MR BONNER S TROTTING HORSES AND A HISTORIC AUCTION
The article chronicles Mr Bonner a prominent trotting horse buyer and breeder near Tarrytown detailing his rise from New York Ledger proprietor to a force in trotters. It covers his training farm a three quarter mile track and his extensive stable of speedsters including Edward Everett Startle and the sale of Keene Jim at auction for 4000.
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Bonner
New York Ledger
Tarrytown
Aeutre
Mr. Bonner
Joe Eliott
Edward Everett
Mystic Park
Boston
Sommodore Vanderbilt
Mountainoy
Judge Fullerton
Tanner Bay
Everett Ray
Sheridan
Stieli
J. David Bonner
Lee
Kentucky
Woodburn Farm
Dan Swigert
Startle
Hambletonian
Seely
Dexter
Frederick
Tay
A. A. Bonner
Win Forrest
Keene Jim
Iest Grafton
John Taylor
Molsey
Relding Keene Jim
R. E. Bonner
Wutately
New York
Robert Bonner
New Naerne
Adam Thuroe
Broughe
David MacFarren & Co
Louisville
George F. Keene
Charles A. Dana
Billy Button
F. Cordova
Uncle Sam
Patrick McKenna
New Haven
Hermia
J.& ©. McFarren
Dick Crosby
U. N. Field
New Jersey
J. F. Satterthwaite
Hew Johnson
William Clark
Chicago
Steele
Mrs. Harris
Springfield
Mass
Cotelline
J. Lewis Lyon
Ada Woolsey
D. P. Harrington
Mambrino Belmont
Mr. Cook
Brown Colt
William Clarke
Vierl Neville
John McDonald
Washington
D. C
F. Milton
Pittsfield
Sylva
Redpath Returns to San Francisco After Mysterious Disappearance
J G Redpath, missing from New York since last month, arrived in San Francisco by Colima from Panama and is staying at the Palace Hotel. He says severe dyspepsia and brain softening preceded his wanderings to Jamaica, Kingston, and Aspinwall, with letters and money enclosures indicating friends knew of his moves. He seems sane now and plans to stay in the city for a while.
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San Franccisco
J. G. Redpath
New York City
Panama
Colima
Palace Hotel
Island of
Jamaica
New York
Kingston
United States
Aspinwall
Redpath
Raising the Wind Swindle Exposed in Chelsea Case
A Boston-Chelsea confidence trick in 1877 lured Mrs. Hermes with a tale of a late friend and forged life insurance. Two men pitched a fake investment, proffering watches as collateral. Police traced the ruse, induced Beck’s arrest after Mrs. Hermes and others identified him. Cambridge officials will file charges for obtaining money by false pretenses.
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Germany
Myers
Steinman
Cambridge
Gerraughty
Harding
Pleasant
Eliot Streets
Herman Beck
New York
Arshal Drury
Hermes
Beck
Captain Folsom
Move to Send Back Pauper Immigrants From New York
Commission of Emigration reports a state board of charities note that blind, crippled and infirm pauper immigrants are sent to New York. They urge Congress to fund returning such people to their countries and seek state and federal action to curb or halt the practice, targeting arrivals aided by Italian patrons. The group plans urgent lobbying at the next Congress session and asks Washington to instruct ministers and consuls abroad.
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New York
Commissioners of Emigration
State Board of Charities
Secretary of State
Washington
United States
Congress
Pedler Arrested In Lynn Theft Of Ear-rings
A peddler stole ear-rings from Mrs William Purkiss on Shepard Street Lynn. She spotted him again, lured him in, secured the door, and with a child as witness summoned City Forester Tees. He confessed and officers recovered the jewelry after a trip to Boston.
A Murderous Party Threatens Women in Kentucky
In Grayson Kentucky on October 29 the Holbrook party in Carter county murdered all the men of the Underwood family and now warns the women to depart or suffer the same fate.
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Kentucky
Grayson
Holbrook
Carter County
Underwood
There is Yet Hope. Doctor Engelhart Opens Healing Institute
Doctor Engelhart founder of the Physio-Medical Institute at 564 Main Street Buffalo New York brings thirty six years of successful practice to treating chronic lung and throat diseases. He claims to cure thousands of cases pronounced curable and offers consultations and charges as stated.
