Political conventions and colored citizen issues in Tennessee
A Nashville based report describes a radical mass convention to nominate for high offices, noting nominations for Chancellor and Criminal Judge, while criticizing the old and new citizen issue. It reports on a chaotic convention, violence tempered by restraint, and the election date set for January 4. The piece also discusses the legislature, a Frierson bill on elective franchise for colored men, and the idea of a colored party, warning against factionalism and urging equal justice. It mentions the Tennessee & Pacific Railroad, state aid, and weather and business dullness.
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M. M. Ken
Eugene Carey
Davilson County
Kien
Te Olio
Umon
House of Representees
Smith
Frierson
United 6
J. EB. Blount
Stewart
Trammell
Blount
Georgia
Fpeecu
Stewart County
Ponts
Cme
Biount
New England
Kia
Mr. Blount
Orris
Kentucky
Seceesionville
Louisville
Bascom
Garretstown
Bascom’s
Hevin
Johnson
Deekin Pogram
Joe Bigler
Capt. McPelter
C.S. A
Congress
Deekin
Joseph
Pennibacker
Jovyel
New Gersey
Garrettstown
Jaffin
A. Johnson
Follerin
Alluz
Indiana Court Proceedings Report from Williamsport
A Williamsport report from December 22 details a State versus Lane case in which a continuance was sought to secure absent witnesses and prove character. Crow and Briggs, friends of Lane, are mentioned as allies. Lane’s insanity plea and jail deposition are described, with the jury impaneled Thursday and testimony taken Friday.
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Willliamsport
Erecord
Ina
Briggs & Lane
Rmedijere
Bijtler
Crawfordsville
McCabe
Plage
Crow
Briggs
Jess
Tengerneas
Lafayette
Lane
Mar
Yee
Fternoon
Argueol. de Hart
Col. Thompson
Jo Cowan
U. S
Cincinnati Gazette
United States Court of
United States
8. L. Chaffee
Cincinnati
Williams
Roper
M. W. Pasarman
Costello and Seres Involved In Veiled Legal Dispute
Fragmentary OCR text references William Costello and Hamad Seres in a legal context with mentions of an IRs Attorney, a twelve year term, and a vague “feast of reason.” The garbled lines suggest a courtroom or conviction theme without clear facts. No distinct events, dates, or places are identifiable.
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William Costello
Bill
Hamad Seres
Smalley
Irs
Costello
Periggs
Vial
Warney
Turbulent Finance Debate and Unsettled National Policy
The article discusses unresolved financial policy and potential currency circulation issues, citing a December 18 1867 letter from Mr Secretary Yherman. It references Senator Mor nled and House discussions about whether to continue current paper payments and the impact on the country’s future finances. It also covers parallel reports of a collision on the Pan Handle Road, injuries, and various local news items including a desertion rumor and cyclone impacts abroad.
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House
Congress
Fyburg Chronicle
Dee
Child Burnings Case at Canaart Investigated
An extensive inquiry into the Canaart Illinois arson case links Brown and his wife to the fatal fire that killed a girl. Investigators note the locked closet and a wrapped body as key details. The couple face arson and murder charges with possible $5,000 insurance. The case unfolds amid broader regional news and disparate items.
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Canaart
I. Y
Brown
R§T Brown
Dayton
Reconstruction Convention Finance Fight Over Pay Debate
In Georgia's Reconstruction Convention a motion to reconsider the vote setting pay at $9 per diem and $4 per 20 miles failed 81 to 64. Debates centered on economy, loyalty, and conflict with federal authority as General Pope faced Rebel-backed officials resisting Reconstruction.
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Alabama
Trammell
Mr. Trammills
Edwards
H. W.M. Miller
Fulton
Atlanta
Wesley Shropshire
Kattooga
Georgia
Jnkins
Aed
United States
Convention
Gan. Pope
Jenkins and Jones
Masily
Andy Johnson
Jean. Pope
Congria
Congress
South
Washington
Wilson
Iowa
Pope
Jones
Jenkins
Gov J
Atlanta Correspondent Reports Georgia Convention Struggles
Special Correspondence from Cincinnati Gazette notes the Georgia Convention’s financial deadlock amid wartime disruption. Delegates face travel costs and lost wages. Georgia tax levies would not yield funds for months. Georgia officials split, with Johnson regime allies aiding reconstruction, while Speer’s faction resists.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Atlanta
South
Georgia Convention
State of Georgia
Commonwealth
Cole
Congress
Georgia
Alabama
Pubacap
Johnson
Ieaaly
Veroment
Operas Speer
Recon
Jones
Milledgeville
Nasby Post Orris and the Johnson impeachment tale
An 1867 diary reveals Nasby narrating the Johnson impeachment talk in Seceesionville Kentucky. The tale blends mock politics with mock reading, party faction satire, and a drunken debate on civil rights, suffrage, and allegiance in a knavery filled Kentucky gathering.
