Local Correspondents Call for Brief Reports
A notice requests readers nationwide to send concise reports on local events such as accidents public meetings crop conditions and other noteworthy happenings to inform the publication.
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1873
Page
1
A notice requests readers nationwide to send concise reports on local events such as accidents public meetings crop conditions and other noteworthy happenings to inform the publication.
A pisastrous fire occurred at Quebec Canada yesterday. Dispatches report a landslide near Lima Peru damming a river to 190 feet, threatening submersion of parts of the city. The Topeka Commonwealth reports its transfer to Captain Henry King for 20000 dollars and Osborne pledges action against the Bender murderers in Texas and toward Arizona.
Indignation rises over a foul telegram report about Senator Carpenter sent from Harrisburg to the New York Sun. The note claimed he had “too much baggage” for a single man after a visit to the West End Hotel and Ocean House in Long Branch. The alleged victim, a highborn lady, is alleged to have a spotless reputation.
Aug. 20 Havana reports a landslide near Lima fifty miles from the city. A mountain side shed about one million cubic yards of earth into the valley injuring several and damming a river. Water rose 109 feet, and engineers fear the flood may break barriers and sweep Lima. A Carlist victory brief follows from France, describing a clash at Berga Casera where Republicans lost 20 men and one gun.
The eastern Niagara Express collides with the western bound Harrisburg train at Montgomery Station Tuesday afternoon, injuring two passengers slightly. Felix R. Brunot telegraphs Secretary Delano from Bozeman that commissioners have negotiated a Crow treaty ceding their reservation and taking territory one third as large on the Missouri near Judith's basin. The will of the late Duke of Brunswick leaves all estate to the city of Geneva.
Inland market notes show bonds and stocks with Western Union, United States Express, Pacific Mail, and other names trading amid erratic quotes. Grain prices hold steady with wheat and corn movements. pork, lard, and whisky futures also noted. Chicago live stock prices rise with higher hog and cattle receipts and strong demand.
A fire at Druyer's Cabinet Factory in Quebec Aug 19 spread through lumber yards and threatened Clint's and nearby yards. Sailors from a French frigate aided by Dominion forces fought flames. W Q Drum faced losses of about 120000 with 25000 insured. About 200 workers may lose jobs.
Telegraphed notes report 307 cholera deaths in Chicago last week. Other items include the Texas Republican State Convention at Dallas, Chicago Mayor Medill sailing for Europe, Grant visiting Mount Washington, a Boston vs Philadelphia baseball result, Union Pacific depot plans for Omaha, and a pardon recommendation for three Ku Klux Klan prisoners amid expanding free delivery orders in several cities.
Wells and Castle travellers return from the East while Meyer and Frank report Europe business and purchases. The Grand Junction survey under C N Trish resumes, tracing lines from Front Street to Curtin Creek then Mendon Liberty Mt Sterling Beardstown Mason City and back via Rushville Clayton Columbus. An Oren Ain concert in Washington Park features a two part program of marches overtures waltzes and arias.
A mob of about 400 seized Linn County seat Sea Cygnes and arrested the sheriff vowing to hang him and burn the town unless he unveils the Keller suspect in a family murder at Twin Springs. The sheriff hides the prisoner as mob danger rises with urgent demands.
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