Notable Quips and Oddities from a Snowbound Train
A San Francisco steamer dumped 18 000 boxes of matches to light up a little. A Montreal girl sold her bonnet to buy skates while a Connecticut landlady splintered a pudding mixer over a slanderous boarder. Virginia morphia spend and moneyless men critique add to the miscellany as Baltimore oysters delight snowbound Kansas Pacific passengers after a long wait for a square meal.
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San Francisco
Jolly Times
Florida
Montreal
Connecticut
Virginia
Morphia
Henry Stanton
Dobb
Baltimore
Kansas Pacific
Denver
Shaker Vision and Offer on Broadway from Niskayune
A narrator imagines joining a Shaker community after a chance encounter in Niskayune. A Shaker woman entices him with vows of virtue and a future in a strict communal life. He resists, torn between spiritual promises and returning to Broadway with a tearful, hopeful reconsideration.
The Two Dick Darns The Twin Brothers of a Racehorse Loss
The narrator and his brother Jim differ in character though they look alike. The tale follows Dick’s cautious life as a shopkeeper facing a hostile butcher Grote and echoing misfortune after a failed horse race bet, ending with Jim revealing a ruinous defeat in the St Leger race.
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Brother
Jim
Mr. Grote
Grote
Twin swindlers and a butcher clash in a daring escape
A keeper of a butter shop and his disguise partner plan a police safe exit after a £1000 bet on Vanderdecken goes wrong. They swap identities to flee to Acton, hide with Bob Kirby, and plot a return while the butcher’s threats fade. The tale ends with the narrator prospering, his twin brother's ruse revealed, and both men moving on.
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Vanderdecken
Jim
Acton
France
Bob Kirby
Bob
Grote
Gruie
Marysville Flood Claims Lives and Narrow Escapes
The Marysville flood report details a dying wife carried to safety as water filled her home, Angus the mill book-keeper nearly drowned then saved by a boat crew and rescued by H Schroeder, Johnny McDonald saving a calf, and William Eberlein’s family evacuated with their horse aided by a cousin and boat transport.
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Marysville
Cal
Jacob Gunther
I Street
McMullen
Angus
Fourth Street
Third
Maiden Lane
California
Odd Fellows
Eighth Streets
William Eberlein
Seventh
Dinner in China Town San Francisco Described by Correspondent
A Pittsburgh Chronicle correspondent recalls a San Francisco China town dinner with varied china wares and exotic foods. The article notes dishes like Stewed Bird nests and duck web-foots, colorful edible animal shapes, rose wine, and a long sequence of courses, ending with Chinese fruit and pastries as spectators admire pictures and instruments nearby. It mentions Beecher trial coverage costs and a remark on expensive living.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle
Chinatown
San Francisco
Orient
International and Domestic News Briefs Across Europe and Americas
A Madrid dispatch notes Carlist losses in the Carascal valley with Zaranz occupied by a Spanish battalion. Empress of China reportedly died by suicide in London. The Venus transit observations noted by American and German scientists in New Zealand and Auckland Islands. Graft and diplomacy updates include Virginius indemnity talks in Madrid and Bremen. Jibara fort falls to Cuban insurgents. Prince Bismarck authorized to sign extradition treaty with US. Darfour annexation confirmed. The Grange meeting in Charleston reports active governance and attendance. In Wisconsin politics Angus Cameron elected Senator in a Democratic-Republican coalition. Michigan GOP nominates candidates. two Supreme Court justices and two Regents. King Kanakawa travels to Honolulu. Senators Buckingham and Hersey die. Episcopal bishop-elect James Dr Koven announced. Racine college fire losses.
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Jibara
Tit National Grange
Patrons of Husbandry
Charleston
8. C
Adams
Iowa
Angus Cameron
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Cameron
Carpenter
Hazleton
Clark
Michigan
Jackson
Supreme Court
State University
King Kanakawa
San Francisco
Honolulu
Buckingham
Connecticut
Thomas Paine memorial building dedicated in Boston
A Boston remembrance notes the Thomas Paine memorial building dedication on the 29th. The report also covers weather in Fort Sully Nebraska, deaths and political maneuvers in Washington, and a long mix of debt figures, legal notices, and local incidents across several states.
