Removal of Eighty-Eight Postmasters in Virginia
Washington reports a sweeping pruning of Virginia postmasters as part of cost saving moves. The piece covers Colonel Charles Denby’s unexpected nomination as minister to China, cross party dynamics in California over the same post, Denby’s background, and related federal appointments in May and June including internal revenue collectors and Treasury staff reshuffles.
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Mahone
Virginia
Washington
Owen A. Wells
Wisconsin
John B. Maloney
Michigan
Josephus P. Dejarnette
Chetopa
Kan
Ajelbert 8
Crampton
Delphi
Curtis Reed
Menosha
Wis
James Atgon
Mayfield
Robert E. Austin
Tama City
George 8. Witters
Ida Grove
Charles G. Kress
Lewiston
Ida
Isaac A. Maynard
New York
National Naval
Wilson
Rockwell
District of Columbia
Thomas Brennan
Manning
Snyder
United States Treasury
Treasury Department
Mass Postmaster Shakeup in Virginia Reduces Mahone Influence
Washington reports that 88 of Mahone’s Virginia postmasters were removed by Postmaster-General Vilas and replaced with others. Most positions were low grade with salaries from six to nine hundred dollars annually. The move aims to sever Mahone’s political machine and require public duty over political service, affecting Virginia’s 2000 post offices and upcoming state elections.
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Washington
Mahone
Virginia
Vilas
Hay
United States
Arthur
President Cleveland to seek relief for Supreme Court backlog
In his first annual message President Cleveland will urge Congress to enact measures to relieve the Supreme Court of heavy press of business. The court runs three years behind in disposing cases. He may propose establishment of an intermediate court of appeals or other tribunal to ease the docket and ensure prompt dispensation of justice.
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Washington
Cleveland
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Legislative Department
Saving $60,000 Annually In Government Cutbacks
Secretary Manning removed four division chiefs in the third auditor's office, reducing Treasury staff by instant dismissals. The four men Fowler Pettingill Vale and Thompson left with no charges filed, cited as surplus to needs. Estimated annual government savings exceed $60,000, while replacements remain undecided. Edmunds invited to England to testify before the House of Lords amid public interest.
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Washington
Manning
Auditor’s Office
Fowler
Pettingill
Vale
Thompson
Treasury Department
Edmunds
England
House of Lords
Morrill
Vermont
Revenue collections show declines against prior year totals
Washington May 28 The first ten months of the fiscal year ending June 30 1885 report lower receipts across spirits tobacco and miscellaneous taxes compared with the same period in 1884. Aggregate receipts fall from 99 202 302 to 92 164 417 a decrease of 7 037 885 with April sales also down by about 1 832.
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Washington
Postmaster General refutes construction on 1848 act
Vilas maintains the May 3 1848 act readjusting postmasters salaries stands as current and says if wrong the remedy is in courts or through Congress. President appoints Daniel W. O Leary as Albany postmaster. Vilas labels Mayo alias Post and Courier alias the Illinois Agriculturist and Shipsey & Co frauds, withholding letters and money orders. Endicott to convene defense board at War Department June 3.
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Vilas
Gresham
Daniel W. O'Leary
Albany
George F. Mayo
Post
the Courier
Illinois Agriculturist
Chicago
Ill
Shipsey & Co
Little Havana Lottery
Broadway
New York
Endicott
United States
War Department
Murderous spree ends in mob capture near Port Deposit
In Woodlawn a dissolute resident Charles P. Barnes killed his brother in law Thomas E. Brown and then shot his two sons, killing the eldest and fatally wounding the youngest. After barricading himself, he was captured by a mob and removed to Elkton for safety as threats of lynching arose.
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Port Deposit
Woodlawn
Charles P. Barnes
Thomas E. Brown
Barnes
Brown
Wilmington
Del
James
Seviiath
Act
Ikton
Lincoln Story on St Louis Clergy Quarrel Told by Sun
The New York Sun reprints Rev Dr Stanton's death at sea and recounts a Civil War era incident in St Louis. It details Dr McPheeters’ disloyal preaching, General Curtis closing his church, a White House visit, and President Lincoln's parable about a melon patch to illustrate standing by the Union and avoiding church or minister quarrels.
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New York Sun
Stanton
Oakland College
Southwest
Danville Seminary
Kentucky
Robert J. Breckenbridge
Lincoln
McPheeters
St. Louis
Curtis
Washington
White House
Illinois
John
Key
Union
Ill Treatment of Americans in Guatemala Reported by Burlington Man
Charles C. Thomas of Burlington Vermont, now in Kansas City, corroborates claims of abuse of Americans in Guatemala. He sailed September 6 on the Ella Raighh with 76 others, served as a guard, some died from hardships, others were killed while attempting escape. A German worker was fined after being killed by a sub contractor, and the men remained in debt to the company under Guatemalan law. Thomas notes others who left in February are still in the city.
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Kansas City
Charles C. Thomas
Burlington
Guatemala
Thomas
Ella Raighh
Towrleans
Dage
Tom
Farrelly
Wesque
Farrell
Death of Tom Parrelly and the Mystery on the Rio Grande Roof
Don Ferguson recounts the tale of Tom Farrelly, a Rio Grande brakeman killed after a possible on train confrontation on a grade near Wagoner. The tale features a glowing red bullet wound, a dark figure on a roof, and questions about murder unresolved by early investigators. Ed Gillam adds reflections on early railroad hardship and tramp depredations as trains battled poverty and stowaways in the Southwest.
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New York Sun
Pornto
Col
Don Ferguson
Tom Farrelly
Rio Grande
Caboose
Faarelly
Wagoner
Farrelly
Ed Gillam
Man Receives Memory Token After Missouri River Trip
Golam recalls a companion who reached the Missouri River in good health and earned enough to return home. He shows a gold watch engraved with a box car as a memento, describing it as the cherished reminder of his friend.
