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Newspaper
Weekly Bulletin
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1874
Page
4
The Troy post office opens at 7 and closes at unspecified hours. A daily mail run arrives via Knight and closes for Tug. Mail arrives from the west, with Aleb Johnson named as postmaster.
Notices invite广告 insertions before Tuesday morning for weekly publication. A.M. ally offers veterinary services to friends and the public. Subscriptions marked with an X indicate overdue delivery. Lows Karces is the authorized agent at St Jacobs to receive and receipt for BULLETIN subscriptions.
Sheet music for sale at Donohys and John Seybold. J. H. Woodard and Wm Freudenau near occupancy of new buildings. Rev My Cooksey to preach at Methodist Church on Sunday 30th at 11 o'clock. A girl badly cut by a butcher knife, in precarious condition. Ephraim Roberts’s son drowns in Alma well. Western Macoupin storm damages homes and crops. Peters Musical Monthly No 865 available with thirty pages of music. Brookesige company grades street west of plank road. four new buildings near the depot. Local buyers urged to consider suburban residence near the bridge.
Henry Williams, a Caseyville miner, shot a squirrel two miles east and discovered a human skeleton with Colt’s revolver near a ravine. Coroner Ryan conducted an inquest. a bullet hole marked the forehead. Clothes were rotten, a striped summer coat noted, two dollars and seventy five cents found, along with part of Schnederdeleng dated 1874. Hair found in ravine was light brown. Jury verdict supported these facts. The Willow. Arctics beat White Stockings 57 to 48 in baseball. Umpire John Barlow of Effingham satisfied. White Socks defeated Trentons 39 to 27. Mutuals of Edwardsville beat Light Foots 30 to 1. Light Foot club newly formed with little practice.
The editor condemns a rash attack on civil religious opinion by Layman Occasional and others. It defends a calm difference with a minister over baptism, arguing that dissent is not a personal offense. The piece mocks the challenger for demanding proof of negative, cites biblical and civic parallels, and questions motives behind the accusation.
A lengthy letter mockingly dismisses criticism of a Troy pastor, mocking the reviewer and disputing claims. The item shifts to local notices: county assessments total 1,105,322,820 with a 9 percent decline. crime reports include a youth’s death by suicide at Mt. Carbon and a Naples murder where C. Osborne killed Wm. Barlow, then fled. It also quotes salt usage guidance from the New York Tribune via Prof. S. W. Johnson and covers farming notes.
Cheap grapes offered at two cents per pound at W. T. Donoho’s store. Last Call notice. All persons owing the undersigned must call and settle by September 1 or have unsettled accounts turned over to an officer for collection. 12 ' 8. Kanasron.
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