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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1876
Page
3
A compilation of 1870s era local ads and notices including price listings for clothing hats boots and farm goods, sales pitches for Foundry plows and stalls, and brief market notes on wheat corn and cattle. The section also reports on county court proceedings, bank tax concerns, a new soldiers’ company, and public notices about sales and legal actions.
In a Tuesday dawn parade an armed posse searched for a fugitive negro who shot a citizen five miles south of Fair Grove last Saturday night. The group resembled Civil War era bands, moving through the Square toward a negro cabin near the old fair grounds. They questioned Charles Pullion, who appeared reluctant to accompany them as they accused him of shooting Marion Gillespie the prior night. Gillespie and companions had quarreled over a purchase, leading to Gilliespie being shot in the abdomen. Pullion was brought back for examination. rumors of Lynch justice circulated but could not be substantiated. The report notes the posse returned to the city, the suspect in county jail awaiting grand jury action. The piece also covers other local notices and ads.
The article discusses a debate sparked by a reader named Eprrom Lrapen and a response to claims about changes in text books. It notes residents traveling to Jefferson City, new arrivals in Springfield, and local officials including Colonel Fletcher and Judge T. J. B. Laurence. It mentions John G Wear purchasing a house and a tax payment by Col Newton, highlighting community figures and a state agriculture report request.
A Springfield crowd reads on a lengthy report of the Pau Handle wreck near Cole Bowen, Ohio. Rev J D Biggs, pastor of the local Baptist church, and his wife survived with severe injuries after being thrown from a rear car. They were taken to Columbus for care as four others died and about forty were injured in the midnight crash amid heavy rain and speed.
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