Butler's Popularity Tied to Irish American Support
A Boston letter writer argues General Butler gains strength from naturalized citizens and Irish descent voters, criticizing reformers who denigrate Irish Americans and blaming Know Nothing legacy for political tensions. The piece defends Butler against charges of mere personal following and urges acknowledgment of Irish American influence in Democratic ranks.
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the Globe
Io the Herald
Republican Party
Denis Kearney
Democratic Party
Daniel
Commonwealth
Messrs
Fitzgerald
Collins
Mesers
Collinge
Boston Transcript
Butler
General Butler
Noname
Boston ‘Transcript
Prince
Union
Boston
Hove
Soston
Democr Party
Democratic sentiments on Governor Talbot and Butler candidacy
The letter argues that accusations against Mr. Bird and others undermine democracy. It denounces alleged party double standards and calls for impartial judgment of citizens regardless of race or religion, hoping to weaken Butler’s standing as a potential governor candidate.
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Talbot
Mr. Bird
Bird
Batiher
General Butler
Destitution exposed in four story model tenement
Police report a welfare crisis at 88 Clardon street where Daniel Maynes lies destitute with consumption and a dying child. Mary Maynes, described as a chronic drunkard, was arrested as officers removed them to Station 3 and then to the tombs. The infant skeleton-like and starved, the home filthy beyond measure, and a city hospital ordered care for the man and child while the mother drinks.
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West End
Clark
Station 3
Daniel Maynes
Clardon Street
Mary
Maynes
Laskey
Shaw and Wharff
Cilley
Fitzgerald
Extraordinary duel between neighbors ends in double death
Kansas City Kansas reporter notes a fierce Friday duel near town between James Dobbins and Michael Burns, two farmers and neighbors. Burns demands money owed, they exchange shots, both mortally wounded, Dobbins dies in woods and Burns dies after lingering. Burns unmarried, Dobbins leaves wife and child.
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Kansas City
Kan
Here
James Dobbins
Michael Burns
Burns
Dobbins
Kansas River Bottom
Jim
Dophine
Byrne
Villainous Speculators in South America
Based on a Peruvian minister’s dispatches the nitrate market plot originated when Chilean capitalists allegedly seized Bolivian mines and blocked Peru’s sole nitrate port. They aimed to corner a staple used in agriculture, chemistry, and mining, with talk of stirring wars for profit.
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New Yorke
Tracy
South America
Chili
Governor Sprague Rescues a Drowning Man
A Narragansett Pier report says Governor Sprague of Canonchet saw a yacht ashore during a storm and a sailboat with two men overturned near shore. He jumped in, righted the vessel, and rescued the drowning man, emerging soaked but composed as he walked home.
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Governor Sprague
Providence
R. I
Narragansett Pier
Governor Sprague of
Canonchet
The Foreign Wheat Crop in Europe and France Import
In New York on August 22 John A. Gano former president of the national board of trade of Cincinnati says the wheat crop went to Europe and France has been under-galleyed.
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New York
John A. Gano
National Board of Trade
Uiicinnati
Europe
France
Mysterious Murray Seen With Two Female Companions
A San Francisco Chronicle reporter traces Rev. W. H. H. Murray over the Pacific coast. Murray and two women register at Arlington House and a resort at Menlo Park before vanishing. A Captain Bursley and the two women, Miss Bursley and Miss Gallagher, are linked to the trio as they move through San Francisco seeking Murray’s mail.
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San Francisco Chronicle
W. H. H. Murray
Pacific Coast
Arlington House
Menlo Park
Stanford
San Francisco
Mr. Murray
Murra
Arlington End
Miss Bursley
Mary Gallagher
Miss Gallagher
Bursley
Arlington
Captain A
The
Miss Burstey
Lillie Mabel Hodgkins
Murray
Mabel Hodgkins Bursley
Swone
Park Street
Boston
Sacramento
Miss May
Henry
Arlington Mays
Young Men's Christian Association
Boiler Explosion at Ellis Levy Mill Kills Three
A boiler at Ellis Levy's saw mill in Winson North Carolina exploded when the engineer began starting the mill. The blast killed engineer Robert Porter and workers Robert Johnson and John Austin.
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North Carolina
Winson, N. C
Ellis Levy
Robert Porter
Robert Johnson
John Austin
Nasby Arrested In Cincinnati For Sidewalk Pick
Despatch from Cincinnati says D R Locke known as Rev Petroleum V Nasby was arrested Saturday evening after a dispute with a beat officer over sidewalk space. He was taken to central station and later released by order of Chief Wappenstein. Nasby threatens action against police.
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Cincinnati
D. R. Locke
Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby
Central Station House
Locke
Enquirer
Grand Opera House
Wappenstein
Lieutenant Carey Exonerated by Prince Edward Order
London August 23 Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar acting for the Duke of Cambridge orders Lieutenant Carey released from arrest and his sword returned. The court martial at the Cape of Good Hope is deemed informal and its proceedings lack essential points of legality, prompting the exoneration.
