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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1879
Page
4
Practical Farmer’s notes cover manure value for the garden boosting yearly family produce and income, irrigation can plans for strawberries and tomatoes, proper budding timing for fruit trees, and experiences with peach orchards. Also included are advice on dairy cows, household hints, and a brief obituary and assorted national updates.
In the 1950s era description, Satsang Rogers wound city clocks. His successor John McCarien, a watch and clock maker, serves as regulator of public clocks. He is employed by the Department of Public Works at eight hundred dollars annually.
The report notes Battiah troops in Afghanistan suffer from hunger and cold. Four elephants and 108 bullocks of the enemy died of exposure as camels perish in large numbers. European powers impose strict quarantines and pass requirements for entry. An English financier Albert Grant linked to the Emma mine scheme reportedly fails for 3.4 million. Folio changes cited in the Frovok cabinet amid noversion of Pree.
The article notes Daniel W. Voorhees sworn in as Senator to fill the unexpired term of the late O P Morton and also to serve a six year term beginning March 4. It recounts Senate actions including bills on tropical diseases, Indian office transfers, and various committee reports. Adjournment follows a lengthy session with votes on naval officers and constitutional questions.
The Potter sub committee in New York opened hearings on cipher dispatches tied to alleged corrupt practices in the 1876 presidential election. Witness Smith M. Weed testified a canvassing board figure offered to sell New York’s electoral vote to the Democrats for sixty thousand dollars, with Solomon indicating the other side had a payoff.
Marion Markle testified he traveled to Florida to observe the vote by the electoral college and denied involvement in vote buying or dispatches, stating he had no knowledge of certain cipher communications. The proceedings referenced figures like $50,000 and $860,000, with witnesses recounting discussions of buying votes and influence over the presidency, amid cross examination and committee investigations.
The piece cites Mr. Justice Maule on innocence and common sense in trials. It recalls a judge’s paradoxical sentence: a prisoner found guilty by jurors, yet told to be imprisoned for one day, yesterday, allowing him to return to his affairs.
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