Court dispositions in circuit and chancery cases
The report lists disposed circuit and chancery cases from Alton with rulings on trespass, quo warranto, partition, and liens. Judgments include $39 in favor of a plaintiff, various decrees of sale, injunctions, executor matters, and probate actions with bonds and costs specified. Several estates are probated or administered, with orders for sale or distribution and guardianship or conservatorship actions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Mary Morick
City of Alton
People
Wm. H. Ballhorn
George Margoth
Continued list of names and charges in 19th century case
A sequence of individuals is named with various alleged offenses including assault to rape, assault to kill, selling liquor, forgery, burglary, and wife abandonment. Several entries mention gaming devices and election law violations. Notable names include James Blucher John Fischer Boon Allen David Ransom Benj Perry Mink Garrison Adam Noll John Young Samuel R Bowen Swan W Nelson Sikora Lampe and Henry Daubendick among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Blucher
John Fischer
Boon Allen
David Ransom
Benj. Perry
Mink Garrison
Adam Noll
John Young
Samuel R. Bowen
David Robinson
Andrew Anderson
James Huston Et al
Henry R. Ruhlmann
Elbert J. Parks
Ed. K. McMahon
Swan W. Nelson
John Sikora
Wm. Lampe
Henry Daubendick
Star Brewery Suits Overdue Payments and Damages
Star Brewery Co. sues Charles Kalina for 500 in assumpsit. City of Granite City and Madison County face a 20 000 assumpsit claim for damages. Frederick Wolff seeks to set aside judgment and related actions. Elizabeth Mueller and others file a partition bill over lots 11 and 12 in Louis Schiller’s lst add to St. Jacob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Brewery Co
Charles Kalina
Assumpsit
City of
Granite City
Madison County
Frederick Wolff
Selon H. Case
Elizabeth Mueller
Catherine Brewig
Louis Schiller
Lst
St. Jacob
Probate Proceedings with Claims and Balances
Probate proceedings before Joyce Wm. P. Eagy show John Blattner deceased with a $2.50 claim allowed. Wm. Long deceased noted with an adjustment day in September term. Lorenz Winter deceased with executor reports a balance of $131.82. Magdalena Klumpp deceased with $54.62 claims allowed and Fredericka Auer deceased with $992.98 claims allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blattner
Wm. Long
Lorenz
Winter
Magdalena Klumpp
Fredericka Auer
Real Estate Transfers Listed for Alton and Vicinity
A long list of property transfers including Henry Mayford to James Gill in Alton parcels, Riley J. Smith and wife to Wm. Co. Ward and wife, Edward Whittaker to St. Clair Madison & St. Louis Belt Railroad, and multiple tracts in North Alton, Venice, Granite City, Troy, and Collinsville. Transactions feature deeds and warranty actions, with several lots, blocks, and subdivisions named such as Worden, Maple Park, Miller & Mitchells, Knox & Smiths, and J. W. Starkey’s additions. Major buyers include the Smith and Lang families, McCasland and Youree, and the St. Louis, Troy & Eastern Railroad. Amounts range from small lot transfers to substantial tracts such as 14.828 acres in sec 91-39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mayford
James Gill
Miller & Cos
Pee Nance
Riley J. Smith
Wm. Co
City
Alton
Wm. E. Gay c
C. Wilson
Andyvlé
Knox & Smith
Venice
Jacob Klein
Robt
W.C. Hadley
Patrick Murray
Maple Park
Collinsville
John Baumgartner
Henry Baumgartner
Viesha
Riley A. Smith
Alta M. Bennett
R. J. Smith
Worden
Annie
Ball
Annie Mo
Troy
Bethalto Grain Co
Farmers’ Elevator & Produce Co
J. W. Starkey
Bethalto
McCasland
Antonia Lang
McCasland & Youree
Granite City
Antonia A. Lang
C. D. McCasland
W. R. Woodson
Katherine Kahle
St. Louis, Troy
Eastern
R.R
Robert Ourdie
Robert Morrow
Maple Heights
W. Handlen
Edward Waldt
Grante Olby
Property transfers and adjacencies in Madison city records
Wm Sonntag and wife transfer to Joseph Powell and others land in section 35 6 10 except certain allowances. Caroline Wade to Genie B Stout widown lot 19 block 11 West Madison Venice. Gottlieb Eigenbrodt and wife to Petro Roseland lots 7 and 8 block 8 Fairview Place 3 8 except coal. Rosa Barton and husband to Cato Bott qed lot 19 block 9 Newport now Madison. W F Lange and wife to St Louis Troy & Eastern R R Co wd tract in section 11 38. Names include Jose Maria Alarco Aguascalientes Mex Florence Brink Edwardsville Wm F Long Edwardsville Margaret F Wentz Edwardsville Gottfried L Pager Venice Rosa H Schill Venice George C Rinkel Venice Minnie D Feldmeier Pin On Albert Schutte Pin On Josephine Kramer Worden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Sonntag
