The Recess and Presidential Prospects in 1880 Race
Washington notes detail the holiday recess as Congress pauses for year-end travel while party leaders Blaine Sherman Grant and Bayard maneuver for 1880 nomination. Grant gains momentum with Chicago convention in sight, Blaine strong in northwest, Sherman pressured in Ohio. Maine results and Boston press praised, with public probes looming.
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Senate
Appropriations Committee
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Congress
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Blaine
Sherman
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Bayard
Treasury
National Committee
Friends
Maine
General Grant
Graniing
Rachel Felix's Will Denies Illegitimate Heirs of Estate
Paris court hears Rachel Felix’s will claiming a life annuity of 1200 with capital for her sister Sarah. Sarah’s pledge to heirs is rejected. court rules the will governs, denying Rachel’s nephews Alexandre and Gabriel their share. The case ends with Rachel’s children losing 25,000 despite a testament tied to family favors.
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Paris
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Lia
Dinah Felix
Count Alexander Walenskiem
Napoleon III
Gabriel Omy Aneel
Cannet
le Cannet
Rachel Felix
Sarah Felix
Alexandre
Gabriel
Mons
Sardoz
le Monnyer
M'lle
Milo
Sanpoz
Raphael Felix
Beecher Attacks Bible Society Over False Bible
New York December 20 Rev Henry Ward Beecher criticized the American Bible Society at Plymouth Churchs annual meeting over funding for benevolent societies. He vowed not to contribute to a society he called corrupt for publishing a Bible he said is notoriously false and criticized its revision committee.
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American Bible Society
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Port Huron Saloon Keeper Shoots and Kills Visitor
In Port Huron Michigan early today saloon keeper James Mulligan shot and killed Charles Howard son of Hon Henry Howard. Howard and a companion sought lunch after a dance when Mulligan fired from about eighty feet away striking the back of the neck and exiting at the mouth corner. Mulligan surrendered claiming he shot to scare not to kill.
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Port Huron
Mich
James Mulligan
Charles Howard
Henry Howard
Mulligan
Howard
Chicago Electrician Freeman Promises Lighting Breakthrough
Chicago reports a Racine Wisconsin electrician Freeman claims to have surpassed Edison in electric light division and utilization. He asserts a carbon process that burns for a month without renewal, current control to adjust flame like gas, 100 lights at 600 candle power each, and transmission over fifty miles. He plans an Chicago exhibition soon.
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Chicago
Freeman
Racine
Wis
Edison
Victory for Lottery Dealers in Kentucky Case
Judge Cofer refused to reinstate the Colton injunction against the lottery firm Simmons Dickinson. The Louisville court dissolved about a week ago, leaving the firm free to continue business for the present. The lottery war appears unsettled as of now.
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Franrort
Cofer
Colton
Simmons & Dickinson
Louisville
Colton Ermiee
al Sand
Simmons & On
Ireland's industries decline ragged Irish textile future
The London Pall Mall Gazette report contends Irish skilled labor flows to France and beyond, citing factory returns through 1878. Linen dominates Irish factories, while flax cultivation shrinks as output lags. woollen progress steadies in Munster amid historical trade bans and restrictive acts that hindered Irish wool and linen growth, yet failed to lift living standards.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
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United Kingdom
Munster
England
Wales
Scotland
Ulster
Leinster
Connaught
Lord North
Great Britain
Henry VII
Wentworth
English House of Lords
William III
William
Swift
Mediterranean
Stratford
Ormond
Hely Hutchinson
Lord Buckingham
St. George's Channel
Must Carry Indiana in 1879 Political Drive
The Indiana Republican campaign material circulated by William W. Dudley U.S. Marshal was obtained by the Indianapolis Argus. The letter urges precinct tissue work, asks for names, addresses, and politics of local officials, and suggests increasing Republican circulation. The anonymous circular details voter and ex-soldier data, including precinct changes since 1878.
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Laporte
Ind
Argus
William W. Dudley
United States
Indiana
Dudley
United States Marshal
Republican Party
Hayes
Civil Service
U. S. Marshal
Indianapolis
United States Civil Service
Poucaes
Wo. W. Dudley
Papen
Finance and Commerce Fortunes of December Markets 1879
The column surveys money markets in New York and Boston with bank loan rates from 4 to 7 percent, gold imports, and stock movements. It notes weak New York stocks, firm bonds like Hartford and Erie, and varied city and railway securities. It covers Sutro Tunnel, dry goods, wool, and commodity prices, plus Provident estimates and freight rates.
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State Street
No. 1 Corporation
New York
Bears
Boston
Hartford & Erie
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Atchison
Denver & Rio Grande
Pueblo & Arkansas Valley
Ietedes
New England
Sutro
Wall Street
Bonanza
Wall Street profits boost urges small investors
An affidavit from George A. Payne in New York claims rapid gains on Wall Street since 1873. Payne states investing 25 dollars with Thatcher Belmont & Co. yielded 72.53 in two weeks, with the process offered to small subscribers via one percent margin or capital concentration.
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Wall Street
George A. Payne
West Forty-ninth Street
New York City
Thatcher, Belmont & Co
State of New York
City and County of New York
J. B. Noxes
Duane Street
Thatcher
Belmont & Co
Messrs. Thatcher
Bankers
P. O
Broad Street
New York
Market declines hit Vanderbilt coal and southwestern shares
Forts were made, declined 1 to 1045 par gant, but closed at a secovery of 3465 per cent. A decline in the remainder of the list ranged from 1 to 7 per cent, and was most marked to the Vanderbilt shares, the coal stocks and southwestern shares.
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Vanderbilt
Southwestern
New York Markets Deseriver Flour and Meat Prices
New York markets report quiet trade in flour and meal with varied quotations for No 2 flour and superfine, plus state, Western spring, and Minnesota patent brands. Cotton futures slipped slightly, receipts at ports total 31,874 bales, while provisions show firmer pork futures and mixed results in bacon, lard, and cheese. Grain notes show wheat, corn, rye, and oats activity with spot and futures prices across grades.
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Vermont
Choice Vermont
Cali
Choice Vermont Dairies
Choice
Choice New York Dairies
Price Forward
Western Choice Creameries
Choice Dairy
Coalin
Sydney
Cumberland
Lobo
Western
Maracaibo
Rio
Copton
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Southern
Vrovisions
Tyee
Weston
Sundales
Wilmington
Glasgow
Bilboa
Portland
Cork
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Atlantic
Live Stock Market Report Watertown and Brighton 1879
Livestock at Watertown and Brighton markets show large cow and sheep slates with cattle numbers near 520 and 2962 respectively. Prices range from extra beef at about 6.50 to 7.75 per 100 pounds, store cattle and working oxen priced, hogs scarce, hides and tallow modest, and notes on weather delaying corral fattening.
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Watertown
Brighton
Nice
Maine
Europe
Slau
Ords
Hollis
Gloucester Fish Market Weekly Arrivals and Prices
Regular Boston Globe report notes Georges Bank arrivals totaling codfish and halibut, Grand Mernan bringing frozen herring, and a quiet market with good demand. Prices for Large Georges Cod and other offerings are listed, with expectations of a stronger trade after New Year and a spring catch.
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Grand Mernan
Bath
Haddock
Hake
Newfoundland
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