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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1879
Page
1
A letter to the London Times argues that burning branches or coal captures stored sun energy from the past. It describes how coal yields light through dynamos and electric lamps, citing Sir William Armstrong harnessing a waterfall to power a dynamo for lighting.
The Greek Archbishop of Adrianople was killed by Bulgarians. The Porte names a Commission to oversee Asia Minor reforms. Boston dealer Henry Bigelow Williams failed, with $2,266,931 liabilities. Ex-Congressman Hasbrouck died at eighty-eight. Ship-owner Thomas Sutton failed with over $600,000 liabilities. The Resumption Act repeal bill failed 141 to 110 in the National House. Italy bans American swine over trichinosis fears. Gen Logan welcomed in Washington by Republicans. The House passed a bill curb Chinese emigration and sent it to the President. A Washington statue of Washington unveiled at Newburyport amid crowds. St Petersburg paper suspended for critique of the government. Henry Tudor plans a Patagonia horseback trek. Bishop Thomas Foley dies at fifty-seven of typhoid pneumonia. Grant arrives in Allahabad as ex-president. Isaac Eaton appointed to Democratic Committee HQ in Boston. Grand Duke Nicholas exiled to Orenburg for pro-railway pamphlet backing faster Russian policy.
In Chicago on the 21st a cook ignited a lamp while drawing lamp fluid in a basement. A fatal explosion burned him to death and the restaurant was destroyed.
Eighteen Irish bishops meet at Maynooth and condemn the government over university education. Egyptian leaders face rioters outside state offices, while the Khedive’s guard disperses them. In Germany the Reichstag backs a socialist law dispute. Nubar Pasha resigns at the Khedive’s request amid Mandalay royal murders. Swiss citizens plan a Georgia colony, and the Bark Shooting Star brings Angell to Philadelphia.
On the 20th intelligence spoke of a Haiti revolt with government forces suffering thirty five killed and eighty nine wounded while captives were executed. A man named George Washington was hanged in Louisville after a trap failed then reengaged. British and Scottish merchants failed on the sea with a funeral cost of about 1 250 000. News arrived that the Astrakhan plague had abated and in Charkoff Governor Kropotkine was mortally wounded by a Nihilist. The Porte abandoned a plan to replace the Tucktah Minister at Washington with a chargé d affaires. The Bulgarian Assembly opened with Prince Korenkalf. A boiler explosion at Brockton Cal killed sixteen and injured twenty six. Lincoln County New Mexico saw a county seat dispute turn deadly as lawyer HH d Chapman was shot on the square.
The record summarizes several days in February with Senate action on the home bill for certificates of deposit to fund the public debt and tax measures on tobacco, plus amendments on insolvent banks and provident deposits. Memorial services for Achleicher and Quinn are noted, and House actions cover juror oath repeal and election supervision debates. Additional items include pensions, land relief, and army appropriations.
In the House a Conference Committee was appointed amid votes on the Tobacco bill. Bills were introduced for wartime bounty payments, disease prevention, and the creation of a National Board of Health. The motion to end the rule and pass the Civil Appropriation bill of 410,096,000 was agreed to 161 to 7.
A long Reuters style report outlines Brazil's famine in interior provinces with 150000 to 200000 deaths, starving families, and disease outbreaks. It argues railroads would speed relief, avert pestilence, and connect remote districts to resources, contrasting with India's relief by rail. It notes related stories on local events, but centers on famine truth and transport as solution.
A detailed look at a Brazilian famine in 1876 77 through 77 78. A drought emptied crops forcing 900 000 in the province toward starvation and mass migration. Refugees moved to larger towns as cattle died and hunger spread across settlements.
The article explains bats as nocturnal insect eaters that retreat to caves or walls at daybreak. It notes the female bears the burden of feeding her young until they fly, and describes young bats clinging to mothers and the species’ migratory roosting patterns in caves during winter.
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