg Gazette
Lchicago Tribune
Democratic
Independent
Springfield Register
Seles Broey
Bulletin
Dvem
Kentucky
Haiica
Oomington
Fortifying Paris plan costs and fortification details
An English speaker outlines the Paris fortifications lecture noting a projected 12 million dollar cost for a 70 mile ring, with 1.4 million voted in 1874 to begin. The design uses modern rifled ordnance, aims to reduce separate works, and places first fortifications on the north and south sides. The garrison is estimated at 30,000 good troops. The piece also discusses German liberal politics, the Catholic Church, and Bismarck’s strategy in unifying Germany amid religious and political currents.
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DE Wanges
Mss
Myles
Paris
A ‘Hsye
Tyler
Drunken man drowns after boat mishap on Peoria lake
A 22 year old, described as large and very drunk, boarded a small skiff at the water works in Peoria and rowed toward the opposite shore. The boat overtook by wind and drift, he disappeared after a stumble, despite grappling and search efforts by Nicol, Vail, and others. Coroner later notified. identity remains unknown.
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Peoria Transcript
Adams Street
Joe Jinochio
Mit Bne
Filliken’s Mill
Narrows
Tracadale’s
David Nicol
Mr. Nicol
Mr. Vail
Nicol
Vail
Mr.Vail
German Liberals Defend Bismarck Policy Against Rome
A German liberal speech by Frederick Kapp argues the Roman Curia seeks political power in Germany. He portrays Jesuits as a political society and cites Austrian and Prussian conflicts, noting Koniggratz as a turning point in Catholic power. The essay frames Rome’s influence as a sustained threat to German politics.
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Europe
Germany
Sedan
Metz
Kapp
von Bismarck
Prussia
Prince Bismarck
Frederick Kapp
Roman Curia
Austria
Ten
St Koniggratz
The Cost of Living in Modern Times
A New York Times excerpt argues modern living costs exceed 1860 levels, despite higher incomes. It cites rents as stubborn, housing values rising as a key burden, and notes fashion driven expenses for men, women, and children. It links cost to postwar paper money inflation and ongoing adjustment.
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The
New York Times
New York
Atlantic
Call for Simple Economy to Ease Family Burdens
The author critiques extravagant children's clothing driven by rival mothers Mrs A and Mrs B. She argues for a dozen sensible women to unite for simplicity and economy, ending the heavy financial burden on fathers as children outgrow fashions. The piece urges collective action to curb peer pressure and wasteful spending.
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Abs. A
Mrs. B
Mrs. A
Perps
New Paris Opera's Scientific Appliances Elucidated
The London Nature summarises French sources on the New Paris Opera's scientific devices. It describes ventilation and air control systems, hot furnaces, gas lighting with safety features, a hydrogen-oxygen lamp array, a large galvanic battery, and electric light effects creating rainbows on stage.
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Paris Opera
London
Objections to education stories from a northern town
The San Antonio Herald recounts a tale of emigrants from Ohio and Illinois seeking a schoolhouse and teacher. A farmer defends local peace, noting his nine sons and ten daughters sleep soundly without fear of their education leading to crime, while a later speaker recalls mowing machines, a boy losing a leg, and wooden legs sold afterward. The villagers react with sensation, and no schoolmaster is welcomed for some time.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ohio
Ilinois
Illinois
Neighbor Johnson
Jill
Johnson
Declines Nomination for City Sexton Post
Mr L W Cutler of Denver declines the nomination for city sexton stating the office is not suited to his life calling. He cites discomfort with tombs and ghosts and alleges the appointment was a reward of political dirt. He refuses to serve and thanks the council before closing the declination.
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L W. Cutler
Denver, Col
L. W. Corner
Are you the owner of house and plot of ground
If you can answer affirmatively and own a roof-tree you will possess a flower-bed with trailing vines and a variety of annuals perennials and herbaceous plants. A true lover of flowers will take pleasure in cultivating them with own hands rather than hiring laborers, for floriculture is wholesome and popular.
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Pat
Agsno
Flora
Jericho
Sharon
New England
Middle States
Western patents issued for the week ending March 10 1875
A list from the Western Patent Office Agency by W B Richards details patents issued in the week ending March 10 1875. Entries include window sashes locomotive wagon parts mustard bottles furnaces corn droppers grain harvesters pipe furnaces and many other tools and devices credited to inventors in Illinois Iowa Missouri and surrounding areas.
