Pendleton civil service bill passes House in swift vote
Washington summary: The Pendleton civil service bill clears the House 165 to 47 after a brief debate, moving toward a presidential signature. Secretary Lincoln's rivers and harbors report questions further large expenditures, suggesting only modest needs remain. Tariff reform work continues at both ends of the capital with two related bills in progress.
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Washington
Pendleton Civil Service
House
Senate
Lincoln
Congress
Department
Sacramento River
Measure Passed by Senate on Bonded Whiskey Bill Vote
Senate action on the bonded whiskey bill ends with a 33 to 16 vote to take up the measure. Sherman argues whiskey taxation harms an overproducing industry while Beck and Windom push relief. Hall’s criticism and Hale’s amendment face rejection by 17 to 24. The debate centers on extending bonded periods for whiskey taxes to 1888.
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Washington
Sherman
Hare
Hall
United States
Beck
Ale
Windom
Abbey
Maine
Haili
Best Chemical Tariff Schedule Progress Report
The Ways and Means committee revises the chemical schedule aiming for a perfect customs tax arrangement. Judge Kelley praises its quality as the best yet, with experts Young Evans and Dunlip advising. The bill may be prepared for House passage next week and reported for printing and recommittal.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Kelley
Young
Boston Custom House
Evans
Dunlip
Treasury Department
Cues Kelley
Opposition to Transfers Delayed Navy Move Urges Congress
The surgeon general of the marine hospital service and the chief of the life saving and revenue marine service sent communications to Secretary Folger, opposing transferring these departments to the navy. They cite laws and precedents to back their position.
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Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Life-Saving Service and
Revenue Marine
Folger
Congress
Navy
Mississippi River Commission Examines General Comstock
The Mississippi River Commission in Washington on January 6 continued the examination of General Comstock. His evidence argued for restricting the commission to one branch until its purpose is proven non experimental, and he questioned the efficiency of levees tied to river improvement work.
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Mississippi River Commission
Washington
Special
Betzhoever Bill Defines Army Signal Service Duties
In Washington on January 6, Betzhoever introduced a bill to fix signal service duties and transfer the unit to the Interior Department. It provides one chief signal officer of the army at colonel rank with a major as assistant, focusing on military signaling, and assigns current lieutenants to regiments.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Joyce
Vermont
United States
Messrs. Payson
Townshend
Humphreys
Western Union
Baltimore & Ohio
Fortification Bill Passes House with Fortifications Funding
The House appropriation committee completed the fortifications bill detailing a total appropriation of 176000 dollars. It designates 100000 for sea coast fortifications guns and ammunition and 50000 for harbor defense torpedoes and preservation measures.
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Washington
House
Cured by Prayer Miss Elizabeth Lambert Case
Miss Elizabeth Lambert aged 30 of Norfolk street and her mother recount a seventeen year struggle with spinal and other ailments. After seven years bedridden and seven more with physicians, she abandoned medical treatment and relied on nourishment. A recent newspaper tale of a bedridden woman healed by prayers inspired her to seek divine help.
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Elizabeth Lambert
Norfolk Street
Cambridge
Faith Healed Walks: Belief Sparks Cure Debate
A woman, praying alone, claimed divine aid restored her ability to walk. She rose during prayer and walked to another room, prompting her mother and others to rejoice and declare a faith cure. The Harvard Street Methodist Church community is divided, with some convinced of the miracle and others seeking caution.
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Harvard Street Methodist Church
Hunter's peril in Laurel Hill hunt ends with bear, buck
Dr George W Klump and two seasoned hunters trek Laurel Hill near Liberty Tioga county. They sighted a huge buck wounded by Klump and a large bear that chased him. Klump killed the buck after a crawl under a fallen log and later grappled a bear with a knife, surviving covered in blood and exhausted.
