Norwalk and Huron Line Opens Through Service
The Norwalk and Huron road now operates through from Toledo to Bowerston with connections to the Pennsylvania System for all points east and west. Through car service Available between Toledo Cambridge and Marietta and between Bowerston and Akron. Woodford James M. Hal, general manager and general passenger agent announce the new schedule and route.
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Toledo
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Marietta
Akron
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
M. DO. Woodford
James M. Hal
Gen
Senate and House pass and debate naval increases and reforms
Senate reports and debates show amendments to the Trade Dollar bill with non-concurrence, naval establishment increases discussed, and resolutions honoring Senator Pike. House actions include consular salary adjustments, a vetoed seed distribution bill, and passage of a public building appropriation. Local reports note Philadelphia election results and labor actions in New Haven.
President nominates Greeley for Chief Signal Officer and brigadier general
The President named Captain A W Greeley Fifth Cavalry to be Chief Signal Officer with brigadier general rank to fill Hazens vacancy. Land Commissioner Sparks will seek restoration to settlement entry of 26000 acres formerly patented to the Sioux City and St Paul Railroad. Government receipts in February average 1 million daily while pension outlays exceed 21 million. The President vetoed seed distribution funding for drought hit Texas counties. The first pension under the Mexican War act was granted to Senator Williams. Congress passed bills totaling 46 million for coast defenses and other needs. House committee approved 82500 for Bartholdi statue lighting. Nominations sent to the Senate include Aldrich Mercer McGloughlin Delaney Armstrong and others for various federal posts.
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Missouri
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Morgan
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David Turpie
Indiana
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Pike
Weaver
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John Roch
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Eads Ship Railway
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Yeas
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Secretary of the Interior
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Kentucky
Muller
House Committee On Appropriations
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Samuel N. Aldrich
Boston
John M. Mercer
Burlington
Owen McGloughlin
Dubuque
Arthur K. Delaney
Wisconsin
District of
Alaska
William W. Armstrong
Cleveland
Thacher Dies in Florida Former Albany Mayor
George H. Thacher ex mayor of Albany and longtime Democratic leader died at St Augustine Florida on the 16th. The report notes his prominence in Albany politics and his service as a key Democrat.
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George H. Thacher
Albany
N. Y
St. Augustine
Fla
William McGrath
New York
Sing Sing
Coke Workers
Connellsville
Coke Syndicate
Prohibition question sent to voters in Missouri
Missouri lower house approves joint resolution to submit the prohibition question to a statewide vote by 76 to 53. The report also notes a Galveston dry goods firm assignment for creditors, a Kentucky deputy commissioner appointment for Mrs. Hathaway, and other varied items including a Minnesota House bribery rumor, a Kentucky conspiracy case, San Francisco dynamite arrests, Indiana local option passage, a not guilty verdict in St Louis, a Texas cattle shipment contract, the Lynchburg Virginian suspending, and a West Virginia prohibition submission planned for 1888 election.
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Block, Oppenheimer & Co
Galveston
Tex
D. ?. Hathaway
Edwards
Chancery Court
Louisville
Donnelly
Rowan County
Henry. Logan
Morgan McCleary
Lou Rayborn
J. J. Stiles
H.C. Dean
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St. Louis
George Withrow
Wellington Avenue Street
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Virginian
West Virginia
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
R. C. Morse
Yale Theological School
David Dunlap
Petersburg
United States
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B. Harmon
Astoria
Ore
Military credit approved for national defense by Hungarian Diet
The lower house military committee approves a government request for 7,460,000 florins for national defense. In Cairo a panic follows withdrawal of the £240,000 annual subvention for the Egyptian army. India releases 25,000 of 75,000 prisoners on Queen Victoria’s jubilee. Austria tables a 12,000,000 florin bill for landwehr equipment.
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William Carver
James McCormack
St. Petersburg
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Verdict of manslaughter in first degree in Unger case
New York juries return a first degree manslaughter verdict in the Captain Unger case for killing August Bohle. Unger receives a twenty year term at hard labor. The report covers other political legal actions and accidents across several states.
Texas Election Outrages In Washington County Case Hearings Begin
The Senate Committee on Elections opened testimony in the Washington County Texas outrages case. Witnesses, including Marshal Booker of Independence and Col Spann, described a November ballot-box robbery by masked men with revolvers. Vote breakdown showed 189 total with 156 Republican and 33 for the People's ticket. the 33 votes were cast by white men while Black voters favored the Republican ticket. DeWes Bolton, son of a candidate, was killed in the melee. adjourned until today.
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Washington County
Texas
Marshal Booker
Independence
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Spann
Lott’s Store
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T. M. Jones
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Health Bulletin shows weekly disease rise across Ohio counties
Ohio State Board of Health reports from 85 observers across 55 counties for the week ending February 11 1887. Acute bronchitis remains prevalent while measles cases reach sixty one in Cincinnati and scarlet fever ten. Dayton reports no new smallpox. C O Proust secretary.
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Prominent Lawyer William A. Wilson Dies by Suicide in Lancaster
William A. Wilson a leading Lancaster lawyer and Mason died yesterday morning by shooting himself in the head. Aged 48 he had long been in ill health and mental strain. He practiced since 1865 after Millersville Normal School training and served in the Army of the Cumberland. He sat on city council and the school board and once sought district attorney. His wife is Dr Mary E Wilson Lancaster physician. His name circulated for Orphans Court judge.
