Senate Debates and Bills Passages Across June Sessions
The Senate and House conducted extensive debates June 12 to 15 on military transfers, indemnity funds, and river and harbor appropriations. Key actions included repealing the iron clad oath substitute, authorizing railroad work across the Missouri, and adjusting army retirement ages. Discussions covered Japan indemnity funds, DC water supply costs, and a memorial column at Newburgh.
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Senate
Garland
Gibbs
United States
Confederacy
Sioux City
Yeas
House
Butterworth
Committee On Appropriations
District of Columbia
Grover
San Francisco & Ocean Shore Railroad Company
Brown
Morrill
Washington
Newburgh
New York
Finance Committee
George Q. Cannon
Utah
Mr. O'Neill
Kelley
Plumb
State Department
Spencer St. John
Lima
Hurlbut
Bay of Chitabote
Morgan
Page
Retirement Clauses and Political Appointments Expanded
Summary of retirement rules for Army officers after 35 and 40 years of service, including age based retirement. Notices of appointments and confirmations: Dan Gett to minister to the Sandwich Islands, Hinsdale mentioned for a college post, Samce Axter nominated as Chief Justice of New Mexico Supreme Court, Carter Brockaway released from custody. House Elections subcommittee on Smalls seat. Senate Finance proposes amendments to bank charter extension. Postmaster General thanks from Queen Victoria for Garfield stamp. status of appropriations bills and conference delays across numerous committees.
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United States
Dan Gett
Nevada
Sandwich Islands
Comley
Hinsdale
Hiram College
Ohio
Samce.b. Axter
Supreme Court of
New Mexico
Carter Brockaway
Washington
House Committee On Elections
Smalls
South Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
House
National Bank
Messrs
Sherman
Allison
Tuer
Queen Victoria
Congress
Military Academy
District of Columbia
Rhode Island Senator Re-elected In 19th Century Vote
Senator Anthony was re elected to the United States Senate from Rhode Island on the 18th. The Maine Republican State Convention met at Portland on the 13th and named Robie for Governor with Reed Dingley Boutelle and Milliken as congressional nominees. The platform asserts that every qualified voter's ballot must be honestly counted as a fundamental Republican principle.
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Anthony
United States Senate
Rhode Island
Portland
Frye
Eugene Hale
Robie
Gvernor
Thomas B. Reed
Nelson Dingley
Charles A. Boutelle
Seth D. Milliken
Cavalry Reinforcements to McKenney Wyoming Amid Indian Threats
An Omaha special reports a cavalry company left Fort Sidney Nebraska for McKenney Wyoming to reinforce the garrison after word of 1500 Indians along the Powder River and 100 lodies on Rock Creek. Cattle thefts and threats to herders prompted Crook to dispatch troops. The piece also covers political conventions in North Carolina and Arkansas, notable deaths, and international turmoil from Montreal to Alexandria Egypt.
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Omaha
13H
Fort Sidney
Nebraska
McKenney
Wyoming
Crook
Powder River
Old Fort McKinney
Rock Creek
North Carolina
Raleigh
William A. Moore
Democratic Party
J. A. Lang
Dockery
Folk
Supreme Court
President nominates Utah Commission members on the 16th
The President named Ex-Secretary Alex R. Ramsey Minnesota ex-Senator A. B. Paddock Nebraska Ambrose B. Carlton Indiana M. Godfrey Iowa and James R. Pettigrew Arkansas to Utah Commission. A conference on the Egyptian question is urged by Turkish assent and the conference may meet outside Constantinople. Tariff Commission named with Alex M. Botaler Democrat as successor and General Wm. H. McMahon chosen for tariff expertise. New York State Board of Immigration closes Castle Garden after the 17th for arrivals from only the French line at fifty cents per head.
