City Wards purge tax delinquents before election day
City Registrars reviewed twelve Wards and removed about 8000 names for failure to pay taxes. Wards to come will likely exceed this number, as poll tax payment is a moderate civic duty and all assessed should not forfeit their sovereign rights on election day.
Plague in Grenada and Memphis Toll Rising
A Mrs Col Baugh letter from Grenada Miss details traumatic fever conditions. Citizens fled, homes looted, and the sick lack clothing bedding food. Memphis reports cool mornings, steady deaths, and deep strain on doctors nurses and undertakers as commerce halts and relief efforts scale up.
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Sherman table tracks U S debt and cash since 1860
Secretary Sherman publishes a table analyzing the U S public debt from 1861 to 1878. It shows debt peaks in 1865 at about 2.38 billion with per capita and interest details, a decline to 1870, then a rise to 1.79 billion by Aug 1878, and Treasury cash increasing to 256.8 million in 1878 as part of the resumption plan.
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Treasury delays silver dollar exchange order in new ruling
The Secretary of the Treasury delays the exchange of silver dollars for United States notes after reviewing the law. Silver dollars will be issued to coin liabilities, and disbursing officers are to estimate amounts that can be conveniently disbursed. The Treasury will pay out silver dollars on currency liabilities and suspend enforcement of the prior exchange order until further notice.
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
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Navy changes and consular appointments abroad
Washington dispatch reports Lieut.-Commander Bow man A. McCalla ordered to Pensacola as executive and Lieut. R. D. Hitchcock to relieve Commander Kirkland of the Supply at Havre France. Kirkland granted one year leave. Lieut.-Commander George H. Wadleigh detached from Pensacola to await orders. State Department prepares Col. John S. Mosby commission as consul at Hong Kong earning 4000 dollars annually. Internal revenue receipts total 339218 and customs 691732. Joint National Commission to meet on the 25th to resume work on the structure. A portion of the Chinese Embassy expected by the 20th and remainder by the first of October.
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Havre
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George H. Wadleigh
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Hong Kong
Multiple Local Notices From New England Papers
A compilation of regional notices reports deaths and births, marriages, land values, exhibitions, accidents, crimes, and local events across towns in Massachusetts and nearby. Highlights include Mrs Mary Macomber’s death in Fall River, golden wedding of Lucius Allen and wife, East Bridgewater real estate totals, agricultural society exhibitions in Lowell and Worcester, injuries near Westboro, Newburyport cotton trade, veterans aid payments, steamboat injuries, school building closures, rail depot theft, forged notes prosecutions, yellow fever relief drives, hotel sales, regalia from Neptune Engine and regatta results, and regional reunions plus wartime fund allocations.
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Lucius 8. Allen
Worcester
East Bridgewater
Middlesex North Agricultural Society
Lowell
Abbie Whitney
Gussie Putnam
Westboro
Ocean Mills
Newburyport
Francis Coffin
Worcester South Agricultural Society
Sturbridge
William Christy
Haverhill
Salisbury Beach
Cate
Amesbury
Tornado devastates North Carolina and Virginia regions
Despatches report a severe tornado crossing Goldsboro North Carolina and stretching up through Virginia. It damaged homes and timber, with multiple injuries and a fatality in Wayne County. Telegraph lines were down and floodwaters rose in several rivers, but some rail bridges remained standing after the storm.
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Railroads hit hard as Ohio and Pennsylvania flood rages
Severe equinoxial storm floods Ohio and western Pennsylvania causing bridge and culvert losses on the Cleveland and Pittsburg, Atlantic and Great Western, and Pan Handle lines. Measured river rises, detours, and disrupted traffic across Alliance, Wellsville, Meadville, Erie, and Pittsburg with multiple fatalities and property damage.
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Flood Ravages Area with Unprecedented 25 Year Scale
The region endures the greatest flood in a quarter century, causing immense property damage across towns. Officials assess water levels, evacuations, and relief efforts as residents begin long recovery. Local agencies coordinate aid, with forecasts warning of further inundation in coming days.
