01 Jan 1876
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Newspaper
Cumberland Daily Times
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1876
Page
1
An 1876 Gazette notice seeks the Democratic members of the Legislature to assemble in the Hall of the House at Annapolis on Tuesday evening for an advertised gathering. The paper operates daily except Sundays from Baltimore Street, with F McCardell as editor and proprietor.
A Maryland editorial argues the Democratic majority in the Legislature must face the party’s fate amid waning enthusiasm for past conventions and platforms. It notes Maryland’s earlier Democratic victory and questions departures from time honored principles, urging Governor Carroll and lawmakers to consider the party’s future.
Reports speak of a threatened confrontation between a Cumberland editor and a Cumberland correspondent. Police on Baltimore street were alerted to prevent violence as conflicts escalated, with both men described as quarrelsome. The dispute concluded without injuries after a suit for damages was filed.
Opera plot unveiled as a company announces the performance of Bee Bory by Rines Nor with Mepgpost the Queen Cp Heels slated for an evening run Rex serves as host.
A severe tornado in western Kentucky and eastern Tennessee caused widespread destruction. Houses were blown apart, cabins demolished, and several fatalities occurred as residents faced injuries and property ruin. A Mobile & Ohio train derailed and debris marred the landscape.
Snow has fallen heavily for days in Utah. Alta city shows twelve feet of snow on the level and mail has piled up for a week. The Central Pacific train from the west arrived ten hours late at Ogden yesterday.
December 31 report from Montaval states a man died in La chive from starvation. Neighbors, hearing cries from the family’s room, found the household had not eaten for three days and the cause was suspected to be extreme poverty and neglect.
A Baltimore reader recounts quiet holiday after the smallpox scare. He notes a prominent citizen’s insanity panic over murder and police pursuit, talk on contested legislature seats, and canal extension debates. An incident at a Baptist church ends with a violent ejection, and the writer signs as A. M.
A broad list outlines forthcoming gubernatorial appointments in Maryland including Secretary of State and various commissioners and inspectors. The piece also notes a request for the capture of James Pritchard, updates on Miss Kate Noyes’s illness, fashion critiques on Ulster coats, and a frontier Dakota mail dog named Boug who delivers along a sixty mile route.
Advertises Gail's Winter Shoes at 100 dollars per pair with a bulk offer of 400 pairs and a 75 cent per pair option for 300 pairs plus Ladies' Foxedjcity-made Gaiters at 125 dollars per pair.
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