News of the Week Rumors and Market Moves
Rumors float of a New York Central receiver while Kingsbury Abbott Hulett suspend with assets 46100. John O Mahoney funeral in New York February 13. Adjudicated bankrupt Vesey street glycerine house with liabilities 160000. Western freight rates rise five cents per 100 pounds to European ports. wheat to Liverpool 25c, corn 3ac, provisions 6c. Baltimore & Ohio telegraph system transferred to Atlantic and Pacific. Wages advance at Wamsutta Mills in New Bedford. Logs of New York Graph value 458342. Wrestler McLachren and Cavanagh sign for 500 a side at Utica on 20th. Philadelphia talks on coal combination. Lehigh operators sign limits. Ponrean & Co racing stable sold to settle David Crawford estate. 19 horses sold for 7200. Narra gancett stud earnings noted.
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New York Central Railroad
Kingsbury, Abbott & Hulett
Thut Manufacturers
New York
John O'Mahoney
Ireland
Onanis Horsteap
Vesey Street
Nes
Chicago
Liverpool
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company
Cincinnati
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Tor Wamsutta Mills
New Bedfort
J. H. McLacraenurs
John Cavanagh
Utica
N.Y
Philadelphia
Lehigh
T. Ponrean & Co
David Crawford
Narragansett
Kingland
Palmetta
Top Hiv
Lizzie Berry
Julietta
Narragancett
President Nominates Watts U S Attorney for Wyoming and Other Currents
The President nominates Richard A. Watts to be United States Attorney for Wyoming. Treasury calls for redemption of 10,000,000-20 bonds and bans peat cattle hides from Germany. David Davis receives election certificate as U S Senator from Illinois. USA sues Central Pacific for 1,836,335.10. New Yorkers urge site on Bedloes Island for a colossal statue Liberty Enlightening the World. The Belkway case is dismissed for lack of sustainment. The Attorney General directs dismissal per D C district attorney’s view. Treasury employee sues Simon Cameron for breach of promise of marriage seeking damages.
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Richard A. Watts
United States
Wyoming
Tay Treasury
Treasury Department
Germany
David Davis Han
Illoois
Central Pacific Railroad
District of Columbia
Treasury
Simon Cameron
Notable deaths and disasters cross the nation
Reports from Manchester Virginia City Memphis and Illinois detail suicides, robberies, shipboard losses, boiler explosions, and fatal accidents. Notable incidents include Charles Weir's self inflicted death, ex Mayor John League's sentencing for perjury, the Lozek Bayless drowning, a Noblesville boiler explosion killing two, and a Beverly township shooting suicide.
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Chas. Weir
Manchester
Vich
Cause
Louween
Criminal Court of
Memphis
John League
Jai
Robert
Barchus & May
League
Lozek
Alton
Oliver Gaell
Harrison Jones
Noblesville
Tud
Pleasant Gillam
James Page
Marion Stewar
Thos, Jackson
Arment Dardanelle
Ark
Swanton
Wrlu« Coon
Beverly Township
Ontario
Chicago News
Esaur
Laura
Annapolis
Busquehanna Coal Company
Nanthoxe
Mich
Max
Henry
Toledo
Ohio
John Steinman
West field notes from 19th century railroad, conflicts and weather
The West column reports on legal settlements, railroad accident fatalities in Ashtabula and San Francisco, a Southern Pacific section completion in California, a Crazy Horse clash with troops with Indian losses, Northwestern Dairymen meeting minutes in Chicago, an Indian raid near Crook City with deaths and horse theft, and a warm spell prompting grasshopper hatchings in Topeka Kansas with sightings near Cheyenne. It also mentions a herd move toward Cheyenne and stock exchanges involving Tennessee and Missouri.
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Lake Shore
L. C. Crain
Ashtabula
Aommal Trxopore Barner
San Francisco
Hexur T. Tom Smeor
Memphis
Crazy Horse
Bend
Northwestern Dairymen’s Association
Chicago
Gooch
Crook City
Topeka
Kas
Tux
Cheyenne
Cate
Lily Sailes
Te ‘Ghd
Becwald
Mortgage Recorded on Sutro Tunnel Property to London Creditors
A Sutro tunnel property mortgage for 124 321 pounds was recorded on the 6th inst in the county recorder’s office in favor of London creditors. Herders near Chugwater were chased by Indians but escaped.
