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Newspaper

Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1880

Page

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Washington reports on imports gold and legal matters

The report shows nine month excess imports of merchandise at 73.76 million dollars, and gold silver bullion excess at 29.53 million. It notes homestead entry cancellations affect June 1880 act rights, Sitting Bull surrender terms, Post Office receipts and expenses, and a U.S. currency total of 362.6 million with a 7.1 million monthly debt decrease.

Washington United States General Lawd Office Sitting Bull War Department Terry Brooks Government Secret Service Doyle Chicago Brockway Treasury

Foreign Intelligence Roundup of Crises and Disasters

Reports from Europe and Africa describe religious decrees against Capuchins in Marseilles and Perpignan, expulsions of Franciscans in Ponnes and Avignon, and unrest across Basutoland Britain seeks troop deployment to the Cape. A Newcastle Ontario tremor, arrests of Rev Dale in Preston, and Kurdish forces retreat near Oeremiah feature amid global violence. Mount Vesuvius erupts, and Marseilles merchants protest decrees. Farther news notes Tay Bridge engineer’s death, Parnell’s Limerick visit, and a Danish storm. Across Africa, Whydassa’s governor dies and orders threaten mass retribution. successor may behead 200 chiefs.

Marseilles Perpignan Ponnes Avignon South Africa Basutoland England Cape Newcastle Ont India Capetown Earl of Bessleborough Ireland Land League Mount Vesuvius Paris France Thomas Bovcue Tay Scotland Parnell Irish Land League Limerick Emil Pouieski Berlin Denmark August Navarre Whydassa Africa

Riot at Art Johnsons SC Ballot Box Attempt

A riot in South Carolina on the 2d involved whites and blacks tied to an attempt to seize a ballot box. One negro was killed and three wounded. Also on the 2d eight tramps attacked J P Brown near Gallatin Tennessee. Brown killed two attackers and was beaten and robbed of 1200 dollars. A stove factory at Quakertown Pennsylvania burned causing 140000 dollars loss. Indictments lodged in Dublin on the night of the 2d against Parnell Dillon Biggar Timothy Sullivan Sexton Eager Brennan Malachy O Sullivan Boyton Gordon Harris Nally Welsh and Shendan. Trial to be before a Dublin jury around Christmas. Counts include conspiracy preventing payment of rent defeating legal process obstructing letting and exciting hatred.

Art Johnson South Carolina J. P. Brown Gallatin Tenn Brown Quakertown Dublin Parnell Dillon Biggar Timothy Sullivan Sexton Eager Brennan Malachy O'Sullivan Boyton Gordon Harris Nally Welsh Shendan

Multiple Faith and Building Efforts Across Regions

The item notes six new Presbyterian churches in Utah and a $30,000,000 value of church property in the United States. It reports the Tomsk founding stone for a Siberian university after a long delay, a $15,000 gift for a Nice Switzerland Episcopal Church memorial, and a bidirectional note on coeducation at Iowa State Normal School praised by Professor Gilchrist. It adds a Canada church union with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn plans for an Identity Church, Dr. Wild to lead the First Identity Church, plus a British Young Women’s Christian Association network of 500 branches aiding employment and moral guidance.

Dore Chicago United States Cincinnati Port Townsend Walcott Alert Frances E. Wituard Evanston Women's National Christian Temperance Union Mary A. Woodbridge Ohio Frederick Grissen Drummond Bismarck Tribune Fort Keogh General Miles Utah Siberia Tomsk Read Wilmington Del Nice Switzerland Gilchrist Iowa State Normal School British Methodist Episcopal Church of Wild First Identity Church of the World England London Young Women’s Christian Association

King's Mountain Battle Prelude and Aftermath

The 1780 King's Mountain engagement near the North Carolina border halted Ferguson's loyalist raid and boosted Patriot resolve. Cornwallis moved into North Carolina but was checked as mountain forces converged, turning a detached skirmish into a decisive regional turning point, per New York Sun.

