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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1869
Page
2
Week in Springfield brings political heat over railroad plans to Fort Scott and Memphis. Editorials assail both rival companies for secrecy and delays while outlining a proposed consolidated path, exposing schemes to force public funds and criticizing manager Boyd and associates for obstruction.
A July 22 1869 letter from A C Wallace describes discoveries in the mountains near White Pine with fifteen lodes ranging from nine to over forty feet wide. Assays suggest vast silver potential, while other items note Grant's New York visit and a discussion of railroad routes and Missouri Southwest settlement prospects.
In MecKinney Texas a correspondent writes of rich brick soil and abundant harvests wheat oats and corn prospects. Cotton plantings rise due to price and money conditions while late rains boost corn. Prices for wheat oats corn beef and other staples are listed. Local sickness is rare and the weather is pleasant. The Mississippi political rundown notes Republican shifts and a Grant administration stance with registry boards and a Mississippi gubernatorial inquiry. A Washington exchange confirms Dent’s stance on future nomination and civil rights. A riot in South Carolina follows a Savannah baseball club incident with colored musicians attacked by whites. An accident on the Hannibal and St Joseph line injures several passengers.
Reads as a mosaic of Southwest Missouri items. Bolivar residents discuss forming a Polk county fair association for the coming fall while petitions seek two hundred fifty thousand dollars in state aid for the Laclede and Fort Scott Railroad. Rolla Express changes hands as Perry Harsiekson acquires the line. Charles K Dickson named president of Granby Wining and Enrolling Co. Local crime and oddities surface from West Plains to Lamar with fires, counterfeit money, and a strange death linked to a doctor. Supreme Court decisions and rail debates wrap the blend, with notes on county seats, lost records, and public works across the region.
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