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Williamsport
Philadelphia Press
Pennsylvania
George W. Klump
Laurel Hill
Liberty
Tioga County
Trout Run
Joe Bastian
Bill Crist
Revivalist in Portland Builds Temperance Army at Mission
Special correspondent reports on Rev. Samuel F. Pearson leading a vast Portland temperance revival at Christ's Faith Church. Sixty-seven sign the pledge as laboring men and seafaring visitors fill the Gospel Mission chapel, with Pearson drawing on personal experience and prayer.
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Boston Globe
PortLawn
Anne
Gospel Mission
Christ's Faith Church
Allan
Dominion
Washington Street
Pearson
Jesus
Viria
Samuel Ff. Pearson
Maine
Havin
Portland Reform Club
Young Men's Christian Association of
Portland
St. John
Christ’s Faith Church
Novel grave protection device tested at German Protestant cemetery
Cincinnati News reports a new invention by J. Haus to guard graves at Walnut Hills cemetery. Sections have wired indicators in each plot linking to the sexton’s house with bells and a burglar alarm. A ventilating system sustains life and a railway lantern signals disturbances while police HQ is connected for rapid assistance.
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Cincinnati News
Walnut Hills
J. Haus
Threw Her Diamonds Into the Fire
A Carlisle man and his wife stayed overnight in Harrisburg. The wife wrapped $1000 diamond earrings in tissue, threw the paper into a grate, and pulled one earring from the flames. The other remained in the coals. she burned her fingers but the diamonds survived though the gold setting was tarnished.
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Allentown
Penn
Carlisle
Harrisburg
Child Willie Eager Laid To Rest In St Patrick's Cemetery
Eight year old Willie Eager buried in St Patrick's Cemetery in Newburg attended by his parents Benjamin and Mary Eager his maternal grandfather and grandmother on both sides two paternal and two maternal great grandparents. The ages of those present total 570 years.
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Newburg Journal
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Willie
Benjamin
Mary
Eager
John C. Green
Testimonial for Hop Bitters by Thomas G. Knox
Battle Creek, January 31 1879. Gentlemen after years of indigestion and debility I used Hop Bitters by doctor's advice and found almost instant relief. I am glad to testify in their behalf. Thomas G. Knox.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Thomas G. Knox
Two Civil War Veterans Meet in War Tale of Mosby
The Chillicothe Chronicle recounts a wartime feud that ended in a Confederate captain from Virginia and a New York private meeting as allies after a brutal drumhead execution near Warrenton. The Confederate officer was shot by B s regiment and left for dead before Mosby’s forces regrouped.
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Chillicothe
Chicago
M. B
John 8. Mosby
New York
Warrentown
Mosby
Soldier Returns to Duty After Wounds at Appomattox
The narrative notes that his wounds were dressed by a surgeon, he rejoined his command in six months and fought in the final surrender at Appomattox. He remained delicate yet energetic, becoming a popular and successful salesman, with a notable bond to a former executioner.
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Appomattox
Mysterious Robbery of Captain Gye’s Satchel at Train
Captain Herbert F. Gye of the Royal Navy loses a satchel with receipts, a Patti concert check, a pair of earrings given to Mme Albani by the late Czar Alexander, and other valuables valued at over 1000000 on a New York express near Germantown. Mapleson and police fail to identify the thief.
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Herbert F. Gye
Royal Navy
Mapleson
Yiettin
Gye
New York Express
Patti
Mme. Albani
Czar
Alexander
Broad Street
Germantown
New York
Europe
Mapleson’s Stolen Satchel Contents Exposed In Inquiry
Philadelphia January 7. United Press finds Mapleson exaggerated the stolen satchel contents. Reported items include 5000 in checks and cash, pearl pin, diamond Roman necklace, coral studs, a cigar case, sovereign case, two silver light boxes. Total loss exceeds 8000. Detectives indicate a mystery surrounding the affair.
