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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1872

Page

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New York Election Notes and Political Tiders

Governor reports Edward Rownet notes seven counties in New York gave Greeley majorities. Stock law support was scarce. Danish Consul appeals for Danish storm victims. Maryland would flip if Legislature elected. O Conor Adams tally shows Straight-out Democracy strong. St Louis Democrat adopts compact format. Mazor's Hall Bloomington burned. Beveridge elected Lieutenant Governor. state at large seat affected. John Har lectures on Washington Life in Chicago praising Lincoln. Paris unrest after Thiers resignation. MacMahon pro tem. London dispatches vary.

Illinois and Missouri items in Morgan county news

Various local notes report lack of a hotel in Carrington Greene county and new courthouses at Jacksonville Virginia and Galva. Discussions include schools in Peoria and Morgan counties, a fatal cannon accident near Eithsburg, an arrest for alleged rape near Pottstown, wartime damages and a Norfolk law claim, and deaths of Prof. Leverett and old citizens. Missouri mentions hotels in Cameron and illness of Gen Shields at Carrolton. new paper in Tecumseh. park in Omaha. election results across counties in Brownsville Nemaha and related railroad executives.

Carranton Greene County Stephenson County Jacksonville Court House Virginia Cass County Morgan County Peoria Quincy Lacon Home Journal Peter Akers R. C. Goodell Springfield Europe Jacksonville Car Manufacturing Company George Frick Eithsburg Martin Baseninger Pottstown Peoria County Washington Leverett Stiurtleff College Upper Alton Leverett Cameron James Shields Carrolton The Messenger Mexico Robert C. Gilman Randolph County Huntsville St.Louis Tooney Railroad Com- Pty Capital Stock Jefferson Ity Ed. Potter Lancaster Judge L. Salisbury St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Chariton County Schuyler County Glenwood Nebraska Omaha Tecumseh Brownsville Grant Greeley Nemshia County Pion H.C. Lett Ft. Kearney

Paris President Thiers Resigns Rumor Sparks Doubt

New York dispatch reports Thiers resignation with Gen McMahon named acting president as National Assembly action pending. London and Madrid dispatches cast doubt on the report while police strike and unrest in London and Spain are noted. Crown Prince William of Prussia is said to be recovering from illness in Berlin.

Tar New York M. Thiers France Marshal Mac-Mahon Paris London Thiers McMahon National Assembly Lexpox Hyde Park Spain Maprem Almanca Albacete Murcia

Greeley Ill health after wife’s death noted in Tribune

The Tribune reports Mr Greeley has been seriously ill since his wife’s death from nervous prostration after a month of unrest and little rest. Despite strain, his strong constitution may restore him to health. Also: Swine Breeders’ Convention adjourned meeting in Isparapous with about sixty delegates from multiple states. Dr H C Stevenson elected President, Geo W Rast Secretary. Items also note custody ruling for King’s children, no diseased fowl in city markets after inspection, and Julius E Julian bail set at two thousand for mailing obscene circulars.

New York the Tribune Greeley Isparapous Newark Ohio Indiana Fancher King O'Neil Sergeant Thompson Aids Health Department Stanley Cuba Bay Geographics Societies Julius E. Julian

Slavery in Cuba Remains as Rebels Endure

A Havana letter reports Cuban slaveholders spending $600,000 to secure from Minister Zorilla the pledge that as long as any insurgent remains, no reforms will be enacted. The dispatch notes persistent efforts to retain slavery amid ongoing unrest.

New York Havana Cuba Zorilla

National Baptist Sunday School Convention elects Curry president

In St Louis on November 20 the National Baptist Sunday School Convention and Institute organized with Rev Dr J L M Curry of Virginia named president H T Miller of Cincinnati and Clement of Illinois as vice presidents and George M Vanderlip of New York and G Lyreck of DC as secretaries. The American Woman's Suffrage Association also convened in St Louis with about two hundred attendees. no business was transacted, but speeches were given by Mrs Longley of Cincinnati Mrs Cutler of Illinois and Dr Stone of Kalamazoo Michigan.

St. Louis National Baptist Sunday School Convention and Institute J. L. M. Curry Virginia H. T. Miller Cincinnati Clement Illinois George M. Vanderlip New York G. Lyreck District of Columbia American Woman’s Suffrage Association Longley Cutler Stone Kalamazoo Mich

West on the Diamond Fever Drives City Excitement

Driver reports the arrival of a man from Arizona with a 220000 dollar ruby, shown as very beautiful though jewelers doubt its authenticity. He also flaunts a so called 15000 dollar diamond. A new diamond company forms locally amid mystery and scant solid evidence.

