17 Jul 1872
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1872
Page
1
Describes offering the WEEKLY War at advance rates for one, ten, twenty-five copies to support Republican principles in the Guinn and Wilson campaign. Includes address and location details for Quincy Illinois and Sedalia Missouri. Mentions several local items and political notes from Chicago and Adams County.
Report of a lively contest for the Eleventh District nomination at Mt Sterling with Adams listed for Thompson and Singleton. Pike for Scott Wike. Calhoun and Jersey counties voting for Knapp. Green and eastern counties scattering. Neither Thompson nor Wike expected to have an absolute majority, and a bitter struggle for the scattering role looms.
The Kansas Penitentiary reports 320 conflicts while lead deposits are found near Coffeyville. A 30 acre Kansas river park in Topeka is slated for improvement amid a June earthquake felt across the state. Baxter shipments top 700000? in June. An insect damages apples near 0038. A. T. & St. Fe tracks reach the Big Bend of the Arkansas. Costar's Opera House in Topeka struck by lightning. Americus cheese factory processes 12000 pounds milk daily into 1000 pounds cheese. D W Wilder retires from Fort Scott Monitor and seeks State Auditor. Kansans plan evacuation at Lawrence on the anniversary of Springfield. Gold found near Augusta. Missouri petitions daily mail from Kirksville. A Missouri quake is felt in North Missouri. Fourteen join Maryville Methodist Church. H & St Joe depot at St Joseph roofed and reroofed.
At Randolph Street Bridge a man was stopped from jumping, taken to West Division Police Court, and fined ten dollars. Mayor Medill asked for a vacation and an acting mayor. Alderman McGratry was chosen amid recent indictments. The mayor now resumes duties.
Alexandria Italy and England clash as General Butler and Egyptian officers are cited in a suspected premeditated assault on Maj. Campbell. Butler departs Alexandria by mail steamer amid claims of a life-threatening plan. The Geneva Board of Arbitration convened briefly with ample papers exchanged, signaling no expected delays. Protests against Italian Papal authority and German Jesuit laws echo in Europe as Catholic leaders seek restraint.
Scioto county, Ohio, approves a $200,000 loan for a new railroad. The bail of Rev. Brown, murderer of boy Shick, fixed at $50,000. Cleveland races postponed due to rain. Navajoes not hostile though Elkites threaten wider conflict in Southern Utah. Consul J. C. Cover of Lancaster Wisconsin died at sea on the bark Fredonia. Sedalia Opera House and Post Office burn. loss $40,000, insured $20,000. Col W. T. Phillips missing three weeks after leaving Washington June 26.
Special Dispatch to the Quincy WhigReports that Mrs. Larkin Bagby of Pratt Field U committed suicide by hanging at six this morning using a clothes line from the stair railing The act is attributed to mental aberration authorities note no other details at this time
Havana reports Valmaseda set sail for Spain with the Espara newspaper staff. Fort Monavia was struck by lightning on the night of the 10th causing the magazine to explode and seven soldiers to die. The government grants Cookes permission to return to China under specified conditions.
In Loxpos Ontario on July 16 Dr Rofas Bratton abducted June 4 from Canada to South Carolina reappeared and testified Cornwall the prisoner grabbed him on Waterloo Street handcuffed him with a cabman's help and forced him into cars He protested until relying on British justice The case was remanded again.
War Department forecasts rising barometer and northwest winds for Wednesday, affecting regions north and west of Ohio.
The Democratic State Central Committee met at Springfield and elected C. H. McCormick Chairman while Liberals chose E. L. Gross. A joint session nominated Judge John B. Eustace for Attorney General as several Greenback electors were named. Across cities, convention plans and potential candidates for federal and state offices were outlined, with talks of coalition and campaign strategy.
In Louisville a week after an old grudge, Thomas Knowland of Henryville Ind shocked Samuel Knowland with a pistol and Samuel shot Thomas amid gunfire leaving Samuel mortally wounded. The neighborhood reels as both men were well known and respected.
New York reports a Paris dated pamphlet by ex-Minister Catacazy denying charges raised by Secretary Fish. He claims the allegations rely on old rumors. Letters from Fish and editors like Horace Greeley and James Gordon Bennett Jr. are appended. The Herald criticizes him as a crafty intriguer. The piece notes other items on strikes and Tweed trial developments.
At Johnson & Gones candle works in Milwaukee a morning blaze destroyed most of the stock with about 75000 dollars loss and 15000 dollars for the building. In Rustie Sex Maryland House and a foundry were burned. losses near 40000 dollars with light insurance. In Orsersnatt a fire wiped out the Piqqa threshing machine works, 40000 dollars loss, 12000 dollars insured. A remarkable water spout on the Central City stage road struck a carriage carrying J. Virden and his family.
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