11 Jul 1870
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1870
Page
1
The piece touts a handsome new type for The Wave, claiming improved readability and space for more reading matter and better ad arrangement. It credits Marder Luse Co for West-made design and notes readers will see clearer printing after a few days.
Sean county gave a majority for the new Constitution of about 200. Several incidents across the state include two farmhand deaths near Virden after strokes, a new Congregational Church dedicated at Aledo, and the Henry County fair at Cambridge with late August and early September dates. Bank and trust firm Pend insular Loan and Trust Company to be established at Pittsfield. Inmates discharged from Jacksonville Insane Hospital as incurable. Robbery near New Berlin totals $700. Freight receipts at Monmouth show $27,851.68. In Carlinville Macoupin Time changes editors to H R Whipple. Lectures on China held in Joseph. Trotting horse sold in Chillicothe for $2,600. Alligator sighted near Chillicothe. Forest City attacked. shopkeeper dies from skull fracture. Large iron ore freight train enters St. Louis. Keokuk railwork and fire losses noted. Iowa editorial convention explores excursion to St. Louis. Kansas news: Exston advertises cavalry horses. Baxter Springs to host Mercury. Dickson to hang August 9. Cattle influx from Texas expected. Kansas shore erosion by Missouri river. Universalists set Abilene convention July 16–17. Montgomery county votes $200,000 for rail aid. Fort Scott excited over rail prospects. Contract signed for Fort Scott to Sedalia line completion by Jan 1.
Washington today saw a party clash over the income tax with the House defeating a rule to strike Senate amendments, then adopting a two and one half percent rate. The President announced several nominations for U S posts and judicial slots in Wisconsin and Iowa along with naval and revenue appointments. Conventions in both major parties were organized with Wilson and Randall as leaders. A large salary balance for the late John A Rawlins was paid, while Senator Norton of Minnesota is reported gravely ill in Cuba. The Cuban correspondence includes a Senate mass of documents on vessel seizures and U S citizens’ treatment, plus Spain’s envoy Roberts letter and further steps to compensate victims.
The missing bonds of the late John Alexander estate are to be delivered to Mrs. Burke executrix unless a Superior Court order keeps them. Colonel James Fisk Jr. rewards recruits. Rear-Admiral Gleason sails for Europe to command. Five Points park, emigrants rise, Alderman Scannel dies from election wounds, ships diverted for quarantine, tariffs disputed, census districts nearly finished.
The Laramie Sentinel reports Judge Jones predicting no member of the Big Horn expedition will return alive, lost beyond reach of friends among hostile Indians. A first trial trip of the Omaha & Southwestern Railroad engine arrives in Oman, with twenty miles of line expected in thirty days. Five hundred Chinese workers depart for Burlington and then by river to Chattanooga, Tenn.
Extensively introduced as laborers by the Union Pacific Railroad is creating considerable ill feeling among other laborers, sparking tension on the work site and prompting calls for clearer hiring practices and fair treatment.
Governor Holden proclaims Casswell County in insurrection with no stated reasons. Marshall Mac Mahon to move at signal. Cherbourg naval commands ordered transports for 30,000 troops. Paris reports intense market excitement and speculation as government awaits Prussia reply.
July 9 10 reporting from Viexixa Paris and Beaux describe France arming and mobilizing amid Prussian moves. Government orders generals to report on troops stores and fortifications while ports bustle and transports proliferate. Madrid and Vienna chatter over Leopolds candidacy as markets wobble and strikes flare.
St. Jones New Brunswick July 9 reports from across the province and Nova Scotia indicate crop damage due to continued drought. Farmers report withering fields and reduced yields as heat persists across regions.
Chicago White Stockings beat Brooklyn Stars 9 to 6 in a fine game. Red Stockings defeated Amateurs 56 to 19. crowd of five hundred caused seats to collapse. Goldsmith Maid won the trotting race at Fleetwood Park. Palmer and American Girl also noted. Dauntless and Cambria yacht reception planned. pools: Dauntless 100, Cambria 60. Dion made a 76 break in billiards exhibition with his brother. Cincinnati boy Kinney, 16, crushed to death between ferry and barge. California Powder Works building exploded. one dead, two Chinese wounded. Salt block fire at Franchett & Co. mill causes $15,000 loss. Bead & Crouse mill at Payetteville burned. $25,000 loss. LaRue Ohio business district fire. $20,000 loss. Morris Canal bridge collapse in Jersey City. crowd nearly thirty into canal. one German killed in beer hall. Garrett Smith fatally beats wife.
Reports from Crydsnall Providence and nearby towns recount arrests for murder and attempted rape, a bank elopement, a $15000 gold check swindle, robberies in St Paul and Ashland, a fatal shooting of a treasurer, a mysterious disappearance in Omaha, a Philadelphia firemen riot, and a tragic suicide by drowning near White River.
In Washington on July 9 the Senate heard Cyrus W. Field's petition to lay a Florida to Cuba cable and revoke the International Telegraph Company's exclusive shore access. A conference report on the detailed appropriation bill was submitted and adopted, with amendments cutting Capitol grounds and building funds and trimming Polar expedition and salary increases.
The transcript records Senate debates on clerks and female appointments, a motion to reduce Mrs. Lincoln’s pension, and passage of army and railroad bills. It notes executive session, ocean mail service authorization, and Senate amendments to the tariff and tax bill including income tax cuts and duty adjustments. The House addressed Chinese contract import issues and coalitions on tax provisions, with various amendments and a conference report on appropriations. The scene closes with a bill to promote mail steamers to Europe, India, and China and immigration to the South.
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