Congress considers treasury notes replacing bank notes
A summary of actions includes Buckner drafting a bill to issue Treasury notes without legal tender status, replacing fading bank notes. The House Appropriations Committee met to plan pension, fortifications, consular and military bills for recess. Silver dollars for the week ended the 23d totalled $415,500. Secretary Fouler resumes duties after recovery. A colored emigration association forms in Washington to aid South residents in locating and purchasing lands in the West.
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Congress
Treasury
House Committee On Appropriations
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Rosecrans
Washington
South
West
Internal Revenue
Army
Morrison
Henry Talbott, Jr
Illinois
Ways and Means
Sheridan
Pope
Fort Leavenworth
Charley McComas
San Carlos
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Ispaheche
Joan N. Irwin
Idaho Territory
United States
Multiple 19th century incidents spill from news page
Henry Moyes ex policeman of Philadelphia convicted of robbery at Kensington Bank in 1871. A passenger train on the New Shamokin Sunbury and Lewisburg line fell from a trestle near Sunbury. engine and cars wrecked, fireman hurt. Grain stocks in New York declined week to week but rose year over year. Nutt murder trial threats surface. A. D. Smith & Co. of Providence assigned with liabilities up to 1.8 million. Freight train wreck near Elizabeth New Jersey. engineer Fred Pence killed. Mullen and Long drowned trying to reach Marietta in a skiff. Murder attempt in Harrisburg. Mackey attacked sister-in-law. suspect escaped. Guilford Maine child deaths from parental neglect. Joan H. Drent found suffocated by coal gas. Martha Straves dies in church pew in Moriah New York. Meeting of language professors in New York endorses BA prerequisite in French and German. Horses attached to sleigh at church end in mishap.
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Henry Moyes
Philadelphia
Kensington
New Shamokin
Sunbury & Lewisburg
Sunbury
New York
Nutt
Pittsburgh
Young Nutt
A. D. Smith & Co
Providence
R. L
Elizabeth
N. J
Fred Pence
Ep Mullen
Frank Long
Bradford
Duck Creek
Marietta
Ohio
Harrisburg
Fas
Daniel Mackey
Sallie Mackey
Mackay
Guilford
John Goulding
Joan H. Drent
Delanco
Martha Sraves
Moriah
N. Y
Carter
Williams
Chain of killings and disasters wrack in 1880s towns
Reports from Petersburg Indiana to Cincinnati and Montana recount a series of violent deaths and accidents. Charles Harvey hanged after guilt confirmed. William McCarrery shot in New Orleans. mine cages and snow slides kill and injure workers in Birmingham Montana, Ouray Colorado, Mendota Colorado and more. Drowned families in Arkansas and Kentucky. a church murder near Moncure North Carolina. multiple fires and wrecks. Public figures, weather perils, and a Newark era tone frame these chaotic events.
Orangemen Procession Attacked in Harbor Grace Tragedy
An Orangemen procession at Harbor Grace Newfoundland was attacked by a mob on the 26th with three men killed and several mortally wounded. Dr Beatty coroner of Lamberton Canada died suddenly during an inquest on Mrs Gibbs murder. Plantyn survivors: forty three aboard were landed at Oporto after being picked up by a brig. sixty souls were aboard before foundering. London reports renewed explosives attacks in Ireland. Tyrone explosion. box of dynamite found near Axminster. Courbet urged to press Sontay victory. expected attack on Hong Hoa before Bacninh. Trades Congress Toronto votes to prohibit Chinese labor imports.
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Lamberton
Canada
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Plantyn
New York
Antwerp
Oporto
Portugal
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Barkenhead
Barrack Street
Stabane
County Tyrone
Ireland
Great Western Railway
Axminster
Iris
Admiral Courbet
Sontay
Hong Hoa
Bacninh
Trades Congress
Toronto
Dominion
Ohio State Convention of Liquor Dealers acts at Columbus
The Ohio State Convention of Liquor Dealers formed a State organization at Columbus on the 28th alt appointing a central committee of fifteen to oversee auxiliaries and legislation. They urged the Legislature to replace the Scott law with a constitutional, prudent new measure.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Liquor Dealers Seek Repeal of Scott Law in Columbus
The Ohio State Convention of Liquor Dealers adjourned in Columbus after forming a central fifteen member state organization and adopting a resolution calling for repeal of the Scott Law. The plan urged local societies to organize and join the state association, with delegates to the next meeting in March.
