Beaus Hickman the Washington wit and wanderer remembered
A long Washington obituary sketches Robert L. Hickman known as Beau Hickman a roving figure on Pennsylvania Avenue near the National Hotel who died in Washington. Born in 1815 with Virginia Kentucky ties he built notoriety as a witty improvisor living by his wits and occasional alms. He wore faded finery and charmed strangers with stories while seeking his next “initiation fee.” He died penniless and paralyzed, buried at Potter’s Field amid posthumous notes of a better farewell.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
National Hotel
Brown’s
Metropolitan
Robert L. Hickman
Beau
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Beau” Hickman
Falgtaff
Nature
Baltimore
White’s
Ranelagh
London
Beau’ Hickman
Brummell
Nash
Yorick
Hickman
Lord Alvanley
Mickuan
Alps
National
Sixth Street
Den
Erik Oan
Providence Hospital
Brummel
Caen
Beau Thickman
Potter’s Field
Beau Hickman
RAILWAYS TO THE WEST
The article notes an expanding railroad fever across upper South Carolina and neighboring states with conventions at Abbeville Asheville and Lexington and plans for the Sassafras Gap and Chicago and Augusta lines, reflecting local road interests and broad regional promotion. It highlights regional enthusiasm though details remain fragmentary.
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South Atlantic
Port Royal
Charleston
Savannah
Kana
Norfolk
Richmond
Charlotte & Atlanta Air Line
Rabun Gap
Blue Ridge Road
Augusta
Clayton
Abbeville
Anderson
Louisville
Greenville
Spartanburg
Buté Mountain Gap
Asheville
Columbia
Atlanta
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta
Pine House
Cincinnati
News & Courier
Georgia
North Carolina
West
Savinnah River
Friends
Sassafras Gap
Warm Springs
N. C
Auditors Muster for Uniform State System Across Counties
Comptroller-General Hoge convened county auditors to standardize practices, tighten law adherence, and improve reporting. Most auditors submitted uniform reports. property assessments rose in several counties, with some lands untaxed for years now due for payment. Castelar orders a large force to crush Carlist and Intransigente insurgents, aiming to restore order before spring.
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Hoge
Comptroller-General
Union-L Herabd
Castelar
Spain
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Transient Bar Advertisements and Global News Fragments
A collage of items notes bar ad cash needs, a Texas Democratic Convention endorsement and a belief in Mexican raids, plus various global and local topics. Highlights include wheat export surplus in Minnesota, Verdun evacuation, Japanese students abroad, and Wisconsin Grange political strategy, with scattered anecdotes and curiosities from 1870s press.
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Man OF
Tornee
M.blandois
Mephistopiteles
Jackson
Buse
Payn
Cumberland Gaps
Gum
Aiken
Coln. O. Hudnut
Bunconsha County
N. O
Polly Budsemtdcm
Houilerson County
N.Y
Laurens County
Yeaily Bunsevto
Greenville Gates
Wileoffel
Aitken
Lalur
Tha Air Line
Atlantic Ocean
Lexington
Arian, &. C
Auditors
Bar
Heney
Salmeguedi
Minnesota
Texas
MsKenzie
Mexico
Railways of Canada
Germepy
California
New York City
Berlin
France
Verdun
America
Europe
Brown County
Indiana
Patriarsh I
San Francisco
Willeurely
Jacksonville
Itrathus
Persia
Africa
Zanzibar
England
Order
Patrons of Husbandry
Wisconsin Grangers
Ani
Grangers
Wisconsin
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