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Newspaper

Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1880

Page

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Senate and House Bills Lead to Pensions and Currency Moves

The session features bills by Ryan, Hayes, and others on free duty clothing for relief of colored immigrants and pensions for Mexican War survivors. A flood of measures follows including currency expansion, transfer of Indian Bureau, tax relief for wages notes, homestead equalization, and salt import debates. Public notices on pensions, appointments, and investigations accompany the political theater.

Senate Ryan Kan Hayes Paddock United States Military Academy Warner Foreythe Shelborn Indian Bureau War Department Davis Clymer Gunter State Department Hong Kong

Senator Morrill proposes debt refund study in Senate

On the thirteenth Senator Morrill submitted a resolution directing the Finance Committee to inquire about the practicability of refunding the national debt at less than four percent and to consider a plan for moderate subscriptions. A bill by Mr Saulsbury would preserve telegraph secrecy. In the House the Rules Committee discussion continued and a Presbyterian petition on liquor traffic was referred.

Senate Pendleton Bayard Finance Windom Department of Agriculture and Commerce Secretary of the Interior Ae Ae Ute Commission Utes Hovsk inter-States United States Alaska Pembina Committee On Mines and Mining L. T. Smith Levi Wilson Purcell Kansas Wallace Drexel & Co Pennsylvania Ith. House Committee On Appropriations Committee On Commerce C. J. Noyes Andrews Connecticut Chicago Kate Anderson Greenback Labor Party Washington Greenback Trade and Labor E. P. Dewees March National Executive Committee Congressional Committee The Labor Party New York Carer Ouray Interior Department Schurz Senate Committee On Privileges Kellogg-Spofford James D. Lamson Maine Senate Chamberlain Maine Garcelon Ellis Morrill United States Senate Committee On Finance Saulsbury House General Assembly Presbyterian Church Tuer Frank Leslie Leslie New York Assembly Wallace R. White House of Representatives Mr. White Supreme Judicial Court J. A. White Swann Mr. Wentworth Charles E. Ricker Cushman Lamson General Chamberlain Supreme Court Cheago Grant Palatka Fla St. Augustine Ohio Garfield Thurman

The Trickster Billy W. and His Many Faces

An old London rogue known as Billy W. plies a crowd work routine, feigning accidents to draw crowds then begging for sympathy. He limps to taverns, tells sob stories, and reappears in varied disguises from seedy preacher to newsboy, using costume to deceive and profit.

Billy W Billy London Standard

Maine Legislature Amid Turmoil Over Seats Contested

The Maine House and Senate opened with protests and accusations of fraud. Governor Garcelon announced a quorum, while Fusionists and a lone Republican dominated the chamber. The day saw clashes over seating, with calls for inquiry and warnings against unconstitutional power grabs echoed by Chicago papers.

Unite to resist Garcelons Maine usurpation threats

A historical defense argues that Maine laws cannot curb official canvasser treachery and urges party unity to oppose Governor Garcelon. Using Illinois as example, it warns that canvassing boards could bias outcomes if party majorities shift, underscoring fears of eroding majority will.

Garcelon Maine Ilinois Congress Supreme Court Circuit Court General Assembly Illinois Springfield

Augusta Republicans seize State House to organize Maine Legislature

An Augusta AP dispatch reports Republicans occupied the State House to organize the Senate and House for the Fifty-ninth Maine Legislature. Key leaders were elected, committees formed to seek Supreme Court opinions on legality, while Fusionists abstained from the session.

Christmas Night Escort Rivalry Turns Sour in Nashville

A Nashville youth failed to escort a young woman home from church on Christmas night. He hired an Arab, blowing a Christmas horn, to walk beside them and block conversation. The maneuver unsettled the couple as they hurried indoors, while the story hints at checks on character and value of honesty.

Nashville Tenn

Maine Returning Board crisis criticized by press

The piece condemns Governor Garcelon and allies for fraudulently issuing certificates and defying the Supreme Court. It argues such acts betray the law, urge de novo action, and claim the Republican path will restore the legislature and governor per the people’s vote, while condemning conspirators. It cites legal principles, political stakes, and calls for accountability.

Chicago John Fernando Wood John F. Wood Peter Washi Jones Peter W. Jones State Board Maine Garcelon Chicago Inter-Ocean Maine Returning Board Supreme Court Barcelon A Board Returning Board Portland Bath Wrom Republian Democratic Party Supreme Court of Chicago Tribune

Desperate Fusion Row in Augusta Overshadows State Politics

The Augusta proceedings reveal a weak quorum and a sham House led by Governor Garcelon who claimed sixty-nine members had taken an oath. He cited Supreme Court opinions and petitions to justify seating refused members, amid a conspiratorial minority pressing power. Republicans respond with measured patience.

W. E. Gibbs Hale Republi Vernor Severnor Peared House of Representatives Vernor Garcelon Supreme Court Garcelon Eugene Hale Veazie Farmington Snow Skowice J C. Talbot Talbot E. Gibbs H. Carlton Cheever Senate House Maine Sureme Court Maire Committee On Dickey Samuel M. Lane Samuel Upjohn Locke Cumberland James D. Lamson Augusta Associated Press State House Lamson General Chamberlain Jeremiah Dingley, Jr Austin Harris Butler Charles W. Turner William M. Stratton Andrew R.S. Smith Sam Lincoln County Jseph A. Locke Charles W.tilden George E. Brackett Belfast Free

Dark days for election law and Maine govern

The Philadelphia Press denounces Maine’s political actions as a conspiracy to seize government. It argues that defeating a fair election and denying the popular will threatens the elective system, warning abolition of elections if the trend continues and urging swift correction or removal of those responsible.

