Balloon ascent ends in peril and rescue off Jersey shore
Auguste Buislay of the gymnastic troupe ascends from Elm Park in a Montgolfier balloon, performing on a trapeze as it rises. Dense storm and damp air cause loss of control. he plunges into the Hudson near the Jersey shore, is rescued by a boat, and revived on shore with care.
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Mons
Auguste Buislay
New Bowery Theatre
Elm Park
Montgolfier
Ferra Firma
Jersey Shore
Monsieur Buislay
Hudson River
Buislay
New York
Mr. Kaitor
Claremont Garden
Young Buislay
New York Times
Cabinet Resignations and Debates Dominate Washington
General notes from Washington report Attorney General resignation tendered to the President and likely to be accepted. Dennison to be named successor. Stimson advocates India cracker import ban. Mississippi tunnel proposal under study with $3 million cap. Congressional adjournment hints and Capitol grounds expansion debated. debt reductions noted. Freeman’s Bureau support cited. Randall poised to replace Dennison. Treasury salary talks yield 25 percent average rise. presidents Seward and Lincoln prepare for monument events and western visits.
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Dennison
Stimetier
Congress
India
Mississippi
St. Louis
Colfax
Capitol
Senate
Philadelphia
Harlan
Freedmen’s Bureau
Seward
A. W. Randall
Wisconsin
Treasury Department
Congressional Committee
Welles
Doolittle
Washington
Douglas Monument
Italian Austrian War Updates From Verona To Bohemia
The British ministry resigned over conflicts in the House of Commons as Austrian Silesia saw a minor Prussian victory. Hanoverian forces moved toward Meiningen, while a fierce June 24 battle near Verona involved Victor Emmanuel and the Mincio corps with casualties and prisoners for Austria. Reports claim Prussians were beaten near Prague and Turnau, with further disputed telegraph accounts. The Italian king seeks French aid against Austria offering concessions on Rome. Derby moves toward a coalition. France shows notable military activity. a Bohemian clash yields Austrian gains. a refused truce follows a Prussian defeat in Silesia.
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Porto Rico
France
John C. Breckinridge
Tawpico
Slaximilian
New York Herald
Madrid
Republic
Peubella
United States
Maximilian
Imperial Commissary
Paris
Bismark
Victor Emmanuel
Napoleon
Mexico
Cuba
Nuevitas
House of Commons
Austrian Silesia
Meiningen
Verona
Victor Emanuel
London
Bohemia
Prague
Turnau
Darmstadt
Cuatozza
Italy
Austria
Sardinia
Lord Derby
Silesia
Arkansas River Cuts Through South Bend On Way to Sea
The Arkansas river has cut through South Bend eighty five miles above its mouth saving ten miles of travel. The Odd Fellows Hall in New Orleans, the most magnificent structure, burned on the fourth with an estimated loss of three hundred thousand dollars and insurance of ninety five thousand.
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South Bend
Odd Fellows’ Hall
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Hamilton
Tennessee Senate
House
Grant
Slocum
Hancock
Baltimore
Stanton
Knoxville
Brownlow
Great Southern Telegraph Company
Louisville
Kirby Smith
Don Carlos Buell
Nashville
6Th Regulars
Savannah Herald
Macon
Wilkinson County
Justice Read
Opelousas
Partey
United States
Ellis
Sanford
Blind Tom
Wheeling
Blind
Tom
Freedmen’s Bureau
North Carolina
Wisconsin State Fair Schedule in Janesville September
Western Matters notes the next Wisconsin state fair will be held in Janesville this September. General Lane died at noon on the 11th, with remains taken to Lawrence for interment. A Portage fire on the 7th wiped out fourteen buildings, causing substantial losses. Chung Wan, described as the free Chinaman executed in San Francisco, was hanged on the 6th for murder. The Hon. Seagler Colfax was reelected to Congress in the LIk h district according to a Unionist notice of the 9th district.
