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Newspaper
Weekly Bulletin
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1874
Page
4
EIESON LODGE No 35 1 Q C F meets at their Hall every Saturday night. Members in good standing are cordially invited to attend. G GILLEST N G Q GrongE Rawson Secretary.
Town officers listed include President Gustave Vetter and trustees Geo Rawson FP Sabin Geo Lawson and August Beutel. James N Jarvis is town clerk and S Kingston treasurer. A Mills is Poitier Magistrate and John L Purviance town constable and supervisor.
A notice offers veterinary services to friends and the public, requests patrons to submit advertisements by Tuesday morning for same week publication, and mentions the current week’s Bulletin copies at five cents. Louis Karos is named as an authorized agent at St Jacobs to receive subscriptions to the Bulletin.
Weather has been very poor for several days. Trustee's sale of valuable real estate is noted in another column. Dr Geo Mr Dewey is located in frog per an advertisement. A new baseball club Lightfoot B B C has formed by town boys aged 12 to 16. Mr J A Vance, formerly Vandalia station agent here, visited last Sunday and now oversees the freight office at Effingham. praised as one of the road's best agents.
The Alton Telegraph endorses Dr. John B. Dewey of Troy as a suitable State Senate candidate. It praises his education, integrity, and influence while noting he is not an office seeker and would uphold the county's representation at Springfield. It criticizes past legislators as bunglers.
In Edwardsville the Madison club visit triggered a heated melee over umpiring and language. Spectator A. H. Bell filled the umpire role after the visiting Madisons refused, sparking accusations of vulgar conduct and a mass withdrawal by the Arc tic players. The clash ended with both sides withdrawing and later taunts of a $15 run incentive. A second comet sighting on Sunday by Mr Borelli, a French astronomer, was noted as naked-eye visible.
The event featured three races with purses of 25 18 and 25 dollars. Shave Tail and Harry won first and second in the running race, Pet won the first heat in trotting and Dinah swept the next heats for first premium, and Gora won Tulip Trotting in two straight heats with Lady and Cora Temple noted in lineups.
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