Arthur Accepts Nominating Bid in Civil Service Reform Call
General Arthur's letter accepting the Republican nomination for vice president declares support for honest elections, the preservation of voting rights, and a strong civil service reform framework. He defends federal protection of elections, emphasizes creditable public service standards, and contrasts Republican restraint with Democratic overreach. He cites currency solidity, education value, tariff reform, and internal improvements as core policies, urging unity and faithful administration.
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New York
Arthur
United States
Cuban prisoners massacred by Spaniards at Manzanillo
Cuban revolutionary committee reports in Cuba that several prisoners sick near Manzanillo were killed by Spaniards. Names include Minister of War Pio Rosado, Natallio Argento, Dr Varona Torres, Ramon Street, Felix Marejou, Domingo Messa, and Lieutenant Manuel Cortez Echeverria. State Department notes no official word yet. a letter from Santiago confirms the massacre at Dr Torres' plantation where captives were shot one by one after being surrounded at night.
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New York
Cuban Revolutionary Committee
Cuba
Manzanillo
Pio Rosado
Santiago de Cuba
Natallio Argento
Italy
Garibaldi
Me Varona Torres
Puerto Principe
Ramon Street
Bayamo
Felix Marejou
Matanzas
Domingo Messa
Manuel Cortez Echeverria
Washington
State Department
Hay
Garcia
Dr. Torres
Husband's Revenge Claims Salem to Seize Property
William B. King, a Cincinnati saloon keeper, faces allegations he unlawfully confined his wife in an insane asylum. She escaped with neighbors’ help, was later released on a habeas corpus writ. The physician says she is sane, and the motive is said to be pride and control after her charges of cruelty.
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Cincinnati
William B. King
Mystery of Dead Welsh Girl at Spurrs Cove
A strange report from Spurrs Cove in New Brunswick describes messages allegedly spoken by a dead child imprinted on sheets around her body. The phrases on a bandage and pillow slips request kindness from a mother and ask for grave favors, with many locals claiming the statements' truth.
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St. Joan
N. B
Spurr’s Cove
Tur Globe
Julia
Mother
Hannah
Kate
Grant’s Faithful 306 to be Presented with Medals
Chauncy J. Filley of the national Republican committee will strike and present medals to all 306 Chicago convention delegates who voted for General Grant for president. The bronze medal bears a Grant head medallion on a wreath and inscribed Old Guard on the reverse. Don Cameron urged memorial honors for Grant’s supporters.
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Grant
Old Guard
Sr. Lovurs
Lon
Maggie Rowell the Pedestrienne in a New Role
Maggie Rowell whose real name is Margaret Martin aged twenty three arrived in Providence and came to the Wheeler home where she left a three month old male child before fleeing. She was trained by Walter Wheeler and claims seduction and promise of marriage. She had been confined at Tewksbury after Boston, then departed with the child in poor condition, while the Wheeler family bustle over the incident.
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Walter Wheeler
Boston
Tewksbury
Wheelers
Pot of Money Found By Bathers Near Pueblo
Amos Harrison and Philo Peters found an iron pot with 3000 dollars in gold and silver while bathing in the Arkansas River about 30 miles east of Pueblo. A buckskin purse contained a letter dated April 13 1866 claiming theft in Chicago and a partner’s death in Kansas City.
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Denver
Col
Amos Harrison
Philo Peters
Arkansas
Pueblo
Chicago
Kansas City
New Mexico
Gladstone Defeats Napoleon Memorial Plan in Westminster
London debates on Dean Stanley’s monument to Napoleon in Westminster Abbey spark fierce Liberal opposition and cabinet pressure claims. Gladstone opposes reopening the issue while Libs blame royal influence and militant protests, with mixed votes and walkouts marking the division.
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New York
G. W. Smalley
London
New York Tribune
Napoleon Memorial
Briggs
Westminster Abbey
St. James’ Hall
Gladstone
England
Dean Stanley
Bonaparte
Spooneer
Treasury Bench
Beresford Hope
Mr. He
Grant Will Do Garfield But His Pleasantest Thoughts Are for Conkling
Denver July 19 General Grant was interviewed en route to Manitou and said he would give Garfield his hearty support. He called Garfield talented upright and the man for the office while denying accusations of deception by Conkling and Logan. He praised the 306 and favored the Republican choice without fault finding.
