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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1877
Page
4
General Rowanp F. Bratz United States minister to Austria travels from Vienna to Washington with his family. He responded to the toast honoring the President and to Sherman on the Army.
The Sth reports Brigham Young warns of blood for sinners in the abernacle. Washington confirms Russia Turkey war. Commerce crews tour seaboard, and 2500 soldiers to be discharged by July. A Gaviota tidal surge, a Clinton Mills fire, and a massive dome collapse in a New York courthouse injure many. Cattle raids on the Texas border prompt ministerial action. Port town conflagrations, rail line fires, and lake waves add to a string of disasters and official inspections.
A mob of armed men removed a burglary suspect from the Providence jail and shot him. Governor Hamrragg issued warrants of execution for George W. Fletcher Sune Ti and Frank Wilson of Harrisburg on July 11.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company reports four month earnings of 4,734,600 dollars, up 111,000 from the same period last year. A steamer sailed from Montreal with ten car loads of cotton for England. Four steamships departed New York for England carrying 100,000 bushels of grain 1,060,000 pounds of beef and other goods.
A series of calamities report destruction and deaths: an explosion at W. E. Dunham’s oil store in Boston destroys the building and adjoining structure with one fatality. A six story Pittsburgh building collapsed, burying several but with no fatalities. A Codseecker schooner capsized off Sable Island. the captain and two crew survived, thirteen others drowned. A Wadesville mine explosion near St Clair Pa killed at least six and wounded many. A New York Post Office roof collapse verdict blames improper construction and Treasury Department agent incompetence. architect Mullett cited for neglect. Lead mine transfer at Leavittsburg Ohio and Erie brewery losses noted. Cleveland police clash with strikers injuring several. Cattle raiders linked to Grand River raid. Annebel, ex Nebraska legislator, implicated. Rockford Court House collapse causes seven deaths.
A long dispatch details Turkish irregulars burning ships and attacks near Becket, with Russian forces under Moukhtar Pasha clashing between Kars and Erzeroum. Reports claim Turkish defeats, a planned Ottoman rally under the Crescent, and a broad set of European reactions including Russian moves, Romanian commands, and Balkan tensions amid calls for reform and religious framing of the conflict.
A portrait describes Charles Devens of Massachusetts as the new Attorney General. He appears tall and imposing with a uniform dome of brow, a military mustache, straight side-locks, and a stern, stately manner. The writer notes his striking presence and claims few things could match his perfection.
The Buck family recalls a historic hunt about seventy years ago in a Pennsylvanian region near Le Raysville. A three day circular drive gathered 600 men to chase deer wolves and bears with a military style division led by captains. The event ended with meat shared among participants.
The London Lancet finds no evidence that revaccination after puberty is ever necessary. It warns that frequent repetitions during alarm periods are futile, wasteful of vaccine, and may unsettle people while undermining established protections from vaccination.
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