Ephemeral Senate and House actions recap from January week
The week covers Senate and House votes on tax reform tariff revision and the Pendleton Civil Service bill, plus appropriations for surveys and district funding. Notable items include tobacco export in bond, census funding requests, postal rate cuts, and a major fire in Brooklyn lodging extensive losses. It notes deaths, accidents, and industrial disruptions across multiple states, with political shifts in Kansas and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Pendleton Civil Service
Yeas
Dakota
Missouri
Columbia Rivers
District of Columbia
Messrs
Blair and Cameron
Wis
Committee of
Washington News Roundup From The Nation's Capital
The piece covers silver dollar in circulation figures, Garfield fair proceeds, Frances Willard's Temperance tour route, state convention calls in the South and Florida, a Civil Service bill vote tally in the House and Senate, and related financial and political notes including treasury requests, mint gains, and clearinghouse totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frances E. Willard
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Pacific Coast
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
House
Senate
Yeas
Aldrich
Anderson
Barr
Bayne
Beach
Belford
Belmont
Beltzhoover
Berry
Bingham
Bisbee
Blanchard
Bowman
Bragg
Briggs
Buck
Buckner
Burrows
Butterworth
Calkins
Campbell
Candier
Cannon
Carlisle
Carpenter
Cassidy
Turner
Vance
van Aernam
van Fora
Wadsworth
Wait
Walker
Ward
Washburn
Watson
Webber
Williams
Wis
Willis
Willits
Wilson
Wood
N. Y
Ae Atherton
Atkins
Blackburn
Bland
Bliss
Blount
Breumm
Buchanan
Cauldwell
Clements
Culberson
Dunn
Forney
Garrison
Geddes
Hammond
Hardenberg
Hoge
Hubbs
Kenna
King
Knott
Leedom
Lefevre
Manning
Marsh
McKenzie
McMillan
Mills
Moore
Oates
Reagan
Robinson
Ross
Smalls
Sparks
Steele
Thomas
Upson
Warner
Welborn
Whitthorne
Ala
Wise
United States
Treasury Cattle Commission
Benjamin Franklin
Harry Stevens
London
Canada
Lyons
France
Garfield Hospital
Senators Race In Maine And Other Late 19th Century News
The Maine legislature renominated United States Senator Frye with Republicans while Democrats chose ex Governor Plaisted. The widow of Boston Advertiser editor D A Goddard declines a $25,000 purse. Mount Washington summit records 144 mph gust and zero temperature. A New York coroner’s jury exonerates officer Delaney who killed bartender McGowan and awards a gold watch. Fourteen horses burned in a New York City fire. A package of 100+ loaded cartridges from Arizona to Providence was found in a New York Post Office bag and confiscated. Boston Hoosac Tunnel & Western Road plans to cease work west of Syracuse and sell beyond. William Livesey named Pennsylvania Treasury cashier to replace murdered Captain Nutt. Philadelphia Centennial Exposition stockholders behind by $1.7 million. New York bankers urge Congress for a deficit relief appropriation. P P Gustine & Son furniture dealers fail for $100,000. A West Philadelphia widow, Mrs Rebecca Gearsley, suffocates from a hot brick fire in bed.
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United States
Frye
Maine
Plaisted
D. A. Goddard
Boston Advertiser
Mount Washington
New York City
Delaney
McGowan
Providence
R.L
Arizona
New York
Iris
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Road
Syracuse
West Shore Company
William Livesey
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Treasury
Captain Nutt
Congress
P. P. Gustine & Son
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Rebecca Gearsley
Vast array of 19th century world events and crimes
A digest of reports details divorces, alimony, and desertion cases in Denver. fires, deaths, and suicides in multiple states. boiler explosions, embezzlement arrests, and political reorganizations across the US. European turmoil includes floods, executions, political shifts, and royal decrees with international casualties and disasters.