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Boston
Fort Sully
C. T
Washington
Sist Ul
Louisiana
Kellogg
Wash-day Irritability Warns Against Foolish Questions
A terse warning notes the hazard of annoying an irritable woman with questions on wash-day, highlighting the tension and potential fallout from intrusive inquiries.
Senate Action Highlights January Public Bills
The Senate passed a nepotism prohibition for public boards in Cleveland and Columbus. A joint resolution urged Congress to compel Indiana to maintain the Wa bash and Erie Canal. Bills were introduced for a $10,000 fish propagation fund and to amend Military law. A railroad freight and passenger charges bill was debated past adjournment with plans to resume debates next day.
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Senate
Indiana
Commissioner of Pensions
Mexico
National Bank Act
Louisiana
Meiers
West
Morrill
Committee On Elections and Privileges
Newmarket
Scio
Mutual Benefit
United States
Congress
Morris Railroad
Nelsonville
Wabash & Erie Canal
Judiciary Committee
L. Firestone
Newburg
House
Common Pleas
Reform School
Hovsy
Uncle Sam
Ohio
Toledo
Haag
Walter C. Hood
Committee On Finance
Boards of Education
Committee On Temperance
Reese
Lewis
Adair
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Cleveland
Columbus
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Jefferson & Cooper
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Cambridge
A. J. Amstot
Bank
Main Street
Washington, Ohio
Cc. T. Sweet
Cumberland, Ohio
C. F. Hunter, M. D
Antrim
Robert McKahan
Sucar Tree P. O
Guernsey Co
Wim. M. Sions
Guernsey
Cambridge, Ohio
Kirk House
Grant House
M. Kirn
Lambert Thomas
Zanesville, Ohio
E. Harper Jeffri
Lambert Thomas & Co
Produce and Wool Commission
Merch
North Water Street
Jaware Wharf
Philadelphia
D. T. Coleman
Ioness
Art Callery
Quaker City
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Carpenter and Joiner
Minckey’s
India
Miorton
Starr Hotel
Josrerh Morton
J. G. Ferbrache
Times Building
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Novilly
Point Pleasant, Ohio
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Jesse
Peaceful
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New York
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China
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Carascal
Zaranz
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Russia
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Gustav
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Liberal Party
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Darfour
Representative Hersey
Maine
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James Dr Koven
Racine
Wis
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Taylor Haun
Episcopal College
THE
NEW World
Mr. Trask
Fitchburg, Mass
de Paatt
Brice
Pacific
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Minnesota
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Southern Express Company
W. B. Parker & Co
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Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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Ohio State News
Athens County
Athens
George Clement
Clark County
John Wildman
Champaign County
John McMullen
Urbana
Clermont County
Milford
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Kirk Warner
Bucyrus
Albert Yaker
Warner
Yaker
Jacob Erret
Galion
John Erret
Cuyahoga County
Bernard Boucher
Andrew Houck, Jr
Houck Bros
Franklin County
General Assembly
State Penitentiary
Thomas Miles
Nancy Scott
Bright
Frank Lock
Columbus City Mills
Hamilton County
Fred Lindner
Cincinnati
Edward Kaestner
Jacob Wetterer
Committee of Safety
Thomas FE. Thomas
Lane Seminary
Hardin County
Ada
Gilbert
Smallstreed
J.B. Reynolds
Knox County
A. Wolff
Mount Vernon
Licking County
Newark
Earl Stanley
James Kendle
Court House Square
James Moore
Clay Vance
Michael Stowe
Lorain County
James Hines
Wellington
Lucas County
John Keckle
Oregon House
Montgomery County
Liebenstein
Dayton
Preble County
M. Fr. Stephens
Eaton
Ross County
T. C. Wilhelm
Chillicothe
Seneca County
Ohio Stove Company
Tiffin
Shelby County
Tresse] & Son
Sidney
Wood County
Roachton
Ohio Legislature
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