Congressional action and incidents from mid March session
Senate and House turnover features long debates on education and fiscal bills, including Blair's education plan funding schools with escalating yearly totals, Meats inspection bill, and a naval reward proposal. Also noted are a Garrison Mayo seating ruling, battlefield statue funds, Tacoma statehood talk, and a wave of public notices including deaths and labor unrest.
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Senate
Morrill
Logan
Committee of Conference On the Military Academy
Blair
House
Garrison
Mayo
Military Academy
Secretary of War
Garfield
Washington
Army of the Cumberland
Canada to U S emigrants reach almost five hundred thousand
Official reports show that six years and seven months ending December last saw 478 308 Canadians migrate to the United States. Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey Weitzel of the Engineer Corps is dead. Scarlet fever death rate in Washington averages a day, over one third of city mortality. A counterfeit twenty dollar silver certificate is circulating, especially in the West and South. Post offices in the United States numbered 48 983 on March 20, up 1.15 in nine months, implying 50 000 by July 1 if the pace continues.
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Washington
Dominion of Canada
United States
Godfrey Weitzel
Engineer Corps
Treasury Department
Wildcat Invades Room in Pa.. Suspected Man Killed by Club
A wildcat eight feet long entered Levi Labar’s room near Purdytown on the night of the 18th. Labar killed it with a club after a fierce struggle. In Warrentown on the 20th Charles Pope fired five shots at John Cochran after a revolver was drawn, fatally wounding Pope. A gang of fifteen boys, led by Coleman O Donnell, aged 16, were arrested in South Boston for multiple larcenies, their den in an old cellar. Jesse Carter, sentenced to hang in Allegheny County, has been respited to June 1. Dickens’ Dutchman Charles Langhedmer died in Eastern Penitentiary after years as a convict. Fire at Long’s tobacco warehouse in Manheim destroyed 300 cases of tobacco and cigars, valued over 35,000 dollars with 22,000 dollars insured. A letter by John S Davenport attacks forged acts amid political intrigue involving Marshal Jewell and President Arthur. Two killed and a third injured in a sulfur gas explosion at Carson colliery near Shomokin.
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Levi Labar
Purdytown
Labar
Warrentown
Charles Pope
John Cochran
Pope
Boston
Mass
Coleman O’ Donnell
Jesse Carter
Allegheny County
Charles Langhedmer
Dickens’ Dutchman
Eastern Penitentiary
Philadelphia
Manheim
Long
John S. Davenport
New York
Morey
Davenport
Marshal Jewell
Arthur
Carson
Shomokin
Columbia City
Ind
Springfield
Grant
Sherman
Lincoln
Neosho Falls
Kansas
Texas
Merriam & Morgan
Palattine
Cleveland
August Fischer
William Stohlman
August Guenther
Virginia
L. L. Warner
Louisville
Nathan H. BireLy
McFadden
W. Sheridan
Portsmouth
Ohio Valley
St. Louis
Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago
Rockford
New Orleans
Gill Car Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Newcomerstown
Adam Miller
John Schaefer
Oakland
Cal
Letrolli
Maries County
Missouri
Norman Claris
Five Prisoners Escape From Columbia City Jail
Five inmates escaped from the Columbia City Indiana jail on the 15th after three weeks of working on the stone ceiling with tools obtained from outsiders. elaborate preparations for Battle Flag Hall in Springfield UL on the 3rd. Grant Sherman and Lincoln possible attendees.
Ferrer Arrested in Plot Against Government
General Ferrer has been arrested and General Hidalgo pursued as officers linked to a broad conspiracy against the government. Britain will seek peace talks with Osman Digma in Sudan while a violent earthquake hit Newfoundland towns on the 18th.
Foot and mouth scare traced to ergot poisoning in cattle
Veterinarians report Neosha Falls Kansas cattle foot ailments stem from ergot in wild rye rather than contagious disease. The ergot restricts circulation in extremities, causing freezing. Also noted: death of banker Joan J. Cisco in New York. ship Bombay reportedly lost. fatal burns at Cincinnati. Baltimore fire damages Flamingo Guano Works and P S Chappell & Sons with substantial losses. trial verdict in Petersburgh. funeral of General Godfrey Weitzel. various U S political actions and hearings as of that period.