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Philadelphia
United Press Association
Mapleson
Gloucester Fishermen Rescued After Nine Hours Lost at Sea
Two Gloucester fishermen Michael Hogan and Lathan McGrath, crew of the Finance, survive a nine hour fog ordeal after launching a dory to haul trawls. They are aided by the Norwegian bark Traveilar to Liverpool and return to Boston aboard the Cunard Atlas. They report rough seas, injury, and poor treatment before reaching safety.
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Cunard
Atlas
Liverpool
Gloucester
Bishop
Michael Hogan
Lathan McGrath
Finance
Haddock
Mons Orgion
Wey
Fire by Breath: The Strange Case of William Underwood
Michigan physician Dr. L C Woodman reports William Underwood a 21 year old Paw Paw resident can ignite fire by breathing on objects and hands using aggressive hand movements. The subject allegedly demonstrates rapid flame generation with matches moisture and even napkins or leaves without aid, leaving researchers puzzled about the nerve force behind the phenomenon.
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Michigan Medical News
L. C. Woodman
Paw Paw
Mich
William Underwood
Baltimore Sister of Charity Leaves Vows for Marriage
In Baltimore a Catholic sister, Lizzie McDonald, left the nun vows and married Mr Moore after ten years in the order. The couple met in Washington during a social visit and kept their engagement quiet until a chance accident revealed the wedding plans.
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Baltimore
Charity
Lizzie McDonald
Washington
Mr. Moore
Oddities in Prices Across Towns and Nations
A quirky price roundup shows coal at 16 dollars a ton in Winnipeg Manitoba beer at 37 cents a glass in Monterey Mexico eggs at 1.60 a dozen in Baker Montana fat wild ducks at two cents apiece in Lake Charles Louisiana butter scarce at 1 a pound in some Montana towns sweet potatoes 25 cents a bushel in Lumpkin Georgia wood 9 a cord in Marshfield Missouri and 14 dollars a cord in Winnipeg flour 15 to buy 100 pounds in Baker mining district Montana grave robbers ask 10 per corpse in Greensboro North Carolina notes regional price disparities and oddities.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Monterey
Mexico
Baker District
Montana
Lake Charles
Lumpkin
Marshfield
Baker Mining
Greensboro
N. C
Butte
New York
Funeral of Gambetta Draws Unprecedented Crowd in Paris
Paris January 6 crowds line route from Palais Bourbon to Pere La Chaise for Gambetta funeral. Procession features a decorated car, flowers, bands, and ovations as ministers officials and the public pay tribute. Over 60,000 observers outside join in silent support amid rain and formal orations at the cemetery.
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Paris
France
M. Gambetta
Palais Bourbon
Pere la Chaise
Place de la Concorde
Gambetta
Champs Adlysees
Rue Royale
Strasburg
Vive Gambetta
Tuileries
Liue Tivoli
Continental Hotel
Hotel de Ville
Rue Rivoli
Grevy
Clemence
M. Pirate
Senate
Nice
Place Des Invalides
Quai d’ Orsay
Pere la Quaise
Republican Party
Ren
Cousing
de Brisson
D'Eves
Billot
Chaufffour
Patriarch of Eighty Reaches Fortunate Ninth Wife
An aged patriarch at eighty years has married nine times. He is currently with his ninth wife at Simmons Gap. Fifty three people call him papa and a family gathering drew over 800 descendants, showing his extensive legacy and bold life.
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Hardihood
Simmons Gap
Wholesale murder shocks hamlet near Point Fortune
A British farm laborer Frederick Mann attacked the Cook family on their homestead near Hawksbury by the Ottawa river. He killed R W Cook, Emma Cook, Mrs Cook, and George Cook, wounded Willie Cook, and injured Maggie and Fannie before being disarmed and fleeing across the river. No motive is given.
