Windsor guest of British Queen and state news from Washington
Gus Grant visits Windsor Castle as guest of the British Queen with a grand banquet. The President receives honorary LL D degrees from Harvard and Union College. Reports cover military posts, finances, rail salary cuts, Danube campaigns, and Turkish Russian battles with extensive dispatches from Europe and Asia.
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Gus. Grant
Windsor Castle
Seeessie
Harvard College
Heyes
Union College
Schenectady
N. C
Rhode Island
Newport
van Zandt
Schurz
Evarts
Washington
Barver
W. B. Hazen
Sixth Infantry
Vienna
Richard Wagner
United States
Gov
Doxswearer
New York Sun
Gov. Tilden
Electoral Commission
President Hayes
Lincoln
Joux
Steve Pullex
New Orleans
Louisiana
Grand Street
Brooklyn
Oaxuel S. Barker
Commodore Vanderbilt
New York
Barker
E. H. Clafrs
Church of Divine Paternity
John L. Thomas
Baltimore
Wilkens
Various 19th Century Notices and School Sports Updates
The issue reports the American Institute of Homeopathy session at Lake View New York the arrival of Corr’s white whale at Cincinnati aquarium a government loan repayment by President Welch and a plan to set up a mixed commission to govern predatory offenses near the Rio Grande a cost-saving revision on stone contracts for the Cincinnati Custom House and election of officers at the American Tract Society in Boston. Harvard defeats Yale in rowing and baseball boosting their status with a Springfield Mass boat race time and 24 36 plus a 5 to 2 win. Mennonites flee Russia to settle in several western states while Curacao’s city directory lists a population of 521 941.
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Rustebukis
Armenis
Danube
Sistova
Rustchuk
Nikopolis
Dobrudscha
Nicholas
Eighth
Simnitan
Bayazid
Zewin
Asia
Lublin
Poland
Rustebuk
Giurgevo
Bulgaria
Simnitza
Remons
Batoum
Van
Lake van
Listova
Biela
Shamila
Sistovs
Kalafat
Vidin
Cetate
Tirnova
Balkans
Times
London
Asia Minor
American Institute of Homeopathy
Lake View
N. Y
Corr
Cincinnati Aquarium
Board of Managers
Welch
Rio Grande
Cincinnati Custom House
The
American Tract Society
Boston
Wm. C. Chapin
John G. Tappan
Erastus Blakesley
Arthur Gilman
Society
Harvann
Yale
Springfield
Mass
Russia
Immi
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Curcaco
Multiple Offenses and Indian Warfare Update From West and Idaho
L Cass Carpenter the United States Internal Revenue Collector for the South Carolina District has been arrested for fraudulently increasing two state treasury warrants for public printing. Advices from Idaho Territory report General Howard’s reconnaissance on Col Perry’s battle site finding twenty seven dead soldiers buried and six bodies missing. Many details describe extreme murders and loss of arms with extensive scalps. Nez Perce remain resistant while Flatheads and Blackfeet are not joining. Era Honiano a gambler from Cincinnati sentenced to thirteen months for illegal votes. Janis Axpeenson shot by a mob after jail escape in Kentucky.
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L. Cass Canpenter
United States Internal Revenue
South Carolina
Carpenter
Treasury
Idaho
Howard
Perry
Flatheads
Blackfeet
Nez Perces
Salmon River
Jack
Modoc
Honiano
Ted
Cincinnati
Janis
Lickman
Export and finance notes in 19th century markets
Averma engages in exporting meat to England with a contract for 50 000 sheep and 4 000 oxen. London receiving 4000 boxes of American butter signals a potential shift in the English market. The Lake Shore railroad reduces salaries above one dollar daily by ten percent. Connecticut creates a commission to examine insurers with Charter Oak Life assets pegged at 22.9 million and 1.735 million in doubtful paper. Hanover Street fruit importers Cuarmanx & Co fail with 175 000 liabilities and Vermont Justice Porren is declared bankrupt with 150 000 liabilities. A Washington statistics bureau notes losses in sheep and lambs destroyed by cogs.