Portland Lady Prefers Philadelphia Chairs for Home
A fastidious Portland woman insisted on furnishing her house with chairs from Philadelphia, rejecting locally made articles. She procured six chairs from Philadelphia and found them to be of make.
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Portland
Maine
Philadelphia
Funeral for Angola disaster victims draws vast Buffalo crowd
The December 22 1879 Angola railroad disaster funeral drew eight to ten thousand mourners at Buffalo's New York Central depot. Delegations, city officials, railroad executives, and clergy attended as coffins were laid in St Paul's Cathedral vault before a street procession and burial service.
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Buffalo Express
Angola
New York Central Railroad
Dean Richmond
Leonard Ham
D. Knapp
Rochester
Ald
A. Crane
A. J. Wilkin
Samuel Dix
Jacob S. Gould
J. R. Vandake
W.H. Beach
Rochester Express
J. L. Beab
I. L. Hinman
Jas. Upton
Beach
B. F. Freeman
Nicholson
City of
Buffalo
Company
First Presbyterian
Unitarian
St. John’s
Washington Street Baptist
Lafayette Street
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Cook
Drs
Mater
Beas
Shelton
Cenaien
Fenehuseionateans
St. Paul's Cathedral
Union Chapel
Exchange Street
S. E. Thompson
Worcester
Mass
Norman
Wa Freeman
Norwalk
Del
Murder of Congressman Hamilton Ruled a Parental Tragedy
Marysville dispatch reports a horrific killing in Ohio when Thomas C. Hamilton aged about eighteen murdered his father Hon. Cornelius S. Hamilton, a U S Congressman, with an ax in the barn at home after weeks of suspected lunacy. He attacked his mother and two younger brothers but was restrained with a jail sentence after confessing.
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Springfield Advertiser
MarysiLus
C. Hamilton
Thomas Hamilton
C. S. Hamilton
Hamilton
Washington
Thomas
Delaware
Columbus
Mr. Hamilton
J. Hamilton
Mr. Bodkin
Toey
Richtwood
Union County
Dayton Journal
Awrence
Ohio State Journal
Marysville
Cornelius S. Hamilton
Congress
Mereoranel
Ohio
Thomas C. Hamilton
Mr. H
Father
John
John Juthrie
Wood
M.C. Lawrence
Literature and Art Gossip of Recent Publications
A survey of forthcoming books and notices in letters and art. Mise Jean Ingelow, George Macdonald, Tennyson, and many others are cited with new works in press or preparation. Rediscovered manuscripts, biographical studies, and art purchases feature alongside literary anecdotes and printer history.
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Jean Ingelow
George Macdonald
Tennyson
Belgravia
Herd & Houghton
Ronde Society
William Gilbert
Noted figures and events of the era from diverse locales
The piece catalogs various 19th century personages and happenings from Edwin Booth in Mobile to Paris marriages, Emory College leadership, and Wall Street era letters. It mentions Charles Kean’s Drury Lane farewell, New Bedford mayors, a Lincoln era autograph page, and Garibaldi prisoners. Also covers European papers on Italy and the Alabama claims debate.
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Howland
New Bedford
Boone
Chicago
Paris
Henry of Austria
Comedienne
M.le. Hoffman
Luther M. Smith
Emory College
Georgia
Ste Thomas
Caliornia
New York
Cheever
Morse
B. Cumevar
Wasuinetos Crrr
Wall Lake Embankments Explain Natural “Walls” in Iowa Lakes
State Geologist C. A. Waits describes walled lakes across Wright, Hancock, Calhoun, Sac and other counties. Ice actions and turf and bowlder embankments shape shorelines, forming low banks and beaver-like turf dikes. He argues natural processes, not human work, created the walls, with peat, sand, and gravel emplacements varying by site.
