The Georgia Wonder Miss Lulu Hurst at Globe Boston
Miss Lulu Hurst performed in Boston at the Globe theatre showing tests with chairs umbrellas a billiard cue and a cane. The audience debated whether her demonstrations arose from muscular power electricity or magnetism while enjoying the lively stage contest and public discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Wonder
Lulu Hurst
Boston
Globe Theatre
Somerset Club
Miss Hurst
Civil War Brigade Reunion at Oakland Beach Rhode Island
Veterans of the Seventh Tenth and Thirty seventh Massachusetts and Thirty sixth New York Veteran associations with Second Rhode Island and Battery A lines up for a reunion led by Gen. Couch. Maj. Gen. Devens Gen. Couch Brown Briggs Col. Parsons and Gov. Bourn attended. About 500 veterans were reviewed in a dress parade. organizers included Chenery Curtis Underwood Arnold and Rhodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
D. N. Couch
Army of the Potomac
Oakland Beach
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island Volunteers
Battery A
Charles Devens
United States
Couch
Brown
Briggs
Parsons
Tenth Massachusetts
Barden
A, D.C
Henry J. Spooner
Charles J. Murphy
George A.chenery
Joseph L. Curtis
Nicholas Underwood
Frederick Arnold
Secre
Rhodes
W. J. Bradford
E. T. Prentice
Nelson Viall
J. Albert Monroe
Dakota Storm Ruins Churches Farms and Mills at Sioux Falls
A Dakota storm wrecked theCongregationalist church and schoolhouse at Sioux Falls and toppled the spire of the Presbyterian church. John Paul’s lumber yard was destroyed, and many dwellings damaged. Crops, especially corn, suffered severe losses. Valley Springs flax mill and a roller skating rink were razed, while homes and businesses lost fronts and lumber. In Beaver Creek Minn windmills and grain houses were harmed, and four people injured in various incidents. A second hailstorm near Huron caused about 50 000 dollars in crop damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
D. T
John Paul
C. E. Best
Valley Springs
H.C. Torry
Griffith Rogers
Beaver Creek
Minn
Here
Dakota
Huron
Plague News and Civil Unrest Across Europe
Cholera deaths surge in Arles Marseille Toulon with dozens dying nightly. Panic over 100 coffins from Marseille. many cured in Marseille hospital. Warsaw gunpowder mill explosion causes panic and casualties. Osman Digna requests reinforcements near Suakim as rebels fear Gen. Gordon. Salvation Army hall attacked amid police inaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arles
Aix
Marseilles
Toulon
Warsaw
Osman Digna
Suakim
Berber
Gordon
Salvation Army
Biepne
Plague Spreads as Cholera Feared Panama Isthmus
Yellow fever cases rise daily in Panama with a canal chief priest and two staff officers dead overnight. Dysentery totals 176 in the city, and seven deaths occur in the canal hospital. Crowded hospitals and filth raise cholera fears as no precautions are yet taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Canal
Colon
Canal Hospital
Valley Railroad Accident Mislabel Corrected
Special despatch clears confusion about a July accident. The excursion train mishap was on the Valley railroad, not the Connotton Valley railway, and no incident occurred on the Connotton Valley line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Railroad
Boston Post
Cleveland
Two Strangers Rob Mrs Clark in West End Home
In Portland on July 22 two well dressed men accused for purchase of a cow visited Mrs Clark at her West End home. They lingered, entered a bureau, and one man grabbed her while the other took $75 from the drawer. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
