News of the Week Recaps Executive and Treasury Actions
A late session bill requires Postmaster salaries readjustment with no funding yet. President Arthur appoints George R. Sage as U.S. Judge and suspends Montana Justice Conger. Plans for a May West trip include Yellowstone Park. Land Office opens homestead entries for Arkansas rail grant lands. Multiple federal appointments are announced across Internal Revenue, Land Office, Consulates, and Customhouses. A Treasury forecast shows 1883 fiscal year revenues at 405 million dollars, with customs, internal revenue, and miscellaneous sources detailed.
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Congress
Postoffice Department
George R. Sage
United States
Ohio
William White
Arthur
Everton J. Conger
Territory
Montana
Yellowstone Park
Pacific Coast
General Land Office
Arkansas
Little Rock
Fort Smith
James N. Stowe
Internal Revenue
Michigan
Trowbridge
A. L. Patehin
Register of Land Office
Oberlin
Kansas
T. N. Cavanaugh
John W. Wadsworth
Saltillo
Mexico
John L. Parish
Ofllinois
Chemnitz
Saxony
James D. Bowie
Petersburg
Henry D. B. Clay
Yorktown
Joseph Chandler
Yankton, Dak
Alexander Humphreys
Treasury Department
Washington
Private bankers suspend payment in New Brighton
R. E. and H. Hoorris a private banking firm in New Brighton Pa suspended payment on the 20th. The failure is blamed on bad investments with liabilities estimated between £60600 and 270000 and assets not over 49000. The firm had operated for twenty five years.
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R. E. & H. Hoorris
New Brighton
Joan Kane
Molly Maguires
Fayete County
F. C. Keighly
Youngstown
Uniontown
Kane
Keighly
N. J
Charley
William Haworth
Pennsylvania
Senate
Twe
Naugatuck Machine Company
Union City
Conn
Burgundia
Marseilles
John Howard Payne
New York
City Hall
Washington
Oak Hill Cemetery
Herbert Eaton
Joseph
Samuel Kelley
Calais
Parker Colliery
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lost Creek
Shenandoah
Martin Toohey
John Murray
William McAndrew
James Litchman
William Litchman
Litchmans
Canpiinal McCloskey
New York City
Charles Loehner
Indianapolis
le Moyffe
Little Washington
Duartes Nt
GyoreGer
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Joan G. Carr
Inman Steamship Company
Regional totals show week over week reductions
A reduction of thirty from the prior week is reported across regions with New England States 17, Middle 39, Western 57, Southern 28, Pacific States and Territories 12, New York City 8, and Canada 24.
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New England States
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States and Territories
New York City
Canada
Missouri and national events mix in late April notices
The notice item reviews cuts to internal revenue offices saving about $56,000 yearly, plus obituaries for Isaac DeLano and Rear Admiral Turner. It reports fires in Easton and Greenville, a ship launch in Philadelphia, a courtroom fire in Bond County, and Irish American convention plans for Philadelphia on April 23 with delegate rules.
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Internal Revenue
Ohio
Isaac DeLano
James 8. Delano
Pittsburgh
Archibald
Beasley
Brunswick
Missouri
Jie
Patrick Eagan
National Land League
James Mooney
Irish-American
Ohio Senate and House Pass and Defeat Measures
The Ohio Senate and House report a sequence of bills acted March 14 to 21. Key actions include amendments on municipal bonds signatures and probate appeals, state debt payments, funding for insane asylums annexes, and local education bills defeated. Subsequent sessions address Seitz law revisions and officer oath requirements, canal repairs funding, oil and railroad investigations, prison reform proposals, and juror selection changes. The period closes with multiple bills advancing on school enumeration, court indexing, indigent defense, water contracts, and jury reform.
