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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1876
Page
4
The Troy Herald begins its eleventh volume promising pride in past progress and a focus on a strong local department. It pledges to expand historical county sketches, open to reader submissions, and maintain low rates while covering county interests and a notable 1876 meteor sighting in St. Joseph.
Embry, linked to the May shooting of Col. Anthony of Leavenworth Kansas, has been apprehended. Police report the arrest follows an intensive investigation and efforts across multiple jurisdictions.
The year 1876 marks the republic’s hundredth anniversary. The address extols liberty, science, and progress from war to a powerful, respected nation with advancing navigation, steam, electricity, and telegraph. It celebrates cultural strides and the nation marching with Europe toward civilization and knowledge.
Report cites a Virginia notice of a severe earthquake felt in portions of the state. The piece also notes political turmoil with figures such as ex-Treasurer Lappin of Kansas under arrest for forgery in school bonds and city treasurer defaults in Buffalo. It references Grant era politics, indictments, whisky frauds, and Cuba intervention discussions, all in a sweeping national context.
New York Herald reports the Order of the American Union seeks a third term for Grant and targets the Catholic church. The Times publishes an oath from St. Louis members swearing they will oppose Catholicism and defend fellow members, with a callous pledge of violence and treason including dramatic self-mutilation if they break their vow.
A letter from Lincoln, dated December 28, 1875, cites mild California weather, lush grass, and flowering trees, contrasts with harsh northern climates, notes a strong wheat crop prospect dependent on rainfall, and mentions hard times, sluggish business, and a patient wait for a revival. The writer, Wa. Frazier, also discusses local court activity, yeomanry morale, and political tensions, ending with Christmas and New Year wishes.
An Alabama legislature appointed investigative committee reported that Spencer used various means to secure votes during the legislative election. The findings accuse him of abusing government departments, pressuring officials, bribing and corrupting U.S. officials, and paying court-house assembly members to win reelection to the U.S. Senate.
A legislative bribery scandal is described with claims that money, coercion, and fraud influenced a U S Senate seat. J J Hurda allegedly drugged a member to disrupt attendance while managers conspired to seat a partisan of Spencer not elected by the people. The committee's report, signed by both parties, urges memorial to the U S Senate against Spencer’s occupancy.
William A Stichardson, prominent West Democrat andLincoln ally, died at 64 in Illinois. Native of Fayette County Kentucky, Transylvania alumnus, he served in both Illinois legislatures and as state attorney, won Congress 1847 56, helped Douglass at 1856 Democratic convention, briefly Nebraska governor, coalitions elected governor of Lincoln in 1856, served in Congress 1860, aided Douglass after his death, veteran of Buena Vista, lifelong Democrat and greenback advocate in Illinois.
Editorial notes Valmaseda issued a reward program for capturing insurgents dead or alive and for information leading to camps destruction. It condemns the violence as barbarous and war to the knife, urging Jovellanos to be more humane or risk protests from the public and English government.
The indictment charges Gen Bab cock and John A Joyce with conspiring with John McDonald Joseph M Fitaroy Alfred Bevis Edward Frazer Rudolph Ulrie Louisa Teuacher John Brinby and Gordon B Bingham to defraud the U S of internal revenue tax on one million gallons of distilled spirits to be produced at distilleries in St Louis ten thousand gallons of proof spirits were removed from each distillery on July 15 1874 without payment of tax Col Dyer says he has weightier proof against Babcock than against Avery
The new constitution forbids puls Nic officers from accepting reo purses on railroads under penalty of forfeiture of office. Applies to all state, county and municipal officials.
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