Impeachment News and Senate Adjourning Rumors
From Washington comes word of an early Congressional adjournment and impeachment talk. Henry M Cooke declines the District of Columbia governorship and plans a Europe trip. Illinois selects Duquoin for two-year state fair site with Ottawa runner up. Four governors face impeachment, including Clayton of Arkansas, Butler of Kansas, Holden of North Carolina, and Florida's governor. Powell Clayton inquiry yields no witnesses, ending impeachment efforts. The Arkansas governor then declines the U S Senatorship amid political tensions.
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Butler
Kansas
Clayton
Arkansas
Florida
Holden
North Carolina
Trouse
Senate
Powell Clayton
United States
Quincy association seeks land for factories to aid local growth
An association at Quincy considers extending its initiative to attract real estate owners to sell lease or donate sites for manufacturing. The aim is to secure locations and encourage factory building, countering towns that hold property at high prices and lose trade. The piece reflects on self-help and civic benefit.
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Quincy
Bayonet satire as new tool for field use
A humorous look notes bayonets fade in modern warfare due to long gun range and accuracy. It mentions a \"trowel bayonet\" made at Spring veld Armory for pruning or defense purposes. The piece jokes that future bayonets may be scoop shaped or used like a pruning knife in battle.
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Springveld
Huey
Disorderly diary urges German defeat and tariff reform
A deranged window into anti German and tariff debate mocks Napoleon and urges protection for American industry. It cites Chicago Journal on coal monopolies and argues high tariffs enrich monopolies, harms workers, and should be reduced to boost domestic coal and price relief for consumers.
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Newark
Iveighates
Paris
Tis
Napoleon
Roger
Tyre
Mir. McCarty
Syracuse
Ewan
Chicago
Leifure
United States
Be Wah
Virginia
Ly Shipping
The
Chicago Journal
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
Sid
Caw
Congress Ends. Public Opinion on Record
The piece critiques the Forty-first Congress for delaying and defeating numerous corrupt schemes, especially those tied to treasury robbery and railroad land grants. It notes the end of the session, praise for guarding the Treasury, and the quick reorganization of the Forty-second Congress with Speaker Blaine reelected.
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Congress
Forty-first Congress
Blaine
Senate
Teachers Institute at Ridott on February second
The Teachers Institute at Ridott met Saturday February 2, with good attendance despite bad roads. President Pottenheimer and Secretary Nellie Flansburg led the session. singing by Ridett students under Mr Mayer opened devotional exercises. Evening session featured reading, grammar tips, early composition ideas, writing and letter directing as essential teacher duties, arithmetic by Mr Poffenberger, geography hints by Mr Kleiner, and a strong reading class by Miss Leuse.
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Kudett
Tv Niuber
Wheeler
Onopotion
Pottenhereer
Nellie Flansburg
Ridett School
Mayer
Alda Flanshare
Nechner Thei
Poffenberger
Iessen
Kleener
Congress Passes Omnibus and Ku Klux Bills in Turbulent Session
The Senate and House clash over the Pacific Mail subsidy and Cincinnati bridge, vote on extensive appropriation bills, and move toward adjournment. Senate debates Pacific Railroad payments, Southern claimants, and land grants while House actions cut new public buildings and advanced rail projects. The two houses seal many bills, declare exclusive revenue origin rights, and prepare to adjourn by December with San Domingo and annexation issues lingering.
