26 Aug 1876
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1876
Page
1
Fragmentary 1876 wire copy reports hazy and cloudy conditions with possible rain, docked by numeric weather hints and barometer shifts. It also covers Democratic State Executive Committee actions urging county organization, sub electors, and a finance committee to ensure orderly gubernatorial and presidential contests.
An eclectic paste of 19th century notes and quips spans fashion footnotes and social satire. It recalls women’s adornment and elegance versus male bravado, with anecdotes about Victorian habits, operas, and gossip. A Cubist collage of names, places, and cultural jabs closes with a reflection on women and fortune.
A long reading of diverse items spans politics in Vienna and ceremony in New York, including Prince Milan’s peace overtures, a great warehouse fire in Georgia, a tragic abuse case on the riverfront, railroad sales, silk price shifts, and remarks on Commodore Vanderbilt’s will. Names like Bowdoin graduate Warret, McClellan, and Moody surface amid notes on harvest, storms, and political intrigue.
A joint Methodist commission reports progress toward church unity and property settlement. It declares both branches a single Methodist family, outlines rules for resolving property disputes, and urges amicable, faith-based resolutions while maintaining fraternity across congregations.
City election officials halted the vote tally late yesterday after polling. The ballot box, a new large pattern to handle the anticipated Tilden vote, was secured in a vault for safekeeping. Counting resumed this morning at 8 in three districts heard from so far.
In King’s Ferry on the Coosa river a white man Gus Johnson fatally wounded Miss Morton with a double barrel shotgun in a deliberate act witnessed as she rode by on a horse. The killer, described as a nefarious madman, awaits possible arraignment as authorities pursue charges.
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