11 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1879
Page
1
A spread of brief items reports tax and debt figures in Massachusetts, prohibition plans, a drug on assassination escape, canal closures, oil rumors at Elmira, and arrests in Boston. It covers rail and railroad purchases, church benefactions, emigration efforts, and fires in New York and Connecticut. Strong names include Mary Anderson crew, Chenango Poor House, and Col. Colechester fire.
Gen Grant meets ministers from multiple denominations at his son’s Chicago home on Wednesday. He speaks of national duties, punishment for past sins, and the Civil War’s lasting impact. The event includes applause and greetings, followed by a quiet evening with friends.
A large fire at Coleville destroyed a six hundred barrel tank and ignited a drifting well on the Whit ing and Bradiev farm. Two rigs and fifty barrel tanks burned, a farm barn haystack fell, and damage is pegged near five thousand dollars. A nearby train on the K and E R R caused alarm after resin or turpentine spilled near Sawyer's store, prompting passengers to flee.
A report alleges leading Mormons connected with Ute chiefs before the Meeker massacre. It claims promises of arms and supplies if Mormons stayed allied with whites, and urges a thorough investigation into Mormon defiance of law and public sentiment.
A water spaniel followed its master into a Pu laski machine shop where a rotating shaft nearly maimed it as it whirred at high RPM. The dog escaped unharmed, exhausted but alive. In New Philadelphia a dog fell into a sixty foot well while attempting to scale a fence. After appearing exhausted the creature was retrieved by help arriving hours later with the dog kept afloat by swimming.
A report describes glass wicks manufactured in Hanau Germany by Noubriel and Beck designed for spirit and petroleum lamps. The glass wick allegedly yields brighter light, increases flame heat, reduces smoking and sparks, and minimizes wick trimming as the wick does not burn away.
Washington correspondence dated December 6 1899 notes a slow start to the session with little business done amid political caution. It mentions interest in the Panama Canal project and a continuation of the current financial policy, with Republicans and Democrats disagreeing on money matters. Other items include speculation on party leadership including William Chandler as Republican chairman and possible gubernatorial bids by Seymour, plus a major Philadelphia gathering.
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