Local Post Office Troubles and Hancock Rail Votes
The piece discusses postal delivery irregularities at Quincy and related offices, detailing complaints from Camp Point and Clayton about Whig packages misrouted. It cites small office staffing as the main issue and calls for deputies, noting the public impact on citizens and merchants. It reports Hancock County voters approving a 100000 subscription to two railroads and notes Morgan County also approving a railroad subscription with results. mentions weather events, fires in Rockland, Maine, and various local notices and notable individuals.
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Quincy
Camp Point
Ill
Quincy Whig
Quincy Herald
Quincy Whigs
Columbus
Houston
P. B. Gangerr
Adams County
Clayton
Whig
Srong
Garrett
P. M
John Steinagel
Quincy P. O
Man-eater of Shikarpoor Ends in Fatal Tiger Hunt
In a Mysore river village a feared Man-eater tigress stalks the priest and villagers. English officers Mansfield and Charles lead a hunt through bamboo, cliff, and jungle, tracking the tiger to a lush ravine and finally killing it with a paired rifle shot. The herd boy's rescue and grisly lair findings underscore the danger and tragedy.
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Rung Row
Thuazhi
Vishnuv
Shikarpoor
Ryof
Holy Brotherhood
Burrah- Said
Mansfield
Charles
Dyapah
Wynand Forest
Bauru
Bhurmah
Tigress
Bagh
Cloid
dAgapal
Rhaimah
Shikapoor
Dyepah
Burrah Sahib
Manafield
Baurmak
Bank notes scam ends as warning rings true
A note on Pennsylvania Avenue near Four and a Half Street reports the collapse of a fraudulent bank operation, the Columbia Bank, which claimed 100000 capital and 100000 pledged bonds but admitted only ten thousand in private banking. The writer notes circulating notes seen with a public figure en route West and warns readers about unreliable establishments, reflecting on few broken promises in the capital.
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Catvusia Banx
Pennsylvania Avenue
Columbia Bank
Pennsylvania
Wash. Repub
Telegraph Company Liability Case in Cleveland Court
The Cleveland Herald reports an 1853 case in the Court of Common Pleas in which Bowen & McNamme sued Lake Erie Telegraph Co for damages due to a misread telegraphic dispatch from Monroe Michigan to New York. The jury awarded plaintiffs 118 dollars. The article notes the telegraph company’s duty to transmit accurately and the judge’s charge on obscurity versus clear understanding.
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Cleveland Herald
Court of Common
Bowen & McNamme
Starkweather
Jdg
Lake Erie Telegraph Co
Monroe
Michigan
Buffalo
New York
Bay State
Biowein & Co
Adrain
Mich
N. York
Wm. Slade, Jr
John A. Foot
Go-ahead on Quincy road survey seen likely this week
The June 1853 note says funds are guaranteed for a preliminary survey of the Burton to Quincy road. Builders expect higher costs than other routes but stress the enterprise will stimulate business in Quincy. They anticipate construction of connections and call the project a promising shift from past inactivity.
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Sunday Times
Bortos Prise
Quincy
Burton
Free America
Robbing the Grave and a Mass Murder Tale Cited
The Daily Whig reports on grave vandalism at Woodland Cemetery with residents lamenting thefts of flowers and shrubs from dear departed graves. The clipping also mentions a mass murder incident at Somersville Asylum and a doctor’s chloroform death in Ohio, framing a grim 1853 miscellany of crime and tragedy.
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Daily Whig
Mr. Borror
Woodland Cemetery
Moy House
Quincy
Somersville, Mass
Heaven
Railroad reform from a 1853 letter to the editor
A letter to the editor argues railroads cause crashes through excessive speed, drunk and incompetent staff, and poor supervision. It urges licensing engineers, stricter hiring rules, and heavy penalties for unlicensed operation to curb deadly accidents. It also compares railroad rules to steamboat licensing and calls for drastic public action.
Presbyterians Declare January 1 as Day of Fasting and Prayer
The Presbyterian General Assembly meeting in Buffalo appointed January 1 as a day of fasting and prayer for world conversion. Debates on holding such meetings in large cities with different customs led to a decision against conforming to fashionable practices.
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Pes
Presbyterian General Assembly
Buffalo
Gold rush reports from Melbourne and Ceylon spark wealth fears
Advices from Melbourne to March 3 note casual content but reveal a sharp rise in gold to 77s and London exchange to par, threatening coin shipments. A Balmarat nugget weighed 134 pounds 8 ounces found near the Bolastet mines, with trade prospects in the colony marked as favorable. Melbourne and Sydney reports show active business, ample money, heavy immigration, and rising land prices, while Western Australia looks to absorb overflow.
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Ceylon
England
Melbourne
London Exchange
Bolastet
Sydney
London
Timca
Overland Mail
Marion Moore
Balnarat
Sidney
Western Australia
van Dieman
Launceston
Bielbourne
Sarah Sands
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