Grant to meet De France in Philadelphia on canal mission
Washington dispatch reports General Grant will meet Thomas De France in Philadelphia on December 16 to discuss the Nicaragua Canal project. Debates arise over salary terms and whether Grant will organize a company. other items note naval funds, trade surpluses, Treasury accounts, and Indian agency tensions.
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Washington
General Grant
Ammen
Thomas de France
Nicaragua Canal
Philadelphia
de France
Train Collision Injures Five Near Palmer Massachusetts
A collision on the New London Northern Railroad near Palmer on the 24th involved a passenger train and a freight train at full speed, leaving five people seriously injured. Other items note a Boston death, a long local vote on women registering, Providence mayoral result, Norwich fire death, and various legal and industrial news.
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New London Northern
Palmer
Mass
United States
Wadleigh
New Hampshire
Boston
Providence
R. I
Thomas A. Doyle
Willie
Canonchet
Linck
Sprague
Fall River
Board of Trade
Gloucester
New York
London
New York Central Railroad
William H. Vanderbilt
Hoskins
Potter
Dem
Carr
Asa Magoon
Rufus Streeter
Barre
Windsor
Marcellus
Syracuse
N. Y
New York & New England
Michael McGrath
John Noon
Nebraska canvass shows Cobb leads for Judge by 25 256
The official canvass records Cobb Rep for Judge with 25 256 majority and Wakely Dem with 41 388 majority, Saxon Gr. votes similar. Two Eichenaud brothers near Virginia Kane County Illinois were murdered by John N and Robert Taylor. An Uncompahgre Indian named Charley testified on the 22nd about Jack’s attack on Thornburg. In Indiana Henderson and Dunn quarreled while hog butchering near Edinburg. Henderson fatally slashed Dunn’s jugular.
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Henderson
Covington
John Freer
Phelps
W. P. McLaughlin
Perry
Point Caufee Parish
William Knobs
Faber
Ouray
Douglas
Jack
St. Louis
Randalia
Fayette County
Iowa
Willie Jones
George Wimsey
Jones
Wimsey
Lake Charles
Orange County
Tex
A. Morris
Newcomerstown
Ohio
Lafe Walker
Wayne C. H
Wayne County
W. V
Patrick Nolan
el Paso
Texas
Louisville
Nebraska
Cobb
Judge
Wakely
Saxon
Eichenaud
Virginia
Kane County
John N
Robert Taylor
Charley
Thornburg
Dunn
Edinburg
Ind
Russia Offers Trade Relief to Aid German Merchants
A Berlin correspondent reports Russia has offered long refused commercial facilities to ease Russian local exactions on German traders as a move to conciliate Germany. Telegrams from Valparaiso confirm Chilean victory near Iquique with allied forces crushed. Further items note 60 000 Turkish police, Dublin arrests bail, and various European and colonial developments.
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Berlin
Germany
Russia
Valparaiso
Iquique
Dnly
Dublin
Killen
Davitt
Calcutta
India
Allyghur
Boolandshur
Meerut
Cabul
Candahar
Gabriel Ranvier
Gladstone
Dalkeith
Scotland
Ireland
Powell
England
French Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Gambetta
France
Earl of Durham
London
Constantinople
M. de Lesseps
Panama
Laredo
Mexico
San Antonio
Texas
Durango
Chihuahua
Baker
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Hayes
Congress
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Vienna
Internal Revenue report projects $115 million receipts
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue forecasts fiscal year receipts at 115 million dollars. For the year ended June 30, 1879, 113,449,621 dollars were collected. Spirits and tobacco production rose, with 27 officers killed and 48 wounded while enforcing the laws. The report cites doubts about state courts punishing attacks on officers.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Indian policy proposals from Secretary of the Interior
The Interior Secretary outlines a policy to move Indians toward agriculture and individual land ownership, educate youth, and sell unneeded reserva tion lands to fund tribal benefits. He argues these steps can reduce conflict, raise tribes to civilized standards, and treat Indians as ordinary citizens, while warning that abrupt dissolution of reservations could trigger massive wars.
Population growth in the German Empire since 1815
Statistics for the German Government show the empire's population rising from 24.8 million in 1815 to 42.7 million in 1875. Prussia accounts for 25.7 million and Bavaria 5.0 million in 1875, with other states following the same trend despite emigration and war.
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Empire
Prussia
Bavaria
Jupiter Great Red Spot Left Its Mark on The Planet
The Detroit Post reports a massive red storm on Jupiter drawing scientific intrigue. Scientists suggest the striking hue may stem from atmospheric chemistry. The feature persists as astronomers monitor its size and influence on surrounding weather patterns.
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THE
Detroit Post
Jupiter
Quip and irony fill late 19th century papers
A collage of witty lines and anecdotes from various papers recounts jokes about weather, fashion, and social behavior. It mentions travels, jokes about bells at stations, a Saxon grocer, and a professor’s sermon, with cultural reflections on manners and mischief.