New York
Metropolitans
Brooklyns
Baltimore
Athletics
Baltimores
Columbus
Toledos
Bostons
Portlands
Calais Hegatta
Calais
Riley
Hosmer
Teemer
Conley
Gaudaur
Independents Gather in New York to Back Cleveland Hendricks
A large meeting of independents opposed to Blaine and Logan convened at the University Club theater in New York. Prominent figures like Curtis and Schurz attended as they formed a conference to oppose Blaine, endorse Cleveland, and outline plans for a reform movement and independent campaign strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolters
New York
Cleveland
Hendricks
Blaine
Logan
University Club
George
William Curtis
Carl Schurz
Clarence Bowen
Independent
Brooklyn Young Republican Club
Massachusetts
Boston
George W. Hale
T. C. Lowell
J. B.gardner
Cambridge
Jabez Fox
George W. Wright
F. T. Kern
Col. T. W. Higginson
A. M. Howe
J. B. Thayer
J. F. Ober
F. F. Raymond
J. S. Farlow
Chelsea
A. D. Blossom
Dedham
F. J. Stimpson
Lexington
Cornelius Wellington
E. L. Osgood
Chicago
University Club Theatre
Madison Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
National Temperance Society
Democratic
Charles P. Miller
George William Curtis
Charles R. Codman
H. A. Babbitt
C. P. Armstrong
H.W. Farnum
Connecticut
Wm. Endicott, Jr
Samuel Hoar
Robert Blaikie
Francis C. Barlow
Theodore Bacon
Wm. Hayes Ward
H. P. Gerbert
P. W. Burdge
Talcott H. Russell
Morris Williams
Joseph Parrish
Pennsylvania
Mr. Codman
Curtis
Col. Codman
Camp Opening Portrays Regiment Strength And Discipline
The Framingham camp began with professional tent makers pitching, a quieter first day, and Brig. Gen. Peach arriving to official openings. Army units reported in order, with the ninth regiment noted as banner company for strength and drill, while Maj. Bennington inspected the camp and guard duties ran smoothly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peach
Company C
Artillery
Melrose
Stevenson
Lynn
Richardson
Barry
Bennington
Richards Touts Tolerance. Ristori Plans English Tour
Rev. Frederick A. Richards, famed Macon orator, travels with a broadminded message as Adelaide Ristori reportedly prepares a tour in America in English. Mount Prospect guests include C. B. Folsom and wife, Mrs. Homer Baldwin and son, Dr. J. D. Folsom and wife, and many others from New England to New York and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Richards
Macon
Encome
London
Adelaide Ristori
America
Mount Prospect
Hotel Prospect
Lancaster
N. H
C. B. Folsom
Homer Baldwin
E. G Allen
Youngstown
William Whitaker
J. O. Austin
W. H. Brett
Providence
R. I
Edwin C. Sweetser
E. C. Sweetser
M. A. West
Lizzie Allen
Philadelphia
J. D. Folsom
St. Johnsbury
H. N. Small
Portland
S D. Bowker
Harry D. Bowker
J. W. Farrar
Boston
Mass
C. O. Tufts
H. H. Fitch
Boston Highburns
Daniel Durgin
Medford
A. B. Durgin
Somerville
George Kirkbride
New York
Charles Auel
Carl B. Auel
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wells River trip opens for Philadelphia excursion party
A 43 member Philadelphia excursion party led by Me Haggenbotham rode the Montpelier and Wells River road to join a larger group in Plymouth New Hampshire for a White Mountains tour. George L Damon, Boston safe maker, has contracted for burglar proof safes with Gardiner Savings Bank Gardiner Me New National Bank Augusta Me Oxford National Bank Oxford Mass Montgomery National Bank Norristown Pa for about $20000. See Macallar Parker Co ad. This is buyer’s chance for bargains in ready made clothing.
