Mormon Rebellion and Utah Law Supremacy Debate
Editorial urges strong federal action to enforce U S authority in Utah Territory amid Mormon defiance. Warns of desecration of courts, imprisonment of innocents, and widespread church resistance. Calls for swift, decisive measures to assert national supremacy and protect civil and religious liberty.
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Utah
Brighuen
Young Hug
Unitestates
Stavallera
United States
Valfe
Drummond
Urah
The Modern Sodom and Utah Territory Crisis
The War Department orders large troop movements toward the Western border amid claims Brigham Young and Mormon authority in Utah Valley threaten federal law. A Salt Lake observer, returning from twelve months there, corroborates political aims and the governance of Young, urging decisive federal action against the Mormon polity and its leadership.
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Department of War
Starney
Utah Territory
Brigham Young
Utah Valley
U. States
Salt Lake Valley
Pacific
Cpstopis
Drummond
Tania
Richmond
United States
Gome
Brigham
Wall-Paper Poisoning and Urban Growth Notices
Dr Hinds of Birmingham warns of arsenical pigment in wallpapers causing severe illness including mood, stomach and abdominal pain. He notes Schesla’s green pigment can harm. citations claim a child exposed to the pigment nearly died. The text also mentions urban development in a New York area with municipal projects and rail expansions.
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Hinds
Birmingham
Joja
Monthly Journal
London
Berwick Licenses Listed At April 1887 Borough Meeting
Berwick officials publish the list of tavern licenses granted at the April term of 1887. Names include Wattles Gettysburg Borough Belitiua Job Li Kobler Wiefmant Busbey Congwagor Johns Goodyear Jaitban Bream Lingenfelter Germany Barker Cres Strahan Elizabeth Miles Oxford Brough Mt Pleasant Dicks Reading Rether Butler Sz ner une tk Newcontmer Hamilton Mevallen Myvis Moai Tesitiniore Becker Huntington Lildebrand Laurtonbanse Shively Wm Lellan Co. plus various notes on telegraph plans, a jail sale, St James College removal, Tog cholera in York County, a fatal barn accident, and governor history of Pennsylvania.
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Iarvey D. Wattles
Gettysburg
Benj. Belitiua
Job Li
Bate
Jenny Kobler
Michael Wiefmant
Jol Busbey
Congwagor
Jeremiah Johns
David Goodyear
Franklin
Jezekiah Jaitban
Francis Bream
Cumberland
Peter Lingenfelter
Germany
Joseph Barker
Josob L Cres
Strahan
Elizabeth Miles
Oxford
Mary M. Brough
Mt. Pleasant
John A. Dicks
Reading
Debn A. Lt. Rether
Butler If
Samuel Sz
David
Nowcontmer
Wainilton i
Charles Myvis
Mevallen Ee
Conrad Moai
Tesitiniore
John D. Becker
Aluntington Is
Mary Lildebrand
Reuben Stem
Vater Shively
de Ke
Wm. McLellan & Co
Two Men Hanged by Mobs in Iowa
Mob action in Iowa results in two executions. Grifford, a Missouri native, confesses to killing Ingalls after being coerced by relatives. In Bellevue, another man accused of murder and counterfeiting is hanged by a mob after forcible entry to the jail. Crowds numbered 399 to 500 witness the events with clergy offering a prayer before executions. Authorities pursue Grifford’s uncle Jarrett and an accomplice Donald for possible further hangings.
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Iowa
Grifford
Jackson County
Lowa
John Ingalla
Bellevue
Jarrett
David
Esai
Ingalls
Babegek
Wretol
Donald
Missouri
Famine and Bloodshed Reported in Nebraska Territory
The Missouri Democrat cites a man from Council Bluffs describing destitution above St. Fosauh's with crowds mobbing the St. Mary for cargo. It also notes four men shot at Plattsmouth by a Vigilance Committee and five banished to the Nebraska side for clair jumping, under death threats.
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Missouri Democrat
Cayneil Bluffs
St. Fosauh’s
St. Mary
Gils
Democrat
Plattsmouth
N. 74
Nebraskas
Clair
Tragedy and Crime Report From Gallia County
The Gallipolis Journal details a horrific scene as Tom Westlake returns home to find his wife dead and two young children starving and cold with no fuel or food in the house. A separate note reports a counterfeiters’ ring broken up in Duquesne borough with Culbertson arrested, while a wealthy merchant hosts a late night party on Michigan Avenue prompting a police dispatch to disperse revelers. Additional items note a fire ships visit by Mesera rid Minturn and an amnesty gesture by the Russian Emperor for exiles awaiting coronation.
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Duquesne
Rafigmen
Culhaptson
Culbertson
Kentuckey
Per
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Rathening
Pia
Mesera-rinnell & Minturn
New York
Russia
Main Line Public Works sale bill clears House vote
The bill for the sale of the Main Line of the Public Works passed the House on Thursday by a 51 to 41 vote.
New Court House Proposal Backed by Grand Jury
The Grand Jury last week urged building a new Court House not exceeding 15000 dollars, to replace the old Court House and County Buildings. They condemned the current Court House as unsuitable for business, lacking speed, space for suitors and jurors, and security for county records and other official papers.
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Grand Jury
Starr
Destructive Fire Destroys Barn and Outbuildings
A large barn and a nearby stable were burned on Thursday morning April 16 in Huntington township. Four valuable horses, three wagons, farming implements, and hundreds of bushels of wheat plus hay and straw were lost. The fire, fanned by strong winds, destroyed property believed to be set by an incendiary. No insurance coverage is noted. total loss estimated at $8,500.
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Jacob Banast
Trostle’s Mill
Huntington Township
Conrad Bream
Jacob Bream
Child Burnt to Death near Budisell residence
A two year five month eleven day old child of Mr Budisell living near the area perished the same day after her clothes caught fire while the mother washed in an outbuilding. The report also notes a severe storm and a river of other local weather and political updates.
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Jowrsal
N. Pike
Budisell
Monda
Virginia land distribution debate cited by National Intelligencer
The article condemns the revived plan to distribute public lands among states, arguing Virginia’s past opposition and Western land grants harmed the Union. It notes Virginia’s awakening to this policy and cites political alarm about federal treasury reliance. It also reports deaths, a jailhouse assault, and astronomical notes, ending with a humorous portrait of a local spiritualist.
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OM Dominion
Federal Treasury
National Intelligencer
Union
Sale of the Main Line Moves Through Assembly
The House shows growing support for the Main Line sale as debate narrows. Public sentiment runs strong against debt and high taxes, with supporters urging relief through the sale to fund public works while opponents raise questions on expenditures and long-term costs.
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Considvankla Majazi
Parana
Mein
Strie Engineerts Renore
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