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Newspaper

Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1880

Page

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Senate debates Porter bill and House actions on various measures

The Senate debated the Fitz John Porter relief bill, with a party line vote rejecting a one-year restoration limit. In the House, Townsend presented E B Taylor’s pretensions as Garfield’s successor, and Crapo introduced a canal policy resolution opposing foreign capital. Other measures discussed include tariff and rail regulation bills, civil service reform, and treaty terminations. The Electoral Count resolution received further debate.

Morgan Senate Congress Randolph Fitz John Porter Fort Larned Paddock Dakota Mr. McCook House U.S. Grant J. Stone Bicknell Robeson Pendleton British Columbia Sitka Fort Wrangell Alaska Nebraska Kansas Kelley Baker Hubbell Committee On Appropriations Shelley M. Gambetta Chamber of Deputies Edmunds Porter Davis Til McDonald Plumb Bayard Committee On Elections Crapo Committee On Foreign Affairs United States Calkins Ireland Myers Secretary of the Treasury U. S. Grant Military Academy West Point McCord Willis Civil Service of Deuster North German Confederacy Boston Prince Henry G. Lovering Lynn Mass Victoria Woodhull London America Stellarton N. 8 Chicago Hansen Oklahoma Hunniwell Kan Caldwell Indian Territory

Abolition of flogging in British Navy proposed

A Paris dispatch notes Spain bought 50,000 shares in De Lesseps Panama Canal scheme while Ireland faces unsettled law enforcement. Reports recount arrests, lynchings, mine disasters, and political tensions across the United States and Europe, including Panama share sales, legal notices, and security measures.

Admiralty Paris Spain Forster Ireland Dublin France Montreal

Swiss Plan to Coin Gold Faces Backlash Abroad

The Swiss National Assembly rejected the Federal Council proposal to coin a large sum of gold into twenty franc pieces, fearing foreign regard as a move toward a gold standard. Across the Atlantic, reports from Ireland to Chicago note political and criminal events, from land league threats to a Welsh author's libel dispute, plus a deadly trichinosis outbreak in Chicago and a Colorado-like raid into the Indian Territory.

Swiss National Assembly Federal Council Drussinx Baron Dowse Galway Mulligan County Longford General Grant Washington Boys In Blue

Tragic Illinois murder spree ends in escape then killings

Louis Tockstein 26, a farmer near Chester Illinois, erupted in a brutal rampage striking down a family at a hillside house. He shattered windows and killed old man Ryan his daughter in law Mrs Smith and granddaughter Sarah with an ax before being subdued and remanded to the sheriff. Authorities say finances and farm losses preceded the insanity. The victims were buried today and witnesses described the scene as horrific.

Marquette Wis Kennedy Clarendon County 8. C Union John Lyles James Thomas Thomas White Stockings Chicago Forman Virginia City Nev Stanley San Antonio Texas Huntsville Ala John B. Hardie Jefferson Culbreath Horace J. Bone Commissioner of Internal Revenue Grand Jury United States Circuit Court Richmond B. B. Foster James F. Galloway Samuel Lozan Manchester Dr. Earil Etta Carl Georgia North Carolina Indiana Greencastle Anderson Ind Hanniwell Kan Payne Oklahoma Granrde Scorr Brazil Pensacola Fla James Davis G. W. Campbell United States Cooksville Tenn Frank Moreland Madison County Cincinnati Llth R. A. Blandford The Odd Fellows State of Home Buyning and Loan Association Austin Cleveland John Morris Brazos River Harry Williams Jesse Pomeroy Concord State Prison Whelson Pomeroy Chamberlain Boston Journal Chester Ill Chicago Times Louis Tockstein Anna James Waters Louis Gerlach St. Charles Gerlach Waters Thomas Ryan Mrs. Smith Ryan Kyan Dr. Gortjon Mary Hightcome Tockstein Times Sarah Smith

Calumny and Commerce in Dated Gossip Lines

A collage of brief quotes from multiple papers mocks praise, satire, and ads. It cites Detroit Free Press praising rows, Philadelphia Chronicle on silks, Herald on policemen, Graphic on Edmund About, Boston Post on fiction, WN Picayune on hash, Galveston News on a converted Chinaman, Pottery Gazelle on a child spelling that, Peck’s Milwaukee Sun on patent medicine, and Oil City Derrick on labor and pay.

Hanlan Detroit Free Press Philadelphia Chronicle Philadelphia Herald Edmund Boston Post Kant WN. C. Picayune Texas Galveston News Pottery Gazelle Milwaukee Sun

Diphtheria and street filth blamed in New York letters

A New York Sun physician argues diphtheritic disease stems from foul air and sewer gas, linking gutter filth to illness while criticizing urban cleanliness. The page quotes multiple editorials and opinions on politics, including Barnum, the Democratic Party, and the Chinese letter controversy, noting public health fears and political blame.

New York Sun

President Garfield Receives Ohio Electors at Mentor

President-elect Garfield thanks the Ohio Electoral College for their visit at Mentor and reflects on the election. He emphasizes the sovereign will of nine million voters and vows to pursue liberty, peace, prosperity, justice, and culture for the nation over the next four years.

Ohio Garfield Mentor Republican Party Electoral College Republic Union Hayes President Hayes South James A. Garfield Barnum Randall Washington Lincoln New York Tribune

Sleigh Bells Echo as Snow Fades in Child's Death

A dying nine time snowbound girl on St. Antoine Street gazed at falling snow hoping for one sleigh ride. Her mother, loyal at the pillow, promised a sleigh carrying her coffin if she died. She died before morning, the mourners noting the hearse on runners in an early winter funeral.

