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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1874
Page
4
A Washington dispatch reports the Republican split over the inflation bill and its political impact. It notes Congress stalled on a double track railroad charter, calls for Mississippi River improvements, and discusses fraud investigations and open-door press access in Indian inquiries.
The War Claim Commission adopts rules for government and filing of claims. Papers must be duplicated. originals and receipts filed with claims. If no receipts were issued, affidavits from officers or witnesses must explain. Death or absence requires sworn testimony on grounds of knowledge. Lost receipts require affidavit. Receipts by noncommissioned signers must include authorization from the officer or regiment commander. All facts must be stated with command, unit, and officer details. proof of actual use by state militia. Claimants must swear no part has been paid and no other similar claim exists. Claims for losses from predations or damage by troops not considered. Signatures not written require two witnesses. Each partner must sign individually. Money advances require party to testify or mark if unable to write, witnessed. Powers of attorney required for portions signed by others. Claims paid only to claimants or their legal agents via powers of attorney.
A man reported a horrific incident in De Kalb County where a seven month old child was killed by a hog while the mother, Mrs. Juno Strives, was away about twenty minutes. The hog was still nearby as the tragedy occurred in the northeast part of the county on Monday afternoon.
Letters from floodplain residents in Avoyelles and neighboring parishes plead for relief as waters surge. Citizens describe three foot depths in yards, bankrupt merchants, drowned livestock, and ruined crops. Gen Thompson notes widening crevasses on the river and widespread destitution with hundreds of families displaced.
Fragmentary report describes water backing up the bayou toward Dardoune's plantation and possibly reaching Bayou File on the Mississippi. Mayor Wilts appeals to Clamodia for relief to be sent to the remote Teto county. Meantime rainfall continues along the Ouachita and Ned river valleys.
A church in Toledo was startled when a grandmotherly hen wandered from the pastor’s yard into the sermon hall during services. The bird strutted through the room then perched on a spring hat rack before being escorted out, leaving attendees stunned and laughing at the poultry intrusion. The incident followed by unrelated notes on political favors and Cuban independence debates.
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