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Drought Relief Commission Arrives in Fort Worth
The drought commissioners appointed by Governor Ross arrived in Fort Worth to distribute the $100000 legislature appropriation for drought relief. They visited Lampasas and six counties, noting a need for seed and feed. The lawmakers limited aid to flour and meal for those who swear they need bread.
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Ross
Texas
Eastland
Lampasas
Foster Dewey Obituary Recalls Tweed-Era figure in New York
Foster Dewey died in New York at about age fifty. Once a well known city figure and close friend of William M. Tweed, he was said to be intimate with the head of Tammany Hall. Born near Lockport, Dewey lived a retired life with private means and no official post. He belonged to the Americas Club and was regarded as a man about town rather than a politician.
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William M. Tweed
Tammany Ring
Americas Club
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Mr. Dewey
Lockport
N. Y
Family ties spark questions in Melrose report
A Melrose four year old girl prompts questions about her parents and grandparentage. The child’s mother refers to a step grandmother while a sibling overhears that grandma is not their true grandmother but a walking one.
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Eleanor
Boston
Auction of President Arthur’s Carriages in New York
Auction of late President Arthur’s carriages in New York drew bids for a Landau at 615 dollars a Brougham at 435 and a Victoria at 500 with bidders competing for the estate items during a recent sale.
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Arthur
New York
Unprecedented Weather Ravages Montana and Dakota Frontiers
Six weeks of unprecedented snows blizzards and gales sweep northern Montana and Dakota. Cattle suffer heavy losses as crusted snow blocks grazing, hay prices soar to fifty dollars per ton, fuel shortages tighten towns like Fort Benton as mail routes and stage lines falter amid impassable roads. Canton reports the season’s worst blizzard halting all trains and stalling business.
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Meat Syndicate Eyes NYC Market Takeover by Cash and Stock
A powerful meat syndicate plans to buy or stockize every New York City retail butcher shop to control the meat supply. The National Consumers' Meat Company aims to abolish city slaughterers and Chicago dressed beef imports, merging with a large cattle group and selling directly to consumers.
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Metropolis
New York City
National Consumers’ Meat Company
Chicago
Montana Range
Marquis de Mores
German government oats deal tied to New York broker
Milwaukee maltsters F Kraus and Co act through accredited German government agents to buy 20000 bushels of oats for shipment to Antwerp. Louis J Merkel of the New York Produce Exchange confirms the negotiations for corn and red winter wheat. Twenty five sample bags were sent to Liverpool aboard the Scythia with French language in the correspondence.
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Warden Howard defalcation shocks Indiana prison system
Jeffersonville report details a long running misappropriation at the Indiana prison south. An investigating committee left for Indianapolis with findings that convicts lost library funds and pension money, while Captain Howard has not been arrested and offers no comment after returning $2,200 borrowed from a convict.
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Indianapolis
Mormon Bishop Lot Smith Seizes Store and Ranch in Arizona
A private Ada Stone letter from Tula City describes Lot Smith and a Mormon band seizing Edward Stone and wife’s store and ranch near Tula, 200 miles from railroad. They forced occupants to leave, captured Stone, resisted rescue, and later released prisoners after negotiations. Stone sought Governor aid via Flagstaff and Prescott.
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Tula City
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Ada Stone
Edward Stona
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Prescott
Sioux performer tortures self over brother’s death in Wild West show
A Sioux named Muzza in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show learned of his brother’s death in Dakota and, following tribal custom, pierced himself with wooden skewers. He wore three skewers in each leg and one in the chest, parading in Madison Square Garden from morning until noon before removing them. He then fasts in his tepee for several days.
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Trade Dollar Repeal Bill Passes Both Houses
Washington February 21 The text of the bill repealing the United States trade dollars is given. It provides a six month grace period during which trade dollars not defaced may be exchanged at face value for standard silver dollars or subsidiary coins. Trade dollars received will be sent to mints to be recoined as standard dollars or subsidiary coins. The act also states such trade dollars will not count toward silver bullion requirements. The bill repeals all laws authorizing coinage and issuance of trade dollars.
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Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
New Haven
Conn
Philadelphia
Fittler
New York
Milburn
N.J
Nellie Marion
William van Tassal
Smithland
Abner Cooper
Nick Roach
Americas Trust and Dock Company
Staten Island
N. Y
Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
J. H. Lester
B. F. Butler
United States Circuit Court
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United States
Canada
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Duel at La Barre plantation ends inching without harm
In Jefferson parish near New Orleans, Andre L. Roman editor of Traite d Union and Emile Revoire business manager fought a duel at La Barre plantation. After carriages arrived and two exchanges of shots produced no effect both sides returned to the city.
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Jefferson Parish
Andre L. Roman
Traite d’ Union
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Roman
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Jersey City Mayor Served in 25000 Libel Suit
New York report says Mayor Cleveland was served Saturday with papers in a 25000 libel suit filed by detectives Robert and William A. Pinkerton. The suit relates to a letter about Pinkerton guards during a railroad property strike. The mayor said he was not worried. summons returnable March 22.
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Cleveland
Jersey City
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William A. Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Erie County board uncovers $10000 irregularities in poor directors
In Erie Pennsylvania on Feb 30 the county board of auditors revealed irregularities in the county poor directors affairs totaling about $10,000. Investigators reported excess salaries, machines sold to the county without legal sanction, and a highly priced farm purchase lacking proper authorization.
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Erie
Erie County Board of Auditors
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Fredericktown and Chester
A tremor and slight shocks were reported Thursday night in Fredericktown and Chester Missouri. The tremor originated near the region and rattled structures, with residents noting the event as an earthquake-like sensation.
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Fredericktown
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