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Newspaper

Mccook Weekly Tribune

Location

Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1884

Page

3

Carlisle's Make-up Committees List Abbreviated

The article lists house committee assignments with members by department and state. It names figures such as Turper, Davis, Converse, Cooke, Bennett in Elections and Morrison, Mills, Liount in Ways and Means, plus many others across Appropriations, Judiciary, Banking and Currency, Railways and Canals, and more.

House Turper Davis Converse Cooke Bennett Lowry Elliot Robertson Adams Ranney Pettibone Miller Valentine Hepburn Hart Morrison Mills Liount Blackburn Herbert Hurd Jones Ark Kelley Kasson McKinley Hiscock Russell Randall Forney Ellis Holman Hancock Townshend Hutchins Follett Barnes Keifer Cannon Ryan Calkins Harr Washburn Tucker Howard Culbertson Tex Moulton Broadhead Dorsheimer Collins Levey Reed Taylor McCoil Brown Ind Poland Buckner Emmerrant Potter Hunt Chandler Wilkins Yaple Dingley Brumm Henderson Hooper Davidson Hoblitzell Murphy Paige Caldwell Turner Wemple Atkinson Hutch Mich Cobb Scales van Eaton Belford Straight Anderson Bayeon Brenta Wellorman Graves Stevens Peel Pearce Finerty Skinner Smith George Perkins Nelson Oura Ariz Evans Pryor Arnot Hardeman Lanlan Alexander Carleton Foray Kellogg Johnson Lawrence Strube Post Wye Bagley, Wise Mitchell, Cauldwell Crisp Lewis Brewer Mackey Ellswood Campbell Warner Tenn Miler Ward Stevens, Breitung O*hara Singiser Idaho Mississippi River Wood Love Snyder Ray Price Ochiltree Elwood Geddes Wis Tulley Hogers Weller Ferrell Kelloge Everlart Rowell Doe Dbland Doud Hardy Nicholls Pusey Lanham Lucey Chase Evergart Luna Commerce Reagan Clardy Dunn Seymour Glascock Woodward Boyle Barksdale O'Neill Wandsworth Lenz Stewart Peters Stlvers Harbors Willis Blanchard Ala Gibson Rankin Hrackin Bridge Sumner Houselman Til Bayne Robinson Chace Stone Burleigh Hateh Aiken Dibrell Williams Beach Green Winans Cullen Wilson White Minn Hovey Stephenson Raymond

Select Committees and Members Listed for District Proceedings

A roster of names under Public Lands Health Ventilations and Acoustics Civil Service Reform and other panels shows members from multiple states including Mo Pa Mass Ky and Wis. The long list includes Barbour Muldrow Shelly Eldredge Fiedler Sprigex Barr Gunther Mc Comas Jeffords and more.

Hopkins O’neill Foran Lovering Mackey James Haynes District of Columbia Barbour Muldrow Shelly Eldredge Wva Fiedler Sprigex Barr Gunther McComas Riges Chandler Davis Mass Evans Libbey Clements Hoblitzell Finery Barksdale Seymour Roberts Bingham Phelps Millard Lyman Hill Bland Kleimer Carleton Guenther Goff, Jr Campbell Phillip American Shipbuilding and Shipowning Slocumb Duester Dibble Throckmorton Hunt Finley Lore Dingley J O Anderson Seales Rogers Smith Singleton Woodward Hassel Dorgan Winans Wis Hepburn Aiken Converse Willis Budd Arnot Dancin Taylor Miliken Hatch Mich Morrill Nicholas

Promoting the Efficiency of the Army Pay Bill

Senator Ingalls backs a major bill to raise enlisted pay for ten years. Privates rise from 14 to 19 dollars monthly over five years with other grades set to 15 to 42 dollars, followed by a uniform five year period. The bill also adjusts section 2 of the 1854 act to grant limited increases to specified units only, with re enlistment conditions.

Ingalls Engineer, Ordnance, and Signal Corps Artillery Engineers, Ordnance and Signal Corps Infantry Army

General Grant Injured In Ice Slip In New York

General Grant slipped on ice while leaving his home in New York on December 27 and suffered a severe thigh bruise. Physicians report no broken bones but fear possible sciatic nerve involvement and expect several weeks before he can leave the house as he lies resting, cheerful yet uncertain about the injury's seriousness. Frederick Grant says doctors have yet to determine if the injury is dangerous, though limb paralysis is possible for the time being.

New York Grant Frederick Grant

Gold Discoveries Spark Las Vegas Area Mining Rush

Advices from Las Vegas New Mexico report strong excitement over late gold finds on a Hot Springs lot owned by a Topeka resident. Two miners working on the courthouse ground staked claims next day and the surrounding hills fill with hopeful prospectors. Eight local businessmen formed a company to develop yard interests amid rising activity. Elizabethtown near Las Vegas once hosted 5000 miners and a hydraulic mining operation that reportedly yielded $60 annually.

