The Horse In Literature Aerial of Myth and History
A reflective essay surveys the horse’s role in natural history myth and classic poetry. It traces equine presence from Central Asia to Homer Virgil Milton and Norse myth, noting legendary steeds, prophetic speech, and the horse as cultural symbol across civilizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Asia
Féirleas
Paradise
Cuvier
Linnaeus
Owen
Neptune
Pelicon
Greece
Rome
Pegasus
Helicon
Homer
Virgil
Milton
Downey
Tasso
Dante
Camoens
Achilles
Xanthus
Bating
Euphorbus
Sarpedon
Diomedes
Anchilas
Laomedon
Patroclus
Phaeton
Hippolytus
Glaeus
Bishop Butler
Odin
Zeus
Jupiter
Sleipner
Asgard
Valhalla
Baldor
Hermod
Hell
Ulysses
Earth
Mr. Longfellow
Hiawatha
Wenonah
Erichthonius
Troy
Jehu
Nun
Budd Doble
Castor
Pollux
Cyllarus
Phlogeus
Harpagus
Mercury
Juno
Langtry
Apollo
Richard
Favord
Lyell
Washington
Old Whitey
Richard of
Gloster
Napoleon
Hotspur
Colorado News Briefs Include Rail, Tourism and Turmoil
Colorado reports show wheat at seventy five cents a bushel in Loveland and a growing tourist outlook for next year. Fort Collins to welcome Robertson and Haynes block by late next month, Pike’s Peak wagon road project with capital of thirty thousand dollars. Boulder cites high winds throwing railroad ties. Navajo Pete Colby returns to Denver preferring city life. A Boulder County woodchopper spreads fires destroying Wood’s mill and barn. County seat war between Silver Cliff and Rosita escalates with potential bloodshed. Flagstone quarries at Stout near Greeley and Salt Lake line attracting industry, 70 workers now, 100 cars behind orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Robertson & Haynes
Fort Collins
Pike’s Peak
Boulder
Pete Colby
Denver
Arizona
Boulder County
Wood
Silver Cliff
Rosita
Stout
Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad
H. B. Stout
Lincoln
Nebraska
Annie Loftus Jackson Returns After Abduction Incident
Annie Loftus Jackson, thought abducted, returned from St Louis and claimed Dr Buddington took her to the Clarence house for improper purposes but failed to wrong her. She hid her identity by posing as from St Louis and had sympathetic guests raise funds to send her back. The senate is hearing testimony on corniera in grain.
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Chicago
Annie Loftus Jackson
St. Louis
Buddington
Clarence House
Wyoming News Mixes Fort Plan and Local News
The Gazette notes a four company cavalry post to be built at Fort Washakie in Sweetwater county and reports coal output near Carbon averaging about a hundred cars daily with miners working just over half time. Laramie water woes drop morale while a carbon county Sabbath school enrolls 140 kids with 100 attending monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Washakie
Sweetwater County
Carbon
Green River
Gazette
Laramie City
Liramiegdon
Carbon Journal
M. 5
Cinta Chieftain
Pat Walsh
Rawlins
Mughee
Laramie Plains
Laramie
Bulch & Bacon
Marsh & Cooper
Ben Hills Undertaker and the Georgia Funeral Bill
A Washington dispatch reports Georgia undertaker Ben Hill faced a Senate committee at to attend his funeral expenses. The bill including 600 for a hearse and 800 for a casket sparked disbelief as Georgia officials proposed reductions. The tale ends with the undertaker borrowing funds to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South
Georgia
United States Senate
Ben Hill
New York
May Resign as Lord Lieutenant in Ireland
Dublin reports the Evening Mail says Earl Spencer will resign the lord lieutenant post when conditions in England and Ireland are more satisfactory and Lord Rosenbury is expected to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
The
Evening Mail
Earl Spencer
Lord
Miller’s Jewelry Store at Cost for Clearance
Miller offers continued sale at cost to clear his jewelry stock. He showcases many beautiful patterns and invites shoppers to save money by purchasing now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller’s
Breakfast Talk Highlights and Local Notices
A mix of brief items from the era notes a French style carrying over two miles for cherry, mule trains alongside railways in Brazil, and 18 000 children subscribing to the Longfellow memorial fund. It also mentions Christmas gifts for tenants, a critical remark about ballet girls, Charleston’s first post bombardment cotton mill near ready, and a Sioux girl called Black Eyed Sioux. Pointedly, Hamilton Disston & Co. plans 1700 employees get turkeys weighing no less than fourteen pounds each, with total weight above 23 000 pounds and about 5000 dollars in gifts. A bird fancier offers a canary taming method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Longfellow Memorial Fund
London
Boston Post
Charleston
Pittsburg
Hamilton Disston & Co
Philadelphia
Crystal Mountain Mines Feed Loveland Fever in 1880s Rockies
In Loveland and Crystal Mountain area miners surge to new camps as reports praise rich ore assays. Goodwin and partners reportedly paid $1 500 for a mine, with ore yielding up to 350 ounces of silver per ton. Cattle move from Old Mexico as stockmen plan winter ranges amid wool market caution. Texas quarries calls for state vet action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
Cheyenne
Crystal Mountain
Loveland
Boulder
Fort Collins Express
Goodwin
Crystal Mountain Lode
State School of Mines
Leadville
Salt Lake
Rocky Mountain
Vaset
Personal Telegraph News and Remarks
