War six or twelve days in London for £2000 a side
A London bout is proposed by General Leary in September with Weston for 2000 pounds at stake. Several other items note Indian conflicts in Idaho, Choctaw and Chickasaw suits against a railroad, a discharged Indian Bureau clerk for graft, and a treasury bond redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G Leary
Weston
London
Sax American Philological Association
Baltimore
American Mining and Stock Exchange
New York
United States
Charleston
South Carolina
Multiple Fatalities Doomed by Accidents Hit Varied Localities
A flood of brief disasters reported include seven men suffocated by coal in a Brookfield tunnel near Sharon Pennsylvania, a woman died after a bee sting, two women and three children drowned at Baton Rouge, an engine collision in Wendell Massachusetts injuring four, an explosion at Macungie Pennsylvania killing eight miners, a wreck in West Philadelphia killing the fireman and engineer, the schooner Mary sunk near Portland Maine with three drownings, a father and two sons smothered in a Dayton Ontario well, a storm lightning strike at North Berger New Jersey killing a woman and infant, and a Pittsburgh fire destroying A Hart upee properties with losses near 300000 and 75000 insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield Coal Company
Sharon
Kate Kelley
Baton Rouge
Fitchburg
Wendell
Mass
Macungie
West Philadelphia
Mary
Collizion
Leonora
Portland
Dayton
Ont
North Berger
N. J
Sanme
Frederick
Mira Sandos Arid
Mieieidiad
A. Hartupee
Pittsburgh
Notable crimes and hangings across the nation
Reports detail executions in Harrisburg Pennsylvania and Bloomfield Missouri. A Roanoke Maryland woman’s husband shoots her. a Montreal riot injures Protestants. a New York bank heist by cane, a Poindexter murder case, and a Arnprior Canada fire suspect. Nashville hangs a Black man for a policeman’s death. Bear Butte near Crook City recounts massacred travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
Perspecter Epmonpsey
Bloomfield
Edmondson
Shaw
Paw
Poindexter
Anton James Sipson
Arnprior
New York
Wilson
Nashville
Tenn
Policeman Perkins
Black Hills
Bear Butte
Crook City
Treasury to Accept Worn Gold for 4 Percent Bonds
Treasury in Washington announced that worn gold lost by circulation will be received by weight for subscriptions to the 4 per cent loan and for other purposes. Depositors may bear a small loss, and some banks such as Pike County Bank at Louisiana Missouri face liabilities and potential payouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Washington
Treasury
Pike County Bank
Louisiana
Borriz & Lees
York City
Greenback convention at Des Moines nominating slate adopted
The Iowa Greenback State Convention met in Des Moines on the 11th with broad attendance. A platform was adopted and a state ticket nominated by acclamation for Governor Daniel P. Stubbs Jefferson County and other officers. The platform calls for repeal of specie payments, abolition of national banks, remonetization of silver, equitable taxation, civil service reform, limits on government, anti intemperance measures, and railroad legislative control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Daniel P. Stubbs
Jefferson County
A. H. McCready
Woodbury
John Porter
Hardin
8. T. Ballard
Davis
New Orleans
Madison Wells
John Sherman
Louisiana
Mississippi
Republican State Committee
Bex Wane
President Hayes
Washington
National Republican Committee
McCormick
the Treasury
Postmaster Filley
St. Louis
National Committee
Czar Orders Russian Withdrawal From Turkish Armenia
Despondency grips Russian troops as Gen Melikoff resigns and seeks court martial. Moscow tech adds that Grand Duke Michael balked at executing Melikoff’s plan. Rustchuk bombardment resumes with Russian assaults and fires. Reports cite heavy Danube losses and Russian advances near Gabrova, Kars relief, and Bulgarian attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pererasvee
Armenia
Gen. Melikoff
Grand Duke
Michael
Bloodiest war encounter ends with Achmed Pasha captured
Achmed Pasha and Hassan Pasha were taken prisoner with 6,000 men and two monitors after a midnight boat crossing that ended the bloodiest engagement of the war. The Sofias at Constantinople urged a holy war flag but the palace delayed until Russians near Adrianople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Achmed Pasha
