Washington Gossip on Street Nuisances and Summer Fetes
The piece notes quiet Potomac nights and street vendors crying fruits like strawberries and cherries, praises Washington summers, and narrates a charity fete at Mrs. S. P. Brown to fund a centennial. It covers upcoming engagements of Miss Jennie West and Miss Fletcher, plus Navy officers’ pay gaps and a new Treasurer’s looming counting of funds.
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Thamach
Bymeneal Brands
Jennie Rom
Ake
Louisiana
Max Wood
Navy
Miss West
Miss Marian
White House
Fifteenth Street
Speaker Blaine
Fernando Wood
Pretty Square
Rig
Army Officers and the Cotton Famine from Civil War Diary
A Cincinnati reader recalls July 24 1863 in Mississippi after Vicksburg. Sherman’s march to Jackson led to Baldwin’s Crossroads where a vast cotton warehouse was torched under Union lines with 4000 bales. Gen Ord says the burning followed his orders.
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Cincinnati
Boynton
Vicksburg
Sherman
Debalien
Army of the Tennessee
Joseph E. Johnston
Jackson
Mississippi
Baldwin's
Mississippi River
13Th Army Corps
Court of Common Pleas Adopts Sentences in Local Burglary and Manslaughter Case
The Cincinnati Gazette reports the Jackson Court of Common Pleas adjourned after sentencing James Criswell to two years for burglary Rosette Boggs to three years for manslaughter and Jackson Chaffin to years for burglary Reform Farm. The elder Criswell confessed to burglary and the pair are said to have burned a relative’s house to cover their crime. Boggs was convicted for destroying her own child's life amid pre daylight birth, arrested at noon while washing. Chaffin, under sixteen, stole a small amount of tobacco.
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Jackson
Court of Common Pleas
Foleon
Ee Eelburg
James Criswell
Yates Rosette
Alex
Rosette Boggs
Chaffin
Lightning Kills Man and Two Horses Near Home
A report from Bereayy O dated June 18 notes Allen Baysor was killed by lightning while two horses in a field near his house also died. The bolt struck the animals and stunned the family inside the house, causing alarm but no further injuries.
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Bereayy, O
Daean Micell
Not That Price but Another Man
A letter to the editor from John J. Price of Brooklyn dated June 18 1875 retracts a Tribune claim about his alleged conversation with Thomas J Evans. Evans confirms he misidentified Price and notes he was mistaken in the original assertion about Beecher Tilton affairs.
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Mopei
Brakea
Bris Tow
Jewell
Clytemnestra
Owen Merideth
Price
New York Herald
the Tribune
John J. Price
Beecher
Thomas J. Evans
Franklin House
Brooklyn
Evans
Bum
Rae
Herald of
Mr. Loader
The
Herald
Otter
Plymouth Church
Joux J. Price
Dean Sin
Rooklyn
Louisville Short Line Must Pay Workmen First
Vice-Chancellor Harlan rules in Douglass vs Louisville Cincinnati Lexington RR that employees have superior equity to funds in court, outranking mortgage and lien creditors. Possible Court of Appeals review. Also notes Turkish forging trade and counterfeit wine labels in Constantinople with French bottle labels.
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Louisville
George L. Douglass
Louisville, Cincinnati’ & Lexington Railroad Company
Harlan
Cincinnati & Newport
Ohio River
Court of Appeals
Constantinople
France
Cala
Ohio Democrats Clash Over Currency Platform
A collection of editorials discusses the Ohio Democratic platform on currency, accusing inflation advocates of risking national prosperity. The pieces critique Senator Thurman’s stance and warn that a split party could doom the national ticket in 1876.
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New York Post
Ohio Democrats
Democratic Party
Eshelman Targeted by Green in Ohio Revenue Debate
The Columbus Journal laments Eshelman and questions his critics. It argues he exposed a political method to cut state debts and avoid new taxes by deferring expenditures and using unappropriated funds, while accusing his foe Green of lacking such fiscal innovations.
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Memphis
Ohio
Democratic
New York World
Dem
Indiana
Democrats
New York
Ilinois
Union
Eshelman
Green
Samuel Medary
Commencement Reports From Hanover and Bethany Colleges
The Cincinnati Gazette notes Hanover College commencement events on centennial battle of Bunker Hill day with speeches by Rev. Edwards and Dr. Wm. Plumer, highlighting orations and honorary degrees. Bethany College in West Virginia hosts a notable Commencement with bust unveiling for Alexander Campbell, Pendleton receiving LL D, and extensive exercises marking a prosperous year.
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Wm. Plumer
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Moore
Dayton Journal
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Russell Errett, Jr
Christian Standard
T. J. Melishe
Cincinnati
Preston Player
St. Louis
Zollars
Ohio
E. T. Willians
Carlton
Texas
American Literary Institute
Heatherington
Pendleton
Diploma Day for Philatet Society Graduates at Village Church
The Philatet Society held its graduation ceremony in the Village Church on May 17. Rev. D. P. Young of Nicholasville Kentucky led the delivery of society diplomas to thirteen graduates amid patriotic addresses and floral tributes. Honorary degrees were awarded to several church and college figures including Samuel Conws, O. Stillson, and James K. Patterson among others.
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Nicholasville
A Eens
Aia
Toalu
Sania
Board of
Treetoes
Saphaes Fa
Samuel Conws
Alban
Wa. Cochrane
Brazedad
Ont
Sikes
Spon
Cornews
RK. Lane
Wilson College
Crambersburg
James K. Patterson
Lexington, Ky
O. Stillson
Garver
Son Courier
Commencements in Athens at City Hall Night Exercises
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette reports Athens High School held its commencement in the new City Hall with crowded aisles and a long program of readings and songs by students led by W. E. Love. The event featured a baccalaureate sermon by President W. J. Scott at Ohio University, praised as one of his best.
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Antioch College Commencement Details Imprecise
The letter notes Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio plans a Wednesday commencement on the 23rd. Baccalaureate sermon by Rev Calthrop of Syracuse. A lecture by J Mist Prof Ricé of Yellow Springs. President pro tem Hale of the Board directed to confer degrees Wednesday.
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Antioch College of
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Calthrop
Syracuse
N.Y
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