Pre-emption law strictness cited. varied distant events noted
Secretary Teller declares residence and improvement required before patents. multiple brief items follow including arrest of Maria Polk near Webb Texas, mine explosion in Illinois, election of C T Doxey to Congress, Joan Manning elected Buffalo mayor, deadly boiler blast in Bethlehem, and other 9th of month events in politics, rail, and disaster.
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Far West
Teller
Maria T. Polk
Tennessee
Webb
Laredo
Texas
United States
Jones & Nesbit
Coulterville
Ill
C. T. Doxey
Indiana
Godlove
Joan B. Manning
Buffalo
N. Y
Bethlehem
Ulysses
Neb
Reichstag
British Empire
Shields
Bombay
United Pipe Lines Company
Oil City
Suh
Vienna
Hungary
Raab
Danube
Tuatcuer Perkins
Baltimore
Camden
Senate
Yeas
Revised 1882 Crop Statistics for Corn and Wheat
The Agricultural Department reports corrected 1882 corn and wheat production with yields for 1879 and 1881. Prepared for the Commissioner Loring’s annual report, statistician J R Dodge completed the compilation and has sent it to the printer. The exhibit promises valuable data for the year’s crop performance.
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Washington
Agricultural Department Statistican
J. R. Dodge
Loring
Failures in 1882 Across US and Canada
The 1882 mercantile failures reported by Dun and Company show the United States with 6738 failures and 101,009,000 in liabilities, Canada with 787 failures and 8,500,000 in liabilities, and a predicted one failure per 122 traders. Bradstreet cites 7571 US and 612 Canada failures. assets and liabilities totals are given. The report also notes a new Canada Southern bridge project, a pension award to Sol omon F. Beals, and city relief and tax details in several locales.
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Sf. Seek
Vermont
Masschus
Rhode
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylva
Middle
Maryland
Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Atlantic
Alabama
Mississippi
Ouisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Southern
W. Va
Tennessee
Kentucky
Central
Ohio
Indaina
Town
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
St's
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Lake
California
Oregon
Nevada
Pacific C’st
Colorado
CSU
St’s
Maine
New York
N. Jersey
Penn Sete Eee
Deaware
Georgia
Louisana
Indiana
Uri
Miinesota
I Lake
W. Virgin’ A
Massachuse’s
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Pensylvania
Louisiana
United States
Canada
R. G. Dun & Co
Dominion of Canada
Bradstreet's Journal
Banking in Berlin as seen through a weary traveler
A Berlin bank visit described as grim and inefficent with damp courtyards, two-story cramped spaces, and hours wasted as clerks stretch lunch to double the work period. The narrator endures a slow deposition process, strict identity checks, and no bank-book or checks, leaving with only a signed receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Cor
San Francisco Chronicle
The Healthy Man A Taunting Portrait of Pure Health
The piece lampoons the abnormaly healthy man who revels in his own vigor. His hovering cheerfulness overwhelms others, provoking misery, snide remarks, and a wish for relief as he brags of never being sick. The Boston Transcript tone notes his social harm and lack of genuine benefit.
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Boston Transcript
Gold in Farmyards How Liquid Fertilizer Boosts Corn
Agricultural note argues there is a golden vein on most farms in the form of drained liquid from manure and yard leachate. By applying a pint of this liquid to one of two corn hills, the treated hill shows faster root growth, earlier ripening, and 20 to 100 percent more kernels, with potential to save vast leachate.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Outburst of winter robins noted in Pittsfield Mass
A rare winter observation records robins remaining through the season in Pittsfield Massachusetts. The item notes unusual persistence of these birds beyond expected migratory behavior and mentions similar regional notes.
