Foreign News Roundup From Berlin to Wimbledon
A Berlin dispatch reports secret submission declarations by Catholic clergy to new laws. Lady Franklin dies. Hyde Park protests over Prince of Wales travel funds. Carlist bombardments, Herzegovina unrest, and Dorregaray wounded in Spain. Disraeli confrontation in the British House. Balloon ascent disaster near Chicago. Various local incidents in the US inclinations toward labor and Indian affairs. John D. Lee's Mountain Meadows confession and related trials move forward.
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Berlin
Franklin
Sir John Franklin
Hyde Park
London
Prince of Wales
Sebastian
Pulgcerda
Wimbledon
Fulton
Henry Halford
Col
Rafely
Leicester
Greenfield
Forest of Dean
God
Manchester
England
Madrid
Garllate
Dorregaray
France
Derr Sigel
Garon Loowa
House of Commons
Disraeli
Plimsoll
Pilmwould
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Red Cloud
New Haven
Marsh
Cpecial Commission
New York
Messrs
Faulkner
M. C
West Virginia
Harris
M.D
Massachusetts
Fletcher
Mormon Church
Brigham Young
Lee
Utah
Fort Laramie
Mountain Meadows
Leo
Emmeline BYW dies on the 17th in Brigham Young's family
Washington reports on the 18th that a St. Louis Grand Jury indicted Treasury Chief Clerk Avery for whisky frauds with distillers. Customs, collectors, and missing aeronauts are updated. Meantime Boston and Chicago dispatches discuss Pomeroy’s confessed guilt retracting his earlier statements and related jail escape attempts. President supports Delano amid interior department scrutiny while Postmaster-General seizes checks from contractors and pursues bond suits. Local options court upholds license law. Cincinnati Probate Court hears mayor impeachment petition.
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Brigham Young
Emmeline
Washington
St. Louis
United States District Court Grand
Avery
Treasury Department
Geo. N. Jackson
Internal Revenue
Buckner
Louisville
Measra
Donaldson
Grimwood
Chicago
Grand Haven
Hippodrome
Pomeroy
Massachusetts
Hiis
Katie Curran
Boston
Jesse Pomeroy
Charles Street
Fisher
Tor
Interior Department
Delano
Long Branch
Matthew Draper
Bupresie
Probate Court of
Cincinnati
Johnson
Political Gatherings and Resolutions Across States
Reports from the Connecticut House campaign events in Gallipolis and a Nebraska Republican State Convention in Kearney outline calls for stronger campaigns, specious financial reforms, and tax policy changes. Maryland Democrats nominate John Lee Carroll for Governor while opposing tariffs and currency expansion. Mississippi Democrats renominate L. Q. C. Lamar for Congress.
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Saad
Connecticut House
Ohto
Gallipolis
Pendeton
Gov. Allen
Nebraska
St Kearney
Sattogs
Congress
Maryland
Baltimore
John Lee Carroll
Mississippi
L. Q. C. Lamar
How a Chicago Girl Freed Her Lover From the Army
A Chicago clerk in Mandel Bros. enlisted in the army in a moment of despair over an arranged marriage. His Methodist minister father failed to secure his release. The girl petitioned Gen Logan, Rep Farwell, and finally Gen Belknap who granted a discharge after meeting her. She kissed him in gratitude and the paper carried to the Indian Territory. The father plans to start them in business.
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Mandel Bros
Gen. Logan
Congressman Farwell
Washington
Gen. Belknap
Gen. B
Grand Pacific
Indian Territory
Chicago Journal
Ovation to Liberty and a Dublin Stage Tale
The Irish World recalls an actor Hackett story from Dublin about a Rip Van Winkle scene and a thunderous Washington cheer. In San Francisco the Tahion wrecking case ends with arrests, a confession, and a death penalty looming. the cook testified and the plotters face capital punishment in an era of rare U.S. cases.
