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Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1879

Page

2

Treasury to receive ten dollar refunding certificates after June ninth

The Treasury will accept ten dollar refunding certificates for conversion into four percent bonds. Certificates must be sent at the sender’s risk and without government expense, marked refunding certificates and addressed to the Treasurer of the United States. Applications should state desired denominations and whether coupon or registered.

Treasury Department United States

Congressional action on treaty amendments and judicial expenditure

The report notes adoption and passage of a bill to amend treaties to remedy grievances and to fund judicial expenses. The Appropriation Committee reported the bill, it went to the committees, and debate narrowed. The measure passed at a party-line vote with 85 yeas and nays, Stevenson the sole dissenter among the backers.

Senate Pendleton Committee On Foreign Affairs House United States Gypeey and Melbow Billie Bayard Judiciary Committee Messrs. Thompson Board of Inquiry Fitz John Porter Committee On Jury Affairs House Atkins Hawley Committee On Appropriations Tennessee Connecticut White Seattle Lamar Select Coke Finance Committee Cook Messrs. Edmunds Whyte Yeas Omaha Committee On Judiciary Secretary of War Post Office Department James Shields Edmunds Eaton Harris McDonald McMahon Ryan Clymer Mrr Committee On Finance Committee Secretary of the Treasury Voorhees George Ane W’ Ut Housee Morrison Committee On Ways and Means Congress Mark George Washington House of Washington Pomertt Cox Russia Machon Aego Wbacker Stevenson German Empire Frank Hurd Committee On

Po River Embankment Failure Causes Wide Damage

Reports describe severe damage between Sermide and Revere from a Po River embankment break. Amoor River flood fears rise in St Petersburg dispatches while Russian fire insurers face 2,087,000 roubles in May losses from Orenburg fires. European concerns include Egyptian question politics and a European aid response to Po floods.

Sermide Revere Tuhee Czar William St. Petersburg Amoor Orenburg Canadian Council Germany England France European Bank of Melbourne Italian Chamber of Deputies Khedive

Greenback State Convention Nominates Ticket at Columbus

About 400 delegates attended the Greenback State Convention in Columbus on the 4th. Resolutions declared against coalition and the convention then named a full ticket led by Governor General A. Saunders Pratt of Logan and includes Hugo Preyer, Andrew Roy, Charles Jenkins, A. M. Jackson, James C. Crogan, and George W. Platt. All but two candidates were elected by acclamation.

Columbus A. Saunders Pratt Logan Hugo Preyer Stark Andrew Roy Jackson Charles Jenkins Mahoning A. M. Jackson Cuyahoga James C. Crogan Hocking Board of Public Works George W. Platt Hamilton Durbin Ward R. M. Bishop Thomas Ewing A. V. Rice Ewing Rice Bishop Anthony Howells Charles Reemelin Supreme Court W. J. Gilmore Preble Isaiah Pillars Allen Patrick O’ Marah Ohio Congress United States Hayes Republican Party Democratic Party of

Secret Night Time Marriage of Aristocratic Lovers

In Sumner county two wealthy families feud for decades. A son and daughter from rival houses fall in love at a picnic in 1876 and marry secretly at midnight two miles from home with a Justice of the Peace. They’ve lived apart for two years seven months, awaiting the parents’ reaction and the future. Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.

Sumner Gallatin Cincinnati

Notable Women Rebels Across Russian Uprisings Through History

The piece surveys female figures linked to Russian revolts from 1753 to the Nihilist era. It cites Countess Dashkoff leading in male dress during Peter III’s overthrow, ladies in the 1824 conspiracy, Princess Trubetski banished by Nicholas I, a Polish insurrectionist wife, Vera Sassulitch’s attack, and two noblewomen among workers at a seized St. Petersburg printing press.

Mlle Sophie von Herzfeld Emeute Kieff Russia Peter III Catharine II Countess Dashkoff Preobrajewski Alexander I Siberia Nicholas Trubetski Vera Sassulitch General Trepoff St. Petersburg

Emperor's silver wedding pardon and donations report

During the silver wedding celebration of the Austrian Emperor 337 prisoners were pardoned for reasons of indiscretion or poverty. The Emperor donated 300 000 florins to universities, funding forty annual purses of 300 florins for poor students and twenty free school places for officers' daughters.

Austria

Chimps Grieve for Dead Companion in Philadelphia Zoo

Observations reported in Popular Science Monthly describe a male chimpanzee reacting with grief after the death of a mate. He roused the body, tore hair, moaned, and showed distress at the corpse and later upon sighting it, then redirected energy toward his keeper and renewed attachment after the companion’s death.

A. E. Brown Zoological Garden of Philadelphia Popular Science Monthly

Credulity on Hand-street bridge tale sparks amusement

A Pittsburgh Telegraph item recalls a dramatic bridge incident where a young woman near Hand Street Bridge pretended to intend suicide after forgetting her purse. A male companion, short of toll money, suggested a mock death by action, and the pair crossed the bridge while toll-keepers reacted with astonishment.

Tut Murray Street New York Beeen Allegheny Pittsburg

Dead Cat Brings Bad Luck to Iowa Gulch Prospector

A hopeful prospector in lowa Gulch finds a dead cat in his shaft and, as a superstitious man, fears omens. He abandons work, travels to town, becomes heavily intoxicated for several days, and rivals nearby miners strike rich, costing him a fortune.

Lowa Gulch Nevada Reveille

Wood from Dom Pedro becomes model of Washington Monument

A fine Brazilian wood from Dom Pedro was used to craft a detailed model of the planned Washington Monument. The finished piece, representing the monument as envisioned, has been returned to Dom Pedro.

Dom Pedro Washington Monument

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