National convention to meet in Washington February 15
Reports detail a February convention of delegates from State Agricultural and Horticultural Societies, Agricultural Colleges, and related boards to discuss national interests. Other items include reimbursements for Civil War volunteers, nominations to the Senate, apportionment figures, and various domestic and foreign updates.
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Washington News
Boards of Agriculture and Agricultural Colleges of
United States
City of
Washington
Senate
George M.radcliffe
Internal Revenue
Ilinois
Josiah Smith
Warrensburgh
W. P. Wilson
Adeline
Kan
M. A. Shaffenburg
Colorado Territory
James E. McKaffrey
Arizona
Delaware
Nebraska
Nevada
Oregon
Tennessee
Maine
Maryland
Ohio
New York
North Carolina
Minnesota
West Virginia
Virginia
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Missouri
Indiana
Louisiana
Iowa
California
Georgia
Alex. Cope
James W. Wright
Henry Ephraim Morgan
Thomas 8. Howard
Kentucky
Theodore C. Tracy
Gangers
Charles N. Evans
Granville C. Ricks
United States Senate Judiciary Committee
Alderman Glade Convicted and Sentenced in Bribery Case
The trial of Alderman Glade, one of thirteen Chicago officials indicted for bribery, ended with a guilty verdict on the 19th. He received six months in the county jail and a $100 fine. A San Francisco dispatch notes the Japanese Embassy planned to depart for the East around January 30 or 31. In Nebraska, the Senate deadlocked 6-6 on a bill to grant 10,000 acres for salt-works development. after an all-night session, adjournment to December 31 1872 was declared, six senators left, the rest deemed the adjournment illegal and were briefly arrested. The House then prorogued by the Governor’s message.
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Omaha
Lincoln
Hilton
Senate
James
New York Evening News
Grand Jury
Court of General Sessions
Bergh
Indiana Supreme Court
Worden
Grand Duke
Alexis
Suite
Jefferson City
Representatives’ Hall
Capitol
Missouri
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Western Union Telegraph Company
Iwakaura
Fish
Morse
Brunswick
N. J
Kansas Senate
Sumner
Illinois
House of Representatives
Republican Caucus
United States
Chicago
Alderman Glade
East
Nebraska
Hascall
Washington Star
Gray
California
Washington
New Hampshire
H. G
Danbury
Conn
Anna
Hannah
Fianhah
Rochester
New York
Czar
Russia
Lacon Home Journal
Mois
Spoon River
William Fenn
Frank Drake
Sparland
Wyoming
Lacon
Charlestown
Mass
New Haven Register
Blackett
Plymouth
Appleby
St. Bride’s
Baltimore American
Maryland elects George R. Dennis to succeed Vickers
The Maryland Legislature on the 19th elected George R. Dennis United States Senator to succeed Vickers. Reports from other states note a Kentucky Senate vote allowing colored persons to testify, Louisiana battles, and arrests in New Orleans. A Carterite-Northerner clash in New Orleans and a busy Washington day with Civil War era measures pursue debt funding and territorial changes.
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Maryland
George R. Dennis
United States
Vickers
Kentucky Senate
New Orleans
Senate
House
Grand
Pinchback
Butler
Morgan Chester
Louisville
Theodore Thomas
Green
Wilhelmina
Larmina
Thomas
Carter
Emory
Washington
Congress Debates Amnesty and Education Bills in Adjourned Session
The House resolved the Amnesty bill as a special order for the 2th, with final vote set for the 30th, and adjourned after executive session. Petitions on umbrellas and alpeca taxes. bounties, homesteads, sugar duty. Educational Fund bill discussed. A Joint Committee report urged President to disclose details of South Carolina violence and the Lowry gang across several states. Nava and General Appropriation bills reviewed. Dawes and Brooks named Regents of the Washington Deaf and Dumb Institution. Adjourned.
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House
Washington
Spain
Cuba
Aps
Robert E. Lee
Arlington
Congress
Cartney
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Tennessee River
Kentucky
United States
Ohio
Wabash
St. Louis
Missouri State Militia
St. Croix Lake
Lake Superior
Kenosha
Wis
Utah
Sutro
API
Ashington Monument
Committee On Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Ilinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Herschel V. Johnson
Georgia
Japan
District of Columbia
Board of Works
Select Committee
New Orleans
W. T. Blackmore
Louisiana
State House
Senate
Yellowstone River
Chicago
Michigon
Morton
Thurman
Blair
Scott
Sheridan
Army of the Cumberland
Mexico
M B Cegent
Michigan
Wisconsin
America
Lee
Committee On Commerce
Ation Waa
Indian Territory
Latenyeure
Lostepettog
Postmaster-Generi
Educational Fund
Joint Committee On
South Carolina
North Carolina
Messrs. Dawes and Brooks
Rock Island Man Fined For Beer Sale Incident
A Rock Island man Wesley Butler of Pleasant Grove Minnesota was fined for serving a glass of beer to a man on Sunday. Butler recently died after carrying an armful of wood. A few days ago seven boys attempted
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Rock Island
Wesley Butler
Pleasant Grove
Minn
Foreign Gossip From European Headlines and Vignettes
The column surveys assorted 19th century topics: Francis Joseph weeps at Maximilian statue unveiling in Vienna. a Liverpool banker burns seven thousand pounds in Bank of England notes. a Scottish minister refuses Sunday baptism. Columbus remains move to Havana’s new cemetery. General Rossel’s final days with milk only. Russia faces officer shortages with 2,663 vacancies. Iberian irrigation land values differ sharply. Madrid company claims vast acreage with strong dividends. London’s Box and Cox routine noted. Italian irrigation rates and land leases described. Thiers editorial history and a hatched misprint amid a burglar case. two items’ concluding paragraphs are transposed.
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Francis Joseph
Maximilian
Vienna
Liverpool
Bank of England
Scotland
Largo
Columbus
Havana
New
M. Rossel
Russia
Spain
Madrid
London
Italy
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Gifford & Larkin, Publishers
Dundee
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Paris
Thiers
St. Petersburgh
Genton
Cayenne
Francois
Latour
International Society
San Luis
San Domingo
General Cabral
Margaret Sanders
City Court of
Brooklyn
Staten Island Ferry Company
Westfield
British Isles
Constantinople
Rothschild
Simon Sina
Thomas Gibbs
St. Petersburg
Nice
Poland
England
Thames
Windsor
Thompson
Utica
N. Y
Hall
Ogdensburg
New York City
Horace Greeley
Printing House Square
Fisk
Oyer and Terminer Court
Ingraham
Connecticut
Jewell
Wharton
van Ness
Supreme Court At
Albany
Learned
Connolly
Tweed
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Annapolis
General Ketchum
War Department
R. 8
Ewell
Maury County
Congressional
United
Long
Eau de Cologne
Broggs
New Bedford
Sioux City
Geo Bechtel
Bourbon
Ind
Lake View
Des Moines
Cornelia Burke
Hartford
Bovier Station
Thos. Tabor
Johnson Summers
Jno. Buster
Jas. Williams
John Shoe
Frankfort
Gispatal
Middletown
Columbia
Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Chalkley Dowdall
James Wilson
Joseph Lewis
Medill
France
M. Thiers
Jenneuse
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