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Newspaper
Daily Logansport Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1875
Page
1
The column satirizes Missouri politics and local officials, noting expenses and supposed motives behind extra congressional sessions. It praises the current school board for prudent funds management and questions private duties of ex assistants, while criticizing public figures and party strategies.
The discourse centers on how much money was paid and how much work was done by last assembly officers. The main issue is delay in indexing the senate journal rather than delivery of the manuscript. Questions focus on when the index and duties, financed by a large appropriation, were performed.
A Colorado correspondent describes stamping and chemical processes to extract gold from ore. Ore is ground in batteries, separated by quicksilver, and gold dust is collected on copper plates, then refined in a retort and crucible to bullion. The piece notes the Bob Tail mine and the labor and risk involved.
London correspondence reports a Keet case ruling where Walter Phillimore, Chancellor of Lincoln Diocese, blocks a Wesleyan minister from being titled Reverend on a tombstone. The Vicar and Bishop supported the ban, arguing church teachings belong on tombstones, not in sectarian titles. The episode highlights tensions over episcopal authority and lay denominational labels.
The passage notes an impending appeal possibly reaching the House of Lords to decide a momentous issue. It criticizes the Vicar and Bishop for their trifling stance and says their refusal insulted Christians who will seek to remove the stigma. It claims success would honor the priest and prelate who have popularized Wesleyanism and dissent.
France maintains carrier pigeons for fortresses as siege prep. Byron memorial fund grows fast in England. A man from Iowa jailed ten years for marrying his stepdaughter. Bedbugs in Philadelphia conserve energy for the Centennial. West Virginia grasses show harmless locusts. A Utica libel suit ends with six cents to the Herald. A traveling professor arrested for fraud with a biblical stereopticon. Various notes on public figures, printing, and early transatlantic cables.
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