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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1873

Page

2

Warden Appointment Sparks Tribune's Condemnation

The Chicago Tribune condemns indecent rush by candidates for the Warden post at the State Penitentiary after Warden Smith's death. It supports the Penitentiary Commissioners who chose a fellow commissioner, even at the salary cost, as a rebuke to eager rivals who pressed their claims before the late Warden's remains cooled.

Chicago Tribune State Penitentiary Smith

Mennonites Arrive and Plan Colonies in North America

Reports say Russian Mennonites arriving on American shores have purchased land in Minnesota Nebraska Kansas and Manitoba and plan colonies there A deputation of over 100 reached New York and is said to join the Minnesota colony while Britain urges settlement in the Dominion Mennonites followers of Menno Simons from Friesland founded their sect in 1536 and faced European persecutions before seeking resettlement.

Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Manitoba New York Dominion Menno Simonis Friesland Netherlands Europe

Quincy City Deliberates on Mississippi Bridge Charter

The draft ordinance empowers the Western Illinois Bridge Company to build a wagon and railroad bridge across the Mississippi from Jersey to Jefferson streets, with city-owned approaches and toll or payment terms. It contemplates annual payments of 24 000 and control rights for rail use, while noting 5 000 for surveys was removed from issue.

Mississippi Western Illinois Bridge Company Jersey Street Fourth Street Quincy Bridge Company Jefferson Street Benneson J. K. Vandoorn Keokuk

Local Executive Committee Names Amid James Negley Blakely Surry

James S. Negley Archibald Blakely and Norman M. Surry are listed on the Local Executive Committee. The brief notice identifies these individuals as members of the local governing body.

James S. Negley Archibald Blakely Norman M. Surry

Ice making machine for home use advertised by Iverson

The Augusta Constitutionalist reports General Alfred Iverson has obtained letters patent for a household ice making machine. Sized like an ice cream freezer, it freezes water into solid ice in ten to fifteen minutes. Cost of the machine is twenty to twenty five dollars. Estimated yearly ice cost could be as low as about two dollars.

Augusta Alfred Iverson Confederate States Army Stoneman

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