City notes warn against riot instigators and prep for mayoral shift
The piece denounces riotous influences in the South and urges calm as Louisiana agitators press black voters toward violence. It claims Spier mischarged Fay and Healey about removing voter names, calls for an investigation, and notes Withers to be inaugurated June fifth with a fiscally strict city policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spier
John Y Pay
Maurice A. Healey
Fay and Healey
Withers
Letters and Neighbors And a Newton Bubble Scene
A city committee member contends with party discipline and calls for an urgent meeting. A humorous anecdote explains Sir Isaac Newton’s light refraction via soap bubble experiments witnessed by a Dubuque resident. A Texan defers plans to attend the Centennial Exhibition, amid local chatter about carriages and frontier life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Newton
Leicester Place
Royal Society of London
Dubuque
City Council Deliberates on Elections and Street Opening
The City Council discussed election returns and allowed W J Read to count ballots with the City Clerk present. Debates centered on opening Independence Street, with amendments to funding and commissions, plus scrutiny of registration book handling by Fay Spier Healey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumbird
Bush
Fay
Haley
Price
Spier
Shuck
Rabold
Ways
Weibel
Committee On
W. J. Read
Wm. A. Withers
E.L. Moore
J. W. Shaffer
Finance Committee
Josiah Witt
Independence Street
Committee On Elections
Yeas
Yeas—Fay
Weil
Nays
H. Bloomenour
Cumberland
F Hetzer
McCurley
Healey
Council
Weather Forecast For Cumberland On Wednesday
War Darantutrt reports from Washington May 17 1876 that Cumberland will see warmer weather with clear or partly cloudy skies on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Darantutrt
Wasuineron
D. C
Cumberland
War in Louisiana sparks white black clash with killings
A May 15 dispatch from New Orleans reports a race riot near Laurel Hill West Feliciana with white and black combatants. At least seven colored men are killed and many wounded. several whites missing and armed communities gather as authorities request military aid to restore order.
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Louisiana
Stadical Party
New Orveans
Summit
Mississippi
Laurel Hill
West Feliciana Parish
Bayou Sara
Bayon Sara
Seat Baton Rouge
Eistand
West Feliciosa
Wilson County
Pointe Coupee
Antouise
Kaufman, Sherif
East
Gen. Augur
Wao
Washington
Democrats Converge in Cincinnati for State Convention
May 16 reports from Cincinnati say hotels fill with delegates ahead of the Democratic state convention. John G Thompson backs Thurman, while Allen supporters expect victory. Preliminary primaries show 19 for Allen, 17 for Thurman, 2 doubtful. Exposition Hall readied for sessions at 11 with Geo Pendleton as permanent chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John G Thompson
Thurman
Allen
Burnett House
Sod
Wmorrow
Friends of Currency Reform
Exposition Hall
Cooration
Geo . Pendleton
Barnum Elected United States Senator in Connecticut
Hon. Wm. H. Barnum won election to the unexpired Senate term in Hartford, with 17 to 3 in the Senate and 150 to 81 in the House, defeating Henry B. Harrison and James E. English. The political note follows a digressive, informal closing fragment.
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Hantrronp
Conn
Wm. Hl. Barnum
United States
Senate
Henry B. Harrison
James E. English
Barnum
Harrison
English
Ernor Ingersoll
Ferry
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Logalty
City Council
Montreal
Telegraph
Weather Report
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Orestes
Tom Moore
Gleichen
Victor of
Joan Weesley Abell
M. T. Kane
North
Mechanic Street
Bartholomew Khan
W. J. Cratoen
North Liberty Street
Wilton’s
Edwards’ Great Family Store
GEO
W’ Daugherty
Cumberland Cotton Miller
Mayo
WM. Trieber
John A. Kernewyw
John A. Kerney
S. Thresis
Baltimore Street
Thress
Cumberland, MD
Democatic Convcntion
A. R. Lewis & CO
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Royal Insurance CO
Liverpool
Home Insurance CO
New York
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Philadelphia
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Keyser
Mountain City House
Mechanic St
Connecticut
Detroit
DeWitt Talmaze
Landford
Theo I Eee
Isaac White
TS 5c
White
Victoria Lawn
Hamburg
W. G. Mullinger
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