New Jersey elects a Democratic U S Senator last week
Freeport Journal notes Democratic victory in New Jersey with no net change in Senate strength. Mentions Tom Paine Memorial Building dedication in Boston, barney Caulfield oath, and 579 recruits ordered for New Orleans Atlanta and Columbia regiments. Reports Wisconsin Minnesota senatorial stalemate, disputed land claims, and a Chicago convention prospect for 1876. Also notes burglary at Utica AmEx and remarks on Louisiana question and Illinois school segregation denial.
Committee recommends $500000 for Pacific Mail contract payment
The Congressional Appropriations Committee, in its report on the Post Office Appropriation bill, recommends a $500,000 appropriation to fulfill the original contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Co under the act of Feb 17 1863, but rejects funding under the Subsidy act.
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Congressional Committee On Appropriations
Post Office
Pacific Mail Steamship Co
Fire hits Navy Department records three times in a week
At 5 o clock last Friday a fire was found on the upper floor of the Navy Department building in Washington where records were ignited. It marks the third blaze in a week and the incendiary's name and motive remain undisclosed.
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Navy Department
Washington
Election timing changes for Congress members
The Forty fourth Congress election period will end in November after a June start, lasting seventeen months. A new law will require states to elect Representatives on the same day, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, for quicker, clearer expression of the people. Albany Journal No Y.
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Albiny
Ohio Republicans favor Dennison for governor bid
A Washington special reports many Ohio Republicans including delegation members differ on the strongest candidate for governor next fall. They agree ex Governor Dennison is the most available rival to likely Democrat William Allen if he will accept the nomination. With Dena BON as a candidate, party hopes a large statewide majority may be achieved.
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Washington
Ohio
Willian Dennison
William Allen
Dena Bon
Returning Board
Louisiana
Thurman
Tilden
Seymour
Wood
Wallandingham
Allen
Gordon
Harris
Congress
Grant
The
Union
Belmont
Pittsburg- Landing
Vicksburg
Sheridan
Winchester
Grant, Sheridan, & Co
Iowa saloon cases and Senate elections in 1874
Saloon keepers in Iowa face harsh court action with Mrs. Fuller winning $2,000 damages from Aborn for selling liquor to her husband. Separately, Gen A E Burnside and ex-President Andrew Johnson were elected U S Senators in Rhode Island and Tennessee respectively. Washington dispatch notes mixed reactions among politicians. The Ways and Means Committee letter to Henry L Dawes praises his tenure and invites him to a celebratory dinner at Worthley’s.
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Francis Keenan
New York
Thomas F. Bayard
Delaware
A. BE. Burnside
Rhode Island
Sharon
Nevada
J. P. Christiancy
Michigan
President Johnson
Tennessee
J. B. McDonald
Indiana
F. M. Cockerell
Missouri
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
Paddock
Nebraska
H. L. Dawes
Massachusetts
Thomas F. Randolph
New Jersey
Win
A. Wallace
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Point Dusuque
Ellis
Circuit Court
Jackson County
Fuller
Aborn
A. E. Burnside
United States
William Sprague
Andrew Johnson
Brownlow
Johnson
Washington
Washamgton
Nashville
Tenn
United States Senate
Parson Brownlow
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Dawes
Kasson
George A. Bassett
House of Representives
Committee ON Ways and Mrans
Washieron
D. Cis Dan
Henry L. Dawes
Committee On Ways and Means
Sie
Congress
Worthley’s
William D. Kelley
Henry Waldron
Lionel A. Sheldon
Horatio
Burchard
James B. Beck
Ellis H. Roberts
Charles Fucater
W. &. Niblack
Fernando Wood
Emperor of China dies as succession uncertain
London reports the Chinese emperor died on the 12th instant. His successor is five years old, with unclear prospects for the throne. Other dispatches note Carlists moving into Navarre and ongoing offensive around Tafalla and Puente La Reina, King Alfonso joining operations, and advances along Carlist positions. A transport landed at Getaria with troops at Taranz.
