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Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1880

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Exports rise as 1880 surplus leads to larger totals

From Washington comes a broad overview: breadstuffs exports for ten months reach 231 million dollars, up from 208 million year earlier. Reports from the Patrons of Husbandry convention show record participation, with broad state representation and growth in membership.

Washington United States the Patrons of Husbandry Bedford and Queenan George P. Hirth Department of State China State Department Secretary of State Ramsey War Department Eads Mississippi Department Sherman Burlingame Pacific National Grange

Dublin Telegram Reports Ongoing Agrarian Violence

Numerous international and domestic items recount continued agrarian outrages in Ireland and related unrest. A Cork estate owner was shot, Galway landlord tarred and feathered, and evictions recorded amid snow storms in Scotland and Northern Cashmere unrest.

Dublin County Cork Parnell Halifax Ireland Ourmiah Galway Scotland Cashmere India Mons Belgium Mildred Schwinefurth Ismail Pasha General Gordon Count Karowt Vienna Count Zichy Irish Land League Durham England Liverpool New York Boston Baltimore Sir Charles Yorke Peninsula Waterloo London Windemere Eng Alexander Cockburn Queen’s Bench Loughrea

Ireland land agitation appeal and election results report

On the 22d Mr. Parnell urged Americans to aid the Irish land question agitation. Illinois Presidential Electors tallied Garfield leading Hancock. New York and national financial figures noted, including gold receipts, coinage, and bank statistics. Multiple state and federal office updates, pensions, Erie Canal grain, and a Hamilton statue unveiling are recorded with figures and dates.

Parnell Ireland Illinois Garfield Hancock Weaver New York Europe New York State Northern Pacific Railroad Commissioner of Pensions Bentley Erie Canal Chicago Public Produce Exchange Alexander Hamilton Issac P. Gray Indiana United States

Dead Letter Office Tales of Anonymous Letters and Lost Cash

A former Dead Letter Office clerk recounts curious cases where letters contained large sums or vague signatures. One sender wrote only George tracing to a hotel register. another dated Astor House and Chauncey led to Europe with two thousand dollars restored. Readers linger on quirky superscriptions and near-misses in mail handling.

George Astor House New York Chauncey Europe Mary Sal Bob

Domestic animals in Europe and the United States

The Agriculture Department reports counts of horses, mules, cattle, sheep and swine across Europe and the United States. Europe totals exceed U S figures in horses by about 20 million and in cattle by about 56 million while U S sheep and swine numbers trail Europe by large margins in most categories.

Europe United States Washington Agricultural Department Great Britain Russia Austria Hungary Prussia France Spain Italy Portugal Ireland Sweden Bavaria Roumania

Crop Report Shows Mixed Yields Across States

The Department of Agriculture releases a statement on corn tobacco and potato crops. Corn yields show little or no national increase with notable gains in New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia and Texas where yields nearly double. Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Illinois show varied results while Iowa California and the Atlantic and Gulf states vary with drought and favorable late season weather shaping totals. Potatoes decline overall with yield per acre at 91 bushels down from prior years. only Texas Arkansas and California post increases. Drought is a common concern alongside less tobacco planted, with weather in August and September favorable after a harsh early season.

Union Petersburg Racine Wis Alabama James L. Pugh United States Houston San Francisco Iowa Minnesota Insane Asylum Pillsbury Ohio State Board of Agriculture Kansas Garfield Hancock Weaver St. Louis North Carolina Jamison Plumas County Cal Thomas Garfield Warrensville Ohio Louisiana WaAshington Department of Agriculture Atlantic States New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia Gulf States Texas Ohio River Michigan Indiana Ilinois Mississippi River California Maryland Wisconsin Arkansas

Remarkable Memory of an Idiot in St Petersburg

A twenty seven year old man, once brilliant but dissipated, survived an acute illness to become a living phonograph. His memory and mental calculation power surged while reasoning faded. In Medico surgical Academy tests he solved five to six digit square roots instantly and repeated poetry read aloud with perfect accuracy. the professor couldn't explain the phenomenon.

Medico-surgical Academy St. Petersburg Meijevsky

Death of a Negro 120 Years Old in Loudoun County

Clem Canada, the oldest known African American in Virginia, died near Guilford in Loudoun County at nearly 121. He served the Lee family for decades, was manumitted by will but could not stay in Virginia, moved to Pennsylvania, then returned to Loudoun, later freed by Lincoln’s proclamation.

Clemm Canada Virginia Guilford Loudoun County Clem Lee Pennsylvania Loudoun Matthew P. Lee Lincoln

Alligator Captured After Dog Rescues It at Water Works

At the Water Works this morning Superintendent Hamiltons terrier chased an escaped alligator toward the river. The dog seized the reptile by the tail, fought it up the bank, and held on until workers could cage it again despite the alligator biting near the dogs neck. A witness trio aided the scene.

Hamilton Indianapolis

Secretary Ramsey's Report on War Department Actions

Secretary Ramsey reviews the year’s operations and budgets for the War Department. He notes expenditures, appropriations, and revised estimates for 1882, urges prudent public works spending, and discusses the Mississippi River Commission, coast defenses, balance of posts, river and harbor improvements, and prison earnings. He also supports uniform militia rules and recommends an Assistant Secretary of War.

