Weekly Leader Supplement Highlights 1879 Oddities
A miscellany notes Butler silence, Fitz John Porter case near end, fashionable ladies in New York turn to opium, attempts at revolutions in Central America, and Texans pushing for four more states. Also mentions a Gotha cremation chapel, British progress in Afghanistan, papal stance on Archbishop Purcell, and curious anecdotes on women, crime in Texas, Col Dwight life insurance, Canadian knighthoods, Liberian emigration, etheric force, a rumored Union journal, Paris Tuileries ruin debates, and a long lived Washington body servant rumored at 149 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso
Kentucky
Ben, Burner
Massachusetts
Gotha
Germany
Afganistan
Purcell
Cincinnati
Texas
Col. Dwight
Binghampton
N. Y
Imts
Canada
South Carolina
Epison
Edison
New York
Theodore Beecher
Henry Ward Tilton
Jre-Union
Moulton
Bessie Turner
Elizabeth T
Paris
the Tuileries
Danton
Camille Desmoulins
Tuileries Gardens
Washington
Maryland
Palestine dream of Jewish colonization doomed in history
The author argues against a plan to move all Hebrews to Palestine, noting European Jewish leaders and Disraeli’s patronage, and contends most Jews are firmly rooted in Europe and America. He compares this to failed attempts at colonization in Africa and dismisses Palestine as an asylum only for the oppressed, not a fertile homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Europe
Benjamin Disraeli
Earl of
America
Africa
United States
Daniel Deronda
George Eliot
Earth
Electoral Bills Debate and Updates From Washington
The House committee on elections reports against the Edmunds bill and backs Southard’s. Southard’s plan keeps presidential voting in November with three electoral returns and strengthens state judiciary authority. Other proposals from Merriman and Springer exist, but Southard may be quickly considered. Also notes cover bond sales, deaths, new Maine governor Alonzo Garcelon, Chinese business presence in San Francisco, and other international items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Elections
Senate
Southard
House
Edmunds
House Committee
Senator Edmunds
Congress
Merriman
Springer
Aging Man Reaches Spry Milestone Amid Media Scrutiny
A witty correspondent notes the subject grows older at seven months per year, joking he may reach 150 before papers bury him again for the nineteenth time as headlines grow dull.
Beauty in distress over Patti and Nicolini marriage
A distorted portrait describes the opera star Patti suffering a severe injury to her voice lines and facing possible amputation. It mocks her marriage to Nicolini a sailer like toothless jealous man, suggesting public gossip misidentifies her secret lover and predicting decline in beauty and career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicolini
Fatti
Patti
Adonis
Banning Expected to Win Ohio Governorship Nomination
The Denver Democrat argues Hon. N. B. Banning will secure the Democratic nomination for Ohio governor, though doubts linger about his strength and past congress renomination defeat. If nominating equals election, A. G. Thurman would be favored for the state ticket and national prospects, but Ohio’s Republican lean is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Banning
House of Representatives
Ohio
Denver
Banning
Congress
A. G. Thurman
Thurman
Longstreet and rivals of Reconstruction Era
The piece argues Gen. Longstreet, once a top Confederate officer, was ignored by Southern citizens for accepting Reconstruction and the oath. It contrasts him with Will, Gordon, and Hampton, who became U.S. senators while holding bitterness toward postwar policies. Longstreet is described as a Gainesville Georgia postmaster, while the others sit in federal leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longstreet
Will
Gordon
Wampton
United State
Gainesville
Council of the Nation
King Slambert at Custozzi 1866 Crown Prince in White Buckskin
The article recalls the crown prince's role in the June 1866 Custozzi battle. He wore white buckskin and led charges against Austrian cavalry, urging his regiment to hold firm as Uhlans closed in. The regiment formed a protective square and repelled assaults with bayonets and steady aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slambert
Custozzi
Italy
Ile
Next Congress to Meet in December Says Bee
The article notes confusion over when the next congress will convene. It argues the next session starts in December, not February, and that Hayes administration appointments will occur during the current session. It blames a bungle by a compositor for the Bee’s misstatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Bee
Postal Card Experiment Wears Thin With Mail Delays
The writer notes the tediousness of sending international postal cards and letters to test journey times. Postmasters, asked to add stamps and reroute missives, may consider the experiment done. Those who persist may not hear from their cards again.
