Senate and House actions mark March session notes
Senate and House proceedings outline bills on patents and judiciary salaries, with education and labor measures debated. memorials from inventors and Utah legislature concerns are noted alongside relief funding for Mississippi floods, Ohio relief, and Garfield pedestal plans.
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Ates Sappores
Hovss
United Tes
Ellis
Committee On
Ohio
Mississippi River
Feral
House
Senate
Hovst
Committee On Appropriations
Mississippi
Keifer
President Garfield
Washington
Utah
Congress
Miller
Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Greeley
Yeas
Palmer
Committee
Plumb
Secretary of the Treasury
Dolph
Anderson
Ways and Means
Postal Telegraph Bill Aims to Extend Service Nationwide
House member Morey introduces a bill directing the Postmaster General to contract with Postal Telegraph Company to extend service to all cities with post office delivery within seven years and to set uniform rates about half the current prices.
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House
Morey
Postal Telegraph Company
Senate
Aaron A. Sargent
Germany
Russia
William H. Hunt
Hallett Kilbourne
At Arms Thompson
Congress
House Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
Lincoln
Internal Revenue
Auction Yoke of Jersey Cattle Sells 48 Head for 14520
In New York a Jersey cattle auction sold forty eight head for fourteen thousand five hundred twenty dollars. English pugilist Charles Mitchell plans to settle in the U S with a likely match against Melvine Thompson. John McMahon, Hoboken tax collector, is alleged to have misappropriated 366009 over three years. Massachusetts House defeats ABIL on wife beating public whipping. Evrsun Mathewson and Francis O Reilly added to Rhode Island tickets for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. New York Legislature passes oleomargarine sale bill requiring conspicuous notices. A Pittsburgh Arsenal Bank incident saw a four ton safe sink through foundation paving.
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Jersey
New York
Charles Mitchell
Melvine Thompson
John McMahon
Hoboken
N. J
Abil
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Evrsun Mathewson
Francis O’ Reilly
Rhode Island
Amasa Sprague
C. E. Gorman
Star
Arsenal Bank
Pittsburgh
Epidemic and disasters sweep across states and nations
Reports detail scarlet fever ravaging Jacksonville Ohio with deaths and closures, a 15 second San Francisco earthquake, cyclones injuring many in Indiana Kentucky Tennessee, and other heroic events from yellow fever on the Iroquois to political and military notes across the Midwest.
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Jacksonville
Newark
Ohio
San Francisco
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Warner Williams
West
Anita
Iowa
Anamosa
Crittenden
Missouri
United States
Alaska
Hamilton
Springfield
Ill
Inventors’ Convention
Chicago
Congress
Memorial Hall
Illinois
General Assembly
Capitol
Lincoln
Orrin A. Carpenter
Zora Burns
Carpenter
Logan County
WersTler
Muldoon
Independence
Frank James
Alabama
Mussel
British forces disperse rebels at Tamanieb ending Soudan campaign
General GranaM advanced on the rebel position at Tamanieb and, after a brief firefight near the village, the cavalry and mounted infantry charged. The rebels fled, the village and surrounding works were destroyed, and no British casualties were reported, ending the campaign in that Soudan section. Also in Rome the Pope named Leray Archbishop of New Orleans and Mauncy Bishop of Mobile. Prince Leoprop died at Cannes at thirty one on the 28th. About three hundred Mayo emigrants were sent from Seveneford to Boston aboard the Grecian. The Liverpool Grand National winner was Voluptuary with Frigate second and Roquefort third. Lady Campbell obtained judicial separation from Lord Colin Campbell.
