Washington Letter: Woman suffrage gains and political shifts
Washington Letter from March 1, 1886 reports the eighteenth annual woman suffrage convention in D.C. with hopes on a senate bill, notes nine speakers including Susan B. Anthony, and lists political appointments in Indiana and Ohio. It covers railway mail supervisor Burt’s resignation, Joseph B. Gwin replacing him, and Senate versus President tensions over executive removals. It also summarizes Indiana patent grants and various local political dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harmony Register
Susan B. Anthony
Senate
Ohio Valley
Indiana
W. Burt
U.S
Durt
Joseph B. Gwin
Attica
Ind
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Evansville
Kleiner
Gibson County
St. James
Agricultural Department
Edmunds
Items of Interest From Illinois Ports and Towns
A Chicago firm, Transcontinental Aerial Navigation Co, funds 150000 to build a 654 foot fireship to explore air travel and reach the north pole within two months. A Lawrence county farmer recovers 75 cents via a postal note for earlier watermelon theft. Cook county courthouse Crumbling, Newton sign mocks agricultural gear, Vermillion corn burnings, Mt Carmel towing cost, 454 G A R posts and 22516 members statewide, Springfield revival, 25000 Knights of Labor in Chicago, Olney polo club boasting participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transcontinental Aerial Navigation Co
Chicago
Aapital
North Pole
Lawrence County
West Salem
Cook County
Geo. Wheatcroft
Carmi Partisan
Newton
Mt. Carmel
Illinois
Springfield
Knights of Labor
Olney
Telegraphic Sparks and Other Late 1880s News Bits
A miscellany from Telegraphic Sparks notes Nevada prison costs forty thousand two hundred eighty four dollars and twenty cents for last year, a Santa Barbara youth fined for clarinet practice, and Democratic wins in Town elections. Also mentioned are a $20000 Hancock monument at Norristown, Pa, Iowa and Wisconsin political shifts, heavy snows in TowA, debt reduction in February, Des Moines Democratic gains, and congressional campaign organization. Germany’s emigration figures, New York produce exports of five million two hundred forty six thousand thirteen dollars, and the Fitz John Porter bill debate are cited, along with military appointments and a Chicago market report. Additional items include a discovery of a large spring feeding Lake Dias in Volusia County, a predicted comet visible before sunrise in late May named 1886 by Barnard, and North Haven Maine mussel use rivaling oysters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
Nevada
Santa Barbara
Cal
Gen
Hancock
Norristown
St. John
Wisconsin
Towa
Des Moines
Iowa
Germany
New York
Senate Military Committee
Fitz John Porter
Alfred N. Terry
Biancock
New York World
Asheville
N.C
Union
Blue Ridge Mountains
South Carolina Line
Louis Redmond
North Carolina
Jis
Tennessee River
Swaim County
Port Solesa
Redmond
Upper
Tennessee
South Carolina
Transylvania County
Nubbin
Duckworth
Greenville
S. C
Albany
Senator Hampton
Blue Ridge
Rambie
Cotton Picking Industry Costs in Southern States
The article estimates annual picking costs across the southern cotton states at about 40 million dollars. It notes that six minutes suffice to send a cable message to London and receive a reply. It also reports that The Bell Telephone Company cleared 1,000,442 dollars last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bell Telephone Company
Mugh Oliver
Evansville Electric Light Co
Oliver
Indiana State News Recap of 19th Century Papers and Local Events
A sweeping synopsis covers Indiana journalism from Vincennes to Indianapolis, noting early papers, the growth of Democratic dailies, reform views, and local incidents. Highlights include a $216 scam in Marshall county, a Native American youth arrival in Delphi, wheat damage estimates, a new Republican committee, a fatal electric accident, a liquor case in Crawfordsville, and assorted crime, weather, and public-interest items across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
The
Gazette
Inchara
Elisha Stout
Indianapolis
Democrat
O. F. Morrison
Sentinel
Indiana
Naturalists Count Fish Varieties in North American Waters
Naturalists report at least 1 870 distinct fish species in North American waters. About 500 inhabit rivers and lakes, 550 are Pacific species, and 105 varieties dwell in the deep Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, never nearing shore or surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American
Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf of Moxico
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FORD
Grennett
New Orleans
Ford & Bennett
BROWN
Acme
Brown’s Clothing
New Harmony
Ey Wami
Samnes
Duclos Coc
Thrall & Mumford’s
Uda
F. W. Cook Brewing Company
Peter Weber
NEW Farmony
Washington
Bert
Indiana Democrats
Secretary of the Treasury
Chris J. Murphy
J.J. Moore
Lowth End Scott
Murphy
Moore
Bart
CU. A. Snow & Co
U. S. Patent Office
Washington, D. C
C. Bohrer
Cambridge City
F. S[apperberger
Madison
D. T. Leggett
Tishersburg
Sarah M. B. Millard
Rochester
R. Schmitt
C. D. Shellabarger
H. Warrington
A. G. P. Dorsey
Clarksburg
W. Holland
Plymouth
M. Barry
Valparaiso
Spring
Curiaco
Illl
Dias
DeLeon Springs
Volusia County
Fla
Barnard
North Haven
Indiana State News
Hoosier
Democratic State
National Democratic Platform
Marshall County
Kemp
Far West
Delphi
Dubois
Spencer
Republican State Committee
Jere N. Haston
L.T. Michener
Republican State Editorial Association
J.B. McCullough
W. F. Townsend
Congress
Fat
Indiana Supreme Court
Verseilles
J. A. Haines
Remington
Henderson Bridge
Vigo County
Sam Jones
Princeton
Gibson County Poor Asylum
Opera
Giae Religion
Bth Avenue
Colorado
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