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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1870

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Local Manufacturing and Ware Dealers Listed on Main Street

A historical snippet lists multiple city manufacturers and retailers. Entries include J Grafftey shoe and soap goods at Fifth Street near Maine, 7 Flats X Co wrapping papers and other wares, Bonnet & Duffy at Fifth and Ohio, Comstock Castle & Co at Front and Washington, Excelsior Works on Delaware Street, and WM Drebsbach & Co Vinegar and cider works on Front Street, along with ware dealers Trowbridge on Broadway between Third and Fourth streets.

Empire Line Maine Tarvay Alao Keokuk Pycket Co Bet Bne- Wheat Front Street Bnien Baghy & W.orl Centre Mills Jersey Streets Allen & Whyers Manufacturers Choice Family City Spring Mill Sixth Street York Kentucky Exchahee Mills Fifth Street Brae Ohio Eagle Mills Broadway Second Streets H Ostern & Co Etar Mills Spring Second Wheeler & Crattenden Tellico Mills South Front Street Delaware Dick & Bros J W. Brown Wshingtin Park Find and Maite Zephire Hampshire EMBER Fifth Sts BK McGomr Neeves Manufacterera Dalrre Tenth Vermont Bradford Ninth Hampshire Streets West Quircy J. Grafftey I Door East Ride Flachs X CO Sixth-st Mains Jersey Dealera Bonnet & Duffy Fifth Ohio Streets Comstock Castle & CO Front Washington Street Excelsior Works Delaware Street Ard 4Th Drebsbach &Co

Adjournement of the Constitutional Convention reports

Springfield May 13 The convention adopts the Printing Committee report paying printing costs and approves the committee on accounts exonerating the Secretary of State from alleged frauds. The proposed constitution was read and adopted in full in the afternoon.

Springfield Aes Cony Snidh

Suit Against Great Western Telegraph Company Filed

In this county court a bill was filed against the Great Western Telegraph Company by D. D. Fisk, Jordan Bros., and about seventeen other stockholders seeking to compel refunds of money as assessments collected on their shares. The action targets the company and its conduct in the matter.

Western Telegraph Sontvian D. D. Fisk Jordan “Bros Cormopel

RAST MAST DAYobserved in New York churches

May 18 was set apart as a fest day in Methodist churches of New York in memory of Bishops Kingsley and Thompson. Appropriate services were held and largely attended across the city.

New, York Kingsley Dad Thompson

Fenian Expedition Readies March to Red River

A Chicago dispatch reports about three hundred Fenian volunteers in SE Paola awaiting transport, likely by mail route, to push toward Red River with possible move to Fort William to thwart Canadian forces. Cheyenne notes grow for the Big Horn expedition, rail work advances on Denver Pacific, and secessionists move east toward Missouri as Montana and Colorado mining yields surge of gold dust and bullion.

Chicago The Tribune SE. Paula Red River Fort William Temb Omana Omaha and Southwestern Cheyenne Denver Pacific Railroad Iformors Missouri Montana Colorado

South Methodist Conference moves to abolish Presiding Elder role

May 18 report from the South Methodist Conference notes a vote trend toward abolishing the Presiding Elder office and preserving itinerancy. Advocates Cottrell and Edwards urge reform, arguing for stronger church governance and changes to the traditional itinerant system. The conference considers removing the word South from its title and debates clerical placement and tenure.

Methodist Conference McEnpuHis South

Yacht Sappha Sets Yacht Standard in Altered Form

London reports the yacht Sappha has been greatly improved by alterations, with the Cumbria unlikely ever to match her. In Beeblin the Reichstag ratified the US North German Confederation post tal treaty. The Emperor of Russia arrived at Berlin. A rebellion breaks out in an Argentine province as telegraph reports from Lisbon. Government troops rush to quell the disturbance.

Beeblin Reichstag United States North German Confederation Lisbon Wiemail Steaner Rio Janeiro

Contes angdon Ont The Chicora Arrived Last Evening

A garbled report notes the Chicora arriving last evening with mariners reporting at the Custom office. He was told to await clearer canal passage, with a suggestion to return Thursday noon after weather delays and further wrecks were observed.

Gos. SK Hoon

Outrages on foreigners and shipwrecks reported from Yokohama

News from San Francisco dated May 4 relays telegraphic notes to April 22. An attempted assault on Consul Shepperd was thwarted. Outrages on foreigners are said to be frequent. A distant earthquake caused no damage. The British bark St Danstan wrecked forty miles from Yokohama with forty lives lost.

San Francisco Sesaskinate Shepperd Shir Weece St. Danstan Yokohama

Diabolical Texas assault and lynching tale reported

An account from Gay's Monitor describes six Texas intruders visiting a boarding house near the Honitary area after drinking. They attacked J. Roath and then raped his two daughters aged 12 and 14. The assailants fled. one abducted the younger girl, and vigilantes hanged several suspects in the town. Authorities were gathering to pursue the others.

Wooda

Congress Debates Civil Rights Bill and Senate Pay

Washington May 18 The Illinois Constitutional Convention resolutions on moving the National Capitol to the Mississippi Valley were read. Mr Sumner introduced a bill extending equal rights on railroads and public conveyances. referred to the Committee on Fiduciary. Various DC related bills and salaries were debated. The Oneida pension and naval matters were acted on. tariff bill discussion resumed.

Washington Trumbull Illinois National Capitol Mississippi Valley Sumner District of Columbia Solicitor Register Auditor of the Treasury Commissioners of Pensions Indian Affairs and Land Peach Senate

Sold trotting horse area Thorn fetches thirty thousand

An item notes a celebrated trotting horse area Thorn sold for 30 000 dollars. The fragment references election registers and a Superior Court case in New York about Indiana divorces, plus a heated debate on rail safety language and court martial mentions involving Generals Goigouria and Havans amid Canton Illinois excitement.

Thorn Superior Court of New York Indiana Ease Diago Gaspar Agenord Goigouria Havans

Unclaimed Letters at Post Office Quigcy Biste of Hinais

A dated notice from May 21 1870 lists unclaimed letters in the Quigcy Post Office Biste of Hinais and warns they are sent to the Dead Letter Office if not collected within one month. It names dozens of recipients including Alison Maggie Ball, Carter Lizzie, Gardner Johanna, and many others.

Quigcy Biste Hinais

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