Factual snippets from 1882 dispatches across regions
Notes from Germany and Japan on security and central banking. Emigration from Germany accelerates with Bremen and Hamburg departures. Maryland Historical Society seeks transfer of Colonial archives to Baltimore for public access. John Paul Jones bounty land script issued. Canton China unrest ends in martial intervention. monastery burned, two priests killed.
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Germany
Bremen
America
Hamburg
Maryland Historical Society
General Assembly
Annapolis
Baltimore
Secretary of the Interior
John Paul Jones
Canton
China
Chang Chow
London firm buys 1.3 million acres in Mississippi
sg Phillips and Marshal Co of London complete purchase of 1.3 million acres from Mississippi. 760000 acres are levee lands in Yazoo delta, rich cotton and timber country. Purchasers plan to improve colonize and cultivate the lands. Mr Gladstone notes Mormon missionary activity in England but cannot act as it is voluntary. Fifteen hundred converts made since August.
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Sg Phillips, Marshal & Co
London
Mississippi
Yazoo Delta
Gladstone
Great Britain
Utah
England
Rawson
George
New York
Dodd, Meade & Co
Young
C. A
Appletons
Exuron
J. F
Mexico
Chapman & Hall
Tunnel progress and Arctic exploration reports
Substantial progress is reported on the English Channel tunnel with 1 800 metres on the French side and 1 600 or 3 400 metres on the English side toward completion if 100 million dollars can be raised. An Arctic expedition departs to Lena mouth and signals stations are set in motion by Russia Austria England Germany Denmark Norway France and the United States. The Greeley expedition reaches Lady Franklin Bay with a first signal station and sledging plans toward the Pole.
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English Channel
Shakespears
Lena
Russia
Austria
England
Germany
Denmark
Norway
France
United States
Shipwrecks of 1881 and ocean dangers reported
British statistics show 2039 world shipwrecks in 1851 era totals, with losses totaling about 1.4 billion dollars and 4134 lives. Britain suffered the most, over 1000 ships destroyed including nearly 200 steamers, amid a tempestuous year at sea.
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Great Britain
Senate Honors Burnside in Eulogies and Resolutions
In the U S Senate, after a journal reading, Henry B Anthony offered resolutions honoring Ambrose E Burnside of Rhode Island. The resolutions suspend Senate business, adjourn, and convey tributes to Burnside’s public service, patriotism, and personal virtues. Anthony delivered a long oration praising Burnside’s character, religious faith, hospitality, and farm life at Edgehill Farm Bristol.
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Grenmran Ampross E. Buxwipe
United States
Senate
Henry B. Anthony
Senator Burnside
Ambrose E. Burnside
Rhode Island
House of Representatives
Anthony
Gen
Burnside
Garfield
New Berne
Roanoke Island
South Mountain
Antietam
Knoxville
Bristol
Edgehill
Washington
Gen. Burnside
Aquidneck Agricultural Society of
Mount Hope Bay
Narragansett
Fall River
Mount Hope
Philip
Providence
Paris
Jonathan
Lorne
Brydal
General Burnside
Hampton
South Carolina
Edmunds
Vermont
Mexey
Texas
Ransom
North Caroline
Hawley
Connecticut
Harrigan
Jones
Florida
Hale
Maine
Aldrich
Bura
Advent Chapel sermons and political meeting in Providence
The General Assembly will meet in Providence to begin its January session. Elder L. C. McKinstrey of Rebeo Plains Vermont will preach at Advent Chapel Sunday afternoon and evening. The evening sermon at State Street M E Church will discuss The Interrupted Funeral. Mrs McKinstrey starts a week of lectures next Tuesday. The Guiteau verdict was guilty as charged. Water works planning and street numbering progress in town with notices for residents to report missed numbers.
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General Assembly
Providence
L. C. McKinstrey
Rebeo Plains
Advent
State Street M. E
Advent Chapel
Guiteau
George H. Norman
Jonn D. Wattles
Chestnut Street
Phiadelphia
The
Scholars Quarterly
Auction sells Burnside staff punch bowl in Providence
At the late General Burnside auction in Providence on Tuesday, the elegant punch bowl presented by his staff was bought by William H. Teel for Col Goddard. The bowl bears a battle scene likely Fort Macon, with military emblems on the base and cannon butt ends as feet.
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Burnside
Providence
William H. Teel
Col Goddard
Fort Macon
Weather and industry notes from the past week
A cold wave brought snow squalls and strong winds from Sunday through Tuesday with temperatures dropping to 10 below zero and then rising to 10 above. The Herreshoff Manoraerveiue Con pany reports record orders for vessels and machinery, employing over one hundred men. Several steam yachts are under construction, including a 76 foot yacht for Utica clients and others up to 135 feet for New York interests. The works are expanded with new buildings, a larger machine shop, and a new wharf and harbor extension. Charles Barbour serves as contractor.
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Poenix
Herresworr Manoraerveiue Con Pany
Utica
N. Y
New York City
Herreshoff
Charles Barbour
Bristol and Its Shoreline Prospects Attract Summer Homes
The Bristol township on Narragansett Bay is praised for its beauty and potential as a fashionable resort with access to Newport. It notes dwindling shipping but growing interest in coast climate homes, villa sites, and shore roads, urging improvements in roads and communication to capitalize on the bay’s魅魅 attractions. A side note covers a Lincoln medal inquiry and a Bristol obituary reflecting on Mrs. Bradford O’Wolf’s dignified life.
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Queen of Bays
Newport
Bristol
Herreshoff
Mount Hope
Providence
Glasgow
America
Greenock
New England
Poppasquash
Ferry Hill
Avon
Wat
Braproro O'Worr
Wmn
Bradford O’ Wolf
Rhode Island
Denison
Stiller
The Clenched Hand In Ballou's Magazine February
TM Ballou's Mustrated Magazine for February advertises a strong romance The Clenched Hand set on the Hudson in 1880. It promises travel articles poetry adventures and domestic pieces. Also notes a $20 prize offer from Rutledge's Monthly for identifying the shortest verse in the Old Testament with entry details and timing.
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Hudson River
Thames & Talbot
Hawley Street
Boston
Mass
Rutledge’s Monthly
Rutledge Publishing Company
Easton
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