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Engelhart
Physio-Medical Institute
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Sheridan report flags new post for northern Indians
General Sheridan's annual force total reaches 15,517 across Dakota Matte Missouri and Texas. He commends Miles expedition and urges a post between Fort Buford and Assinaboine to curb Indian movement and protect settlers along the Northern Pacific corridor. He cites Camp Robinson incident and Meeker era politics, warns of Cheyenne justice, and notes scarce food and reservation pressures.
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New York
Sheridan
Washington
Dakota
Matte
Missouri
Texas
Miles
Buford
Assinaboine
Boundary Line
Camp Robinson
Indian Bureau
Indian Territory
Department of the Missouri
Victoria
Mesilla
Meeker
White River Agency
Fort Garland
Amitas Valley
Eee
General Adams
Adams
Ouray
Ord
Fort Stanton
Arkansas
Smoky Hill
Platte
Black Hills
Yellowstone
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Northern Pacific
Daring Outrage Robs South End Family in Home
A prominent South End family, the Heyers of 55 Rutland Square near Columbus Ave, were robbed at their home in the small hours. Miss Mary Heyer awoke to find two men in the yard. a chloroform-soaked scene and jewelry including a diamond engagement ring and bracelets vanished, with a pocketbook and a few coins stolen.
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South End
Lawrence A. Heyer
Heyer Brothers
Rutland Square
Columbus Avenue
Mary Heyer
Miss Heyer
Mr. Heyer
The Gallows in Ireland Reflects on Hangings Past
A Dublin correspondent recalls Ireland’s brutal public and private executions from earlier times. He notes amateur hangmen, a drop at the jail, and the shift to private, press-aided hangings after 1868, with vivid accounts of gruesome mishaps and calls for a recognized public hangman.
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Dublin
New York Times
Ireland
United Kingdom
Rowan
Elans
England
Limerick
Marwood
Pistoria
Cork
London
Jewelry theft linked to fleeing suspects and missing pocket-book
Inspectors chase a jewel heist where oil spilled from a dark lantern spurred a hurried flight. Jewelry valued near $800 and a gold watch worth $175 were recovered near Heyer’s bed. the pocket-book with $40 disappeared.
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Richardson
Labor Conditions at Missouri Mines Report
Labor Commissioner W I Hilkene tours Missouri mines noting deplorable conditions at Iron Mountain Mining Company and Mine Lamotte where 12 hour days yield about $1 daily and storeorders trap workers. Pilot Enot pays monthly with better contentment. Bonne Terre and St Joseph Lead provide cash wages. Crystal City glass works pay cash and offer weekly wages of 12 to 15 dollars with store orders.
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St. Louis
W. IH. Hilkene
Iron Mountain Mining Company
Pilot Enot
Lamotte
Bonne Terre
St. Joseph
Hilkene
Crystal City
Gale devastates Nova Scotia ships and shores coast
A terrible gale from Tuesday night into Wednesday lashed Nova Scotia, driving numerous schooners ashore from St. Peter's to Glasgow and Bear Harbor. Dozens of vessels were wrecked or damaged, with many crews escaping unharmed and towns reporting extensive wharf and barn destruction and several fatalities.
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Nova Scotia
St. Peter's
Cape Breton
Guysboro
Huugh Fraser
Flavin
Zambese
Barrington
Varagon
Canso
Hope
Dusky Lake
Viola
Mist
C. E. Webster
Sally
Will Rose
Lottie
Vettipas
John Lewis
J. W. Allen
Maria Catherine
Argonaut
A.C. Major
Gold Hunter
Cajon
Echance
Cole Harbor
A. H. Crowe
Magdalen Island
Una
Emerald
Mary
Blue Wave
Laura Bell
White Haven
Elizabeth
Glasgow
Sophia
Bear Harbor
East Lynn
Lizzie
Imma
White Head
General Grant Visits Bonanza Mine in Virginia City
General Grant and party toured the Bonanza mine lower shaft with J. Mackay and mills staff, then joined the Pacific Coast Pioneers as an honorary member. He delivered a speech praising American strength, growth, and potential, noting foreign esteem and American self regard with hopeful humor.
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Virginia City
Nev
Grant
Bonanza
J. Mackay
Pacific Coast Pioneers
Great Destruction of Property in Parker Penn Fire
Parker Penn October 30 A destructive fire raged this morning aided by high winds and scarce water. About 100 buildings including W H Spain Prest and Bein Ottenger Cohen Radler, Frisbie Hotel Pittsburg supply store, Gaskill liquor, Mead brick block and many others were destroyed between the Mansion House and Wilson Mansfield dry goods house to the river bluff. Loss exceeds 300000 with about 200000 insured. Hillsides and river shores left houseless families amid widespread excitement.
