Washington Letter on Wells Arrests and Mexican Tensions
A Washington letter denounces the arrest of Madison Wells and Returning Board members linked to the Louisiana electoral count compromise. It notes anger in political circles, predicts Republican backlash, and discusses Mexico cross-border plots, Diaz, and possible war. It also reports an optimistic Fourth of July in Logan with minimal accidents and lively civic turnout.
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Washington
Hampton
Louisiana
Madison Wells
Returning Board
Nichols
Wells
Star
Mexico
Junto
Everett
Rio Grande
Pillow
Texas
Ord
Diaz
Trevino
Rio Grand
Blain
Woodstock
Richmond
Harpers Ferry
Baltimore
Great Falls
Logan
West Point Cadet Selection Board to Examin Students
A notice from Athens Ohio details a competitive examination process for nominating a legally qualified Fifteenth District candidate to West Point. A Board of three specialists will judge reading, writing, grammar, geography, and US history with a rigid medical and academic screening. Applicants must be bona fide residents and free of Confederate service.
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Secretary of War
United States Military Academy
Ohio
West Point
Marietta
United States
Fifteenth Congressional District
Confederate States
Academy
Board of Examiners
N. H. van Vorhes
Athens
Bayard Taylor Offered Ministerial Post in Belgium
A Washington dispatch reports Bayard Taylor was offered the appointment as Minister to Belgium. The notice notes the possible posting during the week's start and frames it as a major diplomatic opportunity for Taylor.
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Lillie M. Weldon
Middleport
Hillsdale
Mich
Pomeroy
James Davis
Chambersburg
Gallia County
Washington
Bayard Taylor
Belgium
Enthusiastic Meeting on Wilmington to Clinton Valley Rail Line
A large gathering in Willmington Clinton county on Saturday discussed building a line from Wilmington to connect with the Marietta and Cincinnati road at Clinton Valley or another suitable point.
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Wisconsin
Pensaukee Station
Green Bay
Chicago and Northwestern
Gardner Hotel
Willmington
Clinton County
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Minn
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Catawba
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Ross County Common Pleas
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Somerset
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New Lexington
Ewing Guards
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Evaline Mohler
Henry Gray
Missouri
H. F. Acker
Athens University
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Mt. Perry Academy
Henry Hyaous
Reading
N. S. Tribune
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Harrison Allen
Rehoboth
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Hocking
Logan Republican
Mary E
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George Wright
O. W. University At
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Collins & Moore
Hocking Sentinel
A. McCourtney
Perry County
Gore
Terrell
the Sentinel
MEIGS
Rutland Township
Judge Heckard
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L. Alberta McElhinny
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Harrisonville
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Grass Run
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