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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1853
Page
2
A published legal opinion from C. H. Browning and A. Wheat supports the City of Quincy’s contract with Mrs George Padgett for Broadway grading. It states bids were properly handled under city ordinances and that the contract remains binding, with the city liable for damages if it withholds performance.
A northwest Comet appeared on Tuesday with a bright nucleus and a long tail seen by Springfield observers and others, sparking scientific interest. Also announces William H. Davis fall and winter stock, and notes London Times ridiculing Crystal Palace while reporting on Minnesota fraud probes and Bayard Taylor joining the Japan Expedition. The New Orleans epidemic portrays severe mortality and urban suffering.
A proposal seeks to raise fifty thousand dollars to defray monument costs honoring the Pilgrims. The memorial would be placed near the original landing site, preserving the historic connection and civic memory.
A brief note reports a disturbance between American fishing vessels and a British man of war. If accurate, the incident promises tense relations and possible escalation between the United States and Britain over fishing rights at sea.
A Mr Hill and Mr August Kegel fought on the 2d inst in Vicksburg. Kegel was stabbed three to four times and died within minutes. Hill, new to Vicksburg and with a bad character, is arrested and jailed.
News briefs cover New York deaths for the week totaling 969, treasury stock purchases of 110000 with 21000 in 1867 stock, western Texas election majorities, a mail robbery of 30000, insurrection in Tortola quelled, Gloucester excitement over captured schooners, Auburn counterfeit sentencing, river rise near Galena, and fever conditions in New Orleans Mobile Natchez and Vicksburg. Also notes on Lamar’s death doubt, crops, and a Canadian dialogue about July 4th.
A 1962 note explains California strawberries reach pomkin size and must be plugged to assess ripeness, a method described for harvest readiness.
An English language observer argues that kindness will not win Japan’s cooperation after Commodore Perry’s visit. The Emperor is alert, well informed, and unlikely to grant far reaching concessions. The piece contemplates potential island seizure, strategic defense, and broader implications for all nations.
City banks dropped all notes from Ohio State Stock Banks after genuine notes signed by the Register bore forged President and Cashier signatures and circulated. The Ohio Savings Bank Dayton Miami Valley Bank and Ironton Bank notes were refused by Ellis and Sturges for difficult to distinguish genuine from forged. Public safety urged banks to stop accepting spurious notes to protect the community.
A note from Smyrna details custody terms for Martin Kosta a prisoner aboard the Austrian brig Huzzar amid nationality disputes between the French and Austrian consuls. He is to be landed ashore under guard at the French factory and handed to the French Consul. The French cannot release him without joint consent. Also mentioned is the American Minister being serenaded by Constantinople refugees and a separate Indiana bond recovery reported by Governor Wright via New York.
Two men returning from a funeral quarreled at an unlicensed Bridgestreet beer house. One man seized an ax and struck the other on the back of the neck, inflicting a grievous wound. The wounded man is not expected to survive. the attacker, Patrick Dougherty, fled the scene.
New York reports heavy but improving flour sales with 2506 bbls at varying prices and futures for wheat corn and oats. Cincinnati and St Louis show steady to declined grain movements and mixed whiskey and pork quotes. A Little Incident in Athol recalls a girl’s simple joy in dreaming of a baby, shared as a parable on happiness.
A lurid tour of city cemeteries shows funeral processions, horse driven hearses, and bands of mourners. The author surveys corpses stacked in shallow graves, pestilential odors, and corruption at the gates where vendors profit while laborers dig under heat and flies, with negro laborers drinking to endure the stench and jests echoing amid the tolling bells and morbid crowds.
A compiled snippet from a 19th century paper includes quips on editors and fashion, notes about Covington’s Temple of Honor charter member Edward A. Hannegan, and Benton’s 1836 presidential prospects. It also covers a fatal carriage accident in Chicago, railroad damages, a returning neighbor feud, a time-locked door device, a French saying on aging, and potato rot in Connecticut and Boston.
The Macomb Independent reports overwhelming votes for a subscription and railroad, with Macomb triumphing over Quincy in the county race. A cannon protests the result while letters from Greenbush and others show broad backing for the Quincy and Chicago Railroad and railbed construction across the region.
A Mr. Trotter wedding to Miss Gallop occurred at Saratoga Springs last week in a small ceremony.
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