Presidential Succession Bill Passed by House in 1886
Washington dispatch reports the House approved the presidential succession bill 1838 to 77 as sent by the Senate. Bayard would serve as acting president until March 4, 1839 if Cleveland dies, with old law limiting power to John Sherman. The piece covers demographics, pensions, and various congressional notes including patents, wealth, and scandals.
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W.L. Scott
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Congress
Taylor
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Waite
Connecticut
McAdoo
New Jersey
Voorhees
Washington
John Young Brown
Kentucky
Senator Gray
Delaware
Butler
South Carolina
Oddities From Illinois And Beyond In 1885 Records
A diverse roundup reports a Washington county justice of the peace fined himself for drunkenness and vowed a higher fine on repeat. Denny of Effingham, an ex-prisoner, received a pension and arrears that sparked mental distress. Chicago grain and flour receipts rose in 1885 while bank clearings hit a new total. Other notes cover water usage, a Metropolis mill fire, Belleville census, Carmi theatre, Chicago saloons, tomato yields near Galt, Florida orange trees killed by frost, a lynching in Greene county, Indianapolis documents, missionary demand in China, migration of African Americans to Arkansas and California, Burlington fire loss, Siam steamer, Wilmington cigar ship, and San Jacinto artesian wells.
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Tie
Denny
Effinglam
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Chicago
Metropolis
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Carmi
Local Drift Chronicles Early 19th Century Oddities and Notes
Reports from Indiana and nearby areas cover a flat earth debate in Shelby County with Adam Smith condemning the globe model, a haunted two mile log house near Crotheraville, and a ghostly chained noises tale. Also noted are a Crawfordsville death from heart tumor, a prison escape attempt in Michigan City, Huntington County debt, Indianapolis fire costs, a burglarized Connersville post office, and a planned Vincennes city hall. Maryland elects senator, Oxford NH man dies at 104, Kalamazoo mastodon bones, and bears in the Rocky Mountains.
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