News of the Week A look at pardons and political fallout
A man pardoned after twenty five years at Maine Penitentiary from a life sentence highlights ongoing clemency. Reports cover Mormon recruits arriving in New York, Sherman on French politics and German affairs, bank defalcations, and various criminal cases across the country.
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Maine
New York
Europe
Sherman
Thiers
Republic
Germany
James I. Johnston
Stamp Department
Sub-Treasury
Crames O’conor
New York City
A. T. Stewart
New York Herald
Bombay
Livingstone
Unyanyembe
Stanley
France
Sartory
Persia
Bokhara
Edmund About
Strasbourg
Sumner
Areet
Thomas Hughes
M. P
Tom Brown
Rugby
Frome
England
Spain
Brest
New Caledonia
London
Barcelona
Geneva
Curiosities and notes from an American paper round
A miscellany of short items covers water powered organs in Schuylerville, rail work in Mexico City, Hartford pigs as bores, a costly Charleston cow dispute, a tiny Troy pup, Middletown fair prizes, a Perry Georgia gun incident, a two state island curiosity, and a British government oak contract. It also lists rice husk as protective packing, then shifts to railway history, early engines, and global gossip.
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Creswett
Congress
United States
Mexico
Rio Grande
International Revenue Bureau
American Society of Civil Engineers
J. D. Steel
Coatsville
England
Stephenson
Quincy
Mauch Chunk
Baltimore and Ohio
London and
Manchester
Peter Cooper
Baltimore
Ellicott’s Mills
New York
Chicago
McAlpine
Horatio Allen
Association
Charleston and
Hamburg
America
Kensington Museum
London
Watt
Bank of England
M. N. Forney
Allen
South Carolina Railroad
Fairlie
Gunpowder pile-driver described for rapid pile driving
A novel gunpowder pile-driver uses a 1800 pound gun to drive piles. The gun sits atop the pile with a recessed breech, ram and piston, firing a cartridge by explosion to drive the pile deeper. In a Philadelphia pier test it drove ten inch piles nearly twenty feet with eight ounces powder.
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Philadelphia
Paris Frog Catchers Under Scrutiny Over Toes in Cafes
Paris frog catchers face charges for unsanitary selection of edible subjects. A bystander tipped police after spotting a catcher handling toads, remarking that the goods were toads not frogs. Police orders target toad sales due to illness from hind legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Butcher Murderer in French Fields
In Rheims vicinity a 24 year old assistant butcher named Garel killed a young factory girl after a dispute over her opinion of him. He struck her with a stone then severed her head with a pruning knife, later drinking at a wayside tap-house before surrendering to authorities. The case follows other French killers noted in current reports. The Grand Duke Alexis has sailed from South Africa for China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheims
France
Garel
Sidonie Cauchy
Carel
Sle
Trauppmann
Mrseilles
Natural Bridge reveals hidden caves and water leaks
A visitor reports Cedar Creek drying under the Natural Bridge then draining into underground channels. He finds three leaks through a limestone fissure and notes limestone honeycombing with fresh cave openings near the bridge. Stalactites from a nearby cave are shown at the hotel.
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Cedar Creek
Richmond
Beecher's Letter-Writer Advice on Letter Writing
Henry Ward Beecher urges starting letters with business in the first line and avoiding apologies. He notes readers skip explanations and warns against opening with phrases like Dear Sir You will be surprised. He highlights the value of concise, direct requests in correspondence.
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Henry Ward Beecher
New York Ledger
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