06 Oct 1870
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1870
Page
1
A North Carolina style suspense tale recounts a wealthy lawyer's wife alone with a thief during a hot summer night. She hides, outwits, and wrecks the safe, saving money as the intruder is captured by the daughter’s husband upon arrival, ending with praise for the heroine’s coolness and courage.
Chicago police report a dramatic burglary escape in a third story residence. A suspect leaped from a closet to a ten foot fall, then emerged with a torn coat and a strange wound, as neighbors watched and the offender vanished into an alley before authorities arrived. The intruder later collapsed during arrest and was hospitalized for injuries.
Lord Shuttsbury predicts London's population will near 4 000 000 in the next census and warns the city faces social and moral decay. He cites wealthier residents leaving town and the growing gap between rich and poor as a key driver of urban decline.
A Georgia senator known as a carpet-hog named Arnim encountered trouble when his horse refused to stay put. Deputya Sheriff Levy notified him of an attachment for money owed, and the horse bolted through Jackson and Broad streets toward the Savannah River before the senator surrendered and paid the debt.
Josten Exenson Davis of Jefferson County Mississippi, a Democrat aligned with Jeffersonian principles and secession, moved from South Carolina to what is now Warren County. He owned a large plantation fortunes, faded after the rebellion, and served briefly in the 1017 constitutional convention for the Mississippi territory. He was respected in life though his later years declined.
An excerpted critique from a New Yorker Staats Zeitung discusses Reconstruction in the American South, calling out Radical newspapers and Florida graft cases. It argues German readers should not imitate American occupation policies and contrasts Florida’s alleged corruption with German governance. It also notes Governor Reed’s impeachment and the broader political climate in the postwar United States.
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