Organized Rebellion and the Copiah County Uprising
The testimony before a Senate committee holds that J. P. Matthews death was part of an armed insurrection against U S authority spanning Copiah and nearby counties. The rebellion aimed to suppress black voting rights, with insurrectionists using military methods akin to Civil War battles and facing calls for federal military suppression and treason charges.
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J. P. Matthews
Mississippi
United States
Copiah County
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Calhoun
Jackson
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Dorr
Rhode Island
Ray Wheeler
Beauregard
Fort Sumter
Grand Jury
Congress
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Ras Wheeler
Shanging
Danville
Canwill
Chicago
National unity over regional preference in presidential picks
The piece argues the Republican Party should select its standard bearer by merit and national suitability rather than by a candidate’s geographic origin. It rejects sectional favoritism, cites past nominees chosen for fitness, and urges choosing the best available candidate from any state to unite the nation.
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Fremont
Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
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New Jersey
Ohio
Vermont
New York
Illinois
Iowa
Colorado
Oregon
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Montana Constitution bans rail discrimination and extends women’s ballots
The Constitution of Montana drafted by the Constitutional Convention prohibits railroad discrimination between towns and individuals, bars state officials and legislators or their families from receiving railway passes, extends voting and school office rights to women on school matters, and forbids employing children under fourteen.
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Montana
Chicago Herald
Judge fined over letter in delayed fifty dollar claim
An Alabama Justice of the Peace delayed paying a fifty dollar adjudicated claim. Offended by the claimant's tone in a demand letter, he paid by check but fined the claimant two dollars and fifty cents for contempt of court.
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Alabama
Aildania Conolilulion
Republican State Convention Call Issued for 1884 Cleveland
The State Central Committee issues the convention call with representation by counties totaling 690 delegates. The Cleveland meeting on April 24 and 25 will nominate state officials and electors for the National Convention in Chicago. Counties obtain seats based on 500 votes plus fractions, with guidance to maximize attendance and ensure reliable delegates.
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Columbus
State Central Committee
Republican Committee
Col
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue Opera House
Thursay
Supreme Court
Board of Public Works
Chicago
J. B. Foraker
J. C. Converse
Republican State Central Committee
Prosecution Opened Against Uniontown Newspaper in Libel Case
Uniontown officials report criminal libel charges filed against the Republican Standard by jurors Shawrence Knotts and Robert Acklin who presided over the Dukes murder trial. Plaintiffs seek civil damages and possible U S court suits against paper owners for indecent mail correspondence linked to the case. Counsel William D Moore of Pittsburgh represents the prosecution.
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Uniontown
Republican Standard
Shawrence Knotts
Robert Acklin
Dukes
Captain Nutt
Standard
William D. Moore
Pittsburgh
United States
Nutt
Mountain Foot Disease Across Mountain County
Governor receives dispatch that mountain foot disease has broken out among cattle in Woodson County near Torricka with about one hundred head affected. He asks about legal authority to stamp it out and has directed messages to Leavenworth and the Washington agriculture commissioner to send surgeons.
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Torricka
Kan
Finney
Neosho Falls
Woodson County
Leavenworth
Washington
Watch Recovered From Old Newfoundland Theft Case
Newark resident Euston Poole retrieves a gold watch stolen seven years earlier from his uncle Peter De Baun in Newfoundland. A farm worker named Kent later found the watch at a pond while cutting alder poles, and it was identified as Poole’s.
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Euston Poole
Newark
N. J
Peter de Baun
Newfoundland
Poole
Kent
de Baun
Newark Register
Coincidence Tied to Alabama Cyclone Recalled
A Chicago Times note recalls a similar cyclone that struck Alabama twenty two years earlier in the same month and date, nearly the same hour, but far more severe in impact. Theurer details reference a recently afflicted section and imply uncanny timing.
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Alabama
Chicago Times
Nine Families in Westmoreland County Have 101 Children
The Philadelphia Press notes that nine neighboring families in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania total 101 children with family sizes ranging from nine to fourteen, the smallest and largest holdings in the cluster.
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Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Press
Trader Mercier Maps Arctic Life and Pole Idea
Montreal traveler Francois Mercier details life in Alaska's far north near Behring's Straits. He notes climate, wildlife, fishing, and dog travellors, and argues polar exploration would need staged depots and seasonal chances to reach the North Pole.
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Francois Mercier
Montreal
Alaska
Behring’s Straits
Youkon River
Russia
United States
Mercier
Arctic
Mercer
Esquiman
North Pole
Montreal Star
How Flour Barrels Are Packed With a Flour-Packer
A New York Sun summary describes a flour-packing machine that fills barrels by feeding flour through a tube and pressing it with a steam driven screw. A platform lifts the barrel to meet the tube bottom while a coiled spring provides even pressure to fill from top to bottom. Sacks use similar tubes and springs, with several styles costing about a hundred dollars each.
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WN. Y. Sun
Air and Health Warnings From Vitiated Rooms to Fashion Ideas
An article warns that crowded poorly ventilated spaces contaminate air, causing debility and disease. It cites pneumonia and rheumatism linked to chills and inhaled breath, advocates fresh air and exercise as cures, and contrasts this with comfort and safety in outdoor sleeping. The piece also surveys spring hat and bonnet trends, including velvet ribbons, bows, aces of ostrich tips, and decorative pins.
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Haiti
Journal of Health
Paris
Prince of Wales
Harper’s Bazar
Color blind geography joke from Chicago Times
Little Nell asks about color and geography. Mamma explains color blindness and Nell jokes that Greenland appears yellow. The quip reflects playful exchanges about map colors in a newspaper caption style.
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Nell
Pet
Greenland
Chicago Times
Seasonal Garden and Kitchen Tips From Various Papers
Harvesting and storage advice for hay and produce. Topics include salt use on hay, moles in strawberry patches, two pea types and sowing methods, beefsteak onions with onions, hominy fritters, growing huckleberries with mulching and spacing, and a Baltimore trial ruling on witness religious belief and competency.
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Troy Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Cleveland
Cincinnati Times
Incredible three joint snake story from North Carolina
The Charleston News and Courier reports a peculiar joint snake that breaks into three segments when attacked. A darky observed the parts reassemble except the tail, which later rejoined, triggering a cap-like pop. The tail was thrown across the creek, then a new tail began to grow. An expert says the detached trunk may sprout a second snake.
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North Carolina
Darky
Darkey
Charleston
S. C
News and Courier
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