Washington House approves land cable rights bill
The House passed a bill allowing a merlaph company to land cables. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted down a resolution to adjourn and disposed of appropriation bills. The Judiciary Committee noted a legal obstacle to confirming Boenisr -MbCrary for a bench position. The Elections Committee backed legality of October elections. Mr. Springer supported legalizing both October and November polls. The Washington National Monument Association authorized construction work and marble contracting at the Presidential Mansion.
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Senate Committee On Appropriations
Senate Judiciary
Boenisr -MbCrary
House
Springer
Washington National Monument Association
Presidential Mansion
Casey
Foreign Items and Naval Disasters Across Europe and Asia
A report notes the Heceiver's Office in Chorson, Southern Russia, undermined and looted of 1 500 000 roubles. Other items include a German harbor boiler burst killing passengers, a French Senate motion on Chamber return to Portia, a Mexican army pursuit with 3 000 troops, and a Tyne sculling championship won by Edward Hanlan of Toronto.
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Chorson
Russia
Orpheus
Konigsburg
Stattin
Germany
Portia
Galveston
Negrette
Diaz
Edward Hanlan
Toronto
Hawdon
Conveyances Listed by Monmouth County Clerk Week Ending June 14 1879
Long list of land transfers in Asbury Park Ocean Grove and surrounding towns including Gertrude A Farry to Sarah A Bailey for lot 63 and part of 62 at Asbury Park and multiple other deeds involving Ocean Grove Freehold Sea Bright Shrewsbury Long Branch and Keyport with sums from 1 to 6000 dollars noting buyers such as Alpha J Kynett William Young Adaline W Wilson and many others plus church transfers from Marys Catholic Church South Amboy to St. Josephs Keyport and the Raritan Building and Loan Association accompanying various land parcels and tracts in townships of Shrewsbury Howell and Wall.
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Gertrude A. Farry
Sarah A. Bailey
Asbury Park
Alpha J. Kynett
William Young
Charien A. Atkins
Robert R. Conover
Benjamin Brown
Fairhaven
Jogo F. DeNavarro
Josiah A. Hyland
Shrewsbury
Elton Dykers DeNavarro
Bhrowsbury
Wm. W. Conover
John B. Conover
Ocean
George W. Brown
Wm. H. Vredenburgh
Long Branch
Corneling Britton
Thomas
R. Brown
Enatare
Raritan
Jonathan A. Hampton
Rebecca
Eliza Matthews
Howell
Henry B. Auchincloss
Wm. Baring Wells
Seabright
Thomas RB Woolley
Fletcher ‘Harper
Atlanticville
Wm Holmes
Frederick Clark
Freehold
Wm. H. Lockwood
Helen Murray
Cornelia V. W. Johnson
Alphonso A. Willits
Spring Lake
Alphonso A. Willets
David C. Spooner
Lotes
Spring Lake Beach
Ellen Dykers
Shrowsbury
George Hanco
Mary's Catholic Church
South Amboy
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Keyport
Aont E. Walker
George Longmeén
Marlboro
Peter White
Archibald A. H. Jhegeeee
Wall
Ean
Bolbman-Jehsurun
Abraham Tinga
Charles+Allen
Sherif
Raritan, Building and Loan Association
Héms
Henry TL
VanDoursens
Camden County jail overcrowding and rail news in Newark region
Reports note Camden County Jail is crowded and local threats to safety rise. Shipped locomotives rose from thirty one to an expected sixty or more in six months. Paterson and Newark areas face rail corporate changes and accidents. Community notes include church meetings, a synod location shift, and a fatal drowning near Passaic.
