Various Small News Items From Georgia and Beyond
A mixed 1874 column reports on state penitentiary counts, frost impacts in Northeast Georgia, and a large pedestrian feat planned in New York. It notes Breckenridge illness, German settlers in Wisconsin choosing Alabama, and shifts in Atlanta journalism with Avery moving to the Herald. The Arkansas war ends, Kansas origins of Brooks, and political splits feared in Congress are also touched upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Atlanta Constitution
Wile Episcopal Convention of
Georgia
Athens
Edward Payson Weston
New York
Courer- Journal
Lexington
John C. Breckenridge
Kerpackian
Louisville
Wiscosin
Alabama
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Baxtter
Rose
United States Army
Brooks
Kansas
LW. Avery
Herald
Herald of Sunday
Avery
Constitution
Atlanta
Herald and Constitution
The Vetcoe Effect Sparks Financiers Across Cities
The article describes a market rally in Boston and New York after a presidential veto inspires optimism among bondholders and jobbers, while the West and South show skepticism. It notes Washington’s partisan tensions, House and Senate debates on free banking, and a forecast of a longer session possibly into August. It reports Governor Smith seizing the North and South railroad over bond interest defaults, placing E A Flewellen in charge, with potential sale looming and Columbus residents outraged over the veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Washington
Baltimore Sun
Rairoad Semep
Columbus
Rome
Louisiana Flood Devastates Monroe as Rations Run Short
Dispatches report the Monroe area as an inland sea with a two and a half mile by half mile island city ringed by water. Thousands lack food and cash. houses open while 93 rich cotton parishes flood. 20 000 people need aid for twenty days as War Department seeks 60000 dollars for rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Monroe
Railroad
Desore Streets
Oakley's
Court House
Congress
Mississippi
Secretary of War
The Veto and Its Looming Consequences
A Courier-Journal Washington special lists the veto of the Senate currency bill as causing its likely failure to become law and the possible collapse of other measures. It warns of Republican party rupture, economic paralysis, ongoing debtor distress in the South and West, and a Congress session ending without beneficial legislation for the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier-Journal Washington Special
Senate
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Shooting Affair Near Elam Church Leads to Wounding
A serious fight near Elam Church in Lumpkin County involved Thomas Shamblin J W Woodall and Sackfield Walker over rumors about Shamblin's sister. Shamblin shot Walker in the lower abdomen. Walker’s condition was dire. Woodall was jailed on an assault with intent to murder charge as Walker’s friends pursued the case. The report also includes an extensive sewing machine advertisement and a note from the Marietta Journal criticizing furlough practices for state convicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elam Church
Thomas Shamblin
J. W. Woodall
Sackfield Walker
Shamblin
Walker
Woodall
Friends of
Lumpkin
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Jas. P. Sawtell
Cuthbert
Texas State Penitentiary
Rockmart
Samuel Sheppard
Eufania
Louisville Corrier-Journal
Reepublicans
New England
House
Courier- Journal
Gant
Arey One
Button Hale
Robert J. Matthas & Co
Canal St
Mayfly
Marietta Journal
W. B. Tackett
Aogls.u
Northern Church Standard
N. Y
Robert Mulligan & CO
Canal Street N. Y
Depot Street
Boris
J.B. McWilliams
T. S Powell
India
Powell
Drugzist
Bookseller & Stationer
EAVE
T. S. Powell
Macon
W. B. Tackert
Lumpkin Street
Oppo- Gillespie’s Corner
Lave
Wheeler & Wilson
Vienna
Manytano Institute
Geonaia Strate Fai
R & Wilson
Mi’g Co
Savannah
Augusta
W. B. Cleves
Ellis & Graham
Randoph
Calhoun
Clay
Quitman
T. 8
Powell, Dragen's, Buckeller and
Statover
the Isaacs House
J. McClellan
Otton, Isaacs
U. S. Internal Revenue
Tosacco
Alyne B. Clark
Internal Revenue
J. W. Douglass
Office of Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
Burke
Jefferson
Bullwin
Jones
Upson
Harris
Prich
H. L. Lung
Leesburg
Lee County
Jacob Mathews
Wards Station
A. J. Surlues
Avent
Georgetown
Kanootra
James J. Boyett
James R. Foster
James A. Foster
James
JOS. T. Eiddoo & CO
J. McK Gunn
Owen & Sealey’s
Hoks
Hames
Augers
Sadirons
Bb. J. Jackson
J Jackson
Lamber
O. L. Baldwin
Mangham Pittman
Hoyt
Aving
Cordell
J. Jackson
Adams
Isaac Easley
College Street
Sam Vow Beter
B. T. Babbitt
Soapansia Gord
N.Y
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