Senate and House Debates Across April 11 14 1882
Congress discussed Captain Corbin restoration and pay, bridge law for Mississippi Missouri and Illinois, Indian Territory subsistence funding, and river projects. Senate acts included Utah Utah near Colorado New Mexico lands, Chinese bill veto memorial, Irish matters, and river improvements. House actions covered Shoshone Bannock sale, Tariff Commission debate, and private calendar relief bills. The period closed with confirmations of federal officers and Cabinet session on Paris monetary conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Corbin
Navy
Nicholson
West
St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange
Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
House
Indian Territory
Post Office Department
Henderson
Ilinois and
Mississippi Canal
Ctes
Utah Territory
Plata River
Colorado
New Mexico
M. E. Conference
New York
Sewell
Mitchell
Central Branch
The
Irish-American Land League
Cox
Delaware and Maryland Free Ship Canal
Committee On Appropriations
Mississippi River
Cameron
Central Branch Land League of America
Ireland
Plumb
Revenue Department
Treasury Department
Washington Monument
Idaho
Utah and Northern
Tariff Commission
Updegraff
Ohio
Protective
Turner
Georgia
Brumm
Pennsylvania
Armfield
North Carolina
Maxey
Committee On Claims
Voorhees
State Department
Daniel McSweeney
United States
Hovusk
Page
Edward B. Armstrong
James B. Armstrong
E. B. Armstrong
Tariff debate on immigration reform and wool growth figures
Congress discusses the immigration suspension fight with Democrats and Republicans trading charges over motives. Mr UpprGrart outlines tariff effects on agriculture, highlighting wool production trends from 1860 to 1880 and a fourfold rise in wool output despite fewer sheep. Henry Howare, ex signal officer jailed for embezzlement, escapes from Washington jail with his daughter under guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Pacific
UpprGrart
United States
Cartain Henry Howare
Washington
Diverse 19th Century Bank, Market, and Legislation Notes
Shortfalls in a Washington savings bank cashiers account range from 30000 to 60000 due to grain speculation. Diphtheria claims Mrs Ipa Greevey Sairn at Chappaqua. Western Nail Association reaches large Pittsburgh meeting with healthy trade and reaffirmed card rate of 340. John F Slater plans a 1 million fund for education of freedmen with notable trustees. Connecticut restricts intoxicating liquor traffic. New York isthmus isthmian resolutions pass. First National Bank of Buffalo closes, impacting cattle dealers. New York legislature sets liquor licenses. several regional business failures noted by Dun & Co. Poughkeepsie Iron and Steel and New York and Boston Manufacturing suspend operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
Savings Bank
Ipa Greevey Sairn
Horace Greeley
Chappaqua
N. Y
Western Nail Association
Pittsburgh
John F. Slater
Norwich
Conn
Trustes
Hayes
Waite
William E. Dodge
New York
Colquitt
Georgia
James P. Boyce
Kentucky
William A. Slater
Slater
Connecticut
Senate
New York Assembly
First National Bank of
Buffalo
Terr
Brooklyn
R. G. Dun & Co
S Mercantile Agency
Western
Middle
Eastern
Pacific and Territories
New York City
Poughkeepsie Irom and Steel Company
New York and Boston Manufacturing Company
Auction of Jesse James effects at St Joseph Missouri
Public sale of the personal effects and household goods of Jesse James took place at his late home in St Joseph on the 11th. Items fetched varied sums from $1 to $200, including the outlaw’s dog for $15 and his chair for $5. Additional related notes cover Guiteau’s conservatorship, Ohio Knights of Honor officers, Frank Jupp’s insanity admission, and Michigan wheat crop prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse James
St. Joseph
Chicago
Loomis
Scoville
Guiteau
Washington
Grand Lodge of Ohio Knights of Honor
Columbus
B. C. Hildreth
Mansfield
Thomas E. Richard
Zanesville
P. L. Miles
Cleveland
B. F. Nelson
Ashland
N. N. Lochner
Akron
J. A. Sawyer
Cincinnati
John Blyth
N. B. Judd
Russia
Colorado
Michigan
Agricultural and political notes from 1882 scattered across regions
The report covers crop conditions in 1881 and 1882 including wheat and corn, notes a favorable apple and peach outlook, and cites Dr Hermann Schrouper on fruit damage. It also mentions Ohio crop report highlighting exports and stock, plus weather damage in Fargo and Watertown. Other items include a lynching in Brown's Station, subscription for Jesse James’s widow, and Ohio GOP convention plans.
