A Remarkable Gibraltar Trial Ends in Haunting Confession
At Gibraltar a merchant James Baxwell was tried for the murder of his daughter Eliza after allegations of a forced engagement to William Katt. The case revealed a dramatic confession by Katt that he had abducted and harmed Eliza, while Baxwell died on the scaffold from shock just as the executioner prepared to finalize his sentence.
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Gibraltar
England
James Baxwell
London
Mownt St. Miel
Spain
Lelonsing
Lim
Coummerce
Eradit
Europe
James Baxweil
Danziver
Romer
Gina
Lia
Cibraltar
Charch
Oereke
Jane
Kait
Stomiueh
Eliza
William Katt
Stors
Wisper
Baxwell
Dawenr
Seafeld
William Natt
Scaller
James Boswell
Laswell
Tle
Willian Katt
Muld
Ishza
Joe Smith
Huly
Joe
Warsaw
Remedy for the Bots and Horse Health Practices
A historical note on treating horse bots using salt brine and a two step process. First the brine, then sweet molasses to loosen the bites before reapplying brine. Observations include bot heads embedded in tissue and the need to keep nits away from horses. The fragment shifts to a moral meditation about tomorrow, Providence, and a joke about a tailor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beng
Mormons in Nauvoo and Strange Tongues Prophecies
The article details growth of Mormon settlement at Nauvoo with a temple and hotel under construction. It recounts alleged signs and prophecies, tongues, visions, and sensational episodes from early converts, plus a scolding of Brighamite practices and a warning to followers about publishing lines from the Times and Seasons. It notes a press planned at Bereal and quotes patriarch Hyrum Smith urging return to Kirtland and finishing church works.
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Kirtland
Nauvoo
United States
Europe
Persecuton
Joseph Smith
Mormonigm
Josmith
Ohio
Missouri
Hood
New Jerusalem
Mormons
the Times and Seasons
C. Ler
Brenden
Hyranisimith
Catreh
Hig Serie
Janes Sloan
Jriday
Keeani
Birtland
Pricce
Limes and Seasons
Lorus
Printig
Hyrum Smith
Enamored Youth Wed to His Sweetheart under Mock Conditions
A fashionably smug suitor offers protection to a young woman bound to him. She, with calm wit, proposes a condition he cannot meet yet can grant. He agrees, and, smiling, she reveals the demand: to become the wife of the wife, leading them to an early marriage in a twist of romance.
Georgia House Passes Pay Cut Bill for Delegates
A bill approved by the Georgia House of Delegates would reduce member pay to four dollars per day for the first thirty days and to two hundred forty dollars per day thereafter. The measure aims to secure prompt legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Banesville Gaz
War with China discussed at Massachusetts Historical Society
The History Society of Massachusetts opened a lecture by J Q Adams on the present war between England and China. The talk traced causes from Lord Napier to the English monopoly in India, praised a future Pekin embassy, and questioned Macao land cession claims. It noted the Amistad case and other brief items.
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England
China
Journal of Commerce
Boston
Historical Society of Massachusetts
Joux Quincy Adams
United States
Masonic Temple
Vattel
Britain
Celestial Empire
Court of
St. James
Flower Land
Lord Napier
Gov- Gera
Pekin
Adams
Macao
Canton
Macaa
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A. Preston
New England
West
Gotha
Amisert
Chambers’ Journal
Mo Buswell
Willa Te F
Snorrow
woUain
Arnic
The
Chicago Agriculturist
Vermont
Plattsburgh
Massachusetts
Tim
Bunker Hill
Det
Adv
Amistad
New York
Sierra Leon
Messrs. Steele
Raymond
Wilson
McLeod
Buffalo
Niagara
Canada
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