Evarts Nominated for Republican Caucus Lead in Albany
Walter Howe named William Maxwell Evarts as the Republican choice in the Albany legislature caucus. Evarts led with 61 votes, Morton 24, Depew 3. the nomination was made unanimous. Evarts, born Boston 1818, had served as U.S. attorney general and secretary of state, later prominent as an orator and legal advocate. Other notes include Browning to wed at 73, Niagara ice bridge, and various political and crime items from across the country.
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Walter Howe
William Maxwell Evarts
Evarts
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Barnum
Leyi P. Morton
Williams
Husted Chauncey M. Depew
Russel
Arkell
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Depew
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Jeremiah Evarts
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Yale College
Harvard Law School
Story
Greenleaf
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Andrew Johnson
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Tribunal of Arbitration
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Theodore Tilton
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Mason
Charles Ranlet
Mr. Ranlet
Murphy
Car Drivers’ Union
Lee Place
Jargot
Heeler
Malchel Peeler
Canal Street
Minnesota Legislature Debates Hiring New Staff and Grain Bills
A lengthy Minnesota legislature session sees no new hires after debate on manpower. Bills address grain transport rules, railroad regulation, and grain conspiracies, with measures imposing penalties and creating a railroad commission. Adjourns briefly as lawmakers push rules on warehouses, inspections, and suffrage.
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Battle of Nashville Confederate View of Overton Hill Assault
The piece recounts Hood's Nashville campaign from Capt. J. W. A. Wright's Philadelphia Weekly Times narrative. It describes improvised earthworks on Overton Hill, the line positions of Stovall Holtzclaw and Gibson brigades, Fenner’s battery, and the decisive 3 pm assault where Union fire drove the Confederate attack back. Hood’s line breaks and the rout that followed are detailed, including battery movements and the final collapse of Hood’s force.
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Philadelphia Weekly Times
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Alabama
Franklin Pike
Gibson
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Pettus
Fenner
Enfania
Thirty-sixth
Alabama Infantry
Holtzelaw
Nathan B. Carpenter
Bate
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Tennessee
Murfreesboro
Thomas
Edward Johnson
Sherman
New Dances in Abundance in The Lancers
Two brand new dances the excelsior waltz and the waltz quadrille are described. Eight couples will dance the lanciers now, with new figures and coordinated movements. Prof L Dee Brookes explains the society adoption process and cautions against the spielers clinging to old steps.
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New York Sun
L. Dee Brookes
the Sun
American Society of Professors of Dancing
Health Journal Says Rest and Reason Guide Living
It cautions against overworking when not fit, warns against misusing space for sleep, and debunks the idea that more eating or excessive exercise improves health. It argues against night toil and early risings as shortcuts to gain, and notes that children do not learn more simply by longer study.
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Health Journal
Peck’s Biannual Walk With a Peck Bucket Tale
The late President Peck of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis railroad walked twice yearly the distance between Indianapolis and Terre Haute carrying a peck bucket on his arm. He filled it with iron found along the track and dumped the weighty contents near the track for section men to gather. The practice, while good exercise, was likely paving the spigot.
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