Financial and political brief from national happenings
Government plans to issue Treasury notes without legal tender to replace fading bank notes. House appropriations debates recess work on pension fortifications consular and military bills. Silver dollars at $415 500 for week ended 23. Secretary Fouler healthy. General Rosecrans’s wife died. Emigration group forms to help blacks acquire 160 acres each with aid. Internal revenue down from prior year. spirits up. tobacco taxes down. Gambling ban proposed for army officials. Morrison to appoint Talbott as Ways and Means clerk. Sheridan tarps a possible Charley McComas band in Chiricahua territory. Creek Nation delegation to Washington over Creek troubles. Idaho Treasurer Irwin declines salary for quarter ended. Chinese naturalization debate. voting rights for nativity. Sleigh accident in Rocktown. Suicide at Greenwood Cemetery. Grantie slip and minor injuries. Pennsylvania labor protests growing. New York assignment schedules 343 in 1883. Mrs Chamberlain dies after insane jump. Dizer Co closes factory. 400 out of work. Free Thinkers Convention opens with Burnham and Remburg.
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Committee On Banking and Currency
Congress
Treasury
House Committee On Appropriations
Fouler
Rosecrans
Washington
South
West
Internal Revenue
Army
Morrison
Henry Talbott, Jr
Illinois
Ways and Means
Sheridan
Pope
Fort Leavenworth
Charley McComas
San Carlos
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Ispaheche
Joan N. Irwin
Idaho Territory
United States
Rocktown
James Smith
Henry Green
Mary Krohner
New York
John Thoma
Greenwood Cemetery
Girardsville
Grant
Pennsylvania
Chamberlain
John Chamberlain
New York State
Oswego
N. Y
Dizer & Co
East Weymouth
Mass
Free Thinkers
Salamanca
Rev. Burnham
Michigan
John E. Remburg
Kansas
Henry Mooness
Philadelphia
Kensington
New Shamokin
Sunbury & Lewisburg
Sunbury
Nutt
Pittsburgh
Young Nutt
A. D. Smith & Co
Providence
R. I
Elizabeth
N. J
Fred Pence
Ep Mullen
Frank Long
Bradford
Duck Creek
Marietta
Ohio
Harrisburg
Daniel Mackey
Sallie Mackey
Mackay
Guilford
John Goulding
Joan H. Diex
Delanco
Marttha Staves
Moriah
Carter
Williams
Train wrecks and murders dominate the 26th reports
Across Pennsylvania and nearby states a series of calamities and crimes unfold. Henry Mooness, ex policeman of Philadelphia, convicted of 1871 Kensington Bank robbery. a New Shamon Sunbury & Lewisburg train wreck at a trestle near Sunbury. freight wrecks in Elizabeth and Columbus Junction. multiple murders and assaults including Mackay in Harrisburg and Posey in Yazoo City. severe mine and weather disasters with deaths and injuries. notable bequests to Cincinnati Art Museum and College of Music.
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Charles Harvey
Petersburg
Ind
Henry Custin, Jr
William McCarrery
New Orleans
Bud Renaud
Pratt
Birmingham
Montana
Joseph Phelan
Paris
Ark
Gray
Ilinois
Pettit Jean Creek
Olive Gunter
Chatham Church
Moncure
N. C
Chippewa Falls
Wis
George N. Ayres
Rutland
Yazoo City
Miss
John T. Posey
Williams & Posey
John James
Posey
James
John Posey
Carrot Posey
Jasper Nicholls
Buck
H. C. Gillett
Fritz Hallder
Reuben R. Springer
Cincinnati Art Museum
Mills
College of Music
Virginius Mine
Ouray
Col
Montrose
Cumberland Basin
Onray
Boss
Hardis Creek
Louisa Court House
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Mark Fisher
Coal Creek
Tex
Ancient turmoil and protests thread through foreign news
Reports from Harbor Grace show an Orangemen procession attacked by a mob on the 26th with three killed and several wounded. Coroner Dr. Beatty of Lamberton died during an inquest on Mrs. Gibbs murdered earlier. Plantyn survivors rescued at Oporto after a fatal voyage. sixty on board perished. Barracks and railway explosives incidents surface in Ireland. Courbet urged by France to press Hong Hoa, Bacninh campaign. Trades Congress in Toronto calls for prohibition of Chinese labor imports.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Beatty
Lamberton
Canada
Gibbs
New York
Antwerp
Oporto
Portugal
London
Berkenhead
Barrack Street
Stabane
County Tyrone
Ireland
Great Western Railway
Axminster
Admiral Courbet
Dominion
Ohio State liquor dealers form state organization and oppose Scott law
The Ohio State Convention of Liquor Dealers met in Columbus on the 28th to form a central committee of fifteen to oversee auxiliaries and legislation. They adopted resolutions declaring the Scott law unconstitutional and harmful to merchants, urging the Legislature to enact a lawful replacement.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Liquor Dealers Call for Repeal of Scott Law
The State Convention of Liquor Dealers at Columbus adjourned after forming a state organization with a 15 member central committee. They urged the next Legislature to repeal the Scott law, deeming it unconstitutional and unjust to Ohio liquor traders.