Foreign Gossip Sparkles in Brief Vein of World News
A Belgian old maid richly donates her fortune to the Belgian army. German girls reportedly cultivate hair for sale, fetching about five dollars an ounce. London orders hoop skirts as balloon petticoats revive. Queen Victoria’s first accession letter to Queen Adelaide drew a quip about Dowager status. Humbert’s Vienna horsemanship faced a faltering horse, blamed on flogging by a discharged groom. A Francophone traveler feigns emphasis by shouting English place names to gain attention. Lord Derby’s Irish estate sale proceeds to a Dublin merchant after choosing cash over land. An Empress of Austria saves a blind woman from a river, rewarding a guiding girl. At a London School Board, Sir John Bennett cheekily claims two minutes more time by his watch.
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Belgium
Sheffield
London
Queen Victoria
Queen Adelaide
Humbert
Italy
Vienna
France
Northumberland
Cumberland
Durham
Lord Derby
Tipperary
Col. Stanley
Beaconfield
Dublin
Knowsley
Ireland
Godollo
Magoroyd
Austria
Sir John Bennett
Sir John
Grain merchant spared jury duty by court
A Detroit juror from the Board of Trade asked to be excused due to loss risk while a grain merchant. The judge, offering a favor, kept him serving by warning he might be cornered on wheat, saving him from financial harm. The scene highlights flaws in the jury system and businessman participation.
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Board of Trade
Clerk
Detroit Free Press
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Defiance County Express
la Frana
C. Culbey
Defiance
New England
Tomas Garroca
David Davis
James Davis
Patrick White
Ashland
Cohoes
War Department
H. F. Gye
Madame Albani
Boston
Matthew F. Whittier
Ovington Brothers
China House
Brooklyn
Harry L. Smith
William A. Seaver
Harper's Weekly
Mount Vernon
Coal Miners of
Gambetta
Tammany Hall
Lieutenant Chipp
Jeannette
Siberia
Edwin J. Howard
Henry C. Howard
Easton
Charles A. Schad
Tur Reding
Sa'em
Roanoke College
George W. Guck
Topeka
Po.k
San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Isaac N. Dasser
Massillon
James H. Berry
E. D. Lewis
General Herron
Northern Pacific Railroad
Little Missouri River
County Court of
Denver
Plummer
Grad Lake
Col
Waldron
Minneesota
Hubbard
India
W. D. Byrum
North Muskegon
Mich
Charles Miller
Yankee Hill
R. Stretter
E. A. Davis
Hale Brown
Coolidge
N. C
Black Horse Landing
C. T. van Vliet
San Francisco Grain Exchange
Mr. Campbell
Cook County
L. C. Collins
Micuaker O’ Rourke
Milton
Ont
Maher
Isham Scott
Paris
Joseph Speers
Jack Moore
Robert Rose
Webster County
Lizzie McDonald
Charity
Patrick Moore
Polk
Rupert Spencer
Robert Bronson
Edward C. Anderson
Savannah
San Francisco
James Rowland
Bay
Cairo
J. Epward Moncx
Detroit
Chatham
Foreign Intelligence
Ielapp
Deneral
M. Fisher & Son
Montreal
Mann
Cooke
Little Rideau
Star of the West
Bremen
Tunis
John Howard Payne
A Nan
Ballinasloe
Tripoli
Revolutionary Committee
Russia
Tur Municipal Bank
Sapotok
Kavanagh
Lucknow
Quebec
Chanzy
Robert Coombe
Toronto
Gamberra
Brussels
Liverpool
Glasgow
Osf
Cape of Good Hope
England
Madrid
Spain
Germany
Prince Krapotkne
Roderic Meignon
Duke of Sagasta
Martinez Campos
Jean Baptiste Auguste Clesinger
Canada Southern
Niagara River
Solomon F. Beals
Brocton
Mass
Chicago
Cincinnati
Baker City
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Banking In
America
Mr. Kaeg
Man
Robins
Pittsfield
Seymour
Buffalo Express
Dlsp
Common Pleas Court
P. S. Breckenridge
Allegheny
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Portland
Kalama
Washington Territories
Puget Sound
Columbia
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