Legend of Beach Island Fort Moore and the Wild Cat
A nostalgic Beach Island reminiscence describes Fort Moore on the South Carolina shore near Augusta revealing its origin, a legendary Indian capture tale, and a daring escape by the Wild Cat leaping from Tort Moore Bluff. It also notes advancing wire netting in construction and new cemented breakwaters as a builder’s innovation.
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Augusta
South Carolina
Natuye
Fairy Land
Fort Moore
Beach Island
Death by own action of Curly-headed Jack modoc
A San Francisco Morning Call correspondent from the lava country describes the Modoc warrior Curly-headed Jack choosing suicide, his burial by Colonel Mason’s command, and the somber Modoc burial rites at Lost River. The tale notes Cottonwood faction tensions, the assembled mourners including Hooker Jim, and a final concern over Jack’s pistol and its fate at the grave.
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San Francisco
Lava Country
Jack
Boyle
Cottonwood
Dry Jake
Hasbrouck
Lost River
Mason
Bogus Charley
Hooker Jim
Shack Nasty Jim
Steamboat Frank
Doctor
Captain Jack
E. M. Camp
Captain Coxetter dies in Charleston after long sea career
Captain L. M. Coxetter, aged fifty five, died at his Charleston home. Born in Nova Scotia in 1818, he led a noted seafaring life, commanding steamers between Charleston and Florida, aiding Union and Confederate efforts, and influencing early Charleston Florida trade before his death. He was respected as a capable, generous sailor with strong community ties.
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L. M. Coxetter
Nova Scotia
Charleston
St. Augustine
Vln
Floridia
Mexico
Stephen and
Francis
New Orleans
Galveston
Hig Goosses
Florida
Carolina
Everglade
Jeff Davis
Teff Davis
St. Augustine Bar
Coxetter
Europe
Antonica
Beauregard
Theodosia
Mason and Slide
Marriage Essay Remark by Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt closes an essay on marriage with a vivid portrait of a maiden gazing into an uncertain future. She rests her head on her lover's breast and whispers that the past was beautiful while the future can be trusted.
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Leigh Hunt
Jefferson Davis Enters New York Hotel Register
Jefferson Davis former Confederate president checked into a New York hotel on Thursday. A Herald reporter, after learning of his visit, sent up a card hoping to interview him but was informed Davis preferred not to speak. The brief encounter ended without an interview.
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Cord
Davis
Mississippi
Mr. Davis
Ife
Herald
Europe
Jefferson Davis
Confideracy
New York
Bays
Arithmetics for Millionaires in Indian Hands
A circulating paragraph describes a Chinese finger counting method using the left hand to 1,000, counting on finger joints for units up to tens of thousands. The right forefinger tips act as pointers to indicate numbers. The note adds Burney, the composer, learned French and Latin while riding between pupils.
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Burney
Local Ad Rates and Payment Details
One Inch ads priced at $1.00 with liberal reductions for contract advertisements. Transient notices may require cash. Advertisers should hand in favors before Friday of each week.
Random 1874 miscellany notes from Texas and Washington
A collage of short items includes price hints for beef and lard, political satire on back pay, bequests to daughters, clerks in the post office, milk chemistry claims, German schools, Newport brass bands, social mores, and a Washington wedding. It notes Jefferson Davis with the Mississippi Rifles, barbers court on shaving, Freemasonry in Brazil, Munsonian conflict in South America, Harvard deaths tally, and Harvard graduates tied to notable figures.
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Jefferson Davis
Hirst
Mississippi Rifles
Washington
Davis
Freemasonry
Brasil
South America
Munsonian
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HU Eld Whatley
Suvceas
England
Modoc
Genewal
Jim
Fairchild
The
Charleston News and Courier
Wheeling
Haga Bay
Kympletion
Baltimore and Potomac Enterprise
Hoosac Tunnel
Baltimore
Baltimore and Potomac
Hoosac
Gilmer Street
North Avenue
Northern Central Railway
Excavatio
Botton
Woun
Dept
Union
Greenmount Avenue
Union Railroad
Canton
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
City
Maryland
Northern Central
Philadelphia, Wilmington
Philadelphia, Wilington and Baltimore
Union Tunnel
Baltimore and Potemic
Jeff. Davis
MupDavis
Henry Sparnick
Texas
Congress
Jesse R. Grant
Col. Mosby
Post Office Department
Germany
Newport
Pinch
Fifth. Avenue
N.Y
60Th
Stat Street
Buckingham
Memphis
Lunatic Asylum
China
Justice White
Hichamond
Harvard College
Nestor
Horace Binney
Philadelphia
Willard Hall
Samuel Dunn” Parker
Boston
Harvard
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