Various Political and Social Notes From The Nation
A cursory roundup of events includes legislative actions in Ohio and Connecticut, a Havana dispatch on mail delays, a fire tragedy in Milford Massachusetts, nominations and appointments in politics, and the unveiling of Vinnie Ream’s statue of Lincoln in the Capitol rotunda. Names such as Bowen, Jewell, Leavitt, Corwine, and Reed appear among political and civic items.
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St. Louis
California
Ohio
Frank P. Bish
Senate
Michigan
Bateman
Cox
Hendricks
Massachusetts Spiritualistic Association
Boston
Greer Lee
Leavitt
RB. M. Corwine
C. C. Bowen
Tris
Havana
Vu- German
United States
Cedar Keys
Connecticut
New Haven
Jewell
Milford
Massachusetts
Magdelina
New Jersey
San Francisco
Columbus
E. W. Len Hoover
Tuscarawas
W. A. McAllister
Carroll
Vinnie Ream
Liscolp
Capitol
Cincinnati Times
Wasumortex
D. C
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
WEATHER AND FINANCE REPORTS FROM NEW YORK
Special dispatches summarize improved money markets with call rates at 5.7 percent and rising government bond activity. Emigration stats show Liverpool departures, mainly to the United States, with Canada-bound numbers. Bourbaki surrender, French resolve, and Western politics add global context amid a heavy snow system and domestic tax debates.
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Holland
Fechter
Claude Melnotte
Fourteenth-street
Liverpool
United States
Canada
States
England
Reddy
Atoms of War Condensations From The Front
French and Prussian forces clash across northern France with Paris signaling possible surrender while negotiations unfold. Prussians retreat from Dijon toward Memigny as Longwy burns and railways are disrupted. Gambetta meets officials in Brussels as Verdun and Honfleur fronts shift amid reinforcements and artillery movements.
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Alencon
Agras
Longwy
Cambrai
Douai
Arras
Lyons
Besancon
Byans
Paris
William
Dijon
Memigny
Sarigny-le- Sur
Gambetta
Brussels
Turkey
Berne
Abbevilliers
Havre
Honfleur
Rie- Gotti Garibaldi
Belge
Park of Versailles
Berlin
Balbec
Bismarck
Bourbaki
von Werder
Manteuffel
Council of National Defense
Reee Adusizele Saleest
la Roneciere
le Flo
Samid
Favre
Union
French capitulation rumors in Paris war report
London telegraph dispatches from Versailles claim Paris may surrender to German forces led by Bourbaki and Werder with negotiations opened. Reports cite railway cuts near Lyons and Besancon, urging belief in capitulation while Favre’s visit to Versailles is unconfirmed and stock markets react with doubt.
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New York
London Daily Telegraph
Versailles
Paris
Bismarck
Bourbaki
von Werder
Hordeaux
Lyons
Besancon
Favre
Loxpox
Stock ‘Exchange
Echo
Loxeny
Lonpos
Disa Jong Tine
Dijon
Landwehr
Fontenoix
Burgundy
POLY
Loxvox
Brussels
Libay
Lexpos
Central Press Association
London Conference Ad journed Over French Amenities
January 25 London conference adjourned until March 3 due to continuous appeals from France to the Eastern question. Glanville and Tussot, charge of affairs, discuss before and after each session. Florence reports housing Hum bert and wife for winter in Rome. Sir Roderick Murchison cites Africa letter confirming Dr Livingstone alive.
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Loxpox
London
France
Glanville
Tussot
Conerence
Italy
Florence
Prince ‘Humbert
Rome
England
Livingstone
Roderick Murchison
Africa
American Naval Officers Banquet Reported in January Event
A fragment from the 20th century report notes naval officers were banqueted on January 25 in a ceremony described with limited readable details. The brief mentions attendees and a formal gathering.
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Adel
Flying machine makes first ascent amid cheers at public demo
The newly invented flying machine, named America, lifted off yesterday after steam raised and propellers engaged. The inventor reported smooth operation and plans a public exhibition, with future shows to be announced.
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Rome
America
Blair elected senator and early Senate actions
Senator elect F P Blair of Missouri appeared and took the seat, with committee assignments on Pacific Railroad and Education and Labor. Bills were introduced on railroad terminus changes, canal improvements, and land settlement. Debates and proceedings followed on pensions, military affairs, and a general appropriation bill as the session advanced.
