Tales About Toombs and the Confederate Leader Bob Toombs
Washington Ga October 1 One by one the last noted Confederates pass away Bob Toombs aged seventy five near blind yet still rejects return to the Union He is said to be the wealthiest man in Georgia with assets and plantations He married Miss Sarah Dubose and after his wife’s death joined Methodism He enjoyed law practice and a vast cotton fortune He recalls quarrels with Ben Wade and the Senate near duels with Joe Brown and Jefferson Davis remarks on Davis and Toombs friendship and rivalry remain vivid from years past He is remembered as a powerful Georgia figure with a commanding presence and a complex legacy.
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Jeff Davis
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Landess
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Combs
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Local Resident Alters Life, Removes Church Ties and Marks Property
A man made his will, withdrew from the church, and marked all the trees within his property with piles as part of his house practice.
Elopement of Heiress Sparks London Sensation
A Dublin shop assistant elopes with heiress Miss Wilson, a ward in chancery, triggering a sensational chase across England. The man, Kavanagh, is charged at Bow Street with contempt of court and fraud. he remains remanded without bail. Miss Wilson declares devotion despite poverty, as prayers for permission to marry rise. The lord high chancellor is expected to grant a conditional path to marriage with guardianship over the ward’s funds.
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Dublin
Miss Wilson
England
Scotland
Bow-street
Kavanagh
Scotsland
Chancery
Cotton belt crop reports show varied yields across states
The Times- Democrat details September crop conditions across the cotton belt. Weather hurt yields in Mississippi Louisiana and parts of Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee while Texas enjoyed favorable picking. Overall yield may rise 5 to 15 percent in several states with Texas and Louisiana corn and rice prospects strong and sugar crops steady.
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Times- Democrat
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Louisiana
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Texas
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
South
Love of money lures man to death in Wetzell county lynching
In Wuruina West Virginia October 1 reports detail the aftermath of a recent lynching. A man named Rutherford allegedly enticed Joe Grabb back by posing as a tramp, offering to buy his farm, then lured him to a location where a mob hanged him. Grabb’s friends investigate the case.
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W. Va
Wetzell
Joe Grabb
Moore Irl
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Grabb
Absent Groom Ends In Poison Death near Wilkes Barre
Clarence H. Clark, once a drug store proprietor turned railroad conductor, failed to wed Annie Kellar in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. After a night spent trying to borrow money for the ceremony and purchasing morphine, he died at 7 AM following a self inflicted overdose. His fiancée awaited the ceremony as friends gathered, unaware of the crisis. His wife had died two years earlier.
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Clark
Delirious smallpox man hurls himself from window. wife harmed
Montreal reports a smallpox patient in delirium leaping from a window. Police and mayor escort seizure back home. a tense struggle leads to the man knocking his wife unconscious with a heavy wood piece while removing her against resistance. He is sent to a smallpox hospital. In New Haven Yale opens law class with about thirty students including Miss Alice B Jordan first woman in law department. medical department begins with fourteen juniors.
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Beaugrand
New Haven
Conn
Yale College
Alice B. Jordan
Michigan
Michian University
Hen's remarkable forty day fast ends in wood pile
In Grafton in October 85 a hen lost when bought by Mr Buxton reappeared after twenty four days wedged in a wood pile. She had no food or water during her absence yet recovered quickly becoming as hearty as before the ordeal.
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Tanner
Buxton
Rigolo’s Talk on Stocks and Wall Street Failures
Reported in New York on October 4, Rigolo critiqued the week’s sensational Wall Street events. He warned outsiders to avoid Well Street as two major failures, including William Heath & Co, shook confidence and exposed risky deposits. He argued for cautious trading, detailing deposit schemes, short markets, and the high stakes of stock manipulation.
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Wall Street
Rigolo
Trunk Line
Well Street
William Heath & Co
Europe
H. N. Smith
Chicago
Gold and Stock Telegraph Company
Commercial
He Ran That Court At Santa Cruz Convicted Troublemaker
At Santa Cruz John Kennedy, a notorious rough, was convicted of battery. During commitment he attempted to lash the court, was wrestled by Constable Drew, and a fierce clash occurred. Judge Roustree joined the struggle, subdued Kennedy, and then remounted to impose thirty days more for contempt of court.
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Santa Cruz
John Kennedy
Roustree
Drew
Kennedy
Jude
Bland on silver coinage and paper money support
Missouri Congressman Bland, a pioneer of silver coinage, discusses the Warner compromise, preferring unlimited coinage of both metals and favoring certificates redeemable in coin. He notes popularity of silver in the interior, calls paper money dominant for large transactions, and sees silver as a debtor-creditor issue rather than party driven.
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Missouri
Washington
Bland
Willard’s
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Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Sliver
Anaes
House
Senate
Hayes
J. W. Clarke
Fortune Hunting and a Lost Deed Disaster
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph feature laments failure to record deeds, recounting a New York family with 2700 acres in the Empire State. A deed vanished after escrow with Judge G, nicknamed Buckskin John, enabling wrongful land transfers and leaving heirs with an imperfect title worth millions.
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Pittsburg
New York State
Empire State
Judge G
New York City
Buckskin John
The Decline of Matrimony Explained
A Providence Journal item cites a Treasury Department clerk who argues that increased female presence in business alters marriage rates. Her view claims women see men more realistically once they meet them outside social cloisters, suggesting effects on emancipation and women’s rights.
