26 Nov 1874
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1874
Page
1
The excerpt recalls harsh old school discipline and its consequences, mentioning a consecrated wooden paddle, a Yale headmaster’s method, and boys sent to South Carolina where a duel led to Wingfall’s death. It notes Col Cummings training McDuffe and a congressman from South Carolina.
The piece recalls Billy Wyson later spelled Wilson, a Democratic ward leader who answered Lincoln's call and quickly formed the Sixth New York Volunteers. He led a rough but capable regiment, served at Pensacola and Fort Pickens, and later commanded the Sixty-ninth Regiment under Seymour. After the war he returned to New York City life and died yesterday at 420 West Fifty-seventh Street, at his brother-in-law Michael Duffy's home.
A long excerpt discusses anti Masonry origins and the Morgan murder of 1826, tracing Freemasonry’s rise in Russia and America. It cites Rosetta era accounts, claims about Jesuit opposition, and alleged plots to abduct William Morgan. The piece notes widespread expansion of lodges, regional reactions, and the enduring mystery surrounding Morgan’s disappearance.
Chancellor Runyon decreed that property bought in the wife's name with the husband's money must be turned over to the injured husband. James Persons sued Harriet Persons over Nos. 51 and 53 River Street Paterson after years of separation, cruelty, and a proxy purchase. The case, heard in Paterson, highlights complex marital property issues from the 19th century.
Paris correspondent reports a dancer at the Oantelet who faced defeat when an Italian rival outshone her. After the mortifying loss she wept on stage and died next day from charcoal fumes in her lodging. The motive appears revenge by a betrayed lover.
Fires rage across Ulster County Shandaken Mountains with large tracts burned. Tenike Mountain near Watson Hollow blazed under hurricane winds, flames leaping hundreds of feet and sparks scattering like rocket embers.
From the Jewish Chronicle London dated October 30. The Jewish community in Germany mourns the death of Dr. Abraham Geiger. He departed this life suddenly on Friday. Geiger's loss touches the Berlin congregation and the Berlin seminary, and he reached many Jewish communities and the world of literature. He was born in Frankfort on the Main and earned early fame with a prize essay titled What has Mahomed borrowed from the Talmud. His first clerical post was rabbi at Wiesbaden, noted for his latitudinarian views and advocacy of radical reform, yet his learning and literary powers were widely recognized.
Three masked men broke into the Paris Ontario home of bank officer Mr Carnegie on the 6th instant. They bound gagged and tied the household including Mrs Carnegie and a servant girl while seizing keys to the bank. Neighbors alerted and police arrested the trio at dawn. carriage found in nearby woods.
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