State of Mexico offers bounty for woolen factory in new capital
A scavestion of sixty thousand dollars is offered by the state of Mexico for any person who establishes a woolen factory in the state, which has a capital of one hundred thousand dollars. A safety rail has been added on New York and Long Branch Railroad trestles and bridges, with an extra rail about four inches from the main track. The Missouri hog of William Bush stands seven feet inches long and weighs about fifteen hundred forty pounds, claimed as the world’s largest. Missouri railroads carry about sixty million dollars in bonded debt with annual interest around four million two hundred thousand, leaving roughly two million three hundred four thousand as net income after debt service. Pittsburg is noted for women-led businesses and social openness. Lieutenant Cameron’s travels in Central Africa describe foundries producing heavy ironwork, including human forms, by hammer and mold. Lehigh area now has coal-fired furnaces capable of producing large iron in a year, with substantial inputs of coal, ore, and limestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York & Long Branch
Missouri
Cameron
Central
Africa
Autograph Letter by Charles Dickens Declines Parliament
An autograph letter shown in England contains Dickens declining a Parliamentary candidacy. He says he is better and more usefully employed in his own calling than in the House of Commons and would not join the incoherent assembly for any reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
England
House of Commons
Elephant in Circus Steals Food and Disrupts Dress
In San Francisco an elephant at Montgomery Queen's circus plucked an apple candy gum from a girl's dress and later caused a commotion by tearing at fabric and debris. A separate note details a Fenian prison escape planned in New Bedford and aided by Boyle O'Reilly and Boston Pilot associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Queen's Circus
San Francisco
Western Australia
New Bedford
Charlestown
Mass
Fenian Brotherhood
United States
Boyle O'Reilly
Boston Pilot
Enterprise
Peculiarly shaped canoe from Vancouver Island attracts notice
Alloxest describes a sixty by eight foot canoe crafted by Vancouver Island Indians placed in the U S Government building. Officials announce a forthcoming totem post from Cape Flattery intended to rise forty five feet with frog beaver and human forms in dramatic forest posturing to rival the existing South side totems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alloxest
Vancouver’s
United States
Cape Flattery
Supreme Court grants non-suit in Belden and Dennison canal case
The Supreme Court releases a non-suit in the State of New York v Stephens and others over the Belden and Dennison canal contract of 1868. The suit alleged defrauding state funds via a conspiracy by agents and contractors, seen as a test case with implications for the broader canal litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jrpas Wastareok
Supreme Court
New York
Stephens, Gale
Ameran Society of Civil Engineers
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Society of Technical Education
Franklin Institute
Centennial Grounds
Ruporn
Sexton
Dion
Daly
A T Stewart
Calvin
Wa O Bartlett
Elihu Root
William D Booth
James Barley
Log Brothers
Washington Debates Treaty Extradition and Resignations
The article reports on President Grant's message to Congress arguing over extradition terms with Britain and potential treaty changes. It notes resignations or planned resignations from Treasury officials including Treasurer New, Secretary Bristow, and Treasury clerk Witso, with dates in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tresst Ren New
Senate
House of Representatives
Winslow
Boston
Brent
Louisville
England
United States
Congress
United
Grant
Washington
Charles G Fisher
New
Braine
Joseph Caldwell
Judiciary
Witsos
Treasury Department
Lhas
Bristow
Cincinnati
Forlan editorial notes Brent and fugitive law ties
London news discusses Brent the Louisville forger facing extradition as evidence justifies committal. Reports James Barry dies after donating 2.5 million to Scotch Church. Moscow fire destroys 50 plus houses. Kadscory in Caucasus scorches three fourths of town including Bazar. European powers seek Turkish pacification amid eastern questions. An explosion at a Cuzco rocket factory kills six and injures many. Fire follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tag
