Democrats Optimistic Over Hancock Victory In East
Special correspondence from New York reports a brighter Democratic outlook with Hancock English favored by 25 000 to 35 000 in Connecticut and optimism spreading to Indiana New Jersey Pennsylvania and Florida amid accusations of Republican intimidation and fraud schemes including repeaters and forged pamphlets complicating the race across multiple states.
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New York
Utica
Horatio Seymour
Hancock
Gen. McClellan
Seymour
English
Connecticut
James E. English
Tilden
Garfield
South
Indiana
McCorkle
California
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Jewell
Graffield
Florida
Republican National Committee
Barnum
Virginia
North Carolina
Davenport
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Document Genuine Evidence Morey Not a Myth
The fragment asserts that genuine evidence exists showing Morey is not mythical and that the Employers’ Union remains in existence. It notes ongoing confirmation from organizational records and public notices supporting the union’s continued activity.
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Morey
Republican fundraiser appeal from New York reflects 1880 campaign
State Republican Committee in New York requests a forty dollar contribution by Oct 20 to support the presidential campaign. Letter of acceptance from Democratic mayoral candidate William R Grace highlights support for public schools and prudent public spending. Portland campaign rally features Plaisted and Conkling allies endorsing fusion and tariff positions.
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Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York
New York State
John N. Knapp
Vergee
Edward M. Johnson
Hns
Portland
City Hall
Plaisted
Grant
Conkling
Murch
Gen. Anderson
Reasons Why the Masses will Vote for Jones Rather than Bell
A campaign card argues Jones appeals to broad voters while Bell faces criticism for specific policy gaps. The piece highlights leadership qualities, economic plans, and public support signals to frame Jones as the stronger choice in a contested race.
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Jones
Bell
End of Western Railroad War Terms of Compromise
After a three day session the Wabash St Louis and Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Missouri Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe representatives settle freight and passenger earnings shares. Wabash gains 25 percent on Chicago and Southwestern passenger travel with others sharing remaining earnings by arbitration. Track extension dispute is resolved. In Columbia a Greenville Railroad sale closes with transfer of property to buyers for 2.3936 million dollars.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Chicago
Wabash
Chicago and Alton
St. Louis
New Hampshire Campaign Heats Up as Dems Look for Victory
Special Correspondence from Concord reports Democrats rally to Hancock and Jones amid labor opposition to Republican bosses. It notes Garrfield labor letter impact, notes bids by Republicans to bulldoze workers, and outlines strong Democratic momentum in Merrimac County with mass meetings planned statewide.
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Republican Party
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Conkling
Hancock and Jones
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Charles H. Bell
Frank Jones
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Robeson
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William Yeaton
Pittsfield
Hancock and
Greenback
Democratic State Central Committee
Night of Violence in New York House Ends in Shootings
In New York early this morning the Star and Garter on Sixth Avenue hosted a brutal ruckus. Thomas McCormick, injured in a previous attack, and Edward Lyons confronted proprietor Hamilton Brock. Lyons drew a pistol but failed to fire. Brock escaped to the basement, then Lyons threatened to kill Brock. Brock shot Lyons, inflicting two wounds before police arrested Brock on the top floor. Lyons was taken to New York Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Breck was later held on $1,000 bail. Lyons used the alias George E. Lenning, husband of shoplifter Sophia Lyons. Other items include perjury charges against Sylvester Ellsworth and political incidents in Brooklyn.
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Sing Sing
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Sylvester H. Ellsworth
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Grant
James Hayes
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Matthew Maguire
Congress
Kings County
John Gans
Philip Barber
Washington Street
Fire at Union Straw Works injures building and delays
Fire at the West Branch Union Straw Works in Foxboro Massachusetts spread from a water closet to the entire end of the building. Fire was contained after tires arrived but upper floors require full rebuilding. Loss about 2000 with 22000 insured. origin incendiary. Six fires in town in three months.