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Herman Schrouper
Illinois
Council Bluffs Vanparie
Iowa
Ohio
W. S. Chamberlain
United States
Watertown
Ill
Henry Ivy
Sam Acuff
Brown's Station
Wissenger
Ivy
Sedalia
Jesse James
Tur
Ohio Republican State Central Committee
Columbus
Foster
Five French ironclads visit Barcelona amid imperial moves
Cortes deputy notes great excitement over five French ironclads arriving at Barcelona. Ignatieff is reported to replace Orloff as Russian Ambassador in Paris. An imperial circular confirms the Moscow coronation in August with 10,000,000 roubles needed for two weeks of tuneful festivities. Tur Governor Podolia reports suppression of fresh anti Jewish attacks with military aid. Salisbury defends Lords inquiry into the land act at a Liverpool rally of 6000 workers. Canadian Senate passes a bill legalizing marriage to a deceased wife's sister by 34 to 11. opponents threaten veto appeals and possible royal disallowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortes
Barcelona
Ignatieff
Prince Orloff
Paris
Moscow
Tur
Podolia
Russia
Salisbury
Liverpool
Canadian Senate
Governor General
President Arthur Denies Porter Relief in Martial Case
The president informed General Fitz-John Porter that relief from the court martial sentence is beyond his power, citing Attorney General Brewster and cabinet unanimity. In banking news, New York City weekly statement shows loans down and deposits up, with reserves above requirements. Agricultural data report area increases in winter grain, cotton states rise, northern Atlantic areas dip, winter wheat conditions generally high. Congress adjourned? the tariff debate continues as House committees discuss the Tariff Commission bill. McMillan criticizes the bill while others support it. Adjournment set for the 17th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Fitz-John Porter
Brewster
Associated Banks of
New York City
Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Atlantic States
Connecticut
Kansas
Missouri
California
Pacific Coast
West
Delaware
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Illinois
South
Senate
House
McMillan
Congress
Messrs
Shellenbarger
Wilson
Ward
Hill
Ohio Senate and House Proceedings in Early April Legislation
Ohio Senate and House debate and passage of multiple bills from April 7 to 12. Measures include rail rate reconsideration, county improvements to brooks and streams, witnesses in continued cases, school closures, fish protection, public highways, and districting efforts. Also reports on imbecile asylum, pensions, and a constitutional amendment, with adjournments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Brigham
Judges
Common Pleas
Puckrin
Committee On
Fish Culture and Game
O'Hagan
Ohio
House
Hollingsworth
Graves
Yeas
Ogden
Standard Oil Company
Committee On Agriculture
State of
State Agricultural Fund
Schneider
Reform School
Suate
Clerks of Common Pleas
W. Lcott
Smith
Wilson
Committee of Military Affairs
Thorp
Philadelphia traveler shoots himself after loss of wife
William S. Dunn, a Philadelphia commercial traveler, returned from a Western trip in good spirits. The next morning he shot himself in the right temple at a store, dying shortly after, six months after his wife’s death and a year of marriage. The incident followed consoling remarks from friends. The second item notes critics dismissing Anna Dickinson's Hamlet for lacking corroding gloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Dunn
Philadelphia
Dunn
N.Y. Herald
A Husband's Trials with a Termagant Wife
A Eureka man testifies in court about a brutal marriage ending in murder. He describes sustained abuse by his wife including threats, assaults, and poison attempts. He recounted her violent outbursts and a fatal blow with a kitchen chair. The jury found him not guilty after twenty minutes deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Lansing
Eureka
Nev
Hartford Courant
Stranger returns long-lost girl turns benefactor to widow’s thrifter
Thirty years after a poor girl named Carrie Roper wandered to John Potts the Brooklyn blacksmith the now retired man learned she had become Mrs James Rutledge of Pittsburgh. She revealed herself at the post office and paid off mortgages bought a monument for Mrs Potts grave and invited Potts to live with her in Pittsburgh. She then gifted Potts fifty thousand dollars in US bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Roper
John Potts
Brooklyn
Potts
Bucks County
James Rutledge
Pittsburgh
Illinois
Europe
Lewisville Courier-Journal
Boston Transcript
Chanticleer
St. Louis
Chicago Tribune
Boston Journal
Indiana State Journal
Excelsior poem analysis letter by Henry Longfellow
The London Telegraph prints a note from Henry W. Longfellow explaining his poem Excelsior. He describes a life of striving against temptations and dangers with a motto higher yet. The piece notes the Alpine setting, old wisdom, and religious imagery, ending with immortality as progress upward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Tuckerman
London Telegraph
Stenius
St. Bernard
Henry W. Longfello
Landlord Quits Unwelcome Tenant In Pittsburgh Scheme
A Pittsburgh landlord evicted an unwanted tenant by a method not allowed by law. He promised a better home and gave the address, prompting the tenant to pack and move. The new location was occupied and the landlord had no involvement. The tenant considers suing for damages claiming false pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
