Dirty Summer Forecast and Political Turmoil Across the Nation
Weather prophets predict a dirty summer as Washington reports quiet on the Potomac and major events unfold from New York to Tennessee. News notes tie Edwin Booth’s marriage to Miss Mary McVicher, a suicide in Blue Grass Iowa, and a corrupt mix of elections with numerous black officeholders in Washington and riots outside Nashville.
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New York
Potomac
Washington
George H. Pendleton
Union Pacific
Duke of Curva
Suez Canal
Edwin Booth
Mary McVicher
Chas. Planner
Blue Grass
Iowa
Amannda Sprague
Elisha C. Sprague
Wheaton
Ilinois
France
Nashville
National Typographical Union
Anna Dickinson
Joyce
Duck River
Marshall County
Tennessee
William Smith
Gambel
John Buggs
Willis Bridgeman
Collumbus
Bridgeman
Ferdinand Reuth
Black Ilank Center
Minois
Rock Island
Minnesota State Omeopathic Institute
St. Paul
Minneapolis
New ‘York
Supreme Court Denies Mandamus Over Bounty Tax Order
The Supreme Court sustains the Clark County Board of Supervisors ruling, holding bounty orders drawn on the general fund have no special claim to mandamus. The opinion states holders of such orders are treated as ordinary county creditors with legal remedies at law. The decision may further depress county order values.
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Supreme Court
Peorte&carrel
Edward E. Lawrence
Board of Supervisors of
Clark County
Breese
C. J
Circuit Court of
Edward Bk. Lawrence
Board of Supervisors
Lark Cousty Board of Sapersisurs
Said
Edward E Lawrence
Larsoun
Win
General Assembly
General Revenue Fund
Ife
T. Martin
Illinois
Court House
Marshall
Fort Day
Finais
Nelson Partlow
Clar
William Oe Crouch
Gibson
Married Lothario and the Soubrette Affair in New Orleans
In New Orleans a fashionable soubrette married a northern businessman after a brief romance. Weeks later the couple faced a domestic imbroglio as disputes over fidelity and behavior emerged, revealing strain in the union.
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New Orleans
A Marriage Fraud Exposed in a Daguerreotype of Error
In a sharp exchange, a husband reveals he has a living wife. The wife discloses a marriage agreement arranged by her attorney requiring an annuity of 2500 dollars upon separation. The justice’s certificate is produced, and the couple resolves the matter through a businesslike settlement, ending with the wife considering leaving the marriage.
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Casuiste
A Uniform Joke From Civil War Sketches
A humorous vignette recounts Secretary of War Jefferson Davis reacting to a proposed uniform by designer Phoenix. The plan included an iron hook at the seat and pole aids for officers, provoking laughter and Davis’s anger, though the idea was not adopted.
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Jefferson Davis
Phoenix
Is Dignity
Marcy
Phenix
Davis
John Phanix
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Rditor & Proprietor
THE
NEW. S
Louisville
Darkey
St. Louis
Europe
Secretary of the Treasury
Mississippi
Hense
Indianapolis
DW. C. Senter
Govenor
John Cy. Brechinislye
Stummer
Sprague
Milwaukee Dispatch
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul and Pacific Road
Litchfield
Mecher County
Colored Revenue
Georgia
Gray Men's Convent
Montreal
Lewis
Lawrence County
Kentucky
Iu. Bootis & Co's
Willis
Cincinnati
Ohio
Susannah Wells
Clark
Hinds
Fend
Joan M Wells
Herife
John Holler
Jacob Huston
Henry Genzer
Swill
Rshall
Marsh
Inds
Eestate
Strlet Railroad
Stablis
Terre Haute
Inpd
Awpreeww
St. Samuel Baker
Kester
Kester’s
Hugh Reynolds
Nugh Reynolds
Marehall
Edwin Barber
Lu Smith
Nigger Barber
Hugh Fores
Geo. Price
Hoan Rernorps
Tuell
Ripley
Terre Haute, Mand
E. J. Hughes, Jr
Cheap Cash Store
North Cor
Fecurer
Jesse W. Buckner
Papinsor
Jaid
Brg Rt Pose
Rob J.culverwell
Culverwell
Chas. J C. Kline & CO
Bowery
P. O. Box
Cuilins Bros
Louis
Shef
Eaton & Stone
Senting
Edward A Wilson
Williamsburg
Kings Co
Joan Bogden
Cedar Street
Vin
Ly S.ae
Howard Assoctation
Box P
Paraperuta
Pamaro
Girard Wire Mills
North 8d Street
Philadelphia
Confederacy
Richmond
National Publishing CO
Stephen T Kirby
James Kirby
Mark. D. Hare
Marshall, Ills
Wiiirtric
Deming Block
Meeks
M. Stevens
Nsef
M J Rooksulank
Marshall and
Vicinety
M_ SUTTON
South Side Public Square
Mbs Husted
Miss Snediker
Wes
Willeag
Wis Tadty
Wim. T. Martin
James C Bryan
Brough
William Frouen
Baird Hall
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