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Mosday
Senate
Pacific Mail Company
Cincinnati Bridge
Pacific Mail
House
Janes
Elouse
Stewart
Nevada
Pacific Railroad
Court of Claims
League Island Navy Yard
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Kentucky
Butler
Fransworth, Fitch
Wilkinson
Weensespay
Mancu
Stes
Welock
Southern
Union Pacific Railroad
Fort Riley
Kansas
Portsmith
Arkansas
St. Croix River
Lake
Finnay
Mancit
State Department
Capitol Grounds
Althouh Logan
McDonald
Pacific Railroads
St. Louis
Des Moines Rapids
South Pacific
Ilinois
Messrs
Henry B. Anthony
Alex Caldwell
Ienry Cooper
Aaron H. Cragin
Henry G. Davis
Thomas W. Ferry
Fred,t. Frelinghuysen
Phineas W. Hitchcock
James F. Kelly
John A. Logan
Lot M. Morrill
Thomas J. Robertson
Eli Saulsbury
John W. Stevenson
Joseph KR. West
Henry Wilson
William Windom
George G. Wright
Mississippi
James L. Alcorn
Powell Clayton
Zebulon B. Vance
North Carolina
George Goldthwaite
Alabama
Foster Blodget
Georgia
Morgan Co. Hamilton
Joseph J. Reynolds
Texas
House of the Forty-second Congress
James C. Blaine
George W. Morgan
Old House
Henry J. Dawes
A. M. Waddell
Tennessee
Dawes
Wastttaetos
Loeday
Congress
Illinois Legislature Debates Capital Site and Registry Law
The Illinois Senate and House clash over capital location, registry law repeal ideas, and canal and railroad matters. Debate features Chicago advocates for registry, country opposition, and a push to curb freight discrimination with new rate controls.
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Senate
Louse
Chicago
Springfield
Reading Institute Weighed By Week's Close
A Ri dott area teachers institute closes after a day of varied sessions. Miss Lease models reading progress, Mr Kleckner discusses qualifications, Mrs Kieckner shares lessons on longitude and time, and Mr York leads mental arithmetic. Buckley and Babcock add remarks. Nerra Fransaura, Secretary.
Turkey Still Flies After Snow Burial
Atkins of the Freeport Journal recalls a cock buried ten days in county snow. Read of a turkey buried thirty eight days that can still fly when uncovered. Ste phenson can't match Carroll except in votes for Hunter, and you agree with that, says Carrell County Gazette.
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Atkins
Freeport Journal
Stephenson
Carroll
Hunter
Carrell County Gazette
Penitentiary signer Lmer Washburn pursues warden post
Lmer Washburn, a signer of the penitentiary agreement, has chosen to pursue the position of warden. The move follows his prior involvement and signals a bid for leadership of the facility.
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Lmer Washburn
Ity
Funding of the Dent and five-twenty bonds debate
The article discusses government debt, liberal subscriptions, and the Treasury's handling of Five-Twenty bonds and surpluses. It analyzes interest costs, potential reductions, and market effects, arguing for prompt use of funds to exit debt and criticizing Congress and Treasury policy. Instances mention Mr. Boutwell and bond pricing, with comparisons of six per cent and five per cent issues and market viability.
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Boutwell
Europe
Juan
United States
Congress
Dogei
Treasury
Congress as a Spendthrift in a Fragmented House
The writer critiques Congress as careful with small matters yet wasteful with public funds. He laments faction, party discipline, and self serving lawmakers, naming figures and states, and warns of widespread corruption, backbiting, and diminished method. The piece argues mutual plunder harms the nation as East and other regions demand protection while Congress loses cohesion. The tone is sharp and partisan, reflecting concern over governance.
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Burchard
Cullom
Marshall
Northa Kelnburg
Agsper
Orth
Kerr
Palmer A. C. Wasburne
Congress
Sweeney
East
CNN
San Domingo
Republic
Gath
Chicago
Disestablishment Debate Roars Across England
A fragmented passage reflects on England's historic church-state alliance facing disruption. It notes a century and a half of Establishment, growing calls in London for disestablishment, and the rising plea for relief from religious tyranny amid Irish economic strain.
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England
Ireland
London
Church of England
Fatal Fire Flung Fernandina School Girl
A Fernandina Florida school girl was fatally burned after a kerosene lamp tipped and set fire to nearby stains and woodwork. The blaze erupted suddenly as she moved a book, and she died the following morning.
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Fernandina
Hla
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Cooke
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Perry County
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Congressional Proceedings
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