Driver Arizona Freeley

Philadelphia postmaster named to replace resigned official

President Grant will meet with Secretary Belknap and General Sherman to discuss a successor to Gen Meade. G W Fairman appointed postmaster at Philadelphia, replacing H H Bingham who resigned. Minister Nelson spoke with the President on Mexico, praising the new Mexican leader and friendship with the U S. Weather forecast calls for southeast winds, cloudy skies, falling barometer across the Northwest to the Ohio Valley and upper lakes with snow.

Case WashisotTox Belknap Sherman Meade Qour Mexico Nelson Grant Eeou Snh Washington Ohio Valley Upper Lakes

Louisiana election difficulty and Alabama and North Carolina updates

The Eighth District Court sustains the State Canvassers and names Warmoth Herron Longstreet Hawkins Lynch as de facto Secretary of State, with an appeal likely to reach the Supreme Court. Gov Lindsay plans to send a Conservative message to Montgomery’s legislature and reject the Republican body. North Carolina’s governor’s message, read in the House, emphasizes federal relations and alignment with the federal administration.

New Orleane Eighth District’ Court Gen. Herron Board of State H. C. Warmoth F. J. Herron Jas. Longstreet Jacob Hawkins John Lynch Supreme Art Raveies House of Representatives

Casualties The Steamer Arizona Heard From

New York reports of the Pacific dispatch stating the steamer Arizona spoke on the 14th near Manzanillo Mexico with a broken piston. Arizona towed by Constitution bound for San Francisco. Passengers transferred to Constitution. Fire and accident items follow with totals and insured values.

Arizona New York Pacific ‘Dispatch M Aost Manzanilla Mexico Constitution San Francisco

Snow falls fourteen inches in Cleveland yesterday

The city recorded fourteen inches of fresh snowfall with local disruptions reported. Father Tom Burke lectures on Oliver Cromwell while Otis Norcross declines Boston mayoral bid. Boss Tweed’s family returns from Europe. South Carolina vote tallies and Grant’s large majority noted. Fire at Schmidt & Co malt house in Brooklyn and Goldsmith & Co grain warehouse in Port Washington cause losses. Andrew J Blessin elected to New York Assembly by one vote. Insurance withdrawal rumor from Cincinnati firms dismissed as erroneous.

Cleveland Tom Burke Oliver Cromwell Otis Norcross Boston Boss Tweed Europe South Carolina Grant Schmidt & Co’s Brooklyn Milwaukee Goldsmith & Co Port Washington Wis Andrew J. Blessin New York Assembly Amazon Triumph Insurance Companies Cincinnati New England

New Rock Island Post Office Opened by Mitchell and Lynde

The new Rock Island Post Office, built by Mitchell and Lynde, was occupied by Postmaster Haverstock. It is a spacious, modern building with a ten year government lease planned. The New York bridge to Davenport was opened for public use as the ice halted ferry service.

Rock Island Mitchell and Lynde Haverstock

Boston Calamity Relief Fund Totals Report

Boston reports Citizens' Relief Fund contributions totaling 72000 dollars with a gold donation of 1000 from Lord Dufferin, Governor General of Canada. Harvard College gifts reach 35000 dollars. Old South Church pew holders vote to lease church to the Government for a post office.

Boston Citizens’ Relief Fund Lord Dufferin Canada Harvard College Old South Church

Commutation in Cureatco murder case shocks Chicago

Gov Palmer reduces Gregori Peri's death sentence for the Daniel O'Brien murder to life imprisonment after a petition from 350 Chicago citizens. New trials set for Raffer ty and Perfeet with venue changes to Waukegan and Joliet. Leavitt Alley awaits murder trial in Boston after remains found in barrels in Charles River. Additional reports from St Louis and Washington detail impending executions and investigations. A malicious plot near Farmingdale to derail a Portland evening train fails, narrowly missing disaster.

Cureatco Bostox Leavitt Alley Abijah Ellis Charles River St. Louis Gov. Brown Siegel Lafayette County

Industrial Exposition aims and reception plans in New York

A New York gathering at the St James Hotel led by Gen Diven advanced plans for the Industrial Exhibition with ground purchased for the building in a prime site at about 1.7 million dollars. Separate items note Stanley's American reception at the Lotus Club, officers for the Carriage Builders' National Association, a Presbyterian tricentennial celebration in Philadelphia, Danish relief appeals, and the formation of a Romanian Emigration Society in New York to aid travelers en route.

New York St. James Hotel Gen. Diven Stanley America Lotus Club Carriage Builders’ Association Carraige Builders National Association Today A. A. Wheeler Kentucky A. Woeber Iowa United States Philadelphia Penn Square Presbyterian Publishing House

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