Washington Special 1883 National Capital Summary
Washington special reports May 12 1883 noting open air Marine Band concerts on White House grounds, Barnum's Circus with Jumbo receptions, and closing arguments in the star route trial. It covers Mississippi Radicals unity, Holman’s railroad probe trip, Gresham’s gubernatorial ambitions, Baum’s successor bids, Arthur political critique, and Republican harmony amid party tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Marine Band
White-House
Barnum
Bob Ingersoll
Mississippi
Lynch
Chalmers
W. 8
Holman
Indiana
Pacific Coast
Griffin's Station May News from Bethel Batch
Bethel area notes report recent rain revived farmers crops while Texas sees little rain. Hail fell and cool mornings require fires. Watermelons and corn planted, Evansville excursion planned, sermons given by visitors, a picnic location chosen near Black river. Local incidents include a buggy crash near Poseyville, a sick list, and various town updates.
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Bethel
Register
Griffin, Inn
Texas
Evansville
Reva
Joel Hume
J. T. Oliphant
Owensville
A. Whitlow
Albion
C. B. Wall
Solitude
Mt. Pleasant
A.W. Sprague
J.D. Boren
Hiram Miles
Sam Griffin
Wash Dixon
Old leaders praised as reforming force in party
The passage recalls Dorsey hailed for saving Indiana during a rich New York dinner with Grant Beecher Arthur Conkling and others. It notes Dorsey faces trial for swindling the government while praised as a possible savior of the Republicans. Conkling predicts a Democratic shift as a handwriting on the wall.
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Conkling
Grant
New York
Republican Party
Chicago
Blaine-Garfield
Guiteau
Garfield
United States
Mason and Dixon Line
Blaine
Dorsey
Indiana
Beecher
Arthur
New York Notes On Tornadoes Gardens And Vanderbilts
A New York dispatch reviews a recent tornado and thunderstorm in Manhattan near the 5th Avenue hotel and Broadway, noting overturned buggies and shaken promenaders amid a dog show crowds. It discusses future “hanging gardens” atop the Brooklyn Bridge and rooftop greenery at the Casino, hinting at a bustling summer. The column also comments on the Vanderbilts retirement from railway duties, accusing Cornelius Vanderbilt of avoiding hands on work and relying on W H Vanderbilt.
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Register
New York
N. Y
Broadway
5Th Avenue Hotel
Brooklyn Bridge
Vanderbilt
W. H. Vanderbilt
Commodore
Curious Local Drift In Indiana Illinois News Roundup
A sprawling survey of short items from Gibson Co Indiana to White County Illinois notes dog poisoning in Princeton, small town elections, burglaries in Haubstadt, new stave factories, saloon expansions, and local curiosities. Mentions gill net fishing talk, a new poor house cost, tax-sale outlook, peach buds, and various odd incidents across towns like Grayville Evansville Carbondale Terre Haute Vincennes and Carmel with scattered deaths fires and curiosities.
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Princeton, Inc
Princeton
Haubstadt
Hazleton
Oakland
Wabash
Grayville
White County
Wabash Road
Evansville
Pigeon Creek
Chas
Ball
Chicago Lumber Company
Dubois County
Birdseye
Win. Peeples
Shawneetown
Henderson
Edwardsville
Ill
Carbondale
Indiana
Lewis L. Canaday
Raleigh
Rush County
Jackson
Joe McDonald
Ripley County
Levi Cook
Sugar Creek
Hancock County
Empire
Hopkinsville
Mt. Carmel
The
Register
Board of Agriculture
Alice Brown
Vincennes
Terre Haute
C. B. Price
Delaware County
Centralia
Andy Fieher
Madison
Independence
Warren County
Tinois
Joliet
Chester
Belleville
Washington County
Kosciusko County
Hamilton County
Warrick County
Wabash County
Illinois
Washington
Grand View
Laporte
Mound City
Ligonier Banner
Pulaski County
Elkhart County
Quincy
Union City
Harrison County
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the Register
C.w. Slater
Tis Register
Kienry Hiusdon
New Harmony
Notary Public
Duclos CO
Ind
Henry Brown
Tebe Clothier
Jung Clothter
Ubea
Viets
Peter Weber
Mar Peter Weber
Cook & Rice
Ape
Main Street
RE. F. Owen & Co
Jacob Breith
Hovey & Menzies
Wit
Supreme Court of
Posey and
Vanderburgh
Court House
Neptly
Mount Vernon
Ehkhees
John Walz
U.S
U. S. Patent Office
Thrall É Mumford
Family Supplies
AVING
Messrs. Thrall & Mumford
Main
Church Streets
E. F. Owen
Hi, P. Owen
E. F. Owen & Co
New Hamwony
Maclure
Ellen Taylor
Fred. Herberhold
East Main St
National Capital
Gresham
Post Office
Voorhees
Logan
Baum
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Julius Ceegar Burrows
Michigan
Benjamin Franklin Butterworth
Ohio
Congress
Judge Hoadly
Cincinnati
Arthur Still Bick
White House
Republic
Sturgis
Soldiers’ Home
Griffin's Station
Williams
James Finnell
Poseyville
Squire Williams
Finnell
DeWitt TaulMaGe
Kansas Cry
Bouneville
Kansas
Mississipri
St. Louis
Rooxroar
Jerr Davis
NEW York Notes
Gotham
Gibson Co
White Co
Til
Gibson County
State Board of Agriculture
Fairmount
City of
Mexico
Samuel Keen
Wayne County
Sullivan County
Peru
Crawford County
Tazewell
Adam Peyton
Cambridge City
Porter
Edwin P. Tammond
Indiana Supreme Court
Woods
Boonville Corporation
Goshen
Franklin
Seymour
Brazil
Petersburg Baseball Club
Mt. Vernon
Sara Cochran
Metropolis
Knox County
Baptists of
Fairfield
Carlyle, Tl
Vanderburg County
Boonville
Anderson
Petersburg
Cannelton Journal
Henderson Band
Hovan
Democrats of
Georgia
Harrodsburg
Canada
New Hampshire
Black
Michigan City
Mobile, Ala
Wayne
Door County
Wis
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