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Newspaper
Weekly Bulletin
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1875
Page
4
The current week cap is 5 cents per copy, to be sold at the office and put up in wrappers. Authorized agents include Lous Karnes at St Jacobs to receive and receipt subscriptions, Henry A. Beaper at Marine to receive subscriptions and orders for job work.
Twentytwo parsons are confined in St Clair county jail. Weather has varied with all four seasons represented this week. Local printers caution loafers at the B printing Office. A. A. Risser plans a store on a vacant lot opposite the new Presbyterian Church. Wm H Purviance buys Mize Main street property for 2000, plans a new home. Harry Sharp of St Louis rents Chard property for four years and will move spring. Dags of Rockford kill dogs for hides to Swedish mitten-maker. F S Dewey at McKendree College visited home, joined friends in ice outing as warm weather returns. Charity at home urged for local poor and Kansas citizens.
A historic figure, once bound by illness, rises with new vigor under a foreign flag. Mourning spreads as whispers of a fabled brook by the millside echo through the land. The scalp of a young student of medicine is threatened amid the upheaval.
A night time fire in Mr. T. J. Purviance’s residence burns his mother, a fragile minded elder, to death after her granddaughter leaves the room. The 69 year old woman, second wife of William Purviance and early Madison County juror, dies at 11 p.m. Funeral at Presbyterian Church is planned for Tuesday afternoon. Also includes town meeting notes and minor clerical actions from February 1 1875.
Tiemaon and G retain possession of the Marine Fire Clay and Brick Works and seek an additional partner with means to supply funds and give the business a fresh start. The note mentions potential city impact from expanded industry and a school district petition to sell the old frame school building amid concerns over financial reporting and alleged mismanagement by trustees.
Wealth and support rise for a railroad plan as crowds attend Elbring's Hotel gathering Saturday evening and recent subscriptions increase. A separate case saw Wm Oberlin's wife obtain a warrant for his arrest on charges involving their 18 year old daughter, with he sent to Edwardsville jail in the evening in default of $1000 bail.
The Telegraph notes cement mills at Clifton to resume next month and Mr. R Caine of Alton planning an Isle of Man move next spring. A poor peach crop is foreseen due to recent extreme cold. Clara Pisher's Middle Town store was robbed Monday evening. a suspect fled with the money drawer but the pursuit failed. Paddock's Grove Post Office has closed. the postmistress left and no new recipient. A test case at Edwardsville upheld a coal mine safety law via injunction against John Rutledge. The Ohio and Mississippi Transfer stables at Cass avenue burned, destroying about fifty horses, with heavy losses in stock and harness. insurance covered building and other items.
In Dennison Texas on February 1 1875 Susan wife of Andrew Hair died at age 30 years 5 months and a burial plan states the remains will be brought to town for interment with funeral at the Baptist Church at 10 o'clock today Thursday In Troy on February 1 1876 Mary Bl Purviance aged 80 died at her son's residence T J Purviance and burial arrangements follow
A fragment notes a special notices item involving Sonia Store with David Anne, offering a one year term for $2.50 and a warranty quit-claim mortgage. The garbled text mentions the period and a bid related to a political or legal notice in a local Democrat post.
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