Whimsical and scattered notes from a late 19th century paper
A miscellany of short items: curious fossils find near Saratoga Springs, antique rail chatter about Newark trains stopping, wild camels shipped east for a circus, steam whaling ventures turning a profit, a Hartford blue law on Sunday concerts, and light vignettes on actors, hats, and a schoolmaster's lateness.
Webster Centenary Anecdotes Highlight A Docket Debate
The New England papers recount a tale from Daniel Webster's centennial about a friend offering $4,000 to argue cases in Nantucket. Webster refused the trip, but the friend pressed to argue the entire docket, ultimately earning $4,000 while the client who had “farmed” him out cleared $1,500 after winning the case.
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Girdling Trees and Indian Agency Notes
A Springfield orchardist reports girdling trees shifts bearing. best girdling window June 10 to 20. Mrs Hopkins promotes Indian agency reforms citing deplorable western tribes and calls for removal of corrupt agents. London Horse Guards clock features special Bude light. Boston stock speculator loses discipline after sudden wealth. Ex Senator Dorsay ranch in New Mexico spans 40 by 60 miles with 20,000 cattle and 1,800 horses and $75,000 season income.
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Small pox scare and rural notices flash through Virginia
A colored man in Louisa county Virginia was expelled from a hospital at gunpoint and walked home with an improvised small pox warning flag. Farming tips warn against hay or corn value for feed. The Supori Mexican land grant claim is declared fraudulent by Arizona surveyors general. Bees swarm as a farmer notes, a cat flees a dog, Tom Thumb is called a Spiritualist but not a medium. Bunyan is a foot traveler. a bun ion stays on foot. Kendall's Spavin Cure advertises relief for rheumatism.
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Louisa County
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City Officials and Ward Aldermen Listing
Mayoral and city offices located in Mc Namara's Shoe Store and Fry's Block. Officers include Mayor James McNamara Clerk Warren Clark City Treasurer D Breed City Attorney J O Kean City Marshal E Chamberlin Street Commissioner W Kuipaohild and Surveyor K E Jogel. Aldermen named for wards one through three.
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J Brown Taylor
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