Interior final decision on swamp lands grant Illinois controversy
Secretary Schurz sustains the General Land Office ruling denying Illinois indemnity for swamp lands patented to the Illinois Central Company. The decision interprets the 1850 act as unchanged by 2479 Revised Statutes and affirms the original grant construction.
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Secretary of the Interior
State of
Illnois
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
United States
Illinois Central Company
Schurz
Illinois
Interior Department
Weekly Review of Notable Events Across the Nation
Denison peaches drag market prices to two cents a box while a Greenfield Ohio mill burns for a loss of 2000. Texas Jack died at Leadville on June 29. Maine GOP renominates W P Frye for congress. Hoosac tunnel shaft cavets. Chicago Rock Island declares 15 ½ percent dividend. Kinsley Kansas hotel and post office lose 15000 in fire. Diamond belt race in San Francisco begins June 24. Upper Mississippi rise washes away 60000 tons of ice. St Louis brewers hit hard by fires. Dartmurd Germany mine explosion kills many. 21 corpses reported. Lachine canal accident causes $109000 loss. Denver Rio Grande line to Leadville near completion. Dayton man Hangs himself in jail. Cuba Espanola boiler blast kills 20, injures 113. Reno Savings Bank suspends, assets believed ample. Two Pennsylvania freight wrecks kill two. Army worm ravages travel west, devastates crops in Connecticut New Jersey and Delaware County.
George Merriam Dies at Springfield Publisher of Webster’s
George Merriam of the G and C Merriam publishing house Springfield died June 22 in Springfield Mass. He began in a West Brookfield printing shop, moved to establish the Merriam firm in 1831 with his brother Charles, later acquiring Webster’s plates in 1847. The enterprise, long held as a fortune maker, left Merriam famed for benevolence in the city.
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George Merriam
France Restores Rights to Exiled Communists
Six thousand Communists transported in 1871 have returned to France and those free of criminal records have resumed full political rights. About five hundred remain in New Caledonia with disabilities for past forfeitures of political rights.
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France
New Caledonia
Oldest New Yorker Aged 118 In Thompson Street
Census reveals the city's oldest person as a colored man on Thompson Street aged 118 years. It also notes a Houston and Lewis Street resident, a woman with two daughters, as the most fertile in the area.
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New York
Thompson Street
Houston
Lewis Streets
More Happiness Than Sorrow in David Swing’s Reflections
The essay argues that life is mostly light amid sorrow, noting that across a typical 75 year span, pain rarely fills a year. It recalls a Paris aunt in advanced age who remained cheerful, drawing happiness from memory and faith, seen as a benevolent God guiding life’s beauty.
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David
Paris
Stirling
Paradise Lost and Found
Speculator and Miner Discuss Gold Quality in Leadville
A speculator presents a miner with a bag of ore and asks for its value. The miner refuses to guess without an assay and frets over potential yields and costs, noting uncertainty about gold and silver content and local assay risks.
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Leadville
Be Wise in Time and Procure Dr Buils Gone Sin
An old time ad fragment urges purchase of Dr Buils Gone Sin claiming it cures or prevents consumption. The ad uses archaic phrasing and a sales pitch tone to entice readers with a promise of health from a patent remedy.
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Dr. Buil
Stories of Jacob Bright from London Society
A Quaer quaker spinner handles village disputes with Solomon like fairness. Mrs Jones loses a pig to Samuel Sheriff and Bright orders the pig split, half to each, at pork market value. Jacob Bright’s mill guards children with lenient yet firm discipline avoiding corporal punishment.
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London Society
Ann Jones
Cronkeyshaw Common
Mrs. Jones
Mr. Bright
Samuel
Jacobi
Queen Victoria Bents Rules as Art Contributor
In a Whitish tone the article notes Queen Victoria contributed five pieces to a June art issue, comparing royal amusements with past monarchs and modern tastes. It reflects on the shifting etiquette of royalty engaging in public entertainments and letter writing.
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Queen Victoria
Plague of Locusts Threatens Crops in Turkestan Report
The Russian Minister of the Interior, touring Astrakhan, telegraphs that a lack of workers hampers efforts to eradicate the locust plague. He notes many other insects injuring crops across the region.