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London
Prince Edward of
Saxe- Weimar
Duke of Cambridge
Carey
England
Cape of Good Hope
Thanderer Denounces US Towns Borrowing Money
The Times condemns the practice of American towns borrowing funds and urges state or national government action to curb what it calls extravagant debt.
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London
The
Iimes
United States
Widow Teresa Dennis Steals Wash Tub to Feed Children
In New York on August 23 a widow named Teresa Dennis stole a wash-tub and pawned it for forty cents to feed her two starving children after pawning all she owned two days earlier. Unable to find work, she was held in 300 bail to answer.
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New York
Teresa Dennis
Immense oat crop reported for the state
The state harvest yields 54,664,569 bushels of oats from 1,031,139 acres. Average 33.5 bushels per acre. Estimated total crop value around 12 million dollars.
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Cimano
Talmage Organ Funds Used for Taxes on Tabernacle Property
BrRookLyN August 23 reports that the $5000 raised for the organ at the tabernacle was not for Talmage's European expenses but to settle unpaid taxes on the lay college building owned by Tabernacle property.
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Talmage
Brrooklyn
Tabernacle
Europe
Self-inflicted death shocks Meadville trader
A Meadville based commercial traveler Julius Black of Blouck and Weil reportedly took his own life in what officials describe as a self inflicted act. The report arrives via a special despatch sent to the Buffalo Sunday News from Meadville Pennsylvania.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Sunday News
Meadville
Penn
Julius Black
Blouck & Weil
Wery
Be and Boon
Tragic Suicide Case Leaves Family in Grief
After a period of drinking and despondency, Black appeared cheerful but then shot himself in the head with a pistol after breakfast. The ball entered the base of the brain and was recovered from the back of the skull. He died four hours later leaving a wife and three children.
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Black
Heveaves
Police officer shoots suspect then takes own life in Toteno
In Toteno on Thursday night Police Sergeant Jacob Nohl shot Ross Saulsbury after Saulsbury insulted him following a prior arrest. Saulsbury died shortly after, and Nohl then fatally wounded himself. Nohl was respected by the police and community.
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Toteno
Jacob Nob
Ross Saulsbury
Saulsbury
Nohl
Noht
Address on Raising of Sugar Beets by John Sparrow in Franklin
John Sparrow president of the Eagle sugar refinery in Portland spoke at Franklin Town Hall to farmers and neighbors about starting a beet sugar industry. He cited capital needs, German experience, and American enterprise while noting potential Maine production within five years. Beets yield 2000 to 5000 pounds sugar per acre and German methods influence, with plans for a local factory and seed distribution since 1868.
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Sparrow
Eagle Sugar
Portland
Franklin
America
Cuba
France
Germany
Norfolk
Harding
A BAD EYE A WINKING MAN TELLS HIS TALE OF TROUBLE
A wandering speaker in New Orleans recounts a life shaped by a winking eye. He describes failed education, attempts at work, church, and temperance, and a string of misfortunes caused by his eye leading to social rejection and constant travel.
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New Orleans Picayune
Good
Templars
Crystal Fountain
Daisy
Len
Brad
The Slow Hidden Threats of Chronic Diseases
An essay notes that gradual changes in health mirror slow natural processes and warns that chronic illnesses like liver and stomach disorders quietly erode wellness. It cites Dr. Pierce’s Idea Medical Discovery and pleasant purgative as never failing remedies, promising vigor and safety for all ages.
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Pierce
Financial summary from Boston Money Market note 1879
The Boston money market shows a hardening tendency with higher rates for prime notes and bank paper. New York funds command a premium, government loans at 4.4 percent, and stock prices fluctuating amid expectations of easy money or tighter conditions. weekly closes show varied gains and losses across rails and bonds with Secretary Sherman extending bond settlement deadlines to October 1.
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State Street
New York
Indianapolis
Cincinnati & Pore
Summit Branch
Eric
Henry
Europe
Sherman
Unitec States
Gyesen Soneartag
U.S
Tncrease
St. Louis
San Francisco
Boston
Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe
Co. Do
Do. Do
Pew
Eastern
Fort Scott & Gulf
Hareford & Erie
Kansas City
Lawrence & Souther
Kaveas City
St. Joseph & Council
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
New Mexico
Southern Pacific
New Merico
New England
Pueblo & Arkansas Valley
Boston & Albany
Burlington & Missourin Nebraska
Kansas City, Topeka & Western
Union Pacific
Union Pacific &S
Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council
Rutland Railroad
First
Boston & Maine Railroad
Florence, Eldorado & Walnut Valley Railroad
Buque & Minnesota Railroad
Mota Valley Railroad
Pleasant Hill Boto Railroad
Winconsta Valley Railroad
Atetlaod & Rebracka
Secoph & Gounell
California Mining Notes and Frisco Market Report
The Frisco Stock Market shows little change with notable declines in Kmale & Norcross Mexi can, Raymond & Ely, Savage, Sierra Nevada, Union e and Yellow Jacket. Diamond drill results suggest Sierra Nevada and Union Consolidated have a 205 foot ore body with good milling quality, while concerns about porphyry sections remain. Reports from Ophir Mexican and Union developments may influence future prices as Sutro tunnel notes a promising ore vein at Hale and Norcross. Sales on the Brokers' Board at G D Bangs & Co. in San Francisco August 25.
