The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday October 4, 1887 CITY COUNCIL. The Saloons Will Remain Open on Sundays. Several Important Ordinances Passed—No More Discounts on Taxes Paid Before January 1. The Contract for the Approach to the High Bridge Let—Board of Registration Appointed. The Council Voting Thousands of Dollars for Sewers—Where is the Money Coming […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday October 4, 1887 (Excerpted from City Council Meeting Minutes October 3 1887) CITY COUNCIL. The Saloons Will Remain Open on Sundays. Several Important Ordinances Passed—No More Discounts on Taxes Paid Before January 1. The Contract for the Approach to the Bridge Let—Board of Registration Appointed. The Council Voting Thousands of […]
The Dubuque Herald October 4, 1887 Local News In Brief OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,} WASHINGTON, D. C., October 4, 1:30 a. m.} Indications—For Iowa: Fair weather, warmer, light to fresh and variable winds. STAGE OF WATER, at 1 p m in feet and tenths, and change in 24 hours CHANGE Stage Rise […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday October 2, 1887 C., M. & ST. P. CONDUCTORS. The Excitement Over the C., M. and St. P. Conductors Ends in Smoke. Everything “Quiet on the Patomac” and “All’s Well That Ends Well.” The conductors and engineers like the “king of Spain who, with 40,000 men, marched up the […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday October 2, 1887 THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The Lease With the D. and S. C. and the Iowa Falls, Terminates. The New manager Takes Charge, and the Companies Engaged in Adjusting Settlements. Big Transfer of Stock and the Roads Virtually Become a Part of the Illinois Central. Friday night the twenty years […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday October 2, 1887 An Incompetent Council. We shall evidently have no sewerage in Dubuque this year or until we get another council. Four weeks ago the construction of the system was on the very verge of being begun, now the whole matter is indefinitely postponed. For several years some of […]
The Dubuque Herald October 2, 1887 Local News In Brief OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,} WASHINGTON, D. C., October 2, 1:30 a. m.} Indications—For Iowa : Fair weather, except in northern portion, where light rains, light to fresh southerly, followed by cooler northwesterly winds. STAGE OF WATER, at 1 p m in feet and […]
The Dubuque Herald October 1, 1887 Local News In Brief OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,} WASHINGTON, D. C., October 1, 1:30 a. m.} Indications—For Iowa: Generally warmer, fair weather; light to fresh winds, generally southerly. STAGE OF WATER, at 1 p m in feet and tenths, and change in 24 hours CHANGE Stage […]
The Dubuque Herald Saturday October 1, 1887 BOARD OF TRADE. An Interesting Meeting of the Directors Yesterday Afternoon. Several New Enterprises Figuring to Locate Here—Some of Them Closed With. Since his return from the east Secretary McMaster has been kept very busy answering letters from parties in various parts of the country, some of […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday October 1, 1887 C., M. & ST. P. CONDUCTORS. The Various Conductors Before the Coroner Reported to Have Been Discharged. The Railroad Officials Deny Knowing Anything About the Matter. Since the coroner‘s inquest, when a large number of the conductors and engineers of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad […]