Transatlantic progress and notable 19th century figures
A broad survey notes rapid technological gains since the Revolution, with steam, coal use, and naval propulsion advancing, and cites wealth growth in Massachusetts. It mentions the Liberty Bell tongue forged in Winsted Connecticut, Pope Gregory XVI’s health concerns, and Theodore Lyman’s philanthropy at Harvard. It also lists Congressional output, European centennial armies, and a portrait of KryeG Atronzo’s daily regimen. Further items include naval signals modernization and Niagara Falls hotels facing sparse visitor numbers.
News of the Week Mixes Finance Labor and Rail News
A jumble of items notes an assignee handling a failed deposit and a $175,000 loss, a coal combination breakup with 500,000 tons to be auctioned, Masonic officers meeting in Philadelphia, a Drew firm transcript detailing $75 million in five years, a New York New Jersey Railroad wages strike, flu reports, a new silk association formed in New York, Connecticut Peace Society antiwar resolutions, a Sharon custody case, Southern and Southwestern railroad managers meeting at Batovia, and silk prices rising 25 percent across eastern makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponsmouth N. H
Tax Evening Post
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R. Company
Philadelphia and Reading Coal Company
The
Iron and Pennsylvania Coal Company
Supreme Lodge of the World
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
L. L. Davis
Nashua
N. H
D. B. Woodruff
Macon
C. Woodhouse
Hartford
Ind
Joseph Dundell
Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Night of Records
Hugh Latham
Alexandria
W. H. Master
Memphis
Drew
New York and New Jersey Railroad
Dispateuxs
Port Jervis
N. Y
Milford
New York
Wm. Skinner
Massachusetts
Franklin Allen
National Society
Connecticut Peace Society
Mystic
Indian Bureau
War Department
Black Hills
Custer
Cuantig Ross
Sharon, Conn
Ross
Parker
Batoga
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Texas
E. W. Cole
Nashville
Nashville, Chattanoga ,& St. Louis
T. O. Soott
Richmond & Petersburg
B. T. Wilson
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Political notes from multiple state meetings and nominations
Reports from Terra Haute Milwaukee and Columbia detail Democratic mass meetings and nominations. Robert A. Thatcher seeks re election to Congress. Wm Pitt Lynde is renominated for Congress. Samuxzy F Dany accepts Greenback VP nomination with Peter Cooper. Gustavus A Frankelenburg declines Missouri governor bid. State central committee called to act. Wade Hampton nominated for Missouri governor. W W Harpix named Democratic State Convention president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Vocrazxs
Terra Haute
Missouri
Robert A. Thatcher
Oxiecatts
Wisconsin
Municipal Court Room
Milwaukee
Wm. Pitt Lynde
Congress
Samuxzy F. Dany
Greenback
Peter Cooper
Gustavus A. Frankelenburg
State Central Committee
Frankelenburg
W. W.harpix
South Carolina
Columbia
Wade Hampton
Influx of Russian Officers Reaches Belgrade Amid Tension
Reported daily arrivals of Russian officers and sub-officers passing through Rouman’at toward Belgrade with gratuitous service. Conflicting reports on battles near Alexinatz. Turkish note seeks mediation through Belgrade as Greek government demands Turkish concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
World News in Turmoil and Military Moves
Reports describe European tensions with Ottoman, Serbian and Montenegrin actions. Turkish forces near Albania number about 40,000 as Prince of Montenegro braces for potential invasion. Belgian and Turkish clashes at frontiers. Abyssinian conflict worsens with 1,500 women and children said massacred.