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Utah
Alex. R. Ramsey
Minnesota
A. 8. Paddock
Nebraska
Ambrose B. Carlton
Indiana
M. Godfrey
Iowa
James R. Pettigrew
Arkansas
Turkey
Constantinople
Tariff Commission
Alex
Botaler
Phelps
Wm. H. McMahon
New York Custom House
Wheeler
Hayes
Massachusetts
New York State Board of Emigration Commissioners
Castle Garden
French Line
Chresson
Board of Health of
Philadelphia
Shellen
Western States
Southern States
Middle States
Pacific States
Osgood Bradley Car Works
Worcester
Mass
Blarr
Senate
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Oregon Pacific Railroad Company
Willamette River
Oregon
Southern Mail
Secretary of War
Jefferson Barracks
House
Ohio River
Davis Island
Dadjana Chute
Starvation in Patrick County Va Drives Aid Urgently
A Danville special to the Chicago Tribune reports 5000 starved in Patrick County Virginia after crop failures. Hungry families fight for corn, some dying, others resort to weeds and tree leaves. Residents call for meat and flour relief rather than money as relief committees form.
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Patrick County
Danville
Chicago Tribune
Census shows sheep on farms across United States
The figures listed detail livestock and farm holdings by state and territory, including counts for sheep, cattle, and other livestock. Data cover regions from Maine to Washington Territory and include totals for states such as Alabama, California, New York, and Texas, reflecting agricultural scale and distribution across the nation.
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Iowa
Kansas
Maine
RCMP
Delaware
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Mecmor
Washington Territory
Wisconsin
Wyoming
United States
New Iowa Swindle Involves Estray Two-Man Scheme
Reports say farmers are increasingly wary of sharpers though swindles persist. A new two person scheme copies lost animals by first observing an estray animal, then a partner visits to describe it in detail. The buyer pays for the animal, but the rightful owner later proves ownership and the seller remains unknown.
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Iowa
Chicago Times
Ivory prices rise as tusk stocks shrink in market
Ivory becomes scarce with a fall in sale volumes from 122 tons in April 1881 to 81 tons at the latest sale. Cape only limited, west coast African supply tight, prices up from £3 to £4 per cwt. Stores at docks total 133 tons, while W Westenholm reports invoicing 522 tusks from 276 elephants may be cleared in two weeks.
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Cape
Zanzibar
Bombay
Alexandria
Malta
W. Westenholm
Sheffield
London
At Finnell Street Tragedy A Mother Kills Five Then Herself
Chicago papers recount a terrible tragedy on Finnell Street near Wentworth Avenue where a mother, Mrs Seybold, poisoned her four children with strychnine and then took poison herself. Five bodies were found, with harrowing handwritten notes from Matilda, age twelve, to friends and father. Coroner's inquest opened. motive deemed insanity amid dire poverty and marital friction.
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Chicago
Finnell Street
Wentworth Avenue
Casper Seybold
James B. Campbell
Seybold
Toney
Annie
Agnes
Louis Martin
Martin
Matilda
Moseley School
Mary Murphy
Anna
Rosie Morris
United States
George Caproni
Mary
Nellie Murphy
Murphy
Lizzie Murphy
Minnie Orton
Lizzie Reynolds
Tilie Seybold
Papa
Mamma
Smatilda
Auna
Wunder’s
Shay
Tribune
Matson
Chicago weighs extending Moody and Sankey call
The Chicago ministers nearly unanimously favor renewing Moody and Sankey, with few doubting their lasting impact and one divine calling the invitation a humiliation of church agencies. They agree Chicago is presently very wicked, yet hope for salvation among the city’s residents.
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Chicago
Moody and Sankey
Mutton Blown to Look Plumper in New York Practice
A Chicago News report notes a method where butchers slit the skin of warm mutton quarters and inflate the tissue with air from their lungs to exaggerate plumpness, a practice described as blowing. The piece questions whether Chicago butchers blow their mutton and hints at local reaction.
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New York
Chicago
Chicago News
Herald Office Adopts New Job Material Outfit
The Herald announces it has a fresh complete outfit of the latest job material and is ready to perform all kinds of job work on short notice.
