European diplomacy and Balkan war updates blend in terse dispatches
AOs report warns of growing settlement probability in separate talks with Osar. England exits mediation calls. Turkish forces retreat from Etropol after a Russian capture near Sophia. Russian advances near OrchanieDin and near Bicla face heavy fighting. Kara captured via alleged Pasha treachery. Epirus Theraly Albania rumblings fear allied moves. Mehemet Ali seeks reinforcement for Plevna as Chevket Pasha faces court martial. Russians fortify Erzeroum and prep barracks for troops.
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Fuch
England
Constantinople
Etropol
Sophia
Pers
Orchanie Dedije
Orchanie
Rossiana
Bicla
Kara
Epirus
Theraly
Albania
Mehemet Ali
War Office
Plevna
Chevket Pashs
Telichen
Erzeroum
Oath Rejects by House as Mauckfabon Fails
Paris dispatch reports the oath elected by President Mauckfabon was rejected by the House of Deputies and MacMehon refuses to appoint another. Grant dines with Emile de Girardin with Gambetta Grevy and other republican leaders present. The Italian Parliament votes to abolish capital punishment. Whittaker's cotton mill in Oldham with 50 000 spindles was destroyed by fire last week causing about 1 million dollars in losses and mass unemployment. Seventeen conspirators in Guatemala’s recent political crisis have been arrested condemned and executed.
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Paris
Mauckfabon
House of Deputies
MacMehon
Grant
Emile de Girardin
Gambetta
Grevy
Whittaker
Oldham
Eng
Central American
Republic of
Guatemala
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across Regions
Domestic intelligence from New York and beyond reports the death of Moses H. Grinnell, a wealthy prominent citizen, plus a offshore steamer fire destroying the New Haven line with fatalities among passengers. Emigrants capsized in the Ohio river near Pittsburgh, with five drowned. Bankruptcies and indictments in iron works, a murder of David Stillman and wife in Bridgeport, and severe flood losses in Virginia. Foundations of a major federal project at St Louis questioned. Native conflicts, a winter campaign ordered by Gen. Terry, and a prisoner transfer to Galensburg. Bank collapses in Lafayette and cholera deaths near Champaign. A notable abolition of a justice and a governor’s call to protect public credit and educate all classes.
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New York
Moses H. Grinnell
New Haven
C. TL Northam
Arkansas
Ohio River
Pittaburgh
Evans, Dalzel & Co
David Stillman
Bridgeport
Virginia
Janus River
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United Btalon Distriot Court
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Deadhrood
Lave
Frank Hand
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Galenbarg
Knox County
Brooud National Bank of
Lafayette
Carhier
Charles T. Mayo
Champaign
Charles Arthur van Zandt
Wasupo
Faust
Bou'h
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Saya
Driberpetit
Prinn
Bishop Mervin
M E. Church South
Wright
South Caroling Supreme Court
Wade Hampton
Carolina
Hil
National Grange Session Changes and Treasury Reform
At Cincinnati the National Grange amended its constitution abolishing the Court of Appeals and creating a Master and Executive Committee. Membership fees set at 3 for men and 1 for women. A resolution denounced demonetization of silver and urged flexible future silver policy. Officers elected include Master Adams Minnesota and Woodman Michigan among others. Secretary Sherman urged restoring tea and coffee duties and placing non yielding items on the free list.
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Court of Appesla
Congress
Adams
Minnesota
Woodman
Michigan
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Haughan
Town
Symmes
Kansas
Forsythe
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McDowell
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Kelly
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Dinwiddie
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Sherman
Wreck of the United States steamer Huron off North Carolina
During a November gale the iron screw steamer Huron ran ashore at Currituck NC and broke apart. Of 199 aboard, 109 are dead or missing. only 30 survived by swimming or in boats. Commander Y P Ryan led the ill fated voyage. survivors describe a foggy, hurricane wind and heavy surf. News notes mention political turmoil at Vera Cruz and a local execution in Weston, with other shipping and legal items.
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Wood & Co
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John Bs. Hawley
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Senate and Assembly Debates in Nov 24 27 Gridlock
Fragmented report from Hatvaway and Movar shows overnight Senate debate on appropriation funding and a stalled amendment to carry last year’s unallocated balance. Kellogg seating from Louisiana debated. Butler discharges delayed amid party clashes. House quiet with no notable action.
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Thas Benn
Kellogg seated after Senate votes amid Kellogg dispute
In a heated session spanning November 28 to 29, the Senate and House debate Kellogg’s seat and related votes. Thorman challenged the Vice President’s voting. Kellogg’s election and related accusations ofReturning Board fraud dominate proceedings alongside Butler’s seating question and journal readings.
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Supreme Court
Fishery Award Sparks Anglo Canadian Debate Across Ages
The piece details the long running fisheries dispute between the United States and Britain, focusing on the 1783 treaty rights, various negotiations and conventions through 1865, and the 5,500,000 dollar award by the Fishery Commission, with Canada and the U.S. visions for a lasting settlement. It mentions the Gale of arbitration proposals, historical treaty references, and the broader diplomatic frictions carried into 19th century relations.
