28 Oct 1872
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1872
Page
1
Local republican announcements show a lively final week with events from Friday November 1 to Thursday November 5. Highlights include a German speech by Hon. Charles Metzner, a grand Tanner's Parade and torchlight procession, a mass meeting at the Court House, and a nationwide possum hunt.
The Honorable Edward Rutz, Republican candidate for Illinois State Treasurer, is in the city today. He is staying at the Tremont House where locals may meet and greet him.
Republican leaders urge vigilance as Boards of Registration start revising and completing the registry in Illinois tomorrow for two days. Citizens should verify legal eligibility and ensure no illegal names remain, aiming for a purified and complete voter list. The note also mentions ongoing spread of horse disease causing business disruption in Eastern cities, notably New York.
The city of Quincy demonstrates vitality as nearly forty acres offered at last Saturday's sale of property in Alstyne's Addition sold for about $107,000. Less than a quarter of the tract was sold, with most parcels hidden in by buyers planning to build homes, including several elegant dwellings likely within a year.
The Chicago Tribune reports a Des Moines federal court ruling that an 80 percent assessment on Republic Insurance Company stockholders cannot be legally collected. A committee, not a stockholder majority vote, made the assessment, dismissing about 100 Iowa lawsuits. If upheld, further collections will be abandoned and future stockholder action unlikely.
The sudden death of John Henry Merle d'Aubigne occurred in Geneva on October 21. Born August 16, 1794, at Laux-Vives on Lake Leman, he studied at Geneva and Berlin, was ordained in 1817, and served as pastor in Hamburg and Brussels before returning to Geneva as Professor of Church History. He published History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century beginning 1835, followed by a later history of the Reformation in Europe during Calvin's era, earning wide popularity and translations into English and European languages.
Daniel Emerson aged 82 died at his door in Barry Pike county last Wednesday. Five miles of Soy Levee progress reported with 200 teams at work between the cut off and Hannibal bridge. Rockport mill owners notify Sny Levee Commissioners they will hold the Levee Company responsible for damages from damming the Suny mouth. John R Little near Rushville was instantly killed Wednesday when a tree he was cutting down fell.
Paris reports indicate the National Assembly may adopt life presidency for Thiery, an Upper Chamber, and a Vice President post. Also noted: evacuation delays in Marne departments, a hospital detachment misstep at Chalons, and a German occupation risk. London notes Cross & Co cotton mills burned at Bolton affecting 4100 spindles and workers. Sumner returns to London with improved health.
Judge Richard son, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, will soon publish a practical information volume on the U S public debt and national banking laws. He notes that the reserve issue of forty millions has been treated as a Treasury prerogative and cites instances of its exercise. Weather dispatch predicts Monday in the northwest with falling barometer and warm, partly cloudy conditions.
In Illinois Cubano Oct 27 a large crowd gathered at the Academy of Music to hear Victoria O Woodbull on Social Freedom. She urged abrogation of all marriage laws and claimed the right to change affections at will amid applause and hisses. Personal item notes Rev R H Prillman resigned as pastor to lead the National Universalist Association with a year long leave.
Indictments announced against D Conover Geo H Plunkett of the present Board of Aldermen Isaac Robinson Edward Costello of the old Board for frauds connected to ceding city property in Upper New York for railroad use. Burrazo Board of Trade asks Wayne county Michigan Supervisors to reconsider granting permission for a railroad bridge from Grasse Island to Stony Point at the Detroit river mouth.
Reports from Chiaco Norwalk and New York recount political friction and voter actions. LeGrande Byington calls charges slander, Norwalk electors admit a woman to vote, and New York registries rise to about 148 thousand with a close year-ago total. Brooklyn records 75,517 registrants. a doorway protest turns deadly as 22-year-old Thomas Mangin is killed after a sidewalk confrontation.
Oct 26 reports from Boston Newport and many towns describe a severe horse disease crippling streetcars and freight, forcing rest for horses, with rising fares and halted shipments. Several deaths and widespread welfare measures follow as authorities seek remedies. Misinformation and danger accompany the outbreak.
CASUALTIES, EDITOR DROWNED. M. B. Mattingly, business manager and assistant editor of the Aurora Herald, drowned after a fit of anaplexy caused him to fall into the mill race at Aurora, Illinois. Also in DeKalb, Illinois, a balloon rope caused a fatal fall from a balloon. A Northern Central Railroad wreck near York, Pennsylvania, killed engineer Jno. Carey and injured fireman Phillips after a land slide blocked the track for hours.
Sal Lake reports a severe snow storm yesterday. Memphis Savings Bank suspended with liabilities of 175000. Engineer Edwards of the Reading Railroad killed in a collision. Ground broken for a narrow gauge railroad in Brigham Canon Utah to finish in ninety days. A barn fire in Terre Haute caused 6000 loss. Louis A Kormendy of a Chicago gymnasium shot himself amid temporary insanity. General Maxwell contests Apostle Cannon’s Utah Congress ascent on fraud grounds. Albert Crents sentenced to twenty years for Leander murder in Madison Indiana. Ex Governor Wal Johnson of peERT PAB died in Pittsburgh. Railroad incorporation filed from West Lebanon Indiana via Oxford to Reynolds.
Twenty seven deaths from small pox occurred in Boston last week while New York saw six cases on Saturday. Annie Dean’s alleged marriage to her father’s coachman is denied. Banks accepts the Labor Reform nomination for Congress. The first Homo pathic Insane Asylum cornerstone ceremony occurred in Middletown New York. Dasidant and Lucy race in San Francisco was postponed due to rain amid other rallies and dinners.
New York market summary shows bonds and stocks active with U.S. Ex, Pacific Mail and Union Pacific listed amid varied price moves. Grain and flour prices shift with wheat and corn on the rise. rye scarcer and oats dull. Provisions steady to firm with pork higher cash, lard steady, whisky firm, and butter steady. Chicago livestock markets show cattle receipts at 2,337 with improved demand and prices around 6.80 per cwt for select shippers, sheep and other items steady to unchanged.
Market briefs from St. Louis and New Orleans dated October 26 show dull wheat and mixed grains, firm whisky at 89 cents in St. Louis, higher pork, and active barley demand for top grades. Hogs steady around 4.20 to 4.45, receipts and bulk trade noted. New Orleans reports dull flour, mixed corn, steady oats, and firm hams with lard weak, while Liverpool prices dip for flour and steady for grains and provisions.
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