Local Officials Listed With Names and Roles
PResipient T Gustav Vetter Boarp or TaustHks Geo. Raw aon F. A. Sabi Geo. Lawson and August Beutel own Clerk James N. Jarvis TREASURER S Kingston Poutier MAGISTRATE A Milla Town Constable and Supervision John L Purviance
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Presipient
T.—Gustavo Vetter
Boarp
TaustHks
Geo. Rawaon
F. A. Sabi
Geo. Lawson
August Beutel
James N. Jarvis
S. Kingston
Poutier
A. Milla
Super Vison
John L. Purviance
Village News and Notices from the County
Donoho's lists sheet music for sale while J B Willoughby and bride depart for Minnesota. Death of Joseph Samm at St Jacobs. Macoupin County debt totals 2,107,900 dollars. Madison County town and city lot values cut 4 percent by the State Board of Equalization. Samuel Yandell owns a rare 18 month old Chow Poland pig. D B Gillham elected president of Illinois State Board of Agriculture. M T Stooky named member from seventeenth district. Baptist Church entertainment praised with operatic selections by Snow and Conant. Sabbath School Teachers Institute set at Presbyterian Church next Tuesday at 2 pm with opening address Monday evening. Closing exhibition of the Jewish Tabernacle to follow.
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D.B. Gillham
Alton
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
M. T Stooky
Belleville
Mr. Gillham
Baptist Church
Snow
Conant
Presbyterian Church
Digging well yields coal at eighty one feet depth
John H Neary reports striking a vein of coal fourteen inches thick at eighty one feet on Mrs Schaumleine premises. Water not yet found. well remains being sunk. A new photograph gallery has been completed with improved lighting and equipment. The Democratic County Convention met in Edwardsville naming ticket for local offices. A spontaneous wedding at White Horse Hotel ends with marriage to avoid jail. Marine city improves with new church spire and school building. Madison County Fair to run Sept 29 to Oct 8 with prizes. Scholars invited. Astronomer contemplates a long voyage from sun to Neptune with no fixed plan yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Neary
Mra. Schaumleine
John
Marine
Semaon
Madison County
Stifler
Shortieff College
J. A. Barnsback
Imaginative voyage from Earth to Mercury and beyond
A voice narrates a fantastical journey starting on the western coast of the sun and racing 90 miles per hour across space, landing on Mercury at local noon. Mercury is described as a small, heavy planet with a rapid year, short seasons, moderate temperatures, and strong gravity. The narrator praises celestial balance and hints at future travel to Venus, interspersed with 1874 wedding notices, a pearl earring lost at a concert, grain purchasing, and lumber and lime purchases.
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Mercury
Earth
Venus
T. T
St. Louis
Alton
Wat
Faeupenav
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Grebo
Gulletin
Gillett
N. G. Gronoe Baweon
B. Mesta
Teli
Tes Preeniae Communications of
Troy
A. M
A.M
Samuel Rawson
W. M
Paneer Texiem
Cry Baptist
Cuapin
Troy Post Office
M. i Frigor
Eat
Calch Johnson
St- Louis van. & T
Troy Stat
N.Y. Express
Chicago Express
Highland Freight
Trania
A. M. Piren
Noriox
Louis Karars
St. Jacobs
LOKUL
Donoho
Joseph Samm
Macoupin County
State Board of Equalization
Samuel Yandell
Thie Town
Edwardsville
Wm. H. Krome
Frank 8. Pike
Weigler
Pyler J. Irish
R. W. Crawford
Dr. Miller
White Horse
Squire Mills
Collinsville Plank Road
Astron
Imeical
Monarch of Light
Neptune
Methuselah
Willoughby—Barnsbache
Robert Stewart
Justas B. Willoughby
Jack Barnsback
Bolden
Stroud
White Horse Hotel
Andrew Mills
William Balden
Anna Stroud
Neto
Troy Exchange Mills
Shipstad
Nisi Donoho & Brooke
Town of
Ieoor
ALN
Jarvis
Madison
Rat
Dale
Benates Setae
Prion Ac
Jonme
Panis
Heal Eatate
W. T. Donoho
Cash Store
JOB Press
Rey
Jacboot
Bong Eoha
Patera’ Ecleotis
Kinkel
Ludden
School For the Voice
Worrall
Sangerfest
Pluys Ultra
Sedgwick
J. L. Peters
Broadway
Abol
Will. W. Jar
Aleo
Liz
Hart
Praster Panis
William Freudes
Commission Mercha
Troy Sta
Terre Haute
Missouri
Noee
Liam Donoho
Paina
Business College
the Baylies
Mercantile College
Keokuek and
Dusugus
the Mississippi
Keokuk
Ol! Millss
Cele Iuariesa Laurrustor
Contlanea
United States
Rileodanog
Fregassteaturca
Allan
Dolbear & Bond
Keokak
Own
Gro. H. . Dewzr
Thia
Ajacent
Baetes
W. Coates
Martin & Son
Tate
Toeseston
BeadSergen
Whedbaror
Fremont
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