London News
Brent
Louisville
James Barry
Combusdoon
Moscow
Kadscory
Caucasus
Tur Paris
the Times
Jugenheim
Erus
Turkey
Montengro
Servia
Herzegovina
Bosnia
Perte
Europe
Cuzco
Pera
Riot at Mt Pleasant results in arrests and bloodshed
A riot or disturbance at Mt Pleasant near Port Gibson Louisiana on Saturday the 17th saw a band of regulators attack a Democratic negro, who was killed. A Baton Rouge sheriff’s posse arrested 14 negroes the next day after being fired upon. two posse members were wounded and two horses killed. separate incidents report armed Negroes disarming whites at Bruste Landing and a Memphis feud between Congressmen settled amicably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Port Gibson
Baton Rouge
Plaquemine
Bruste Landing
Memphis
Schloss
War
Navy
Army
Belknap
Matt. H. Carpenter
J. S. Black
Montgomery Blsir
Senate
House of Representatives
A.handl B. Day
van Buren
Towa
Erie
Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
Train Car Plunges Into Canal After Brake Fails
A South Side Street Railroad car rolled downhill on Teveca street hill in Cleveland when brakes failed. It jumped the track at a bridge, the horse ran loose, and three passengers were swept into the canal. Mrs. Gertrude Delzeid, 45, drowned. Other incidents include Bay Sugar Refinery fire in San Francisco, White Elephant depot blaze in Hudson, and multiple other fires and assaults reported with varying losses and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Street
Teveca Street
Cleveland
Gertrude Delzeid
Bay Sugar
Battery and
Union Streets
San Francisco
Fie
Herman Leses
Hudson, N. Y
White Elephant
John Taylor
Virginia City
Globe
Hale & Norcross Works
Grand Tower
Shippers
Cairo
Tom Richardson
Brown
Ina Loren
Flint
Mich
Edward McIntyre
Miss Gardner
J. Henry Gardner
Castenn Harman
Anderson
Ind
Hartman
Connecticut lowers legal interest rate to six percent
The lower house of the Connecticut Legislature passed a law reducing the legal rate of interest from seven to six percent by a 138 to 70 vote. Also noted is the sudden death of Rev. Buster Wxxor of St. Augustine Florida on the 14th from apoplexy. Additionally Baltimore fruit dealers Wx. Baxxx and Chas A Baker were arrested on charges of forging signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Rioxt
Buster Wxxor
St. Augustine
Florida
Wx. Baxxx
Chas. A. Baker
Baltimore
Germany Secures Suspension of Cuban Tax Foreclosures
The Berlin official gazette reports Germany has gained a concession from Spain to suspend restraint and forced sales of property for war taxes in Cuba for German residents until an understanding is reached. Negotiations follow earlier disputes over treaty interpretations and the broader political climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union National Banks
H. J. Farber
Stillman, Farber & Co
Berlin
Spain
Cuba
Germany
Hayes and Wheeler ratification rally at Detroit hall
On June 19 at the Young Men's Hall in Detroit a ratification meeting for Hayes and Wheeler drew strong dispatches for Cincinnati Convention nominees. Gen Bagley ex Gov Baldwin and others spoke. E H Kourtis won New Hampshire US Senate seat. House results Rollins 200 Sinclaire 107. Senate Rollins 8 Sinclaire 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granp Hayes
Wheeler
Young Men's Hall
Detroit
Campus Martius
Cincinnati
Gen. Bagley
Baldwin
Wm. A. Howard
L.j.guv Lee
Ohio
E. H. Kourtis
United States
New Hampshire
Rollins
J. G. Sinclaire
Senate
Sinclaire
Impeachment Proceedings and Senate Deliberations July 6
Summary of the XLYth Congress activity from June 15 to June 20 including Belknap impeachment proceedings, Senate adjournments for lack of a quorum, committee actions on army and Indian appropriations, and infrastructure bills such as a Yellowstone river post and a Mississippi bridge project. Tenor reflects late 19th century procedural focus and briefings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Bulletin Board
Belknap
Tursday
Mississippi
Buffalo County
Wis
Fraud and pension bills move through Congress amid Freedmen’s Bank findings