Exciting Race for Life as Ocean Steamship Columbia Grounds
In dense fog off San Francisco Bay the Columbia grounded in the straits then slipped into deep water. Leaking badly, the ship aimed for a safe beaching ground with tugs in attendance while firemen battled water waist-deep as the vessel sank to rest on mud flats near its wharf. Meanwhile a sharp quip on a physician bill for a deceased patient notes the executor’s reply that the death suffices as evidence of attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Bay
Ocean Steamship
Columbia
N. Y. Tribune
Religious and Educational Notices Across Faiths
A survey notes Leeds Reformed Church anniversary and a Vinton tablet at St Pauls Boston. Dedham Baptist Church receives a bell inscribed for worship. Baptist claims spark Chicago and Philadelphia commentary on Protestant origins and flower funds. Harvard provost Goodwin to direct Athens classical studies. Moral instruction debates arise for public schools. Bishop O'Reilly denounces Protestant Catholic mixed marriages. Chicago Herald reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
N. Y
Alexander H. Vinton
D. D
St. Paul’s Church
Boston
Baptist Church
Dedham
Mass
John Wentworth
Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
New Jersey
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
W. W. Goodwin
Harvard
American School of Classical Studies
Athens
Greece
N. Y. Post
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
City
Presbyterian Sunday-school Superintendents’ Association
God
O'Reilly
Springfield
Chicago Herald
Looking Towards Palestine Emigration of Jews grows in Europe and Turkey
The article notes a rising Jewish emigration to Palestine fueled by Laurence Oliphant and colonization efforts. It cites colonies near Lydda, activities in Moldavia and Romania, plans for factories at Jaffa, and an Israelite Alliance program sending youths to learn farming. Turkish land laws and Ottomans’ stance are mentioned, with press attention in the East on potential migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Laurence Oliphant
Jerusalem
Lydda
Moldavia
Galatz
Holy Land
Cucu
Bucharest
Romania
Russia
Jaffa
Turkey
Oliphant
Porte
Israelite Alliance
Odessa
Kew
Elisavetgrad
Cor
N.Y. Post
Vast facts across fisheries, telephones, and industry
Civil and economic figures show over 200,000 telephones in use, rising from 1,200 in 1879, with major fish catches in British waters and 3,000,000,000 herring taken in the North Sea. Taxed wealth in St Louis tops $1,000,000 for a few residents as regional coke ovens drive production, while Rockaway’s great hotel faces foreclosure and window glass demand soars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British
Prof
Huxley
North Sea
Thomas Allen
Henry Shaw
Mary L. Tyler
St. Louis
Courier-Journal
Connecticut
Connellsville
Chicago Times
Rossie
St. Lawrence County
N.Y
D. Jillen
E. Keiley
James Hunter Jr
Jason Lamb
Rockaway
L. T
Isaac Kline
Window Glass Makers’ Association
United States
WIT AND WISDOM from a river of quotable quips
A collage of wry lines and jokes from newspapers including the Indianapolis and Boston papers. It features observations on work and happiness, a jab at history and militia, jokes about hearing and earthquakes, a nurse in a railway platform, and reflections on aging, fashion, and social vanity.
Embroidered White Dresses with Satin Panier Sashes
Describes elaborate detachable dresses featuring embroidery on basques and sleeves, pale pink surah belts, and satin ribbon bows. Includes variations with dotted muslin mull and nansook, Greek overskirt, and ruche trims. Outlines sash placements, collar styles, and decorative bow details from Harper's Bazaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Harpers Bazar
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge
Guernsey County
Mahaffey & Ogier
I. A. Tannehill
Shaffner Building
M. R. Patterson
J. C. Steele
Hutchison Block
Marlé
L. C. Wells, M. D
Taylor Block
Main Street
E.R. Taylor
Postoffice
Lambert Thomas
Harper Jefferies
Lambert Thomas & Co
Produce and Wool Commission
North Water St
N. Wharves
D. K. Kyle
Cammbridege
A. T. Hogue
Antrim
Newnom & Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
Mark
Pure Creek Salt
Bell & McKelvey
Miller's Station
C.& M.railway
Are Now Manufacturing
Wills Creek
Carines, S
Pine Street
Main
N. L. Twining
South Pine Street
O. Mar
J.C. Scott
T. B. Scorr
Zanesville, Ohio
Hotels
Twagle Hotel
B.S. Hering
Marl.tf
St. Charles Hotel
Col. High and Gay Streets
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
J. W. Leppincott
Beacher
Broadway
South Streets
Quaker City
Scott Hros
J. Woodford
Wbiain
Cambridge, Ohio
Guernsey
News OF the
P. Ramps
San Francisco
Hunt
Harber
Irkutsk
Lena
Jeannette
Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Office
J. R. G. Pitkin
Louisiana Customs
William A. Pledger
Atlanta
Adin B. Underwood
Charlestown
Daniel Jal
John J. Pratt
Cork
James Irwin
Shoshone
Wyoming
Edward F. Burton
Arizona
Fitz- John Porter
Foreign Intelligence
Ohio Legislature
New York Tribune
Anna Dickinson
Hamlet
Anna
Dane
Norristown Herald
Religious and Educational
Heenalp
Great Lakes
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