Destitute Crew of the Belle Reaches Philadelphia After Sinking Fire
The brig Belle from Glace Bay Newfoundland, carrying coal for New York, caught fire in heavy seas near Barnegat. Eleven aboard including one woman survived, transferred to the Wyoming in Philadelphia after rescue by the schooner David Clarkson. Captain French and his wife remained aboard the Wyoming while others prepared to sail home.
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Philadelphia
Wyoming
Clyde Line
Wyomng
Glace Bay
New York
Inone
French
Capt
Mrs. French
Alexander Olsen
William Fower
James Maloney
John Joy
William
David Clarkson
Barnegat
Capes
Ridgway House
New York Harbor
Newfoundland
Genius and Long Life Proves Genius Not Fated to Die Young
A discussion of the proverb that gods love die young, noting that genius does not imply early death. It cites Byron Shelley Burns Raphel dying at thirty seven and contrasts Goethe Milton George Eliot with later achievements, arguing many gifted individuals flourish later rather than perish young.
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Pitt
Gambetta
Gortschakoff
Russian Empire
Thiers
French
William
Germany
Gladstone
England
von Moltke
Micheal Angelo
Titian
Victor Hugo
Longfellow
Holmes
Bryant
Whittier
Emerson
Irving
Byron
Shelley
Burns
Raphel
Goethe
Schiller
Milton
George Elliot
Shelly
Keats
Atherton
Henry Kirk White
Beecher Defends Pulpit Role After Political Controversy
Henry Ward Beecher spoke after his sermon about perceived disaffection in his congregation caused by his campaign actions. He emphasized forty years of pastoral service and insisted he never mixed politics with theology. He offered to face dissatisfied pewholders and said he would stay or leave only with the church’s majority support.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Republican Party
Beecher
Past and Present Reflections on Youth and Style
A resident columnist muses on modern youths, noting how dress and vice dominate their era. He contrasts them with twenty years ago, lamenting loss of originality and independence, while praising prior boldness and personal style at Ingleside.
Pleasant but scattered notes on news and humor
A collage of anecdotes and curiosities covers floods in France, Arizona snow, cigar output, copper mining, thefts, art commissions, medical students, a Florida orange crop, animal deaths, jokes, and a tale of elephants in India with a dog. Names include W W Story and Ezra Cornell.
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France
Arizona
Prescott
Phoenix
Lake Superior
Spain
Illinois
Elgin
W. W. Story
Rome
Cornell University
Ezra Cornell
Martha Strickland
Miss Lee
Michigan
Florida
Love
Oregon
Willie L
Virginia City
Nev
Sierra Valley
Washoe
Maine
California
Kennebago Lake
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
South America
Los Angeles
Smith
Jones
Fort Keogh
Montana
Yellowstone River
Marseilles
India
Dash
Casualties of the Year Chronicle From Global Disasters
A lengthy yearlong roll of disasters begins January 2 with a Grand Trunk collision near Toronto killing 25, then fires, explosions, floods, and shipwrecks across continents. Notable deaths include Belleville Illinois nuns’ school fire 26 lives, Arras mine explosion 19, and many more in Scotland, Spain, France, China, and the United States.
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Grand Trunk Railway
Toronto
Nuns
Belleville
Arras
France
Pacific
Rhywabons
Indianapolis
Alliance
Ohio
Baker Pasha
Hungary
Caspian Sea
Sinkat
Tewlik Bey
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Hong Kong
Ohio River
America
Pocahontas
Thompson's Point
All Fool’s Day
Oakville
Ind
Rebecca Everingham
Chattahoochee
Daniel Steinman
Nova Scotia
Midocean
Florida
Ponema
Bucharest
Ciudad Real
Spain
van Buren County
Michigan
San Antonio
Cuba
New York
New Jersey
Baltimore and Ohio
Kishan Islands
Persian Gulf
Newfoundland
Frenchman’s Gulch
Col
Six Brothers
Grand Banks
Mexico
New Laredo
Central
Manchester
Sheffield Ri“Troad
Eng
Gijon
Lexham
Corunna
Braye
Tallapoosa
Martha's Vineyard
Greenback
Belmont
Cleveland
Iceland
Eau Claire
Chippewa
Kiang See
China
Wasp
Pachuca
Copenhagen
Sicily
Star Theater
Glasgow
Wasmes
Prussia
Tredegan
Wales
Hanau
Houston
Texas Central
Kentucky
British Columbia
Rappahannock
Stierdorf
Brooklyn Asylum
Maria
Phillippine Islands
Sts. Louis
President elect’s barn becomes quirky gift depot for incoming presents
An Albany correspondent reports Gov. Cleveland’s barn near the executive mansion as a vast, brand new junk shop for presidential gifts. Items include eagles in cages, owls, bicycles, chairs, and a cider barrel, many sent anonymously and sent back when possible. The president elect jokes about receiving an eagle or an elephant next.
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Boston
New York
Binghamton
N. Y
Brooklyn
Maine
Extra pay to Mexican veterans sparks renewed pay dispute
A Washington telegram reports that veterans of the Mexican War seek three months of pay and allowances under an 1848 and 1879 act. If upheld, about 600 officers and 4,000 enlisted men may receive up to $700,000 more, with prominent names like Grant and Sherman among those affected.
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Washington Telegram
New York Herald
Supreme Court
Emory
Mexico
Reverdy Johnson
Secretary of War
Regular Army
Congress
United States Navy
Revenue Marine Service
United States Army
Court of Claims
Treasury
Bragg
Don Carlos Buell
Joseph E. Johnston
McDowell
Rucker
Grant
Sherman
Longstreet
Beauregard
Fitz John Porter
Getty
Ingalls
H. J. Hunt
Doubleday
Truman Seymour
Hancock
Franklin
McClellan
Pope
Augur
Gibbon
Pitcher
Charles P. Stone
Gustavus W. Smith
Pleasonton
Sturgis
Stoneman
Harney
Dragoons
Philip St. George Cooke
Sam
Fremont
Mounted Rifles
Topographical Engineers
Hughes’ Regiment
Maryland
District of Columbia Volunteers
Jeff Davis
Mississippi Rifles
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