WEWS OF THE WEEK SUMMARY OF ENGLAND AND WORLD NEWS
The week reports drought and labor unrest in England with strikes spreading. Florence Tilton marries Pelton in London. A Garonne ferry capsizes with six dead. Disturbances in Canton prompt Chinese and European alarm. Lord Mountmorris of Galway is murdered. British officers under arrest near Candahar over Roberts defeat. French cereal crop strong, German crop weak. U.S. grain expected to find markets. Grasshoppers threaten Northwest Texas. fever and sickness rise in Texas. J O Wright, late New Orleans sheriff’s cashier, faces embezzlement charges.
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England
Florence Tilton
Theodore Tilton
London
Pelton
Louisiana
Garonne
France
Canton
China
Lord Mountmorris
Galway
Ireland
al -Candahar
Roberts
Ayoob Khan
United States
Lyons
Texas
Jacksboro
Jack County
Brazos
Colorado
Trinity
J. O. Wright
New Orleans
Boston and Maine freight depot burns in Boston
Domestic intelligence reports the Boston and Maine railroad freight depot in Boston destroyed by fire with losses around 130000 dollars. The item lists a series of 19th century incidents including a September 23 celebration of Major Andre’s capture, railroad collisions, fires, murders, and political events across several states.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston
Maj. Andre
Tarrytown
N. Y
Tilden
Orlando B. Pot
Chauncey M. Chew
Maine and national Greenback activity and Arkansas debt vote
Returns from Maine show Davis 73640 and Plaisted 73814 with a 174 plurality. The Maine Greenback convention at Portland and related fusion debates are noted. Arkansas debt repudiation amendment defeated by about seven thousand in a 140000 vote. Also mentions Arctic expedition, Sitting Bull showings, and a National Shipping convention to be held October 14 in Chicago with farm and transportation interests invited.
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Augusta
Davis
Plaisted
Alvan Strout
F. M. Plaisted
Solon Chase
Samuel Watts
John J. Turner
Benj. Bunker
Charles R. Whidden
Wm. A. Cromwell
John P. Danworth
J. J. Turner
C. R. Whidden
J. F. Hilton
Thomas G. Burden
G. W. Wooster
E. B. Fry
Massachusetts
Worcester
Horace B. Sargeant
George Dutton
Jonathan Arnold
Wilbur F. Whitney
Charles T. Warner
John M. Raymond
B. Rowley
Eugene J. Flaherty
Berta
Lesa
Sitting Bull
St. Johns
N. F
Howgate
Washington
Farwell Hall
Chicago
New York Board of Transportation
New York Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers’ Societies
United States
Farmers’ Alliances
James W. Wilson
Cook County
Ir.) Alliance
Dearborn Street
Spirits manufactured and consumed in 1880 report
A table from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shows 9,355,270 gallons of spirits made in the year ending June 30 1880, versus 71,892,621 the prior year, with 61,116,523 consumed against 64,892,714. Capt William Hughes of the Capitol police was sentenced to six months for an indecent assault in the President's room.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
William Hughes
Capitol
Various News Snippets From National Briefs
A Montreal bank robbery nets about 87 000 after a teller neglects to lock his box. City death rates for ten weeks show Chicago 26 and New York 34 per 1000. Brattleboro bank president Silas M. Waite arrested in Omaha for roughly 500 000 stolen. Over 50 000 emigrants arrive in August. Cuba peace prompts recall of 15 000 troops. Schwatka expedition returns with Franklin relics and Esquimaux accounts. Lost records and mystery of Franklin’s fate loom large.
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Montreal
National Board of Health
Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Silas M. Waite
First National Bank of
Schwatka
Sir John
Franklin
New Bedford
Esquimaux
New York Herald
King William's Land
Erebus
Learning to Write A freehand approach for young pupils
The article argues against a rigid mechanized method for teaching handwriting. It favors letting educated children learn by direct practice, praising results over method, and developing a legible, distinctive hand that evolves with age. It notes handwriting changes at ages 11 and 17 due to vision and note-taking habits. The focus is on effort, efficiency, and confidence rather than strict rules about form.
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Popular Science Monthly
Do Animals Reason
In Penn Monthly W W Kinsley argues animals possess reasoning. Examples include a fox entering a swine enclosure, stealing a pig after testing escape routes, an elephant undergoing staged eye surgeries, and bees reinforcing a hive to reroute a path. The piece cites tested cases of planning and cooperation.
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Penn
W. W. Kinsley
Bishop Wilson
Huber
Honest Fisherman Sparks Crowd’s Mockery in OC
An Oil City man went fishing on Saturday and returned with only a half-pound bass. When asked how many bites he had, the fisherman said none, prompting friends to hail him as honest. A small boy then exposed him for giving a bogus nickel for the fish, shattering the crowd’s faith in human nature.
Burns Poem Glass Panels Auctioned by London Firm
Patrick and Simepson, noted London literary auctioneers, offered for sale a Burns poem inscribed on panes of glass that once adorned a summer house, highlighting a rare literary artifact with historical provenance.
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Patrick & Simepson
London
Gale
Burns
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Promises Cure for Colds
Advertisement claims hapermess and propriety are linked with good health and urges readers with hoarseness coughs or colds to try Dr Bull's Cough Syrup, priced at 25 cents.
Beggar Folk Appears in Our Young Folks Poem
A poem features three beggar children Edith Gold-Locks and Ted visiting a home with orchards lawn and croquet. The beggars request a story not money and linger with a persuasive accent that makes it hard to stop reading.
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Edith
Gold-Locks
Ted
The Luck of Lily De Koven and Biddy O Dolan
A rich girl Lily De Koven discards a worn doll after getting a new one. A poor rag picker Biddy O Dolan finds the broken doll and loves it, while Lily recalls a Christmas hospital kindness that planted a seed of generosity. The tale links luck, care, and mercy across social lines.
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Lily de Koven
Lfe
Lily
Mary
Biddy O’dolan
Biddy
New York
Naval expenditures compared among major powers
An analysis from Pall Mall Gazette compares naval spending by England, France, the United States, Russia, Germany, Italy and Austria. It notes England spends about a third more than France and twice as much as others, yet purposes differ, with costs per thousand pounds of trade and per hundred tons of merchant shipping highlighted. It cautions that figures show outlay rather than efficiency, performance, or strategic value.
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England
France
United States
Russia
Germany
Italy
Austria
Pall Mall Gazette
Thurlow Weed’s Physician Dr Anderson in New York
Dr Anderson of New York, over 80, serves as Thurlow Weed’s physician. Weed himself is 83 years old.
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Dr. Anderson
New York
Thurlow Weed
Mr. Weed
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