11 Jun 1876
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1876
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes a chaotic political rant with unclear names and events. The text hints at accusations and ominous outcomes including death, but specifics are unreadable. No coherent人物 or places can be identified for a reliable summary.
The Jackson Tenn Whig and Tribune hails a sleek relay engine as it rests on the track awaiting its relay train. Lubricators oil joints, brasses burnished to flame, then the engine joins the line with a roar like a tempest released. Details of a proposed double suicide and ensuing blood mystery follow in the prose.
The Pomological Society met with President Jennings presiding as secretary pro tem O Rockwell acted. Officers reviewed Burnett Landreth's inquiry on fruit sales to cover transport costs and discussed pear blight, with a committee to query members on progress, varieties, dust, and exposure. A strawberry report praised Mr Lambert’s new berry, urging trials across locations.
The article notes shrinking receipts from all sources and a near twenty million deficit for the current fiscal year. It suggests retrenchment is necessary and business may not resume until after the presidential election or inauguration. It forecasts large revenue shortfalls and predicts conference committees will back proposed reductions and pass the diplomatic and consular bill largely as in the House.
A historical item notes the gifting of a magnificent jewel to General Albert Fike by a Scottish party. The event is framed as a ceremonial ration of the jewel within wartime or postwar honors context. Specific dates and locations are not provided in the fragment.
A London correspondent notes the debut of Mlle Mille Hosavella misidentified as Misa Tucker at Covent Garden and the Scottish Rite jewel presentation to Gen. Albert Pike by Robert Toombs. The jewel features a gold double headed eagle with diamonds and rubies, a central amethyst, and a flaming sword talon, with a price around $900.
Murray County progress and summer tourist draw at Cohati springs are noted. Sumach seminary’s closing exercises showcase nearly two hundred students under Professors Clayman and Berry. Readings by young ladies and orations by young men reveal high study and discipline. Notable names include Miss Isbell and Messrs Bryant Gregory Humphris Long Tabell Yarnell Maddox Verry Bates Henry. Music and a late entertainment accompany the event. More notes follow on a Newton county ruling about drunken contracts allowing limited liability.
A sprawling report blends New York indictments against wine counterfeiters, court warrants for multiple defendants, and a vivid Texas to London wire about a man found dead from opiate and chloral. It includes a portrait of Mrs. Davis and reflections on Belknap’s fading fortune and a ram at a county fair.
A chaotic confrontation at the Winnemaca New printing office ends with a shooting threat and a broken door as the editor reports on a clash with L A Ruckter. The altercation includes a pistol, a steel bar threat, and editorial fury over an offended article. The piece vows to continue publishing and defend against assaults.
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