Not in session and private bills debated in Congress
Senate not in session on February 27 29 with House action on private bills and a long debate over whether a two thirds vote is needed to lay aside private business for public bills. Several measures referred and consular appropriation debated along with local court and tax actions.
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Cameron
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Townshend
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Adams
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Treasury
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Blackburn and Townshend
Robeson, Orth and Monroe
Nominations cited and Senate incident at Washington
The President nominates A Newton Pettis for Associate Justice of New Mexico. James Angell is named Envoy Extraordinary to China, with John Swift and William Prescott named Commissioners to China. General Halbert Paine resigns as Commissioner of Patents. Senator Thurman fainted in the Senate, revived and cared for. American trade surplus for year to Feb 29 is 212,298,963 dollars. Panama warship survey denial. Railway growth and future builds noted: 2971 miles completed and 12641 miles planned.
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Supreme Court of New Mexico
James B. Angell
Michigan University
United States
China
George F. Seward
John F. Swift
California
William H.trescott
South Carolina
Halbert E. Paine
Patents
Senate
Thurman
Washington
Panama
Poisonings and legal woes sweep East in brief notes
A Brooklyn family of six recovered after drinking jimson weed tea by mistake. a Pittsburgh physician fatally dosed his son with morphine. New York Greenback delegates to Chicago chosen. Edison claims a fix for globe cracking. Dr Dix discusses blackmail case with Williamson. Corsi, Grant relative, dies in Jersey City. Ex-Treasurers of Elizabeth sentenced for city fraud. Constellation sails to Ireland with 3000 barrels of provisions. Kemble pardon denial. Plymouth church marks 250th anniversary. Vanderbilt receives a large quarterly interest check. Sidney Green kills wife then himself in Lawrenceville.
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Cable
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Foreign Intelligence May 25 Dispatches Report Emigration and Events
The 25th reports French Canadians leaving MonTre al and heading to Michigan Colorado and California. Workers are being hired to lumber for new railways in Colorado. A St Petersburg note says the Czar fatally wounded his trusted servant. Eugenie sails to South Africa to visit the Prince Imperial’s death site. Prince Leopold sails for Canada then Western states. A Mexican miner mutiny at Anguero kills two Americans and one Canadian. Parnell faced eggs in Ennis c o th y Ireland. Russian overland customs show $525000 in defalcations.
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Enniscorthy
Newman Hall remarries amid political and civic notes
The piece records the remarriage of Rev Dr Newman Hall to Miss Knife on the 29th, plus brief items: Senate debate on a Centennial Exhibition bill, House passage of a fisheries protection bill, Donnelly-Washburn election contest updates, President Hayes opening the Metropolitan Museum, state conventions planned in New York and Georgia, Chief Ouray at Fort Leavenworth, a gas cutoff and cannon spike incident in Houston, a reward offer, and painter George Marcheath’s breakdown over a puzzle.
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National House Committee On
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Evarts
Ramsey
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kelly New York State Committee
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Albany
Richard van Rensselaer
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Ouray
Fort Leavenworth
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Grant
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Tex
George MarcHeath
Thirteen Year Old Boy Seeks School After Trek to City
A hungry tired country lad named Joseph Blowers, thirteen, arrives in Union Square and asks where to find food and shelter. An officer helps him, then he explains his life from the White Mountains to Galena and that he left to seek schooling, hoping for a big city school.
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Lundberg
St. Louis
Brown
Rochester Democrat
Earth
Adam and Eve
Neptune
Rome
Sentinel
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Lyndberg
Joseph Blowers
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New York
Divorce Trends In Massachusetts And Nearby States
A study notes divorce rising relative to marriages in Massachusetts over nineteen years while total yearly marriages stayed steady. Ratios progress from 1 to 51 in 1860 to 1 to 21.4 in 1878, with 7,233 divorces among 259,061 marriages. Vermont Rhode Island and Connecticut show higher rates. French observers are urged to study the trend.
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Connecticut
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Princess Louise Snubs Child Request at Ottawa Party
During a Rideau Ottawa event, Princess Louise stood at a slide as a girl asked tojoin her on the Toboggan. The Princess calmly refused and later an attendant noted she dislikes familiar addresses.
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Ont
Louise
Political turmoil and exodus notes color early reports
The text collates conservative opinion on the Tilden hotel situation and Republican critiques of Democratic moves. It cites ex- officers and editors arguing over allegiance, and outlines accusations of voter suppression in Delaware. It notes Democratic plots to gain Congress control and potential ballot-count manipulation.
Democratic plot to unseat Republicans for House control
The article argues that Democrats seek to unseat Kellogg Orth Washburn and Hull to shift Indiana Minnesota and Florida delegations toward Democrats. It cites Fourteenth Amendment aims to protect colored citizens and details West Virginia Virginia and Reynolds cases. The court’s ruling upholds equal jury rights and condemns state discrimination.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Chase
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