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Providence Journal
Treasury Department
Washington
One Bride That Didn't Look New
Nellie and her new husband left on their wedding trip with a widower and his young daughter. The child bonded with Nellie, and a station stop brought a curious woman who complimented the girl and asked about Nellie having more children.
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Somerville Journal
Nellie
The Chinese Outrage. Zion's Herald.
The article condemns a hypothetical telegraphed massacre of Chinese workers, noting mob violence, house burnings, expulsions, and starvation in the mountains as a coordinated campaign. It argues this would provoke nationwide outrage and demands for Chinese government reparations.
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Rock Springs
Wyoming
Unite States
Congress
China
Spain
Zion’s Herald
Why President Cleveland Didn't Fish on Sun day
A brief exchange notes President Cleveland did not fish on Sunday due to sprucing up half an acre without finding a worm. The writer relates having faced the same frustrating predicament in a weekly column titled P. & 8 On a weekly.
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Cleveland
Playing Lacrosse in Montreal Between Fat and Lean Men
A fragment narrates a traveler’s humorous take on lacrosse in Montreal, recalling lore of 2000 Redskins on the field, Pontiac’s alliance with the French, and a Fat versus Lean match as the sole game seen, featuring makeshift equipment and playful banter.
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Boston
Catlin
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Fat lacrosse tale crowns a laugh with burlesque feats
A lively lacrosse match unfolds with two heavyset players dominating play while nimble opponents struggle to check. Fatty charges the field, steals the ball, and the lean team falters as Fatty No 2 adds a goal to seal a comical victory amid wild crowd cries.
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Patty
Westwood New Jersey cyclone damages De Baun Park Hotel
A western cyclone struck Westwood New Jersey along the New York and New Jersey railroad, wrecking De Baun's Park Hotel and the nearby depot. Mrs De Baun was severely injured after being blown from a second story window. DeBaun and several locals suffered substantial losses. The distillery and large whiskey stock were nearly destroyed. total losses run into tens of thousands.
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Westwood
N.J
New Jersey and New York
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Park
Jersey & New York Railroad
DeBaun
Park Hotel
the &Rgest
Aaron Turse
A. B
Mr. Westervelt
Lnars Ven Bogert
van Busk
Sue Pwhstervere
Land of fairer days beyond the city roads
A fragment remarks on a distant, brighter land seen in poetry, contrasting it with the present journey through an elegant upholstered car. The tone evokes a traveler’s longing for an ideal place beyond urban limits, without concrete events or dates.
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Chicago Sun
Atler
Finance and Commerce Market Report Sees Modest Demand and Steady Rates
The week closes with modest borrower demand and no rate changes. Prime notes and acceptances stay at 3 1/2 percent, mercantile paper at 3 1/4 to 4 1/2, and call money around 4 to 5 percent. Clearing House rate remains 2 1/2 percent. New York funds steady at par. Bank reserves fall slightly, with loans rising and deposits easing. weekly failures total 172, many small traders.
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Boston Globe Commercial Matters Market Summary October 3 1885
Boston market notes a quiet week across commodities with firmer wheat, steady corn and oats, light mackerel receipts and mixed butter demand. Apples and evaporated fruits show moderate demand. cheese and eggs firm. Coal prices hold, beans and fish markets reflect moderate activity and price stability amid seasonal shifts.
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Orthern Creamery
Franklin County
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Livestock Arrivals and Cattle Prices for Brighton and Watertown
Week ending Friday October 2, 1885 reports arrivals of Western cattle 1515 Eastern cattle 176 Northern 826 total 2517. Sheep and lambs total 13488 with Western 4840 Eastern 883 Northern 7765. Swine 18559 Veals 562 Horses 265. Beef cattle prices per hundred pounds dressed weight range 34.59 to 82.5. Hides and tallow prices listed for Brighton and country hides and lambskins.
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Watertown
Fatenesis
Anon
Abe
Gloucester Fish Market Slows After Quiet Week
Gloucester reports a quiet week in all fish markets as demand falls from recent weeks. Shipments have decreased with a transition noted for steamship cargoes. Market activity remains subdued and prices soften amid reduced buyer interest.
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Markets Show Quiet Tone Across Commodities and Futures
Saturday reports a quiet market with nominal changes in flour and meal. Cotton futures closed firm amid buoyant sentiment, with varied prices across months and 99,000 bales traded. Wheat and corn futures showed activity and firmness, with spot wheat and export-rich corn delivering mixed results. Provisions and lard futures softened, while butter and cheese remained dull. coffee, sugars, and refined goods traded steadily. Naval stores and spirits turpentine indicated firmer tones amid general volatility.
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Choice
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Huron
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Gardige
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Santes
Java
Dream of Snake Bite In Hartford Area
A South Windsor man H K Stoughton dreamed he was bitten by a snake and woke with a swollen finger showing two tooth marks. Blood flowed from the wound. he traced a possible entry from a vine and lattice into his room, where a snake was killed. Whether the bite occurred remains uncertain.
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Hartford Evening Post
H. K. Stoughton
South Windsor
David Davis Urges Move East For Clarity
The Utica Observer notes Jumbo has died and suggests that David Davis should shift eastward slightly to avoid obstructing the ore tie, implying a change in position for clearer results.
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Utica
Jumbo
David Davis
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