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California
Frisco
Itt
Kmale & Norcross
Mexican
Raymond & Ely
Savage
Sierra Nevada
Union E
Yellow Jacket
Union Consolidated
Union Consolidated Mines
Pine Street
Union
Carson City
Sierra Neuwinsto
Brookes Warner
Therm Fom
San Francisco
Ophir
Sutro
Hale and Norcross
Mono
Boston Market Shows Broad Strength Across Commodities
Commercial matters from Boston report broad activity and rising prices across dry goods Wool and metals. Cotton and leather firm. hides large cube. Tim and Lead strong. apples beans butter cheese coal and flour show varied but steady demand. many items with firm or rising quotations and healthy sales volumes.
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Anguat
Tron
Tim
Market prices steady across cloves spices and wool
Cloves Cassia and pepper hold at full prices while spirits and rum demand remains steady. Wool market shows firm activity with prices for fleeces and wools varying by grade and origin, including Georgia California and Michigan umages, with better demand for shorn and unwashed lots.
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New Zealand
Nolat
Mobigan
Eholet
Georgia
California
Grain Market and Provisions Report From New York
The article details steady to firm prices for spring wheat foods and dull levels for rye flour and corn meal. It notes futures for wheat and corn, mixed grain quotes, and provisions showing weakness in pork and dairy amid active grain trading including No 2 spring and No 2 red winter futures.
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Minnesota
Southern Bakers
Tauny
Southern
Western
Prandy
Midaling Uplands
Ealen
Bayer
Maracaibo
Java
Haing
Cuba
Loos Ang
Salas
Liverpool
London
Pordeaux
Antwerp
Celle
Marseilles
Philadelphia
Hamburs
Gloucester fish market notes heavy cod and mackerel landings
The Gloucester market report for the week shows Georges Bank codfish and Gulf shore cod in strong supply with large totals landed from Georges Bank and Hauks fleet. Mackerel arrivals near 8,500 barrels with a dull market, prices steady, and extensive cargoes shipped to New York and Philadelphia. Prices listed for various cod and hake products as well as salted and pickled fish, with notes on quality and stock levels across vessels G. P. Whitman New England and William M. Gaffney.
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Cumberland
Liig
Iltge
Lloge
Uplands
Galt
Prince Kaward Island
Urge Bank
Newfoundland
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Oho
Michigan
St. Louis
London
Valencia
Sultana
Turkey
Norfolk
Santa Re
Buenos Ayres
Entre Rios
Corrientes
Rio Grande
Calcutta
Ind
Bengal
Rockland
Vermont
Bu H
Rhode Island
N. CE
Carolina
New Orleans
Rangoon
Boston Glove
Gloucester
G. P. Whitman
New England
Malronicus
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Schouner
William M. Gaffney
Lawrence
Sjord
Bay
Labrador
Haddock
Dry Lake
Tanners
Cattle and Stock Prices Reported From Brighton and Watertown
Stock at Brighton and Watertown markets shows cattle and sheep activity. Prices vary by breed and weight with Western cattle stronger and hogs lower. ships to Liverpool and London noted as week’s trend.
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ST He
Brichton
Brighton
West
Lugtish
Maine
Yeourtings
Liverpool
London
Watertown
Cattie
Brignton
Oi i Catuy
Orought
Wilmarth
Madison
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Butler Democrats
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ST. Joan
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Hercules
Maggie Quinn
Annapolis
Bastov
Machiss Seal Island Light
Henry Walker
Cook
Digby Gut
Walker
Mysterious Murray
Nasby
Thanderer
John Sparrow
Finance and Commerce
Boston Money and Stocks
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United States Bonds
Bank of England
Paupesney
Frances
Boott
Merrimack
Lyman
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Tremont & Suffolk
Branklin
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Appleton
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Deneburg & Lake Champlain Common
Old Colonny
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Pullman Palace
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Connecticut River
Iowa Falls
Sioux City
Iowa & Nebraska
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Pune
Ten Gaslight Company
Char Gaslight Company
Dorchester
Brokers’ Board
G. D. Bangs & Co
Boston Land Company
Mane
Escrissoeneeres
Missouri
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Ee Ito
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Aten
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Texas
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Lips
Duo
Mina
Acerese Reeererereee Ane Cin
San, & Ciev
Amnee
Eastern Railroad
Abaagig
Fitchbure
Pulliman Palace Car Co
Calumet & Hecla Mining Co
Duncan Mining Company
Seseeres
Franklin Minine Company
Top & San Fe Kn
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Peeterses
St Louis
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Unicago
Bur
Quincy
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Boston Market
Franklin County
Choice Vt
Dairies
Choice
Fresty
Choice Dairy
Riverpool
Leeds
NEW York Markets
Gloucester Fish Market
SIAC
Ovisha Staley
Utleans
L. F. Crosby
Mass
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