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Columbus
Lockport Congressman Proposes Niagara River Bridge
Congressman Stevens of Lockport introduces a bill in the House to authorize a new bridge across the Niagara River likely at Lewiston or Youngstown. A Canadian Parliament bill is planned. The Grand Trunk backs the scheme and may fund a cantilever bridge to link with the Attica and Lockport line and with the Rome Watertown Ogdensburg system.
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Lockport
N. Y
Stevens
New
Lockport, Attica & Youngstown Railroad
Niagara River
Lewiston
Youngstown
Grand Trunk
Attica
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Epidemic Smallpox Strikes Assumption Parish
Advices from Assumption Parish Louisiana report a smallpox outbreak taking an epidemic form in several localities. Many deaths have occurred, including the prominent Mrs. Jane Acosta known for piety and benevolence. Entire families are isolated as authorities combat spread.
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Little Rock
Ark
Assumption Parish
Louisiana
Jane Acosta
State Land Board Faces Bid Conspiracy Concerns
The State Land Board in Texas grapples with school lands bids due next Tuesday. Reportedly, on the last day, speculators occupied county surveyors offices, parcelled land at minimum prices, and planned to outbid farmers or settlers for key tracts, risking many sales being canceled.
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Auvstm
Tex
State Land Board
Witness Murdered in Ottawa Testimony Case
Warren Swarth, a key witness in a $200,000 case, was found dead in Ottawa Illinois with his head crushed. Police say two strangers shadowed him before he was killed and his body placed under railroad wheels to hide the crime.
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Ottawa
Warren Swarth
Rock Island Railway
Floating Theater Gladiator Planned on New York River
A New York incorporation proposes a $250000 floating theater to visit river and coast towns with first class performances. A stock company will be employed aboard year round. The vessel, built on the catamaran principle, will be called the Gladiator.
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New York
N. Y. Sun
Man suits himself as executor in bid to sue estate
A Long Island man acted as both plaintiff and defendant in court claiming an estate he was executor owed him money. The judge ruled the conduct intolerable, removed the estate from his control, and dismissed him from the case.
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Long Island
Brooklyn Eagle
Burdened Play in Japan Kids Carry On Back
A correspondent notes the custom of Japanese children carrying younger siblings on their backs. Scores of children play with babies on their backs as they run at high speed, the infant's head seen waving in the breeze while napping.
House Committees Named in Heated Washington Session
The full roll of House committees was announced with members across Elections, Ways and Means, Appropriations, Judiciary, Banking and Currency, Coinage, Weights and Measures, Commerce, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Military, Naval, Post Offices, Railways and Canals, Public Lands, Indian Affairs, Territories, Manufactures, Mines and Mining, Levees, Militia, Claims, Expenditures, Patents, Education, Invalid Pensions, Pensions, State, Treasury, Labor, War Claims, Revision of Laws, Public Buildings and Grounds, Pacific Railroads, and more with numerous lawmakers named for each panel.
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House
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Turner
Georgia
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Iowa
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le Fever
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Kean, Jr
Pacific Railroads
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Throckmorton
Thompson, Jr
Jordan
Millard
Durnham
Hanback
Endorsement Meeting Backs Arthur Plan For Utah Council
A large gathering of Democrats and Republicans in Salt Lake City endorsed President Arthur’s recommendation for a Utah legislative council and Governor Murray’s good government agenda. Leaders spoke in support and strong resolutions passed urging Congress to enact the President’s proposed laws. A reception for Governor Murray is planned on his return from the East.
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Salt Lake
U. T
Arthur
Legislative Council
Utah
Murray
Congress
The Country's Crops Report From 1883 Estimates
The 1883 crop estimates show 400 million bushels of corn if gathered with quality concerns. Potatoes remain strong and oats are lush. Wheat tops 400 million bushels and cotton around 6 million bales, with follow up studies planned post harvest.
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Washington
J. R. Dodge
Agricultural Department
Parallel Forty
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Riots Kill Four In Harbor Grace N F Violence Spreads
Meager dispatches report four deaths in Harbor Grace riots yesterday including Darmandy Mercer Jeans and Callahan with eight mortally wounded and up to twenty more injured. Over 1,000 armed men gather from Conception Bay as Carbonear crowds threaten further clashes.