Joseph
Powell
Caroline E. Wade
Genie B. Stout
Wid
West Madison
Venice
Gottlieb Eigenbrodt
Petro Roseland
Fairview Place
Rosa Barton
Cato ‘Abbott
Newport
Madison
Sediekines Cc
W. F. Lange
St. Louis, Troy & Eastern R. R. Co
Osavinreenss
Jose Maria Alarco
Aguascalientes
Mex
Florence G. Brink
Edwardsville
Wm. F. Long
Gottfried L. Pager
Rosa H. Schill
Espenereve
George C. Rinkel
Minnie D. Feldmeier
Albert Schutte
Josephine Kramer
Troy and Eastern to Improve Madison County Route
The St Louis Troy and Eastern plans to alter its route through Madison County by relaying the track to straighten the Bottom segment. A land transfer recorded Saturday shows the sale of 14 plus acres from the Kahle estate for 1761 dollars to the railroad for the new track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis, Troy & Eastern
Madison County
Edwardsville Intelligencer
A. Katherine Kahle
Wm. C. F. Kahle
Henry F. Kahle
Emma Weitkamp
Ida C. Kannemann
Kahle
Remedy Adverts for Stomach Ailments and Worm Cure
An old style advertisement praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as best for stomach and bowel troubles. It includes claims from O W Wakefield of Columbus Ga and notes S Kingston as the retailer. Also promotes White's Cream Vermifuge to expel worms and Ballard's Snow Liniment for cuts burns and bruises with prices and sale by S Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
O. W. Wakefield
Columbus
S. Kingston
Ballard
Kingston
Men You've Known and Men You've Done
A humorous exchange about framing a book title and a plug for local shops. Donk Bros. coal gains reputation on its merits. Droll's Hardware offers 30 Dustless Floor Oil at 40c per gallon. Kuntzmann's serves ice cold soda and ice cream soda daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donk Bros
Droll’s
Kuntzmann’s
Weather Report On Illinois Crops From Springfield July 2
Special Bulletin reports very warm conditions across Illinois with several local showers in central districts. Harvests vary: wheat good quality and near completion in southern areas, oats down due to drought, corn doing well but behind pace and weedy in spots, chinch bugs harming corn, clover and pastures fair to good, peas gardens potatoes drought affected, peaches and small fruits promising while apples declined on unsprayed trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Mai
Time Card Fragments for Rail Trains and Rates Notice
Partial time card entries list arrivals and departures for trains including Vandalia Accommodation Indianapolis Accommodation Local Freight and Indianapolis Mail with times. Local agent G L Elliott of Troy Illinois and assistant J M Chesbrough of St Louis offer complete time card and rate information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
G. L. Elliott
Troy
LliNois
J. M. Chesbrough
St. Louis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Circuit and Probate Court
Law
Chancery
Thos. Stallings
Mary L. Norton
Emma Albrecht
Wm. Hunecke
James Blake
John E. Miller
Edwardsville Ry. Co
St. L
Oovert B. Powell
Wm. Scnitag
Wm. H Hauskinson Relson D. Pike
Nannie Erxleben
Wm. F. Erxleben
John P. Anderson
Margaret Young
W. C. Hadley
Anderson
Henry Steinmeyer
Wm. H. Field
Litchfield & Madison Ry. Co
Granite City & Edwardsville Ry. Co
Madison & Granite City By. Co
Valentine Strauss
Perlina Case
George Merkel
Jacob Jering
Henry Oldenburg
Christian A. Mutzner
Wilhelmina Fedder
Mary Dietz
Fred Dietz
Louis Dietz
Frederick E. Theuer
Margaret Schultz
Chas. Schmidt
R. F. Tunnell
Charles Hack
Rose & A. Payson
Gertrude Bennett
Phillipina Klein
Charles Schott
W. H. Krome
C. W. Terry
Augusta
F. J. Mueller
Ferdinand Bertram
F. Simon
Carl White
Jacob Diehle
Anton Teschak
Joyce Wm. P. Eagy
Hawley’s
Troy & Eastern
Special Grop Bulletin
Report of
Ind’p’l
Ind’p'l
Kabtward
St Randers
Lebanon, Ill
Gates’ Restaurant
IL Co
Gates, Prop
Queen City Dairy Co’s
Oetter’s Bread and Rolls Union
Sentral Hotel
WM. Meiners
F. Auwarter
Jay Bird
Simmon
Droll's Hardware Store
Pierhs
Goors
George Tiebler
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