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Ireland
Mr. Hackett
Europe
Dublin
Leap van Winkle
Rip
Vilage
Washington
George Washington
Liberty
George Washiington
Old
San Francisco
America
Alligator Entangled in Steamer Wheel on St John River
A large steamer on the St John River in Florida halted after wheels trapped an alligator. Panic ensued as passengers rushed to the deck while the reptile was freed.
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St. John River
Florida
Illinois News Briefs Mention Fairs and Local Developments
Readable items note Hills borough in Montgomery County facing suspension due to lack of support. Other entries report public school meetings in Morgan County, appointment of Rev. W. F Snorvz as president of Illinois Female College, a fundraising appeal by the governor’s wife, a salary cut for Jacksonville’s superintendent, and winter wheat harvest nearing completion with good quality. The Peoria plow factory plans cost 40000 dollars and employ 320 workers.
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Bi Ifty
Hillsborough
Montgomery County
Keithsburg
Mercer County
Mississippi River
Morgan County
Court House
Jacksonville
W. F. 8Norvz
Illinois Female College
Gov. Bevenmem
Women of Illinois
Board of Education of
Illinois
Peoria
E. W. Bravenrorp
Chicago
Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary
Danick Goodwin, Jr
R. H. Shively
Pleasant Hill
Pike County
Owen
Young Shively
West
Robert 8. Anderson
McLeansboro
Hamilton County
Robert L. Delany
Marshall
Clark County
Charles M Dale
Mattoon
Coles County
F ¥. Ketcham
Havana
Mason County
Stephen G. Paddock
Princeton
Bureau County
Edward BR. Alien
Aurora
Kane County
Joseph
Payson
Boone
Belvidere
Brown
Mt. Sterling
Bureau
Carroll
Mt. Carroll
Cass
Virginia
Champaign
Christian
Taylorville
Clark
Clay—County
Loulaville
Clay—District
Flora
Coles
Charleston
Crawford- Ae
Robinson
Cumberland
Majority Point
de Kalb
Sandwich
DeKalb
Sycamore
Jersey
Jerseyville
Jo Daviess
Wareren
Kane—County
Geneva
Kane
Kankakee
Kendall
Ristol
Galesburg
Lake
Wankefan
Lawrence
Lawrenceville
Liv- Heston
Pontlac
Lon—County Fair
Lincolniggan
Atlanta
Macon
Decatur
Carlinville
Madfeon
Edwardsville
Marion
Salem
Centralia
Matehall
Wenona
Mason
McDonough
Macomb
Mellenry
Woodstock
McLean
Towanda
Menard
Petersburg
Mercer
Aledo
Illaboro
Ongomery
Litchfeld
Morgus
Oultrie
Sullivan
Paoria
Perry District Fair
DaQuovns Piaty
Monticello
Pike
Pittsfield
Pope
Golconda
Pautnam
Mennonius Randolph
Sparta
Rock Island
Sheept
Eldyville
Stirk
Toulon
SE Clair
Belleville
Stephenson
Million
Danville
Vermillion
Cdopeston
Pia
Deaf and Dumb School in England Shows Early Progress
The London Times reports an English Deaf and Dumb School founded after 1871 by Baroness Mayer de Rothschild and Mrs. Van Praagh. Fifty children study lip reading and sign communication, improving from basic letters to sentences, with groups ranging from a fortnight to three and a half years in attendance.
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England
Mayer de Rothschild
Jews’ Deaf and Dumb
van Fraigh
van Praagh
Lps
Paris
Melbourne
Iceland
Enland
Ireland
Denmark
Princess Alexandra
Waterloo
Bonaparte
Sir John Franklin
North Pole
London Times
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Henry Republigay
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W .Company
Barnum
Newton
Muskegon
Mich
Ier
Typographical Union of Washington
Henry Pedon
Indianapolis
Ind
Wm. H. Dutcher
North Adams
Mass
Marshy
New Navon
Smith
Ségille
Red Cloud Agency
Scranton
Jean Towns
Bass
Rory Illinois
Raiks
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
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