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Tamanieb
Soudan
Rome
F. Y. Leray
New Orleans
D. Mauncy
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mobile
Prince Leoprop
Duke of Albany
Queen Victoria
Cannes
France
Darmstadt
Victoria of Hesse
Neary
Seveneford
County Mayo
Ireland
Glasgow
Boston
Liverpool
Voluptuary Frigate
Roquefort
Lady Campbell
Lord Colin Campbell
Marquis of
Lorne
Riots in Cincinnati and Nationwide Disasters Reported
Rioting in Cincinnati escalates with courthouse destruction and many deaths. militia called in, safety committee formed, and order restored. A nitro-glycerine explosion at Repauno Works in Thompson's Point kills several company officials. Other items note Minister Sargent declining St Petersburg post, New York banks weekly changes, a Bridgeport cutlery firm failure, and railroad collisions injuring crews.
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Cincinati
Court House
Hoadly
Berner
Repauno Chemical Works
Thompson’s Point
N. J
Lamont Dupont
W. N. Hill
George Norton
Henry L. Norcross
Louis Ley
A. Clarson
Sargent
Frelinghuysen
St. Petersburg
Berlin
President Urges Navy Expansion and Gunboat Construction
The President sent to Congress a message urging appropriations to design and start three steel cruisers and four gunboats, totaling up to 4,283,000 with half funded next year. Monitors Periton Amphitrite Terror and Monadnock to be completed with armor and armament, costing about 5.55 million to date. The gun factory board recommends private steel production and two government gun factories.
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WasmcTon
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Dolphin
Naval Advisory Board
Army
Navy
Bear Tumbles In Dry Dock Doorway Ends
The Arctic steamer Bear toppled to its side after ballast was removed for inspection and not replaced before flooding the dry dock. Workmen were tossed among timber and debris but none seriously hurt. The vessel will be floated after ballast and repaint. Commodore Scheley has arrived to supervise the expedition preparations.
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New Yorks
Navy Yard
Commodore Scheley
Locomotive's Long Jump Near Miles City
A Pacific freight train was ditched twelve miles from Miles City on Thursday night. Six cars wrecked, the engineer slightly wounded and the fireman escaped by leaping from the engine. Tramps had burned the bridge. the engine capsized after the bridge burn, and the train failed to stop in time.
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St. Paul
Pacific
Miles City
Grendive
Schurz declines $100000 testimonial from friends
New York March 28. Friends of Carl Schurz had raised a testimonial fund of 100000 but, at his request, the money already paid in was returned to subscribers. Schurz acted to spare his feelings and the fund was abandoned.
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New York
Friends
Carl Schurz
Schurz
Destructive cyclone leaves towns wrecked across Ohio
A March tornado spree devastates Poland and Mahoning counties with two miles of destruction. Barns, fences, and crops are ruined. Captain William Godfather survives a bridge being lifted by the cyclone near Xenia. Kentucky reports deaths and widespread damage near Pittsburgh. hailstones the size of eggs and a Scipio Indiana village wiped out with Rev. Joseph Winston among the dead.
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Poland
Otto
Dungstown
Poland Township
Detchon
George Little
Little
Mahoning County
Dayton
Xenia
William Godfather
Greene County
Kentucky
Loxpon
Pittsburgh
Here
John Hailman
Broughton
Sallie Goff
James Warren
W. Woolsey
William Philpot
Thomas Ross
Raeiu
N. C
Newton
South Carolina
Prepmont
S. C
Alderson County
Piedmont
Watson
Inprianapolis
Ind
Brookville
Journal
Scipio
Ohio and
Indiana
Joseph Winston
Quiet New England and Mississippi trade outlook hints at slow year
A commercial traveler, returning from a long east of the Mississippi trip, reports reduced sales across most states. He notes cautious buyers, a generally good mood, and widespread justifications for smaller purchases, suggesting merchants have overstocked and may tighten spending in the year ahead.
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New York
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
New England
Young Woman Appointed Deputy Sheriff in Franklin County
In Chambersburg March 26 Register and Recorder Fulchler swore Ada Kortz into office as Deputy Sheriff of Franklin County. Daughter of Sheriff Kortz she has served as clerk since January 1 and is about 26 years old. She went to Greencastle to serve writs and is reportedly the only female deputy sheriff in the state.