Las Vegas New Mexico Hot Springs Topeka Court House Vegas Elizabethtown

Mileage of Railways in the United States

The Railway Age will publish a summary of the past twelve months of railway building in the United States. It reports 6,600 miles of main track laid at about 65 million dollars, bringing total U S railway mileage to 120 million. 1882 saw the largest construction year with 11,600 miles. the prior year had 9,700. Montana led with 41 percent, Dakota 40, Michigan 40.6, New York 37.35, Pennsylvania 39.9, Ohio 32.98, Mississippi 20.5 as states adding rails. New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut Delaware Nevada Wyoming built no new road.

Curiaco Railway Age United States Montana Dakota Michigan New York Pennsylvania Ohio Mississippi New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut Delaware Nevada Wyoming

Fewer Brides Abandon Gloves On Both Hands

A brief note reports a trend as brides increasingly skip wearing gloves on both hands. The observation highlights changing wedding etiquette and fashion norms in the era.

Agricultural College Lecture Series February 4 to 15

A lecture program for farmers at the Agricultural College in Lincoln Nebraska runs February 4 15 with regular instructors. Topics cover cattle breeds stock care farm machinery health food adulteration economical farming grapes silage feeding meteorology plant growth animals insects and more. Limited boarding at the college farm offered under three dollars weekly. For details contact Dean S Rh Thompson.

The Agricultural College Rh. Thompson Agric’s College Lincoln Neb

Sullivan on a Spree After Paddy Ryan Withdrawal

Denver reporter notes Sullivan in LeSdville speaking of Paddy Ryan withdrawing and planning a possible Frisco trip to face Miller for a $1000 four round match. After a Zoo theater performance he fought Pete McCoy, hurled a lamp, and drew city marshal attention.

Denver Col Sullivan Lesdville Paddy Ryan Paddy Frisco Miller Zoo Theater Pete McCoy McCoy

Mrs Lippert In Bath Shoots Man Over Rumor

In Bath Illinois Mrs William Lippert Sr shot and mortally wounded William Ray after he circulated a tale that she had been intimate with James Taylor. Lippert admitted the charge and fired, Ray injured in the abdomen. Lippert was arrested and bonded for appearance.

Bath Ill William Lippert William Ray Ray

Paddy Shows the White Feather in Sullivan Bout Plan

Paddy Ryan, once slated to fight Sullivan in San Francisco, left for Toledo and then telegraphed he must withdraw. Toledo Telegram reports Ryan prefers not to meet Sullivan after recent bouts with Sheriff and Slade, though promoters aim to keep the match alive.

ChicaGo Ill Ryan Sullivan San Francisco Toledo Toledo Telegram Sheriff Slade

Judge Holt on Mrs. Surratt as Conspiracy Mastermind

Gath interviews Judge Holt about Mrs. Surratt noting she was the master spirit of the conspiracy and social center who hosted rendezvous found arms and sheltered conspirators. Holt recalls Booth’s plan and Surratt’s agitation on the assassination day and her request to a classmate to pray for her intentions.

Surratt Holt Booth Welchman Soy

Is this resection of the pylorus a justifiable operation

The Norristown Herald quotes a medical journal debating whether a pyloric carcinomatous resection is justifiable. After reflection, the piece states there is no de tation in saying it is justifiable, though certainty varies.

Norristown Herald

Mystery of City of Boston haunts the sea tale

Boston vanished at sea in a fierce gale while the City of Antwerp encountered a southward gale. Captain George Siddons Murray of the Guion line recalls the doomed voyage and theorizes a collision with ice near the same latitude as the later loss. He credits Warner's Safe Rheumatic Cure for his own recovery from rheumatic symptoms.

Boston Harbor Atlantic Voyager New York George Siddons Murray Afesta Guion Line Murray Cily Antwerp Limerick Alaska Williams & Guion Line Queenstown Warner Liverpool Bright

Lucca the Young Songstress Debuts With Ave Maria

In a Boston tale Lucca then Luceaa, nine, overcomes slights at a boarding school to perform. On exam day she sings Ave Maria to move the examiner and audience, earning tears and praise as the teacher proclaims her voice heavenly.

Boston Musical Observer Talore Lucya Praade Luces Lucca Mamma Lucea Marie

Polite Lady Refuses Mirror Look in Boston Transcript

A Boston Transcript note highlights a courteous young woman who declines to peer into a mirror, saying it is rude to look directly at one’s own face.

Boston Transcript

Americans Who Marry in England in London World

The article challenges the notion that American women marrying Englishmen are predominantly wealthy. It notes several examples of fortunes among a few wives, cites various European matches, and ends with aphorisms about mothers and the period’s artistic women.

England London Harcourt Sheridan Arthur Paget Augustus Loftus Philadelphia Hesketh Edward B Mandeville Lister Kaye Sir Charles Murray Paris Fisher Lee New York Creme de la Creme Germany Moltke Adlatu

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