Washington Action and Senate Nominations Report
Washington dispatches summarize land office order expanding homestead entries for soldiers, plus a string of Senate confirmations for federal posts including land office and Indian Territory appointments. Also covered are Grover charges, election committee actions, and remarks on Hayes Sherman's dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Land Office
Chandler
the Department
Senate
Thos. B. Mcfarland
Register of the Land Office
Sacramento
Thomas R. Cummings
Montana
Idaho
Wm. D. Hare
Oregon
Hiram W. Jones
Quapaw Agency
Indian Territory
Kiowa and Comanche Agency
Jas. C. Fullerton
Roseburg
Hart Fellows
George S. Boutwell
U. S
Illinois
Mr. Stillwell
Stillwell
Hayes
Sherman
Friendly Sons of Ireland
Thomas Kinsella
Brooklyn Eagle
Wm. Keegan
Congressional
Mitchell
Grover
Saulsbury
Elections Committee
Fourth Judicial District of
Monetary Committee
Frederick Douglas
U. 8
District of Columbia
Henry Fink
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Deadwood Driftings of Black Hills Miners and Mines
Debris from Deadwood area mining notes highlights new strikes at Jacobs Patterson Co near Virginia City and many lodes in Slaughter House gulch Ophir Hill Bear Butte Creek and Bobtail gulch. Reports detail ore depth ton values shaft progress and upcoming mill operations. New Montana District stampede forms with rapid claim lays and local governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Slaughter House Gulch
Manuel Brothers
Clara Mill
Bobtail Gulch
Messrs
King & Jones
Lead City
Philadelphia Smelting Company
Virginia City
Bear Butte Creek
Ophir Hill
Jones, Mallory & Young
Racine Company
Sills
Murphy, Grace, Finnerty & Adams
Messrs. Collins & Senieurite
Bear Butte
Wooley
Luella
Aurora
Deitrich& Tut- Faia
Gayville
Nevada Creek
Deadwood
Discovery
Thomas H. Carr
Guyville
Montana
President Hayes Handshake Echoes Colfax Grace and Zeal
Observers compare Hayes to Colfax, noting his earnest shaking of hands with grace and ease, as he meets and interacts with supporters, projecting vigor and sincerity in the public manner that recalls earlier political gestures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Scranton
McKeene
President Hayes
Colfax
Court Martial at Fort Hall Idaho in 1877
Four general court martial members are appointed to meet at Fort Mall Idaho on March 27 1877 or soon thereafter for the trial of prisoners. The court detail includes Lt Col Albert G Brackett Maj Montgomery Bryant Capt David Krause Capt Frederick Meirs Capt Samuel McConibe First Lt Thomas B Briggs Second Lt James N Allison Second Lt Joseph Wall and the judge advocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hall
Idaho
Fort Mall
Lient
Albert G. Brackett
Second Cavalry
Montgomery Bryant
Fourteenth Infantry
David Krause
Frederick Meirs
Ninth Infantry
Samuel McConibe
Thomas B. Briggs
James N. Allison
Joseph Wall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Telegraphic
DER
Chicago
Jacob Rhein
Emory Storrs
Storrs
Rehm
Stephen
Jones
Religio-Philosopherl Journal
Fourth Avenue
W. G C. Pike
Pike
Criminal Court
Northwest
W. C. Pike
New York
St. Louis
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Vanderbilt
New York Central
Lake Shore
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Jackson & Great Western Railway
New Orleans
Dlinois Central
Louisiana
United States
Nicholls Party
Dink Grave
Mare
Iglesias
Mexican Republic
Mexico
Diaz
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Republic
Tehuantepec
Kinyan
Produce Exchange
Gould H. Thorp
Boston
New Brunswick
Walling
Peter B. Sweeney
Boss Tweed
Sweeney
Tweed
St. Francis Xavier’s Church
Margaret Kelly
Ashtabula
Victor Bennett
Brooklyn
Kentucky
Covington
Joe Goss
Louisville
Lancaster
G. C. Kennedy
Kansas
Leavenworth
Caddo
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Donelly
California
Chico
Butte County
Secretary of the Navy
Mazatlan
Keefer Rancho
Sierra Flame Company
the Post
Comstock Lode
Consolidated Virginia
Best & Belcher
Gould & Curry
Hale Norcross
Savage
Wale & Norcross
Bonanza
Dubuque
Clayton
Tong
Indiana
Indianapolis
Hunter’s
Worthington
Ind
A. Vanderventer
Jas. Hunter
John Wilkie
John Speirs
G. W. Bender
George Ray
Wm. Hunter
David Hunter
A. M. Hamilton
Henry Saryer
Jacob Brubaker
John Brubaker
Alfred Hunter
A. Tash
Geo. W. Bender
Wm. Bland
Geo. Hunter
Berlin
von Stouch
5. C. Bartlett
Dartmouth College
Beck & Stone
Pork Packers
Hagerstown
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Bank of England
Coffey
Blacklock
Eben Ward
Detroit
Gen. McClellan
Gov. Garland
Arkansas
Sofias
Constantinople
Midhat Pasha
Kas
Oliver Ames
Taunton
Mass
Hunter Bros
Memphis
St. Patrick’s City
Bismarck
Thomas Ogara
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Charleston
St. Patrick’s
Jim White
Stockel
Union Ridge
Tenn
Cardman
Lewis Price
Henry J. Tiffin
Montreal
Tiffin Bros
Tiffin
Decastro Syrup Co
Frank Hall
Tall
O’conner Power
Aiken
Nelson Brown
Lucius Thomas
Adam Johnston
John Henry Denis
Stephen Anderson
Hampton
Helen
I. L. Ames
Frederick
Black Hills Placers
Jacobs, Patterson & Co
Caledonia
Lynch, O'Neal
Hefferman
High Lode
Hopkins
Schwab
Judge Murphy
Racine Mining Company
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