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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1873

Page

2

Des Moines Rapids lock progress paced by mayor as boss mason

The last stone on the middle lock was laid on Monday. Mayor Miller of Keokuk acted as boss mason. The lock has 9,400 yards of cut stone, 940 yards of rubble, 1,520 cubic yards of concrete, 489 feet long, 80 feet wide, capacity 350 by 80 feet, eight feet lift. Vessels drawing five feet pass in low water. Work started May 17 1871. Total cost about $260000.

Des Moines Rapids Miller Kekuk

Printed public records proposal gains union support

The International Typographical Union at its Montreal session in June urged member legislatures to require printing of all deeds mortgages contracts and other public papers and to print journal records and court judgments. The plan argues lower cost better legibility smaller bulk and easier duplication with fire protection and fraud safeguards, citing Chicago as a hypothetical example.

International Typographical Union Montreal Canada Hammond New Orleans Chicago

Quincy taxation turmoil linked to State assessor failure

A Springfield sourced discussion debunks claims that Quincy will dodge 1873 state taxes due to lacking a state assessor. It notes no bond delay, confirms July interest paid, and predicts legislative action next winter to fix taxation confusion while addressing alleged municipal revenue faults. A separate Nature essay parodies solving Man or Monkey by domesticating apes to test Darwinian ideas.

Springfield Quincy Quincy’s Nature Miss Anthony

Cattle Disease Ravages Davies County Farms in 1873 Calamity

In Kipper Missouri on August 4 1873 farmers report a deadly cattle plague spreading through Colfax Sheridan Liberty and Kidder townships. About 200 Texas cattle introduced earlier in Osborn have caused losses exceeding 17000 with many herds destroyed and farmers forming a protection society while seeking railroad redress.

Kipper Kansas City Colfax Sheridan Liberty Davies County Kidder Caldwell County Hannibal and St. Joseph Mr. Chubbuck Daviess County Osborn Chicago Massachusetts A. H. Gurney G. H. Thompson KE. Kk. Chubbock J. ‘F T. Hudson A. J. Mitchell S. R. Gurney W. Payne C. H. Gilmore James Olfrett M. B. Waite H. Darby George Nickerson Earl C. Austin Gurney G. McMullin John Scott Burgess G. King Benedict George Stiles Conrad Ream S. Dennison Samuel McMaurtree C. Lewis W. H. Spalding George Wolfenbarger M. J. Benson J. Bridges D. Dodd

Tigers Decimate Bengal Population and Livestock

The Pittsburg Dispatch notes Bengal's 13,400 torn by wild animals in six years and an estimated 10,000 peninsula deaths yearly. In 1869 a tigress halted traffic and claimed 127 victims. From 1867 to 1869 a Haydun ka tiger killed 108 people, including a whole family. Livestock losses run high and emigration rose, with 13 villages fleeing a tigress in one central province.

Lower Bengal Indian Pittsburg

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