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Vmarsin City
Sutro Tunnel
County Recorder
London
British Parliament opens as Queen Victoria speaks
The British Parliament was opened on the 8th by Queen Victoria for the first time in years. Her speech was read by the lord high chancellor as nations eye rising tensions along the Black Sea and Russian river pontoon activity near Belgrade.
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Tunxxy
Servin
Constantine
Rueslao
Reesus
Risheneff
Westphalia
Rhineland
Wales
Madras Presidency
Cart
Ethel
Bilbos
Newport
Op Lundy Island
Vienna
London Standard
St. Petersburg
Tur
Queen Victoria
Belgrade
Black Sea
Congressional Proceedings and Florida Electoral Count
A lengthy report covers congressional action from February events, including Senate and House debates on Indian appropriation bills, payments for Crow and Sioux tribes, and removal plans. The electoral count in joint session proceeds with Florida votes and party-line votes, ending with the House and Senate preparing to proceed with the count.
Senate Session Ends With Executive Recess Tuesday
The Senate returned to its chamber at 4 35 and resumed legislative business after unanimous consent. No business was to be transacted between 10 and 12 o clock while the Electoral Commission remained under consideration. The Senate entered executive session and recessed until 10 o clock Tuesday.
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Senate
Electoral Commission
Louisiana
Wennesday
Minnesota
Red River
North
Joseph E. Johnson
Virginia
Boutwell
Booh
Ofth
Reconstruction era debates on Florida electors and Pacific railroad acts
In a multi day session, House and Senate members debated counting Tilden electors per commission and amended rules. Proceedings moved to joint conventions, with votes on resolutions, adjustments to counting procedures, and referrals. Concurrent actions covered Pacific railroad act amendments, Florida elections reports, and naval appropriations as sessions adjourned or recessed.
Panic at colored church sparked by prankster
In St. Francois county a man known as a practical joker entered a Farmington church wearing a Boyton suit, ignited a fuse and fired a powder tester, causing panic. The crowd fled and he was jailed overnight before friends secured his release. The St. Louis Republican reports the incident.
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Mr. Dolde
Delassus
St. Francois County
Dolde
Farmington
St. Louis
Umbrella Makers Send Sunshades to African Chiefs
A Glasgow firm recently filled an order for forty enormous sunshades to be sent as presents to African chiefs. Three parasola or palanquin shade arms measure about thirty feet in circumference, the rest about eighteen feet, all covered with damask silk and gilt top ornaments. Lancewood handles have spikes for tenting and a bayonet joint for portability, making the set highly portable.
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Glasgow
Nature Designed Land For Equal Rights, Not Elite Pride
The passage argues nature set this land as a permanent home for a race of people devoted to equality. It notes that wealth vanity and arrogance trigger a metaphorical catarrh, a national leveler, which kocks the backbone of arrogance down to putty-like consistency.
Electoral Vote Counting Proceedings in Washington
The Electoral Commission held a lengthy session in Washington with witness testimony from George P. Rae of Tallahassee and former U S commissioner Humphreys. Justices and senators read opinions as debates on Florida electors dominated, culminating in a vote to recognize four Florida electors and set a report for joint session.
Joint Session Debates Florida Hayes Electors Objections
At a joint session in the Senate chamber on February 10 Senator Ferry opened by reading the electoral commission report on Florida. Objections were presented by Dudley Field and signed by multiple senators asserting the commission excluded key evidence and that counting Florida’s Hayes electors would violate the Constitution. The houses then prepared to vote on sustaining or rejecting the commission’s report.
