Ohio Election Sparks Democratic Sweep Across State
Reports from Ohio on October 10 show large Democratic gains with the state ticket likely winning by about 9,000 votes. Hamilton County leans Democratic for congress, Columbus and major cities report broad gains, while West Virginia results hint at mixed outcomes with Democrats holding some districts and Republicans winning in others.
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Constitution
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Congress
Cincaynati
Marietta
Warner
Harris
Huron County
Columpus
Columbus
Cleveland
Toledo
West Virginia
Wuerrine
W. Va
Ohio County
Goff
Publican
Carroll for Congress and other political notes in New York
Dispatches report Grover Cleveland accepting the Democratic nomination and opposing abuse by combinations, plus Howard Carroll nominated for Congress at large after Wheeler declines. Comstock raids Long Island City pool rooms, with clashes and arrests. Louisiana politics and a Jefferson murder of a drum boy named King. violence follows a political club dispute.
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New York
Anthony Comstock
Long Island City
Kelly
Comstock
Nelly & Bliss
Edward Ross
Charles Childs
Eugene Fisher
Sewell & Co
Orleans
Daniel King
Kenner
Jefferson
King
Cada
Soa
Jackson
Chanvolvers
Tyheing
Killed in Collision at Ooltewah Tennessee
Special dispatch to The Constitution reports a fatal railway crash at Ooltewah on October 10. Engineer Ismes N Waters and Pilot John Hobbs died after their passenger train struck a freight train with the switch left open. Several others injured but not seriously. Hobbs had a miraculous escape previously and Waters was new to the road.
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East Tennessee
Constitution
Datron
Oolewah
Tenn
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Shattanooga and
Macon Raat
East Tennessee, Virgnia and Georgia
Cleveland
Enn
Chattanooga
Cuatranooca
Atlanta
Ooltewah Station
Ismes N Waters
John Hobbs
Waters
Hobbs
Macon Ga
Cincinnati
New York
Tennessee
Texas
Galviston
Dallas
Texas Pacific
Sweetwater
Furton
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern
Chicago, St. Louis and
New Orleans
Wasnixcton
Tehauntepec
Ciry of
Mexico
Tele ‘Aph
Delfin Sanchez
Mexican National Bank
Tariff Commission hears Pittsburg iron man on hoop iron ties
William Clark of Pittsburg, an iron manufacturer, urged the tariff commission to maintain current duties on hoop iron while taxing cotton ties as hoop iron at 13 cents per pound. He cited fall in cotton ties prices from 34 to 4 cents, now 3 cents, arguing American mills are inactive and cost to bale would rise about 16 cents per bale, yet he claimed cotton planters might benefit from lower prices.
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Pitteburs
Prirrsacec
Tariff Commission
William Clark
Pittsburg
Advatorem
Undlewood
Clark
Banker's Murder and Robbery Shocks Wonca Wisconsin
A bold murder and bank robbery unfold in Wonca Wisconsin as H C Mead a 60 year old banker and eccentric bachelor is found slain in his locked bank with shotgun wounds. The back window cut and a missing several thousand dollars in currency gold and bonds indicate a bold crime but no clear clues. The coroner's jury returned a verdict in line with the facts.
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Wonca
Wisconsin
Cawaca
Inter Ocean
Wapaca
Wis
H. C. Mead
Wing Dow
Corone
Telegraphic Extension Connects US with South America
Opening of the Central and South American telegraph lines elicits congratulatory messages from President Arthur and leaders of Chile Peru Bolivia Ecuador United States of Colombia Costa Rica Honduras Nicaragua San Salvador Guatemala and Mexico. The network spans seas and land totaling vast miles, linking 35 million people and more than $600 million in annual trade with the United States and Europe. The Louisiana Republican convention today elected Isaac Bell as chairman and set up a committee to back a candidate if expedient. The Louisiana supreme court denied a writ in the Pauli Pringle case, scheduling his execution at Mansfeld, DeSoto parish Friday.
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United States
New York
Central and South American Telegraph Company
Arthur
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Ecuador
United States of Colombia
Costa Rica
Honduras
Nicaragua
San Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Mexican Telegraph Company
Galveston
Texas
Vera Cruz
Taropico
Tehuantepec
Pacific
Lima
West Coast Telegraph Company
Valparaiso
Central
South America
Europe
Republican Party
Louisiana
Constitution
Enor la
United States Court Room
Isaac Bell
State Supreme Court
Pauli Pringle
Mansfeld
DeSoto Parish
The Coming Danger of a Solar Comet in 1883
A London based cable reports sharp warnings from English and continental scientists about the comet of 1843 and 1880 returning in October 1883. Harvard and Cambridge professors debate Proctor’s theory, with cautious opinions on Earth’s fate and orbital changes.
