Proprietary Rights of Railways and State Regulation Debate
George Ticknor Curtis argues against Judge Black that railroads are private property with private ownership, not public highways. He cites Dartmouth and Dartmouth College, notes contracts a charter creates, and rejects state overreach into inter state rates, urging respect for private contracts and limited congressional power.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Dartmouth College
United States
Supreme Court of the
Black
Cotton Crop Reports From Southern States
December 15 report from King Cotton Wasaiindon notes in North Carolina 43 counties report an increase in the cotton crop by about fourteen percent compared with last year. The Department of Agriculture issued the month’s summaries covering the Southern States.
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Wasaiindon
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Mrs Bergmann Rebuffed by Young Spaniard in Pursuit
New York December 15. Mrs Bergmann the runaway Philadelphia wife sought the young Spaniard she had met on the steamship France. He refused further contact, calling out in Spanish that he wanted nothing to do with her. Authorities debated guardianship and Europe travel as she wandered the streets.
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New York
Bergmann
Philadelphia
Park Avenue
France
French
Lost Clergyman John Marsland Found in New York
Rev. John Marsland of Chester Conn rediscovered in Binghamton New York where he had been working under the name John Montgomery. A pupil recognized him, prompting his wife’s visit and their return to Chester. Marsland had left home amid a temporary mental low mood, believing his ministerial efforts were unappreciated, while his church continued his salary and awaited his return.
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Binghamton
N. Y
John Marsland
Chester
Conn
Marsland
Bosworth
John Montgomery
The Elder Bennett's Marriage Revealed by Bennett
James Gordon Bennett the elder writes in the Herald in 1840 about his upcoming marriage to a wealthy, accomplished woman. He praises her fortune and character, vows to pursue fame and public good, and promises to share future reflections in the Herald as their union begins. He signs the piece in his own voice.
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New York Herald
Herald
Caucht
Most Holy Christian Church
Stonington
Manhattan
Europe
America
God
California Marquis Honored by Pope for Charity In San Francisco
Daniel J. Murphy head of Murphy Grant & Co in San Francisco is named a Marquis by Pope Leo XIII after prior papal recognitions and a count title. He funded Catholic orphanages and schools in California and often travels to Rome with his family. Two San Francisco men hold marquis titles while present at Papal ceremonies.
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Daniel J. Murphy
the Sun
Murphy, Grant & Co
San Francisco
Murphy
Eugene Kelly
Kelly
New York
California
Sacramento
Sisters of St. Dominic
Nuns of the Presentation
Brothers of the Christian Schools
Papal Court
Oliver
Rome
Europe
Papal
Tammany's Views on Tilden and Hancock Defeat
John Kelly asserts Samuel J. Tilden caused New York Democratic loss through control of the party and cites tables showing state and city votes. He accuses Tilden followers of treachery and demands accountability, blaming centralization and betrayal for Hancock's defeat. a separate note reports a workman’s miraculous gutter fall escape.
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Hancock
Livington County
Lester B. Faulkner
State Committee
Smith M. Weed
Clinton County
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Erie
Monroe
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Westchester
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Cincinnati
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New York City
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Perilous Slip on Opera House Roof Ends in Rescue
While walking the newly-boarded roof of the opera house a worker slipped and slid fifty five feet toward the frozen ground. He fell onto the gutter but hung suspended by the temporary staging with only his head and shoulders on the building. Two fellow workers quickly freed him.
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Opera House
Rights of Strikers Upheld in New York Court Victory for Labor
Judge Macomber in Rochester denied Johnston Harvester Company of Brockport an injunction against Iron Moulders' Union strikers. The ruling stresses that peaceful union action to secure higher wages is legal and cautions against extending the doctrine of enticing away workers. The decision favors allowing supply and demand to govern labor relations with only violence or trespass barred. The injunction request was denied with costs of $10.
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Tik GrLopr
Johnston Harvester Company
Brockport
N. Y
Iron Moulders’ Union
Rochester
Macomber
Spanc les and Sawdust An Old Circus Manager New Show
John H. Murray opens the New York Aquarium as a circus this evening with a large company led by principals Frank Melville Eien Cooke and Katie Stokes. The venture aims to run until mid April then expand with cages animals tableau cars and a rail traveling season starting in New England. Murray a 32 year veteran showcases a street parade and marks a comeback after recent losses. a note recalls L B Lent's costly 15 year run ending in a multi ten thousand dollar loss.