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Imaac
Clear Lake
Gordo County
Rice Lake
Worth County
Bright's
Ls Worth County
Crystabe
Hancock County
Eagle Lake
Lake Edward
Lake Mary
Lake Flora
Owl Lake
Humboldt County
Lake Strude
Wright County
Or Dow
Stround
Wall Lake
Bowlderia
Crystal Bake
Peepee
Sac City
C. A. Waits
Meteorological Observations and City Notes
Meteorological observations record December 24 1867 at 6 P M in Cincinnati. Public offices closed. Judge Straub fines M Larrabee for resisting officers. Bail forfeited by E Johanson and Robert Smith for concealed weapons and exposing person. Jacob Ford and Joseph Roth case continued to the 30th. Bank Building owner refutes claim about a stolen pants thief. John J Day sent to Children s Home on incorrigibility charge. Letter Carriers annual address discussed. James Watson arraigned for theft of 37 dollars, sentenced to four months in County Jail. previously released from Columbus Penitentiary last week.
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Toledo
Michigan Southern Railroad Company
John D. Campbell
Phoenix
Hartford
Combia
Liverpool
London
New York
Brooklyn
Corn Exchange
Putnam
City Fire
Cleveland City
Messrs. Bennett & Holman
Madison Street
Madison
Seventeenth Streets
Michigan
Toledo Commission
Milmine & Bodman
F. Bissell
Brown & Sinclair
John J. Day
Straub
James Watson
Burtenkamp
Columbia and
Pearl Streets
Columbus
Police Court Docket Reports Fifty Cases Decided
Yesterday's Cincinnati Police Court docket lists forty cases disposed by fine costs imprisonment and other penalties. Individuals named include Fricker Dreger Shane Sheridan Cain Maley Larrabee McGrew Esher Howard Wilson Armstrong Holleran Berseford Campbell Watson Doty plus a juror letter from M W Pasarman defending jurors in the Chaffee case.
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Frank Fricker
John W. Dreger
Geo. Shane
John Sheridan
Isaac Cain
Bartley Maley
M. Larrabee
Theo. McGrew
J. C. Esher
rRison
Henry Howard
David Wilson
Asp Armstrong
Ella Holleran
Margaret Berseford
Peter Campbell
James Watson
Wm. Doty
Bethel Christmas Exercises and Dinner Arrangements
Bethel Church hosts Christmas services at the Chapel on Public Landing with Pastor Rev. B Frankland delivering a discourse at 9 AM and a noon children's service for 2000 scholars. Afterward, all gather at the Merchants' Exchange for a Christmas dinner set for 2 PM with over two thousand plates. Donations before noon today welcomed to aid underprivileged children. Also reported: coroner case on Mrs Bolum’s death linked to strangulated hernia, nitrous oxide unlikely cause. Board of City Improvements meets with bills approved for macadamized streets. notices on sewer assessments. ten days in jail for Ann Armstrong for theft. Frank Fricker fined $25 and costs for petty theft.
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Bethel
Bethel Church
B. Frankland
Merchants’ Exchange
Bolum
Accommodation Street
Feanel
Eighth and
Vine Streets
Board of City Improvements
Wilstach
Gowe
W. H. Bristol
Pavin
T. J. Peter
Burns
Messrs. Cottle & Wiltsee
Real Estate Transfers Include Barry Street to James Fay Leasehold
Real estate transfer notices list multiple transactions involving leaseholds and parcels. Barbara Richter acts as executrix in a Vine Street leasehold of 26 by 200 feet valued with annual rent. other transfers reference Elisabeth Street, Linn Street, Elm Street, Columbian Street, Barrs Street, and a Lot fronting on Lower River Road. Transactions name Bruce, Margaret Phares, James Carson, Beall, Nathaniel Newburg, and the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company among involved parties. durations noted range up to five years with various street-side parcels and undivided interests.
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Tuxspar Evextxc
Barbara Richter
Frank Richter
Vine Street
Aileen Pat Org
Vine
Owen Kelley
James Fay
Isabeth Street
John Street
F. J. Malkmus
Linn Street
Leches
Amino Bruce
Elm Street
Columbian Street
Ae -Eeneseee SS
Margaret Phares
Charles H . Bade
Joba Butoch
Beall
Nathaniel Newburg
D. Re Beall
Sethe
Sarah J. Bassett
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Company
Lower River Road
Beesonoo
Storrs Towship
Suit Alleging Damages Dominoes Through Trial
Disjointed court brief details a suit between Suiaxper Suir Disrosed and wife and Hardin seeking unspecified damages. The document references a jury verdict, mentions a patent, and notes delays and disagreements among involved parties. Fragments describe a courtroom scene, names, and stray references to a plant line and theft allegations.
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Hardin
Sennan
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Nellie Whitney
Covington
Gosk
Kenhisae
Herman
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