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Conkling
Logan
Denver
Grant
Manitou
Garfeld
Garfield
Hancock
Cosine
Grant to Return to Galena Post Before August First
It is authoritatively stated here that General Grant will return to Galena before August first, settle his affairs and go to New York where a position is open for his acceptance. The general has been tendered.
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Galena, Lll
Grant
Galena
New York
De Lessep's Canal Company President Declines Post
The American branch of the De Lessep's Canal Company offered its presidency at a $25,000 annual salary. He declined, contending the venture would not prove financially successful within the lifetimes of current investors, and that lending his name would risk his friends' investments without returns.
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de Lessep's Canal Company
Grovnds
Little Western Small Boat Sails Ocean in Mid Atlantic
A Bremen steamer Neckar officer recounts sighting a tiny decked boat named the Little Western off the American coast on July 10. Two men aboard a factory-built dory from East Gloucester, Maas., described as storm-proof, sailed southerly toward Europe and hoped to reach England. The observer notes risks of excessive miniaturization but praises the voyage as a global craze.
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New York Herald
New York Harbor
Little Western
East Gloucester
Maas
England
Queenstown
Army and Militia: Letter From Adjutant General in 1880
An 1880 communication from Adjutant General R G Daum to state militia leaders discusses providing copies of War Department general orders. He seeks guidance on distribution and states the aim to strengthen ties between regular army and state militia while avoiding interference with state regulations. The note notes militia as a permanent part of defense alongside the regular army.
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Adjutant-General's Office
Washington, D. C
Sik
War Department
Militia
Volunteers
R. GC. Daum
Failures for the First Half of 1880 in traders
Dan Barlow & Co reports failures in the United States and Canada for the last three months and the first half of 1880. In the three months there were 1005 failures with liabilities totaling 20,111,689 dollars. For the first half year 1880 2497 failures with liabilities of 52,888,763 dollars. In contrast, the first six months of 1879 saw 4058 failures with 65,779,810 dollars liabilities.
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New York
Dan Barlow & Co
United States
Canada
Ageoeeeeres
Deaths in New York from intemperance and disease
New York report for the six months ending June 30 records 140 deaths linked to intemperance including 12 from delirium tremens and 23 to Brights disease. Among the deceased 25 were single, 65 married, 23 widowed, with 27 unknown. Ireland led with 63 deaths, followed by the United States with 41 and Germany with 21. The tally also notes two smallpox deaths, 166 measles, 113 scarlatina, 219 diphtheria, 176 croup, and 106 malarial fever, yielding an annual death rate of 25.26 per thousand for 1,200,561 people.
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New York
Bright
Ireland
United States
Germany
Cogan Charged With Long Family of Peculation at McKeesport
Charles C Cogan a clerk at Stone's coal works on the Monongahela has long served as secretary and treasurer of the Youghio ghenny lodge of Odd Fellows at McKeesport. Officials say suspicion arose late last year, a new secretary was elected, and examinations reveal he is 3500 short in his accounts. The peculations span sixteen years.
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Pirrisuno
Charles C. Cogan
Stone
Monongahela
Youghiogheny Lodge of Odd Fellows
McKeesport
Bear Attacks Boy After Wounding Shot in Ontario
In Huntsville Ontario a farmer's son shot at a passing bear near his father's barn. The animal was wounded and then captured the boy, tearing him to pieces, in Stephenson township. Ed Johnston's son was the victim.
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Huntsville
Ont
Ed Johnston
Stephenson Township
Bottom of Terra Firma Drops Out in Ohio
In Portage county near Strassboro the ground has sunk about 200 feet across forming a deep pond. The event trimmed 160 feet from a public road and left the area looking as if an earthquake struck.
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Ohio
Portage County
Strassboro
Odd Fellows Grants Dispensations in Philadelphia Meeting
The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of America closed meetings in Philadelphia granting dispensations to thirteen new subordinate lodges one past masters' Council and one venerable Patriarch. Reports indicate over fifty lodges councils and patriarchies were established in the last quarter.