Testimony Before Customs Investigating Committee Reveals Serious Charges
Proceedings before the customs house investigating committee uncover serious charges against officers of a poor house. A forger has been arrested and other criminal items are noted in the record.
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Turbulent Pittsfield Democratic caucus over anti-Butler seats
At Pittsfield Massachusetts on September 13 a volatile Democratic caucus chose delegates to the State Convention. Amid rows over leadership, Dr Mercer was elected chair after clashes, and anti-Butler forces, led by T. A. Oman, withdrew. Delegates named by the Butler faction included Mercer Clarke Fagan Rouse and others. bolters met in Goodrich Hall to organize their own slate led by J. N. Dunham and Oman.
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Complete overthrow of the Republican party in Maine
In Portland on September 13 the Maine House finished with 65 Republicans 2 Democrats elected by Republicans 27 Democrats and 57 Greenbackers. An attempt by Republicans to block votes in Ward Four failed as Aldermen paused tallying and demanded ballots. A Democratic certificate was urged for four Democratic Representatives, with 13 of 27 chosen straight Democratic and 14 by Greenback aid, signaling a major anti Republican majority on joint ballot and potential statewide official changes.
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Kent Nominated for Congress in New Hampshire Third District
Woopsville New Hampshire September 13 The Democrats of the Third Congressional District nominated Col Henry C Kent of Lancaster. Kent spoke at length urging overthrow of the Republican party to restore prosperity and aligned with the liberal currency platform. Two hundred nineteen delegates attended. Convention also nominated local officers including Joseph Burrows Plymouth and state officials in Grafton County with John Mitchell Littleton and Charles H Day Bristol among others.
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Plymouth
Grafton County
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Littleton
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Haverhill
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Lebanon
Jonathan F. Keys
Ashland
H. H. Wilson
Canaan
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Landaff
Political campaign grows brisk across nation
Report from New Orleans on September 13 describes a heated race as the National party led by Frank Hatch seeks Beauregard for state head against Democrat E A Burke. Fusion with Republicans boosts negro support for Beauregard while the Republican convention plans no new nominations. Arrests target registration clerks in Third Ward. Other notes cover Talbot and Roberts contest in Maryland, Burnen in St. Louis, and Hammond’s nomination in Georgia.
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David Readem
Nicholas Ford
Atlanta
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Fulton
Early disclosures on Stickney fraud at gas firm
Providence Journal reports forced questioning of Directors about irregular notes tied to Mr Stickney. Details show notes totaling sixty thousand dollars, with endorser Wellington and Bowen firms, plus a marked unused note and notes lost to protest. Hathaway urged to confess as public pressure mounts in Fall River and New Bedford.
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Second District Court
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Robbers Halt Freight Outfit in Red Canyon Heist Needs
The 8 M Booth freight outfit from Custer City C T was stopped in Red Canyon Thursday afternoon by a gang of road agents. They stole horses provisions clothing arms and cash. Booth lost 1200 dollars. A telegraph repair crew was also stopped and robbed of arms provisions and camping outfit.
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Sheridan finds no waste of blood in Miles party massacre claim
Washington reports Gen Sheridan says no waste of blood occurred in Col Miles's party massacre claim. Receivers for the Willimantic Trust Company report to the Brooklyn Superior Court showing assets at par 152,533.49 dollars, present value 80,447.82 dollars, with cash 56,696.68 dollars and unconverted 29,751.14 dollars.
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Notable Nebraska Statesman Theodore H. Seavey Dies
The funeral of Theodore H. Seavey, born 1535 in Charlestown District and long a Boston native, was held in this city. A civil engineer turned politician, he served in the Territorial House, led the first State Senate in 1865, was West Point Land Office Registrar, and was elected to Congress in 1876 by a 15000 vote margin. He suffered paralysis about a year ago and leaves wife Elizabeth Butts Seavey and three children aged four, nine, and fourteen.
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