Maine Philadelphia Press

National Board of Health outlines quarantine needs and costs

Washington reports the National Board of Health plans enhanced quarantine stations at Boston New York Philadelphia Chesapeake Bay Brunswick Ship Island and on the Texas coast with an estimated cost of 100 000. It calls for steamboat inspection stations on the Mississippi at New Orleans Vicksburg Memphis and Cairo costing 35 000 and urges a 100 000 reserve for inland quarantine emergencies while noting expected annual expenses of about 284 330 for 1880 and 202 060 for 1881.

Washington National Board of Health Congress United States American Public Health Association Nashville Boston New York Philadelphia Chesapeake Bay Charleston Savannah Brunswick Fernandina Fla Ship Island Miss Mississippi River New Orleans Vicksburg Memphis Cairo

Eclipsed Sun Marks Totality South of Fresno

A Fresno call reports a total solar eclipse line ten miles north of the area with clear skies. Observers note first contact at 2:45 pm, totality by 3:53 pm, and a corona around the moon. Fringes of red purple light and triangle suns were observed. a corona lingered minutes beyond totality. Salinas also saw totality with an eight degree temperature drop.

San Francisco Cal Fresno Salinas

Man with a Gun and Dogs Faces Rustic Misadventure

A vivid rural vignette follows a man armed with a gun and three dogs as he treks across the country. He drops a few birds, loses apples to the cold, tumbles into a creek, then returns home convinced he had a grand time.

Father seeks St Nicholas post over St James role

The father of a family notes that the position of minister to St Nicholas is enough for him, even though filling the role at the Court of St James is considered difficult.

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Defiance Co. Express Frank C. Culley Cor. Clinton and First Sts Business Directory Selwyn N.owen Jacob J. Greene Betas W. Townsend Newton WM. Willeman John P Frederick John Dow B. W. Slagle H. Schoonover F. M. Thompson Accen Ees Ajit Infirm’s Directors Atten-Da-Wie F. and A. Masons R. m Masons Oc-Co-Nox-Ee Council R and S. Masons Defiance Commandery Masonic Hall Corner Clinton Defiance Lodge Knights of Honor Defiance Srd Fort Defiance Lodge, No Defiance Council Stone Front Bishop Post ST. John's German Reform Church Fourth and Washington Streets Rev. Ann. 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 A. M M. E Corner Third Wayne Sts A. J. Fish First Baptist Church Wayne and Third Streets W. V. Thomas M. E. Caurch Juliett Streets Wm. Andrews ST. Paul's Lutheran Church Arabella J. Deindoerfer First Presbyterian Church Second Streets B. W. Sciviece ST. John's Lutheran Church Washington and M. Zucker Dele A. Rohn D. Office Corner Court Waynee Streets Defiance, Ohio L. G. Thacker Buttington &Cos T. H. Ashton M. D. Ffice Jefferson Street S. S. Hoffman FFICE Zeller & Bruner Rinaldo Evans River Road W.s.powell G. W. Bechel Jackson Street Taird D.P. Aldrich Colby & Scott's Drug Store H. W. Myers Ton « Co Deance W. C. Travis Keystone Jock, Defiance, C William Carter Clinton and Latty & Peaslee Court Street Court House Hardy & Johnson Wolsier’s Block S. W. Rohn Ttorney Joe Wolsifler J. F. Deatrick Karst Taird Streets Killey & Heacock Eagle Block S. T. Sutphen Wilhi Wolsitter Milton E. Orcutt Ralston’s Block Charles E. Bronson Harley Bro’s Defiance Post Office C. Diehl Horey Mechanic’s Tools Fremont Harvester Company Rakestraw and the St. and Wabash Railway I. B. Hills &Son Neft Boots & Shoes Neflance, Ohio L. E. Beardsley E. J. Pontius Millinery Third St J. Bauer & CO Viebach Clinton Street Maumee River Hive J Bauer & Co Baltimore R. Brown the News Congressional Thomas Alfred Starkey New Jersey New York City Reading Ninth Cavalry Pueblo Col Union Depot Kansas City Ouray General Hatch Messrs. Voorhtes Vance Blair North Carolina Indiana Greenback Labor Conference Greenback Labor Press Association 8. F. Norton J. H. Randall Clyde Benjamin C. Robert New York Produce Exchange Maryland Perkins California Sacramento Tremont House Charles Stewart Parnell America Ireland Drexel, Morgan & Co National Land League Parnell and Dillon Brooklyn Henry Ward Beecher England Eau Care Wis Miss Bricuam Marlboro Mass Miss Brigham Foster Union Stock Yards Butchers’ and Packing-House Mens’ Protective Union Berry Russia Germany Dublin Gorpvon Pasa Egypt Paris Prince Imperial Kharkoff Red Cross Society Maprio Spain Herr Pretorius Transvaal London Cracow Poland Vistula Lanore India Yakoob Khan Afghanistan Berlin Bismarck St. Petersburg Servia NEW World Daniel Haskins Haskins Eddie Annie Thomas Milwaukee East Liberty Cho'co Capitol Guestes Hobson Lincoln Harris Wentworth Kittery Smith William Stratton Kennebec County Strout George E. Weeks Peaker A. A. Strout L. Hutchinson Lewiston Silas C. Hatch Bangor Syracuse Herald Ple N. Y
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