Burlington Route Heralds Western Travel via B M and C B Q
Rail promoters tout the Burlington and Missouri line as the best route to the West, linking with the C B Q and B M railways at Burlington. The main line passes Omaha and Lincoln, with a southern arm toward Fort Kearney, claiming the shortest continental crossing by over 100 miles. A Red Oak branch leads to Kansas City and beyond, offering views of prairies and streams. Land agents cite thousands of homesteaders and farm buyers in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Burlington
California
Nebraska
Plattsmouth
Lidcoln
Ft. Kearney
Red Oak
Missouri
St. Joe
Kansas City
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
George S Harris
B. & M. Troad
Burlington Lawn
Lincoln Land Office
Sam
Through coaches and sleepers to Omaha on Pacific Express
The Pacific Express offers through coaches and Pullen sleeper access to Omaha with a Pullman sleeper at Burlingtons Kansas City. The mall train provides through coaches to Omaha and St Joseph without changes. These are the fastest hours, but passengers lose time and money by traveling elsewhere.
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Omaha
Burlington 'S
Kansas City
St Joseph
Trains Through Bushnell and Peoria With Palace Car Route
Passes through Bushnell at 7 33, 5 02, 10 41 p m and from Peoria at 2 33 a m, 7 2 33 m, with a Pullman palace car to Columbus. Claims most desirable route to Rochester, Cincinnati, Louisville, Dayton, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York. Through tickets and baggage checked at offices by C Townsend, Gen Ticket and Passenger Agent.
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Bushnell
Peoria
P. m
Columbus
Rochas
Jasionspain
Louisville
Dayin
Pittsburgh
Philade
Baltimore
New York
C Townsend, Gen, Ticket & Pgt. Agt
Breeders Convene on Herd Book Rules at Indianapolis
Weekly Review reports a convention of short horn breeders in Indianapolis last week ending Friday. Key points include Herd Book amendments requiring breeder and owner names, birth dates, color, and lineage tracing. adoption of a committee to expose pedigree errors. and urged veterinary professorships in agricultural colleges. Also coverage of a swine breeders meeting approving a standard hog description and scoring, plus a harsh critique of a county stock law as ill advised and harmful.
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Indianapolis
Messrs. Porter
Illinois
Miles
Michigan
Christie
Ontario
Kennard
Kentucky
Patterson
Iowa
Babbitt
Wisconsin
Pickerell
Ilinois
Bedford
Allen
New York
United States
Canada
Lewis I
Hostetter
Wuergss
Claude Matthews
Indiana
Berkshires
Poland-Chinas
Incendiary Fire Destroys Bethel House in McDonough County
The Bethel township residence of Solomon Pethtel burned last Tuesday night with the adjoining shed. A colt perished and Pethtel was severely burned while his son aided. Coal oil traces suggest deliberate arson. Loss totals 500 to 600 dollars, with no insurance. A separate note reports a Chester girl dying from a fire accident at age ten, urging caution with fire. An Iowa man refused to attend his wife’s deathbed to avoid a pledge against remarriage.
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Macomb Hugl
Bethel Township
McDonough County
Thos. Calvert
Solomon Pethtel
Pethtel
Cally Burnep
George Guy
Colchester
Macomb Eage
War ruin at Fort Pickering appeals to General Grant
A correspondent describes Fort Pickering’s earthwork ruins and a war legacy of hardship. Former residents, including a daughter of a War of 1812 colonel, face homelessness and a harsh direct tax after Sherman's damaged property receipts. The piece urges General Grant to aid those harmed by carpetbag governance and wartime dispossession.
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Pickering
Webster
Sherman
Andrew Jackson
Hume F. Hill
How Fools are Buried in Love of Wedding Garments
An old lady long preserved wedding garments for a final journey. In 1763 a young married woman was buried in wedding finery including a negligee, quilted mattress, and jewelry. A Norfolk gentleman requested burial in his wedding shirt with best clothes and shoes. Margaret Coosing ordered scarlet satin attire in a pyramidal Caxton vault. A rich milliner left an injunction to be enshrouded in lace. Alexander H Stevens visited Atlanta after four years away, rheumatism easing. Kentucky debates if Daniel Boone could write amid turtles marked 1790 with his name.