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Wells River
Philadelphia
Me. Haggenbotham
Montpelier and
Wells River Road
Plymouth
N. H
White Mountains
George L. Damon
Boston
Gardiner Savings Bank
Gardiner
New National Bank
Augusta
Oxford National Bank
Oxford
Mass
Montgomery National Bank
Norristown
Macallar, Parker & Co
Additions to Alabama Claims Court Judgments Listed
Washington July 22 additional judgments rendered by the court of commissioners of Alabama claims with interest from March 19 1864. Names include A J Strader Mary Lamson executrix Twombly Lamson Union Copper Mining Co William Glidden executor William H Wilson N S Wilson Firman Whitwell Jr executor estate Amos Hill estate Timothy Hill Newton Copper Mining Co William Blackwood Franklin A Davis Emanuel L Goldstein J J Hucks William Lambert Hucks Lambert Andrew Kohler Jacob Martenstein Edward Michelson Moses Meyerfeldt John C Merrill Moses Selig Jacob Schoenfeldt Selig Co George W Dow William G Twombley Calvin Edwards Co Charles Roundy Joseph P Thwing S N Castle J G Atherton Castle Cook R S Brownell Bailey Brownell J W Hall H A Hall and others. Some cases dismissed and a noted judgment for Abby Mauran and a large $55 967 for Suchet Mauran estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Commissioners
Washington
Court of Commissioners of Alabama
A.J. Strader
Mary $. Lamson
Edwin Lamson
Twombly & Lamson
Sarah C. Thomas
H. L. Thomas
William Thomas
The
Union Copper Mining Company
William T. Glidden
William H. Wilson
N. S. Wilson
Wilson & Bros
Firman B. Whitwell, Jr
Firman B. Whitwell
A. E. Hill
Amos Hill
Timothy D. Hill
William Smith
Newton Copper Mining Company
William Blackwood
Franklin A. Davis
Emanuel L. Goldstein
J. J. Hucks
William Lambert
Hucks & Lambert
Andrew Kohler
Jacob Martenstein
Edward Michelson
Moses Meyerfeldt
John C. Merrill
Moses Selig
Jacob Schoenfeldt
M. Selig & Co
George W. Dow
William G. Twombley
Calvin Edwards & Co
Chas. Roundy
Jos. P. Thwing
S. N. Castle
J. G. Atherton
Castle & Cook
R. S. Brownell
Bailey & Brownell
J. W. Hall
H. A. Hall
John W
Henry A. Hall
John 8
Eelles
Robert S. Eelles
John S. Eelles & Co
Walter B. Higgins
John St Snow
Erwin A. Hussey
Frederick Davis
William 8. Sewall
Richard B. Sewall
Moses Sewall
Wm. S. Grant
Geo. H. Spall
Geo. S. Spall
Edward Howe
Geo.s. Keeler
Geo. W. Collier
Abby W. K. Mauran
de Bovis
Suchet Mauran
Brick manufacturers meet at Cosmopolitan hotel in New York
A July 22 meeting in New York brought brick manufacturers from several states to the Cosmopolitan hotel with Frederick Tompkins presiding The committee formed at the July 8 meeting reported progress and next steps for their industry effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Frederick Tompkins
Thetford Democrats Rally with Grand Post Mills Celebration
Thetford Vermont Democrats held a large Post Mills rally with speeches by Asa M. Dickey and Phineas Chamberlain, a mammoth flag for Cleveland and Hendricks, and 38 cannon rounds as the Orange county GOP reels from Blaine's nomination. The Boston Post notes a Dartmouth student’s failed Blaine literature venture and previews the Massachusetts state convention to be held September 3 in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thetford
Boston Post
Hanover
N. H
Post Mills
Thomas H. Chubb
Democratic County Committee
Post Mills Cornet
Orange County
Blaine
Dartmouth College
Boston
Republican State Committee
Park Street
Flagg
J. J. Whipple
Brockton
J. H. Gould
Medfield
A. W. Beard
Lodge
George S. Merriam
Republican Party
Concord Democrats
Concord
Democratic City Committee
Cambridge Brutal Assault Leaves Elderly Wife Injured
Michael Foley, 60, allegedly attacked his 55 year old wife Margaret Foley with an axe in Cambridge at about 5 am. He forced entry, dragged her, and delivered three dangerous head wounds. A neighbor and Officer Wells secured Foley at a local saloon. he admitted guilt and was jailed awaiting district court arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Margaret Foley
Cowperthwait Street
Michael B
House of Correction
Wells
Foley
McNamara
Boston
Cambridge Street
Cambridge and
Charles Streets
Notable New England Notes and Local Disasters
East Douglass insurance agent N W Preston died after a fall in Uxbridge. Plymouth awarded the house of correction contract to J H Coon & Co of Boston with bonds. A Frenchman Vitan Leyer arrested in Portland for larceny with watch recovered. James Thomson’s body found at Cape Ann Granite pit. inquest not demanded. Paine's advertises wood mantles and fine frames at Canal Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Preston
