County Treasury Inquiry Scrutinizes Eight Years of Accounts
A special committee's partial report probes the eight year span from 1866 to 1874 of county treasurers including HE Fo Thomas and I. O. Reid. It questions fees vs salary, cites constitutional timelines, and suggests civil not criminal action while defending boards for approving charges.
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The
County Treasury
Board of Supervisors
Waite
Ballard
Andalusia
Wilson
Rural
Cone
Port Byron
Reid
Fo Thomas
D.O Reid
Thomas
I. O. Reid
Real
Board of Supervisor
Court of Justice
Ballard Committee
Zimmerman Committee
Winallard
Bron
Robert
Freagther
Zimmermand
Ex-Treasurer Reid Fees Debate in County Columns
A Union article analyzes Reid's pay during his second term as county treasurer. It argues the constitutional limits cap compensation at 2500 annually and require excess fees to be handled by law. The piece questions board authority to alter fees midterm and cites constitutional sections and historic board actions.
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Reid
Board of Supervisrs
General Assembly
van Jan iStrand
Atiem Weenet
Sucha Eetermar Toes Evans
Dais Aterk Tire
Supervisors Face Dilemma Over County Matters
The supervisors confront a dilemma to drop the issue acknowledge folly or pursue lengthy costly litigation with a high likelihood the courts will uphold Sheriff Reid’s position and burden the county with expenses and delays.
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Reid
Political Fray In House Sparks Personal Clash
A heated clash between Wood Weaver and Sparks, Democrat, led to insults such as scoundrel and villain as they moved toward a duel before intervening friends. The dispute, amid tensions with Keenan and the Wall Street faction, exposed party rifts and questionably restrained conduct on the floor.
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Oy Tucsdis
Keenan Ta Wood
Wall Street
Weaver
Wood Weaver
Sparks
Timon
Gen Weaver
Har
Genel Weaver
Eliza Youne of Engham Spared from Hotel Fire Hug Rescue
Engham’s ninth teen wife Eliza Youne lectured in Bradford Pennsylvania last Saturday night. After she retired the hotel caught fire and she received the rough but helpful embrace of a rescuer who saved her from a second danger.
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Ann Eliza Youne
Engham
Bradford
Penn
Eliza
House resolves censures for unparliamentary language
The House opened with resolutions of censure and expulsion against Weaver of Iowa and Sparks of Illinois for unparliamentary language and floor fighting. Both apologized publicly, expressed regret, and blamed heated debate on the funding bill.
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House of Representatives
Weaver
Iowa
Sparks
Ilinois
Calaboose
Public Education Bill Aims to Use Public Lands Proceeds
In the Senate on Wednesday Senators Burnside Morrill and Brown pressed a measure to devote part of public land sales proceeds to education. They argued that even excellent men rose from poor roots through study and effort while many capable youths remain mute and uneducated. The piece credits lawmakers with awakening to the importance of free universal education.
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United States Senate
Burnside
Morrill
Brown
Washington
Garfield
Infamous bill for Lowe clerkship in Kansas debated
Missouri Senator Cockrell introduced a bill granting Samuel A Lowe four thousand seven hundred fifty dollars for services as clerk of the territorial Kansas legislature in 1855. Senator Ingalls of Kansas objected, calling it an attempt to pay for compiling the slave code later burned by Free Soilers, labeling it a nefarious plunder scheme and warning against reopening pay to ex-rebel Democrats.
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Cockrell
Missouri
Samuel A Lowe
Kansas
Senate
Ingalls
Free Soilers
Democ- Ray
Grant Visits Senate During Ten Minute Recess
General Ulysses S. Grant enters the Senate chamber causing a flutter as he greets Senators from both parties during a ten minute recess. Onlookers crowd near the rear desks and press, eager to catch a glimpse of the distinguished visitor.
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Senate
Grit
Gen Grant
Demonte
Pers Ple
Gen Grant Owas
Peru Crisis Report Missing Clarity Amid Turmoil
Fragmented text reports chaotic events in Peru including mentions of Lima and capital disturbances. Notes reference arrests, military activity, and possible defensive actions linked to unrest but details are unclear and partially unreadable.
State Treasury Expenditure Totals for 1880s Events
The record shows expenditures and totals from events ending September 1880s, with bond payments outstanding and presented amounts. It notes sums from counties towns townships and incorporated areas, audited figures around 58,274.93.
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Plinow
Penn Sophomores Clash Over Textbooks Row
In Philadelphia, the UPenn Sophomore class tried to burn old textbooks on Thursday night prompting a clash with medical students. Police intervened and three students were seriously injured and hospitalized while ten medical students were arrested amid the turmoil.
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University of Pennsylvania
Piladelphia
Southern Pacific to open line toward Deminig Station east of San Francisco
Fragmentary OCR notes describe the Southern Pacific Railroad opening a route 1 210 miles east of San Francisco with a future junction forming with a line building from the East. The text mentions a Pacific line and various garbled place names and numbers.
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Southern Pacific
Debatable Uncollected County Fees Prompt Board Inquiry
At a September Board meeting Supervisor Ranson noted over 40000 dollars in county fees likely remain uncollected. A Finance Committee plan aimed to list delinquent accounts by township, but critics say the panel overstepped its mandate and investigated current county officers instead.
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Board of Supervisors
Ranson
Lloyd
Finance Committee
Harson
Perkins
Huecsing
The English Land Question and Free Land Policy
The article argues that land agitation spreads to England with small farmers and agricultural workers forming organizations for a Free Land Policy. At a Sussex meeting a farmer pressed for the right to acquire land after a period of occupancy, signaling fear among large estate holders as estate concentration faces scrutiny across Great Britain.