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Astrakhan
Steamer Seawanhaka Fire Tragedy Near New York
A June 28 disaster off College Point Long Island sees the steamer Seawanhaka burned to the water’s edge with about forty dead. Fire started in the engine room near Randall's Island after Hell Gate passage. many aboard jumped or burned. Cap. Charles P. Smith and several crew saved lives as rescuers from Granite State Osseo Minnehannock and others rushed to aid.
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Telegraph
College Point
Long Island
Chas Smith
Deboise
Mary Reed Young
Chas. A. Dana
the Sun
L. M. Barlow
W. R. Chase
R. H. Rochester
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hell Gate
Randall's Island
Granite State
Hartford
Whitestone
Osseo
Abe Skidmore
Coleman House
Seawanhaka
Charles Able
Peck Slip
Thirtythird Street
Little Hellgate
Randal
Ward’s Island
Randall’s Island
Charles P. Smith
Minnehannock
Sylvan Glen
Ei Q'Ueer
Josiah Hasbrauck
Colored man hanged for wife murder in Houston
Henry Quarles a colored man was hanged in Houston Texas on June 11 for the murder of his wife on June 7 1879. A separate Allentown Pennsylvania incident saw Dr J L Aldrich shot by his wife who then killed herself. Jealousy cited. W R Ramedale a prominent Texas citizen was murdered by cattle thieves near Schulemburg. James Williams a colored man was found dead near Indianapolis with his head crushed. his wife injured.
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W. D. Sample
Dayton
Ohio
Henry Quarles
Houston
Texas
Allentown
J. L. Aldrich
Schulemburg
W. R. Ramedale
James Williams
Indianapolis
Ind
Chileans capture Arica amid civil war reports
Telegraph dispatches from Valparaiso claim Chilean forces have seized Arica while rumors of a civil war in the Age tine Confederation flare. Supposed presidential movements and battlefield notes are treated as exaggerated by various reports.
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Age Tine
Avillaneda
Buenos Ayres
Valparaiso
Arica
Bradlaugh Released by Commons After Unanimous Vote
In the House of Commons Bradlaugh won release as Sir Stafford Northcote’s motion to affirm authority and free Bradlaugh passed unanimously. Gladstone offered no advice and took no part in the debate while a Trafalgar Square meeting and others supported Bradlaugh’s right to affirm.
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Bradlaugh
Northampton
House of Commons
Gladstone
Northcote
Stafford Northcote
Labouchere
Sullivan
Bradlauch
Trafalgar Square
O'Donnell
Parnell
Famine and Migrations In Border Regions Amid Ottoman Turkish Conflicts
Reports from the Bayazed Alashgerd and Vara districts describe ongoing famine forcing inhabitants to flee into Russia. ten thousand, mainly Kurds, are said to have died of hunger. Turkish sources claim Russian defeats by Turkomen, while a Constantinople dispatch notes a staged mobilization and a demand for time to execute the Montenegrin convention including territorial cession toward Littora and Bojana.
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Bayazed
Alashgerd
Vara
Turkey
Littora
Bojana
Buleigeno
Constantinople
Porte
Fancy farming for profit versus pleasure in modern agriculture
The article argues that true wealth and welfare come from informed, wealthy patrons supporting farming improvements rather than reckless pursuit of profit. Wealthy individuals can fund experiments that uplift methods and stock, benefiting smaller farmers who learn from these efforts as signposts of risk and opportunity.
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New York
Ireland to Become a Rich Country Debates Continue
A fragment suggests discussions on Ireland’s economic future and capital growth. The text mentions wealth prospects and notes a reference to the capital city with uncertain phrasing.
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Ireland
Hop Bitters Firm Among Rochester's Great Enterprises
The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company ranks as a leading Rochester business. Its Hop Bitters have achieved unprecedented sales, becoming a staple in almost every household in the region.
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Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company
Rochester
Democratic Platform Declares Reform and Free Ballot Protections
The Cincinnati convention on June 22 1880 adopted a Democratic platform opposing centralization pledging honest money free ballot rights and civil service reform. The body approved a pledge to reduce corruption and welcomed Samuel J Tilden's resolution not to seek the presidency again. It nominated William H English for vice president and announced a large slate for the national executive committee with members from Alabama Arkansas California and others. The convention adjourned at 3 PM after brief business and calls for unity.