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John H. Murray
New York Aquarium
Frank Melville
Eien Cooke
Katie Stokes
W. H. Morgan
John Patterson
Billy Hayden
New England
Murray
B. Howes
Philadelphia
Dan Rice
George Holland
Roman
Paris
Holland
Barcelona
Spain
Stone, Rosston & Murray
Rosston
Stone & Murray
Lent
New York
L. B. Lent
Five Boston Actors Plead for Help from Cincinnati Mayor
A group of five Boston actors led by C. E. Marshall and Fred Murray appealed to Mayor Jacob for aid to return home after a failed Robinson's Opera House engagement. They report a loss of under nine dollars, a vanished treasurer, and breadline conditions while stranded in Cincinnati. The mayor referred the case to manager Bob Miles for assistance.
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Cincinnati
C. E. Marshall
Fred ¥. Murray
Clarence G. Cobb
J. A. Page
William Lanigan
Jacob
Maas
Robinson's Opera House
Sena Ey
Bob Miles
Pea Pea
A Slave Uprising Suppressed in Cuba
Reports from Havana describe a failed revolt by Cuban negros aided by alleged Central American reinforcement. Some 275 suspected rebels were captured across fourteen towns and shipped to Santiago then embarked on the frigate Almanza. Ringleaders and junta members were seized along with arms and incendiary papers. Principal leaders are executed, while others await transport to Fernando Po.
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Maparip
Central America
Havana
Santiago
Almanza
Fernando Po
Africa
Eight Days Without Water Salts Sable Island Wreck
The schooner Bride of Tracadie, wrecked near Sable Island after being driven to sea off Westcape P E I, drifted eight days with no fresh water and only one meal. Crew endured intense cold, pumps kept going on deck, and both captain Hocnes and crewman Charles Sonier suffered severe frostbite during a difficult landing. the vessel is a total wreck.
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Wiavifox
Sable Island
Bride
Westcape
Hocnes
Charles Sonier
Gaieren
Turkish oppression and European inaction in Macedonia Armenia
A Constantinople correspondent reports dire conditions in Macedonia and Armenia with a paralyzed central government, widespread corruption, and a rising social unrest. European powers are urged to act or face dire Balkan convulsions. other items note Backland's death, a Scottish hurricane, Rangoon fire, Spanish port fines, Indian tribal rebellion threats, Hanlan-Boyd talks, and progress on a Calais-Dover submarine tunnel shaft.
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Constantinople
Macedonia
Batak
Armenia
Europe
Ighest
Frank Backland
Scotland
Rangoon
Calcutta
India
Laycock
Hanlan
Calais
Dover
Russia Considers Tax on Interest Bonds amid Nihilist Upheaval
In St. Petersburg reports from London cite Nihilist arrests in Kharkoff intensifying government unease. A proposed measure would tax coupon income on Russian internal loans, upsetting foreign holders and impacting stock values, while reforms are expected despite ministerial conflicts. Russia also plans Alpha-type gunboats for Chinese waters.
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London
St. Petersburg
Kharkoff
Russia
Police Stop Land Meetings Across Several Areas
December 19 reports say the land meeting at Palley Trophy was stopped by police while gatherings occurred in Lismore Curragh Camp Mullingar and other places. Cullohill in Queens county was blocked amid a proclaimed state. London Globe criticizes King of Louisiana’s US resolution on Ireland and notes rising Irish outrages with troops to be dispersed to the west. A Dublin rumor mill runs hot as authorities monitor the crisis. Accrington hosts a 6000 strong Liberal gathering with Hartington’s absence noted.
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Queens County
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Globe
Congress of the
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Dublin
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Accrington
Hartington
Opium Trade Boycott Tangle Reaches Ching Kiang
New York reports a mercantile dispute where a wealthy Swatow opium guild forced a monopoly in Ching Kiang. Foreign firms faced threats and loss of business as locals barred opium sales while a Taotai ruled no offence proved and ordered monopolies forbidden. The piece warns of potential boycotts against American goods if similar pressure spreads.
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New York
Cuba
Ching Kiang
Taotai
Boycot
Easil
Berlin Population Surges Amid War Prosperity
From Berlin, December 19, the city’s population leaps from 28,900 in 1860 to 1,118,630 in the census. Boosted by wartime wealth and migration, the boom drew in provincial laborers and immigrants as speculation and factories expanded. The later slowdown worsened workingmen’s prospects, rivaling Petersburg in pain.