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London
China
Spain
Mapnio
Biscay
Quipazoca
Navarac
Taflala
Puenta la Reyna
Jarascal Pass
Pampetula
Alfonso
Macuio
King Alphonso
Manvxio
Carascal
Santanvar
Guetaria
Taranz
Washington Letter on Subsidy Inquiry and Capitol News
The Washington Letter notes progress in the Pacific Mail subsidy inquiry with Irwin naming paid recipients of 750000, while Schumaker and others deny memory of checks. It reports Whitelaw Reid’s admissions, King in Canada, and anticipated committee recommendations. It also mentions Andrew Johnson’s Senate election, grasshopper aid for Kansas, river and harbor funding, and a Navy Department fire damaging records. Louisiana politics and Civil War memories are debated as partisan tensions rise.
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Pacific Mail
Irwin
Congress
Schumaker
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Wetmore
Selidite
King
Canada
Fry
Andrew Johnson
United States
Tennessee
Capitol
Andy
Commissioner of Agriculture
Kansas
Committee On Commerce
Committee On Patents
Wheeler and Wilson
Navy Department
Bureau
Robeson
Louisiana
South
Revival of Controversy Literature Grips Kingland Publishers
A surge of interest in polemical works is sweeping Kingland publishers as politics and religion increasingly divide public discourse. Editors report rising sales and new titles targeting current debates amid a broader cultural split.
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Kingland
Cheaper Sewing Machines and the Patent Question
The Senate Patents Committee has debated extending A B Wilson's four motion feed patent since 1852. The piece argues the monopoly by Howe Wheeler Wilson Singer and Wilcox Gibbs should not be renewed as sewing machines flood households, with patents imposing taxes on farmers and industry. It notes the committee's work as honorable despite public distrust.
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Senate Committee On Patents
A. B. Wilson
Howe
Wheeler & Wilson
Singer
Wilcox & Gibbs
United States
Prairie Farmer
Patent Office
Washington Telegram
Republic
Schumaker
King
Chicago Journal
Indignant Caller Demands Telegraph Service Refund
A man rushed into a Broadway telegraph office with a dispatch to Gov Kellogg declaring that an indignant people will soon oust you from a usurper's seat and asked that the $2 transmission fee be charged to the Governor on delivery. The clerk refused the arrangement.
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Louisiana
Broadway
Kellogg
Grange Installing Officers at Ridott Grange No 189
Ridott Grange No 189 met at Mr Hunt's Hall on a January Saturday in 1878 to install officers for 1875. J F Strunk presided, with John Swanzey delivering remarks urging unity, temperance, and dedication to Patrons of Husbandry, praising agricultural fellowship and predicting strong influence on commerce. Officers installed: Strunk, Hawkins, Hunt, Lease, Blakeway, Swan, Hunt, Milner, Swanzey. absent: Babcock, Blakeway, Goodwin.
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Ridott Grange
Garden of Eden
Carping
Order
Order of
Heaven's High Dome
Fellowship
Free
Masonry
Memburg the Order
Ster the Grange
Estaoj
Grange
Peases
Fidel
Fouo
J. F. Struckter
A. H. Hawkins
the Hunt
J. T. Lease
Stewart
S. Blakeway
W. C. Swan
Joseph Hunt
Agnes Milner
Ceres
Clara Swanzey
Annie Hunt
Ross Babcock
Thur Blakeway
Goodwin
Pomona
Annual Contest at River Seminary with Lectures
The Literary Society of River Seminary held its annual contest with a crowded hall and diverse performances. Speakers included Hart, Jona, Deisher and King, delivering pieces on The Polish Boy and The World’s Benefactors. The event showcased local talent and the influence of Old Sandstone schools in Stephenson County.
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Mr. Morris
Eprron Jougnat
Literary Society of River Seminary
B Harte
Oregon
Mt. Morris
Hartell
R. R. Semia
Sandst
Stephenson
Seibert
Smith
Piper Jona
Julian Burt Elida
N J. Deisher
Chatham
King
Haldane
W. B. Ry
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Tom Paine
Boston
Barney Caulfield
Chicago
New Orleans
Atlanta
Columbia, S. C
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Jay Cooke
American Express Co
Utica
N. Y
Julio A. Logan
Linois House of Representatives
Plater
Johnson Co
Wade
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