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Fort Garry
Democratic State Committee
Nunéla
John M. Thayer
F. W. Tipton
U. S. Senate
Chicago
Academy of Music
Cincinnati
Kelly & Leon
Leavenworth
Kansas
Indian Council
Fort Laramig
The
Platte
Fort Kearney
Omaha
Western Territories
Platte River
Wisconsin
Janesville
General Lane
Lawrence
Portage
Chung Wan
San Francisco
Seagler Colfax
Congress
Ledvnce
Senate
Clark
Judiciary Committee
Veteran Reserve Corps
Committee On Elections
Koontz
Pennsylvania
Coffroth
Grinnell
House
Eastern Minitiers and a Month of News in New York
A digest of recent events including Mormon arrivals aboard four ships with returns to New York, a Beecher Stowe daughter shot in Hartford, a balloon ascent from New York, a fatal train wreck near Meadville, and major fires in Portland and Tacony Print Works Philadelphia. Reports on cholera fears aboard the frigate Chattanooga, wind damage to Chicago slaughterhouses near Commodore, and Culver’s jail lodging in Venango County amid creditor pressure.
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New York
Hartford
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lowe
Cleveland
Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Meadville
Tacony Print Works
Philadelphia
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Portland
Navy Yard
Chicago
Communipaw
Lengthy property decision awaits federal approval
The commission's five hundred feet plan, nearly thirty house lots, must win approval from the Interior Secretary and the Postmaster General and then pass Congress. Meanwhile, reports from Portland papers reel off casualty and property loss estimates, with millions in damages and thousands left homeless as fires devastate the city.
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Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Rochester
Lingale Ho
Shelby
Orleans County
Canada
Albion
Lindsley
Portland
Portland Argus
Internal tax law changes and congressional actions
The article outlines changes in internal tax law including cotton, tobacco, and alcohol taxes, brewers’ duties, and exemptions for tailors and others. It covers Senate and House actions on army reorganization, tariffs, election methods for Senators, and various bills on land titles, bankruptcy, and diplomatic appropriations. It notes measures affecting distillers, cigars, and wages, plus legislative moves on presidential appointments and the militia.
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Congress
Gag
Railway
Ferry, &c
Senate and House Action on Tariffs and Bills in December
Senate and House actions include passage of a telegraph lines bill, reference of the tariff bill to Finance, amendments on December reports, and resolutions for Portland relief tents. Niagara Ship Canal debate pauses. reconstruction topics raised. Pacific rail and internal tax suspensions noted. House passes National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home, misc appropriation advances, and Morrill tariff bill intro. Dawson retained in seat after election case.
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Senate
House
Fessenden
Finance Committee
Grimes
Portland
Mississippi
Quincy
Illinois
Keokuk
Prairie du Chien
Fuller-Dawson
Union Pacific Railroad
Finance
Messrs
Trumbull and Hendricks
Willey
Northern Pacific Railroad
National Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans
Morrill
Fuller Va. Dawson
Pennsylvania
Dawson
Conference Committee
Great Eastern Ready to Sail For Atlantic Cable Run
London Times reports on preparations for the Great Eastern to depart Medway by Saturday the 30th to lay the Atlantic cable. 1,660 knots of cable, heavy 88 cwt per mile, and 2,700 miles total will be loaded aboard the Midway and towed by accompanying ships. Machinery upgrades, grappling gear, and a giant 17 ton crinoline guard are installed to protect the payout, with coaling ongoing at Chatham and Bear Haven before departure. Bayogan Youxo has caused an arrest for asking if he was married.
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Medway
Amethyst
Iria
Admiralty
Great Eastern
Midway
Terrible
Albany
William Corry
Valentia
Anderson
Chatham
Bearhaven
London Times
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Biggenuf
Widder
Mar Andi
Kanvass
Mi Mar
Franklin
Paypur
Ebenezer
Europ
Mar
Roaring Rag
Oridgeinal Poetry
Mr. Sniggins
Truvan
Ixtempeance
Washingtonian
Sons of Reformation
Flashemx & Co
Flashem & Co
Evrybody
Squintem & Co
Louis Napoleon
Kownteas
Eugenie
Queena Victoria
Prussia
Italee
Rusby
Spain
Persekent
Peple
South Amerika
Sandwich Islands
Maximillian
Cassell
Pos
Yos
Foreign News
Wreu
Gart
United 5
Southern’ News
Fort Laramie
Custom House
Jas. Stephens
Boston
P. A. Sennett
Campo Bello
Stephens
C. V. Culver
Venango
Mre
Culver
Bennehoff Ranch
Parimest
Lower P
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Pont Olles
New York City
Congressional Deings
Supreme Court
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Virginia
California
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Delano
Dawes
Hooper
Wilson
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Atlantic Cable
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