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Cuambersburg
Register and Recorder
Fulchler
Ada Kortz
Franklin County
Kortz
Greencastle
Ohio Senate and House pass bills amid adjournments
The Ohio Senate and House meet with limited action from March 24 to March 28. Bills touch divorce proceedings, school district terms, insurance law, public works, and pension support for Union soldiers. Nominees for the Penitentiary board were named, and several local measures approved or postponed.
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Senate
House
Clinton County
Supreme Court
District Court
Superior Court of
Cincinnati
Adjutant General
St. Clair
Wolcott
Congress
Converse
Ohio
Committee On Federal Relations
Fassett
New Orleans
Stevenson
Probate Court
Cuyahoga County
Board of Public Works
Newark
Ohio Canal
Jackson Township
Coshocton County
Bohl
State Board of Agriculture
Garfield Oanment Commission
Hoadly
D. C. Coolman
Portage County
George S. Peters
Franklin County
William D. Robinson
Hamilton County
Darlington E. Fee
Clermont County
Ferdinand F. Rankin
Hocking County
Committee On
Hadly
Bargar
Yeas
Levering
Burgar
Committee On Claims
Notable Notes on People Beliefs and Affairs of the Day
A column cites William Lawrence of Lansingburg dying after long belief in immortality. Edward Everett Hale and his son work on Benjamin Franklin in Paris. Oscar Wilde muses on public approval. Vanderbilt fears a barber’s hands. Lydia Smith leaves funds for Mr Stevens’ Lancaster grave. Rev Winters weds his 4,980th couple. Anna Gordon at 111 attends church weekly. Josephine Jones Yorke defends her biography and asserts her age and family help.
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William Lawrence
Lansingburg
N. Y
Edward Everett Hale
Benjamin Franklin
Paris
Oscar Wilde
New York World
William H. Vanderbilt
Jacob Aber
Fernando Wood
Lydia Smith
Thaddeus Stevens
Stevens
Lancaster
David Winters
Dayton
Cleveland
Sherman
Mansfield
John
Stewart
Ohio
John Sherman
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Anna Gordon
Bluffton
S. C
N. C. Picayune
Josephine Jones-Yorke
Colonel Mapleson
Cincinnati
Cincinnate Times
Humorous Miscellany From 1880s Papers Mixes Jokes and Oddities
A collage of quips and brief notices from 19th century papers. Silly comparisons about hats and tiles. An insane Brooklyn woman imagines eight husbands. A Boston umbrella recovery ad prompts laughter. A Corsicana school report mocks itself with errors. A tailor joke and a sewing machine complaint close the page.
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Brooklyn
Brookly Yhe
Truth and the liar in the speaker's moral lecture
Brother Gardner warns against lying and extols truth in a dramatic sermon. He argues truth empowers, while liars are eventually exposed. he urges listeners to speak truth at all times and to resist deception, noting how candor affects trust and social judgment.
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Brother Gardner
Detroit Free Press
Poison by Tobacco Smoke in Rail Car Death
A Cincinnati citizen died in a railroad car after inhaling tobacco smoke. The victim, an occasional heart disease sufferer, succumbed within minutes in a single compartment car where smokers were allowed to light up. Two other passengers fainted from the fumes.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Times
Colorado Farmer Plans Elk Reserve Near Greeley
An enterprising Colorado citizen Mr. Taylor builds a 16 foot high fence around 300 acres near Greeley to enclose elk and deer for breeding for sale to Eastern parks and zoological gardens as they migrate from the mountains next fall.
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Colorado
Taylor
Greeley
Eastern Parks and Zoological Gardens
St. Paul Press
Ducks Invade Chico Warehouse In Annual Grain Heist
Over two hundred wild ducks were trapped in a Chico California warehouse after a door was left open for grain. The warehouse owners conduct a similar seasonal haul of game annually.
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Chico
Cal
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