Massacre of Engineers in Abyssinia Sparks Alarm
Capt Mitchell an engineer in the Khedive s service and fifty soldiers on an Abyssinian exploring expedition are reported massacred by natives. The English warship Valorous reached Yarmouth after a week of missing fishermen and distress. A French proposal seeks 100000 for state orders to aid unemployed operatives.
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Mitchell
Servion
Abysainia
Yarmouth
Real Estate Conveyances in Monmouth County 1877 Week
List of deeds recorded in Monmouth County Clerk’s office for week ending Feb 17 1877. Transactions include James A Bradley to Henry Spellmyer Wm Hendrickson to Nancy Likesoy Garret Smock and others to Francia W Hayward and many more across Asbury Park Long Branch Middletown and Marlboro. Also sheriff and master dealings and notices of administrations.
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Asbury Park Journal
Monmouth County Clerk's Office
James A. Bradley
Henry Spellmyer
Asbury Park
W. Parker
Wm. Hendrickson
Freehold
W. Hendrickson
Nancy Likeso
Isaac Jones
Charles Alton
Township of
Millatons
Conalderstion
Richard Pittenger
Reuben Emmons
Aston Trons
Alfred Fielder
Joseph A. Butcher
Pharis D. Southwick
Daniel
Bouthwick
Port Washington
Bamuel Stockton
Marcus Parker
Upper Froehold
Charles G. Rockwood
Joanna Roskwood
Monmouth Beach
Gov. W. Brown
William V. Wilson
Middletown
Monry W. Parker
Millatone
Jobs P. Thompson
Henry W. Parker
Norge
Preebold
William B. Chambers
Richard Cook
Howell
Forman Osborn E
David L. Eaglas
Washin
Bes
Gilbert le
David Telle
David L. Estelle
Gilbert Estelle
Charlotte E. Morris
James L Morris
Garrett Y. Smock
Nelson B. Hughanon
Long Branch
Geo
Ellen Baton
George
Barton
Holmdel
Henry Crandall
Sarsh E. Burk
Gev
W Heown
James Vanderhoven
William Clegg
Manalapan
Alfred Walling, Jr
John V. Preat
Marlboro
Arthur V. Conover
Wm. A. Conover
James P. Elliot
Wm. A. Truax
Shrewsbury
Deborah Ann Thorne
Andrew F. van Nete
Wall
Matilda M. W. Spellmeyer
George W Treat
George W. ‘Treat
Osborine A. Gregory
Charles A. Iott
Amanda Lamberson
Matawan
Charles A. Bennett
John H. Farry
James Lamberson
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
Sarah A. Murphy
Ocean Grove
Sarah A. Macey
Queen Grove
Oosan Grove
James
Throckmorton
Charles Riddle
Jamess
Fair Haven
Christian J. Waker
Charles FE
Waker
Allentown
Upper Freehold
Samuel T. Hendrickson
Wm Vy. Conover
Port Monmouth
Daniel Petern
Mary L. Crozon
Qogan
John P. Hyer
Matavan
Pee
Baeie i
Midita
Seabright
James Oxman
Annie C. Hagerman
Helen M. Bradley
Ann Willis
Ralph Willis
Ralph. Willis
John V.N. Willis
George W. Brown
Jacob B. Woolley
Electoral confusion delays Lone Star action in Congress
Electoral Commission votes 8 to 7 against hearing the Lone Star matter and counts Stato votes for Haven. President to leave the Executive Mansion March 8 with Mrs. Grant. will visit the West and then Europe. Rear-Admiral Sophie M. Goldaborough dies of typhoid. Texas Pacific Railroad bill gains no current support amid competing appropriations. Senator Spencer’s Lincoln Territory proposal debated. committee plans to lay it aside until next Congress.
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Comrelasion
Lonaiansal
Eame
Stato
Haven
Grant
Fish Doll
Capitol
West
Europe
Sopia M. Goldaborough
Poe
Smith
Alden
Wilkes
Bailey
Davia
Friends of the
Texas Pacific Railroad
Spencer
Black Hills
Lincoln Territory
Senate Committee On Territories
Myer
Deadwood City
Black Filla
Congress
Kidder
Dakota
Notable figures visit New York as fires burn and rail news emerges
Grand Dukes Alexis and Constantin of Russia stay at the Clarendon Hotel in New York while Mahmoud Damad becomes Grand vizier after Edbem Pasha. Sag Harbor endures a major fire destroying 33 buildings, and the St Louis bridge area suffers $60,000 damage delaying travel.
