BUILDING STATEMENT EXTRA COPIES AND WEATHER REPORTS
Extra copies of the Wai containing the list of buildings erected in Quincy during the year just closing can be obtained at the White office if applied for promptly. An engagement between Government troops and Cuban insurgents near Manzanillo is reported. Telegraphs describe intensely cold weather. the Missouri is frozen at Omaha and the Mississippi at Fulton. Official congressional majorities are listed for Iowa representatives. the President's message is discussed in several papers. Spain reports renewed hostilities between Republicans and Monarchists at Cadiz with an indecisive battle whose outcome favors none.
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Wai
Quincy
Whie
Missouri
Omaha
Mississippi
Fulton
Spain
Cadiz
Boas
Isabella
Crete
Madrid
Deroda
Malaga
Catalonia
Prim
Andalusia
Lonpox
Athens
Sphakia
Greece
Des Moines
Iowa
Milwaukee
Omana
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Mississippi River
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Grant at Union League Club Dinner in New York
Gen. Grant, guest of honor with Admiral Farragut, receives loud applause at the Union League Club rooms in New York during a grand dinner and reception. Grant thanks the Union League for support to the government and soldiers, while Farragut responds to the Navy toast as others speak late into the evening.
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Union League Club
New York
Union League
Union Leagues
Gen. Grant
Farragut
Landslide Damns Cumberland Mills Area and Slashes River
A Maine landslide near Cumberland Mills shifted riverbed and flooded 44 acres of Samuel Raymonds interval land, submerging Cumberland Mills paper mill basements and suspending 300 jobs. The river channel will be altered, with estimated damage reaching at least 100000 dollars.
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Portland Argus
Cumberland Mills
Presumscot
Samuel Raymond
Cumberland Paper
Terra Firma
Counter Revolution in Spain Alarms Cadiz and Europe
Europe reports alarm at Cadiz over counter-revolution and growing unrest. Rumors hint at Turkish successes in Crete while Illinois hosts a temperance convention and forms a statewide temperance party. Cold conditions accompany casualties and crime stories across the region.
Temperance Convention Organizes State Party in Illinois
The State Temperance Convention adjourned sine die after two days, moving toward a State Temperance Party to push laws prohibiting liquor traffic. A constitutional prohibitory clause was urged, with a state central committee named across districts led by E S Hull and others, including C P Hull and P G Gillett. The gathering was well attended and orderly.
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State Temperance Convention
Bloomington
Ilul
Friends of Temperance
E.S. Hull
Chicago
J. C. Stoughton
Kane County
A. A. Carey
Topheenee County
J. K. van Doorn
Adams County
N. West
Knox County
O.C. Gray
la Salle County
D. L. Bunn
Macon County
C. G. Bradshaw
McLean County
E. Hewitt
McDonough County
Gen. J. P. Smith
Morgan County
Col. P. Pease
Marion County
D. R. Allen
St. Clair County
Geo. W. Bristow
Pulaski County
C. P. Hull
Cook County
P. G. Gillett
P. M. van Court
Indians and rail links shift in Missouri and surrounding notes
An Omaha dispatch reports Gen Blair and Commissioner Bogg arriving from the West and departing for St Louis. Through trains on the Union Pacific Railroad run regularly since Tuesday. on the Chicago and Northwestern the first through train since Saturday arrived last night. Sioux, including Spotted Tail, occupy the reservation above Fort Randall. A singular death by own action near Caseyville, St Clair county, on the 1st inst. Martin Daniele, Englishborn partner in the St Clair Coal Co, found dead with head crushed by a tree. A corded neck and a tight handkerchief suggest suicide. a dog guarded the body. He was about 38, unmarried, with whisky cited as immediate cause amid domestic strain.
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St. Louis
Dee, Jr
Omaha
Blair
Bogg
Union Pacific Railroad
Chi
Northwestern
Upper
Missouri
Spotted Tail
Fort Randall
Caseyville
St. Clair County
Martin Daniele
St. Clair Coal Company
Local notes from St Joseph and Northwest Missouri
A county bank of reads about votes and offices as Holt county Sentinel lists Chas W Bo as a Missouri House chief clerk candidate. The Hannibal and St Joseph Railroad changes weekend train timing. Judge Wm Culver northwest St Joseph dies. Mexico Messenger calls for loyal carpet baggers to till Au drain lands. St Joseph school board debates daily readers in public schools. Hannibal and St Joseph Rail Road land sales total 719 acres for 32238. Sturgeon petitions legislature for new county detaching Boone, Howard, Randolph, Monroe, Audrain. U S Marshal sells 800 gallons whisky in St Joseph captured near revenue law. H & SJ RR adds Round House 125 by 758 feet with stalls for six locomotives costing 10000.
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Pateetown
Chas. W. Bo
Holt County Sentinel
Missouri House of Representatives
Hannibal and St. Joseph
St. Joseph
Wm. Culver
Northwest
Weston
Sturgeon
Boone
Howard
Randolph
Monroe
Dubuque
Iowa
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company
Grant at Headquarters and Soldier Reunion at Chicago
Washington, Dec. 11. Gen Grant attended Army Headquarters and prepared to leave for the Western Armies survivors reunion in Chicago. A large turnout of officers, Senators, and Representatives visited him, with Gen Meade directed to report to public business when feasible. The Supreme Court heard arguments over jurisdiction in the McArdle case, with timing set for the first Friday in February. The Elections Committee will review Missouri and Georgia contested cases after holiday recess.
