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Quincy Whig

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Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1869

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Ten Freight Cars Thrown From Brack on the St Joseph and Council Bluffs Raiload

Front the St Joseph Union May 6 reports an accident on the bottoms above the city. Ten freight cars and one passenger car derailed after an ice laden freight car heated the axle and set fire to the track. Nine cars derailed. two rear cars remained. One was slightly injured. The tender overturned. locomotive stayed. Loss is expected to be heavy.

Joseph Uniom Conneil Bluffs

Railroad meeting spurs Missouri line progress at Lancaster

President Davis of the M&M Railroad returned from Lancaster where he addressed a large mass meeting on railroad interests. County subscription difficulties ease as work advances. a depot will be at Lancaster with Glenwood as junction for the North Missouri. Coal from Glenwood praised for purity, rivaling Pittsburgh coal. Excavation, oxen teams, and scrapers accelerate site progress despite wet weather.

Davis Lancaster Glenwood Northy Missouri Pittsburgh Quincy

Local Church Dedications and Civic Votes Reported

A new Masonic Temple was dedicated at Nekodete on the 3d inst. A new Methodist Church was dedicated at Rushville in Schuyler County last Sunday. Lewistown voters rejected liquor licenses by 189 to 122. Jacob Bunn reported the highest Sangamon County income at 51,853. John A. Chesnut followed with 34,?56. A packing plant firm formed for Jacksonville park operations. Ernest Washington, twelve, fell into a whiskey distillery vat in Beoria and died.

I ‘Nekodete Rushville Schuyler County Lewistown Jacob Bunn Sangamond County John Chesnut Trey SB Ia Jacksonville Ernest Washinson Bay Beoria Waa

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