Petition for a New Trial in Utah Polygamist Case
George Reynolds, the Utah polygamist whose case was decided by the U S Supreme Court, files for rehearing alleging illegality of a two year hard labor sentence and cites Revised Statutes Sec 5352. Other items note Pullman car rate limits, New York banquet guests, and various U S Senate elections.
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George Reynolds
United States Supreme Court
Indianapolis
Natetorneys
Merrick
Frontier banter on contagion and wit
A bystander asks for meaning as an elderly frontier man explains the Sioux are not contagious and difficult to catch. The exchange centers on a blunt punchline about being hard to obtain or grasp.
Congress Debates Cipher Dispatches and Election Reform
In alv congress the finance committee reports the lease bill to refund the national debt. A joint resolution to cancel one and two dollar notes is laid on the table. The Senate debate centers on agency funds for Indian trusts and calls for full investigation into cipher dispatches and Tilden. The House adopts a resolution for inquiry and votes on related bills before adjourning.
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Aorrill
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Chaffer
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Ife
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Samuel J.tilden
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the Tribune
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Democratic Party
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Sweet Townsend
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Oregon
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Townsend
Conger
Moses
Aaron
Robbins
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Potter Presses Cipher Probe and $10,000 Funds
Potter moves to fund a congressional inquiry into cipher dispatches while defending his action against charges. The debate includes Stephens proposing gold alloy dollars, and Butler arguing Congress lacks jurisdiction over private correspondence and should not inflame public criticism.
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Butler
Congress
Tie
Governors elect Hoyt of Pennsylvania and Delaware inaugurated
Report notes Hoyt's inauguration after election in Pennsylvania and Delaware. A Paris origin rumor on the Pope stirred unease. Bismarck may drop the discipline bill. Miss Mary Marshall of Chicago began a pace test in quarter miles. Pennsylvania legislators caucused to back Neister Clymer for U S Senator. Missouri House ballot elected Gen. James Shields and Coll God for long terms.
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Reichstag
Mary Marshall
Chicago
Washington
U. 8
Jefferson City
James Shielda
God, G
Yost
Foreign Notes and Economic Shifts Highlight Europe and Britain
In Sr Petersberg Eastern Roumelia joint occupation talks stalled with no progress. In London the North Wales quarrymen union offers emigration premiums to workers to America seven pounds and to Australia fourteen pounds with extra two pounds for those going west of Chicago. protections in the United States cited as disheartening per Mr. Forster.
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Roumelia
England
Forster
Bradford
Drummers Pay License. Potent Local News in Alabama and Wisconsin
Drummers abroad must pay a license in Mobile. Corn brings 25 cents a bushel at Point Rock Valley. Legislature fixes county officers salaries. convicts work on contract. State debt and railroad valuations cited. Vicksburg epidemic funds, Bay St. Louis potato spoilage, orange crop decent. Wisconsin items include rail and timber activity, floods of notices, and local crime and politics notes.
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Jefferson County
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Puta
Henry Ketchum
New London
C.L. Coleman
LaCrosse
Moore & Russell LaCrosse
Fractional Currency and Oddities in a 19th Century Rant
A quirky collection of phrases and quips touching currency, education, amusements, weather, and odd observations. It mentions German places, jokes about bakers and billiard players, and an assortment of witty one liners. The tone resembles a miscellany column with playful wordplay and cultural references.
Let a Te Deum be sung for a triumph of arms
An anecdote about Emperor Charles VI recalls an Italian envoy reporting a defeat yet ordered to proclaim victory. In Vienna the envoy declares victory while privately noting cavalry cut to pieces and infantry bolting. The emperor afterward questions the disaster and calls for a Te Deum.
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Charles VI
Vienna
Sleepy Vermont juror misses early train in Montpelier
A Northfield grand juror in Montpelier slept through alarms and woke at 4 am. After dawn he left for the depot with a valise but returned to find the train gone. His wife had urged him awake multiple times, finally dozing until morning.
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Vermont
Montpelier
Capital
Lam
Joab and Parson Jones Debate Fighting and Faith
In a rugged dialogue Joab, an Alabama fighter, resists changing ways as Parson Jones urges repentance. Joab hints that violence in one-on-one combat may carry a strange, fatal religious meaning when death seems near.
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Parson Jones
Withal
Alabama
Joab
Parson
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