Foreign News Roundup from Madrid to California
Digest of international events across Europe and the Americas. Strikes in Toronto and Paris probe American ministerial links. Bazaine pamphlet and Russian affairs noted. Earthquake and fires disrupt Glasgow, Atherton mine disaster, and California shocks with Black Hills alert. Gold rises on Wall Street as Jay Gould profits draw attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Toronto
Canada
Typographical Union
Méti
French Assembly
M. Favre
Washburne
Paris
Marshal Bazaine
Metz
Berlin
William
Matamoros
Dayaa
Mexico
Japan
Grenadine
England
Great Britain
Atherton
Bolton
Schemakher
Caucasus
Republic
Ellis H. Elias
Gould, Stuart & Co
Murray
Nashville
Telegraph
Wall Street
Erie
Europe
Jay Gould
London
Los Angeles
Texas
Hamilton
Rio Grande
Brownsville
United States
Sierra Nevada
Big Pine Camp
Sierra
Department of Dakota
Sioux City
Iowa
Back Hills
Paducah
Missouri Democrat sold and staff unchanged in 19th century note
The Missouri Democrat in St Louis was sold on the 22d to Mr Fishback for 456100 dollars with politics unchanged and J B McCullagh continuing as editor. The Chicago Daily Republican reappears enlarged as The Inter Ocean under proprietor Hon J te Scammon and managing editor E W Halford. A dispatch from Wilmington NC hints at Lowery gang shooting a Herald correspondent. Washington reports Minister Sickles to Spain staying until his successor is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Democrat
St. Louis
Fishback
J. B. McCullagh
Chicago Daily Republican
Inter Ocean
J. Te Scammon
E. W. Halford
Indianapolis Journal
National
Wilmington
Lowery
Herald
Washington
Miniater Sickles
Spain
Nominations and political notes from the era in brief
The telegraph reports several nominations to Senate include Nimmo as Supervising Inspector General of Steamboats and Smith as Postmaster at Pomeroy Ohio. It notes regional results and statements from state GOP meetings in Oregon New Hampshire Ohio Iowa Kentucky Wisconsin Michigan and Pennsylvania.Deaths include Lowrey Strong Transdale Marshall. The Detroit soldiers monument slated for April ninth with General Burnside invited. The Greeley statue fund reaches about 17000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Supreme Court
Thio Tressury
Kentucky
Washington
Senate
Sumner
Edward Fr. Green
Jay Gould
Brigham Young
McKean
Brigham
Perham
Po Pott's
Oakland
New York Post
Eliases
Thie
Joseph Nimmo
Henry C. Smith
Pomeroy
Ohio
John Sharp
Oregon
William Rowland
Negaunee
Mich
Erie
Wilmington
Henry Berg Lowrey
Bass Strong
Cen‘Yennial Commission
Philadelphia
Daniel Morrell
Wm. W. Cryder
Erie Railway Company
Drake
Detroit
General Burnside
William Transdale
Tennessee
Gallatin
Humphrey Marshall
Touinville
Greeley
Grant
Colfax
New Hampshire
Tammany Hall General Committee
Columbus
A.T. Wyckoff
John Welch
Athens
Supreme Court
R. R. Porter
Board of Public Works
Denison
Iowa
Des Moines
James F. Wilson
Portland Canal
United States
Wisconsin
Vicksburg
Miss
Charles O’conor
General Hancock
Andrew Johnson
Buckalew
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Congress Passes Multiple Bills Amid Tariff Debates
Senate actions include measures for harbor sales in San Francisco and port entries in Duluth St Paul and Alaska, a railway bridge over the Ohio River, canal deepening, and a broad tariff discussion with free tea and coffee proposals. House moves grant homesteads to discharged soldiers and plan a Farragut statue, while debates over rail gauge and internal taxes unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
San Francisco
Cal
Duluth
Minn
St. Paul
St. Mary's Falls Canal
Alaska
United States
Ohio River
Evansville
Mount Vernon
Indiana
St. Clair Flats
Aix
New Orleans, Chattanooga & Mobile
Warton
New Orleans
Mississipi River
Mississippi River Level and Telegraph Company
Cape Girardeau
Fort Jackson
China
Japan
Asia
House
Admiral Farragut
Washington
Navy
Mobile Grand Trunk Railway
Rairoada
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Textile Fabrica and Mann
St. Groix & Bayfield Railroad
Contingen Fund
Army Investigating Committee
National Union Soldiers
Salfora’ Orphans
Industrial Training School Association
Iits
Congress
Court of Claims
Butler
Morton
Conference Committee
Sivertiee
Menta
Miladelphia
New York
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Lonaville
Baltimore & Potomac Road Company
Archer
Maryland
Navy Department
Voorhees
Georgia
Florida
Bayfield & St. Croix
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
See
St. Croix & Lake Superior
Cincinnati Boiler Explosion Leaves Dozens Dead and Injured
The Cincinnati Commercial recounts a fatal boiler explosion on the 18th at a soap and candle factory. Two boilers ripped apart, smashing workers, tearing through a yard, and killing three children Cora Kohl Emma Forbus and Alice Thornton while injuring others.
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Cincinnati
G. OC. Forsinger
Herribty
Ostholthoff
Unkrich
Herlinger
Ron
Baymiller Street
Oliver Street
Cora Kohl
Emma Forbus
Alice Thornton
Alice
Emma
Cora
Poplar
Wit and Wisdom From Humble Gleanings
A potpourri of jokes and quips from a 19th century column. Lettres about marriageable young men and telegraph vows mix with rural humor and stray lines about whisky bans in Colorado. The snippets feature puns, dialect lines, and quick morals on love, debt, and community life.
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Congressional
Phunnygrams
Atlanta
Colorado
Ned
Stephen
Walter
Jerusha
Jake
Oshibou
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