Living electric eel specimen arrives at Paris lab
M Marcy reports a living gymnatus or electric eel from Peru lodged at the College de France laboratory. This South American fish can discharge electricity to stun prey, with a two metre specimen capable of shocking oxen and horses at riverbanks.
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M. Marcy
Academy of Sciences
Peru
College de France
South America
Northmen and Columbus in the dawn of discovery
Professor John Fiske's lecture recalls Norse voyages to Vinland and the Columbus voyage. It notes Leif Erikson's 1000 landfall, Snorri's line, and early impressions of Vinland, with Musings on medieval maps, European conditions, and the naming of America after Amerigo Vespucci.
Navy Condition Improves as Vessels Ready for Sea
The Navy Secretary reports improvement in the department. There are thirty-five vessels in commission with sixteen ready for sea service soon and twenty able in an emergency. If added to four monitors and eight powerful tugs, the total fighting force would reach ninety three vessels. Unexpended appropriations total 1,418,245.37, bringing available funds to 14,502,250.67 for 1880. Estimates for 1881 total 14,864,147, an excess of 361,899 over last year due to pay reductions and new training expenses. For the first time in history, current year spending is less than the appropriation.
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Bureau of Steam Engineering
Government Auditor of Railroad Accounts
Union and
Kansas Pacific
Schurz
Hatch
Ute Commission
Los Pinos
Uintah
White River
Ouray
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Pacific Railroad
Washmaron
Secretary of the Interior
New Mexico
Department
Congress
Indian Territory
Washington
R. W. Thompson
Navy
Navy Department
Senate
House OF Representatives
Forty-sixth
Europe
UNITED _ STATES
British India
Ingress
Civil Service Commission
Comerems Wa
Commission
Josh Brimes on love and reciprocity in relationships
Josh Brimes notes that it can be a good deal or a chore when others love us more than we love them. He discusses balancing affection and self-respect while valuing mutual care.
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Josh Brimes
President urges currency reform and civil service overhaul
The President lauds resumption of specie payments, notes macroeconomics, and a plan to reduce debt via four percent bonds. He urges Congress to suspend silver dollar coinage, preserve a gold standard, and push civil service reform with merit-based exams and less partisanship. He calls Utah statehood tied to enforcement of anti polygamy laws and stresses protecting voting rights nationwide.
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Cambridge News
A. Cooper
M. Seyferson
Drs. Cooper & Jefferson
Cambridge
West Market Street
Shaffner & Beymer’s
Thompson S. Crow
Efarmers’ Erotel
Mill Street
Wm. Rainey & Son
Morton
Starr Hotel
Joseph MorTon
West Side Public Square
Cambridge, Ohio
Warner
Caldwell
Homas Lloyd
Corner Market and
Fifth Streets
Zanesville
W. H. McOwen
ST. Lawrence Hotel
C.C. Gibson
St. Lawrence
William A. Carr
Rainey
Mil
J. Woodford
Poyt Street
Nort of Main
Guernsey County
S. A. Johnson
Guernsey
East Side
S. D. Taylor
T. H. Anderson
Taylor & Anderson, Attorneys -At-Law
Taylor Block
Francis Boyd
Attornecy-at-Law
Public Square
Shaffner’s
D. K. Kyle
Mackey’s Art Gallery
A. F. Hubert
Tobacco Factory
Main St
Cambridge, O
Geo. P. Grier
Geo, P. Grier
Sarah Jane Moss
Cambinge
Main Street
Lambert Thomas
E. Harper
Jeffir
Lambert, Thomas & Co
Produce and Wool Commission
North Water Street
Delaware Wharf
Kirk House
Grant House
M. Kien
Zanesville, Ohio
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Col. Broadway
South Streets
Quaker City
McCollum & McKinney
South End Mill Street
Ww. S. Daugherty
Guernsey National Bank
Illinois
Internal Revenue Bureau
Foreign Intelligence
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Boston Post
St. Gothard
Picayune
Star
New York News
Middletown Transcript
State Journal
Baltimore
WV. O. Picayune
Norristown Herald
Chicago
Rhode Island
Dr. Storrs
Quincy
Carver
Philadelphia Bulletin
Danbury
Danbury News
Baltimore Gazette
Gazette
Odo Russell
Prince Bismarck
Otto
Great Britain
Nile
Senegal
Eric
Columbus
Ericsson
New England
Canaries
Florida
Greenland
Eric the Red-Haired
Iceland
Eriesfiord
Leif Eric
Labrador
Nova Scotia
Cape Cod
Mount Hope Bay
Vinland
Lief Eric
Carl Leyna
New Land
Snorro
Massachusetts
Magnusson
Thorvalsden
American
Africa
Amerigo Vespucci
America
Asia
John Fiske
Territory OF
Utah
Territory
Supreme Court of the United States
Uni
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