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Bay of Chotear
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Bay of Fondy
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Ball Flight Observed At Brighton Target Shoot
Report from Brighton describes a shooting session where a ball traveled 200 yards from the tinog pont to a target near Creedmoor. Spectators saw the ball rise, curve, and strike the target area with notable rotary motion, provoking mentions of observers noting the ball’s visible spin and trajectory as remarkable.
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Tee
Brighton
Creedmoor
Rochester Herald
Commissioners Choose Clerk of the Board and Overseer
The law creates two order classes for road and general accounts. Contracts for roads and bridges require orders drawn by the Clerk of the board and countersigned by the general overseer. General accounts need only a majority of Commissioners. The Clerk should be selected from among the Commissioners, with others chosen as Treasurer and general overseer of highways.
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Tus
Chicago Legal
Order of Commissioners of Highways
Iino
Fighways
Commissioners of Highways
Extraordinary Medical Fast Tested in Minneapolis
A physician, Dr Tanner, undertook a prolonged fast lasting forty two days with only cold water. His observer Dr Meyer tracked his condition as his heart weakened near the end, yet Tanner eventually recovered. The report cites medical circles endorsing the experiment’s premises.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Tanner
Dr. Meyer
Rens
Judgment Invited on a Laughter Tale of Two Friends
Hugo Richards recounts a farcical tale of two friends attacked by Iviana in Arizona. While on horseback they flee as arrows fly past, a comical panic unfolds and one rider cries to the other. The scene ends with a man asking if he appears brave while arrows whiz nearby.
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Hugo Richards
Inviana
Arizona
Mei
Kanaan
Joe
Trial in New York Over Cruelty to Horse Case
William Davison stood trial in New York accused of cruelty to a decrepit horse. Charles E. Forest, testifying kindly, admitted the horse belonged to him and that Davison had been temporarily employed by him. The court discharged Davison.
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Hig
Witness Testimony Reveals Guilty Party Faces $40 Fine
A partial courtroom transcript shows the accused shifting stance as the judge notes guilt and sentences him to the prisoner’s box with a $40 fine. The exchange highlights the tension on the stand and the consequences of the admission.
Telephonic device claims to outshine Bell
Detroit News reports G B Richmond of Lansing a dentist and student in science has devised a hydro electric telephone using distilled water to convey voice via vibrating a diaphragm connected to platinum electrodes. The experiment links to Western Union lines over 230 miles and argues water’s higher resistance enhances transmission.
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Bell
Richmond
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Lauang
Noris Lausing
Western Union
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Waahaigt
A Cure For Hydrophobia Told From Birkdale Dark
Mr Gaporte of Birkdale Southport describes a three year old hydrophobia case cured sixty days after a bite by mad dog. An infusion of datura stramonium was given, made from leaves strained in water, poured down the throat after a violent paroxysm. The patient slept eight hours and woke cured. aspiration and vapor baths had failed. London Spectator notes medical interest in this alleged remedy for an incurable disease.
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Birkdale Dark
Southport
Trom
Laporte
London Spectator
Untimely Criticism at a Westfield Church Visit
A Springfield Republican note describes a well known Westfield church member hosting a visiting brother in faith. On the first morning the guest led devotions with earnest prayer, while the five year old son fidgeted and shouted for the boy to be stopped. The child urged his mother to let the father lead, noting the guest’s unfamiliarity with prayer.
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Weatfiell
Christian
Springfeld Repubsiean
Mortality of the Blacks in the South
A Cincinnati Gazette correspondent from Memphis notes alarming mortality figures among Black southerners, comparing postwar mortality to whites in Nashville and Memphis. He cites wartime displacement, epidemic exposure, and a gradual but continuing decline in Black mortality over recent years.
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South
Union
Nashville
The Old Flag and an Appropriation Debate
Fragmentary OCR lists names and figures as subcommittees propose appropriation items. Names Abeldy Fears Subtity J Texan and Facito appear alongside figures totaling 120,700,005 and other large sums. References to Pacific Wail Brassline and Kos numbers follow in unclear order.
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How the Eyes of the Young are Damaged
A historic treatise outlines principal causes of eye strain in children from early reading habits. It urges using large wall cards for letters, proper posture, generous letter sizes, and strict desk height to prevent myopia. It stresses parental and teacher responsibility, adequate lighting, and avoiding fixed reading distances and shadowed pages.
What Shall We Do With Our Daughters
A reader pleads for guidance on daughters education urging practical skills like cooking sewing and household management. The piece contrasts frugal living with self reliance and warns against vanity and indulgence while promoting modest dress and financial prudence. It advocates practical trades and moral strength over luxury.
Population of Egypt in historic estimates
Blackwood's Magazine notes Napoleon's estimate that Egypt proper in 1790 had about one quarter of its ancient population, with Lane giving ancient Egypt at 6 to 7 million. Lane's 1835 Egypt population near 2.5 million, and canal expansion by the Khedive may have boosted land to support up to 8 million if all cultivable soil were sown.
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