15 Jun 1880
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Newspaper
Benton County Herald
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1880
Page
1
Long legislative roundup from Washington detailing Senate and House actions on treaties and appropriations, including river and harbor bills, census funding, and tariffs. Nominations listed for patent office and other posts, with notes on naval reports and international affairs.
The article surveys historic oceanic and atmospheric disasters in Western towns and major capitals. It cites English hurricanes of November, Lisbon's December cyclone, and wide coast damage, noting parallels to recent storms and questioning supernatural causes versus natural power. It emphasizes repeated human and structural losses across centuries and regions.
A stream of items mentions Huxley admirer sending a 1000 pound wheel, Mrs Diaz giving talks in Portland, and Genenor Lew Warrick allegedly writing a Damascus-set novel. Other notes cover Sera Tomas funding a free library, plus rumors of Bret Hatre, Lori Granville, and the Duke of St Albans. George W. Corts spends summers in Ashfield writing, and Miss Alcort hosts Boston University women students. An array of names, lectures, and literary plans are sketched with little detail.
A collage of lighthearted clippings from late 19th century papers features jokes about parasols and fashion, pie slices, hens, circuses, hair rest oratives, train rides, a pastor’s birthday, a tin wedding, and a humorous theater anecdote about a fire rumor.
In City Hall a tale of sparrows invading Captain Holzworth’s attic and crumbs, outsmarting a mouser as the birds form a hollow square to drive the cat away. The scene ends with the birds staying on, the cat scarce, and the sparrows feeding through winter.
A Methodist preacher who was also a shorthand writer sought to have a stenographer appointed for the Court of Appeals. He influenced a Readjuster Senator to move the bill ahead of its calendar, with the promise of support if he could secure the chamber’s recognition. When "Bill No. 65.7" was called, the bill turned out to be a whiskey measure, leaving the preacher astonished and anxious. A stray fragment mentions 1860, Howy Leet, a Raleigh girl, and deaths, but the readable core concerns the legislative ruse and the whiskey bill.
From Mr. Hurds speech before the Virginia Conservative Convention the note urges Northern Democrats to stand with the South. It praises the Democratic Party’s endurance through defeat and proscription and calls for unity to restore and maintain the constitutional rights of the people.
A recent tea party in New Rochelle New York featured aprons with old fashioned samplers and a teapot design bearing Polly put the kettle out. The invitation's text invites guests to attend at seven to ten with cups and pots mentioned, hinting at a playful social gathering hosted by Mrs V P and guests.
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