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Alphin, Henry: candidate Schuyler Co. coroner, S4/58-3:3
Alson, Christina: m. Christian Yensen, S16/54-3:l
Alson, Niels: m. Mary Ann Nybroe, Myll/55-3:l
Alsop, Henry: on 1st ward school program, Apl3/57-2:2
Alsop, John: Methodist Protestant ministerial appointment, 06/58-2:2
Alsop, Joseph W.: corporator LC.R.R., F10/51-2:3
Alsop, Thomas: resumes jewelry business in Spfd., Jel0/52-3:2, S8/59-2:4; stockholder Mechanics* & Farmers* Bank, 030/52-3:2; mill and
shop burned, My24/54-3:l; forms ptnrp. with Hickox, Ap20/55-2:5; deft, chancery suit, Sl0/57-2:4; m. Jane Hopkins, F10/60-2:4; see
also Alsop & Hickox
Alsop & Hickox: Spfd. millers, Ap20/55-2:4; owners City Mill, Ja6/57-3:l; see also Alsop, Thomas; Hickox, Horace
Alston, John: candidate Chi. alderman, F28/59-2:2
Althoff, J. M.: elected Alton assessor, Sl0/57-3:l, Sl3/60-2:2
Altman, Maria A.: m. Rudolph Schoeule, My28/59-2:4
Alton, : elected Tazewell Co. school commr., Nll/57-2:2
Alton (111.): stage line to Jacksonville, Ja2/51-3:2; steamboat service to St. Louis, F20-3:l; $1, 600, 000 exports in 1850, F25-3:l; market quotations,
Mr8-3:3; lime exports, Apl7-3:1, D2/57-3:l; $100, 000 subscription to T.H.& A.R.R., My24/51-2:2, Ag6-3:1, S5/53-3:l; mortality,
Jyl/51-3:1; growth, Nil-3:1; made port of entry, Sl6/52-3:l; legislature and state officers entertained at, Jal5/53-2:2; fugitive slave
case, Ja20-3:1, Ja21-3:1; streets macadamized, Mrll-3:1; through R.R. connections to Chi., Jy8-3:2; fires, N18-3:l, Nl/56-2:3, Mr23/57-
2:2, Apl7-2:2, Ap29-2:1, Myll-3:1, Ag21-3:1, S29-2:2, Mr26/58-2:3, Jy9-3:1, Agl6-2:3, D5/59-3:l, Mrl7/60-2:4; R.R. meeting, Jal3/54-
2:1; 2250 barrels of flour shipped to New Orleans in 1 day, Ap22-3:1; Negroes* school tax applied to Negro education, Myl9-3:1; anti-Nebr.
meeting, Je6-2:l-2; earthquakes, Ap9/55-3:l; city elections, S12-3:l, S10/57-3:l; pop. 8223, N28/55-2:l; Mormons pass through, Jal5/56-
2:2; State Fair to be held at, Ap3-2:2; Kans. meeting, Apll-2:1, Apl5-2:2; Fremont meeting, S29-2:3, 03-3:1, 04-2:4; Buchanan meeting,
S30-2:l; M.E. parsonage burned, Nl-2:3; windstorms, D6-2:l, Je5/60-2:4-5; Negro conv., Dll/56-2:l; old settlers* meeting projected,
Jal2/57-3:l; theatrical co. at, Ap24-3:1; municipal bldg. burned, Ap29-2:1; German immigrants arrive at, N21-3:2; H.S. to be organized
in, N23-3:l; Demo, meeting, Jall/58-2:2; exports from, Mrl8-3:1; $16, 000, 000 business in 1857, Ap8-3:2; flood, Jel4-2:1, Jel5-2:1, Jel6-
2:3, Jel9-2:1, Je23-3:1; Mrs. Macready sues, Jy2-3:1; injunction against, Jyl2-2:2; Repub. rallies, Ag27-2:3, Agl6/60-2:2, Ag23-2:2;
July 4 celebration, Jy6/59-2:2; coal mine strike, Nll-2:2; and C.A.& St.L.R.R., F9/60-3:2; ratification meeting, Je27-2:2, Jy2-2:3;
Repub. jubilee, N15-2:4
"Alton" (locomotive): on Alton & Sangamon R.R., 019/52-3:1
Alton (steamboat): delayed by ice at Cairo, Fll/51-2;1
Alton & Jacksonville Railroad: commrs*. meeting, S21/52-3:l; directors elected, Ja9/54-2:2; see also Jacksonville, Alton & St. Louis Railroad
Alton & Jerseyville Plank Road Company: subscription books opened, Ap3/51-3:1; 3Pjo dividend, F23/53-3:l
Alton & Mt. Carmel Railroad: and Pickering, F15/51-2:3; public land granted for, F17-2:1; see also Southern Cross Railroad
Alton & Rock Island Railroad: contracts let, Ag9/58-3:l
Alton & Sangamon Railroad: stock installments due, Ja2/51-2:5, F2/52-3-.2; work on, Ja7/51-3:5, Ap9-2:2, Apl2-2:l-2, Apl6-2:2, Ap23-2:1,
Ag30-3:1, Mrl9/52-2:21 Apl9-3:1, Ag21-2:2, Ag24/53-3:l; directors elected, Ja21/51-3:2, Apl8-2:2; construction cost, F5/51-2:l-4; gravel
cars received, F21-3:l; "Seven Reasons Why the Springfield and Alton Railroad Depot Should Not Be Located Half a Mile East of the Public
Square," Mrl-2:5; material arrives for, Mr21-3:1; strike, Ap28-3:1; Shields on, Myl6-2:1; Spfd. ordinances on, Je28-2:5; Spfd. -Bloomington
survey, Jy7-3:1, Je29/52-3:l; article on, Jy8/51-2:l-2; American R.R. Journal on, S22-2;2-4; contracts let, N4-3:l, N25-3:1; regular service
commenced to Brighton, Jal3/52-2:l; name changed to Chi. & Miss. R.R., Je28-3:1; train collides with bull, Jy31-3:1; record run on, Agl9-
3:1; buys 2 steamboats, Ag31-3:1; 1st train into Spfd., Sll-3jl; traffic on, 04-3:1, D24-3:l; Spfd. banquet, 09-3:1; mail contract, F17/53-
3:1; appellant Supreme Court, Mr8-2:2; derailment, Jyl9-3:1; accident, N4-3:l; safety regulations, N5-3:l; see also Chicago, Alton & St.
