Death in Clarkeville and political notes unfold
The Clarkeville Sentinel editor Lemuel A. Welch dies at home after a brave, cheerful fight with illness. The column references James M. Bean, Senator Strother, and ongoing debates on county roads, lotteries, and political corruption. Ambrose Coe’s murder conviction in Palmyra is noted, with remarks on President Grant and fiscal matters including a 1872 tariff error costing about 2 million.
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Lesuel A. Welch
Lemuel A. Welch
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Clarkeville
Judge Buckner Letter Urges Uniform National Election Day
In Wastuxaton on January 26 Visitors Herald publishes Judge Buckner's letter urging a uniform election day for all House members. He argues elections should occur on the same day as presidential elections, start term after election, and shorten Congress sessions to curb post election maneuvering. He notes a school law office bill and mentions State Treasurer Salmon’s annual report.
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Wastuxaton
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House of Representatives
House of Representative
Congress
A. L. Buckner
Legislative woes and a wary rail bill in tough session
In a wary city editorial voice the Herald notes a slow session dominated by investigations. It details a clerk pay dispute, Judge Primm impeachment talk, and a Ferguson rail indebtedness bill forcing counties to swap bonds for state bonds with a six percent rate. A Lincoln county bond holder hints at speculative angles as the debate widens.
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General Assembly
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Goodson
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House
Primm
Te Circuit Court of
St. Louis
Judiciary Committee of
Ferguson
St. Claiy
Duterast
Lowa
Sime
Lincoln County
Missouri
Uptegrove
Louis & A Huk
Montgomery City
Linculm County
B. Uptagrove
Mongomery City
Rail bill seeks extension for Hannibal and St. Joe debt
Visitors to the capital introduced a bill to extend the $1.5 million payment due this year and next for the Hannibal & St. Joe railroad. The measure would swap old bonds for new with the state holding a first lien, to support a Mississippi Valley and Western line to St Louis amid tight money markets. Critics fear constitutional issues and risk to the state's trust lien. the Judiciary Committee will study the proposal.
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A. W. Lamb
Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad
Hannibal & St. Joe
Mississippi Valley
Western
House Committee On Judiciary
Questions to Congress from the Illinois Grange 1873
Illinois State Grange members ask Congress for written replies to eight questions on national policy. Topics include Mississippi river improvements, tariffs, free trade, banking law revision, land subsidies to railroads, patent terms, tariff funding, bankruptcy law, and government control of transportation lines. Answers awaited from Congress.
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Grangera
Congress
Ilinois
Dean
State Grange
Order of Patrons of Husbandry
Moomington
Levember
Ohio farmers urge amending game laws to protect landowners
At the Agricultural Convention of Ohio a resolution was passed urging the Legislature to amend the game laws. The change would require trespassers who catch or kill game on another's land to be liable to the landowner for the value of the game and related damages. It also seeks to remove penalties for trespassing to hunt on another's premises.
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New Franklin
Ohio
Og Atores
Local scene notes unusual measurements and travel
A report cites H and UL Scott presenting an egg shaped measurement of 61 2 by 73 4 inches on the table at the Burlington Hawk Fye. Scott is described as doing as well as expected. Caleb Cushing has departed on his mission to Spain.
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Burlington Hawk Fye
Caleb Cushing
Spain
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