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Montreal
Point Fortune
Hawksbury
Ottawa River
Frederick Mann
R. W. Cook
Emma Cook
Mr. Cook
Mann
George Cook
Willie Cook
Maggie
Fannie
Tragic Convict Ferry Disaster Drowns Eighteen in North Carolina
Lieutenant-Governor James L Rovinson reports a flatboat ferry accident on the Tuckasegee river in Jackson county. Eighteen convicts drowned after the boat capsized while crossing to Cowee tunnel work near Asheville.
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Raleigh
N. C
James L. Rovinson
Jarvis
Tuckaseegee River
Jackson County
Western North Carolina Railroad
Richmond & Danville Railroad Company
Bear Cowee
Cowee Mountain
Asheville
N.C
Ducktown
Tuckaseegee
Evidence in New York man’s search for wife in Philadelphia
Charles E. Sewall of New York traced his wife to a fashionable Philadelphia house of prostitution. He urged her to return home, was beaten and thrown out, then cleared of theft amid applause. The wife fainted in his arms. a reconciliation followed at a lawyer’s. The proprietress Annie Gray allegedly lured girls from New York.
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New York
Philadelphia
Charles E. Sewall
Albiany
Lster
Hogamen
Newark
Annie Gray
Gray
Memorial services for Gambetta honored by French residents in New York
French societies in New York held memorial services for Gambetta at Tammany Hall. The hall was filled with prominent French residents as a catafalque and portrait framed the event. Maurice Troy presided as consul general and a funeral procession with a marching band followed the service. The Marseillaise was sung and speeches were given by Adolphe Coln and others.
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New York
Gambetta
Tammany Hall
Garde Lafayette
Leon Michel Gambetta
M. Maurice Troy
Adolphe Coln
Columbia College
MM. Rosenthiel
Levy
Menier
Defere
Fugogy
Raymond
New York Heroine Thwarts Burglar in Bold Rescue
Emma Siebert an 18 year old resident of 87 Ludlow Street sprang at a burglar who tried to enter an adjoining room and pursued him to Grand Street. The intruder, George Robinson of 146 Forsyth Street, was arrested after a brief struggle. Justice Patterson commended her bravery and held him for trial.
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New York
Emma Siebert
Ludlow Street
Grand Street
Gambetta Brain Weight Doubt Arises Among Scientists
A dispatch claiming Gambetta’s brain weighed 1100 grammes provokes skepticism from scientists who note the French gramme converts to about 35.36 ounces. They point to average adult brains near 49 ounces and cite other famed heads from Cromwell to Byron as unreliable measurements.
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M. Gambetta
Cromwell
Byron
Cuvier
Abercrombie
Webster
Edward H. Ruloff
James Fisk
Edouard Stokes
Gambetta
Deaf and Dumb Man Jumps At Sneezes He Cannot Hear
A printer’s shop tale tells of a deaf and dumb compositor who jumps whenever two unseen coworkers sneeze. One sneezer is a short round man, the other a tall Yankee. Though the deaf man cannot hear, he jumps as if a cannon fired, prompting scientists to wonder how he times the reaction.
Bet on Man Eating Two Quails a Day for a Month
In New York on January 8 Gabe Case bet James Moffatt that a man could eat two quails daily for thirty consecutive days. W. S. Wolcott was chosen as the subject. he began the challenge at Gabe Case’s inn with spectators present. After the first bird Wolcott finished in sixteen minutes, prompting an additional $100 bet and a total stake of $360 a side.
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New York
Gabe Case
James Moffatt
Moffatt
Gabe
Wolcott
Mr. Mottatt
A Man Who Has Had Nine Wives
An old gentleman from Simmons Gap Georgia has lived a long life filled with varied domestic experience. The article compares his marriages to past rulers and notes his broad exposure to family life.
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Maysville
Monitor
Simmons Gap
Augustus II
Poland
Wap
Lawsuit over railroad bridge defect in 1880 case
In March 1880 the son of Valentine Amstein in Franklin county led a horse on the public road. The horse escaped and collided with the Troy & Greenfield railroad bridge near Shelburne Falls, breaking its legs and dying. Amstein sued G Clinton Gardner, railroad manager, over missing fencing. The court ruled the defect was constructional not mismanagement, and not actionable. The Superior Court verdict for the defendant was sustained by the full court.