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F.P. Blair
Missouri
Collea My. Schurz
Pacific Railroad
Education
Chandler
Mich
Jackson
Ste. Marie Canal
Ste. Marie River
Cpomerom
Kansas
Secretary of the Interior
McDonald
Ark
Sumner
Mass
Wilson
Schurz
Trumbull
Howell
Flows
Scott
Bchurz
Conkling
New York Custom-house
Murphy
Senate
Brooks
N.Y.D
Frank Leslie
Negley
Pennsylvania
Committee
Mr. Morgan
Ohio
Committee On Military Affairs
Forts Lane
Walla
Oregon
Fort Zara
Capip McGarry
Nevada
New Mexico
Jessup
Sabine
Louisiana
Fort Wayne
Arkansas
Fort Collins
Colorado
Fort Dakota
Dakota
Fort Bridger
Wyoming
Garfield
Fort Smith
Tdio
House
Stoughton
Committee On
Gilio Tmorrow
New York
Democrat
Dawes
Congress
Massachusetts
Republcan
Wheeler
Sanata
Vamend
Temperance on Steamers Shows Pledge by Sailors
A business man in this city promoted temperance on a steamship voyage by forming evening meetings for the crew. Twenty four hands signed a pledge, saved a sovereign each, and reports show many kept their pledge, with savings added. One sailor in a British warship earned praise from his officer for maintaining the pledge. Remaining letters await word.
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Busipen
Sickhal Dows
N. Y. Pos
Singular Encounter With Wild Cattle Near Colussa
A Colussa correspondent reports James Danley and wife near Bone Corral facing a wild cattle scare. Jim battled a headlong steer with a horned charge, sustaining wounds while defending the home until neighbors arrived. After hours, the beast fled and no further sightings followed, leaving the couple wary on the plains.
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Colussa
Cal
Sun
James Danley
Plains Mens Bone Corral
Jim
Pes Reynolds
Democrats Gain Nine Seats In Senate Realignment
From the New York World a summary of Senate shifts as terms expire March 4 1877. Democrats gain eight or nine seats with eight already in the current count and Georgia if admitted potentially increasing the total. The West Virginia and Missouri changes are noted with possible successors and the looming expirations of several Democratic incumbents suggest further shifts ahead.
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New York World
United States Senate
Axtone
Fowler
Tennessee
Missouri
Drake
Blai
Iecane
Arotilaa
Sesmeph L. Hse Tabane
vAttho Ponponte
West Virginia
Sen
Carlisle
New Tor
Congress
Legislare
Senate
Georgia
Hitchcock
Cole
Morton
Nye
Conkling
Pool
Corbett
Lewis
Fenian Exiles in New York Await Sentences
A list names exiled Fenians with various sentences from death in some cases to ten years penal servitude. Entangled figures include O Donovanan Rosdohh Bever Kenry Millady Charles Pee O Copnell John McClure and others, with several awaiting commutations or transport from Australia.
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New Yorke
O'Donovian Rosdohh
Bever
Kenry Millady
Charles
Pee O Copnell
John McClure
Hiv Petih
Australia
Thomas
F. Burke
John McCafferty
John Besiege
Pregl Sarvinere
Edward Meagher Condyn
Shore
Jonah
Rossa
Thomas Clarke
Tuby
Leary
Michel Sheeley
John Devoy
Cian Wm. G
Halpin
Akee
Kearney
Filedn
Baward Power
Patrick Walsh
Patrick Lennin
Kishan
de Wm
Fi “Roantree
George Brown
Edmund St. Clair
Mortimer Moriarty
Peter Monan
John
Morphy Phy
Es ‘Pagan O'Leary
Pra Ears
Atri
Ancient Arizona Cities Discovered by Powell
Powell reports in Chicago on remains of ancient Arizona cities built on cliff terraces with multi story rooms and tree trunk steps. Fragmented pottery and hieroglyphics found near ruined sites show former habitation by a civilization predating Spaniards. Also notes on tonic Elixir and Navy indemnity for lost clothing. Pennsylvania Blight Asylum now houses 716 inmates.
