Perilous Coast Forts Urge Modern Guns for Defense
A San Francisco News Letter analysis warns that Pacific coast fortifications are underarmed and vulnerable to ironclads. It urges immediate procurement of heavy rifles, modernization of batteries from Fort Point to Port Stephens and Alaska, and outlines needed crews, sums, and prospective risks if Congress delays funding.
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WasausaTox
D. C
Pacific
Chief of Engineers
Ordnance Department
Chief of Ordnance
Congress
United States Ordnance
Hodman
Bay of San Francisco
Golden Gate
Port Point
Lime Point
Fort Point
Lime Point Ridge
Gravelly Beach
Point Bonita
Point Cavallo
Point Diablo
Point San Jose
Angel and
Alcatraz
Sae
San Francisco
Aera
Lame Point Ridge
Traveily Beach
Point Saudone
Alcutrag Islands
Accese
Oakland
San Rafael
Benicia
Vallejo
Port Stephens
Columbia River
Oregon
Cape Disappointment
Fort Stephens
Portland
Alaska
America
Spain
San Francisco News
Fort Stevens
Engineer Department
E. Grant
Fort Knox
Maine
Penobscot River
Bangor
Fort Georges
Portland Harbor
Executed by Electricity A Grim New Execution Plan
New Orleans Picayune discusses a proposed electric execution scene described as a solemn, austere chamber with an iron justice figure and a chair wired to a large battery. The ritual would feature a judge reading the crime, breaking a rod, and the torch extinguishing as life ends, likened to impalement doom.
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New Orleans Picayune
Lawyer's Tramp Sets Leadville Walk Record
George W. Evans, a 22-year-old Virginia lawyer with no prior training, walked 445 miles in 100 hours through rain and mud on Harrison avenue Leadville. He started with a 100 pound sand bag and earned 445 miles of payment, with a potential $500 for 500 miles if weather allowed.
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Leadville
Philadelphia Times
Arkansac
Harrison Ayenas
Lawler
Harrison Avenue
Chestnut Street
George W. Evans
Augusta County
Virginia
Unequaled Distance Run At Altitude Draws Marvels
The account praises a runner who can cover 445 miles in six days on open streets at high altitude, noting his potential to be heard from again. The text also hints he may ease into a race against O'Leary and other champions or ex-champions and take a walking approach if he accepts offers.
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O'Leary
Buford
Court of Appeals
Bin
Elliot
Alcott
Twhigginson
Whigginson
Buford in Jail A Murderer Talks on His Crime
A Louisville correspondent reports Colonel Tom Buford, jailed in Louisville awaiting a new trial or a move to Fort Franklin, remains cheerful and engaging. He disputes the murder’s guilt, claims collusion by judges, and says he plans to win freedom or financial restitution while enjoying chess, reading, and social conversation with fellow inmates.
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Louisville
Tom Buford
Elliott
Lonisville
Frankfort
Luford
Buford
Breathitt County
Dr. al. Marritt
Burford
Kentucky
Court of Appeals
Manu
The Jovial Judge in an Ottoman Goose Tale
A London Telegraph piece recounts a Turkish court tale where a pasha and a cook seek justice after a pair of geese vanish. The cadi dispenses nonlethal punishments with humor, teasing the cooks and bystanders as misadventures unfold in court and on the streets.
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London Telegraph
Woo
Pasha
Alla
Gelug
Inghailab
Parson Murray Reveals Buckboard Fortune and Finances
The San Francisco Call quotes Reverend W H H Murray discussing his business shift from the Boston Buckboard Company to western markets. He details ownership of Morgan horses in Guilford Connecticut and Moison near New Haven, a $20,000 deal with Studebaker, and total debts around $39,000. He recounts his California visit scenes, meets, and plans to return home after assessing affairs and awaiting Senator Plats’s telegram.
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San Francisco Call
W. H. H. Murray
Murray
Boston
Boston Buckboard Company
Guilford
Conn
Moison
New Haven
Morgan
Stanford
Morgan Abdallal
Unk
Fara
Phillips
New England
Chicago
Studebaker Wagon Company
South Bend
Ind
California
Brother Cook
Chinatown
Wanuderen
What Cheer House
Palace
Central Pacific Railroad Land Office
Mento Park
San Francisco
Mary Gallagher
Miss Bursley
New York
Mary
Arlington House
Ross
Arlington
General Grant
Sacramento
Pacific Coast
Senator Plats
Mr. Murray
Wrong Passenger on Bee Line Train Alarmed Sleeping Car
A Bee Line train passing Union City at 3 am woke with screams from a woman in a sleeping car. A man, who had boarded at Cleveland and tried to enter her berth, was confronted by passengers. The woman produced a silver revolver and forced the man to kneel, demanding an apology to avoid being shot. Onlookers watched as the man implored, promising to write to the lady’s father in St Louis.
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Lindianapolis Journal
Bee Line
Union City
Cleveland
St. Louis
Richmond
University of Virginia
Hart Poovey
Henry L. Foote
Map in the ox at Cave prompts Chicago trick joke
A Times-Journal report recalls a Cave theater night in St. Louis with a bath tub prompter’s box as a dramatic prop. A front-row woman loudly notices a man in the box, sparking laughter and a chorus of quips as performers stumble through lines amid the crowd’s amusement.
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St. Louis
Times-Journal
Stewart
Chicago
Torriani
Vox
Curtain Falls On Chicago Improvements Satire Scene
A chaotic theater moment ends with the curtain down and the crowd roaring as actors break character. The critic notes no further decorative art this season and jokes about future promptings.
