Gallia and Morgan counties report crops and oddities
Reports from Gallia and Morgan counties note a ruined peach crop due to cold, a pup adopted by a hen, and a small delinquent tax sale. Belpre features a growing stockyards project with a hotel, while river ice and boating concerns appear. Also covered are local revivals, weddings, a murder postmortem, and community notes from several towns.
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Gallia
James Preston
John W. McCormick
Green Township
Galiia
Gallia County
Smiling Lady Refuses To Smile At Retournel
A fragmentary exchange recalls a smiling lady who reacted to mockery with tears and a grim remark about not smiling again. The tone hints at a public quarrel or theater stage aside.
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Lachrymose
Outrage and Murder Alleged in Louisiana White League Case
Testimony before the Congressional Committee in New Orleans details brutal acts by White League members against Republicans in Louisiana. A man was whipped and his wife brutally raped while guards watched, then the couple vanished and were murdered. An outlaw implicated remains active in Lincoln Parish.
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McConnellsville Herald
Lydia van Law
John Vanlaw
Chesterfield
Society of Friends
Chapman
M. E. Church
Alice Wells
Malta
J. C. Vincent
Louisiana
Congressional Committee
New Orleans
Leaguers
Lincoln Parish
White League
Convicts Wed at Ohio Penitentiary Chapel
About a thousand people including General Assembly members municipal officers and citizens attended the Sunday ceremony at the Ohio Penitentiary chapel for the marriage of Thomas Miles and Nancy Scott two convicts whose burglary terms ended that day The couple had planned the marriage when the crime was committed and the woman pleaded guilty and agreed to two years imprisonment to stay with her partner.
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Xenia
Portsmouth Tribune
Ohio Penitentiary
Squire Darling
Kerr
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home
Franklin Gale
Columbus
Stewart
Franklin County Common Pleas
Common Pleas
Franklin County
Henry Newby
Hillsboro
Ohio
Salt Lake
Newby
Conkling
Wiltz
Great Britain
Temple of the Republic
Louisiana
Kellogg
New York
John T. Hoffman
John A. Griswold
Democratic Party
Congress
Sheridan
Penn
South
General Assembly
Thomas Miles
Nancy Scott
Understanding on Virginius indemnity averts possible war
Communications between the United States minister to Spain and the Spanish foreign minister have yielded an understanding on the indemnity to the Virginius crew families, removing a potential cause of war between the two nations.
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United States
Spain
Virginius
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Belpre
Jasper Barnes
Stricker
Muskingum
Barnes
Belpre Courant
Register
the Courant
John Springer
Lucy Ellenwood
Morgan
Federal Creek Valley
Morgan County
MecConnellsville
Hartbeest
Hocking
Williams
Graham
Houstop
Logan
Flash & Slisher’s
Vinton
Vinton County
Mathew Dalton
David Gregory
Eagle Furnace
Hamden
McArthur Dramatic Association
School House
MEIGS
Geo. W. Jackson
Harrisonville
Meigs County
H. B. Scott
Middleport
James M. Evans
Pomeroy and Jackson
Pomeroy
Kansas
Nbraska
Springfield
Jackson and
Jackson
N. S. Behan
H. C. Teeters
G. W. Chase
Lawrence
City of
Ironton
George Rose
Lawrence County
Ironton Journal
Methodist Church
Hanging Rock
Dennis Massie
Mason Township
Richland County
Medina
Adams
Mercer
Morgan and
Pike
Grand Army of the Republic
Bucyrus
Gilpin
Marietta
Ben. Wade
Cleveland
Ohio Senate
Senator Conkling
Thurman
National Police Gazette
Howe
Marietta, Ohio
Messenger
Athens
Davis
Alderman
Stimson
President Andrews
McGuffey
the Register
Ohio Sabbath School Association
Newark
Friends of the Cause
William M. Reid
Association
Lachrymosely, Angele C, Davis
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