15 Jan 1879
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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1879
Page
1
George Reynolds raises defense points at Malin Points, outlining questions of strategy and accountability. The discussion centers on local governance and defense measures affecting the Malin community.
The Supreme Court opinion holds Congress may prohibit polygamy in Territories while protecting religious belief. It rejects belief as a defense to criminal acts, affirming the law’s reach over marriage and social order. It concludes the defendant knowingly violated the statute and affirms the lower court.
A round of brief dispatches reports plague deaths in Karatofin with ten percent mortality and nurse volunteer appeals for Astrakhan. The Papal letter urges bishops to oppose socialism and communism, while Tunis yields to French demands. General Roberts wins a battle near Calcutta with heavy enemy losses and British captures. a journey to St. Petersburg is noted for the Ameer’s party reaching Mazari Sharif.
A former fifty seventh street police sergeant Joseph Davis, once praised for looks and promise, is depicted in a court scene as a damaged man by drink. An old bondman recognizes him, and the man pleads for help as Davis recalls former colleagues and his fallen status.
A humorous note describes Taggart naming his pig Barkis because the animal is always ready. The piece also claims money is so abundant in some western states that people need not work, implying easy times or plenty.
The Teller committee session features discussions on delegate views including Utah women’s convention figures Mrs Zina Young Williams and Mrs Emeline Wells. Reports in New York outline mining and railroad concerns, civil rights disputes and Grant era political shifts amid a flood of war news and local upheavals.
The House directed an inquiry into removing from consideration chiefs at the naval department whose relative rank is below captain. A bill for extra bounty to Civil War soldiers was introduced by Allison at Kirkwood’s request. The Indian appropriation bill moved toward non-concurrence with committee amendments increasing police and officer numbers and funding. the measure passed after amendments were concurred in and the bill was read the third time, then adjourned.
Eden reports Senate bill to allow Treasury to review payment of Missouri Civil War claims. The Mouse chaired the committee of the whole on the private calendar. William and Mary College bill is rejected due to lack of merit amid a lengthy debate among Loring Conger Tucker and Goode. The house adjourns after Dill was rejected.
A fragmented text presents odd phrases about freshers, marriage proposals, gravel shoveling, and a curious question on curing by smoking. The collection reads like garbled aphorisms or diary style notes with no clear event or identifiable persons.
The coroner's inquest found Mrs. Mhoda Johnson died by self destruction after domestic unhappiness and impending separation. Johnson and husband had moved from Detroit two years ago and spent holidays in that city. She leaves a five year old daughter.
John S. Roaby, once a secessionist guerrilla, is appointed Consul General to Hong Kong by Hayes with Senate approval. Eyewitness accounts recall Mosby’s Confederate raid on a Virginia train, including a freezing confrontation and a forced march, before Roaby’s Washington visit.
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