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Alexis and
Constantin
Russia
Clarendon Hotel
New York
Mahmoud Damad
Turkey
Edbem Pasha
New York Sun
Amin
Sag Harbor
L. A
St. Louis Bridge
Thomas Lockwood
Burrillville
R. L
New Jersey Legislative Notes and Local Also Rations
The report covers New Jersey political matters including Cecil Stockton and Morrow votes for Comptroller, railroads, and local option debates. It notes promoter actions in Plainfield and Vineland, prison and charity concerns, and the Swamp Angel cannon dedication plans in Trenton with various court sentences and financial investigations cited.
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Plainfield
Pnuperium
Central Times
Clinton Sv
Perry
Trenton
John Doe
Weehawken
St. Mary’s Hospital
Salt as universal remedy claims in Hoall’s Journal
Hoall’s Journal of Health touts salt as a universal cure for headaches, skin itch, vomiting, and more, praising sea salt as most effective. The note adds exaggerated claims about salt’s broad powers and mentions a daily production figure, then ends with a garbled line about turning the house upside down to obtain it.
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Hoall
Journal of Health
Norma
Ouste
Watie
Hog herd and local notices from Monmouth County
A Monmouth County news roundup reports a farmer in Freehold killing twenty one hogs with an average weight of 80 pounds and one hog reaching 905 pounds. Other items include a court scene about a chicken thief, a free lecture for farmers by Prof. Ouuk, church resignations and baptisms, a building purchase for summer residence, post office misspellings, a theatre scare involving Maggie Mitchell, and calls for changes to township committees plus funeral notices in Shrewsbury and Middletown.
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Josep Carter
Sohn Jones
Duckey
Joames
Hen-Rocate
Darkey
Ouuk
Btate
Monmouth
Court House
Freehold
County Agricultural Society
Maggie Mitchell
Sotreas
Long Branch
de Bar
Sonia
Jagt
Board of
Ocean
Buchanan
Anbory Park
Oceanville
Deal
East Long Branch
Branchport
Atlanticville
Red Bank Standard
John Cnatler
Middletown
M. E
Shrewsbury
White
Friends' Burying
D. H. Hendrickson
General Lee's Coachman Lives in Asbury Park
A former enslaved man, W. H. Johnson, born 1829 in Maryland, recounts his long service to General Robert E. Lee from childhood as a slave to foreman of a White House Farm, then body servant during the Civil War, ending with settlement in Asbury Park New Jersey with his family. He describes his master’s strict discipline and his own quiet, polite demeanor.
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Asbury Park
W. H. Johnson
Robt. E. Lee
Virginia
Johnson
Maryland
White House
Terefe
Gen. Lee
Lea
Lee
Fortreal
Monroe
New York
Monmouth County
New Jersey
al -Park
Genie
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N-J
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MT. Tabor Way
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George Truax
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R. B.campbell
Frank B. Warner
Asbury Park, HN. J
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Asbury, Park, N. J
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Asbury Ave
Asbury Park, N. J
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Col. Lawrence
Ochan Grove
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George Evans
Philada
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Kan
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Rep Banc, NJ
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Wille
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Freghold
Ann Roth
Ee Oe Conover
Atlantia
John T
Maaph Bia Ana
Manalay
Thomas Newell
Hugh Newell
Lydia Newell
Froehold
John B. Schroeder
Zilpha Woolley
Nethu Wilson
Daniel H. Hendrickson
Tinton Falls
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Elisabeth, King
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Robert Oalate
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Joe Coburn
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William Weldon
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Loniaiana
Thurday
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Placentia Bay
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Dancer
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Paterson
Joseph T. Crowell
Rahway
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Atato
John Breisel
United States District Court
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Order of Hibernians
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Monmouth Co
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Michael Daly
Baptist Church
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General Lee
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