California Women Happy as Law Punishes Wife Beaters
Governor signs a bill punishing wife beaters by public whipping. Postal cards grow in popularity with a 40 percent sales rise this year. Mrs Herscher V Jonsson Jr dies in Georgia within a year of marriage. twenty two kin also die in short span. St Louis spends 26803.30 on public schools in February amid a solid treasury balance. The old powder magazine at Williamsburg Virginia, linked to Lord Dunmore, still stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Lord Dunmore
Williamsburg
Virginia
Babcock
Bell
Washington
Chandler
Pension Bureau
Luckey
Gen. Babcock
Attorney-General
A. C. Bradley
General Babcock
Bradley
Lindell Hotel
St. Louis
Grant
A. ©. Bradley
Committee On Expenditures
War Department
Fragmented 19th Century News Snippets On Law, Politics And Personalities
A collage of 1870s items covers Librarian W F Pope praising an April North American Review paper on the 1787 ordinance, Alabama drummers taxed, General Sherman praised by Col Chesney, Virginia education funding, weather jokes about meat, and Gambetta and Train figures. Included are notes on fifty-three Saturdays and Sundays in 1870 and a legal suit by George P. Bising against Train over back pay and a Marseilles capture anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Pope
Chicago Public Library
Northwestern States
George P. Bising
George Francis Train
Omaha
Bemis
Train
Marseilles
France
Washington updates and House actions on impeachments
News from Washington reports on Barstow not paying newspapers for whisky frauds, a $100000 deficit request for public buildings, $50000 for witnesses’ fees, and investigations into Belknap. Other items note Matamoros fall, transfer of the Indian Bureau, and indictments. Chinese emigration talks and a mass meeting, with Gov. Erwin presiding, are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sxcaxrrang
District of Columbia
Columbus Alexander
Navy Department
Matamoras
House Committee On Military Affairs
Indian Bureau
Interior Department
War Department
Caces TP. Marsi
Grand Jury
W. W. Belknap
Lord
Pierrepont
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Ren. Scuexck
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Emma
England
House Committee On Commerce
Wisconsin
Two Rivers
Fox
Green Bay
Menominee
Abnapee
Manitou
Sheboygan
Kenosha
Racine
Belknap
Knott
Judiciary Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
William W. Belknap
The
United States
Erwin
Regional notes from the Midwest and West
Reports reach from Wisconsin to California. A coal bed near Ypsilanti in Michigan yields 36 inch thickness while Central Railroad claims 2 500 acres nearby. Wisconsin Ohio elections show gains for anti Chinese groups. Northwestern rail tariffs rise, La Crosse bank failure shows $140 000 liabilities with $120 000 missing and key papers gone. Davis Landing reports a new crevasse. Chicago Alton sues over 832 000 stock and bond claims. Ex Governor Ars and family travel to St Louis then Massachusetts. Mississippi Tax delegates meet in Jackson with Bristow Blaine Morton split. Chicago Milwaukee and Northwestern restore 4 1 4 cent per mile passenger rate. Cable dispatch from Hong Kong closes the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypsilanti
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Chicago
la Crosse First National Bank
Wheeler
Kellogg
Geo. M. Wheeler
J. M. Stone
Davis Landing
Miss
Imperial Bank shows large material decrease and global news
The weekly statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany reports a decline of 8 372 000 marks. MacDowailh and Moxtroay of Liverpool suspend operations in American trade with unknown liabilities. The Agriganti sank after colliding with the Hilton off Cape Nalea with nine crew and twenty passengers drowned. The Tax Royal Titles Bill passed the House of Commons amid political instability over Matamoros. Diaz insurgents captured Matamoros with government forces surrendering 530 men 17 artillery pieces and 712 small arms. A West India Commission interview with Lord Carnarvon addressed alleged Barbadoes agitation. The opposition plans to back Shaftesbury against the Empress title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Bank of Germany
MacDowailh & Moxtroay
Liverpool
Tur
Agriganti
Piraes
Greece
Hilton
Castle of
Cape Nalea
Lerea
House of Commons
Matamoras
Toledo
Diaz
Matamoros
Custo
Debarra
West India Commission
Lord Carnarvon
Barbadoes
Windward Islands
Lord Shaftesbury
Ingersoll Wins Connecticut Governorship by Narrow Margin
Election returns show Ingersoll a Democrat elected governor of Connecticut by a 3,557 vote majority. Republican gains nationally and local changes include Pacific Mail freight rate tensions disrupting New York wharf operations and staff layoffs at sugar refiner Green-Turner in New York. A Massachusetts House vote rejected a tax on church property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingersoll
Lem
Connecticut
Panama Railroad Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Pacific Mail
Pacific Mail Company
New York
New York Evening Express
Erastus Brooks
Dem
Greenback
Green-Turner Sugar Refining Company
Massachusetts
Deadly crimes and arrests across cities and states
A laborer Patrick Pickens shot and killed his son amid drunken frenzy in Columbus and confessed guilt while threatening self harm. Memphis bootblack Bos Wueeer jailed for a prior murder. Distillery owner Jost sues IRS over a 125000 assessment. Green Bay bookkeeper Al Duny, 28, suicides. Mails thefts in St Louis with Dinsmore’s restitution. Ill triple murder by Thomas Tracy. New York Court of Appeals upholds Dolan murder verdict. Chicago Grand Jury indicts Ward in whisky frauds. Track accident near Tempe ton Junction. a school teacher’s death after drinking and storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Pickens