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David Garrick
Argaret Coosing
Caxton
Kent
Chambers’ Journal
Tur Linzrat Party Proposal to Forge a New Liberal Opposition
The letter argues Grant's victory rested on railroad and bank influence, warns of continued corruption, and urges building a new Liberal opposition party named Tur Linzrat Party. It urges Liberal members to organize, form a central committee, and call state legislators to create a new party nucleus for future power.
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Cincinnati
Grant
Greeley
Associated Press
New York
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Antilles
Mexico
Senate
Tur Linzrat Party
Congress
G. Koerner
Illinois and Her Senators in Radical Shift
The Radicals plan to remove Trumbull on March fourth and replace him with Richard J. Oglesby as senator, leaving Illinois represented by Logan and Oglesby. The piece laments the loss of Douglas era prestige and predicts mediocrity in the Senate, condemning the impending political bargain and its impact on Illinois.
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Illinois
Trumbull
Richard J. Oglesby
Oglesby
Washburne
Ilinois
Senate
Logan
Hlinois
Grant
Minois
Andy Johnson’s Defeat and Political Fallout Across Tennessee
Nashville letter-writer reports that Kelly Brownlow and Radical Republicans blame Andy Johnson for a sweeping defeat. Johnson laments halting Democratic organization but admits breaking rival ties. Commentators say his career of defiance ends, likening him to Samson and a stubborn animal, as support collapses and prospects fade.
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Nashville
St. Louis
Andy Johnson
Andy
South
Johnson
Congress
Democratic Party
Samson
Bismarck Autograph Helped Pardon Siberian Exile
A Russian lady asked Bismarck to sign an application for her brother’s pardon from exile in Siberia. He agreed. Alexander II later informed Berlin that the pardon had been granted. The note mentions Mrs Sprague and Mrs Hoyt, and hints at the Chancellor’s grandchildren.
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Bismarck
Siberia
Alexander II
Berlin
Touching Obituary Poetry From A Grim Woods Memoir
Fragmented verse recites obituaries and morbid humor about Burrough Bartholomew Artemus and Alexander McGlue. It recalls a funeral time and odd childhood scenes with a monkey, painted sled incidents, and playful misdeeds now ended. The piece blends death, memory, and quixotic imagery.
Death Valley Described From Camp Cody Frontier Letter
A Camp Cody correspondent details Death Valley eighty miles northwest, a waterless, waterless basin surrounded by mountains. He recounts 1850 emigrant tragedy led by a Mormon, where 87 people and many animals perished after a treacherous westward trek and miraculous survival of two. Skeletal remains and faded wagon relics reportedly mark the scene.
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Gen. Palmer
Engineer Corps
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Camp Cody
Majove
Death Valley
Spears
California
Illinois
Missouri
Salt Lake
Beath Valley
Keat Valley
Opening of Tunis to Goletta railway celebrated with Bey attendance
La Reforma reports a grand August 31 opening of the Tunis to Goletta railway. Flags and emblems adorned stations as crowds cheered. The Bey of Tunis prayed at Sidi Mahrej and inspected the line, then accepted a donation for 250 people. The piece ends with a short, unrelated joke about a man going insane from hair balance.
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la Reforma
Tunis
Goletta
Sidi Mahrej
Galletta
Gleanings of Wit and Oddities From a Busy Era
A collage of quips and notices spanning jokes about a new Knox county paper, jokes on travel books and railway work, playful remarks on fashion and women, a remark on a boy Bible class about meekness, and notes on a British insane asylum project funded by Mr Holloway.
I Died for Love
Charles E. Hulse of Jeffersonville died in New Albany on Sunday morning after an eleven day small pox illness. He nursed his betrothed Miss Mollie Miller through her infection and died after contracting the disease himself. He had vowed not to recover and urged relatives to avoid risking their lives. His death follows Miss Miller’s, who died weeks earlier from the same illness.
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Charles E. Hulse
Jeffersonville
New Albany
Mollie Miller
Miss Miller
Mr. Hulse
Seveal
Elephants in a Quicksand on the Ganges Banks
A military journalist describes elephants sinking into quicksand near the River Ganges during an expedition. One beast slowly sinks as bystanders fear loss, then, after three attempts, pulls free using trunk-placed supports. The episode ends with a loud, relieved grunt and temporary trembling dispelled by spirits. Unfortunate elephants perish when there is no aid.
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Ganges
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