Duel on Goat Island and notable Carolina duel
The article recounts the Goat Island dual between Louis J. Wigfall and Preston Brooks in 1841 near Augusta, detailing the journey to the ground, seconds, wounds, and immediate aftermath. It adds biographical notes on both men and their later public roles, including Wigfall’s Texas Senate career and Brooks’s congressional service. It also notes a later philanthropic piece praising a widow’s annuity for disabled women teachers in Philadelphia.
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Auguste Hera
Sand Bar Ferry
Augusta
Savannah
Louis J. Wigfall
South Carolina
Preston Brooks
Brooks
Wigfall
John Laurens Manning
Sumter County
Pierce Mason Butler
Hrooke Alga
Auguste
Auguste Mr. Wigfall
Brooke
Beard
Hamburg
Goat Taland
Louis T. Wigfall
Providence
Rhode Island
Edgefield
Marshall
Texas
United States Senate
Fort Sumter
Confederate Congress
Sinha
Jefferson Day
Galventon
Preston
Lewis Elkin
Philadelphia
Schenla
Egyptian Cotton Discussed By Georgia Officials
Captain F R Wright commissioner of agriculture writes W E R Doro Friendship Ga on growing Egyptian cotton. Wright reports plant grown successfully in various US regions and profitable in Georgia but advises farmers plant small areas first to learn plant behavior. The inquiry follows department investigations into cultivation and national interest persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
F. R. Wright
W. ER. Doro
Friendship
Captain Wright
Georgia
United States
Snakes and Sightings Across Towns in August News
A collage of snake encounters spans Florida and beyond. A 12 year old boy near Yulee rode over a massive rattlesnake, which struck his bicycle and was captured by Jimmie Drummond. A Florida woman killed a garden snake inside her cage by pinning its head and removing the body. Reports from Waycross, Jamestown, and Indianapolis describe double headed snakes, a hot spring with pink wormlike creatures, and a rattlesnake of impressive length.
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Feanannia
C. B. Royal
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Yulee
Amelia Beach
Fernandina
Sioyole
Jimmie Drummond
Drummond
Jaw- Journal
Harry Jackson
Mount Jefferson
Oregonian
Watpney, Inc
Samacl Peck
Rush County
Edward
Indianapolis News
Snakes Found Aboard Beacham At Brazos Santiago
Reports detail Beacham discharging cargo at Brazos Santiago with a large quantity of snakes of various sizes not listed on manifest. Officers seek explanation as cargo earlier left ashore allowing snakes to enter cotton seed aboard. incident attracts multiple papers’ brief mentions.
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Beacham
Brazos Santiago
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Truthful at Last and the Jewelry Shop Nearby
A magistrate questions a new policeman about suspicious neighbors. The constable jokes about a man’s activities near the sight, mentioning plans to open a jewelry shop in the vicinity. The magistrate approves and the shop opens, though the policeman hints the man might be a thief. The exchange ends with the policeman declaring the man a liar is unlikely.
A Theory That Failed In Love Through Frugal Meals
A wife feeds costly viands for a month to win a gown, then asks for payback. her husband, heartless, cites heavy grocery and meat bills. The tale notes some women may push husbands to see them as doubled by such aims.
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Goat Island
Congrean
Andrew Pickens Butler
Senate
Massachusetts
Charles Sumner
Butler
Lintman
Sumner
Washington
Pierce M. Butler
Churubusco
Wade Hampton
Waycross
Hester
Jamestown
Atlanta Constitution
Goociand
McClure
Kansas City Journal
Bramterd
Broonscom
Clark Kero
Crica
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Grove
Chamberlain
Orr-Gray & Lo
Lucas
Anderson
Este
Wilhite
Segatie S
Swift Specific CO
Pendleton Graded School
Bagh
Qneild
Clinkscales, JR
Prin
Pouditi
Sitar
Booth Carolina
County of
Andean
R. Y. H. Nance
W. FE. Mattila Nap
Peter Johnaoy
Anderson Court
H. Nance
Judea
Yorti Johmson
Bia
Conten
Wil
Wit
de Greanville
Bardwell
Bavanush
Deering
Due West
Jane
Mott’s
Wan
Dr-Morrs Omnmical CO
Cleveland
Itvana Pharmacy
Evans Pharmacy
Paul E. Stephens
Charleston and
Westcrn
Carolina Railway
Mann
Craig
Kroercon
Reeve
Blue
Bea
Etc Tickets
Gat &c Ulroad
Sacelver
Cherry
Seroma
Onece
Adama Crossing
Pendieton
aBe
Bonth
Misenoogs
Mathis
Tee Pier
Tata
Athens
LOTUS
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