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Newspaper
Eau Claire News
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1875
Page
1
A collection of brief notices reports and captions: Sir Houston Stewant dies while Parliament to meet February 8. Gen Suballs sentenced to four years. Kentucky State Grange approves railroad aid. fire at Wheeler & Wilson factory causes $500,000 loss. various political legal and ecclesiastical items across the United States and abroad including acts of Congress and church matters with names and places as read.
The London Zines editorializes on the President's message urging restraint as Spain faces a test of restoring order in Cuba. Reports from St Louis and Chicago detail trials, Senate elections, and the Babcock case. European observers note Grant’s stance as not signaling immediate intervention.
The report covers a dispute at Rotling Fork Mississippi between whites and blacks where seven African Americans including leaders were killed and whites wounded. The unrest followed an attempt to free a jailed Black man amid tension with a white man. It also notes trials in Salt Lake City for polygamy, charges against Gen Butcock, and a Chicago arrest warrant. A Washington cabinet meeting, a naval explosion at Beetior Maven causing deaths, and various Senate and House actions are summarized. The text also mentions Carlist forces, Turkish sultan support, and ongoing political shifts.
Market figures from Devexson MM list live stock beef cattle hogs and sheep prices, bread and flour futures, wheat corn oats rye and barley values, provisions including pork and lard, cheese, butter, and eggs, plus lumber and building materials. Prices show wide ranges by region, with Chicago Milwaukee and Western market quotes.
Committees were announced in the Senate with chairs and members listed. Foreign Relations includes Cameron of Pennsylvania and Morton. Appropriations features Morton, Windom, Sargent. Commerce has McCreery and Conkling. Public Lands lists Openby as chairman with Windom and Harvey among others.
Fragmentary remarks from an Avery case trial in St Louis discuss presidential interference, Cabinet influence, and the duty of officials like Douglass and Babcock. The speech questions executive authority over revenue enforcement and criticizes the idea of officials being bound to a higher authority.
The United States requests that American citizens in Cuba accused of violations be tried by civil courts with full rights, and that all military tribunal sentences be nullified. Spain partly concedes the first point but insists on trials under a 1823 law for expeditious proceedings, while offering to review court martial sentences. The response remains unsatisfactory to the United States, which upholds civilian trials for citizens.
The report covers a proposed treaty reservation for trials before civil tribunals, Free Methodist Church statistics showing nine conferences, 255 preachers, 10,000 members, 225 Sunday schools, and $500,000 church property, then October British wheat imports with the U S share and Russia’s increase, followed by Paris omnibus traffic history, Winchester rifle plans, and a Florence legal tale where an English resident sues over a fictitious debt and wins amid Italian false swearing concerns.
A compendium of quirky items quotes from Boston, Cincinnati, London, and other papers. Notes on green turtles, Africa expeditions, a lost Deutschland wreck, and a legal figure named Joaquín Millet. Odd anecdotes include a bear strolling Milford, a hot stove frying an Oswego elder, and a London mock funeral parade.
A vivid Christmas scene recalls Santa Claus pushing open doors and bringing joy. A toy store and a needy girl Maggie anchor the tale, contrasting festive wishful fantasies with hardship, as the season’s spirit promises renewal and peace on earth.
In a dim tailor shop, Snipstitchet the grouchy tailor and his sad wife and daughter Maggie endure a joyless Christmas. A talking goose iron sparks a nightmare, then a turning moment as Maggie asks for a doll. A surprise gift of a doll and a real goose sparks reconciliation, warmth, and a joyous Christmas morning.
The New York Herald letters from Stanley describe explorations of Lake Victoria Nyanza, his meeting with King Mtesa of Uganda, and the implications for Livingstone and Speke. He argues for additional lakes feeding the Nile and notes current British efforts to establish Livingstonia as a Christian mission outpost. The report also mentions a Chicago oratory contest and a fatal mine accident near Cincinnati.
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