Achmed
Hassan Pasha
Nikopolis
Constantinople
Sofias
Adrianople
European and World News Roundup of Notable Events
Elopement of Lady Ernest Tempest with Mr Hungerford causes stir among English aristocrats. University of London to admit women beyond medicine. Grant welcomed warmly in Berlin. Paris sets September 16 legislative elections with Chambers meeting October 8. Government candidates split by faction: Imperialists 117, Chambord 176, Bonapartists 230. Orleans 0. Latacunga eruption in Ecuador devastates valleys, followed by flood. ashes transported 600 miles. Famine in British India worsens. relief labor and deaths increase. Montreal observes 5,000-strong Orange funeral for Hackett amid Boyne anniversary celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Tempest
Hungerford
University of London
Grant
Germany
Berlin
Paris
Orleans
Chambord
Chile
Tumbaco
Ecuador
Latacunga
British India
Montreal
Orange Societies
Hackett
Battle of the Boyne
Rail and commodity notes reflect European demand and Western land push
Commercial notes survey rail imports to Rio Janeiro, beef and copper export trends, wheat markets in England, and rising cotton goods exports. It highlights lower English prices for U S copper, a Russia army contract pursuit, and a strong shift toward Western settlement as urban crowds grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
St. Louis
Europe
Russia
United States
England
London
Mark Lane
Owever
Bureau of Statistics
New England
Boston Advertiser
Fleet Sent to Besika Bay Signals Tense Balkan Pressure
The Chicago Times reports the Mediterranean squadron is dispatched to Besika Bay near the Dardanelles. It suggests Hitler like Premier seeks a political advantage amid Danube tensions and warns of possible war if Russia presses the Dardanelles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Besika Bay
Dardanelles
Danube
Ding
Ruaeia
Balkans
She Bay
Corfu
Long Lost Poetry for Children Found in Australia
A copy of the 1809 two-volume set Poetry for Children by Charles and Mary Lamb has been located in South Australia with Hon. Mr. Sandover of Adelaide. The find highlights the book’s historical rarity as a vanished edition once quickly sold out, with a Gentlemans Magazine report promised including times and extracts. The article also notes Mr. Mowron Gurren's work at Hudson River fish hatching places with over 3,000,000 shad eggs secured, about 9 percent expected to mature.
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Danube
Gabrova
Bulgaria
Khan Bogaz Defile
Tirnovo
Kezaulik
Russia
Turkey
Meparen
Pera
Jeni
Sardargh
Samboli
Adrianople
Naouf Parha
Heron Pases
Balkan Mountains
Yunda Valley
Lerrers
Constantinople
Nikopolis
Bistova
Balkans
Armenia
Charles and
Mary Lamb
Godwin’s
South Australia
Sandover
Adelaide
Hie Court
England
Gentleman's Magazine
Times
Mowron Gurren
Hudson River
Ness
Siren
Hallet Y & Co
Maine
EEP
Lightning Strikes Brooklyn Home Killing Young Man
In a Thursday eve storm lightning struck Edgar L Morrison’s two story frame house near Schenectady Avenue Brooklyn. Benjamin F Morrison 26 a clerk lay ill with consumption in a room over an extension. The bolt traveled down the chimney knocked off a tin cover and scorched plaster while four at supper were thrown and the lamp blown. Mrs Morrison and a visitor were dazed and the son was killed by the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar L. Morrison
Lass Street
Schenectady Ovale
Rooklyn
Benjamin Morrison
Morrison
New York Sun
Panic over mining and crop failures hits sharp in New York
The San Francisco Car and Newark Advertiser report a dramatic $200 million shrinkage in state securities over sixty days. Across society, fortunes tumble from wealth to poverty as builders halt projects and merchants seek extensions. Yet many wealthy residents brace to rebuild and recover from speculative excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ific Coast
San Francisco
Newark Advertiser
Heliotype Process Described as Modern Facsimile Method
The article explains the heliotype process, a method for reproducing paintings and drawings. It notes the discovery around 1855 and describes how light exposure alters a gelatin–bichromate mix to form images, with a drying phase completing the process.