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Home
New York
Liverpool
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Hartford
Phenix and
Alma
Philadelphia
Canal Street
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Hanover
Howard
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Paris
Dixon, Roberts & Co
Adina
Security of
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London Assurance
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Springfield
Alexander McConnell
Morocco Dresser
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Republic of New York
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Orient of Hartford
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Queen
Boston
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Equitable
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West Twenty-second Street
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Shay
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lemuel Boggs
Ellwood
Norway
M. T. Locke
Milton Plantation
New Hampshire
San Francisco
Victoria
Quesnelle Forks
Indian outbreak feared near Gunnison and horse thefts reported
Courier from Cebolia fifteen miles below reports many Indians in the area running off horses including fifty belonging to Gunnison postmaster Hartman. Private letter from Powder Horn Postmaster Hotchkiss warns an outbreak is inevitable. Authorities request Gov. Pitkin to send 150 stand of arms and 10,000 rounds. Agent Berry said to be in Denver with Sheriff Yule’s deputy en route.
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Hotchkiss
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Yule
Peru to send envoys to peace talks with Chile and Colombia
Ignacio Garcia says Peru accepts US mediation after Chile agreement and names Antonio Arenero and Aurelio Garcia y Garcia to represent Peru. Panama reports Colombia and Chile signed an arbitration compact inviting other American nations. Panama hosts meeting by year end or early next year. Nicaragua envoy Maximo Jerez arrives. rumors of Honduras trouble have ceased.
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Peru
New York
Ignacio Garcia
Panama
Kingston
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Senor Antonio Arenero
American Congress of Jurists
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Aurelio Garcia Y Garcia
Japan
Porgenier
Carthagena
Colombia
America
Maximo Jerez
Extraordi
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Washington
Salvador
Honduras
Land League Leaders to Face Conspiracy Prosecution in Ireland
Dublin reports show Chief Secretary Forster swore information charging prominent Land League members with conspiracy. Prosecution targets include Charles Stewart Parnell Joseph Biggar Arthur O Connor J J O Kelly and others. Possible change of venue to an English jury amid troop redeployments and Galway meeting protests. Parnell denounces English rule and calls for Irish autonomy.
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Joseph Biggar
Arthur O’connor
J. J. O'Kelly
Alexander O’sullivan
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Brennan
Messrs. Jones
Redpath
Kettle
England
Connaught
Munster
Great Land League
Galway
Parnell
O’connor
South Carolina
Contradictory reports on Ottoman sitution and European affairs
London dispatches report heightened pressure on the Sultan of Turkey over Dulcigno with British ambassador Goschen threatening a fleet off Smyrna if promises are not kept. Other items note floods near Cherbourg, 10000 Ottoman troops to Adrianople, political meetings in France, and fundraising for elections.
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Smyrna
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Austria
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Dulcigno
Riza Pasha
Montenegro
Dubcignac
Census Returns Show Western Massachusetts Population
Census figures from Berkshire Franklin Hampshire and Hampden counties plus major towns reveal populations and native foreign white colored totals. The report notes Springfield Holyoke Pittsfield Northampton Chicopee North Adams Westfield and others with counts and demographic splits.
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Pittsfield
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State Department
Lowell
England
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Italians Still Unpaid and Irritable at Sandwich
In Sandwich on October 238 the Italian workers await train arrivals for wages but none come, leaving them disheartened. Officials keep police ready as the town weighs transporting the Italians to New York if no settlement by Monday. Most have paid their own fare, with only the sick staying. Driesbach suspects Skillman was duped by Fisher and others and has telegraphed him.
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S. A. Berry
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Fisher
Abram J. Skillman
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A. G. Fisher
Cape Cod
Goddard
Snow
E. C. Carrigan
A Word to Men of My Own Station in Life
A Boston Post letter to workingmen urges reflection before voting in the coming election. The author warns that supporting the Republican party risks maintaining a power structure that could lead to monarchy and loss of liberty, urging voters to defend republican freedoms or face degradation. The writer signs as a plain working man and rejects imperial rule.