Columbus
Pickens
Bos Wueeer
Ben Blumenstine
Memphis
Citas, Jost
Antioch
San Francisco
Collector of Internal Revenue
Jost
AL. Duny
F. D. Windsay
Green Bay
Wis
St. Louis
Foster and Booth
Post Office Department
Express
Parsons, Ken
Dinsmore
Carlinville
Ill
Thomas Tracy
Tracy
New York Court of Appeals
Dolan
Noe
Chicago
J. D. Ward
Daniel W. Minn
Avoust Williams
Iroquoils
Chicago, Lafayette & Cincinnati
Templeton Junction
Welch
Monroe
Darlington
Fire wipes out Ft. Clark stables and 17 horses
A midnight blaze at Ft. Clark Horse Railway Co. property in Peoria destroyed stables and buildings, killing seventeen horses and nine mules. Loss estimates run over seven thousand dollars with four thousand five hundred dollars insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Clark, Horse Railway Company
Peorie
Tax County Grand Jury
St. Louis
Britton
John E. Hagerty
John G. Woestman
Michael Madden
J. C. Rogers
Jones
Patrick McHale
Hagerty
E. B. Brown
Senate rejects General Davya nomination in mixed vote
A Senate rejection follows a House Foreign Affairs canvass on the Schenck matter. Gen Schenck is criticized for joining Emma Mining and stock speculation but not proven dishonest. Reports also note O Leary’s 70 mile San Francisco run, Von Marxe in Rome, and other 1876 events abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davya
Senate
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Schenck
Gen. Schenck
Emma Mining Company
O'Leary
Chicago
San Francisco
von Marxe
Rome
Morton
Avery
St. Louis
Austria
Montenegro
Mackinaw Straits
Philadelphia
Mansuan MacMahon
Paris
Mexico
Nair Powder and Court Plaster in Washington Society
Olive Logan lampoons fashionable ladies with white hair and powdered looks in Washington society. She mocks court plaster beauty trends, noting outrageous contrasts to aging and youth, and recalls Marie Antoinette’s era with irony and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Antoinette
Old Louis
Cours
Credit and Cash Grocer Sets Up Dual Store Concept
A Santa Clara grocer divides the shop into two equal sides, cash and credit, so customers are first asked to choose cash or credit. Cash buyers see lower prices, while credit shoppers are shown the other side to prompt payment. The note mentions a large payout over 20 000 in the past year and a claim about helping the poor become rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Clara
Cal
Senate Debates Morton Mississippi Resolutions and Silver Legacy
The Senate debated Morton Mississippi resolutions opposed by Bayard. Sherman urged a silver legal tender up to 50 dollars. the measure was laid over. A naval detail budget and silver purchases for coinage were discussed. The House passed tax and internal revenue bills. impeachment proceedings against Secretary Belknap moved forward in April sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Morton
Mississippi
Bayard
Sherman
Hursday
Treasury
Reagan
Morrison
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Mosday
Howe
Iouse
Belknap
House
Central
Wwestern and Pacific Railroads
Lord
Messrs
Boutwell
Cameron
Wis
Oglesby
McDonald
Ferry
W W. Belknap
Knott
Judiciary Committee
Texas Frontier
O’brien
W. W. Belknap
Menomonee
Pawnee
Tramlin
Worcester Reservoir Dam Break Triggers Major Flood
A Worcester Massachusetts reservoir dam failed at 6 30 p m causing a flood of 760 million gallons of water that destroyed mills and homes along the ravine including the Olney dwelling and a cottage opposite. The flood swept away mill buildings at Kettle Brook and Leedville and damaged the Boston and Albany rail line. The disaster disrupted travel for days and caused extensive property loss though no lives are reported.
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Worcester
Massachusetts
Mass
E. W. Olney
Kettle Brook
J. A. Smith & Co
Ashworth & Jones’ Mill
Boston and Albany Railroad
Janesville
Lyndebrook
Leedville
Salinet Mill
Albert Curtis
New Worcester
Boston & Albany Railroad
Ware River
Boston
Barre
Gardner
Centennial Celebration Fails to Inspire
The text notes dwindling enthusiasm for a centennial event with comments on attire and ribbons lacking impact. It parodies the mood of observers who feel the forthcoming celebration will not be enjoyable, mentioning odd details like thick ribbons and flexible strings as signs of tepid interest.
Long Gulf voyage charts coast to Cedar Keys for geography
Thomas Coleman, light-keeper at Cape St Blas Florida, reports Bishop’s duck boat Centennial Republic traveled from Pittsburgh on December 2 bound for Cedar Keys. The craft faced surf and portages, aided by blackfish guiding the voyage, with goals to map United States water routes and follow Balford’s canal plan linking the Mississippi to the Atlantic.
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Thomas Coleman
Cape St. Blas
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Centennial Republic
Bishop
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Cedar Keys
Florida
Bay &J. Joseph
Gulf
Indian Pass
St.Vincent’s Sound
Ohio
Mississippi
New Orleans
St. George’s Sound
St. Mark’s
Gulf of CO. Mexico
Stary
United States
Colonel Balford
Atlantic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiessenger
Jorm Littlefield
Karte Freip
London
Mobile
Gen. Sherman
Col. Chesney
Macmillan
Dufour
Redmond Enquirer
Kentucky
New York Evening Post
New England
Middle States
Lower
Lake Region
M. Gamberra
Sime
Benedetta
Nice
Gambetta
Leon Gambetta
Ceneral
Ilinois
Bilek
Rene
Pacific Railway
United Creevsencsnvesen
Credit and Cash
Toukvo
Seenate
Wepye Espay
Interior
Cox
Cannon
Illinois
Kasson
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