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Averma
England
London
Jane
Lake Shore Railroad
Connecticut
Charter Oak Life
W. H. Cuarmanx & Co
Hanover Street
New York City
Josxin Porren
Whitehall
Vermont Supreme Court
Tax Bureau of Statistics
Washington State
Nationwide Storm Toll and Disaster Report
A sweeping bad weather summary details drownings from bridge collapses in Missouri and Indiana, boating accidents on the Susquehanna near Clark's Ferry, Pa, and St John New Brunswick, a boiler explosion on the Lady of the Lake in Massachusetts, and deadly tornadoes across Illinois Indiana and Pennsylvania with extensive property damage and multiple fatalities. It notes a Montreal to Patterson steamer wreck and Niagara Falls deaths plus winds and wrecks near Walkerton Indiana with numerous lives lost and property destroyed.
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New York
Hannibal
George L. Crosby
Susquehanna River
Clark’s Ferry
Turze
McKinsie
Goddard
van Destine
St. John
N. B
Silver Lake
Mass
Minois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
O'Fallon Station
Morgan, Johnson, Shelby
Rush
Henry
Wayne Counties
Ind
Baddown
Coatesville
Jolly
Shelby County
Michael Meherlich
Beeker
Wayne
Charles Brown
Richmond
W. J. Hyatt
Illinois
Eacildown
Quebec
Canada
Montreal
Patterson Station
Lake Champlain
Delaware and Hudson Cane] Company
Leland
Tursup Gov. Morton
New Orleans
Grimaldi
Iowa Republicans nominate Gear for Governor at Des Moines
The Iowa Republican State Convention in Des Moines nominated John H. Gear for Governor on the first ballot and Frank L. Campbell for Lieutenant Governor. The Democratic convention was called to meet in Marshalltown on August 29. Georgia voters favored a state constitutional convention, which will meet on July 11.
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Tus
Iowa
Des Moines
John H. Gear
Frank L. Campbell
Lowa
Marshalltown
Georgia
Bombardment of Rustchuk by Russians on the Danube
A Rustchuk dispatch reports the Russian bombardment on the Danube bank city, describing near total ruin and destruction. Shells rained on churches, hospitals, and homes, killing inmates and even children as residents fled to interior shelters. Fortifications remain standing amid the devastation.
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Rustchuk
Giurgevo
Danube
Rustehuk
Beetle Found in German Potato Field Sparks Trade Row
A Colorado insect raid reveals a potato field near Cologne infested by a Colorado beetle found on produce purchased with American bacon. The report notes shifts in European politics and a fire tragedy in Rochesterville Canada alongside other varied items.
London the greatest city the world has seen
The piece extols London as the most populous city within a fifteen mile circle, noting over four million residents and ranking it above New York, St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Paris, and Pekin. It calls London the court, government seat, fashion center, and hub for charities and criminal figures of the United Kingdom.
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London
Babylon
Thebes
Rome
India
New York
St. Petersburg
Constantinople
Paris
Scotland
United Kingdom
Railroads See Net Gains as Earnings Hold Steady
Advance sheets of Poor's Railway Manual show U.S. miles operated rising to 73,508 from 71,750. Gross earnings fell to 497.2 million while net earnings edged up to 186.4 million from 185.5 million. Dividends dropped to 68 million from 74.3 million due to coal-company defaults.
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Poor
Puckler Maskau’s Leather Quip at Almack's
A humorous anecdote recalls Puckler Maskau at Almack's in England about forty years ago. He complimented Lady Jersey on her “beautiful leather” to which she stared. He corrects himself, clarifying he meant her skin and the prince defends dignity.
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London
Packler Maskau
England
Almack’s
Jersey
Puckler Maskan
Six Foot Five Frank Prince Bets 220 Hour Swim Quest
Frank Prince, a six foot five inch man, makes a bold wager to swim from St. Louis to New Orleans in 220 hours of actual swimming time. Some Mississippians doubt he can match or better the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Prince
St. Louis
New Orleans
Mollie Maguires exposed by detective work and trials
Allan Pinkerton and James McParlan infiltrate the Mollie Maguires, tracing origins to Irish Ribbonmen and Buckshots. Deploying undercover methods, McParlan's evidence leads to numerous arrests and many trials with a mix of death sentences and long terms, reshaping power in coal-region law enforcement.