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Grant
Chicarp
Fen
Micade
Breport
Stington
McArdle
Supreme Court
Washington
Army
Chicago
Schofield
Thomas and
Terry
Babcock
Porter
Dant
Gen. Grant
Col. S. Schofield
Campbell
Gen. Schofield
Stoneman
Meade
Black
Carpenter
United States
Committee On Elections
Missouri
Georgia
Louisiana
Sale of Southern Hotel and notable events in New York
The Lafarge property known as the Southern Hotel on Broadway sold at auction for 871000. Lewis Gaylord Clarke editor of Knickerbocker Magazine was badly injured in a fall at Ormont and may not recover. The Telegraph imbroglio centers on Western Union contract claims. The Cuba steamship from Liverpool arrived with Cunard line passengers. A Watson Creery revenue case verdict for the government is expected. In Providence a former mayor, William Rodman, was found dead in bed. A State Woman's Suffrage Convention was held with Mrs. Eliza B Chase presiding. speakers included Col Higginson Lucy Stone and Frederick Douglass. the state association was formed.
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Southern Hotel
N. Y
Lewis Gaylord Clarke
New York
Lafarge
Southernotel
Broadway
Lewis Gaylord Clark
Knickerbocker Magazine
Ormont
the Tribune
Associated Press
Telegraph Company
Western Union Company
Cuba
Liverpool
Brant
Cunard Line
Emi
Watson Creery
Providence
RB. J
Wmn
Rodman
Pety
Elith B. Chase
Col. Higginson
Lucy Stone
Frederick Douglas
Friends of the Cause
Fragmented Insurgent Battle Dud Ebbing North Port
The report describes a stalled engagement between factions, with insurgents still holding a position and a largely indecisive outcome. Details are obscured by OCR errors, but indicate ongoing conflict and contested control.
turmoil and appointments across Europe amid unrest
Amid war talk and political shifts in Europe, events unfold from the harbor to Dublin and Paris. Gen Prim travels to the southern provinces to quell unrest while Earl Spencer is made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The House of Commons confirms Mr. Denison as Speaker and quorates the oath. In Paris the Gaulois claims Calista's insurrection is Queen Isabella's agents’ work. In Berlin, BisMarck notes fading war fears as Prussian Diet debates confiscation.
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Keres
Malaga
Prim
London
Earl Spencer
Ireland
House of Commons
Denni
House
Paris
Calis
Isabella
Berlin
Hesse
Count von Bismarck
Manzanillo skirmish as Spanish troops press rebels
The Spanish at Manzanillo, aided by harbor sailors, fight insurgents in a sharp clash. Ten rebels die, many wounded, troops seize horses and key papers. Government losses unspecified. Diario notes 400 rebels surrender since past battles. rebels deny and claim fresh reinforcements. In Havana, within a week, about fifty youths join the rebellion. Spaniards in Havana fund and recruit for the government. A Havana letter from December 6 reports fifteen thousand Cuban insurgents.
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Havana
Diaria Today
Manzanillo
Diario
Villa del Cabrie
Guantanamo
New York
Twitchell murder case enters court amid quash bid
In Philadelphia on December 11 George and Camilla Twitchell faced arraignment for the murder of Mrs Hill. Their counsel sought to quash the indictment claiming undue Grand Jury influence by the District Attorney, a motion the judge denied. They pleaded not guilty. Also reported are a Waterbury store robbery in Saratoga and several minor fires in Cuba.
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Philadelphia
George
Camilla Twitchell
SaRatTona
N. Y
E.R. Waterbury
CubicaGo
Fire losses hit Troy Greenwich Newark in Jersey region
A series of fires caused heavy damage across New Jersey and nearby New York. Wilson's shirt collar factory in Troy burned for a $20,000 loss. Greenwich saw six stores destroyed in a Washington county blaze with at least $100,000 in losses. Dawson's leather factory in Newark partially burned, $26,000 loss. Weather reports from Chicago Des Moines Omaha Milwaukee and other cities note extreme cold with subzero readings.
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Troy
N. J
Wilson
Greenwich
Washington County
New York
Dawson’s
Newark
Chicaco
George Peabody Grants £100000 to Poor in Somerset
George Peabody has awarded another donation of ten thousand pounds to aid the poor in Somerset. The substantial gift reinforces ongoing philanthropic efforts to relieve hardship in the county.
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George Peabody
Somerset
Loni
Gold and Stock Dull Trading Amid Mixed Market Signals
Prices for gold and government securities edged lower while stocks closed dull. Across the country, grains rose modestly with wheat and corn in varied demand, and provisions showed pockets of activity amid shipping restrictions and uneven demand in major markets including New York and Chicago.
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U.S
Pacific Railroad
Frankfort
London
I Lomond
New York
Flouer
Mesa
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Summer & Brink
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J. Parkhurst & CO
Philip Wadsworth & Co
Lake St
Philip Wadsworth
Gilbert B. Smith
B. B. W. Locke
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