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Senate
Electoral Commission
Florida
Hall
House
Field
White
Commission
Wilkins Call
Robert Bullock
J. E Yonge
A. B. Hilton
Thurman
Gordon
Sick
Edmunds
Ohio
Hayes
Wheeler
Wes
Hale
Yeas
Moxpay
Ferry
Rar
Fonth
Howse
Knott
Cox
Wasu Hinatos
Deak
Dudley Fieild
Houses of
Congress
Gov. Stearns
Board of State
Returning Board
Stuarts
United States
Jones
Fla
Cooper
Barnum
Kornan
Saulsbury
Holman
Tucker
Thompson
Mass
Jenks
Fintey
Saylor
Lis
Morrisou
Howitt
Springer
Senate Readies Decision On Florida Hayes Certificates
Washington notes the joint meeting resumes as the presiding officer says the decision of the commission stands if both houses disagree. Florida votes Hayes and Wheeler are announced, with further certificates from Louisiana and Illinois, and objections by McDonald, Stevenson, and others citing invalid electors, expired offices, and jurisdiction issues in Louisiana.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Florida
Hayes
Wheeler
Georgia
Tilden
Hendricks
Illinois
Indianus
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Kellogg
McEnery
Des Londo
Smith
Cooper
McDonald
Wayes
Wm. P. Kellogg
Returning Board
Ald
A. B. Louiseo
O. H. Brewster
United States
Stevenson
Saulabury
Bogg
Jenks
Wilson
Tucker
Levy
Ellis
Jeffroin
Point Coupee
Marks
Burch
State Senate
Board of Control
State Penitentiary
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Fast Baton Touge
Point Coupec
Saulsbury
Toller
Gideon
Field
Egbert
Wood
York
Hiyes
Electoral Commission Weighs Louisiana Certificates In Senate Session
The electoral commission met at 4 30 P M to examine Louisiana certificates and papers after objections. Democratic advocates Field Campbell Trumbull Carpenter Merrick Hoadley Green appeared, with Republicans Evarts Matthews Shellabarger Stoughton for objectors as Howe Huribat prepared to join. The commission adjourned to 11 a m tomorrow.
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Louisiana
Joint Searion
Messrs
Field
Campbell
Trumbull
Carpenter
Merrick
Hoadley
Green
Meears
Evarts
Matthews
Shellabarger
Stoughton
McDonald
Jenks
House
Evaris
Howe
Senate
Huribat
Parliamentary debate on Hayes certificates arguments continues
The record details a hearing with AfcDonald Jenks and Hurlbut urging Republican objections to Hayes certificates, followed by Howe for Republicans. Democrats cite Mesars Carpenter and others. arguments stretch with time allocations and adjournments through Washington and a February 14 session.
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Wasarxeton
AfcDonald
Hayes
Jenks
Hurlbut
Senator Howe
Howe
Campbell
AM Mesars
Carpenter
Trumbull
Evarts
Mesars
Stoughton
Bhollabarger
A. We
Reading-Room Tramps at Public Libraries
A New York Times piece describes how tramps haunt Cooper Institute and Astor Library reading rooms not to read but to sit, clock warm spaces, and simulate wakefulness. They wear rough collars, carry razors, and sleep standing while holding papers to appear attentive.
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Cooper Institute
Astor Library
Mat
Gooderson
Admiral Porter backs Arctic exploration plan to reach polar open water
Admiral Porter writes Captain Howgate that an open sea may extend two hundred miles toward the Pole with high mountains spawning icebergs that blocked Robeson Channel. He says breaking pack could enable Arctic progress in a few years, urges readiness, morale, and even electric telegraph use, endorsing Howgate’s expedition. In a separate notice, Micharl Owens hides $2000 in tea-box fittings. a ragman sale leads to Owens seeking the money.
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Admiral Porter
United States Navy
Captain Howgate
Robeson
Markham
Nares
Pole
Arctic
Polaris
Howgate
Louisiana Democrats Deem Republican Effort Violent and Void
The House Special Committee on Louisiana Affairs reports that while Democrats urged peace and law, Republicans are accused of inciting disturbances. The panel says the Returning Board acted without legal authority, voiding its votes. It names Brewster and Levisse as ineligible electors, notes Nicholls as likely Louisiana governor, and includes a minority view urging confirmation of Republican electors.
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Interior Department
United States
Mexico
Morrison
Louisiana
Hayes
Wheeler
Townsend
Hepert Port
Republican Party
Returning Board
O. H. Brewster
Luouisiana
A. B. Levisse
Brewster
Thevissee
Levissee
Levisse
Board of Returning Officers
Nicholls
Tilden
Decay of Slavery in Brazil Emancipation Stats Report
The Washington Union notes slow progress in Brazilian emancipation with 1872 1875 figures. Goyaz shows 8 908 slaves reduced to 7 888 due to 857 deaths 222 liberations and 486 removals, plus 921 free born children. Pernambuco and Sao Paulo records 8 886 and 8 410 emancipations respectively, with thousands of births and deaths among free born children.
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Brazil
Washington Union
Goyaz
Pernambuco
Poet Seeks Dawn Charm Amid Hairping for Her
A hectoring, archaic line shows a man chasing a paper of hairping while a woman prefers Balaam’s aes over marriage to a poet, gloomily muttering her choosing of grim fate over romance.
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Balaam
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J. E. Yonge
Robert B. Hilton
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