Telegraphic Condensed Notes From Various Cities
Minister Schenck sails for England and Henri Rochefort arrives in San Francisco. W W Eaton named United States Senator from Connecticut. Carlists reportedly shot several women. Hofferknamp residence burned at Spritefield, loss 1200 dollars. Governor Beveridge to speak on Decoration Day at Mound City. Suspension of Rochester bank linked to local dry goods firm failure. Brooklyn mayors consider extra session to try indicted officials. Old Fort Crawford at Bloomington partially destroyed by fire. E H Webb of Joliet married at Plainfield. Wife of William Temple near Clinton Iowa missing. suspected suicide. William Fry sentenced to life for murder of his wife. House bills pile up. pensions dominate attention. Mississippi county supervisor Goff assassinated near Freshman bayou. Two veteran generals die in Washington and New York. Yankton jailers evaded as prisoners escaped. Norman stallion Valiat dies at Springfield stable. Chittenden Northup fence-builder E D Gorman seriously injured in Chicago. Detroit prizefighters arrested for riot. Chicago and Milwaukee grain tallies released. Robbery of Richard Smith in Missouri. Colored Church fire at Champaign Illinois. suspected arson amid internal quarrel. Washington politics ahead of adjournment. incumbents face re-election. Joliet man D Stanton dies suddenly in his sleep. DuPage Farmers' Association organized. Naperville elected officers. Wonnee county dam disaster in Wisconsin leaves four dead. Portman and Aubertine fire in Washington destroys factory. suspicions incendiary. Clinton Iowa and surrounding fires cause multiple losses. insurance details listed. Chief Justice McClare referenced in incomplete note.
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Schenck
England
Henri Rochefort
San Francisco
W. W. Eaton
United States
Connecticut
John Hofferknamp
Spritefield
Beveridge
Mound City
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank of
Rochester
N. Y
Ivis
Dixins
Kings County
Oyer and Terminer
Brooklyn
Old Fort Crawford
Bloomington
Illinois
E. H. Webb
Chittenden, Northup & Co
Joliet
Plainfield
Misa Mollie Chittenden
Geo. A. Chittenden
Olay Goff
Mississippi County
Arkansas
George L. Bartsuff
New York
Alexander B. Dyer
Washington Wednesay
Yankton
D. T
Valiat
Springfield
Ill
France
Hume
Brighton
E.D. Gorman
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Harvard
James Foley
George Carey
George Simmons
Detroit
Canada
House of Correction
Chicago
Milwaukee Dic Vutora
Richard Smith
Ralls County
Colored Baptist Church
Champaign
Ilinois
Congresa
Washington
David Stanton
John Ryan
Dupage
Elijah Root
Lisle
Luther Bartlett
Wayne
S. A. Ballou
B. A. Lewis
Lombard
J. J. Hunt
Naperville
Wheaton
Balkheld
Gardner's Dam
Wonnee County
Wis
Nathaniel Parks
Jerry Casey
Nicholas Notts
Charles Makake
Portman & Aubertine
St .Washington
Clinton
McCullough & Co
Barton's
Heniy
Nicholas
Des Moines
Allemants
Cleveland
Bangor
Maine
St -Paul
McClare
Transmigration of souls and a river party mystery
A fragmented local tale blends politics and society notes with a riverbank story of a family outing. A dreamlike transplantation of souls appears to link a young narrator Bess with a mysterious donor named Don Furioso, culminating in a humorous party arrival and a final reflection on a sensational Giant claim and a legal pursuit.
The English Agricultural Lock-out and Class Conflict
The London Times notes that the agricultural laborers lock-out pits class against class and calls for outside intervention. It laments lack of landed gentry peacemakers, urges mutual understanding, opposes a union setting a national minimum wage, and warns against farmer ruin or new rights codes erasing justice.