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New York
London
Richard A. Proctor
Piazzi Smyth
Scotland
Slinner
Naval Observatory
Washington
Harvard
Proctor
Boston
Pickering
Harvard College
Cambridge Observatory
Professor Proctor
Boys
Dudley Observatory
Cambridge Obervatory
Cambridge
Albany Argus
Mr. Wells
Wells
Egypt
Barnard
Nashville
Tenn
Claiming a Corpse at Johnstown Station
A series of mistaken identifications followed a July killing at the Pennsylvania railroad station in Johnstown. Four parents, including William Woodhead of Bristol and Mr Seaburn of Sharon, claimed the body, each convinced it was their missing son Willie or Frankie. A widow from Clearfield, Mrs. Caroline Korb, arrived with hope the remains were her son Willie, last seen boarding a westbound train toward Fairmount.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnstown
Johnny Skelly
Mr. Skelly
Mr. Seaburn
Sharon
Daniels
Towanda
Frankie
Bristol
Caroline Korb
Clearfield
Fairmount
Clarion County
Arab relations and executions in Damanbour headline
The Cairo correspondent reports four natives executed at Damanbour for murder. Arabi Pasha fears danger to his life as Circassians guard him amid tensions. Indictments against rebel chiefs cite massacres and burning Alexandria. Foreign counsel debated. Tantah lashings and enhanced watchtowers noted. Cotton arrivals and Bismarck’s son receive brief mentions.
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Damanbour
Daily News
Cairo
Arabi Pasha
Arabi
Alexandria
Foreign Office
Tantah
Epidemic at Pensacola and Other News Flash
Pensacola reports 175 new cases and 10 deaths in three days, total 1,350 cases and 115 deaths as funds and nursing pay shrink. Brownsville notes yellow fever at ranches, Lt. Winne gravely ill. Irish Land League circular defends its continued vigor under Parnell. George C. Randolph dies by his own hand in Ripley, Mississippi. Jacob Becker killed in a lead pipe works accident in Paris. Beecher withdraws from the Congregational Association after lengthy address. Passenger transfer planned for wrecked steamer passengers awaiting Neptune and Herder in Cape Race.
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Board of Health
Mobile
Montgomery
Memphis
Adjo
Brownsville
San Rafael
Salado
Fort Brown
Winne
McLane
Camargo
Mier
Irish Land League
Berraro
Irish National Land League
Land League
League
Parnell
Jacob Becker
J. Bailey, Farrer & Co
Penne
Stephens's Idea on Confederacy and Cotton Crop
A 1882 New Orleans Times-Democrat reply to Stephens's Macon speech argues his plan to ship 4 million bales of cotton abroad for blockade relief was impractical. It cites Memminger and Trenholm letters, explains Confederate finance limits, and contends Davis supported but could not execute such a scheme.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Times-Democrat
Journal of
Alexander H. Stephens
Macon
Georgia
Europe
Ryapseches
Craven
Davis
Fortress Monroe
J. B. Johnston
Stephens
Messrs. Memminger
Trenholm
Southern Confederacy
Ask
Treasury Department
Johnston
England
Evang
Congress
Treasury
Mexckinges
George 4. Trenholm
Memminger
News and Courier
Pais
War Department
United States
Montgomery
Confederacy
MR. Davie
Lousiana
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
Mr. Davis
Mr. Stephens
The SCRITTENDEN CAPTIVE and Frank James Bail News
Indpendence jail scenes as Frank James talks with old friends his wife visits and he signs his real name for the first time in years while bidders press for his autograph. Reports discuss bail prospects and doubts over convicting evidence amid ongoing Mormon, train disaster, bond exchange, poisonings, and other late October items.
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Frank James
Kansas Ciry
James
Register
Criminal Home Court
White
Major Ein
Masnoper
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Platforma
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Howard Carrall
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Folger
Allen
Chandler, Lincoln
Hatton
Henry H. Morgan
Huums
Nenes
Pane Nie Ee
the Tariff Commission
Arabland
Vape
Loxnon
Daily Telegraph
Bismarck
Bracrs
William
Prince Bismarck
Pensacola
Holly Springs
Miurnta
George C. Randolph
Fields & Co
Ripley
Miss
Botel
Eleased
Lincoln County
Arkansas
Memphis and
Selma
K. W. Beecher
The
Congregational Association
Brooklyn
the Park Congregational Church
Henry Ward Beecher
Messrs
Joseph
Gisphens
Davie
Johur
Eti
A. Snelang
Scrittenden
Cannon
Earth
Hell
Kingdom of God
Taylor
Board of Education
Lowdon
Ont
Virginia Typhus, Co
George D. Wise
J. Amoler Smith
Gh Hope
Eeeastion Colonization of Africa
Pumavewara
Tane I Ivania Colonization Society
Tanner
Chria Xeupietian Recorder
Colonian Giveration
Africa
Theao-Archanteciety
Manchester
Yorkehire Derbyshire
Lencasal
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