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Senate
Probate
Common Pleas Court
Brooks
Columbus
Cleveland
Dayton
Athens
White
House
Hollingsworth
Seitz
Messrs. Kinney, Perkins and Jones
Conference
Kinney
Huse
Negley
Committee On
Railroads and Telegraphs
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
O’cock
Nichards
Boys’ Reform School
Ohio Industrial School
Common Pleas
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
General Assembly
Norton
Toledo
Board of Control
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Jones
Pearson
Judge of Common Pleas
Hadley
Woman Designs Last Invented Fire Escape at Gramercy Park
The Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City tests a female designed fire escape a spacious canvas tunnel attached to a window at one end and reaching the ground at the other. A person using it jumps into the tunnel and lands at the bottom safely though flustered by the unusual setup.
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Gramercy Park
New York City
Christian Union
Smiles on postal card use and libel coin proposal
The Philadelphia Press urges postal cards only for information fit to shout across the street. Samuel Smiles argues lost wealth is replaced by industry, knowledge by study, health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever. The Rochester Express calls for a new six cent coin for newspaper men sued for libel.
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F. J. Cheney
Adams Street
Toledo
Ohio
John R. Downar
Cambridge
Philadelphia Press
Samuel Smiles
Rochester
N. Y
Cleveland's census shows faith and schools counts
Cleveland's new census reports 194,509 residents worshiping across 139 churches and educated in 48 public and 42 private schools, according to the Cleveland Leader.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Leader
Raising Hogs Cheaply for Southern and Northern Climates
The article compares hog-keeping practices across regions, noting two-year finishes in the South with forage-based feeding and limited corn use, and Northern methods that rely on kitchen scraps and a controlled ration. It highlights forage crops like red clover and orchard grass, artichokes, chufas, and peas for year‑round feeding, plus ensilage and mixed rations to cut corn reliance. It discusses regional differences in living space, labor, and fuel costs, and suggests adaptable strategies to keep hogs healthy and profitable with minimal grain input.
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South
New England States
Canada
West
Chicago Times
Organs Attract Praise From London Masters And Queens Hall
Dr John Stainer of St Pauls Cathedral applauds American organ makers for Mason Hamlin instruments. London notes report Queen Victoria buying a Mason Hamlin organ and Westminster Abbey plans to feature one with full orchestra for Gounods Redemption. Also covered are prior uses in Brooklyn and upcoming Philadelphia performances. A Stockton inmate chained to a post for refusing work, and a Bay View Virginia chestnut tree bearing nuts yearly for a century, are noted.
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John Stainer
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Mason & Hamlin
Messrs
Ditson & Co
Messrs. Mason & Hamlin
Queen Victoria
Westminster Abbey
Westminster
Dr. Bridge
Philharmonic Society of
Brooklyn
N. Y
Theodore
Wit and Wisdom Bits and Jests from Historic Newspapers
A collage of quotes and quips: jokes on love learning law and weather from 19th and early 20th century papers. Humorous snippets reference Harvard talk, wallpaper trends, bread stuffs, post office mishaps, and tongue‑twisting wind riddles. Authors include Sir Joshua Reynolds and various city papers.
Job Work and Advertising Promo Offers New Outfit
The Herald office reports a full set of the latest job material and equipment. It is ready to perform all kinds of job work with the shortest possible notice.
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South End Mill Street
Cambridge
Ohio
Norristown Herald
Hibernicus
Detroit Free Press
Wiggins
Chicago Tribune
Global counts show vast trade and population facts
A survey cites egg and poultry values at 75 million dollars yearly and Maine spruce gum sales of 125000 dollars. It notes Edison lamp factory output, pet canary seed use, New York gold finds, Quebec land sales, Clark Thread mill, British and American lawyer densities, and California macaroni production with wide distribution.
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Edison
Newark
N. J
N. VY. Sun
Ashuelot Valley
New Hampshire
New York
Herkimer
Tulton
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Saratoga
Otsego
Putnam and Rensselaer
United States
Clark Thread Company
Kearny
Passaic
New York State
Great Britain
America
Albany
California
Sacremento
Rocky Mountains
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Mexico
Australia
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China
Sandwich
South Sea Islands
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Siberia
San Francisco Chronicle
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