Records and government notes from Washington addressed
The report covers bound session records from March 27 to May 5 with 14 copies left per member for binding, totaling 112 books of 300 to 400 pages, and nearly 35,000 issued. It notes Sioux Commission instructions nearing completion and a push for removal to Indian Territory to foster self support through farming. A White House visit on May 18 drew many Senators and Representatives, and federal officer reshuffles in Mississippi are described. The Treasury circulates resignations before a September deadline, with a Chinese Exclusion Committee meeting planned in San Francisco on October 18 and other ongoing geopolitical matter briefings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sesson
Indian Territory
White House
Mississippi
U. S
Treasury
Pia Ae
Enliotens
San ‘Bran
Glace
Yrillys
Constantinople
Army seeks 2500 cavalry recruits across major cities
Ministers and officials plan a progam to curb irregular troops in Bulgaria. Blacaus- Bee and Effendi head the inquiry with hired clerks. Recruiting offices will open in St. Louis Chicago Indianapolis Buffalo Boston and New York to fill 2500 cavalry positions. A Western branch will also open to meet the quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eras Pabch
Jane i
Constantin Emere
Bulgaria
Blacaus- Bee
sPhwstar
Youvante
Effendi
Btate
Cvaris
St. Louis
Chicago
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Boston
New York
Bogs Grill
Rail bridge planned across Mississippi at Clinton 1877
Report notes a railroad and wagon bridge to span the Mississippi at Clinton with completion target of July 1, 1877. Chicago Burlington and Quincy releases the city from pontoon bridge contract as Crook pursues the Sioux near Goose Creek and Powder River valleys in a large campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Fetterman
Cheyenns
Mississippi River
Clinton
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Croox
Terry
Crook
Goose Creek
Divide
Tongue
Powder River
Yellowstone
Museelshell
St. Louis
Prince
Sutcliffe
Pass Jetty Company
E. L. Couthell
South Pass
Thos, Haller & Co
Memphis
Tenn
Harry McCabe
San Francisco
Charles Sonatas
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
New York
Vinzaarapa
Lower
California
Colorado River
Villagrads
San Diego
Crit- Curry Exeinter Axton
Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad
Plover
Stevens Point
Wis
Col. W
King
Nicollet
DeGraff
Swift
Columbus
Mr. Venn
Detroit
G. H. Bailey
Cincinnati
Geo. Pields
Toledo
J. E. Bourland
Indiana
W. T. Boyd
Cleveland
Samuel Clark
J. B. Taylor
J. B. Blackman
Penis
Ohio
Michigan
Camp’ Brown
Ron
Gibson Tyler
Minnéapolis
Minneapolis
Bea Wade
Leenarian Caiaultto
Brie
Reber McCaffrey
Mollie , Maguires
Turbulent Crime and Disasters Report From Milwaukee to Kansas City
A sprawling merchant list of crimes and calamities spans from Wisconsin and Illinois to Missouri and New York. Attacks, drownings, shipboard deaths, train robberies, and a devastating fire in Jacon City report casualties, arrests, and investigations. Names include James Mc Dearmin, Matilde Blant, and Simon Mandlebaum with incidents abroad and on railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tola
Martin
Chicagoan Island Railroad
Bae i
Edgerton
Everal
Jauxs H. Liout
Calhon Mo
Jakes
James
Brooks
Racine
Sylvia
Chicago
Milwaukee
Orampe
Day
Kansas City
Jesse James
Otterville
Jackson County
Hobbs Kerry
Kerry
Pitts
Chadwell
Tax Enquirer
Hungtington, W. V
Sam Camden
Hatfield
Iin
Barbourville
Blurr
Frankfort Station
Mokena
Ill
John Shear
Middletown
N. Y
Willis Jones
Holly Springs
Miss
Marsh Walker
Walker
Jones
Jacon City
Forest City
Toe
Archy
Joseph Parker
Warsaw
M. Brapsury
Marshal
Drammeller
Bradbury
Death of Speaker Kerr at Virginia spa
The Indiana Statesman reports the death of Hon Michael O. Kerr Speaker of the House of Representatives. He died at springs in Virginia on the 19th from consumption after a long illness. At his death he suffered greatly with fatigue and shortness of breath as friends and family gathered at his bedside. He was age forty nine, survived by a wife and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Wess
Indiana Statesman
Cox
Michael O. Kerr
House of Representatives
At Springs
Pope
Kerr
S. 5. Cox
New York
M. Blair
London Omnibuses and the Conductor’s Character
Julian Hawthorne in Appleton's Journal pens a vivid contrast between hansoms and omnibuses in London. He highlights the driver’s silent authority and the conductor’s bustling, observant role, noting the mysteries of their origins and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Julian Hawthorne
Appleon
Calculations About Timber Resource Outlook
Montreal author James Little warns that continued forest destruction will sharply shrink timber supplies in Canada and the United States. He cites Maine as starting point and notes Eastern and Middle States face shortages, with spruce replacing white pine in mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Little
Montreal
Canada
United States
Maine
New York
Pennsylvania
Adirondacks
Michigan
Wisconsin
North
Wisler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Liberty
Winsted
Conn
Colosel Theodore Lymax
Peabody Educational Fund
Harvard College
Senate
Europe
Kryeg Atronzo
Navy
Navy Signals
Ammen and
Schufeldt
Niagara Falls
Tate
News OF the
Foreiazn
Alexinatz
Porte Y
Alexinats
Vienna
le 'Nord
Aeblve
Ieee
Hag
Panera
Tobersia
Portugal
Ted
Oporter
Bank of England
Prince of
Montenegro
Albania
Vuscovich
Herzegovinia
Viepatea
Alexinat
Alie Saib
Tescis
Egypt
Abyssinia
Edward Trickett
Australia
William Lumsden
Blyth
London
Tux Ling
Dahomey
Prince Consort
Edinburg
Oporto
House of Commons
Russia
Berthaul
de Cassey
London Times
Bartheul
Saya
India Council
Jablanitza
Anktile
Kruceratz
Kragugoratz
Morava
Washington
Wickél
Gag
Lancaster County
Penn
Salléys
Scopper
Ray Coldhard
Vane
Papatito
Speaker Kerr
London Omnibuses
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