12 Aug 1876
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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1876
Page
1
The piece describes a national newspaper aiming to be a first class publication with wide distribution in the United States and abroad. It notes subscriptions by mail and various club offers, and references the new postage law effective January 1 1876 impacting distribution and payment at offices.
A Russian officer’s account portrays Montenegrins as hardy and frugal fighters who endure hardship with minimal gear. They carry wounded comrades on marches, fight from improvised cover, and rely on precise marksmanship to disrupt regular troops. Their discipline and resilience shape their combat method.
The New York Tribune describes the Eat River Bridge project detailing vast scale and care. It notes August start for temporary suspension, Brooklyn cable manufacture, and two weeks to ready masonry with derricks rising on the piers. Chains of 15 foot links and 1,000,000 pound anchors form the massive anchorage.
A frightened youth, overcome by a foolish fancy, took his own life after having his photograph taken. The incident details a panic induced by the image, with no further elaboration on motive or aftermath.
The article describes production of lamp chimneys by toughening in a benzine heated furnace. It covers fire temps, oil bath composition, stepwise heating, draining and cleaning, plus testing and handling. Also notes General Newton on nitro glycerine blasting near a test site and a Northern Pacific rail plan toward Tacoma with coal fields implications.
The fragment describes a barren Moslem burial ground with no life or ornament, contrasting with a distant mosque and solitary palm. It shifts to a 1876 cattle drive estimate for the Texas trails, noting lower counts than expected with 540,000 projected but possibly 100,000 fewer, and mentions cattle en route to Kansas and Texas extension to the Northwest.
A new signalling apparatus is described as tested by the Society of Arts and the South Wales Institute. Experiments used iron and steel plates with a three pound charge to study durability and shock. The device centers on a written central office pointer and aims to improve police station and office signaling capabilities.
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