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Berlin
France
London
Ford
Petersburg
Tnd
Wreck of the Nonantum and Cannibalism Reported
A gale wrecked the ship Nonantum near St George's Bay on the voyage Miramichi to Marseilles. Of seventeen crewmen, only two survivors, mate George Kadger and seaman Patrick Dooley, endured ten days after the vessel sank. They were frostbitten and rescued by travelers, with the captain dying after rescue. Survivors endured extreme hunger and cold. cannibalism was alleged but not confirmed. The coast from St George's Bay to Cape Ray remains strewn with wreckage.
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Miramichi
Marseilles
St. George’s Bay
George Kadger
Patrick Dooley
Kadger
Dooley
Highlands
St. George's Bay
Cape Ray
Captain Johnson
Mr.y
Seaman Dooley
Hampton Defends Letter From Bishop Howe Over Sherman Question
Governor Hampton replies to Protestant Episcopal Bishop Howe clarifying that his note to John Sherman was meant as a pass through Charlottesville and not a challenge. He denounces Sherman for a public slander against the South and defends his own record as a peacemaker.
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Hampton
Howe
South Carolina
John Sherman
Sherman
Charlottesville
South
Lord Lansdowne Critics Ireland Feudal Estate Rules
The London Truth cites Charles Russell and a Standard correspondent alleging Lord Lansdowne rules 136500 acres in Ireland as a feudal autocrat. It claims his agent dominates tenants, calls for a commercial landlord tenant relation, and questions a government funded loan scheme used to profit tenants. The piece urges an explanation for alleged dealings and notes his withdrawal from a minor post over contract rights.
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London
Charles Russell
Standard
Lansdowne
Ireland
Stancard
Lord Lansdowne
Board of Works Relief Fund
Attempted train wreck near Plymouth Wisconsin
Early yesterday morning an attempt to wreck a Wisconsin Central train near Plymouth failed as loose rails blocked the track. A freight engine derailed but stayed on the roadbed. a brakeman, flagging the express, was robbed of 40 dollars by three men who then disappeared.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railway
Plymouth
Bac
Prisoner in Virginia fires self after grand jury vow
Charles Jones, jailed near Charlotteville awaiting grand jury action on a shooting of a young woman, set fire to his clothing saturated with kerosene in his cell after lights out. A fellow inmate woke to the blaze and found Jones dead. The wounded woman has recovered enough to walk.
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Charlotteville
Charles Jones
Jones
Grand Jury
Tennyson’s Mistake Sparks Mocking World Quip
The London World mocks Tennyson’s four line sonnet on Princess Frederica’s marriage calling it ludicrous. It jokes that he mislabels the king as blessing the match and notes King George would resist such a union due to strict precedence and ceremonial scruples.
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London
Dark horse Frye among three for House speakership
Washington dispatch outlines a crowded race for the speakership with Kasson Frye Conger and others in contention. Frye shifts from rival to active candidate, while Kasson is seen as having inside track due to leadership and rules knowledge. Also noted are Bayard Conkling Kellogg Manning battles and banking tax proposals shaping post holiday Senate actions.
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Washington
Messrs
Kasson
Frye
Conger
Kelly
Keifer
Hiscock
Boyne
Burrows
Hubbell
MckKinley
Robeson
Senate
New Jersey
Randolph
Obose
Ite
Hon
Hamlin
Maine
Hale
House
Congress
Blaine
Garfield
New York
Caned for Attempting to Kiss a Customer in Everett
In Everett, hardware merchant John Plaisted was beaten by Herman L. Bathew and a companion after Plaisted allegedly attempted to kiss Mrs Batchelder following boiler repairs. Plaisted filed warrants for assault. Batchelder and associate defend claim of self defense.
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Everett
John Plaisted
Masonic Hall
Herman L. Batewelder
Koby & Co
Causeway Street
Plaisted
Batchelder
John
Disease strikes Burnett and Millan families in Wisconsin
In Beaver Dam Wisconsin December 18 a family of Mr Henz from Burnett reports all ill with trichina infestation from raw pork. The mother and a son have died and others are gravely ill. Two of Mr Millan's relatives also affected by the same porcine source. A doctor inspecting a boy’s arm found it alive with parasites.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Henz
Burnett
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