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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1878
Page
2
The narrative notes a sequence of actions across both chambers. The Senate passed the Long-Bond bill after lengthy debate, while the House advanced the Deficiency and other appropriation measures, and considered tariff and civil service topics. Various speakers and committee actions are listed with fiscal figures and personnel references.
The article lists appointments and nominations including J. J. Bagley and Martin Ryerson as Honorary Commissioners to the Paris Exposition, Alexander Reed for Toledo Postmaster, and Linderman inviting offers for silver bullion. It notes silver dollar reception, nominations held for Boston, and various Senate and House actions on education labor, tariffs, Arctic exploration, and western lands grants.
The first steamer Rio de Janeiro launches in Chester Pa as the new line to Brazil begins with a $500000 vessel. A series of monthly launches will follow through October. Rio sails for Brazil April 24.
The convention of the National Butter Cheese and Egg Association began sessions in Chicago on the 6th. Harvey Kerra, Louisville’s largest shoe house, suspended on the 6th. The Newcomb Buchanan Distillery of Louisville, the nation’s largest, has also suspended. CHARGES from San Francisco have been sent to Congress.
A Pera letter declares Sulieman Pasha drowned while papers reveal a plot against the Sultan. A Glasgow colliery explosion trapped miners with only twelve saved and seventeen presumed lost. Sphinx fire victims total 500. Amid revolutions in Santo Domingo Azua and Puerto Principe resist, while a Hyde Park peace rally ends in clashes. London reports Mussulmans ready to fight Russia. Grant fete in Athens. Egypt faces external intervention.
Washington reports the Senate enacted a new long-bond bill authorizing up to 100 million coupon bonds of 25 and 100 dollar denominations redeemable in coin within fifty years. Bonds may be transferred by assignment or bearer, coupons payable in coin or legal tender, and National Banks must redeem them to the Treasury. The act directs sale at par with accrued interest and outlines safeguards for lost or destroyed bonds.
The dispatch describes a peace preliminaries treaty fixing indemnity at 1.41 billion roubles, with 1.1 billion secured by territorial cessions. It notes Bulgarian fortresses to be razed, troops to withdraw, and Russian occupation of Bulgaria until a Bulgarian militia forms. It also covers straits navigation, Crete-like reforms, and various territorial shifts across Serbia Montenegro and Anatolia.
The Baltimore Sun reports spurious trade dollars in circulation crafted with high realism. They are about 132 inch shorter and 115 grains lighter than genuine coins, feel smooth and darker, with a nearly perfect ring. A separate note recalls a Saco juror who misinterpreted a not guilty plea as an admission.
Census data as of January 1 last year tallies Madrid at 404 588 residents while Statesman’s Yearbook records 475 785 for 1864. Discrepancies reflect differing methodologies or years between sources.
The Senate on the 6th passed the Tax Codification bill and measures authorizing newspaper ads for divorces and women to sue for legacy, plus asylum reform. The House approved local bills including the Cuyahoga County Fee bill and guardians of imbeciles selling ward property. On the 7th petitions were presented and cattle restraint amendments discussed.
Commodore Bainbridge sails the George Washington to Constantinople after delivering tribute to Algiers. He defies the Dey by flying the American flag, earns a firman of protection, and secures Ottoman hospitality amid tense powers and a Muslim ambassador suite. The voyage ends with political pressure from the Capudan Pasha and the Sultan’s wary welcome.
The Philadelphia Press reports a tense business dispute where a man flew into a rage and threatened murder unless he could show the Sultan's firman. The display of the firman compelled a resolution and led to departure terms being agreed.
The article recounts 1850s Senate tensions over fugitive slave laws and the Kansas Nebraska debate. It highlights Wade's rise, party shifts, and threats of duels among Wade Cameron Chandler Broderick and Toombs. It ends with Toombs mocking Wade and no duels issued.
The Azor, loaded with provisions and tools, is due in port to take 250 of about 350 colored emigrants. The Liberian Joint Stock Steamship Company plans a regular Monrovia line funded by 30,000 shares at ten dollars each. Four commissioners will accompany the first voyage to inspect Liberia and report back to Charleston.
The Epigraphist notes Job's supposed wealth reached $370000 before reverses and questions if that covered all his riches. The speaker mocks the amount, suggesting even a bank cashier could surpass it and that it wouldn’t earn biblical prominence.
A broad survey notes Boston’s 200 plus churches and global church activity. It covers Sunday schools, Darlington and Jamaica training efforts, university and college enrollments, church projects, and religious education trends with figures for teachers, students, and finances.
A Chicago Tribune cor respondent notes sulfur as a quick cure for cankered sore throats linked to colds and claims success with a sulfur gargle mixed in water. He advises alternate inhalation methods and cites Dr. Field as using the remedy with consistent results.
The Brooklyn Chronicle notes the Newfoundland dog Tige owned by A. A. Cheney has died and wryly cites that the dog paid a two dollar poll tax and was more qualified to vote than the man who poisoned him.
The state of North Carolina will spend 1000 to showcase its products in Paris. Officials say the exhibit aims to promote state goods and attract international buyers.
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