Rumors of jail escape at Kearney as prisoners moved
Cheyenne reports rumors that herders may try to liberate Olive and party from Kearney jail where they are charged with arson at Ketchum and Mitchell. Prisoners will be moved for safety. Richards, confessing to six murders, grows violent and threatens more. Jack Knowlan, gambler, shot Mexican Joe at Sidney. Knowlan arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Jan
Olive
Kearney
Ketchum
Mitchell
Richards
Jack Knowlan
Joe
Sidney
Knowlan
Representative Hartridge dies of pneumonia in Washington
Washington reports the death of Georgia representative Julian Hartridge from pneumonia this morning. The Savannah native served as a Confederate Army member, a Confederate congress member, presidential elector, and as a Democrat in the Fortieth and Fortieth-Fifth Congresses. Multiple other national notes follow including opposition to a military reorganization bill and a Utah bigamy ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hartridge
Georgia
Julian Hartridge
Savannah
Charleston
Confederate Congress
Ben. Butler
Providence Tool Company
Cannon
Utah
Supreme Court
Waite
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah
Biddle
Philadelphia
Congress
Tield
California Notes On O'Brien Family and Local Business
A party claiming to be P S O'Brien his wife and daughter are registered at the Baldwin hotel. They claim O'Brien is a brother of the late W B O'Brien of a bonanza firm, though locals insist he had one brother who died in Baltimore in 1861 or 62. Spooner Colling, car wheel and pig iron dealers, assigned to Chas F Joy of Harris Joy. The rest reports mail from New York Central and a revenue cutter seeking handkerchief smugglers.
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Buasius Pastoricus
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
United States
Germany
Jeteis
London
Die Lanterne
Brussels
France
Gambetta
Wforesaid
Freon
England
Alice
Beaconsfield
Mr. Gladstone. Ie
Mr. Gladstone
Tyre Fort Benton
Sitting Bull
Caleb Casino
United States Supreme Court
Grant
Senate
Davis
Williams
Cushing
Brazil
Dom Pedro
Tilton
Gaines
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Apelina Parti
San Francisco
P. S. O’brien
Baldwin Hotel
O’brien
W. 8. O’brien
Baltimore
St. Louis
Spooner & Colling
Chas, F. Joy
Harris & Joy
New York
New York Central Railroad
Providence
R. I
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Butler
Fitz John Porter
Sherman
Emperor Whittiam
J. B. McEgan
Utah Territory
Salt Lake City
Long John Wentworth
Chicago Times
Story
Alonzo Garcelon
Maine
Dean Stanley
Beverly Douglas
Telegraphic
Nebraska
Stubbins
Tete Vor
Stebbins
Col
Moorornde
W. R.stebbins
Atchison, Kansas
Key Post
Wyoming
Stebbins, Post & Co
Cheyenne, Wyo
Buiding
West
Black Hills
J. W. Jillich
Ate
Atchison National Bank
G. H. & J. & Collins
Ceather
California
Ir. Wagner
Carey Block
Simmons
17Th St., Near
Thames
A, Slmmons
Prop
Denver Pacific Railway
South and East
Taauing
Denver, Colorado
Kansas City
Points East
Colorado Springs, Pueblo
Chicago
San Juan Mining Country
Pointe
New Mexico
NEW Depot
Inter Ove
J.t.griffin
CD. F. Carmiciare
J. P. Fasnbaugti
Wyo
W. Jantly
C. Walker
York
Gary Pany
New
Yi Electric
Sentati
Eaton
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