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Philadelphia
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of America
Terrible colliery disaster in Newport kills many miners
A Newport Monmouthshire despatch reports a massive explosion at the Black Vein coal mine killing 120 miners and injuring many more. Victims burned or roasted by the blast, with debates on cause ranging from gas ignition to fire damp and lamp contact. A relief subscription opened for widows and families as the town mourns.
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Lospen
Newport
Monmouthshire
Usk
Monmouth and
Cardiff
Monmouth
London
Mynyadistyn
Moe
Newprt
Deadly Frankfort ratification meeting sparks gunfire
In Frankfort Kentucky a ratification meeting ended with fireworks and gunfire. Robert Craig was fatally shot while leaning from a window. Fran Redman lost an eye to a Roman candle and an elderly man was struck by a shotgun blast in the back.
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Cincinnati
Frankfort
Robert Craig
Fran Redman
Central New York Farmer Kills Wife and Mother-in-Law
A well-to-do farmer H. Easterly near Lyons July 19 murdered his mother-in-law and severely wounded his wife. After driving from the house about 5:45 p.m. he fled. the house showed a brutal scene with blood and an axe. Mrs. Gore is dead. Mrs. Easterly is unconscious and not expected to live.
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New York
Lyons
N. Y
H. Easterly
Easterly
Mrs. Easterly
A Pretty Swindle by a Spring Bed Agent
A North Andover farmer, Joseph Carleton, was duped May 26 by a man posing as an agent for the Detroit Spring Bed Company. The conman sought to ship beds to Carleton, inducing him to sign a note for 112 dollars and involved him in a plan to split proceeds, with beds left at the depot and a bogus bill collected.
Artificially Colored Sugar Fraud Revealed
Treasury experts report Demerara and Dominica sugar planters openly color sugars to misrepresent quality. Sugars testing 13 to 10 Dutch standard arrive as nearly white in Britain but exported with artificial color to seem higher grade. Polariscope tests show only 7 degrees of pure sugar, supporting polariscope use to determine duty.
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Washington
Treasury
Demerara
Dominica
Great Britain
Department
Senator Christiancy’s Son Committed to Imbeciles’ Home
The twenty six year old son of Senator Christiancy voluntarily asked Justice Bloom of Brooklyn to be placed in the Imbeciles' home at Fort Hamilton. He cited breakdown from liquor and financial strain and presented proof of his parentage. The ex senator agreed to cover costs for six months of residence at the institution.
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Senator Christiancy
Cornet Player in Rochester Publicly Horsewhipped
A Rochester New Hampshire cornet player L. S. Clark ex-leader of the Rochester American band was horsewhipped on Main street by a woman he once courted and later married another. He insulted her and companions daily. the act came after she retrieved a whip from a livery stable. Public opinion favors the woman and he may face legal action. The same dispatch notes federal Indian reports from Ponca agency about peaceable Poncas, a white man named Tibbles urging relocation, and questions about an industrial school completion.
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Rochester
N. H
Clark
Rochester American
Main Street
Washinaton
William Whiting
Ponca Indian Territory
Interior Department
Cheyenne
Tibbles
Parson Hunter’s
Ponca
Nez Perces
Tanner's Tedious Task
Dr. Tanner continues his fast with no material change in conditions. He slept well and drank ice water when awake. His doctors see no weakness but a gradual weight gain excites public suspicion.
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New York
Tanner
The Elements at War Tornado Strikes Hanover NH
A cyclone like storm swept Hanover New Hampshire causing extensive damage in the southeastern village area. Homes barns sheds trees and fences were destroyed or uprooted. A carpenter John Ramsey was buried in debris but survived after rescue. A man named H. H. Marshall was struck by lightning but survived. two assistants were badly shocked and horses perished.
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Hanover
N. H
George Fife
John Ramsey
Miner
Ramsey
J. G. Currier
John O.iara
New Hampshire
H. H. Marshall
Floods in Colorado cause swollen streams and rail lines washed out
Denver reports Cherry Creek rising five feet and washing a bridge as California Central track may flood. A Pueblo despatch notes Fountain flood worse than 1865 with thirty campers terrorized. one died. A railroad twenty miles away was washed out as a cloud burst floods the river bottom.