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Paterson
Wutreh
The
Free Methodist Church
South Orange
Newark
North Pennsylvania and
Bound Brook
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Various Disasters and Incidents Reported Across Cities
Nine horses burned to death in a Brooklyn stable last Saturday. The San Antonio jail holds six murderers under death sentence. A violent storm hit New York City last Sunday causing substantial damage. A cyclone in Augusta Georgia destroyed a Catholic church, uprooted trees and damaged crops. Myre Hall was buried in Plainfield New Jersey last Friday. police have yet to identify her murderers. Ten thousand dollars in indemnity to owners of schooners Rizpah and Rising Sun reported by the Spanish Government at Princeton Massachusetts. The office of F A Gay in Philadelphia seized for operating a private post office and stamp selling. Blix convicts at Huntsville Texas escaped after breaking from guards. two fatally shot. In Utica New York Mrs Kate Sherman killed fleeing a train to save her child, who survived. George K R Reynolds sentenced in Salt Lake City to two years and a $500 fine for polygamy. Illinois corn crop report shows increased acreage about 200,000 and better conditions. General Grant plans a Pacific coast visit in August then to the West. winter plans unclear. Fall River manufacturers resist higher stage rates, citing ground conditions.
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Brooklyn
San Antonio
Texas
New York Cty
Princeton
Maas
F. A. Gay
Philadelphia
Blix
Huntsville
Utica
Nic
Kate Sherman
George KR. Reynolds
Salt Lake City
Utah
Illinois
Ears Board of Agriculture
General Grant
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Galiia
Florida
Fall’ River
Masa
Leo
Eleven Die in Sudden Flood at Gap Creek
A flood rose rapidly at Gap Creek on Thursday night causing eleven drownings. Henry Van Amba of Howells allegedly sold his wife for six dollars before the incident. Authorities debate Civil Revenue action while a nearby jail inmate escaped into the woods.
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Gap
Wagner Te Dackso Ain
Albert
Esme
Mr. Or
Esmoh
Steamer Holmdel Carried Over 2000 Crates to New York
County news notes a report that the steamer Holmdel on a single trip carried more than 2000 crates of strawberries to New York. The piece suspects some local agents overstated their abilities and resources in promoting a milk trade, casting doubt on their good faith.
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Holmdel
New York
Indian carving found in New Jersey on Red Bank farm
Mr. John P. Cooper of Red Bank reports a carved stone head unearthed on his farm. The coarp stone face is plainly sculpted and is the first authentic Indian carving found in New Jersey. It was presented to Mr. C. F. Woolley and placed in his Eatontown cabinet.
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John P. Cooper
Red Bank
Coapstone
New Jersey
C. F. Woolley
Eatontown
Lio Pier Faces Rumor of New Wharf Establishment
An ocean dreamer neared the Lio pier giving visitors a bird’s eye view of a great iron monster. The Pier Company president rejects rumors that a saloon or restaurant will be built on the wharf, stating such uses will not be permitted.
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W. H. Hall
Lio Pier
Pier Se
Pier Company
Steamboats Carry Freight Between Red Bank and New York
The Red Bank Register notes three steamboats operating between Red Bank and New York are transporting significant freight. Charlie the war horse, owned by E L Cowart of Freehold, died on Decoration Day and was buried. Cowart and the horse served in the 14th New Jersey Regiment. A fire on the third story of a building at Ostanic was discovered Saturday morning. proprietor W H Jongs extinguished the flames before damage occurred.
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Red Bank
New York
Charlie
E. L. Cowart
Freehold
Fire Destroys Small Farm House in Rumson
A small house on the farm of Mr. Borden Hance at Rumson, occupied by Moses Johnson, colored, was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon. The roof is being put on the front building of the canning factory after a lightning strike last Thursday. The Monmouth Park Association announces the first summer meeting dates and race schedule starting July 4.
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Monmouth Park Association
Canning Factory
Drowning of Point Pleasant Public School Principal Wardell
James T. Wardell, 22, former principal at Point Pleasant, drowned in Barnegat Bay after his boat capsized during a sailing trip with his brother. He attempted to retrieve a drifting rudder, swam for it, but cramps seized him and he sank before aid could reach him. In a separate note, the Indian Office reports broad requests from Indians to obtain land titles and work like whites.
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James T. Wardell
Point Pleasant
Barnegat Bay
Wardel
The
Indian Office
Far Wear
Té Ie
Department
Compliment on a Crime and Morality Suppression Leader
A letter from the New York Society for the Suppression of vice praises a unnamed leader for suppressing crime and immorality. The missive commends the man as a household name and thanks the editor for circulating the Park Journal and its alleged healthful influence.
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New York Society For the Suppression OF
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