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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1853
Page
2
The funeral of Mr. Tirs0x was held yesterday with a very large procession and closed business houses on the square. Reverends Blatchford and Poote officiated. the family thanks Mayor Bestor and Peoria citizens for their kindness and sympathy. Other items note an Art Union probe, a Canadian MP’s fine in Boston, Indiana free certificates for pre-1851 residents, a Brazilian diamond scandal, and crop and map news.
The New York Herald notes total European circulation at about two million copies. It cites roughly 300,000 copies across twenty editions in Germany and over 200,000 in the rest of Europe. The work has also been dramatized in ten to twelve theatres.
Joux Trutsox Enq of Quincy is found dead in his room at the Peoria House. Coroner Hinman orders an inquest as Mr Brailey discovers the body. Friends note the deceased lived in Illinois for over thirty years and contributed to public improvements and state policy.
The Sacramento Union reports the death by suicide of Hathaway, about 35, from Michigan, who climbed a tall pine near Muthine Creek. Spectators tried to deter him. at 100 feet he jumped, striking the ground with fatal force. The account notes the tragedy and its shocking, mangled aftermath.
A reader letter laments Franklin Pierce is surrounded by feeble unqualified cabinet members from factions across the party. It blasts James Buchanan and William Marcy as unsuitable, praises Fillmore, and warns the Whig party as the last bulwark of national liberty against a deteriorating Democratic grip.
A New Haven Palladium writer notes the identical cylinder from the Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, is at the Allaire works in New York and will be exhibited at the Crystal Palace beside a modern cylinder to show technological contrast.
A dreadful accident occurred at Buffalo on the 13th inst when a large building occupied by a ranking House by Messers. Thompson & Co. fell during repairs. Fifteen or twenty workmen and others were buried in the ruins as a large force of firemen cleared fallen timbers and bricks.
The San Francisco Whig reports high death tolls from the Independence wreck. The Roseengers by the Northern Light tally 248 aboard plus 130 from the Daniel Webster, with at least 13 aboard Acapulco and 62 crew. Only 256 saved, about 197 dead, infants possibly uncounted. a grave steamboat disaster. Hackensack murder case at William Cating trial for killing two OBrien children after confession. The New York Times notes the double murder as especially atrocious, with gruesome details of the crime and motive.
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