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Mourzouk
Stewart
Rurn
Chicago
Ubrig Corps
Geos Darmes
Nicollo Infantino’s Father Revealed in Boston
A Globe reporter uncovers that Nicollo Infantino’s father, Joseph Infancino, a Italian immigrant from Bauso near Messina, once lived in Boston. Joseph, a barber and small farmer, allegedly stole wealth from a belt, faced arrest for bastardy, then returned to Italy. His son Nicolio later gained notoriety as an assassin linked to Mr. Frye.
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Nicollo Infantino
GLOBE
Nicollo
Bauso
Messina
Italy
Josep Infancino
Joseph
Boston
Court Street
Sicil
West End
Nicolio Infantino
Mr. Frye
Court scene at Tombs as Miss Bray and Captain Hazard clash
In Justice Wandell's court Miss Lene Kimball aka Madeleine Bray accuses Captain Oliver Hazard of stealing a diamond ring. Hazard admits a complex affair and pursuit of a lost locket and photograph. The judge dismisses both charges after resolving the locket and photo dispute.
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Darling
Justice Wandell
Captain Hazard
Tombs Police Court
Lene Kimball
Madeleine Bray
No. 720
Seventh Avenue
Oliver Perry Hazard
San Jacinto
Savannah
Anthes
Fifth Precinct
Chambers Street
Hagard
West Worty-third Street
Miss Bray
Hasard
Hagara
Twentieth Street
Hazard
Howe
Mariel A. Hazard
Hin
Magard
Schwab
Lena
Murritus
Papa
Evger
Preparing the 1880 Census at the Capitol
Professor Francis A Walker supervises a team of clerks to prepare for the 1880 census in Washington. The year runs July 1 to June 30, with enumeration set to begin June 1 after preparatory work ends. Congress will receive a list of 150 supervisors to oversee 150 census districts nationwide.
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Washigton
D. C
Agust
Francis A. Walker
Congress
Senate
United States
Farmer Shoots Wife's Paramour in Washington County
J B Robertson a farmer near Headdam Washington county returned home Wednesday morning and found his wife and DC Driscol in compromising circumstances He drew a revolver and shot the man and was arrested by local authorities The incident underscores a violent confrontation over suspected infidelity in rural Clyde.
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Clyde
Rap
J. B. Robertson
Headdam
Washington County
Driscol
Robertson
Driscol Captured After Fatal Wounding Flight
Driscol, after inflicting wounds that will cause Robertson's death, fled on horseback. A posse chased him to Clinton Kap and captured him. Public excitement ran high. Robertson drew sympathy. Driscol has prior prison time for burglary.
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Driscol
Clinton
Kap
Robertson
The Old School Southerner at the End of an Era
A portrait of the old school southern man steeped in past beliefs and rhetoric. The piece describes his manners, dress, and habits from plantation to veranda, his pro Confederate loyalty, and fading prominence as a rare relic of a bygone era.
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South
Sire
Morace
Creeto
Richmond Enquirer
Charleston Mercury
South Carolina
Why a Nation With the Finest Soldiers Is Recaying
Lieutenant-General Valentine Baker argues in his work on the War in Bulgaria that Turkish campaigns suffer from corruption and jealousy rooted in rapid official turnover and protectionist appointments. He cites bribery and extortion poison official life, touching high ranks and the army, to explain repeated military failures and declining patriotism.
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Valentine Baker Lasha
Turkey
Bulgaria
Lia
Liles
Suleiman
Alcott Symposia in Cambridge Groves of Academus
A fragment from The New York Graphic recounts notes by Sivad on conversations at Cambridge’s groves of Academus featuring Alcott, Wasson, Emerson, and Twhigginson. The dialogue centers on sense, imitation, perception, and inside versus outside, with tart exchanges and playful insults.
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Sivad
Boston
New York Graphic
Academus
Cambridge
Wasson
Alcott
FIELD ON TILDEN. Field blasts Tilden as ciphered figure
In New York on August 27 Cyrus W Field repeats contempt for Samuel J Tilden. He vows a sharp lawsuit and says Tilden lacks stake and nerve for the elevated road directorship. Field calls Wilden untrustworthy and blames Tilden for avoiding a meeting.
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New York
Cyrus W. Field
Samuel J. Tilden
Tilden
Field
Wilden
Casanave Negotiations Revealed In Hayes Shellabarger Letter
Washington August 27 report details Webb Hayes delivering 1000 dollars to Judge Shellabarger after hours to delay money matters. Early next morning he learned the president wished the sum held back due to alleged collusion with New Orleans lawyers. Shellabarger’s inquiry found the president not to be deprived of the funds, with 600 remaining sent to New Orleans.
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Washington, D. C
Casanave
Webb Hayes
Shellabarger
Www
Webb
New Orleans
Sherwan
Washington
Town Sinking Near Wilkes-Barre In Subsidence Incident
About two acres of gardens and nurseries at Mill Hollow near Wilkes-Barre sank eight feet, suggesting surface undermining and imminent collapse of land. The event threatens numerous public and private buildings in the suburban mining village.
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Wilkesbarre
Peon
Mill Hollow
Strange freak of nature at a Birmingham grocer shop
A twenty four year old man weighing barely eighteen pounds is described at a small Birmingham grocery, cared for by a grieving mother and sister. Once beaten and afflicted, he suffered fits, paralysis, and extreme emaciation, surviving on milk. She refused a £200 offer from a speculator as mountebank showmen pressed for him.
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Lulargow Herald
Charles Henry Street
Birminghan
Go Tong
Remarkable ballast feature aboard new vessel Polyphemus
The ship uses a bottom groove forming a rectangular recess filled with cast iron ballast up to 300 tons. Ballast can be released through compartments to adjust draft and trim after damage or combat. It keeps the deck less exposed while submerged and affects engine power and endurance in peacetime.
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Fort Giriewold
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Fort Hale
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