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Valentine Amstein
Franklin County
Shelburne Falls
Troy & Greenfield Railroad
Arnstein
G. Clinton Gardner
Hhis
City of Brussels Sinks in Dense Fog Off Liverpool
The steamer City of Brussels from New York was run down by a Glasgow vessel in fog near the Mersey and sunk within minutes. Ten lives were lost, including two steerage passengers from Italy, with eight crew drowned. Survivors were rescued by the Kirby Hall, which towed to Liverpool. The collision occurred after the fog thickened, with the hull split into seven compartments and the ship built in Glasgow in 1800.
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Brussels
New York
Glasgow
Mersey
Kirby Hall
Includin
Young Ad Carpenter Woods
Kirby Mall
Laud
Hamilton
Conner
Cochrane
Germans in London Said to Receive Call to Return for Service
The Pall Mall Gazette reports Germans living in London have been officially notified by their government that they may be summoned for military service, a warning resembling the pre Franco-German war notice. The rumor sparks widespread alarm in the city.
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London
Loudon
The
Pall Mall
Thousands of Persons Homeless From Floods in German Regions
At Ludwigshafen Manheim and Worms about 8000 people are homeless due to flood damage. Dikes broke at Mayence and railway links to France and Italy are interrupted. Bridge boats at Ottensheim were washed away and reached Linz after drifting to safety. The Rhine and its tributaries flood while ground ice drifts causing widespread property damage.
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Wiesbaden
Ludwigshafen
Manheim
Worms
Mayence
Geneva
Bellegarde
France
Tiny
Ottensheim
Linz
Berlin
Rhine
Vistula
Netz
Break
Plot to Assassinate Archduke Rudolph Reported in Pesth
A Pesth plot to assassinate Archduke Rudolph of Austria is reported. Sagasta ordered by the King to form a new cabinet after retirement and resignation. In Alexandria a street clash between native and European policemen left several dead and many wounded amid unexplained tensions.
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Archbishop Rudolph
Vienna
Pesth
Austria
Archduke Rudolph
Sagasta
Maprip
Senor Sagasta
Ace
Odny
Alexandria
Seizure of Oberdanke Statue Sparks Student Arrests
In Rome on January 6 authorities seized a statue planned for unveiling by a university student committee and arrested organizers led by Signor Trotti editor of the Dovere.
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Oberdanke
Rome
Goveresions
Signor Trotti
The
Dovere
Extensive fire at Schieman & Co cotton waste warehouse
A large blaze destroyed the cotton waste warehouse of Schieman & Co. in the mines area of London last night. Adjacent buildings suffered heavy damage and the total loss remains unascertained but expected to be substantial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Schieman & Co
Gladstone IllnessMidlothian Trip Canceled Official Warnings
London reports Mr Gladstone's illness causes unease in official circles. He has been urged by physicians to abandon his Midlothian trip and restrict public speaking. A separate item notes a placard threatening death to the Emperor of Austria found on the Austrian consul's door in Marseilles, signed in Italian.
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Mr. Gladstone
London
Austria
Man Agreed to be Comptoir Manager Drowns Clipper Drowns
London reports Burke former manager of the Comptoir Discompte at Interlachen Switzerland who fled after defalcation and was arrested at Alexandria. He jumped overboard from the steamer returning as a prisoner and drowned. Cork jury disagreed in murder case of Ryan over Sullivan. Ballinasloe sees a couple starve to death. Kilrush to start sanitary works for relief. Carrick-on-Shannon guardians report distress among farmers with stock and food shortages.
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Burke
Comptoir
Interlachen
Switzerland
Alexandria
Cork
Ryan
Sullivan
Skibbereen
Ballinasloe
Kilrush
Carrick-on-Shannon
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