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England
Sussex
Dilly Murderers Charged In Davenport Case
The Davenport Democrat reports a troubling case involving suspects linked to the Dilly murder. Details describe alleged complicity around the victims Mr and Mrs Lions Dies, with testimony referencing a security context in Colona and connections to Captain Sam Vain Sandi's beat.
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Davenport Democrat
Maned Galhon
Bam Ant
A Fraud Shrouds Local Cleric in Davenport Tale
A Davenport report accuses Van Meter of fraud after a religious leader praised as a holy man by Davenport residents is revealed to have engaged in questionable acts. Streets of doubt grow as donors recall contributions of a25 to fund his work and a warning is issued that misdeeds do not define purity or sanctity.
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Rome
Mosevertich Cohesan
Phe
van Meter
Davenporl
Davenport
Nevada
Congress
Senate
Indignation Over Fire Escape Lapses At Buffalo Factory
Public anger targets owners occupants and city for allowing a wall piper factory blaze with inadequate exits. Five stores damaged and fifteen hives lost prompt calls for a thorough investigation and tighter safety scrutiny by individuals businesses corporations and authorities.
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Buffalo
Newark
Oklahoma colonists await aid as troops bolster camps
Colonists near Caldwell Kansas endure severe cold and hunger while awaiting Washington guidance. U S troops are gradually reinforcing the area as settlers press their claim of homestead rights under the 1866 act disputing the territory’s ownership. The land is described as rich in minerals and good for farming.
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Oklahoma
Caldwell
Kansas
Washington
U.S
Washington Notes: Money market probes and naval reorgs
General Hazen leads signal service as Old Probs. A joint Senate House probe will test New York money market manipulation and interest rates. Debates over funding bills, Indian Territory issues, and adjournment dates fill the session. Secretaries Ramsey and others reshuffle departments amid army and treasury updates.
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Washington
Hazen
New York
National
New York City
Greenback
House
Senate
Ord Trichina
Hoar
Territories
Hayes
Gen Crook
Miles
Stuknes
Walter Allen
Newton
Mass
Indian Territory
United States
St Louis
Sanatonio Arsenal
Admiral Parragut
NY Chamber of Commerce
Conkling
Lamar
Miss
Army
Ramsey
Navy Department
Committee On Indian Affairs
Model Steamer The Boston Demonstrates Riverine Power
A model steamer named The Boston shows a successful experimental run on the Ohio River near Neimanath Sherat side wheeler. It lists dimensions and components including steel boiler, wheels, and propeller gear, claiming increased power and speed. Commodore Davidson plans to introduce similar boats on the Upper Mississippi next season to combine speed with safety and strength.
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Boston
Oho
Neimanath
Commodore Dividson
Mississippi
Grand jury urged on poison and tainted goods claims
Tin Inter Ocean calls the grand jury of Charo toidiet all persons engaged at moptiiactunine oelcomargenne and other bonus compounds sold as butter. This piece argues for jail and punishment of manufacturers and sellers of diseased meat and adulterated taade.
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Tin Inter Ocean
Grand Jury
Charo Toidiet
Moptiiactunine
Chiro
Port Byron Masonic Lodge to Install and Dine
Local notices report a grand installation and supper for Port Byron Masonic Lodge on the 30th. Rev H C King, formerly of Port Byron, leads the North Denver M E Church project in Colorado with a new building planned. Evans aids the fund with $500.
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Port Byron
Morgan
Ship Noratum Foundered Off New Brunswick Coast
Last week the Noratum foundered off New Brunswick, dashed on rocky shores amid winter seas. Fifteen crew members including the captain froze to death. one crewman escaped with his life only by chance, his body later found on the bleak shore.
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Noratum
New Brunswick
Kentucky Feud Ends in Fatal Farm Shooting
David Carter and Bud Harronson quarrelled over a lawsuit near Elizabethtown Kentucky. Carter shot Harronson with a double barreled shotgun after fatally wounding Carter's son. Carter seized a sledge and crushed Harronson’s head before dying. The writer condemns Kentucky justice as lawless and vindictive.
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David Carter
Bud Harronson
Alvabethtown
Tatally Carters
Harrington
Kentucky
Satine Burt Band Threatens Spring Campaign Surrender
Satine Burt and his band warn that worsening cold and hunger will compel surrender to the frontier conflict if the government via Miss Nancy Interior Department fails to provide ample food arms and ammunition for their spring campaign against settlers.
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Satine Burt
Miss Nancy Interior Department
Grain speculator firm Jones A McDeNat fails in Chicago
Jones A McDeNat, a heavy grain speculator in Chicago, failed with liabilities of 600000 and will pay about one third. The collapse triggers temporary suspensions of several other firms as wheat and corn prices fell within a month.
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Jones A McDeNat
Chicago
Downfall of John Kelly Stirs Political Figures
The passage notes the reactions of ex-Governor Tilden ex-Governor Robinson General Hancock and Chairman Barnum to John Kelly's downfall with the idea that the Fates avenged them sooner than expected.
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Tilden
Robinson
Hancock
Barnum
John Kelly
Telegraph Firms Cut Rates Amid Competition
Jay Gotta's American Laion Telegraph Company has lowered rates by 15 to 40 percent. The old Western Union Company has also been forced to reduce prices to stay competitive.
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Jay Gotta
American Laion Telegraph Company
Old Western Union Company
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Purchases Prompt Quiet Threat
In a brief exchange a woman urges her partner to buy Dr Bull's Cough Syrup or she will return to her mother. He relents and buys a bottle, ending the moment.
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Jouwn
Dr. Bull
Leading East trunk lines report earnings for 1880 and 1879
Five of the principal trunk lines in the East show net earnings of fifty two millions for the fiscal year 1880 and forty two millions for 1879. The article notes passenger rates and references centrilie Baih with a puzzling figuration.
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