Burning of a River Steamer Golden City at Memphis
The steamer Golden City of the Southern Transportation Co. burned as she neared the dock in Memphis early March 30, killing and wounding many aboard. Fire started by a lantern fragment, with passengers and circus animals lost or saved amid chaotic scenes and an inquest underway. Captain and crew faced peril as the boat drifted downstream toward President's Island.
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Memphis
Tenn
Golden City
Southern Transportation Company
Robert Kelley
Brice Purcell
Oriole
Stone's Circus
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Monahan
Jackson, O
Cary
Fairmont
Luelia Cary
Morton Place
W. H. Stowe
Ollie Wood
Henderson, Ky
Anna Smith
Massachusetts
Helen Percival
Hawesville
L. E. Kounz
Miss Campbell
Milams
Alton
Cowles
Henderson
Wash Smith
Watch
President's Island
Stowe's Circus
Tonia Matsin
H. M. Percival
William McKinley
McKinley
Charles Ross, Jr
John H. Trevalla
A. Butler
Donaldsonville
Butler
Mr. Trewalla
Mrs. Butler
Mr. Butler
Deed Records Show Transfer For One Dollar In Pittsfield
A recently recorded deed in Pittsfield Massachusetts shows J R conveying to Mary L R a specified property in consideration of one dollar and Mary's love and affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
J. R
Mary L. R
Mary
Illinois cattle density shows dairy and beef growth ahead
A Department of Agriculture report ranks Illinois high for cattle, dairy, and beef expansion. It lists county by county cattle per square mile, noting Kane County at 89 and Cook at 50, with state average 38. The data underlines continuing strength in dairy and beef production across the state.
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State Board of Health
Cairo
Stephen Morris
Green Valley
Logan County
Department of Agriculture
Kane
de Kalb
McHenry
Boone, du Page
Ogle
Carroll
Jo Daviess and
Stephenson
Mercer
Winnebago
Kendall
Whitesides
Peoria
Henry and Knox
Warren
Rock Island
Lee and Will
Sangamon
Cook, Douglas and Stark
Bureau and
la Salle
Edgar and McDonough
Hancock and
Vermillion
Coles and Grundy
Fulton
McLean
Christian, Lake, and Putnam
Schuyler
Henderson and
Moultrie
Marshall
de Witt
Macoupin, Tazewell
Edwards and Woodford
Macon
Pratt and Shelby
Greene and Logan
Brown, Iroquois and
Morgan
Champaign
Livingston, Montgomery and
Scott
Adams and Richland
Cass, Kankakee and
Pike
Clay, Menard, Effingham and
Wayne
Fayette and Lawrence
Cumberland
Jasper and
Marion
Bond
Jersey
Wabash
Washington and
White
Clark and Jefferson
Crawford
Ford, Madison and
Randolph
Gallatin and
Union
Clinton and
St. Clair
Massne and
Pope
Alexander, Calhoun
Hardin
Jackson and
Pulaski
Perry and
Saline
Mason and Williamson
Johnson
Franklin, Hammond and
Monroe
Illinois Legislature adjourns with canal and apportionment actions
The Senate and House report on pardoning Sergeant Mason and approving canal projects while debating congressional districts and criminal law revisions. Bills authorize canal transfers to the federal government and fund session expenses as members trade resolutions and adjourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houset
Normal Institute
Congressional
Senate
Illinois & Michigan Canal
United States
Committee On
Judiciary
Board of Supervisors
la Salle County
Ilinois & Michigan Canal
Hovusr
Illinois
Ilinois & Michigan
Hennepin Canal
Sergeant Mason
Housr
Messrs. Bayne, Tice and Andrews
Cook County
Joseph Moore
John H. White
Judge Raser
House
Committee On Rules
Messrs
Carter
White
Durfee
Sumner
Phelps
Sexton
Congress
J. H. Melville
John W. January
State Normal School
Jth
Ilinoig & Michigan Canal
Courtroom satire shows justices clashing with lawyers
Washington corresp notes the tense exchanges in the US Supreme Court as lawyers spar with the justices over legal propositions and manners. It recalls Justice Bradley’s temper and Gray’s famed bursts, with Payne and Bartlett forcing apologies in Boston fashion.
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Aries Papanners
Great West
Cit
Bradley
New Orleans
Justice Bradley
Justice Gray
Massachusetts
Washington Cor
Philadelphia Press
Bottle Message Borne 2,500 Miles by Gulf Stream
In 1879 a Danish minister's son cast a corked soda bottle with a note to his brother in law from Copenhagen toward the Sandwich Islands. It drifted via the Gulf Stream to Puerto Plata where a Consul found it last October. The note, faded but legible, reached St Thomas and then Copenhagen.
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M. de Bille
United States
Copenhagen
Sandwich Islands
Atlantic Ocean
St. Thomas
Cape Verde Islands
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
G. A. Zeller
Ocean
West India Islands
Breach of Promise Case Bars Widower from Remarrying
At Liverpool assizes Baron Pollock hears Anna Rowland sue Stephen Amer for breach of promise after she tended his children and ran his shop following his wife’s death. The judge ruled the law forbids marrying a deceased wife’s sister, ending the action as a matter of law.
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Liverpool
Mattinson
London
Weather instruments intrigue rural visitor at Signal Office
Mr. Jeremiah Toadvine, from the countryside, examined a weather station with a thermometer, heat gauge, aerometer, and barometer. He quipped about rheumatism while the official explained uses, then commented on St Jacobs Oil after reading a testimonial from Mrs. T. A. Gist of Philadelphia praising its relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Toadvine
United States
Mr. T
Toadvine
T. A. Gist
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
St. Jacobs
Tam
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Advertised Cure
An advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female health complaints including ovarian issues uterine tumors and menopausal symptoms. It claims to restore strength relieve pains and improve digestion and sleep with pills and liver pills also offered at set prices by mail from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia Fef
Pinkinham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
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al May
Vandalia
Pierron
Madison County
Chicago
Richard Snow
Mattie Lawrence
Hudson Township
McLean County
Bennett Medical College
W. F. Bundy
Finlay Ellingwood
Manteno
Ill
F. W. Rohr
Kenosha
Wis
J. A. Ryan
Valparaiso
Ind
E. D. Ryan
Des Moines
Iowa
J. J. Caldwell
Princeton
Bloomington
Marie Leipke
Kinzie Street
Leipke
T. W. Cole
Clark County Agricultural Society
Illinois State News
THE
Illinois Legislature
Committee On Appropriations
United States Supreme Court
Weather Signal Office
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynh, Mass
Lydia EL
Pinkimam
WELLS
Richardson & Co
Burlington Vt
Madison Street
Sheridan
Johnson &Co
Boston
Bangor
Altha
Lebanon
Ohio
CRUMB
Buffalo
N.Y
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