Louis Railroad; Chicago & Mississippi Railroad
Alton Baptist Church: burned, Mrl3/60-2:3
Alton Brass Band: at Carlinville Douglas rally, Sl0/58-2:2
Alton Catholic Church: burned, F22/54-3:1; cornerstone broken into, Je20-3:1; consecrated, 026/55-3:1
Alton Catholic Temperance Society: July 4 celebration, Jy6/59-2:2
Alton City Bank: opens, My7/52-2:2
Alton Courier: begins daily publication, Jel/52-3:l; on Sangamon Co. Hort. Soc. exhibition, Jel5-3:1; on 111. "black laws," Mrl/53-2:l-2,
Mr2-2:2; prize story contest, Ag6-2:2; on State Fair, N2-2:2-3
Alton Democrat: discontinues daily publication, Jal2/56-3:l; begins tri-weekly publication, Ag3/57-3:l; recommences daily publication,
Ja9/58-3:l; office destroyed by tornado, Je5/60-2:5
Alton Fillmore Club: publishes National Union, S20/56-3:l
Alton Freie Presse: established, F2/58-3:l
Alton Gas Light & Coke Company: organized, F16/56 -3:1; bldgs. under construction, Myl4-3:1
Alton German Catholic Church: destroyed by tornado, Je5/60-2:4
Alton German Lincoln Club: at Repub. rallies, Agl6/60-2:2, Ag23-2:2
Alton High School: plans to organize, N23/57-3:l
Alton Horticultural Society: plans for exhibitions, Ag21/55-3:l, Je6/57-3:1; exhibition, S3/55-2:1; strawberry festival, My27/56-3:1; urges
organization of state soc., N8-2:2
Alton House (Alton): adv., D21/53-3:2; offered for sale, Ap3/55-2:6; improvements at, Jy28-2:3; change of ownership, Jall/56-2:4
Alton Insurance & Savings Company: begins business, Sl9/59-2:l
Alton Methodist Episcopal Church: burned, Apl7/57-2:2; new bldg. projected, My5-3:1
Alton National Democrat: established, Jyll/55-2:2
Alton National Guards: annual ball, Dl/55-3:l
Alton Old Guard: at Repub. rally, Agl6/60-2:2
Alton Polytechnic Institute: founded, Ja24/56-3:1; progress, Fl8-2:2
Alton Presbytery: Carbondale Seminary to be founded by, Je21/56-3:l
Alton Protestant Episcopal Church: under construction, Ap23/56-3:l; robbed, F3/59-2:l; destroyed by tornado, Je5/60-2:5
Alton Telegraph: appreciation of, F22/51-2:2; on agric. colleges, Mr29-2:1; on Gen. Assembly, D23/52-2:2; refutation of Ford* s charges
against, Mrl/55-2:l; discontinued, Myl8-3:1, D4/58-3:1; revived, Jel2-2:2
Alton Wide Awake Club: at Edwardsville rally, Jyll/60-2:3; at Rock Bridge rally, Jy24-2:3; visits Journal office, Agl0-3:2; at Spfd. rally,
Agll-2:2; at Alton rallies, Agl6-2:2, Ag23-2:2
Alton Yagers: at Spfd. July 4 celebrations, Jy3/58-3:l, Jy6-2:1, Jy7-3:1, Jy6/59-2:2; hosts to Spfd. Capitol Guards, 013/58-3:1
Alton Young America Lincoln Club: at Repub. rally, Agl6/60-2:2
Alton Young Men's Lincoln Club: at Republican rally, Agl6/60-2:2
Altona (steamboat): on Alton-St. Louis run, Apl0/52-3:l, Ag31-3:1; race with Jessie Deane, Apl2/53-3:l; wrecked, F28/56-2:2
Altona Fire Company (Alton): present* picture to Pioneer Fire Co. (Spfd.) St/It)-3-'3
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