Washiington Secretary of War Department Congress Mississippi River Commission House of Representatives South Pass Mississippi River Mississippi Valley Ramsey Sherman Adjutant-General Leavenworth Military Prison United States New York Boston Portland Baltimore New Orleans San Francisco Whittaker West Point Academy

Indian Bureau 1880 Report Details Progress and Shortfalls

Washington reports the 1880 annual Indian Bureau review shows continued tribal advancement toward civilization, notable gains among Ovalullas Brule Sioux and Yakima Agency Indians, but inadequate funds hinder labor tools and education. Indians total about 255,938 with 60,500 civilized and 1770 uncivilized. regional distributions listed. Measured agricultural outputs include wheat 415,777 bushels and cotton 1,400 bales among five civilized tribes. schooling reaches 7,900+ children under 316 teachers, yet 50,000 Indians at seventeen agencies lack treaty school funds and rely on general appropriations.

Washington Indian Bureau Dakota Yakima Agency Department United States Alaska New Mexico Montana Arizona Washington Territory New York State Michigan Five Civilized Tribes Indian Territory Bureau Congress

The Democratic Party Without a Future and Without a Hope

A Chicago Times editorial argues that the Democratic Party cannot win a national victory because American youth are shaped by pro-Union schooling and wartime memory. It claims slavery tainted the party's past, and the war and emancipation define the nation, leaving Democrats with no future or hope.

Republic Democratic Party Republican Party Abraham Lincoln Fort Sumter Ellsworth Lee Appomattox Atriots Indiana Chicago Times

Political Brevvities on the 1880 campaign fallout

A collage of editorial blasts from Boston Herald Indianapolis Journal New York Tribune Albany Journal and New York Tribune criticizing Barnum and his role in the election. References to Lee Jackson Horace Greeley Hancock and Garfield Arthur frame a national and state reckoning with political tampering and honesty as the nation votes.

St. Laundry New Orleans Oregon Garfield Waor Indianapolis Williams Brown Stevenson Ala Hart Chattanooga Tenn Virginia Hancock Bay Lee Jackson Horace Greeley Barnum Boston Herald Indianapolis Journal Wallace N. Y. Tribune Barn Connecticut Arthur N. Y. Trine

Comet chatter and public wit across papers

A compilation of humorous quotes about comets and public figures from several newspapers. It notes Swift and Newton and mocks comet tourism, railroads for tobacco chewers, overdraft refusals, and funeral jokes, highlighting the era’s witty tone and social commentary.

Wealth, rest, and the American dollar in Harper's view

The piece argues Americans love few pursuits beyond money and compares wealth, average income, and capital accumulation across nations. It cites US wealth growth, asserts the double European agricultural capital rate, and notes a fraudulent Minneapolis case where Leon Belmont posed as August Belmont’s nephew but was revealed as a cross-dressed swindler.

United Kingdom Great Britain Russia United States France British Germany Scandinavia Italy Spain Republic T. M. Coan Harper's Magazine Leon Belmont Minneapolis August Belmont Leon

Heifer in Northallerton Receives Wooden Leg After Amputation

A farmer’s valuable heifer in Northallerton, N Y, broke a leg and was amputated. It now moves on a wooden leg with ease, challenging views that injured animals should be destroyed hastily.

Northallerton N. Y

The girl who bangs her hair often makes the wife who bangs her husband

A short Philadelphia Chronicle quip notes playfully on hairstyle trends and marital roles, reflecting local editorial humor about social vanity and relationships.

Philadelphia Chronicle

The Fox That Counterfeited Death On a Quiet Irish Isle

Naturalists recount a tale from Ireland where a fox, believed drowned and washed ashore, revived when tossed onto the beach. The creature then fled back to the cliffs, leading fishermen to deduce it had counterfeited death to lure the boat’s return for a meal. The account, from the Boston Commercial Bulletin, blends anecdote with curious lore.

Ireland Boston Commercial Bulletin

What One New York Girl Did

A Philadelphia Times item recounts a New York lodging house fire where a girl, delaying escape to fix her hair, secures a dramatic rescue with a fireman. She delays, arranges hairpins, then slides from a ladder into his arms, only to discover she forgot her stockings.

New York Philadelphia Times

Stuart Robson Brother Died in Civil War Fame

Georgia connections of comedian Stuart Robson include a Confederate brother who died near Atlanta after a heart wound. He lingered hours despite a final grave misplacement. Mary Stuart later searched Atlanta cemeteries for his grave among nameless stones.

Stuart Robson Georgia Valdosta Stuart Atlanta England Mary Stuart Criterion Comedy Company Alanta

Growth of the Earth and its Deep Time Sequences

The piece argues that earth expansion is proven by aerolites, rising oceans, and ocean bottoms filling with primary formations. It discusses strata depth, geological epochs, and the Deluge as markers, claiming each deeper layer reflects earlier time periods and predicting a future epochal formation beneath the seas. It ends with a stray line about dog wood bark.

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