The emperor of Germany, confined to his room by a cold, shows improvement. Herr Most arrives in New York to applause from socialists. A New York petroleum exchange opened with five hundred seats sold. Whittier marks his birthday in Boston and jokes about aging and New England weather. He notes little literary work this winter and recounts tokens of the occasion, including gifts from England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Herr Most
New York
Whittier
Boston
New England
New
England
Railroad Officers Meet to Discuss Division of Business
New York December 17. C C Wheeler general manager Atchison Topeka Santa Fe W T Hoxie vice president Missouri Pacific and southwestern connections J Kimball Union Pacific General Freight Agent Stubbs Central and Southern Pacific Vice President Hayes Gould southern roads and Dillon president Union Pacific attend an executive session at the Windsor to day discussing the division of business. It is very unlikely any agreement will be reached and the present state of affairs will continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. C. Wheeler
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
W. T Hoxie
Missouri Pacific and
Southwestern Connections
J. Kimball
Union Pacific
Stubbs
Central and Southern Pacific
Hayes
Gould Southern Roads
Dillon
Windsor
Nebraska Senate Race Shapes Omaha Politicians
Omaha figure John A. McShane returns after election to discuss the U S Senate contest. James E. Boyd, mayor and pork packer, leads Democratic hopes while Ezra Willard faces anti monopoly opposition. Gen. Cowan and Gen. Henderson are less favored amid a GOP House and Democratic Senate balance. The anti monopolists hold power and oppose railroad candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. McShane
Omaha
Nebraska State Senate
McShane
Nebraska
MacShane
United States
Saunders
James E. Boyd
Boyd
United States Senate
Ezra Willard
Cowan
Gen
Menderson
Senate
Sweetwater Debt Row Spurs Tax and Warrant Action
The Sweetwater Gazette reports a restraining order against L. Vickery, Sweetwater County treasurer, barring payments on warrants issued since March 9, 1882. Legislation allows a new eight mill tax to retire preexisting warrants and lowers interest to 8 percent, aiding the Union Pacific Railway as the county’s main taxpayer amid heavy floating debt and perceived misgovernance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetwater
Sweetwater Gazette
Union Pacific Railway Company
Sweetwater County
Military Assignments And Attendance At Forts Omaha Douglas Russell
Military notices assign Gustave Olsson and Thomas Jenkins to the 4th Infantry Frank Turk and Edward Evans to Light Battery D 5th artillery. An officer will discharge duties of post quartermaster at Fort Douglass during Lt Charles G Penney’s absence. Recruit Frank Dayton from Fort D A Russell is assigned to company A 7th Infantry. Lt Frank Michler of the 5th cavalry is granted one month leave. Recruit Albert E Watson from Fort Douglas is assigned to company N 6th infantry. Lt Charles R Noyes with 40 recruits sets out from Fort Russell to Fort McKinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Omaha
Nebraska
Gustave Olsson
Thomas Jenkins
Frank Turk
Edward Evans
Fort Douglas
Utah
Fort Douglass
Charles G. Penney
6Th Infantry
Ogden
Charles A. H. McCauley
Frank Dayton
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyoming
7Th Infantry
Frank Michler
5Th Cavalry
Albert E. Watson
Charles R. Noyes
9Th Infantry
Fort Russell
Fort McKinney
The Annual Explosion at Mountain View
The Loflin and Rounds powder works at Mountain View near Patterson New Jersey exploded this afternoon killing three men. The blast shook several buildings in Patterson. A letter from Mrs A M Rankin of Indianapolis endorses Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription citing its success with ladies.
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Patterson
N. J
Loflin & Rounds
Mountain View
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
New York
A. M, Rankin
Bates Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Teresa Sturla Plans Brave Stand After Trial
In Chicago on December 16 Teresa Sturla the convicted murderess told county commissioners during a jail visit she plans to be brave and accepts the verdict while aiming to live with Mrs Black and teach music or find an honest livelihood. She said she will not return to crime. The appeal for medical advice appears in the ad for the World's Dispensary Medical Association offering treatments for nervous debility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Teresa Sturla
Mra. Black
Sherman to relinquish active army command next fall
General William T. Sherman plans to give up his active command of the army in the coming fall, handing over duties as part of a planned transition. He will remain a senior officer and adviser in other military capacities.
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Sherman
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Kate
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Cornera
Grain
Burg
Jim Ross
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Nile
Undertaker
Old Mexico
Texas
Texas Live Stock Journal
Drovers’ Journal
Telegraph
Senator Saunders
Corlett
Ryt
Ofa
Lee
Tae
Tyemir
Bhoulde
Ade
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
ROT Rage
Westbourne
Loneville
N. B
Rine
Pegiss
Express
Cardman Courier-Journal
Loulsville
TuThitat
Wight
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