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Boston
American Republic
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Various 19th Century News Tidbits Across London and America
A collage of brief items notes missionary plans in Great Britain and a protest against dyed hair. It mentions a Cincinnati bishop’s prohibition, Salvation Army missteps, a Byron discovery, and a strange Omaha bridal tour case. Also covered are Dead Lake California legends, a Pittsburg theater shadow hunt, coal dust fuel ventures, a St. Louis divorce with a dramatic plea, and biographical sketches of judges, Offenbach family ties, and the French guide C F Denecourt who mapped Fontainebleau forests for American visitors.
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RE. F. Loiseau
Philadelphia
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Eugene
Ellen Gregory
St. Louis
Gregory
John David Fitzgerald
Canaan
College of Oscott
Mme. Offenbach
Mr. Mitchell
Bayonne
Offenbach
Scoffer
C. F. Denecourt
Sylvanus
Fontainebleau
Napoleon
Multiple Mass incidents and maritime arrivals reported
Reports from New England describe a Friday stabbing in Wareham in which Dennis Hurley stabbed John Malley in the face while intoxicated. A 16 year old, John Goulding, was killed near Worcester when thrown from a wagon Sunday night. Gloucester saw six fishing arrivals from Grand Bank area with 200000 pounds cod and 95000 pounds halibut in two days. Lydia Maria Child’s funeral at Wayland was held privately at her request. Bangor’s Llewellyn Emerson died crushed in the woods and was buried Saturday night at about age 45. Saco cigar maker Joseph Sidell reported a missing coat worth 45 pounds at home, with no fuss about the incident expected to follow.
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Dennis Hurley
John Malley
John Goulding
Worcester
Gloucester
Grand An Ban Quero Banks
Wayland
Lydia Maria Child
Llewellyn Emerson
Bangor
Joseph Sidell
Saco
Pembroke
Warren Langmore
Charles Trager
Fall River
Georgiana Martin
John Martin
James Wilson
Charles Burdock
Boston
James Steele
House of Correction
South Framingham
Hiram Bellows
St. Albans
St. Luke’s Church
Haverhill
N. H
Robert W. Laird
Connecticut and Passumpsie River
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Murcommack
Montpelier
Supreme Court
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Windsor
James Carroll
Webster
Providence and Worcester Railroad
Woonsocket
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Providence
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Portsmouth
Dr. Dearborn
Bridget Carney
Mary A. Miller
McGowan
Lowell
Miller
Carney
Middletown
Conn
Little
Horace Haven
Harvey P. Andrews
Willie Smith
New York
Hartford
Smith
Allyn House
Pame
Ome
Higogs
Fogis
Multiple Executions and Murders Reported Across Regions
Henry Williams hanged in Newton North Carolina for murder of farrison Kinder. Elias Simpkins Pittsfield chief of police shot dead by Elliott Baker. Robert Sutton convicted of murder in Paris Texas. James Clare killed by cattle trough collapse near Peticodahe New Brunswick. Cybele steamship investigation clears Capt Clotworthy. James Fox crushed on pilot boat Richard Simonds at St John New Brunswick. Construction train kills a cow near New Grand Chain Illinois. Lewis Washington killed, five injured. Jos Hart murdered near Rio Grande City Texas. Continental military telegraph line completed from Dakota to Dayton Washington Territory. Samuel Hawthorn found guilty for killing Lemuel McGee. verdict life imprisonment. jurors were all colored.
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Elias Simpkins
Pittsfield
Elliott Baker
Robert Sutton
Paris
Texas
James Clare
Peticodahe
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Cybele
Clotworthy
James Fox
Richard Simonds
St. John
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Lil
Lewis Washington
Jos. Hart
Rio Grande City
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Washington Territory
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