Weekly federal and local notes from the era
A long miscellany of reports dated the 6th to the 9th covers cotton price averages, wages strikes in Massachusets and Pennsylvania, Apache scalps in Tombstone, silver coinage issued, a green river riot probe, and a New York Clearing House annual meeting. Also notes on a murder sentence in Utica, a war-path warning from Piegan Crow and Cheyenne, post office service trials, a $10.4 million silver transfer, a dam opening, and various local calamities and legal actions.
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Masschusetta
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Cochise County
Geronimo
Tombstone
Zonez Tuompsox
Lawton
Cleveland
St. Louis
Green River
Wy. T
Rock Springs
Tae New York Clearing House Association
G. G. Williams
Chemical National Bank
Utica
Cruse
United States Treasury
New Orleans
Swatara
Yantic
Wnt
Lafayette
Ind
George Bar
William McCausey
Urbana
Huntley
Tuckerman
Ark
Prrissuranm
Davis Island
Washington
Treasury Department
New England Homestead
Fize
Jerome Park
New York City
W. H. Stedecker
New England
Ringtown
Seattle
W. B
Arabella Kentven
Williamsport
Lewis Zaner
Amanda B Stargis
Payal
Clarence Clark
Bellefonte
Penury
Veronica Bubba
Syracuse
N. Y
Senate to Consider Tax Nominations of Postmasters
A sweep of nominations for over a thousand postmasters will go before the Senate in the next session. The report lists numerous political and legal items from across the nation, including deaths, elections, and court rulings. Notable mentions include ex Governor TALBOT of Massachusetts, actor MARY ANDERSON arriving in New York, and tax law developments in Utah and Illinois.
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United States Senate
A.H. Bopman
Chicago
A. N. Kullogg
Ford Ward
New York
Joupax Turoport R. West Teroor
New
A. R. Morris
Brooklyn
Grant Monument Fund
San Francisco
Leland Stanford
Lst
Jabez L. M. Curry
Virginia
Spain
Illinois
Richard Bishop
McHenry County
Tae
American Free Trade League
Thomas H. Boergs
United States Navy
Bowling Green
Massachusetts
Worcester
Frederick O. Prince
Boston
Cleveland
Edmunds
Salt Lake City
W. D. Neusom
Joupax Durgz
Newark
N. J
The
Mormon Church
Logan
Utah
Philadelphia
Jupee Foraxer
Ohio
Hoaddy
Toledo
Manning
Hill
Joan G. Wurtrier
North Carolina
Clark Whittier
Cardinal McCloskey
New York City
Ambiguous Biographical Note and Political Results
An obituary fragment notes FO Beett yttet oe WT APS dying at age seventy five with relatives and clergymen present. It also cites Connecticut town meeting results showing 79 Republicans, 55 Democrats, and 28 split, and mentions Louisville mayor Chantes D Jacobs appointment as minister to Colombia and Indiana's Charles Foster as Consul General at Calcutta.
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Connecticut
Chantes D. Jacobs
Louisville
United States
Colombia
Charles Foster
Indiana
Calcutta
Foreign items from the period wrap multiple world events
Reports from Orangeville Ontario say two officials whose temperance efforts provoked vandalism had their homes wrecked by dynamite on the 7th. A $33,000 bank shortage appeared in Halifax. Floods hit Mexico's valley with Leon waterworks failing. An Abyssinian expedition defeated Osman Digma’s force, losing 3,000 men. Missionaries abroad reached Africa destitute. Ireland bishops condemn violence. Labrador fishermen face starvation. London warehouses burned, losses around $15 million. Cholera rises in Palermo and Spain. A fire at sea injures Captain Hanson. Russian governors ordered using Russian in public business, while Mexico floods continue.
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Orangeville
Ont
Henry T. Clarke
Union Bank of
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Valley of
Mexico
Leon
Apricgs
Karsala
Osman Digma
Africa
Ireland
Labrador
Aldergate Street
London
Portsmouth
Eng
Horsley
Palermo
Sicily
Spain
Hanson
Pauling
Quebec
Tux Czar
Valley of Mexico
City of
Major 1860s New York Giants Triumph in Baseball Season
The League baseball season concluded with the Chicago club crowned champions as the season ended on the tenth. Final standings show Chicago leading with 87 wins, followed by New York 85, Philadelphia 66, Providence 62, Boston 47, Detroit 41, Buffalo 38, and St Louis 37.
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Montreal
Riccard Coyte
Kate
Weasley
R. L
St Louis
Fry
New Bedford
Mant
St. George’s Island
Nebraska
Salt Lake City
United States
Richmond
Petersburg
Lynchburg
Virginia
Chicagos
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Providence
Boston
Detroit
Buffalo
Turoverour
Spain
Olsen
Minn
Nxak Chico
Cal
Hell Gate Channel
East River
Manhattan Island
Rioting Strikers Cause Deadly St Louis Street clash
Riot reenacts in St Louis as Blue Line streetcar clash leaves James Mackey fatally stabbed and many injured. Cars run to stables, crews reassigned, and police scramble as more trouble looms. Knights of Labor deny striker involvement while rail officials blame hoodlums.
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St. Louis
Blue Line
Pine Street
Eighth
James Mackey
Ohio Avenue
Cass Avenue
Morgan Street
Citizens’ Railway
Bellefontania Street Railroad
Knights of Labor
Down to Paupers Graves in Pennsylvanian Tragedy
Clarence Clark once a Bellefonte druggist killed himself after drinking and financial ruin. His wife Annie Johnson Clark, famed Wilkes Barre belle, overdosed on opium amid a life of hardship and estrangement. A note by her bed laments wasted life. She hailed from a historic Northern Pennsylvania family.
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Win
Ramsport
Pao
Clarence Clark
Bellefonte
Clarence
Annie
Thaye
She
Pennsylvania
Remarkable Fast Ends in Death of Veronica Balla
Veronica Balla a 66 year old German born widow whose 59 day water fast with morphine dissolved in it ended yesterday morning in Syracuse New York She weighed 140 pounds at the start and after weeks of starvation grew emaciated her friends attest to the fasting’s genuineness and her refusal of all medicines despite physicians attempts to check her pulse and temperature
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Veronica Balla
Syracuse
Riots by Car Drivers in St Louis Halts Streetcars
Rioting street Car drivers in St Louis disrupted service on October 10. Cars were wrecked on Cass and Chateau avenues as strikers clashed with police. Officer Hannon shot and killed John Haney amid crowd attacks. Hannon and Griffith claimed self defense, while witnesses disputed the account.
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St. Louis
St. Loui
Cass Avenue
Chateau Avenue
John Haney
Hann
Hickory Street
Griffith
Aka
Roc
Grifith
Alice
Aultour
Olice
Hannon
Haney
Ed Haney
Twelfth Street
Union Depot
People's
People’s
Fourth
O’fallon
Eleventh
Union Line
Franklin Avenue
Olive Street
Mercantile Club
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Hetty
Henry, Ill
Fovel Bis
H. B. Chooxern & Co
San Francis
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Bradstreet
Merhants
District of Columbia
Kansas City
Canada
Middle States
Western
Southern
Pacific States and Territories
Louisa Court House
Boston Harbor
Mons At &. Louis
Sth
United States Naval Institute
Annapolis
Denenhower
Chris Patriox
Augusta
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