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Aan Deeptee
United States
Red Gees
Democratic Party
Peinese Party
Ple
The
Union
Samuel J. Tilden
Republican Party
Uni
Pulitzer
Missouri
Pe Is
Alabama
William HH. English
Indiana
Arkansas
Asc
John P. Irish
Iowa
R. M. Bishop
Ohio
Kansas
Wisconsin
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Bishop
Lev. W. Lawler
John J. Sumter
California
J. T. Farley
Connecticut
Wm. H. Barnum
Delaware
I. ©. Grubb
Florida
Samuel Pasco
Georgia
Geo. Q. Barnes
I''inoise
Wm. C. Goudy
Austin H. Brown
M. M. Clam
Chas. W. Blair
Kentucky
Henry
Metleury
Louisiana
K. F. Jonas
Maine
Edmund W. Thomson
Maryland
O. Horse
Massachusetts
Fred O. Prince
Michigan
Edward Kanter
Minnesota
P. H. Kelley
Mississippi
W. D. Martin
John D. Prather
Nebraska
J. Sterling Morton
Nevada
J. C. Mequoees
New Hampshire
A. W. Sullivay
New Jersey
Orestes Cleveland
New York
Abrams. Hewitt
North Carolina
M. W. Ransom
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Abner J. Barnaby
South Carolina
F. W. Danson
Tennessee
Thos, O'Conner
Texas
Irish School Teachers and the Connaught Captivity Legend
A vivid portrait of Irish love for learning and arts notes a legendary Connemara incident. A schoolmaster was seized by mountain people who built him a home, watched him for years, and fed his garden and pig. He taught their children and stayed with them long term.
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Connemara
Maam Kylemore
Papile
Tales of riches and reckless daring from old chronicles
A collage of 19th century vignettes recounts a Persian diplomat myth, a green-clad loner at Brussels Gallery, a flamboyant Romford butcher, and the Marblehead Skipper Ireson tale with Whittier’s later acknowledgment of a misremembered ballad confirmed by historical research.
Please Papa Pray On Bay Too Funny Dinner Blessing
A three year old at the dinner table in a high chair watches plates pile up at papa's place during blessing. He holds his own plate and asks please, papa, pray on bay too, thinking the other plates gain the blessing. The old story is recounted as humorous.
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Chubby
Papa
Woman with four late husbands puzzles child
A mother, grieving yet playful, asks her five year old which of her late fathers is in heaven. The child asks which one, and the mother hints at the others being burned, then remains silent as the conundrum unfolds.
Tormented Back Cry From Overtaxed Workers
A garbled plea depicts workers burdened by taxes seeking relief through medical aid and kidney care while noting widespread discomfort and fatigue among laborers.
Irish Ladies and Poplin Decline to Wear Local Fashion
An essay notes Irish women favor tradition over novelty preferring durable Irish poplin in fabrics yet refuse to wear it. It cites Dublin hand made poplins praised worldwide but ignored by Irish ladies including the Duchess of Marlborough, suggesting politics and national fashion clash with local tastes.
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Dublin
India
Rome
Vienna
Paris
New York
Boston
Duchess of Marlborough
Ireland
Lima
Chili
Fragmentary dialogue from unnamed scene
Incomplete quotes show two speakers discussing a freckled person as they stand opposite a cage. names are unclear and surrounding context is missing.
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John
Erusha
Manufacture of Glass and Its Industrial Rise in the U S
The article details glass making raw materials and processes including sand lime and kryolite, with notes on fuels and artificial gems. It surveys glass industry growth from 1840 to 1860, listing plant counts, regional distributions, and capital invested, highlighting Pennsylvania and New Jersey prominence.
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Greenland
United States
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Vermont
Denon
New Hampshire
Philadelphia
Ohio
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Canning Plant to Fill 600000 Cans This Season
The Marshalltown Republican reports a local canning company will fill 600000 cans with vegetables this season. It will employ 250 to 300 hands and needs 150 more helpers this year than last.
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Marshalltown Republican
Fatal horse accident in Guthrie county Union township
A sed accident Saturday night in Union township Guthrie county left James Hyde a young man dead after his horse fell when two cows crossed the road. His companion escaped unharmed as the incident halted traffic and drew onlookers.
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Union Township
Guthrie County
James Hyde
James
Michigan girl arrested for carrying a revolver
A Detroit area girl was arrested on weapons charges after police found a revolver in her hip pocket. The incident underscores ongoing debates about youth access to firearms and dress code stereotypes.
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Michigan
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Lee County
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Polk County
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