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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1873

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The Herald Compares to German Army Over Metz

The piece notes vigorous attack on Metz by the Herald likened to the late war. Weather outlook predicts rising bars and rains then clearing. Pike county Republicans hold a county offices convention in Pittsfield on August 23. A New York World interview with Prince Bismarck is denounced as a fraud. Imperialists celebrate in France with a speech by Prince Napoleon. A mob in Callaway County hangs Peter Kesseler during transfer to Fulton while Sheriff is fatally wounded. Mob violence risks state stability and should be punished.

Metz New York World Prince Bismark Berlin France Chiselhurat Napoleon Abraham Lincoln Interior Missouri Peter Kesseler Fulton Callaway County Jefferson City Valencia Alicante Prince Bismarck Chiselhurnt Louis Napoleon

Rosser's final route survey for Northern Pacific crosses 205 miles

Gen Rosser, in charge of the Stanley Yellowstone Expedition survey, reports a new 205 mile western route from the Missouri to Yellowstone as superior to the 1871 path. The land is rolling prairie with good water, crops, and abundant timber, with minimal bad land. Directors accept the route from Bismarck to Yellowstone Crossing and seek grading and bridging proposals. The party aims to finish westward to Pompey’s Pillar and return to Fort Rice by October. In Missouri, Peter Keeler and son August face trial after a lynch mob attacked the jail. the elder was sentenced to six years, a sheriff and others were wounded, and the escapee fled.

Rosser Stanley Yellowstone Northern Pacific Railroad Missouri Yellowstone Little Cos Gen Bismarck Yellowstone Crossing Str. Louis Jefferson City Peter Keeler August Callaway County Fulton Cedar City Col. Low John Provines Fulton Press Watson Dunbar Keaseler Tsat

Disturbance in Pernambuco and German Emperor’s Decline

Dispatches from New York describe a Pernambuco disturbance where a Jesuit college was attacked and four reverend Fathers beaten, one dying from injuries, while the Bishops’ newspaper office was burned. A Berlin correspondent warns the German Emperor may die soon, citing fatigue, dissipation, and nervous strain from recent travels and court events.

New York Pall Mall Gazette Pernambuco Berlin St. Petersburg Shah Potsdam Holy See

Mennonites arrive in Thiers New York for Kansas move

Nineteen Mennonite families about one hundred people arrived yesterday from Prussia in Thiers New York bound for Kansas. French residents circulate subscriptions for a testimonial to Thiers praising his services and policy that sped the liberation of French territory from German occupation. The proposed national festival to mark the final evacuation has been abandoned because Alsace Lorraine have not yet been restored.

New York Prussia Kansas Thiers Alsace Loraine Jayne Custom House Platt & Boyd Glass

Railroad shares and grain prices in a late 19th century market

The notice lists railroad stocks such as Western Union Telegraph, United States Express, New York Central, Erie, Northwestern, St Paul, Toledo and Wabash, Fort Wayne, Ohio & Mississippi, Union Pacific, Lake Shore and others with quoted percentages. Grain markets show wheat firm at 140 Chicago and 156 Milwaukee, corn firm and oats quiet, pork and lard prices steady.

Western Union Telegraph United States Express Pacific Mail New York Central Croe Erie Northwestern Island St. Paul Toledo & Wabssh Lo & Wabash Fort Wayne Ohio & Mississippi Union Pacific Lake Shore Chicago Milwaukee Stafic

Grain and livestock markets show mixed shifts in Chicago and St Louis

In St Louis August 16 the wheat and grain futures edged higher while corn and rye held steady amid thin bid data with sample lots quoted. Chicago August 15 reports wheat firm and corn rising, oats strong, rye unspecified, pork and lard steady, whisky firm. Chicago livestock on August 16 shows hogs 4,600 receipts with active but limited demand and cattle at 900 head with dull trading at around 2008.

Chicago Aigady

Minnis weds Shannon in Adams County ceremony

Married on the 14th in Adams County by Rev A B Campbell. J A Minnis of Quincy weds Jennie A Shannon of Big Neck in a simple ceremony.

AL Big Neck Adams Co A. B. Campbell J. A. Minnis Quincy Jennie A. Shannon Bigeck

Scaffold Fall Injures Three Men in Lynn Mass

A scaffold on High street Baptist church collapsed, 600 pounds of brick fell 38 feet, fatally injuring George Casener and seriously injuring James Menning and Patrick Castello. The incident occurred as workers labored today in Lynn Massachusetts.

Lynn Mass George Casener James Menning Patrick Castello High Street Baptist Casener

Various 19th Century News Briefs From Across the States

Reports from the period recount a Philadelphia judge-merchant ill health and a cholera case in Columbus Ohio. A gauger appointment in Illinois is noted along with Hop Yee Tong trials in San Francisco. A Richmond Virginia execution is reported, and a horse race winner at a $6000 stake. A Dayton area shooting, a Treasury gold shipment through Indiana, a freight train wreck near Mt Vernon Indiana, and Ohio political shifts. Presidential party travel to Mt Desert follows arrivals in Rockland Missouri. Postal forgery case in Chicago surfaces, Des Moines notes on letter handling, and a Michigan City prison guard fatality after an axe attack. Chicago court filing reveals a bigamy deed linked to a rag peddler. Fort Wayne paper acquired by stock firm. new management to publish first issue Monday.

Wm. Meredith Philadelphia Columbus Ohio B.S. Hood Illinois San Francisco Wm. Jackson Richmond Fullerton Tica Thomas Smith John Forster Taylorville Dayton U. S. Treasury Indianapolis California Madison Indianapoli, Madison & Indiana RR Mt. Vernon Ind Democratic State Central Committee Grant Suite Gov Perham Messrs. Hamlin Blaine Rockland U.S. Revenue McCulloch Mt. Desert J. W. Young Chicago Paul Vandervoort Bloomington Ill Central Hotel Springfield Des Moines Jows Henry C. Vanhuven Sigourney Iowa Charles A. Manning Northern Indians State Prison Michigan City Mr. St. John Board of Directors James Simpson Simpson Mary E Wal Col. R. 8. Robertson Alexander Jno J. Gratton Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati Railroad

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