President announces numerous federal appointments and actions
The President named E A Bigler and others to federal posts including chief justice in New Mexico and district attorney in South Carolina. Navy builds a temporary hospital on Widows Island. mints may buy mutilated coins at ninety eight cents per ounce. a new Board of Fortifications is formed with Endicott at the helm.
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E. A. Bigler
Internal Revenue
Twenty-third
Pennsylvania
William A. Vincent
New Mexico
Leroy L. Youmans
South Carolina
Francis H. West
Wisconsin
Christopher L. Williams
Iowa
Secretary of the Navy
Widows Island
Penobscot Bay
United States
Board of Fortifications
Congress
William C. Endicott
L.vy. Benet
John Newton
Henry L. Abbott
Charles S. Smith
W. Sampson
F. Goodrich
J. Morgan, Jr
Erastus Corning
John M. Wilson
Corps of Engineers
District of Columbia
A. F. Rockwell
Richard Nevins, Jr
Pittsburgh
Charles B. Staples
Richard T. Rundlett
Wiscasset
Maine
Richard F. Dodge
Salem
Massachusetts
General Rosecrans
Treasury
San Francisco
Mississippi River Commission
Multi-Item November Notes From Lawful Papers
Fire at midnight in Lawrenceville Pennsylvania destroys three frame dwellings causing eight thousand dollars in losses. Occupant Mrs. Bender leaped from a second story window, severely injuring herself. Yale College nominating ballots list William M. Evarts for long term, Mason Young and W. W. Farnam for short term. Theological Seminary of New York marks fortieth anniversary with favorable alumni reports and new president Rev. Allen Wriehl. Iron manufacturers propose wage cuts near ten percent with a binding-optional clause, prompting talk of a possible early strike. Hartford congress and Croton water concerns noted. A deadly throat swelling disease reported in Schoharie County. Wendell Phillips estate value revised to eight thousand three hundred sixty-two dollars due to mining stock losses. Union League Club of New York endorses Republican turnout. Jane Holmes will distributes charities through bequests. Miners trapped at North Ashland colliery remain unrecovered as of the 15th. Colonel Charles J. Murphy volunteers to Plymouth relief efforts. Williams College graduates Henry and James A. Garfield to speak at Commencement. Nitro-glycerine explosion kills Dr T Beach at Somerset chemical works amid eight building collapse. US business failures wrap up weekly report.
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Lawrenceville
Itn
Theological Seminary of
New York
Allen Wriehl
Arthur
Mitchell
Baird
Michael Head
Amalgamated Association
Congress of
Chute Hartford
Conn
Health Board of
New York C
Edson
Ennis
Charles Scale
St. Iy
Taylor and Martin
Plymouth
Seward
Schoharie County
Wendell Phillips
Phillips
Union League Club
New York City
Republican Party
Jane Holmes
Pittsburgh
Ashland
Charles J. Murphy
Brooklyn
N. Y
New Orleans
Peninsula
Garfield Boys
Henry Ard James A
Williams College
Somerset
T. Beach
United States
David Wilson
Ohio Penitentiary
Necro Atkinson
St. Clair County
Ala
Calera
Scipio
Ohio Voters’ Union
Columbus
Mills Gardner
Voters’ Union
Lemont
McCormack Reaper Company
Chicago
Cincinnati
Lth
Kansas City
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland
William Allen Story
Charles Atchley
Afton
Clermont County
Nebraska
Darlington
Ind
Flo Frize
Arkansas
Sentinel Butte
Montana
A. B. Burrows
W. C. Ruggles
Cadwell
J. R. Smith
Frazier
Woodbury
Laubie
Circuit Court
Trumbull County
Warren
Louis Webster
Jefferson
Ashtabula County
Canfield
Pocahontas
Tazewell County
W. Va
Tallulah Falls
Talmage
Job
Eliphar
Bildad
Zophar
Naboth
Herod
Paul
Manassah
Juda
Calla Lity
Michael
Caligula
Broadway
Hudson
East River
Christendom
God
Mount Washington
Himalayas
Congress
Department of Public Works
New City
Washington
London
Multiple national incidents and trials draw late 19th century attention
A diverse set of reports covers a prisoner near death after self harm in Ohio, lynching and racial violence in Alabama, a planned Ohio Voters' Union convention, wheat and hog market updates, a runaway suspect seeking a civil suit, and various local disasters. Additional notes mention quarry strikes, cattle quarantines, a potential new trial for Louis Webster, and a poisoning incident in Georgia.
Global dispatches and political shifts noted abroad
News from Cairo and London covers Gladstone abandoning the Soudan campaign, Russian Afghan frontier actions, and a harsh opposition attack on Lord Granville. Riel’s movements in the Northwest prompt rebel gains, Middleton’s forces gain, Pendleton arrives in Berlin as the new U.S. minister, and a revised Old Testament edition draws praise with some objections.
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Liverpool
St. Petersburg
Komaroff
Kushk
Cairo
London Times
Stn
Lord Randolph Churchill
House of Commons
Lord Granville
Lord Churchill
London Standard
Riel
Middleton
Ion
George H. Pendleton
United States
Germany
Berlin
London
Storms Roil Hungary Roumania Wreck Crops Kill People
Reports describe violent storms across Hungary and Roumania with heavy snow and hail destroying vineyards and farms. Numerous fatalities are noted as storms ripple through the region.
Why the Wicked Live and the Delayed Doom
Dr. Talmage argues God delays doom to show long-suffering patience while permitting wickedness to rise publicly, so sin is confronted and justice is climactically evident. He cites Job, famous sinners, and historic figures to illustrate divine restraint guiding humanity toward repentance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Talmage
Job
God
Desperate Escapee Hid Inlaw Penitentiary Shackles Revealed
A Georgia town mourned a young man who married into a prominent family. After his death an undertaker found prison shackles on his ankles. A detective linked the shackles to a penitentiary escapee with a reward. The wife’s family kept faith with his memory.
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Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
State Quo Misunderstood in Austin Banter
In an Austin restaurant Gilhooly and Gus De Smith discuss the war in Europe. The witty exchange centers on the phrase statu quo with a bystander quipping about the location of the State. The scene captures local humor amid international tensions.
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Texas Sistings
Gilhooly
Gus de Smith
Austin
Europe
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Cambridge
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Cosgrave
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Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
J. B. Taylor
J. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
Physicians and Surgeons
L. C. Wells, M. D
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Taylor
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Wall's Drug Store
Aplo
WM. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence He Meal
National Medical Dispersary
Washington, D. Cc
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Apply Sty
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Pine Street
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Marble and Granite Works
Lambert Thomas
F. Harper
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John Moss
City Hall
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Boots & Shoes
William Ogier
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Abie
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Cumberland
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Prop
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Zanesville, Ohio
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J. WW. Lippincott
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Gary
Washington, Ohio
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Prop’r
Globe House
James Canady, Prop’r
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H.H. Veitch
America
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Owatonna
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Lake Providence
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Minneapolis
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Foreign Intelligence
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Lamar
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William H. Stinson
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George Campbell
Virginia
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Austin Ross
Illinois
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Satan
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Earth
Hell
Charles O’conor
Blackwell’ Island
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William the Conqueror
France
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Hastings
England
William
Abaddon
David
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Heaven
Far West
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