Roads Across the Balkans Describe Balkan Terrain for Army Movements
The Bucharest Correspondence notes that Bulgaria’s roads from river to the Balkans are uneven and sparsely settled, with many streams and few bridges. It warns that rain, snow, heat, and water scarcity hinder campaigns, requiring prebuilt roads and field works along multiple defiles for defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
Bulgaria
Mussulman
Balkan
Bucharest
Russian Strategy Past and Present on the Danube
The New York Tribune outlines centuries of Russian Danube policy. It notes that Russians seize the Dobrudscha before assaulting Bulgarian lines and fortresses, citing 1711 1770 1806 1828 1853 campaigns and Diebisach maneuvers as strategic exemplars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danube
Kans
Peter the Great
Pruth
Dobrudscha
Wallachia
Turna
Giurgevo
Kalafat
Oltenitza
Kalarasch
Braila
Galatz
Tulescha
Dobrudacha
Silistra
Sistova
Diebisach
Dobradscha
Shumla
Balkan
Pravadi
Black Sea
Sisto
Gabrova
New York Tribune
Shakespeare as King (Queen's Handkerchief Moment)
A traditional tale recalls Shakespeare mimicking royalty with grace on stage. When Queen Elizabeth dropped her handkerchief to test him, the actor finished his speech with dignity and returned the cloth with a bow, refusing to miss cue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakspeare
Elizabeth
Windsor Castle Hospitilities and Grant Reception Compared
A correspondent notes Queen Victoria’s reception of Gen. Grant exceeded any prior honors to an American. It recalls Commander Henry Hartstone in 1854 or 1855 who escorted the Queen aboard a refitted Arctic vessel and dined with the royal family, leaving quietly before breakfast the next day amid personal royal contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Castle
New York Herald
Queen Victoria
Grant
Henry I. Hartstone
Nited
England
Arctic
Hoertstene
Prince Albert
Gen. Grant
Birthday of Marshal MacMahon Noted at 69
Marshal MacMahon’s birthday on June 15 is observed. He was born in the Sally chateau near Anton in 1808 and is the son of Maurice de MacMahon a Bourbon loyalist who became a Lieuten ant General. His grandfather Jean Baptiste de MacMahon was born in Limerick Ireland and naturalized by the French government in 1750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal MacMahon
Sally
Anton
Maurice de MacMahon
Louis XVIII
Order of St. Louis
Jean Baptiste de MacMahon
Limerick
Ireland
France
James II
Tinland
The Air We Breathe And Its Health Effects
A Cincinnati Commercial excerpt argues air quality drives health. It claims outdoor air is superior to indoor air, urges fresh air circulation, and warns that impure indoor air worsens blood and disease risk, with notes on sunrise and sunset air patterns.
President denies annexation plans and defends Mexican policy
The president stated there was no secret plan to annex Mexican territory and no intention to acquire more land. He argued Mexico cannot curb raids into the United States and that protecting citizens is the government’s duty. He favored aligning with conservative voices against any annexation and suggested Canadians might be considered for future expansion if they sought union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exer
Mexico
Rio Grande
Union
Washington
Comptroller Reports National Bank Note Retirements and Issuance
The Comptroller of the Currency records the retirement and issue of national bank notes and legal tender notes under acts of June 20, 1874 and Jan 14, 1875 through July 1, 1877. It details deposits for retirement, totals for fiscal years ending June 30, 1876 and 1877, and the amount of additional national bank circulation issued from Jan 14, 1875 to June 30, 1875.
