Washington notes on politics and religion and a flood of other items
April reports from WasHinGTon discuss Senate delays and a hoped five minute extra session to push nominees, while Secretary Windom earns praise for financial moves. Easter services and church decorations are described along with Washington actions on poles and underground wires. Other items cover elections, the Red Book political statistics, Ingersoll's lecture, clerkship exams, and varied local notices across states.
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Slaine
United States
Windom
Epiphany
District of Columbia
Washington
Hey
Logan
Judge Knowles for Supreme Bench in Ohio Effort
Columbus report: Judge Samuel Knowles, veteran Common Pleas and state bench figure, is again urged for Republican nomination to the Supreme Court. His popularity and geographic balance are cited as strengths, following a near-miss four years ago. Meanwhile Sarah Bernhardt, touring New York, expresses fond memories of America before returning to France.
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Appollo
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Cincinnati Commercial
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Knowles
Common Pleas
Judge Knowles
Sarah Bernhardt
To & Tribune
United States
France
Au Revoir
Democratic quarrel over tax bill division in party
The writer notes Democrats defeated the Pond bill as party men while Republicans who opposed it acted as individuals. The split will occur within the party as shown, with tensions running high and causality traced to internal maneuvers.
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Journal
Earthquake in Ohio and Seville Floods Stir 1881 Fears
The report notes a devastating Ohio earthquake and a century worst flood in Seville amid ongoing Austrian quakes and eastern war tensions, feeding public unease about predictions that 1881 would bring portents and terrors.
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Ohio
Seville
Austria
East
Fatal sheep disease reported in Jackson Township
A singular fatal disease appears among the sheep in Jackson township Vinton county. Sheep seem healthy at night but are found dead in the morning. One farmer reportedly lost twenty sheep in a single week. The report notes the phenomenon as mysterious and deadly.
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Vinton County
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