No Extra Session. Bank Examiner Appointed. Education Bill Fails
A composite note of political notices and public concerns reports no extra congressional session, the Bank Examiner post going to Dr. Hay of Jeffersonville, and the failed compulsory education bill. It notes Voorhees addressing Admiral Porter at the Farragut statue unveiling and hints at broader religious and demographic themes. It also covers a swindling scheme targeting local merchants, warned with cautionary detail.
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Axp
Voorhees
Admiral Porter
Farragut
Two Independents Mark Parallels in Senate Contrast
A contemporary notes the US Senate mirrors Indiana in party balance with two independents. Davis of Illinois and Mahone of Virginia are stark opposites in temperament and alignment, while Davis leans Democratic and Mahone Republican. A Cincinnati dog alarms a theater fire.
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United States Senate
Indiana Senate
Davis
Illinois
Mahone
Virginia
Real Estate Transfers in Various Townships
Sheriff P. C. transfers to Travelers' Insurance Co. Lot 181 Greencastle for 3200. James B. Brumfield sells multiple Russellville lots for 150 and later to Rachel Hargrave for 250. Garrett to Jiryan 1400. Briggs to Jayne 300. Monnet to Monnet 1900. Farrow to Lockridge 600. Ragan to Walton 700. Brumfield to Hudson 8522. Sheriff P. C. to Wabash College 2879. Catherwood to Miller 1500. Grantham to Cook 100. Lots, acres, and tracts in Monroe, Floyd, Madison, Nusset, Greencastle, Russellville, Roachdale, and Greencastle townships involved.
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Sheriff P. C
Travelers’ Ins. Co
O. P. Greencastle
Jas. B. Brumfield
M. W. Spaulding
Russellville
F.R. Garner
Wm. Jiryan
Jefferson Tp
Alexander Briggs
Thomas Jayne
Greencastle
Marion L. Monnet
John H. Monnet
Floyd Tp
David H. Farrow
Andrew Lockridge
Madison Tp
Wm. H. Ragan
Jas. R. Walton
Fillmore
Rachel Hargrave
Sherif P. C
Jas. A. Hudson
Monroe
Wabash College
Samuel H. Catherwood
J. H. Miller
Nusset
Elijah Grantham
G. W. Cook
Roachdale
Uncle Tom's Cabin at English's Opera House in Indianapolis
An immense audience saw Fred Wren's New York Company perform Uncle Tom's Cabin with Augusta Chambers as Aunt Ophelia and Mrs Wren as Eliza Harris. May Carleton and Freddie Wren dazzled as Eva and Lopsy. the donkey Jerry drew cheers. Langridge painted the heaven scene. Show runs with reduced prices at English's and Hanemann Opera House, including matinee prices for children.
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Eaglish
Opera House
Fred Wren
New York
Augusta Chambers
Ophelia
Mrs. Wren
Eliza Harris
May Carleton
Eva
Freddie Wren
Lopsy
Jerry
Eliza
Langridge
Hanemann Opera House
Riots in Callao and Lima during Chilean advance
A Panama dispatch recounts the fall of Lima and Callao after Chilean forces breached Miraflores. Pierola collapsed from exhaustion and Peruvian officers allegedly urged pillage while rioters looted stores and attacked Chinese residents. An urban guard later restored order, with hundreds killed.
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New York Evening Post
Panama
Lima
Callao
Miraflores
Pierola
Pampas
The Sangeler's Secret Customs Talk On A Silk Smuggling Tale
A customs officer recalls a near memoir of smuggling silk across a river. A frank countryman questions how smugglers move goods under coats and silk rolls, while the officer notes a hidden stash and a witty warning before the boat departs.
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Soaskiogstas
Ingenious Smugglers Tunnel Uncovered Near Rome
A Rome smuggling ring used transit declarations to move sugar from a warehouse outside the city walls. Police found 34 casks loaded on carts after entry through a tunnel under the town ditch, 100 yards long, connecting to rails and a small warehouse tram.
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Rome
Porta Angelica
Vatican
Stanley’s Africa Road Project Progress Report
Latest accounts from the Congo mouth praise Mr Stanley for building a road past the falls that divide the river. Luanda’s consul at Vivi describes a small-town station with Stanley’s residence, staff housing, workshops, and a garden. About thirty miles of road, twelve feet wide, have been built and twenty European donkeys arrived. Trade on the Lower Congo is thriving with Dutch French English and Portuguese firms at Banana Creek.
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Congo
Mr. Stanley
Luanda
Vivi
Stanley
Yellula Fally
Europe
Lower
Banana Creek
Africa
Fall Mall
Tobacco in France Reveals Snuff and Smoke Pattern
A recent French report on the tobacco trade shows Paris region departments lead snuff use with per head consumption between three quarters and one pound. Smoking is highest in Nord and Haut Rhin at about four pounds per person, suggesting inverse relations between smiling and smoking. The U S and several European nations exceed France in annual per person tobacco use.
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France
Paris
Doubs
Pyrenees Orientales
Nords
Haut Rhin
Haute Sevoie
Nord
Jance
United States
Netherlands
Belgium
Switzerland
Hungary
Germany
Sweden
Russia
Poisoning by Nicotine Aims in Paris Suburb Case
A man in a Paris suburb cleaned his pipe with a clasp knife, cut a finger, and later developed severe swelling and pain. The wound worsened, leading to hospital amputation of the arm to save the patient. Doctors attributed the illness to nicotine exposure from the knife and pipe handling. The report ends with a grim aside about butchers.
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Paris
Impecunious Bethlehem Lover Faces Cobblestone Whipping
A Bethlehem youth borrowed a dollar from his girlfriend to buy theater tickets and took another girl. The betrayed woman confronted them after the show and gave him a whipping on the sidewalk. The episode ends with a moral urging impecunious young men to pawn shop funds rather than borrow from girlfriends.
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Bethlehem
Shaking rock mystery and ancient carvings found in cliff cave
The observer notes a vibrating rock that can be rocked a foot, a sea lion like formation, and strange rock carvings possibly from pre Indian times. Nearby two oak trees touch a rock shelf with a granite ceiling, and an oak chest of over a thousand documents, some from the thirteenth century, is found in an English almshouse.
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Almshouse Adells
England
Fawcett Remains Active Despite Blindness
Professor Fawcett, a blind member of parliament, recalls losing his sight at twenty five yet continuing to pursue salmon fishing on the Tweed and the Spey. He loved Hampshire and Wiltshire fly fishing, riding at turf, long ocean rowing, and skating fifty or sixty miles on the Fen. He says these joys prove that happiness remains for the blind with courage and resolve.
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Fawcett
Tweed
Hampshire
Wiltshire
Oxford
London
Fen
Confederate Soldier Keeps Water Promise Across War
A Civil War anecdote recalls James P. Moore risking exposure to give water to a wounded Union captain lying under fire. The captain later wrote Moore a note and, after dying, left a will providing $10,000 placed in instalments. Moore received $2,000, showing the value of helping others even amid conflict.
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James P. Moore
Moore
Pennre Ig
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