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ColumeBus
Ohio
G. C. Wilson
Joseph Wahle
John J. Abbel
Charles Missar
Henry Hussman
Charles Pfeiffer
Thomas Malley
George Ebert
W. Z. James
Cincinnati
Committee
Liquor Dealers’ Protective Association
Stevens seeks Niagara River bridge linked to new Lockport road
Representative Stevens of Lockport introduces a House bill to authorize a new bridge across the Niagara River likely at Lewiston or Youngstown. A parallel Canadian bill is planned. The Grand Trunk backs the scheme and would fund a cantilever bridge to connect to the Attica and Lockport line and the Rome Watertown Ogdensburg route for control.
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N. Y
Stevens
New
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Niagara River
Lewiston
Youngstown
Grand Trunk
Attica
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Small-Pox Epidemic In Assumption Parish Louisiana
Advices from Assumption Parish Louisiana report small-pox near epidemic levels in some areas with many deaths. Prominent victim Mrs Jane Acosta is praised for piety and benevolence as authorities isolate families and intensify containment efforts to halt spread.
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Little Rock
Ark
Assumption Parish
Louisiana
Jane Acosta
State Land Board faces bid turmoil in school lands sale
Austin Texas December 28 The State Land Board is uncertain about school lands bids to be opened Tuesday. Report says on the last day for bids large speculators seized county surveyors offices, parceled land at minimum prices, and plotted to outbid farmers or settlers for key tracts. Many sales may be declared off.
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Witness Murdered Near Rock Island Railway
Ottawa Illinois December 29 foul play is well established in the case of Warren Swarth found dead with his head crushed to a jelly last week under the ears of the Rock Island Railway He belonged to a respectable family and was an important witness in a $200000 case He was shadowed by two strangers who doubtless murdered him and threw his body under the iron wheels to conceal their crime
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Ottawa
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Warren Swarth
Rock Island Railway
Philadelphia Man Throat-Cut Patient Called Beautiful Case
A Philadelphia man found wandering with his throat cut was taken to a hospital. Surgeons report a remarkable recovery as they sewn the wound and fitted devices to substitute air and feed him via a rubber tube. The patient survives and the case is described as unprecedented in surgical history.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press
Princess Louise Enjoys Busy Country Life At Dornden
The Princess Louise returns to English country life at Dornden where a busy German wife figure is noted. She bustles about all day, manages domestic duties, assists at meals, and stays active in the stables and garden after dinner, even joining a billiards game.
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Louise
Dornden
N. Y. Herald
New York Morgue Donates Bodies to City University
The New York morgue furnishes two hundred bodies each year to the dissecting tables of the university medical college in New York City as reported by the New York Times.
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University Medical College
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House committee lists by Morrison and Randall on Dec 24
The House announced committee assignments. Elections includes Turner, Davis, Converse. Ways and Means features Morrison and Mills. Appropriations lists Randall and Forney. Judiciary includes Tucker and Hammond. Numerous other committees cover Banking, Commerce, Public Lands, Indian Affairs, Territories, Manufactures, and more with long lists of named members.
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Republicans and Democrats Back Arthur Plan for Utah Council
A large Salt Lake meeting of Democrats and Republicans endorsed President Arthur’s legislative council plan for Utah and Governor Murray’s good government laws. Leading figures spoke as strong resolutions passed urging Congress to enact the President’s recommendations. A reception awaits the Governor on his return from the East.
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U. T
Arthur
Legislative Council
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Murray
Congress
Kansas growth noted in biennial state report 1881 82
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture reports rapid state growth from 1872 to 1882 with population rising from 364 399 to 995 966 and cultivated land increasing to 11 043 379 acres. Livestock value climbs to 83 874 039 with large herds of horses cattle sheep and swine and big corn and wheat areas reported. Senator John P Jones seeks new mining profits after losses by leasing the Bonanza mines and pursuing ore above 1550 feet with a 70 percent assay share.
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Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Chicago Journal
John P. Jones
Bonanza
Jones
Chicago
Wit and Wisdom Snippets From The Press
A collage of quips and witticisms from various papers jest about courtship, education, and everyday life. Lines touch on love letters, gas bills, breakfast oats, and friendships, with readers’ humor about modern manners and the comic mischief of daily routines.
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