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Missouri River
Golam
Story of Adele Hugo Romantic Career Revealed in Halifax
The Halifax Herald details Adele Hugo’s romantic exploits and illness, with claims by Robert Matton QC that she was secretly married to Pens, followed him from Brussels to Halifax and the Barbadoes, received remittances from Victor Hugo, wrote praised works, and later became insane in a New York private asylum. The fate of the betrayer remains unknown.
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Halifax
N. S
Halifax Herald
Adele Hugo
Robert Matton
Q. C
Brussels
Famil
London
Pensin
Mlle. Hugo
Adele
Barbadoes
New York
Boston
Baltimore conjurer arrested for alleged deceitful fortune telling
George Lauman, a Baltimorean reputed as a fortune teller, is jailed on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. Witnesses describe a midnight seance with a kettle, wand and mysterious book, as Annie Graf and others recount staged necromancy and a claimed apparition of a thief. The book vanished from Lauman’s house during the search.
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Battimarn
George
Lauman
Annie Graf
Layman
Ironsides Sale Explained by Mrs Parnell in New York
Mrs Parnell, amid financial woes, explains the Ironsides estate sale in a $8000 mortgage on a $40,000, 280 acre property. She recounts losses from a trusted associate, unauthorized loans to her son, and past Land League ties while noting delays may occur and that she will attend the sale.
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New York
Charles
Tudor Stewart
Ironsides
John
Land League
Cleveland
Aqgenta
Tey
Washington
Land Leaguers
Patience Barnum Heroine of the Union War Tale
A May 31 Times feature recalls Patience Barnum a Quaker girl who sacrificed for the Union. Betrothed physician husband to be, he vanishes then is believed dead. She joins an ambulance corps in the south aiding his regiment and dies in a southern grave after a rebel volley as soldiers mourn her courage.
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New York
Jersey
Mount Holly
Patience Barnum
Philadelphia
Patience
Libby
Keely and the Liberator Exhibit Wondrous Inventions
May 31 Pama Aperura Keely of motor fame demonstrated a brass globe and rotating mechanism driven by tuned forks and a wave plate. A high pressure system and a large iron engine powered the globe to speeds up to 1000 revolutions per minute while spectators signed a statement praising his discovery of a new force and denying compressed air as the key.
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Keely
Motor Fame
John Welsh
George H. Baker
Edward A. Jessup
Clarence B. Moore
Edward P. Borden
Theodore Kitchen
George B. Collier
William Burgh
William Boeker
M. F
Thomas Shaw
M.E
George ©. Potts
George Strawbridge
D. F. Woods
Mr. Keely
Philadelphia
Boyd Eliot
Augustus Hooker
Charles B. Collier
A. R. Edey
F. Green
New York
Charles H.avids
Brooklyn
R. Keely
Jay
Paoni
Boston Market Trends in May Trade and Prices
A Boston market column notes modest weekly trade with no standout features. Spring sales were limited, summer demand expected light. butter and cheese prices ease amid higher receipts. apples, corn, coffee, and cannel coal markets show varied steadiness. beef and mutton prices steady while mackerel and codfish demand remains slow.
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Orrick
Boston
Stonay
Baldwins
New York
Dary
Vermont
Try
Liverpool
Worcester County
Cumberland
Clearfield
Sydney
Ucoffee
Java
Maracaibo
Laguira
Rio
Damatean
St. Dennnos Sige
Cape
Aroostook
Newark
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Is
Qeaa Ee Es Bank
Scotts
Hadi Oaks
Shore
Do Shore
Market notes and prices from Worcester county trade list
The report covers flour, wheat, oats, meal, and feed markets with pricing for spring and winter wheats, patents, and common grades. It lists freight rates, fruit, hides, hops, hay, leather, molasses, oats, poultry, potatoes, peas, rye, saltpetre, starch, sugars, teas, and wool with current prices, origins, and ranges. Demand is described as subdued for some staples while others hold firm, and regions like Worcester county feature noted price levels.
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Cmnamon
Worcester
Minnesota
St Louis
Ulineis
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Michigan
West
California
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Turkey
Valencia
London
Calcutta
Buenos Ayres
Rio Grande
Montevideo
Madras
Choice
Zoe
Cienfuegos
Barbadows
Porto Rico
New Orleans
Harley
Ebrons
Aroostook Co
Mulne
Canada
Ugar
Farneil
Pembroke
Ilion
Imperial
Hyson
Young Hyson
Twanit
Hyson Skin
Fea
Souchong
Oulong
Brighton and Watertown Livestock Prices Week Ending May 20 1885
Week ending Friday May 20 1885 reports Brighton and Watertown livestock arrivals across cattle sheep swine veal and horses with totals 2053 cattle 4840 lambs and 1659 vealers. Beef cattle price ranges per 100 pounds live weight from 3 450 to 8 50 with second and third quality notes and various hide and tallow quotations. Gloucester market commentary notes persistent weakness, low prices, poor sale prospects, and cargo fish prices across Georges, Grand Bank and Newfoundland stocks amid heavy supply and dull demand.
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Brighton and
Watertown
Sxtia Quaniev
Brighton
CaGhge
Lumbskins
Gloucester
Georges
Western Bank
Gray Grand Bank
Bath
New Western
Grand Bank
Haddock
Hake
Grandbank
Socom
Lee
Seth
Nova Scotia
Labrador
Shores
Bay of St. Lawrence
Waterbury Watch Praised As Practical Timekeeper
The Waterbury Watch is a serviceable timepiece praised for American ingenuity and superior value compared to many foreign watches. It is widely used daily across diverse social levels and remains a practical choice.
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Waterbury
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