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Brimfield Gazette

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1879

Page

2

Assassin's execution and global unrest surface in dispatches

A sweeping review of distant troubles follows: the attempted assassination of the Russian emperor ends with the execution of Bolovieff in St Petersburg. Reports of famine in Cashmere, slave trade battles on the Gazelle river, and a German influence on Egyptian events frame a tense set of world news. Fire, crime, and political shifts from Philadelphia to Mandalay, and new railway and crop updates add to the tumult.

Bolovieff Emperor of Rass St Petersburg Brannport Afghanistan Cashmere

Political Points: Minnesota Greenback and Prohibition Conventions

Report of Minnesota Greenback State Convention at St Paul on June 10 naming ticket for Governor Ara Barton Lieutenant Governor William McGhen Treasurer Andrew Nolsan Secretary of State A P Lane Attorney General William Kellay with regional origin. Prohibition party at Minneapolis names ticket headed by Hoy W Satterlen for Governor and others. Iowa Republican Convention at Des Moines renominates Coar Campbell for re election and picks Supreme Court judge and public instruction critic.

Minnesota St Paul Ignatius Donnelly Ara Barton Faribault William McGhen Fillmora County Andrew Nolsan Meeker County Hate A. P. Lane Hennepin County Attornay William Kellay Bevan Tralroad Ebenezer Ayres Washington County Prohibition Party of Ktafo Minneapolia Hoy Satterlen Trentenant Williams Biato Atoarne Treasnear WD. Brown Aturney A.W Banga Iowa Jana 1 Harlan Coar Tent Coy Campbell Eek von Conlin Papor

Meeting of railroad managers reports freight rate advances

At a meeting of railroad managers in New York, freight rates were advanced with 108 pounds on grain fourth class. Four wid Ilva hogs from Chicago to New York and unequal proportions from other states were noted. Montreal St Johns and other portions of Canada experienced a strong quake on June 9. M. W. Leflingwell, the well known harlequin actor, ships again abroad in sizable quantities.

Fitz Julia Porter Renate Renater Fnygalls Karwan Hill Vance Topih Cameron Wincensin Hoar Kansan Tagall New York Chicago Montreal St. Johns M. W. Leflingwell Galdig

Senate and House Debate on Army Use at Elections

The senate and house clash over using federal troops at state polls. Committees advance appropriations for army and militia, while President warns against military interference and cites constitutional limits and precedents. Senate debates feature Voorhees and McDonald motions, with party lines shaping votes and the final bill expanding civil and military spending.

Benate Pontanes Coke Warner Kilver Tail Senate Vandatore Uys Benate Voorhees Wan McDonald Bilan Uristad Takenny Warda Iai Lee Fhoan Pawel United Mates Hila Reasuha United States Exescu House of Representatives House Congress Simardy Jawa Atenias Haute Gia Tet Tambar Westinseten Berterenen Mtater Tate Eseentien Dtd Gary Stade Flocwta Wits Muggers Urs Alley Vie Pein Pinata Caves Hatenel Authority Eeumitateen Gee Federal Governnent Amd Ae Lawton Titan Ataila Alhough Uiat Staten 1 Bedia Wallace Pratt Mek Aiden Welner Blaine Tierein Ceamiauter Vlarmante Avainet Vinita Mates Fron Yaditieak Menate Senate Didtiemry Conaiating Messrs Garland. Havant Conukling Anil Caspenter McCrary'e Orites Knott Cefern

Supreme Court Judges Elected In Illinois County Race

The article lists elected Supreme Court judges by district including John H. Milky in Cairo, John Cholhfield in the second, John M. Scott in Bloomington, Benjamin Sweldda in Rockford, and T Lyle Dickey in Chicago with Craig and Walker holding over. Circuit judges across multiple circuits are named with party affiliations, detailing a broad slate of Republican and Democrat selections.