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Shaffner Building
Marris
City Hall
Steubenville Street
Mark Ts
H. L. Williams
Main S J
Cambridge
Guernsey
Martt
Census Bureau Bulleting Wide Social Figures Cited
The report notes 1880 U S population 50 2 million with 2 900 170 square miles of area and 9 945 916 families It lists densities 17 29 persons per square mile and 3 43 families per square mile Also provided are dwellings per square mile 3 02 and acres per person 37 01 with 186 62 acres per family and 0 60 persons per dwelling
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Tennessee
Belgium
Newark
N. J
United States
Boston
New York
Portland
J. FY. Examiner
Indian Territory
Chicago Tribune
Fragmented witticisms and moonlit musings in a cluttered page
A collage of quips and scenes from a newspaper page includes courtroom banter about lost knives and ax to grind, a gray haired speaker addressing a jury, scholarly notices from Condylarthra, a polite umbrella anecdote, street harassment turned gentle, a moonlit romantic exchange, and a snappy Tribune remark about premature bait snapping.
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Cope
Chestnut Street
Indianapolis Journal
Albert
Rosalind
Chicago Tribune
Money Order trick exposes forged signatures at AmEx office
A dapper man sought a safe way to send money to his Boston wife. Clerk John Clark showed an AmEx advice card that lets payees identify themselves by signature. The man produced letters signed with silly nicknames like Your ootsey tootsey, exposing how forgery could work.
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American Express Company
John Clark
Boston
Clark
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The
Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey County
Mahaffey & Ogier
J. A. Tannehill
M. R. Patterson
Attorney-at-Law
J.C. Steele
Offce
Murchison Block
Chio
Marlé
Hlomeceopathist
Taylor Block
Main Street
E.R. Taylor
Postoffice
North Water St
N. Wharves
McCullum
Mill Street
Is Now Offering
Ladies and
A. TL. Moore
Court House
K. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Cambrideer
Newnom & Moss
Ferbrache
Carines
Pine Street
Main
Mar
South Pine Street
J.C. Scott
T. B. Scott
Scott Bros
J. Woodford
Pime
Cambridge, Ohio
Eagle Hotel
B. S. Hering
Eirk
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
Zanesville, Ohio
WM. Kirk
Thompson
Crow
Farmers Hotel
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Col. Broadway and
South Streets
Quaker City
Mart
Ohie
de, G. 4
Moors & O
Weaver
Green
Cambridge, O
J. R. Downer
DR. Moore
Pine and
Steubenville Streets
W. A. Rainey
Old Red Corner
Allegheny Mountains
Eastern Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
Pt. Pleasant
Senecaville
Henecaville
Vt. Pleasant
News OF the
Plaisted
Libbey
Arthur Assurance
Hlol Bnook Block
Braintree
Holbrook & Tate
Elias Thayer
Braintree Clothing Company
Greeley
Grand Army Hall
C. E. Gilliporx
Common Pleas
Trumbull County
Clamerak
N. H
James Carrey
John Welsh
Michael Lynch
Henry Hughes
Edward Finnegan
Teller
St. Louis
Texas
Brookfield
Jefferson City
Dayton
Judge O'Neil
L. Wilkinson
Zanesville
S. Willoughby
Xenia
David
Bragg
Cleveland
J. B. Humphreys
Kenton
McCormack
Cincinnati
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Detroit
Grant
Sheridan
Sickles
William Dennison
Columbus
Lincoln
Johnson
Garfield
Dennison
Braxton Pratton
Arnold
Mitchell Spring School
Pratton
American Institute of Homeopathy
Indianapolis
Bushrod W. James
O. S. Run
J. H. Berry
Benton
Jacob Frolich
White
W. E. Woodruff, Jr
Pulaski
A. W. Files
Ashley
W. W
Foreign Intelligence
Montreal
Canada
Clendenneng
Victoria Square
Miller & Son
Greenshield’s, Sons & Co
McIntyre & French
Clendennong
Versay
Hungary
Egypt
Chamber of Deputies
Budget Committee
Vatican
Rome
House of Commons
Gladstone
Reichstag
Bismark
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Europe
Alsace
Loraine
Czar
Committee For Inquiry
Council of the Empire
D’armes
England
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