East Douglass
Mass
Uxbridge
Eastern
Vitan Leyer
Vermont
James Thomson
Lanesville
Cape Ann Granite Company
Bay View
Stevens
Summer Meeting at Narragansett Park Opens Eastern Circuit
The eastern circuit summer meeting opened at Narragansett Park, Providence, with about 250 in attendance. Winds hindered fast times as track races finished in three straight heats. Features include $500 purses in three minute and 2:22 classes with riders Tough and Feek among the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett? Park
Providence
R.I
Narragansett Park
L. M. Tough
New York
B.s. Alladin
Parkis
B.s.j.s. P
J .Dougrey
Ballston Spa
b.g.Charlie D
A.j.feek
Syracuse
S. King Almont
J. A. Dustin
Springfield
C.m. Bessie
G. Hicks
Allston
B. m. Centilla
W. Sargeant
B.m. Pearl
Delay in Enforcing Dingley Shipping Bill Provisions
Questions rise at the treasury over the Dingley shipping bill due to the absence of the navigation commissioner. With no word from Patten, Dingley suggests guidance as urgent divisions delay actions harming shipping interests. A new Canada mail arrangement allows certain printed matter from U S publishers to enter Canada subject to Canadian duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Dingley Shipping
Commissioner of Navigation
Department
Patten
Dingley
Canada
Postmaster General
Post Office Department
United States
Canadian Post Department
Dominion
Robert Bruce
Willard
Chicago
Kerr
Bruce
Cassiday and
Kellogg
Lynde Street Tragedy and Gloucester Fire Report
Jealous motive suspected in Elliott case as Boston man linked to a New Hampshire lodging, with follow ups in Manchester. Gloucester fire destroys 17 buildings on Duncan street with heavy losses. families burn out, many fishermen’s widows left homeless. Reports include San Joaquin Valley blaze and Wapping Wharf fire damage estimates and scattered city briefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Harvey & Tarr
Duncan Street
Alonzo Sargent
Watson
Mr. Watson
William C. Lynn
George Harvey
George L. Fears
Luther Hayden
Wm. Reed
T. Langsford
Geo. L. Fears
I. Langsford
Parmenter, Rice & Co
Parmenter & Rice
Beverly
Lynn
Salem
John McDonald
Peter Jordrey
Henry J. Martin
Connolly
Henry Martin
Patrick Bellew
Ensle Smith
Angus McAuley
Michael J. Sullivan
Boston
D. Watson
Peter Jockey
George Rowe, Jr
Robert Fears
D. S. Watson
Parmenter
Rice & Co
A. Voss
Neil McPhee
G. A. Langsford & Son
George P. Rust
William C. Lynde
Patrick McAcley
Daniel McDonald
Peter Godfrey
Duncan McDonald
Jane Meddler
Knee
Hugh McKenna
James H. Moore
Mary McClain
James Goodwin
Archie McDonald
Jane McIsaac
John Cameron
Stephen Morrison
George Scott
East Gloucester
Massachusetts General Hospital
MecIsaac
San Joaquin Valley
Mopesta
Cal
Wapping
London
Crane Wharf
Telegraph
Bethlehem
N. H
Richard Wilder
Ince
Providence
R. I
Ezekiel Martin
Exter
John Austin
Liverpool
Globe
Ripperord
Lucinda Goodwin
Boston and Maine Railroad
Bartrore
Zell Guano Company
Locust Point
Detroit
Mich
Olia
John Cowley
Dedham
A. B. Martin
Yosemite Trials Show Fast Steam Yacht on Narragansett Bay
Commodore Walker and the naval board conducted measured mile trials in Narragansett bay aboard the steam yacht Yosemite. The boat covered five runs, one mile each, with speeds from 15 to 17 miles per hour. Trials tested turning and helm response, judged satisfactory. Yosemite and Tallapoosa with Secretary Chandler will depart Newport for Woods Hole in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. L
Yosemite
Commodore Walker
Naval Board
Narragansett Bay
Tallaoosa
Chandler
Newport
Woods
Grand Army delegates greet Logan in Minneapolis
Incoming trains carried Grand Army of the Republic delegates into Minneapolis with Gen. Logan arriving at noon and receiving a grand reception. Gen. Sherman also arrived. A formal welcome occurred at Camp Beath with speeches by Maj. Dillsbury, Gov Hubbard, and Commander Beath as 40,000 veterans filled St. Paul and Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Gen. Logan
Gen
Washburne
Gen. Sherman
Camp Beath
Maj. Dillsbury
Gov.ubbard
Cowmaunder Beath
St. Paul
Manville man arrested in Portland burglary case
