A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Illinois > Macon http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1373 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=54616 Submitted by: SharonTMSI Article Title: Inter Ocean Article Date: March 4 1875 Article Description: Merriweather wins 4 way race for Mayor Article Text: A Quadrilateral Contest Special Telegram to the Inter Ocean. Decatur, Ill., March 3— There was a quadrilateral fight over the Mayorality in this city yesterday. R. H. Merriweather, T. J. Abel, F. J. Priest, the present Mayor, and A. W. Hardy being the contestants. Major Merriweather managed to get away with the balance and take his seat on a majority of seventy-three. The contest was not a political one. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com