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Parker's Clothing House
Petition against Chinese labor on Pacific railways
The British Columbians on Vancouver Island and the mainland vote to petition the Dominion government to insert a clause in railway contracts prohibiting Chinese labor and to favor Canadian workers, a measure supported by Sir John A. Macdonald.
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Ottawa
Ont
Pacific Railway
Sir John A. Macdonald
Dominion of Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia
Genteel Despoilers Target Freedmen Bank Deposits
Senator Bruce of the Freedmen's bank investigating committee previews a forthcoming report to congress. He says it will reveal corruption and fraud astonishing the people. The report is said to name well known public men who aided in the genteel robbery of the bank.
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Washington
Senator Bruce
The
Freedmen’s Bank Investigating Committee
Congress
Riot at Ann Arbor After Student Arrest
In Ann Arbor on October 30 hundreds of students gathered to retaliate for the prior arrest of several peers. They attacked officers, alarms rang, and hundreds of armed citizens subduing the crowd. Ten students were arrested and jailed as the military was called out to restore order.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Tomlinson & Co broker arrested for large defalcations
Charles Tomlinson of the suspended cotton brokers Tomlinson & Co has been arrested on alleged defalcations totaling about £30,000 with savergon banks and £10,000 with London banks. Rumors he had absconded were denied as he was found at home and remanded for trial before a magistrate.
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Liverpool
Charles Tomlinson
Tomlinson & Co
Savergon
London
Tomlinson
Wedding Guests Poisoned by Arsenic Flour Incident
At a Spring Lake Michigan wedding of Miss Heath and Mr Shiers two hundred guests were poisoned by biscuits made with Milwaukee parelle process flour or baking powder suspected to contain arsenic. No deaths occurred one guest Hancock nearly died but recovered.
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Deertroit
Miss Heath
Mr. Shiers
Spring Lake
Mich
Hancock
Premier Joly Tendered His Resignation
Quebec October 30. Hon. M. Joly sought dissolution of parliament and appeal to the people. The lieutenant governor refused to grant the request. Joly then submitted his resignation to the lieutenant governor after being told to wait for consideration.
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Joly
Quebec
My. Joly
A Fearful Fall of Seventy Feet
Bradford Penn October 27 A man named Thomas T Payne employed in drilling a well on the Quintuple tract four miles from this city fell seventy feet. He survived with injuries though weighed down by the dangerous drop and his fate was uncertain as details came in from the site.
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Bradford
Penn
Thomas T. Payne
Man Falls From 70-Foot Derrick While Repairing Sand Pump
On Saturday a worker ascended a derrick to adjust a sand pump line. Near the top, the upper rung broke, sending him backward to the ground. He struck his abdomen and lay unconscious. Doctors find no visible injuries but fear internal damage. He is resting comfortably and improving.
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Payne
Sprague's Persecutors and Hay Threat to Ex Governor
Persistent foes of ex Governor Sprague press attacks to block any return to power. story centers on a Canonchet hay surplus of 200 tons and a shipment by schooner to a city hotel. Trustees, brokers, and counsel maneuver to seize assets, while Sprague’s allies seek a legal settlement to protect creditors and property.
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Sprague
Quidneck Company
Canouchet
Hazard
Canonchet
Chaffee
William J. King
West Wyminster Street
King
A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Company
Chaftee
Wedlock in High Life Wedding of General Fullerton and Miss Morgan
The October 29 ceremony at St Barnaba's Church in Tryington on Hudson united General J. S. Pillerton of St. Louis and Miss Mary E. Morgan of New York. Attendants included Mrs. Hayes and son Webb, George D. Morgan Jr., ex Governor K. D. Morgan, Whitelaw Reid, General Hancock, General Schofield, and other notable guests. A simple ceremony followed by a reception and a special train to New York.
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Tryington-On-Hudson
N. Y
J. 8
Pillerton
St. Louis
Mary &. Morgan
St. Barnaba’s Church
George D. Morgan
BE. D. Morgan
President Hayes
Joseph H. Clarke
New York
Curtain Falls in Dennee Clarke Tragedy Sentences given
In superior court Judge Pitman sentences Mrs. Goodrich to ten years in the house of correction and Dr. Kimball to six years in the state prison after a guilty verdict. Kimball attempted suicide before sentencing, slashing his neck, but survived and wore a bandage in court.