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Neosha Falls
Kansas
Joan J. Cisco
United States
New York
Bombay
Bath
Philadelphia
New Orleans
P. Peterson
Deihl & Co
Cincinnati
George Johnson
Edward Flanigan
Thomas Deihl
Baltimore
Flamingo Guano Works
Boston
Chemical Works
P. S. Chappell & Sons
Chappell & Sons
Flamingo Guano
Carpenter
Zora Burns
Petersburgh
Ill
Exiraser Hamilton
Chicago
State of
Nebraska
Godfrey Weitzel
House
Cox
North Carolina
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Venezuela
Vance
Committee
Secretary of the Interior
Yellowstone Park
Senate
Ghastly Explosion Description From Pocahontas Coal Mine Entry
William H. Cochran, inside mine manager, recounts the Virginia Coal Mine blast near Pocahontas. He describes a whirlwind of dust and debris, fires breaking out, and recovery efforts as miners search tunnels for bodies. The mine was shut to stop the fire. an inquest will determine causes.
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Baltmont
William H. Cochran
Virginia
Fan
Cochran
Lathrop
William Whitaker
John Peters
John Jones
Boss
Peters
Whitaker
Samuel Morley
George — Britton
William Culbreth
East Entry
Samuel Harman
Northern Pacific Denies Oppressing Settlers
Washington March 17 Circulars in the Northwest accuse the Northern Pacific Railway of overcharging settlers on lands. Officials deny break with settlers and note the 1870 resolution pledged minimum prices for agricultural lands, with later policy changes for pricing based on land value while preserving rights for those who acted under the old offer. They say abuses are not widespread and pledge redress with proper proof.
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Washington
Northwest
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Board
Missouri River
Dakota
Columbia River
Washington Territory
Congress
Pacule Grant
Montana
Idaho
Economic and Weather Facts From Historic Press Aggregate
Facts span rainfall, water works cost and capacity in New York, steel and powder industries, baseball production, postal growth from 1789 to 1882, and other notes. Highlights include New York water project costs and daily consumption, powder use in peace and war, and U.S. postal statistics.
Fairy tale gift echoes in a gold fish to Pope
A fairy tale girl who can drop pearls and diamonds from her lips is matched by a modern marvel given to the Pope a gold fish that pours virgin gold coins when its mouth opens, though its durability is questionable and requires careful tests.
Advertisements and notices mix in 1884 era items
An 1884 advertisement mentions a red headed shoe store owner promising to return a young lady’s umbrella with whalebone ribs to a slate-roofed grocer’s shop as a gift from a late mother. The piece notes Gordon Percival, 84, moved from Maine to Washington Territory. It ends with an estimate that 1884 anthracite coal output will be 34, indicating prior figures or projections.
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N. Y. Herald
Wisdom and wit mix in a lampoon of life’s lessons
The page assembles pithy quotes and jokes from various sources. It includes wry quips about virtue and folly from The Talmud and other fragments, plus humorous lines about hogs, pills, and a hair restorer. A Massachusetts locomotive tale closes the clippings.
The Usual Way on a horse car in Albany
A stout sealskin-dressed lady pays a conductor with a ten dollar bill and refinements of fare. The conductor returns change in silver while joking about the bill and the woman’s mistaken kindness. The exchange ends with a wink and a street name noted as Lark Street in Albany.
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Lark Street
Albany Argus
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Cambridge, Guernsey
Ohio
Mahaffey & Ogier
M. R. Patterson
Cambridge
Shaffner Building
J. C. Steele
Hutchison Block
Marlo-Tf
Marlotf
W. A. Carpenter
Davis Block
Sam’l C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Wv. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Febiti
Physicians and Surgeons
Ch. C. A. Moore
Cambridge, Ohio
Postoffice
L. C. Wells, M. D
Taylor Block
E.j.blair,m.d
Herald Office
J.C. Warne, M. D
Wall's Drug Store
WM. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. C
Hutchinson Block
Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, O
D. K. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Marris
E. Harper Jefferies
Stakes
Thomas & Co., Produce and Wool Commission
North Water St
N. Wharves
EE. McPeek
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Tzohn Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
Davis
Stinson & Co
Portlan
Maine
J. R. Downar
Eagle Hotel
Hotels
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H. M. Close
Court House
Antrim
William Smith
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Hovasse
WM. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Farmers’ Hotel
Mill Street
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Broadway
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith, Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
James Canady, Prop
Priteh
Ogier’s Drug Store
Febli
H. H. Veitch
True & Co
Augusta
E. McCollum
U.S
America
Hallett Book Co
Portland
T. C. Stanley
Ogier
H. Hallert & Co
Peartland
N. Y. Ry. Co
Nno
Blue Bell C. & M
Junction Point Pleasant
Hartford
Senecaville,Morgan
F. M. Atkinson
Pitstuna,Gisinnal
St Louiso
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Cincinnati Express
Rn Express Mail Express
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Indianapolis
Mast
West
Central Standard Time
W. H. Kipp
James McCrea
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Patrick Cantwell
Thomaston
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