27 Jun 1879
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1879
Page
1
A terse notice seeks private lodging for a married couple or two gentlemen near Drard on tredvrite terre. Applicants should apply at the base on Tennesser Street next to Mix White boarding house.
A fragmented telegraph sheet reports weather across the Missouri valleys with steady temperature and light winds. It notes the planned formation of Anderson and Webster and mentions a Yellow Fever scare and naval orders. Scattered items include a mayoral murder and mobbing of Elbridge Avery in Tivget county amid scarce details.
A garbled 19th century style dispatch notes a series of events including a signified abdication, a Khedive pact involving Princes Mohamaned Vendik, and a June fire at Taylor and Coates yard with losses around 25 dollars. Also mentions Schneiders blue factory machine shop loss near 15 thousand dollars and other indecipherable items.
Washington June 24 The State Department has a telegram from the U S Consul General at Cairo stating the Khedive abdicated per the Sultan s orders in favor of his son Tewfik to be proclaimed at six today.
A passenger train on the Southeastern railroad collided with a construction train at AQueber on June 26. Engineer John Daily and construction crew member Moses Morris were killed. Fred Cutter and two others, Taylor and Hersalt, were seriously wounded, with most passengers escaping unharmed.
Fall River June 26 mills except the Flint began operations this morning. The Flint has no filling out band but plans a Monday start. Streets are quiet with groups of operatives gathered. Some back boys and others fill in for the strikers in the loom rooms.
June proceedings in Washington include the Senate adopting a conference report on the letter carriers deficiency bill and considering a public lands extension for settlers with minor amendments. The Hull murder inquest in New York resumes as Cox stands indicted. witnesses describe torn bandages, bedsheets, and blood spots while the jury rules Mrs. Hull died by violence.
In Leavenworth on the 20th a reported wedding in the spirit world linked to Col J B Eaton and ex President Pierce drew wide attention. The ceremony, said to be by a medium, featured a bride who died decades ago as a child and a groom living in modern times, with about fifty spiritual guests and a materialized bridal pair observed by witnesses.
The document denounces Democratic pressure in Congress to force repeal by withholding government funds and supports President Hayes and Republican lawmakers in defending financial stability and enforcing laws. It calls for free elections, restrained government spending, and neutral state governance while opposing sectional provocation by Democratic leaders. Senator Blaine is loudly hailed. H H. M. Davis of Chi is named gubernatorial candidate on the third ballot. Pedestrian aid Chicago June 24 reports Crossland leading O Leary by twelve miles.
New York markets Friday show mixed results with money at 2 percent and various paper and commodity prices drifting. Wheat fell as buyers were scarce while corn and rye posted declines. pork and bacon supported by firmer trading, lard bid and ask figures reported as steady to soft.
Cattle dull and lower with few sales in St Louis area. Hogs weak with steady receipts around 3,600, grain markets mixed as wheat and corn show firmness and higher futures activity. Flour steady in Cheyenne region with spring and winter grades quoted. Receipts and shipments listed for cattle hogs and grain markets.
Caicada July 26 cattle market dull with heavy cattle around 4.70 to 4.80. fair to good shipping 4.20 to 4.50. grassers 3.00 to 4.30. stockers 3.00 to 3.25. Hogs mixed packing and light weight at 5.85 to 6.00. heavy and Philadelphia buyers 3.00 to 4.00. Sheep market lower with sales 3.20 to 3.70. Receipts 4,000 cattle 3,800 shipments. hogs 2,000 receipts 6,400. sheep 900 receipts 510. Kansas City market weak. wheat receipts 2,417 bushels, shipments 1,200. market weak. corn receipts 2,024, shipments 6,076. store stocks 44,781. Barley, rye nominal. provisions weaker with dairy butter 12c. eggs steady 9c.
Kansas City cattle pricing held steady with local demand fair for shipping steers and native stockers. Native shipping steers averaged 1648 dollars with sales near 4.70 per hundredweight, native butchers at 2753.50, native cows around 23.00, and grass fed Texas Cherokee cattle showing strong receipts and ranges. Total receipts 336 with 41 shipments, logs market firm with wide sale range and bulk around 3550 to 365 dollars.
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