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Dennie Clarke
Dr. Kimball
Concord
House of Correction
Superior Court
Pitman
Goodrich
Kimball
Stevens
Gale
Mrs. Goodrich
Mr. Kimball
Dangerous rifle practice ends in fatal neck wound
A six man Sheridan Guards squad from Connecticut militia practiced rifle target work in North Stonington to earn a state badge. Patrick Connors stood as a marker and was shot in the neck by Daniel Kelleher Jr. during the drill. Connors died at 7:30 this morning. coroner's jury ruled death accidental.
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Sheridan Guards
Connecticut
North Stonington
Patrick Connors
Leiper
Daniel Kelleher, Jr
Connors
Condemnation of Unjust Blair Verdict Riles New Jersey Meeting
At a Greenback county convention in Newark Thomas Hewitt of Bloomfield introduced a resolution condemning the judge prosecutor and jury in the Blair murder case. The measure demanded resignations, was laid on the table, and not revisited. A Globe reader letter discusses trotting horse breeding comparing northern and southern stock with focus on the Jewett record and Harness breeding practices.
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Newark
N.J
Greenback County
Thomas
Hewitt
Bloomfield
Blair
the Globe
Lexington
Jewett
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Death of German Editor Benedict Pueth in Newark
Benedict Pueth editor and proprietor of the New Jersey Freie Zeitung dies in Newark after a lingering illness. The item notes his status as a well-known German citizen and editor. A separate ad promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for coughs and colds, price 26 cents.
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Newark
Benedict Pueth
New Jersey
Freie Zeitung
Colonel Bob Ingersoll Faces City Over Sunday Lecture
The famed lecturer denounces Pittsburg officials for enforcing a Sunday law and defends his right to speak. In a Sanity interview he blasts Joseph Cook as a vulgar slanderer and backs free expression, while praising liberty for Christians, Jews, Deists and atheists alike. He also discusses Bennett pardon, a failed bid for clemency, and support for political figures Blaine, Hayes, and Cornell.
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Pittsburg
Tnodel
Digersoll
Colonel I
Hell
Joseph Cook
Blaine
Hayes
Cornell
New York
Bennett
Bennetts
Heywood
The Late Balloon Disaster tale from Canandaigua
The Times recounts James Hale and Professor H J Kane descent during a Canandaigua balloon ascent. They crossed Lake Ontario at night as ballast was dumped. Kane leaped to the rigging and died. Hale swam to safety and was picked up by a Rochester-bound steamer.
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Cutcage
the Times This
James Hale
H. J. Kane
Canandaigua
N. Y
Professor Wise
George Burr
Lake Ontario
Kane
Canada
Hale
Corinthian
Rochester
Donaldson
Greenwood
Wise
Burr
Case on Validity of Western Land Titles
Washington October 28 The American Emigrant Society vs Adams county Iowa argued in the United States Supreme Court over the sale of more than 11 000 acres of swamp land alleged to be obtained by fraud and misrepresentation A former ruling favored the county but was rescinded on General Butler's motion citing collusion The decision could affect 20 000 acres of similar titles and market value of trust lands if upheld
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Washington
The
American Emigrant Society
Adams
Iowa
United States Supreme Court
B. F. Butler
General Butler
Statistics of the Railway Mail Service Report
The annual report by Colonel Thompson shows 59 railway post office lines covering 17,340 miles with daily service of 48,054 miles and yearly total 17,868,210. It records 1091 clerks earning 1,272,290 dollars, with postal matter rising twenty percent to 2,648,661,500 pieces. The fourth division reports a mail matter drop due to elbow fever, 63,511 errors noted, and 21,240 miles of increase in rail service.
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Thompson
Iillen
Adel
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New Yorker
General Sheridan
White River
Colorado
Soponmnnts
Miss Meeker
National Associated Preas
Agent Meeker
Mrs. Price
Mrs. Meeker
Douglass
Triplicnte
the Mines OF
Butler
General Grant
Nevada
Parker, Penn
Fullerton
Mary FE. Morgan
Jersey
Bob Ingersoll
Rev
Flavius Josephus Cook
Illamet Bennett
Railway Mail Service
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