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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1878
Page
12
A Cheyenne dated front reports the House passed the Matthews silver resolution. It mentions Pacific railroad lobbying, the Russian Baltic fleet's movements, and U.S. fiscal outlays for the coming year. It also covers British Turkish armistice chatter, Mormon politics, and a dangerous Weather Service expedition on Mount Washington with a near-fatal slide.
An elderly Chili farmer, fond of fishing, hunts with his son. After scolding for disobeying chores, he spots the boy fishing and calls him out. The boy quips he has a bite as the father helps land a perch, easing the anger with a successful catch. Rochester Sunday Herald.
The Canada of the National line arrived at pier 51 North River January 20 after leaving London January 8. Captain Thomas Crapo and wife recount the 1900s Atlantic trip in a whaleboat schooner with legal-mutton sails. The New Bedford voyage began with a meeting and gifts for luck, described with details of the vessel and rig. The crew hoisted an American ensign and burgee, and a May 28 start from New Bedford was marked by cheers and salutes at Roach's Wharf.
Captain Crapo recounts a perilous voyage from New Bedford to New York aboard the Newland bound Amphitrite. He details near-starvation risks, long watches, whale shoals, and help from passing ships including provisions and wine. The journey ends near Scilly and Land's End with a successful landing.
The Michigan Central shops at Jackson, Michigan claim two engines were fully assembled and started within just under three hours from the boiler’s arrival. Two gangs of fourteen men, under the master mechanic and his aides, built and tested the engines who then pulled a train of jubilant workers over seventy six miles without engine trouble. If a faster feat exists, it has yet to be seen.
The Elmira Gazette reports a recent Port Jervis yard accident where a throttle valve broke, making an engine uncontrollable at thirty miles an hour. It collided with oil cars, stopped by a blockade, causing no injuries though raising concerns about rail safety and possible remedies.
A Portsmouth man traveling east last week grabbed a woman on a train as it sped away fifty miles per hour. He chased the woman, worried wife on the platform, and a hysterical passenger cried Save me. The conductor ejected him, the brakeman tossed him into a ditch, and the sheriff handcuffed him before he reached town. Home, he found his partner with his wife, confessing others loved her more than he did. He vows to walk next time.
The Cabinet ordains resumption of coinage of the trade dollar at the Philadelphia mint. Reports note political maneuvering over silver, a pending measure for remonetization, and related debates in Congress and the administration.
The Chicago whisky market remains unchanged. An insurrection erupts in the District of Armyros Thessaly. Nicanor Troncoso Co. of Tavana fails with heavy liabilities. In New York harbor there are 51 ships 79 brigs 236 barks and 193 schooners. Turks attack Thesalian insurgents on Mount Pelion and are repulsed. A malt house and several shops burned in Mason Ohio causing 40000 dollars in losses. A fire at Indianapolis damages the foundry of Sinker Davis Co for 16000 dollars fully insured. Boucicault’s Dead Secret staged at Fifth Avenue New York last night not well received. German papers report that J and...
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