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Denver
Col
Cherry Creek
California Central
Tribune
Pueblo
Wind Storm Unroofs Thirty Five Houses in Chester
A violent wind storm swept southeastern Chester County yesterday afternoon. In South Chester thirty five houses were unroofed seven partially completed or blown down, many trees uprooted and barns damaged. A stage driver was severely injured when his stage overturned.
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Chester
Penn
Floods cause crop damage across Europe and storms hit New York
Weather notes report floods across Great Britain severely damaging English meadow lands and crops, with Ireland suffering drastic crop losses. Germany and France see minor damage. A Northern New York storm brings hail and wind, shredding fields near Rochester and Lockport. Other towns report heavy rains, crop and road damage, and melted telephone bells in North Adams.
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Europe
London
Great Britain
Sons
England
Germany
France
Ireland
New York
Rochester
N. Y
This County
Niagara County
Lockport
Manchester
White River Junction
Derby Line
Adaces
Wetersburg
Footwear inscriptions spark social frolics at beaches and corridors
The New York Sun notes a playful yet revealing custom of young men writing on girls shoes and the audience watching as the footwear is displayed in hallways verandas and beaches. It mentions a Howland House corridor scene and a witty line about the Declaration of Independence signatures. It also reports Philadelphia July 17 on Dr. John Buchanan’s bogus medical college diplomas and methods to deter antedated diplomas tied to the National Eclectic Medical Association.
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New York
Traud
Congress
Grea
Democratic Party
Republican Party
New York Sun
Howland House
Philadelphia
Penn
John Buchanan
National Eclectic Medical Association
Buchanan
Patchwork scalp of fourteen thousand six hundred pieces
Miss Lucy Osborne of New Milford Connecticut wears an artificial scalp at St Luke's Hospital New York. Constructed over six years from more than fourteen thousand pieces donated by hundreds of volunteers after her natural scalp was damaged by a revolving machine at a button factory where she worked.
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New York
St. Luke's Hospital
Lucy Osborne
Osborne
New Meaford
Captain Payne and His Gang Arrested
Leavenworth Kan July 17 The following has been received by Adjutant General Platt Payne and twenty two men were arrested on the 14th Inst Pardes took charge of the party yesterday He was instructed to take Payne and men to Polecat creek and turn them over to Robinson Fort Reno signed
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Canfield, O
John Cone
Lott Harroff
Cone
Harroff
Payne
Leavenworth
Kan
Platt
Donald
South
Pardes
Ouare
Polecat Creek
Robinson
Fort Reno
Ren
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Zia
Sam
C. A. Arthur
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St. John, N. B
Maggie Rowell
Pedestrienne
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House of Commons
Prince Imperial
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Kane Mme
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Kermessen
James Redpath
Dublin
Sligo
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Rochefort
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Crossant
Meyer
Lanterne
Gambetta
Monors
Barker
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Philadelphian
Russia
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Scinde
Kusmore Bund
Kusmore
Bejari Canal
Nina
Rome
Vatican
Belgium
St. Petersburg
Lonpoy
Gotham
ARMY
Ieyaching
Bradford
Rew City
A.J. Moon
Moon
Odd Fellows Lodge
Odd Fellowship
Bual
Eagle
Susquehanna River
Pittston
Warren Vale
Yorkshire
Mill Creek
Kauw Lady Pitt
Lysett
Newcastleton-under-Tyne
Gaston
Fairmont
W. Va
Short Mountain
Lykens
Henrier
Shamokin
Pearsall’s Station
East Rockaway
Long Island
Bbcomos
Pearsall’s
Long Island Railroad
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
Mott Street
Baxter Street
Gere
Leadville
Baker
Manville
John Corbell
Corbell
Stewart
Worcester
Woxverston
Eugene Carew
Lake Quinsigamound
J. Marcus Rice
Nan
Harrisburg
William F. Darrah
New Albany
Ind
William Martino
John Woods
Martino
Woods
English Channel
Rabot
Melbourne
Dungeness
Centierion
North Andover
Demerara Sugar
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Zotu Loavorworth
J. A. Sherman
Broadway
Mall
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