Fire damages Rock Haven and surrounding properties
A morning blaze at Rock Haven destroyed White's Hotel a drug store a team stable lumber yard and a livery stable home to sixteen horses. Loss estimated at forty thousand dollars. Fire followed by a formal inquiry into its cause and origin.
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Amazon
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Paul Bagley
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China
India
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Indianapolis
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Lynchburg
Pope
Mobile
George C. Corham
California
Rosecrans
Washington
Board of Health of
St. Louis
Pore
Swayne
New Albany Ledger Attack Sparks Harrison County Defalcation Debate
A critical editorial condemns Democratic county office holders in Harrison County for defalcation and malfeasance. It argues the Ledger shields the party, mocks new comers, and warns residents not to overlook misconduct despite past county errors. The piece also covers Irish Fenian commutations, Prince Napoleon’s mechanical demos, and a Paris dispatch on Napoleon’s anniversary parades.
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Harrison County
Indiana
Ledger
Busineas
England
Wales
Sitka
Nova Zambia
New Albany
Ireland
Dwelling and Coner Sink at Girardville Pennsylvania
A two story frame building occupied by Thomas T. Myers and family and boarders sank into an eighty foot chasm at the foot of Mahanoy Plane after a mine breast near the surface failed. No lives were lost though the house and contents were buried as smoke and fire issued from the earth.
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Mahanoy
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania
Boston & Mahanoy Coal
Thomas T. Myers
Morris Robinson
Myers
European rulers weigh military cuts and royal visits
Reports from Paris Berlin and other capitals recount plans for simultaneous European military reductions and visits by Napoleon III and Eugenie to Russia and Prussia. The North German Parliament convenes August, Queen of France may visit Paris in July. News covers rail and river bridges, fraud cases, and a grand GAR celebration.
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Russsla
Ming
Prussia
Paris
Jane
Russia
Berlin
Virginia Republicans call July convention to unite state party
Two wings of the Republican party meet leaders from Union League clubs in New York, Philadelphia and Boston at the Ballard House. Hon. J. M. Botta accepts for Charlottesville friends a plan for a joint convention in Richmond on August first to extend and perfect the party organization. The call is issued by the Republican State Committee and signatures include Governor Botta and D. McKenszie among three hundred others.
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Europe
Lamont
Governor's Island
Messrs
Mikes, Miller
Lawson
Ricamont
Republican Party
Wilson
Union League
Philadelphia
Boston
Ballard House
J. M. Botta
Friends of the
Republican Executive State Committee
Virginia
United States
Richmond
Charlottsville
Republican State Committee
Serpent Hon. J. M. Botta
D. McKenszie
Alexandria
Surratts Trial Quashes Jury in Capital Offense Case
In a Criminal Court session Judge Fisher quashed the jury for the Surratt case and discharged the panel as twenty six talismen are summoned to select a new juror. Secret correspondence notes Christianity as a capital offense in Japan and a reply to Secretary Seward is cited.
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London Telegraph
London
Prussia
Frederick William
Washington
Criminal Court
Surratt
Fisher
United States District Attorney
Paul Bagley
Japan
China
India
Seward
F. W. Seward
Fire destroys multiple businesses in Rock Haven with $40000 loss
A morning blaze in Rock Haven Pennsylvania leveled White's Hotel, a drug store, part of the Offallen House, Town and Co's steam sawmill, a lumber yard, and a livery stable. The fire claimed sixteen horses and caused about $40000 in damages.
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Rock Haven
White's
Offallen
Town & Co
Eight hour bill passes house by near unanimous vote
Hanttrorp June 12 The eight hour bill sailed through the house by an almost unanimous majority and becomes effective the day of its passage.
Cabinet Meeting Deliberates Power of Military Commanders
The Cabinet discusses the Reconstruction Act limits on military commanders removing state and municipal officials. The Attorney General argues removals require arrest and trial for hindering enforcement, with vacancies filled only by lawful process. If adopted, Governor Wells could be restored and displaced Mobile officials reinstated, possibly after Congress adjourns.
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Washington
Congress
Attorne
Wells
Diverse 19th Century News Highlights From 1800s Papers
Mrs N P Willis lies dangerously ill. Oberlin College reports 775 students with nearly half women. St Louis population estimated at 220000. Regent Bowman calls Transylvania Alumni to Lexington on the 27th. Portmouth breweries closed due to rail transport issues to Massachusetts. Patti causes Paris sensation and critical chatter on her voice. St John’s Day June 24 in Boston to honor Masons with a grand temple dedication and large procession. Internal Revenue rules tax sales in any district and tax window shutters. Hoosac tunnel project contracts awarded to Dull and Gowan of Chicago for two years. Colonel Frank Wicker from the Russian American telegraph expedition visits New York en route to Washington.
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Oberlin College
St. Louis
Regent Bowman
Transylvania University
Lexington
Kentucky
Portamouth
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Carlotta Patti
Paris
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Boston
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Hoosac Mountain
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Dull and Gowan
Chicago
Frank Wicker
Walrassie
New York
Odd Bits From a Civil War Era Letter List
A broad collection of brief notes: Alexander H. Stephen’s illness. Artemus Ward’s remains laid to rest in Waterford Maine. Southern boasts about slaves. P T Barnum’s Bridgeport house sold to William Reed. Rachel Cohen’s Jerusalem journey with kin. Buckle’s history translated into Russian. a Hoover family picnic near Richmond Indiana. French court action over a photo of Dumas and Menken with indemnity. Buckland’s monkey anecdote with a tortoise. a 111-year-old Virginia freedwoman dies in Norfolk County. her former master honors her memory. her seventh owner.
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Artemus Ward
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P. T. Barnum
Bridgeport
Connecticut
William Reed, Esq
New York
John Morrissey
Rachel Cohen
Jeruselem
Buckle
St. Petersburg
Hoover
David Hoover
Richmond
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Ohio
Imperial Court of
France
Alexander Dumas
Adah Isaacs Menken
Dumas
Buckland
Southampton
London
Norfolk County
Virginia
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