Supreme Court Breese John H. Milky Cairo John &Cholfield John M. Scott Bloomington Benjamin Sweldda Rockford T .Lyle Dickey Chicago Supreme Bench A. M. Craig P. Ho Walker D. Baker O. A. Harker D. M. Browning Thomas Joseph MacRoberts Siepublican Francis Goodspeed George W Supp George W Pleasants Napub-ican J J Glens A. A. Smith Blovouth O. T Keeves Franklin Bladex N. J Pillsbury Napublican Twelfth Circuit C. W Upton Isaac G Witton Charles Kellam Thirteenth Circuit William Brown M. Batley Vo Eustace Cnox W R K. McAllister John GO. Mogers Thomas Moran Murray Fonley W .F. Barsam

Curious Nature Tales From A Nation of Oddities

A collage of quirky reports from rural and small-town America and abroad. Pea fowl aged 60 in Kentucky, a Georgia hen laying 200 eggs in 200 days, and a catfish squirrel all on one hook in Hawkinsville. A dogged hen protects six kittens, a turkey gobbler oddly becomes a hen, and a baby in Washington with unusual features draws attention. plus a long piece on German Emperor William I and his wife’s golden wedding reflecting on Hohenzollern traits and palace life.

Burksville Laurens County Georgia Hawkinsville Z. Cass Irwin County Agazn Anthony (Kanens Bluff Creek Biddy Hugh D. McMaullen Aurora Ohio Bass Lebanon S.C Turkey Aarvin West Leesport Rome Wien Germany Berhin Frederick William Lewis Hohenzollern Prussian Augusta Karl August Sax-Weimar Erick Sigis House of Hohencollern Hohenzollens Berlin United States Unter den Linden Arsenal University Opera Prince William William Hoedel Nobeling

Notable Figures and Amusements Across Europe and America

A wide column lists prominent individuals and happenings from the era. Ex Gov Henponioxs of Indiana is now gray, Dr Horvano has earned 12000 for Bitter Sweet, and New York’s elevated railroad boosts S J Tiklen and C W Field by millions. Onvitre Grant, Leo XIII, and a Paris-bound Contaxt Benst appear with varied fortunes and travels. Baron Tanchnitz plans a German edition of The Innocents Abroad, while Gov Dnew of Florida builds timber operations and tramways. Emerson, at 77, lectures on memory in Boston, with his daughter aiding his reading as the crowd admires his enduring gentleness.

Henpnioxs Indiana Horvano New York S. J. Tiklen C. W. Field Onvitre Grant Geneva J.I EB. C. Stepsay Europe Great Britain Ireland Leo XIII Rome Contaxt Benst Paris Lord Palmerston Count Beast Sexaton Taras Washington Lee Wes Mark Twain Twain Baron Tanchnitz Jacksonville Rank Waldo Emerson Boston Qld South Church the Herald Emerson

Notable Inventions and Theories From a Periodical Snippet

The excerpt describes a tree called kapas used as a living telegraph post, a cautionary note on walnut consumption with salt and milk, a German brass making method, glass writing using eggmon ink, and observations on dendritic manganese markings in paper. It also discusses the debated periodicity of commercial crises.

New Yorker GezoMan M. Tergues Stanley Jevons Jevon Ecoma Cannes Potsops

Prince of Wales speech in support of deceased wife's sister bill

In the Lords the Prince of Wales rose with a petition from Norfolk farmers backing Lord Houghton’s bill. He voiced warm support, but left early to chat. the division found him in the minority with the Duke of Edinburgh alongside the red benches, as the Earl of Benedicta field Whitehall opposed.

Prince of Wales Lord Houghton London Raulty Duke of Edinburgh Norfolk Lord Floughton Lord Stanley Adderly Princes of Wales

Year of Fires noted in 1879 fire loss tables

The New York Commercial Advertiser reports that 1879 stands out for fires with tables showing first four months losses in the United States and Canada. Insurance indemnities for the period exceed prior years by about 11 million dollars, with higher totals than 1877 1876 and 1875. A statue will honor Pinel the French physician who reformed lunatic treatment with restraints.

Nxdrance Chronicle United States Canada New York Commercial -Advertiser Tur Morel Sitaaion Paris Pinel

Northern wheat region and mills future prospects

The Northwestern Miller notes vast undeveloped lands north and west of Minneapolis with the Northern Pacific near the wheat belt and a new transcontinental line rising northward. It argues Minnesota and Dakota will yield abundant wheat, draw population from the East, and transform flour milling toward large mills, reducing small merchant and custom mills as hard wheat from new fields sustains bread prices.

Minneapolis Minn Northern Pacific Railroad Hudson Bay Minneapolia Montana Minnesota Natu Dakota Wisconsin United States Scientific American

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