Wanderings of a Family Bible and a Pension Quest
A Boston Globe account recalls Ezra Osborn of Long Hill Pernytek who died leaving a Revolutionary soldier record. Abigail Osborn sought help from young lawyer Henry Morris to obtain a pension. The 1838 Bible proof was sent to Washington, the Bureau requested an Osborn to verify the Bible, Judge Morris delivered it to Chester Osborn, the veteran’s 90 year old son, who supplied a receipt. Osborn remains active in the First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Osborn
Long Hill
Pernytek
Abigail Osborn
Henry Morris
Washington
Pension Bureau
Bureau
Osborn
Judge Morris
Chester Osborn
First Baptist Church
Boston Globe
College Endowments and Donations Highlight 19th Century News
The report notes varied college finances with Dean College and Dartmouth cited for etiquette ties, Madison University at Hamilton showing debtless status with $408,000 invested, and gifts including Donald Ross’s bequest to Trafalgar Institute. E H Squibb funds Virginia equipment, a Baptized class motto is carved on Asbury campus, and William Palm’s will bequeaths $100,000 to Washington University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean College
Bing
Dartmouth Ars
Madison University
Hamilton
Donald Ross
Montreal
Trafalgar Institute
At City
E. H. Squibb
Brooklyn
University of Virginia
Asbury University
Greencastle
Ind
William Palm
Washington University
St. Louis
Composition of the Forty fifth Congress House
The payroll shows 152 Democrats 134 Republicans and seven vacancies. Contested seats exist in California Florida Louisiana Missouri and Colorado districts. Even if those seats shift to Republicans Democrats would hold a majority of eleven in the next House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Forty Fifth Congress
Washington
California
Florida
Louisiana
Missouri
Colorado
Chicago Journal
Appetite a Necessity for Health
The article argues appetite is essential to nourish the body and support digestion, warning that poor appetite leaves the stomach bowels and liver torpid and blood quality degraded. It claims the remedy awakens nerves and fibers, improves mood and despondency, and enhances overall vitality.
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John Brown
Reedsburgg
Wis
Howard
Washington Territory
Idaho
McDowell
Joseph
Tur Choctaw
Missouri, Kansas Ad
Texas Railroad
Indian Bureau
Martinsburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Berkley Light Infantry
Big Horn
Deadwood
Tax Bremen Savings Bank
E Financial and Industrial
Joan
Dutchers’ and Drovers’ Bank
B. M. Chambers
the Times
Fourth National
Boatmen’s Savings Banks
Lumbermen’s Insurance Company
Coal Companies
Fax North
Te Bank of Ft
New York Times
Tiflis
Bayazid
Mukhtar Pasha Haa
Kars
Egypt
En Endeh
General Foreign News
Anki
Mr. Greeley
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Great Platte Valley
Central Pacific
Tombs
Nana
Cincinnati
Eitne Saaneker
Wurat
Vouw
Wno
Uhekest
CBS Enaenennns
Fiourn
Superfine Westermss
Warat
Chicago
Oare
Ely
Westerts
Pete
Ane
Great Britain
Graefenberg
Euberg Co
Boston
Hofmann
Ieee
J.H. Zeilin &2Co
Philadelphia, PA
Tne
Chambers Street
APOE
Agints
Sam Pus
Jay Bronson
United Statens
TOE Insurance Company
Nework
Broadway
James Buell
Sic
J. R. Hill & CO
Concord
St. H
C. F. Kimball & CO
Wabash Avenue
Uchicag
Man
Homson
Thomson
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Astec
Sia
R. Finlay & CO
Neve Orleans
Prop’s
Stove Polis
Tanekaxi
R. Micke
LaSalle St
Cote
Wickrone
van Marden & CO
Philadelphia
Jackson
C. A. Jackson & CO
Petersburg
Trugs
Bali
Os Ould
Correte
Waft
Chreetars Tree
Florida Homes
Rai Tiengo Coony
Beery Setther
P. Sate & Cd
Bos LaSalle St
Ohtens
Comoea
Gg Toy
Sreetan Norice
the Sun
N.Y. City
Dpmnbdas
Dick & Cois Genwine
Dresser
WI Wooster Street
Fenland Maton
Rae
York
Seccescus Mores
J. Bown & Son
Wood St
Pittsburg
Worth & Co
St. Ty
City Lamp Works
C. M. Linington
Andress Dalzell Watch CO
Gies N
J. A
Ds Sons
GRU. F. Merchant
Osgood
Ab Ae
James R. Osgood
Whitney & Holmes
Whitney & Holmes Organ CO
Quincy, Fll
Thomas Alexander
Donnelley, Loyd & Co
Lakeside Library
W. Benson
Elery
Balgia
Mike Sola
Aligre
All Drag
Seltzer
Babbitt
Uniteni Ted
Abel
Seein
Wili, Cure
Scrofula
Canker
Vegftine
Eat
Ipelas
Verarrine
Haa
Scortaan
Speedy Cure
Eoulg
H. R. Stevens
Boston, Mass
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