15 Jun 1880
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Newspaper
Georgia Albany News
Location
Albany, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1880
Page
1
A collage of snippets reports numerous items from Georgia and nearby states. Notes include farm yields in Brooks county, river transport and rail developments, political maneuvering around Garfield and Colquitt, social events in Atlanta and Augusta, and public notices on agriculture, crime, and infrastructure.
Washington letter details ex Gov Joseph E Brown’s defense of his Reconstruction votes. He cites supporting the acts to secure representation, notes clashes with Georgia Democrats, and recalls aiding Gen Pope’s South presence while opposing Toombs’ arrest. He praises his service to the party and Georgia. In New York, John G. Thompson Jr. was wounded at Highland Falls amid West Point prep school tensions. Beaumont Buck of Texas is in custody.
A fragmentary note blends a Victorian lyric about a Douglas beloved with a sensational social-ethics tale from Paris about Josiah Bouser abandoning his wife Jane for years. Jane remarries Uriah, dies, and Bouser returns to claim kin and wealth after his son finishes college.
Francis Fontaine reports to the New York Commercial Bulletin on Georgia sheep farming. Wool sells at 40 cents per pound. annual sheep cost is 54 cents. raising a pound of wool costs six cents. unwashed wool nets 27.5 cents. Each sheep yields 33 pounds of wool, about 94 cents gross income per sheep. Lambs bring $1.87, stock sheep $2.58, mutton $2.75 per head. Despite dog losses, annual return on invested money is 63 percent, with a dog law likely next legislature. An owner with 3,500 sheep cites costs per head MM cents and a 90 percent clear profit, noting no food or shelter is needed year-round.
The article ranks New York private fortunes among the world’s richest. It cites William H Vanderbilt at about 5 million yearly, and lists peers such as the Astor estate at 100 million, Jay Gould at least 25 million, and others like Judge Hilton and Edwin H Green with multi million holdings in bonds and railroads. It notes Vanderbilt’s vast investments in government bonds and the New York Central Railroad.
Dresses at the Queen's drawing room featured lavish gowns and exotic accents. The Princess of Wales wore gold brocade over satin. Indian ladies appeared in native white muslin with heavy gold jewelry. Duchess of Westminster and others in violet, jet trim, pink satin, and peacock feather trains. London Truth.
The Quitman Reporter notes Sea Island cotton nonpareil fetches up to 2.50 per pound and cites vast land along the Savannah Florida and Western railway suited for cotton. It reports multiple adoptions in New York and New Jersey, a teen death in Jersey City, and political commentary on the Chicago Convention and a Boston mayoral bet.
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