King's Mountain South Lincoln Gates Cornwallis North Carolina Ferguson Charlotte King’s Mountain Carolinas North Via New York Sun

Woman grafts scalp after factory accident years later

Lacey Osborn, injured at a New Milford button factory when her scalp was torn from her head by a revolving shaft, remains in St. Luke's Hospital New York. Over six years many volunteers supplied skin grafts. about fourteen thousand pieces entered the process with variable success.

Lacey Osborn New Milford St. Luke's Hospital New York Harford/ Conn

Opium, pearls and Patagonia tales from a crowded era

Journal features discuss opium trade in China with Ningpo opium shops, then shifts to vivid Patagonian tattoo stories of American sailor Alonzo Hewitt who endured captivity and extreme body art. Includes notes on New Mexico gold veins, Montenegrin education, camel transport, and Rugby colony plans for a self sufficient, liquor free highland community in New York.

Indian bronco acts out, ends with unexpected halt

Tom Newland hires an Indian to tame a horse for town. The rider calms and saddles the animal with cries of Ah hah while the bronco bucks wildly, then the horse leaps, dusts, and a strip of white breech-clout and red stockings appear from a scrub oak before Tom frees him and the rider.

Tom Newland Alexander the Great Bucephalus Tom Arizona

Hyena capture methods in Afghanistan and Algeria noted

Arthur Connolly cites an Afghan chief's method using a two slip knot rope and a cloak to trap hyenas in their den. Arabs use a wooden gag instead. The article notes cross region similarity and suggests Afghans believe the feat requires presence of mind, implying Afghan hyenas may be more ferocious than African ones.

Afghanistan Arthur Connelly Shirkaree Syud Daoud Kraal Algeria

Rugby The New Colony in Tennessee

The article describes Mr. Thomas Hughes and companions founding Rugby, a new settlement in East Tennessee intended as an open English faith community with free migration. It notes its site on a healthy mountain plateau and contrasts Rugby with Eden, emphasizing inclusive access and shared English roots.

Thomas Hughes Rugby Mr. Hughes Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit Hannibal Chollop Hughes East Tennessee

Maray’s Clock Work Apparatus Reveals Human Gait

French biologist Marey uses a vertical revolving barrel with a pencil to diagram a walker's gait. An air pump driven by foot movement records step length variations on hills, burdens, and boot sole shapes. Findings suggest pedestrians should favor low-heeled footwear for efficiency.

Marey Marcy

Confession Text Details Smith Engraving For Counterfeit Bonds

Charles H Smith describes engraving work for counterfeit 7.38 and 50 dollar notes and bonds for Brockway. The confession notes green tinting on faces and backs, red seals, and skeleton plates. Filed in New York City and sworn October 26, 1880.

Wasumorons D. C Charles H Smith Brockway American Bank Note Company of New York National Revere Bank Boston Merchants’ National Bank New Bedford Mass Pittsburgh National Bank Pitsburgh Second National Bank Wilkesbarre Pittsburgh National Bank of Commerce National Exchange Bank of Baltimore Cuarces H. Smith United States New York City

Ladies' Deposit Company Swindle Exposed in Boston

The New York Times describes the Ladies' Deposit swindle led by Mrs. Sarah E. Howe, detailing claims of a forty year operation in Alexandria, plans to aid virtuous women, and deposits from Boston elites. It notes lavish East Brookline Street offices, diverse depositors, and Howe as a sixty year old, illiterate and visually unflattering figure.

Boston Sarah E. Howe Times Alexandria Sboston Humbier N. Y

Proclamation Calls National Day of Thanksgiving 1880

President Hayes issues a national Thanksgiving proclamation urging public prayer and gratitude. The address emphasizes prosperity, liberty, and unity, urging citizens to gather November 25 in places of worship to give thanks and seek continued protection and blessings. The document is signed in Washington with Secretary Evarts and details the date and year chamber.

Washington United States R. B. Hayes William M. Evarts Secretary of

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