A congressional note covers patent law delay powers in Minnesota, a Freedmen’s Bank fraud report by Mr. Douglas of Virginia, and evidence against Gen. C O Howard and G W Ballock. The committee backs remedies for fraud, with prosecution provisions, and the sundry civil appropriation bill is printed. The bill totals $26,643,350, with $9,000,000 projected for current provisions. It also proposes raised soldiers bounties for service in 1861 to 1865, while excluding substitutes and certain discharged personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona County
Minn
Douglas
Virginia
Freedman's Bank
C. O. Howard
G W., Ballock
Freedman’s Bureau
Randall
Father of the First Railroad Noted in Boston History
The notice honors Gridley Bryant as the creator of the first railroad in America and an early engineer of railway machinery. It details his granite work for the Quincy quarry, contracts with the national government, the United States Bank in Boston, Mill Dam, St. Paul’s church, and notable granite for dry docks, the Astor House, and the Albany Exchange. It also credits him with early rail inventions and the original eight-wheeled car and turntable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booston
Gadley Bryant
America
Quincy
Bryant
United States Bank
Neck
Boston
St. Paul's
Bank
Our City
Court House
How He Got Out of It
A Texas veteran arrived at a lawyer’s office offering a pension case but the lawyer refused to defend a man he believed to be guilty. He warned the oath to not defend guilty clients will cost him substantial earnings in criminal practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Santa Anna
Sam Houston
Blackstone
Peruvian Coral Limestone Data From Tilibichi Elevation 8000 Feet
Prof. A Agassiz reports coral limestone at Tilibichi Peru 8000 feet up. He proposes a Pacifi c connection through coast range gaps creating an inland sea at least 2900 feet high. The theory ties to salt and nitrate beds deposition and cites eight Allorchestes amphipods in Lake Titicaca at about 12500 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Agassiz
Tilibichi
Peru
Prof. Agassiz
Pacific
Compariny
M. Agassiz
Lake Titicaca
Conqueror of Turkestan Throws Shade on General Tcheineaieff
Gen. Tcheineaieff, newly in command of the Servian army, is miscalled the Conqueror of Turkestan. He earned fame in Turkestan ten years ago but was court martialed for exceeding orders. He later became a Moscow lawyer and a St. Petersburg journalist, and, like Panslavist leaders, remains hostile to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tcheenaieff
Turkestan
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Germany
San Juan mines estimate million-dollar winter output
Iris estimates the San Juan mines will produce at least 1,000,000 dollars in value from the past winter's work, signaling strong mining activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iris
San Juan
Aerial Feats and Perils of Glaisher Coxwell Flight
Readable excerpt covers the 1862 Wolverhampton ascent by Glaisher and Coxwell reaching about 29 000 feet. It relays the near-fatal loss of limb feeling and frost, Coxwell’s brave actions to keep the valve open, and Glaisher’s revival as the descent began. The piece blends dramatic ballooning detail with a moral on the word no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Glaisher
Coxwell Y
Wolverhampton
England
Mr. Coxwell
Mr. Glaisher
Protective Resemblance and Ancient Artifacts Unearthed
Descriptions of chameleon camouflage cited from Baron Von Sack reveal a lizard mimicking not only color but also broken branch shapes to elude hunters. Roman discoveries include bronze artifacts from imperial times near Monte della Giustizia and terracotta vessels on the Esquiline, plus fifteen sarcophagi with inscriptions at Corneto. A Milanese judge rules a washing bill noncollectable.
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Baron von Sack
Surinam
Galton
Monte Della Giustizia
Rome
Faustina
Corneto
Tarquins
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Jon Littlefield
Bator
State of
Mexico
Wm. Bush
Bush
Pittsburg
Lehigh
Xlyth Congress
House
Blackburn
Satour
Osage
Windom
Monay
Saterday
Harrison
Committee On
Committee On Appropriations
Frelinghuysen, Thurman and
Christiancy
Ithout
Cox
Yellowstone River
Sayler
Pennsylvania Avenue
Messrs. Holman, Blount and Waldron
Secretary of War
Indian Bureau
War Cement
Mesars
Edmunds
Logan
Sales
Transer
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