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Boston
Harbor Grace
N. F
St. Johns
Darmandy
Mercer
Jeans
Callahan
Doyle
Carbonear
Conception Bay
Halifax
Bloody Affray in Allendale Leaves Two Dead
A Christmas street fight in Allendale South Carolina left two dead and five wounded. John Hudlett marshal and his relatives clashed with Frank Weaver Aley Middleton, injuring Evan Strange Tom Hudlett and others. Afterward a second melee near town ended with Evan Strange and Tom Hudlett killed.
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Allendale
S. C
John Hudlett
John
Tom
Evan
Joyce Strange
Frank Weaver
Aley Middleton
Gus Allen
Strange
Evan Strange
Tom Hudlett
Hudletts
O’bryans
Bishop Warren Marries Elizabeth in Denver Ceremony
Bishop Warren of the Methodist Episcopal Church Southern District wed Elizabeth the millionaire cattle owner in Evans Chapel. Four hundred elites attended from Maine to California. Bishop Simpson and Drs Moore and Cranston officiated with Governor Grant Senators Hill and Bowen and other state officials present.
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Col
Bishop Warren
Methodist Episcopal Church
Southern District
Elizabeth
Evans Chapel
Maine
California
Simpson
Moore
Cranston
Grant
Hill and
Bowen
Bedford
Boy swallows fare in Boston horse car prank
In a Boston horse car a boy suddenly acted distressed then recovered. The conductor asked for fare and the boy explained his action by saying he swallowed the money and asked to charge it to his papa.
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Boston
Boston Transcript
Red lizard exhibited then burned in Catemaco plaza
In Catemaco Vera Cruz a fisherman netted a remarkable red lizard nearly thirty feet long with an ear like an elephant. The creature was shown for three days before residents burned it on the public plaza.
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Catemaco
Amos R Eno Receives 2 Million in Rent from Fifth Avenue Hotel
The 80 year old Amos R Eno earned two million dollars in rents from the Fifth Avenue New York Hotel property since its construction years ago. Eno rose from poverty to become a successful dry goods jobber.
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Amos R. Eno
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mr. Eno
Sun
Woman hunter claims record in West Virginia
Mrs. Annie Cutlip of Webster County near Addison has reportedly killed twelve bears twenty seven deer and fourteen wild turkeys during her lifetime challenging any rival to best her frontier hunting tally and drawing a remark from the Chicago Times.
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Annie Cutlip
Addison
Webster County
W. Va
Chicago Times
Notable 19th Century Obscurities and Anecdotes Across Newspapers
A collage of brief items: Arthur Schofield estate earmarks 50000 for the Boston Public Library despite a will flaw. Farm poet Will Carleton valued at 150900, with a quip about avoiding the poor house. Congressman George A Post, age 29, noted as the youngest in Congress. Asa Barker of Lynn, a suicide linked to a Barker concert era. Washington Irving quip on daughters education. A Rochester wedding displayed in a shop window as advertising, with many gifts. Joseph Swift’s Philadelphia fortune and legacies including to Mary Thorne and Horace Browne. John Hay testifies Lincoln wrote his Gettysburg Address largely solo.
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Boston Public Library
Arthur Schofield
Boston Herald
Will Carleton
Chicago Journal
George A. Post
Congress
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Press
Asa Barker
Lynn
Mass
Barker
Boston Post
Washington Irving
James Converse
Chili
N. Y
Mary Chatterton
Rochester
N. ¥. Post
Joseph Swift
Philadelphia
Mary
Charles K. Thorne, Jr
Horace G. Browne
Thorne
John Hay
President Lincoln
J. Lincoln
Washington
Gettysburg
Chicago Herald
Between Bonemians and a Breakfast Request
A room meeting prompt leads to a playful breakfast invitation in a Boston Tran script. Other quips include a blind man guided home in fog, a Venus statue loan joke, an elevator seen as a telephone, a London pawn broker at 1 am, and bragging about shooting through a sieve until buckshot holes are blocked.
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Boston Transcript
Squire Smith
Harper's Bazar
Gom Gom
Paris
Boston
Sofys
Boston Post
London
Austin Sporting
Texas Sistings
The Vegetarian's Stumbling Block
A Saturday Review critique argues that milk forces vegetarians to rely on cows and calves, leading to animal killing which contradicts anti cruelty aims. The piece contends milk makes vegetarianism incoherent and urges rejecting milk to preserve the movement's ethics.
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Saturday Review
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