07 Feb 1878
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1878
Page
1
Fragmented verses recall infant comrades and school days left behind. The speaker wanders through memories of March festivals, blooming life, and boyhood wonders, contrasting past joys with present longing and imagined futures.
A fragmented account recalls a daring Civil War raid by Andrews and 20 men from Kentucky and Tennessee to blow the Western and Atlantic rail line at Marietta and Chattanooga. The plan aimed to burn bridges, hinder Confederate supply lines, and relied on a staged citizen disguise and a bold engine seizure. The narrative highlights risk, secrecy, and wartime strategy amid pursuit by Union and Confederate forces.
The narrative recounts a bold 1860s railroad raiding attempt where twenty two men hijack a Confederate engine, wreck bridges, tear rails, and outrun pursuers toward Chattanooga. After a perilous chase involving multiple engines, hand cars, and cavalry, several raiders are captured or killed, with a few escaping to Union lines.
In a June era report, a gray haired man named Dewitt stumbled onto a Napa train track near Yountville. The locomotive could not stop and struck him, but the pilot lifted him clear and carried him to the platform. The conductor admonished him as the man quipped he would be dead if not drunk.
The Wellaville piece shows a Native American misreadings about a “personal Belvil” and a couple’s confrontation with a mock priestly line. Daniel Binder and Martha Van Kure reportedly remained innocent as Thelind ends a knot while a mock binding is declared and the speaker notes the joint union.
A Baltimore crime recount describes a night burglary where robbers cut through a brick wall into a jewelry store. A lit display exposed goods as a lookout warned of danger, with gas lamps burning and a screen hiding the scene. About 20,008 dollars in gems and watches were stolen.
A tariff reform bill outlines rates on books, textiles, pottery, metals, and spirits with broad reductions and shifts from ad valorem to specific duties. It discusses cotton goods, yarns, and glassware, plus pork barrel details. A separate measure by Representative Waddell of North Carolina would create national savings depositories under the Post Office, guaranteeing repayment with a 3 percent interest cap and a $1500 deposit limit.
The article lists appointed U S commissioners or nominees for the World's Exposition at Paris across states Massachusetts New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia Georgia Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Michigan Tennessee and others It notes several declined or pending appointments and mentions experts and university leaders among nominees.
A youth leaves home for six months, pursuing gold in the Black Hills with a pickax and chemistry skill. He dreams of returning home, asks for warm clothing, and messages his parents from afar. Congress debates metric adoption in postal weights and new coin standards, including golloid metal. A Japanese husband faces divorce after disobeying his mother.
A collage of disjointed observations and anecdotes touches on daily life, dream lore, household routines, and social mores. It references a Michigan man paying six cents, a recipe to prevent bad dreams, Santa Claus and Senator Davis, and a long meditation on human dependence. The piece shifts to a policy note about Postmaster salaries and class structure, detailing proposed changes and compensation rules, followed by a harsh account of seal hunting methods and whaling-like culling.
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