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Gowen
National Detective Agency
Allan Pinkerton
Olan
James McParlan
Ireland
Mollie Maguires
Carbon County
Mollies
Order of Hibernians
McParlan
Port Clinton
Philadelphia
Pottsville
Shenandoah
Ben Franklin
Yost
MacParlan
Patsy Collins
William Love
Squire Gwither
Jack Kehoe
Ned Monaghan
Pat Conry
Sa Mollie Maguire
John Slattery
Emancipation of the Russian serfs under Alexander II
In 1861 Alexander II freed about 40 million serfs across Russia. Over 20 million were tied to private estates, 1.47 million domestic servants, the rest to state lands. Peasant and domestic serfs gained limited civil rights and freedom, while communes held lands with payments and future purchase options. The reform sparked cautious but slow progress.
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Alexander II
Russia
Ible
Editorial Bulls. Humor in Hasty Copy Across Press
A compilation of comic misstatements from reporters and editors illustrating how hurried news writing leads to quirky phrasing. Examples include misdescribed inquests, conflicting location cues, and odd phrases about elections and crimes, with a closing note on a July Harper’s Magazine citation.
Telegraphing facsimiles of stereotype plates novel patent
Loring Pickering editor of the Evening Bulletin Morning Call San Francisco receives a patent for rapid telegraphing of facsimiles of stereotype plates. An entire newspaper page can be transmitted in 15 to 30 minutes and printed directly at the destination with large readable copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Pickering
Evening Bulletin Morning Call
San Francisco
Gladstone on Turkey's Rule and Slavery at Ping Night
The speech denounces Ottoman governance as a forceful regime, likening it to a camp and condemning slavery and depopulation in Turkey. It contrasts Turkey’s misery with alternative national issues and praises Monte Negro’s bridge as a symbol of peace and utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
Ping
Admiral Hobart Pasha Visits Capt Gambier at the Times
The Constantinople correspondent reports Admiral Hobart Pasha of the Ottoman navy paid respects to Capt. Gambier, formerly of the navy and now with the Times corps of correspondents. The 50 year old pasha appears short and compact. he wears a red fez and carries a dog whip, with a sharp, energetic manner and brisk replies.
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Hobart Pasha
Gambier
Navy
Times Corps of
Constantinople
Cor
Cincinnati Enquirer
Spiral exhaust nozzle praised for quieting steamer roar
A Franklin Institute report lauds the spiral extent nozzle by Mr Shaw for reducing steam roar on ships. The device surrounds escaping steam with a wire helix to dampen sound, winning the Scott legacy premium and medal. Also noted is explorer Dre Daven Livinestown with relatives listed in Canada and Europe.
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Committee On Science and the of the Franklin Institute
Shaw
Scott
New York Tribune
Louisiana Judge rules in farce case over animal ownership
A Louisiana judge dismissed both plaintiff and defendant in a farce case and ruled the animal belonged to one of the witnesses, concluding the dispute with a judgment naming a witness as owner.
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Louisiana
Natal climate and a tense encounter with a python
A narrator recalls Natal scenery with vivid days and cool nights in a tropical setting. A host recounts a nighttime attack by a large python on a rider in evening dress, which he subdued by handkerchief strangling, dragging the python to Durban, then the creature escaped and pursued him. J. A. Froude’s Leaves from a South African Journal is referenced.
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Natal
Indian Ocean
Ovinens
Durban
J. A. Froude
Night Slaughter Better For Meat Preservation Says Chemist
A French chemist notes meat from animals killed in the deep night lasts longer without salting. Resting animals before slaughter yields meat that keeps better than meat from animals killed after hard work. Exercise draws blood away from the vitals, hastening spoilage when killed too soon.
Largest American giantess Ruth Beaton dies in Wisconsin
Ruth Beaton alias Fanny Wallace died at her Vernon county Wisconsin home on Friday June 1 at age 54. She stood seven feet four inches tall and weighed 585 pounds, famed from circuses nationwide. Her Brownsville coffin measured seven feet eight inches long and four feet wide, with burial fitting her size. She was praised as a kind neighbor and devoted Adventist by family and friends.
