New Orleans Exposition notes and updates.
Notes from the Great World Exposition cover French outpost depictions, a mammoth silver pyramid, and progress reports on live stock, gate receipts, and subscriptions. It reports on Arthur’s visit plans, new guide books, and the women’s department events, while noting immigration, France and Spain ties to New Orleans and a prominent deceased woman.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Music Hall
Arthur
Theo Pohlman
Major Burke
Finance Committee
New Orleans
United States
Europe
France
Tropics
Spain
Italy
Grant retirement bill debate dominates Washington week
In Washington the Blaine faction pressed a southern question linked to Jefferson Davis and Gen Sherman. Democrats blocked a sectional debate by backing an investigation, killing the Republican plan. The Grant retirement bill sparked house talk, with Rosecrans opposing and Blocum aligned with past Senate action.
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Hawley
Connecticut
Blaine
Jefferson Davis
Esq
Gen. Sherman
Sherman
Senate
Confederacy
Gen. Grant
House
Gen. Rosecrans
House Military Committee
Blocum
Ford Ward
Curious Global Facts and Local Notes in 1885
A wide array of miscellany covers Denmark dairy teaching exports, ice from Popocatepetl, a 130 pound salmon, California post office bees, and the 22 mile Cypress bridge. It notes right with politics and crime, including Indiana senators Voorhees and Porter, a joint ballot, and a deadly struggle with chicken thieves in Evansville.
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Mrs. Judge Gunn of Sullivan tours Vincennes bound for Ante lope valley Kansas with three cattle loads in charge. She rode the freight caboose with two big dogs, a first for a woman stock dealer. Clinton Smith, 19, jailed at Terre Haute for patricide, fled then captured. Carey & Sons tug to launch soon at Grayville, strongest on the Wa bash. Vincennes group forms railroad to Owensboro Kentucky. Miller Bros. lose 169711.10 in Evansville fire. 117600 insured. Shelby Co Democrat seeks abolition of every Republican from federal office. Flora taxpayers pay 4.72 per 100. Shawneetown 7.60 per 100. White county Illinois total equalized property value 8150510. Methodist church at Carmi damaged by lightning. Smallpox breaks out in Orange county.
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David Salzman
Castle Garden
N. Y
Lake Ponchartrain
New Orleans
San Francisco
America
Europe
New York
Costa Insurance Companies
New York City
London
Elies Jane Ludlow
Washington
Alaska Fur Co
Concord
N.H
Huxley
Sahara
Simonette
Milan
England
Australia
Los Angeles
Cal
Panama Canal
Judge Gunn
Sullivan
Vincennes
Antelope Valley
Kas
Kansas
Clinton Smith
Ira Smith
Vigo County
Iain
Terre Haute
Grayville
Carey & Sons
Owensboro
Miller Bros
Evansville
Shelby Co. Democrat
Flora
Shawneetown
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the Register
Slater
Sccacreee
Enry Hunsedon
Ralary
Ilinois
Indiana
New Harmony
Ind
Notary Public
Janlo
New Harmony Register
Krat & Mumford
Erd Brothers
Onry Brown
Ftheim & Co
Eter Weber
C . New Harmony
Ord & Bennett
Bone Walz
Register
Otnen V. Miller
Marble Works
New Damony
U.S
U.S. Patent Office
C. A. Snow. & Co
Washington, D.C
Hovey & Menzies
Supreme Court of the State
Posey
Vanderburgh
Court House
Mount Vernon
The
Rubert
Newsom
Church St
Bet
Main & Brewery
Albert &Newsom
Cor
New Orcveans
King Cotton
Louisiana
Government
W. E. Robert
Arkansas
California
Arkansaa
Myra Clark Gaines
Baltimore
J. ¥. Christmas
Warrenton, N. C
Earth
New Oaceans
Werlein
Julia Ward Howe
Joaquin Miller
Gayarre
Sierras
Isles
Mrs. Howes
Miller
Friars of Order Grey
Fortunate Isles
Fitz John Porter
Porter
Grant
Cleveland
Mississippi River
Snega
St. Paul
Des Moines
Des Moines Rapids
Illinois River
Cairo
Hennepin
R. B. Hayes
White House
Samuel J. Tilden
Almonde Bradley
Johan Sherman
Ast
the Sun
Enterprise” Barber Shop
Co. H. Krespee
Main Street
Thrall & Mummford's
Meat Market
Nash Frank
Aving
Charles Kimmering
Kimmerlin‘s
Henry Brown
Noah Frank
Cook & Rice
Pilsener
Horace P.owen
Eugene S. Thrall
New Harmony Banking Co
Eugene S.thrall
Thomas Mumford,Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Horace P. Owen
Caarier A.parke
William H.owen
Alfred Dale Owen
William Richards
Atotary
Gibson
Union
Henderson and Daviess Counties
OGM
Jacob Breith
Bretth § Audh
Breith
Monitor Saloon
J.T. Eagle
Adam Marsh & CO
Star Saloon
Heckmann
Dan Bill
Thomas
Ford
Wasatxaroy, D. C
Maghaninous Democracy
Denmark
Hutchins
Gowen
Evanaville Police
Nalley
Sanders
Stock Yarda
Offcer Hutchins
West Virginia
Tue
Oliver Plow
Chicago
Kankakee
Miles City
Montana
J.M. Evans
Rep
J.P. Jonze
Nevada
Indianapolis
Dan Voorhees
U. S. Senate
Voorhees
Joseph E. McDonald
House of Representatives
Thomas McQuade
Clay County
Gray
Geo. W. Koontz
Richmond
Cooper
A. G. Porter
Jim French
W. P. Knight
Pike Co. Democrat
Schuyler Colfax
W. H. Whitworth
Posey County
McCullough
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hendricks
Marios County
French
House Democratic
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