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United States Patent Office
Western’ Patent Office
W.B. Richards
Galenburg
W. Kreitzer
Mendota
R. W. McClelland
Cerro Gordo
A. A. Plastridge
Chicago
H. M. Smith
J. G. Vail
Logan County
T. Wallace
Same
D. F. Emery
Canton
Jos. Fieldhouse
H. L. Hall
J. H. Lokey
Turner Junction
Thos
Hutchinson
E. Robertson
Fairmount
F. Schwamb
Jno
Sigwall
Geo
F. Challender
Aurora
J. J. Curran
N. C. Hanting
BM. E. Lasher
Champaign
Sloudenslager
J. M. Ross
Morrisonville
Wallace
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Harvestera
Leroy Humbert
Sioux City
C. B. Cannon
Keokok
Marshalltown
C. Ragan
Waterloo
A. L. Meek
Bedford
E. Stewart
Fort Madison
A. Smith
Muscatina County
Henry F. Rice
Dubuque
Missouri
G. H. Medley
Nevada
Warren Post
Warsaw
D. H. Smith
St. Louis
J. H. Barr
Cahoka
D. Gandefinger
Jefferson City
J. J. Koch
J. R. Lamb
Jacksonville
R. T. Laverton
Holden
F. Mansfield
Otis Corbett
Whitman Agricultural Works
Quincy Election Results Reflect City Ring Backlash
The Quincy city election drew a large vote with Republican J. M. Smith elected Mayor by 425 and Col. C. H. Morton Police Magistrate by 823, defeating Democratic incumbents Farrell and Rearick. Republicans won three of six Aldermen while Democrats held others, signaling dissatisfaction with two years of city ring rule.
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Keokuk Gate City
Tur Ware
Quincy
Ring
Camp Point
Wannibal
Jacob M. Smith
Michael Farrell
Chas. H. Morton
Fred. Rearick
Chicago Tribune
I Hindia
Bloomington
Macomb Eagle
Quincy Il
Rlpg
Ar. Smith
Col. Morton
Galesburg Register
J. M.smith
Aldrich
Manson
Menke
Jones
Park Packer
Charles FH. Morton
Tom J. Heirs
O. P. Bonney
Carthage
J. M. Smith
Chas
H. Morton
Farrell
Bearick
Smith
Morton
Rearick
Knox County
J. MM. Smith
M. Jacobs
Mr. Smith
State Journal
Col. C. H. Morton
Icera
Tunnel Under the Gibraltar Straits Proposed by Frankfort Company
A Frankfort based stock company proposes a transcontinental tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar linking Tarifa and Algeciras with centers toward Tangier and Centar. The submarine section would stretch about nine miles, with depths up to 2,621 feet and total depth beneath the surface around 8,000 feet.
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Gibraltar
the &T. Louis Globe
Frankfort
Germany
Uzetle
Bpsiv
Euro
Africa
Straits of Gibraltar
Tarifs
Algeziras
Spanish
Centar
Tangier
Morocco
English Channel
Balzac and the strange hygiene of genius in literature
A Homs Journal note recounts Balzac as embodying extreme literary discipline. It cites Gautier and Leon Gozlan on his regimen of water, beans, late-night writing, and rigid self-denial. The piece notes his coffee habit and comparisons to opium use, highlighting a volatile, prolific routine.
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Balzac
Homs
Stinact
Leon Gozlan
George Sands
Place du Carrousel
Landanum
Texas frontier raiders threaten Texas towns and promises action
A Brownsville dispatch reports armed Mexican raiders near Tircana stealing cattle and committing other depredations. Lieut. Leggett is expected to disperse them. Casualties include Geo. Hill on the 16th and Dr. Lowell on the 19th. Corpus Christi notes a Texas citizen urging government cartona to seize eight raiders. General Nicanor Zopts vows punishment for identified offenders.
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Galvastox
Brownsville
Tircana
Lieut. Leggett
Geo. Hill
Lowell
Galyestos
Corpus Christi
Texas
Nicanor Zopts
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P. Brown
Sargeon
Republican Register
Toms
Schulz
Ave. Brown
Barber
Judd
Hamilton
Dra. Lismilton
Hermann
Calaboose
Holcomb
F. A. Willoughby
Eoteoh
America
Board of Education
Cardinal McCloskey
Leake
Agaire
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Reform Party
Latuone
Lake County
Isines’ Organ
Banker -Hill Gazette
Springfield
Danville
Tazewell County
Rockford Gagette
Winona
Minn
Ottawa
Falcon
Shawsedown Gazette
Virginia Gazette
Litchfield Monster
Kendall County Record
Jeter
Carlinville Inquirers
Farmera
NEW Paris Opera
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