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Ruth Beaton
Fanny Wallace
Vernon County
Wis
Brownsville
Caledonia (Minn) Courier
Fatal Mine Accidents Rise in England 1876
Inspectors report 1876 mine fatalities within Mines Regulation Act total 839 with 933 deaths. About 514 532 people worked in or near mines and averages show one fatal accident per 613 employed and one death by accident per 551 employed. Each fatal accident yielded 177 580 tons of mineral while each death by accident corresponded to 159 688 tons.
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England
Ledger advertising prospectus for cheap yearly subscription
An old ad touts a yearly Chicago Ledger subscription for one dollar and fifteen cents including postage. It claims the Ledger is the West’s most successful literary paper and offers a free small book about using Pond’s Extract for pain, with the publisher listed at 98 Maiden Lane, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Ledger
Ledger
West
The
Chicago
Til
Maiden Lane
Bax
Pond
Ines
Grain and livestock quotes from Chicago and Milwaukee markets
Market report lists prices for oats and wheat in Chicago and Milwaukee including grades like Choice Natives and Medium to Fair. It notes Creamery products and several regional commodity quotes, with prices ranging across multiple lines and locations such as East Liberty and Detroit.
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Chicago
Veeverdauneeeen
Esueddueterss
Milwaukee
Bissversen
Fas
Ediameaeee
ST. Louis
Warnat
Sevaevieres
Beast Liberty
Haas—Vorkers
Ayenenani
Philadelphias
Catrim
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Tae
Michigan Central Railroad
Tne
Vandalia
Kansas City
Northern
Surrman
Kicumuneteuines
Cence
Ecensees
Geddess
Akon Wil
Transportagon
United
Eineancials and Industrial
Cologne
Germany
Granstons
Radical Party
Latreille
Rochesterville
Samoan Islands
Queen Victoria
Tue Czar
William
Railroad Statistics
Siberia
Chicago Tribune
Editorial Bulls
Broadway and
Twenty-fifth Street
Dennis O’rafferty
Hayes
Senator Sherman
Handles Yaper
Waite
Grant
Fish
Crystal Ice Company
Harper's Magazine
Turkey
Gladstone
Birmingham
Porte
Montenegro
Arthur
Tennyson
Satan
Sen
Pierce
Dre. Daven
Livinestown
Explorer
John
Listowell
Ontario
Oswald
Trinidad
West Indies
Nnn
Mary
Daugher
Brace
New Health Journal
T All
Durang
Ne & Ntley
Druggista
B. Cc
Hofmann
Tegt
Kipwrys
Lavermann
Simmons’ Liver Regulator
J.H. Zeilin & CO
Philadelphia, PA
Headaces
Ham
Oqstas Sr
Werk
Indan
C. M. Liningtom
Origialine
Unite Staten
I.altee"e. Insurance Company
York
Broadway
James Buell
Man
Gtlialiante Entiirenenianies
Nir Sea
Adie J, R. Hill & CO
Concord
N. H
P. Kimball &O
Nosabash Avenue
Thomson
Centennial
Seltzer
Aniaaie
Yonge & CO
Vie
Agere
Erba Bry
Ford
Saar
X. Noudier
W. Fitzgerald
U.S
Pert Hare
Siichia
Ee — For & Ty
J. i. Jas Ords Sons
Bestem
Florida
Eraimerd
Surray& Co
Sur LaSalle
Whitney
Whitney & Holmes Organ Co
Quincy
Ill
Ness
Hallett & CO
Portland
Maine
Sant
Reall
Giron
McKeomne, van Haagen & Co
Jackson
C. A. Oy
Ppetersburn
Keep
Eas Oy
Osgood
James BR. Osgood & CO
East 14Th Street
Tylor Strest
Tae Werang Sen
Strciat, Norree
Jax
Wilhoft
Amti
Porioch
G. R. Finlay & CO
Ali
Babbitt
Manuthetorer
Bene Ene
Wok Hee
Eigit
Reals & Fos
Paci Minn
Beals & Poster
Park Kew
Wrylesse
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