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Arizona
Chicago
Wsor J. W. Powell
Colorado
Profesor Powell
Peniards
Getee
Kentucky’s Narrow Escape From a Single Vote
Yesterday’s 50 o’clock Edition notes the Gaomeetoe Railroad bill was defeated in the House by a single vote, a crisis Kentucky narrowly avoided under a republican government. The piece exalts the vote as a salvation, urges brass and gunpowder celebration, and calls for a monument to preserve the memory for future generations.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Southern Railroad Defeated in Kentucky Senate Vote
Special dispatch reports in Fraxxront January 25 that the Cincinnati Southern Railway bill failed by 43 yeas to 44 nays. The mouse today defeated the bill no charter, continuing opposition to railroad charter.
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Cincinnati Times
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Market Report Shows Grain and Cattle Trends Across States
The report notes Indiana and Missouri showing gains in cattle averages from 1,047 to 1,427 and 1,234 to 1,401 respectively while Michigan posts about 1,215. Wheat remains slow with No 2 ring around 38 cents. Corn and oats show subdued activity with No 2 corn at a discount and oats neglected.
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Indiana
Tneky
Missouri
Michigan
Oil Price Ledger Note From Flint Cee 104c
A crude oil price note lists seller Ence with 10 cents per barrel. February through April show 244 cents and 24 cents per unit, May 26 cents, June six months at 244 26e. Listed energy terms appear weak and quiet amid unsettled market signals.
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Flint
Embezzlement Case and Alleged Incendiaries Arrests in Memphis
A chaotic Memphis report covers embezzlement at the Henrie House and the arrest of alleged incendiaries James Schloster and J. I. for burning Broom's Opera House. The piece notes grand jury indictments, bail figures, and a judge dismissing charges against James Watson amid testimony. It also mentions Hebrew Orphan Asylum trustees, U S courtroom sightings, and Missisisppi legislature actions.
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Mesmiis
James Schloster
Variety
James Watson
Hegrie House
Keyes
Jas.Keyes
Washington shipment to Memey under military escort
Readnry clerks returned from Santa Fe after supervising transportation of half a million dollars on a public account. The money traveled in four safes from railway terminus under military escort, taking two weeks, with good health among officers and seamen. Change in headquarters ordered by the president transfers the depot of the South under General Halleck’s direction.
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Jos
Santa Fe
United States
Hiradi
Illethe Tatear Ba
Ered Omega Vtter
General Halleck
Stocks and crime headline blend from New York markets
New York Stock list shows steady gold and government securities while a violent incident unfolds on Broadway and Houston. Blacksmith James Haggerty, known as Reddy, shoots in a quarrel, is wounded and dying, while Varley surrenders to police. Bond bids total 2,197,500 with awards for iron.
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Hie
Ee Méney
Love Wall
States
Waters
Central Olen
Actip
Reading
Michigan Central
Eel
Illinois Gentral
Cleveland Sealers
Columbus ‘& Cincin- Nieck Liege
St. Paul
Pia
Rhtae & Wabash
Alton
Terre Haute
Rred
Chiet
Ohio & Mico Racey
Saya
James
Haggerty
Varley
Reddy
T Blackentith
Broadway
Houston
Florence
Miioon
Haggert
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Europe
Will of Ex President Lopez of Paraguay Granted in England
The Pro bate Court of England has granted letters of administration to Madame Lynch upon the will of ex President Lopes of Paraguay. The execution of the original by Lape was proved by the affidavit of General Mc Mahon.
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Guay
Lowpox
Lord Penance
England
Lynch
Lopes
Paraguay
Lape
McMahon
River Notes From Shipping Dispatches
Brief river news items report arrivals and departures including Finnes St.Lottie and Koantz Cincinnati as ships move between port cities. Mentions Dow Natches and Northwestern with weather described as clear and pleasant.
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Finnes St.Lottie
Koantz Cinginnati
Ville
Jac Dow Natches
Northwestern
Tives
Market report with mixed grain prices and pork odds
Latest Markets by Lee Sr. Laws age 25 notes flour firm wheat at 142 to 145 with higher at 46c for mixed arrivals. Oats firm at 471 A9C per sack. Whisky steady. Pork on the spot at 22 dollars with 5 percent salt orders and delivery by mars. A garbled line references Star, Lyon, and 3,835 units.
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Lee Sr. Laws
Boa Bic
Mt ‘Star Vame
Schnee Lyon
Rat Sear Ar Penis
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Tuentinaton
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HL. C. Gassaway
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Ee Gapdum
Certificate of Compliance
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Noa
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Cocinnati
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Plum
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Fewlass
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WM. H. Kirby
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