Constantinople Porte Greece Janina Metzova Larissa St. Petersburg Wales Pete United States Lowell Fortune Bay Newfoundland Madrid Spain Albania Albanian League London Forster Ireland Great Britain Jokerman Ballinai May Iim Lima British Geographical Society Franz Josef Land Lennoxville Can Pleasant Bay New Brunswick Moe. Tusens French Republic Paris England Basutoland D. J. Murphy San Francisco Mamma St. Antoine Street Detroit Free Press

Joint stock venture to develop White Sulphur Springs

A joint stock company is planned to buy White Sulphur Springs near Cokesbury South Carolina. It aims to raise $30,000 to build a large hotel and improve the resort. Several wealthy gentlemen have pledged loans and prospects are strong that Abbeville will gain a premier watering place in the state.

White Sulphur Springs Cokesbury S. C Abbeville

Tall Australian trees rival world heights in Gippsland and Victoria

A Gippsland fallen tree reached 435 feet from root to highest branch tip, while a standing specimen in Victoria’s Dandenong district is estimated at 460 feet from ground to the top, making Australia home to some of the world’s tallest trees.

Australia Gippslande Dandenong Victoria

Democrats ponder Garfield seat fill as Republicans vow action

The Democrats consider who will succeed Garfield in the Senate while Republicans promise to name a candidate promptly, according to the Post and Tribune report.

Garfield Senate Trust Post and Tribune

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Defiance Co. Express Cor. Clinton and First Ste Business Directory Selwyn N.owen No. J. Greene John D. Lamb B. F. Enos Ea Schmick Adam Minsel E. Carpenter T.S Wight F.N. Horton Levi Colby Townsend Newton WM. Willeman John P. John Dow F. M. Thompson Tu-En-Da-Wie F. and A. Masons R. A. Masons Masons Defiance Commandery Masonic Hall Corner Claton First Sts Defiance Lodge Knights of Honor Defiance Pre Defiance Lodge, No Lo. O. F Defiance Council Stone Front Bishop Post C. Diehl New York Horey Mechanic’s Tools Fremont Harvester Company Rakestraw and the ST. John’s German Reform Church Fourth and Washington Streets Arn. A. K. Heinemann ST. John’s Corner Fifth and Jackson Streets J. B. Young ST. Mary’s Catholic Church Jefferson and Arabella Streets P. M. Kinkead Grace Episcopal Church 2Nd and A. V. Gorrel M.E Corner Third Wayne Sts A. J. Fish First Baptist Church Wayne and Third Streets W. W. Thomas Juliett Streets Wm. Andrews ST. Paul's Lutheran Church Clinton and Arabella J. Deindoerfer First Presbyterian Church Second Streets B. W. Slagle ST. John's Lutheran Church Washington and Dele A. Rohn DPD Office Corner Court Waynee Streets E. W. Downs Eagle Block East Defiance Bridge THACKER & WE_SH, HYSICIANS & SURGEONS Murlington & Co Defianece T. H. Ashton M. D. Ffice Jefferson Street Defiance, Ohio W. T. Harris FFICE Hengstier Clinton Street W.s.powell G. W. Bechel Toal Jackson Street Taird H. W. Myers Buffinton & Co Harris & Cameron Buener Building National Bank Ttorney Keystone Block Lefance, C William Carter Latty & Peaslee Court Street Court House Hardy & Johnson Wolsiter S. W. Rohn Wolsitler Block J. F. Deatrick George W. Killey Will Uolice S. T. Sutphen Wolsiffer Milton E. Orcutt Ralston’s Block Charles E. Bronson Ag’t Harley Bro’s HOPE Garmore Ford S. W. Corner Defiance Post Office Courneys Chie Kingsbury D. Potterf Bechel Missouri Iowa Toledo FT. Wayne St. Louis Kansas City Hannibal St Pt Joseph Omaha & Ottumwa Wabash St.Louis Minsel Beardsley Buffington L. E. Beardsley J. Bauer & CO AVE Viebach Maumee River J Bauer & CO Baltimore R. Brown Clinton Bheis Beason Congressional Jay Gould Islington Hudson Ann Hicerns John Lyons Philadelphia Ames Laxkin Meadville Lawrence Mase Wardman Irwfa Court of Oyer and Terminer Utah Thompson Panama Canal Company Tuer Standard Justice Strone Supreme Court of the United States Philadelphia & Reading Railway Walker Ramsey War Department Navy Department Treasury Department Grant Marine Band Beale C. O. Howard Schofield New Orleans Miles Howard Stamford Conn Harriet Davenport Aew Wittenbrink National Council of the Union League of America Arnold & Co Bowie, Cash & Co John Kelly Tammany Cooper Allen Campbell Irving Hall Pennsylvania John Story H. A. Latnrer Sharon New York City Secret Service Brooklyn Bellamy William Bellamy Livingston County Yorktown Lord Cornwallis M. P. Jewell Wisconsin Irving H Stanton Colorado B. F. Hart W. D. Washburn Minnesota G. Blaisdell Nevada Thomas Soeil Winds Philo Parsons Michigan W. H. English E. F. Ware Spaids Sen Spaids Lead City Dubuque Hiram Holbrook American Express k.Yed Baron de Friedland Duke de Persigny Queen’s Halifax Earl of Stanhope American Rifle Association Wimbledon Colenso Natal Oil City Wade Hampton English Hancock Democratic National Committee Hear Bax Democratic Party N. FY. Tribune Criffiinals Toledo Blade Tilden Kelly M. Y. Tribune RGF Oder Plain Uncle Sam Maria Jewell West James Anda Jim G Morey Chinee Hewitt Lewis Rockwell Honesdale Mace Paul Strabach Montgomery County Gar Democratic State Committee Filden
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