England's Life or Death Struggle in South Africa
England faces a life and death struggle in South Africa as Zulu resistance stiffens. Reports from Cyprus and London warn reinforcements are inadequate, and colonists prepare for a protracted conflict with 200,000 Zulu fighters capable of 40,000 well armed troops. Royal authorities urge decisive action amid rising tensions.
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South Africa
Culiacoa
The
Times
London
Garnet Wolkeley
Cyprus
Garnet Wolseley
Cape
Natal
Tha m
Congress Debates Treasury Note Redemptions and Army Reorganization
In Wasurxatox on February 21 the Senate considered a bill to reissue$26,852,200 in United States notes for pension arrears under January 25 1879. The Senate approved several bills including relief for homesteaders and compensation for McLinn. Debate over army reorganization was postponed to next session as the Senate honored Gen Alpheus S Williams with a memorial resolution.
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Voorhees
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Saunders
Committee On Indian Affairs
Senate
The
Interior
War Department
McLinn
New Mexico
Cameron
Wis
Wisconsin
Blaine
Committee On Appropriations
Sesson
House
Alpheus S. Williams
Michian
Legislative wrangle delays private claims bill action
The House debated private calendar items after morning session clashes over the census and appropriation bills. The focus centered on a Virginia wharf claim by John E. Armstrong and a proposed constitutional amendment barring payment of unadjudicated Civil War claims, with Eden and Conger trading sharp exchanges before adjournment.
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N. Y
Taucher
Wood
House
John E. Armstrong
Virginia
United States
Aexanlcis
Hunton
Congress
Eden
Truyen
Republican Congress
Banning
Conger
A. A. I. Richards
Shelly
Lie
Claas
Lyons Votes for Poor Relief on Republic Anniversary
The Radical municipality of Lyons approves 25000 francs for relief of the poor on the 1848 republic anniversary while St Olen designates 10000 francs for relief of returning Communists. A Connecticut dispatch reports Kate Cobb relinquishes hope for a new trial and faces public sentiment.
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Lyons
St. Olen
France
Connecticut
Kate Cobb
Herg
Increased tobacco duties and border tensions dominate foreign rates
Germany proposes higher tobacco duties with 70 marks per hundredweight on imports and 60 on home grown tobacco, up from 42 and 20. The Debrugia boundary is to be referred to Constantinople ambassadors. In Paris, the Commune is denounced, while Greece reports the Adrianople Archbishop murder. Patrick McNamara is to be released with government expenses to the United States.
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Bertry
Debrugia
Constantinople
Loxvox
Vatrick McNamaras
Patrick Kearneys
County Clare
United States
British Steamer Returns to Cape Town with Smallpox Cases
The British steam corvette Boadicea arrived at Capetown with eight cases of smallpox aboard. In Salem New Jersey Morris oilcloth works and six adjoining dwellings burned yesterday causing about 410000 in losses with 23000 insured. The Kellogg opera troupe train wreck occurred near Vernon with no serious injuries. Captain Blair’s wife seeks full annulment of marriage in New York Supreme Court.
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Morris
Salem
N. J
Kellogg Opera
New York
Boston
Vernon
Blair
Supreme Court of New York
Fort Columbus
Meteorite Kills Man in Newton County Home
Leonidas Grover, a widower living near Newton in Fountain county, died Tuesday night when a twenty pound iron meteorite crashed through his roof and bed. His daughter found him the next morning, the roof opening and bedding torn, evidence that he was asleep and struck by a cannon-like impact.
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Leonidas Grover
Newton
Fountain County
Chover
New York Thaw Plagues Streets and City Life
A vivid, fragmentary essay describes a January thaw turning sidewalks into filth piles, the resulting stench and disease risk, and the public health impact on residents and churches. It then shifts to a critique of dance halls and gambling, contrasting upscale Broadway with looser dives and urging caution about money-driven schemes. The piece reflects on changing commerce, canned foods, and a rise of modern retail practices led by Thurbur Co. with implications for urban life in the era.
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New York
Bob Ingersoll
Henry Bergh
Dipthena
Mark Twain's Printing Days From Old Compositor Tale
A St. Louis Spirit writer recalls Samuel Clemens as a lazy yet good hearted young compositor of about twenty two at a New York paper during the Crimean War era. He later became a river pilot and achieved world renown as Mark Twain. He once teased a foreman over tardiness and eventually moved from printing to river work, with a near fatal incident in which his brother Henry was killed while Twain escaped unharmed.
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Thia
Thurbur & Co
Reallang
Thurbur
Montegy New Yous
Ows
St. Louis
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
New York
Telegraph
Bain Clemens
Sam
Thwell
Sebastopol
Qnne
Bailey
Jay
John
Hig
Henry
Mark
Fragmentary local notice of weather and Sunday routine
A garbled passage describes a person troubled by recurring rain and an urge to attend church. The text mentions pumping a cellar and disturbances like earthquakes near a county line, conveying a chaotic scene without clear events or dates.
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Xérosa
Sailed from New York to Glasgow, presumed lost
The British steamer Zanzibsr Capt Page sailed from New York in January bound for Glasgow and has not been heard from since. It is feared she is lost with all aboard.
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Page
New York
Glasgow
Gov Hartranft and the breakfast break that doomed two lives
An early morning scene unfolds as Gov Hartranft ignores pleas for clemency. Messengers rush a reprieve too late. two inmates sentenced to hang at ten die before the governor’s breakfast ends, prompting rueful reflection on the timing and consequences of mercy.
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Detroit Free Press
Walt
Basteal
Miner’s Superstitions and the Lantern’s Warning
An old miner claims lantern flames foretell mine danger. He recalls Bill Sendicks’s death in the Savage shaft, observing a blue low flame and wavering light that allegedly pointed to danger before tragedy. He says the candle’s movement foretold the fatal blast and urges caution.
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Bill Sendicks
Bill
Auction Glimpse Shows Caution Before a Wolf Robe
At a Michigan Avenue sale a wolf robe drew bids but an elderly man hesitated. He explained he and his wife had bought many items in the past and she would claim any bargain, even a fifteen cent robe, crying out that they were cheated.
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Michigan Avenue
Grave Robbery Debate Turns to Will and Remains
A dialogue echoes fears and satire about grave robbing on Decatur Street as characters debate Stewart remains and a plan to be buried in the moonlight with cotton ties. The talk shifts to Boss Tweed and shady dealings, reflecting urban crime anxiety.
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Stewarts
Decatur Street
Stewart
At Woman's Devotion Moreau Returns Home Patchwork Mask
A wounded French soldier Moreau who lost jaw, arm, and two eyes in the Battle of Bayame in January 1872 has traveled from Val de Grace to his native village. He bears a metallic mask with artificial eyes a false nose and a dental arrangement enabling mastication. He expected rejection but was welcomed back by his community.
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Morea
Moreau
Rometer
Wild Fire at New York World Damages Supposedly Minimal
A blaze struck the New York World building but firefighters controlled it with about 200 dollars in damages. The incident followed by commentary on a new set of questions for Raster and a west assortment. Two women were slightly injured during a minister's sermon joke incident. The Philadelphia Telegraph notes Californians know little of secession beyond reports and fears of a Pacific Occidental Republic.
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Lasea
Cen Markec
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