Benjamin F. Morse of Manville Rhode Island and his Boston ally George Melrose were arrested in Portland for burglary and other crimes. Morse admits robbing Vaughn Street church of its communion service Bible and clock and committing up town home burglaries. City marshal suspects an alias as papers identify him as Allen Poole of Woonsocket. He'll be arraigned tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York and
New Jersey
Brickmakers’ Association
Gustav Peterson
Christopher Fox
Katie Walsh
Chaffee
Denver
Col
Republican National Committee
Oscar W. Pitchen
Maine
Erie Preserving Company
Buffalo
Bank of Canisteo
Canisteo
N. Y
Postland
Benjamin F. Morse
Manville
R. I
George Melrose
Boston
Vaughn Street
Morsey
Allen Poole
Woonsocket
Gov Cleveland Plans Summer in Albany Ahead of Nomination
Albany report states Governor Cleveland will remain in the capital throughout the summer except for a short August vacation. Formal notification of his presidential nomination is expected to be issued at the executive mansion on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
United States
Blaine
House of Representatives
Codman
Democratic Party
Copah
Coplah
South
Democratic
New York
Albany
N. Y
Cleveland
Executive Mansion
Irish National League Convention Attendees Named from Ireland
Chicago reports that Thomas Sexton and John E. Redmund will attend the Irish national league convention in Boston on August 15 as representatives of the Irish parliamentary party. The party favors Mr. Parnell remaining in Ireland for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alexander Sullivan
Thomas Sexton
John E. Redmund
Irish National League
Boston
Irish Parliamentary Party
Parnell
Ireland
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Grover Cleveland
of New York
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
TME Contents
Telegraph and Mail
Foreign News
Independents
Moorfield Storey
George F. Williams
Reeves and Hunt
Curtis and Shurz
Tyler and Armstrong
W. Hayes Ward
W. G. Thompson
Michigan
B. F. Thurston
Rhode Island
James F. Claflin
Illinois
H. P. Goddard
Maryland
Horace
Gov. Cleveland
Thomas R. Bacon
New Haven
Independent Movement
Jaine
T. W. Higginson
Committee On
California
New York Committee
Quimby
Republian
J. F. Claflin
West
Seelye
Amherst
John H. Cowing
R. R. Bowker
George W.folsom
Ethan Allen Doty
George Walton Greene
Horace E. Deming
Wm. H. Forbes
Joseph Tucker
Joseph H. Walker
Daniel Hoar
Phineas Pearce
Geo. W. Leverett
Winslow Warren
Simeon E. Baldwin
O. P. Armstrong
H. W. Farnum
Daniel Drake Smith
Simeon Hunting
W. G. Peckbaum
F. B. Reeves
Steward Wood
Mr. Claflin
Hoar
Republican Convention
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Whig
Republican
Republcans
Williams
Gov. Long
Theodore Roosevelt
Everett
Quincy
National Committee
Messrs. Deming and Miller
Pearce
Framingham
Banner Company
Greely
Hazen
Linden Kent
Garlington
Proteus Court of Inquiry
Kent
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Neptune
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Lady Franklin Bay
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Ray
Point Barron
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Lincoln
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Hancock
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Great Britain
Chester A. Arthur
N. F
John Hawley Glover
Newfoundland
Bear
Thetis
Newburyport
Knight Kimball
Knights
A. W. Greely
Alabama
Gotham Gleanings
Waltham
Democratic State Committee
Westboro
Crime IN
Michael Foley
Roan
NEW England Notes
Paine’s
Canal Street
Lowel
Pittsburg
Prirrsburg
Exposition Park
Jay-Eye- See
Jay-Eye-Lee
Edwin Thorne
Dick Whent
Wsias
Lowells
Charlie Porter
Boston Association
Lowell
Anderson
Sumner
Lovett
Jewell
Betteley
Newton
King
Alline
Angertron
Brewster
P. Cf
Wisiror Des Cai
Betteley,a.c
Betteley, C. H
Eaton
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Reed
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Sweeney
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Miller
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Lynns
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Daniel T. Pierce
San Salvador
Arthur
Secretary of State
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Lynde Street
Elliott
Howard
Hicks
Boston and Lowell Railroad
Belfast
State Senate
Charles
Knox
Colorado
Hattie Clarke
Chambers Street
Abbott
Station 3
Pitts Street
North Grove Street
Manchester
Manchesster
N.H
the Grand Army
Guvnet Bes
Boston Weekly Post
Post Publishing CO
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