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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1873
Page
2
Citizens cheer a May 3 convention inviting Southern counties to plan completion of the Jefferson City Lebanon and Southwestern Railway. Grading in Cole County is done and bidders will determine the terminus location with travel costs for lawmakers under scrutiny.
Clarke County case exposes brutal child abuse by United Brethren preacher Daniel Sams near Smyrna. Witnesses describe beatings, freezing outdoors, burned arms from a fire, and a heated poker inflicted injury. Sams fled after being held for trial. justice charged with neglect. Child sent to a relative in Wayne County.
At a recent meeting of the Phelps County Agricultural Society the fourth annual fair was scheduled for September 16 to 19. A finance committee including A I Pack A Newman C L Flint John O Brien C C Bland and R A Joye was formed to prepare a premium list and report at the next board meeting.
A correspondent argues wheat influences national progress, citing Indiana and other wheat zones as proof of mind and social order. He claims bread without yeast is key to health, warns that commercial bread causes dyspepsia, and ends with a lurid rural anecdote about courted maidens and violence.
A Rome telegram dated the 17th says the Pope remains seriously ill with no recovery hopes. The story notes anxiety in Italy over the pontiff’s malady and mentions missing clerks in the Vatican. Other items include a Topeka merchant losing 450 dollars, a German case against Roman Catholic bishops in the event of the pope’s death, Fremont’s Paris imprisonment for a railroad swindle, and a Albany lawyer’s $60 gas bill with a fraud note.
The board of Equalization reported a substantial hike in the assessment, aiming to secure about half a million dollars. Members urged diligence and careful consideration as the decision was summarized.
A new company forms to establish a barge line on the Missouri River and dispatches the first tow from St. Louis to Kansas City around the first of June. The venture promises very low freight rates, citing corn from Kansas City to New Orleans at 15 cents per bushel.
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