Eclipses of 1880 Feature Six Celestial Events
The year 1880 Will host six eclipses four solar and two lunar. January 11 total solar eclipse visible weakly in the eastern U S with limited northern coverage. June 22 lunar eclipse invisible in the east but seen near the Pacific coast. July annular solar eclipse visible in South America and southern Africa. December 4 partial solar eclipse visible in the southern hemisphere. December 16 total lunar eclipse invisible in the east with partials on the Pacific. December 31 partial solar eclipse visible in the eastern U S and Ottridge from 6:15 to 7:44 am.
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Eminent reformer Rev I O Wines dies in New York
Weekly News Review reports the death of Rev. I O Wines of New York a noted prison reformer. Other items include the Gloucester fishing schooner Andrew Leighton believed lost in a gale and a coal mine accident at Pottsville Pennsylvania killing two men and a boy.
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Joseph F Frye
Boston
Gen. Grant
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George W. Childs
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Ex-President Grant Arrives in Louisville Welcomed by City
Ex president Ulysses S Grant arrived in Louisville Kentucky on the 10th to a festive welcome with bunting and night illumination. Governor and mayor addressed him and he spoke briefly. He attended a reception at the Louisville Hotel and a grand ball at the Gault House. Also notes on congressional inspections, legal matters, and international news follow.
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Gault House
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Texas
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Army
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Nicholasville
Kentucky
Grain Yield Records Mark Historic National Output
The report notes a national yield of 20.1 bushels per acre, second only to 20.4 in 1875, reducing the aggregate decline by about 55 million bushels from November figures but keeping the crop larger than any prior year by over 130 million. Western states and territories exceeded 100 million bushels more than 1873.
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Democrats Seize Majorities as Governor and Council Certify Elections
Dispatches dated the 15th report the Governor and Council certify enough Democrat wins to secure majorities in both legislative chambers. They remove Republicans from Cumberland York Lincoln and Washington seats plus two from Androscoggin, creating fourteen vacant districts. Republicans lament the outcome as protests rise. Indiana Republicans debate a next year gubernatorial candidate among Shackelford Hunter Coburn and Williams. Kellogg may be unseated in Louisiana with Spofford to replace him, and Mahone wins Virginia Senate seat.
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John Coburn
William Williams
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Kellogg
Louisiana
Spofford
Mahone
Readjuster
Gen. Withers
United States Senate
Virginia
Senate Adopts War Claims Inquiry and Recess Resolution
The Senate passed Davia reso seeking information on war claims and approved a recess from Dec 19 to Jan 6. It also backed Treasury data on the impact of repealing the 1872 tea and coffee duty. Executive session confirmed Alexander Ramsey for Secretary of War. Multiple nominations and bills were introduced or postponed, including a request for a table of war claims and confirmations of several federal officials. In the House, a constitutional amendment against polygamy was proposed and a DC government bill was introduced.
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Iowa
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Charles PP. James
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Albert Johnson
Gneral
District of Columbia
Mr. Wait
Committee On Commerce
Telegraphic Errors and Misreadings in Print
A procession of typographical blunders from telegraph and press work shows critics mislabeling Rubinstein as not a cornet player and a local figure as The great 9 a.m. instead of The great I am. Obituaries shift The Death of an Aged Woman to a doubtful heading. The Truth-Seeker becomes Turtle-Seeker and Miss Dickinson turns into The disbursion, while a Carnarvon quote about sermons misrenders Journeyman Taylor as a barrow with a capital.
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England's Old Nobility detailed by the London Echo
The London Echo concludes its series Our Old Nobility, summarizing 121 noble houses owning about 5.5 million acres with a 5.75 million pound rent roll. It argues most land was acquired by purchase or legacy, not wealth from commerce, and notes enclosure acts reduced common land by millions of acres.
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England
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Fanés
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William Rufus
Lowthers
Bentincks
Growth of European Cities Statistics From Prussian Etat Major
The Registrande of the Prussian Etat Major compiles city growth figures showing London rising from 958,802 in 1801 to about 4,000,000 currently and Paris from 714,000 in 1817 to 1,998,000 in 1876. The report notes Hanover as the fastest proportional rise 1867 to 1875, with 44 percent, and lists gains across many cities, excluding Russia Spain Portugal and Turkey for lack of reliable data.
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Palermo
Yellow Fever Report From Cuba Raises Alarm on Spread
The President's committee to Cuba reports yellow fever is common in Cuban towns of size or commerce and warns that local officials and residents misled the medical profession. It notes assurances given before departure that the disease never occurred in certain locales were echoed in Cuba.
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National Board of Health
United States
Probable Cradle of Our Race in Central Asia
Excerpt from The Contemporary Review discusses a historical theory locating the cradle of Aryan peoples in the Bactria region west of the Beloot Tugh range and north of Kabul. It links the area to the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers, the Aral Sea, and a shrinking Caspian desert, suggesting desertification spurred migrations westward into Europe.
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the Contemporary Review
Bell Company Buys Western Union Telephone Patents
A new accord transfers all Western Union telephone patents to Bell and includes Bell Gray Edison and Blake transmitters. Western Union to be paid cost price plus one fifth of all business returns. Bell stock rises to 8 million dollars as 100000 telephones exist in the U S and four thousand in London. Bell claims submarine cable limits overcome enabling transatlantic talk soon.
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No More Sour Milk From Switzerland
Herr Maurice Phillip of Zurich reveals a method to preserve milk indefinitely. Four months of tests by the Zurich Agricultural Association show no change in quality. A commission found nothing improper in the sample. Phillip plans to supply London and Paris, then cross the Atlantic with enamel-lined barrels for American use.
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Atlantic
Water in the Cars in India
The Nineteenth Century describes on train travel where Brahmins serve water to passengers. Brahmins hold brass vessels and pour into others’ hands without touching the vessel to avoid defilement. A Brahmin and lower caste sudras share water in a ritualized exchange aboard the train.
Lopena Song Heroine Now Married Abroad
The poem’s heroine Lopena, once popular twenty years ago, is described as the wife of a former judge living in Europe. The writer Mr. Webster is identified as a minister in Neenah.
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