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The
London Times
England
American Cast Iron Leads In Strength But English and German Follow
An 19th century report notes American cast iron is strongest in the world, surpassing German by about 25 percent and English by around 16 percent. It highlights growing American exports of agricultural machinery to Europe and mentions a Boston discovery using bisulphate carbon fuel to power two engines with waste heat recycling, claimed to revolutionize power rooms where multiple engines are needed.
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Leanne
Boston
Business Revival at the Week in Chicago and Northwest
The New York Bulletin notes stronger business in Chicago and nearby regions with the first four months of this year surpassing 1873 figures. Grain and breadstuffs sales are up, prices higher, with wheat 10 percent per bushel, corn nearly double, and hog prices up a half cent per pound. Farmers have shipped more and secured better returns, signaling broad economic improvement.
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New York Bulletin
Chicago
Northwest
Four Man Accident Kills Dowell’s Little Boy
A Maine heart rending accident near Dowell’s residence sixteen miles north of town and three miles west of Decaturville. John Dowell, nearly blind, stood on a log chopping when his young son strayed into the descending axe. The blow struck the child’s head fatally, and he died shortly after.
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Lebanon
John Dowell
Decaturville
Dowell
The Desperation of Hanger
A Rome correspondent reports hungry unemployed laborers attacking bakers at dawn. They seize baskets, take bread, and flee as authorities begin sending large groups back to Campigna and surrounding villages to deter further robberies or work.
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Hanger
Rome
Campigna
Modtntsin
Modtntsin Yillsees
Cooperative Butter Making Could Cut Costs and Raise Quality
The American Quorer argues that three quarters of marketed butter could be produced with care and system, raising value by about 20 percent and lowering costs. It suggests farmers adopt cooperative butter making similar to cheese factories, with central factories or shared processing to ensure uniform quality and color.
General Sherman of the Dance and His Odd Genius
A lady writer portrays General Sherman as an odd yet beloved figure who adores dancing. He remains ungraceful but revels in the pastime, often causing comical chaos in grand chains and crowding flounces across rooms while his wife and daughters disapprove of round dancing. He once said he enjoys watching young people dance.
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Ella
Bessie Linton
John
Madge
Frank
Ned
Kate
Will
Constance
Fury
Cee
Bess
Rose
Miss Bess
General Sherman
Book Agent Arrested in Quad City for Obscene Handbills
John 8. Davis, a book agent, toured the city selling a Dr. Fowler book while distributing obscene handbills. Detective Gallagher located him at a boarding house, arrested him, and he was held in 200 bond at Central Station. He appeared in City Court and awaits next month.
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Quad
John 8. Davis
Dr. Fowler
Our City
Gallagher
Davis
Central Station
Louisville Ledger
Cardiff Giant fraud case sparks damages suit
The Cardiff Giant fraud resurfaces as its owner sues for damages after claims the relic was sold in New Orleans for 8 dollars. He asserts the Giant never left Fitchburg Massachusetts and is worth 50,000 dollars, countering prior Boston Herald statements.
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Cardiff
Boston Herald
New Orleans
Fitchburg
Mass
Iron Mountain visit recalls Missouri ore mine
A Whig correspondence from St. Louis May 18 describes a party touring Iron Mountain near St. Louis. They visit the mining district with 600 workers, 700 tons daily production, high grade ore, and local labor conditions, then proceed to Pilot Knob for a tunnel ascent and overlook.
Odds and Ends From a Century Ago in General Notes
A collage of curiosities and tidbits spans hotels at Niagara Falls and a yearly spree by Rev Adriondsck Murray. Notes name authors Christian Reid and Miss Fisher of Savannah, presses in Germany, amusing anecdotes about butter price, touring couples, and matrimonial trends. Other items include a fort on the Gila River, Goldwin Smith on church disestablishment, Camilla Urre’s concert, a Kansas court on show tickets, a Georgia belle lecturing on kisses, Ristori’s possible return, and North Carolina whisky laws. Listings cover a steel yacht, Bret Harte offered to Lexington papers, and a near sighted hen in Missouri. Mention of Mlle Neilson in New York at $500 per night, Beecher’s quip on two Ds after fame, a deathbed deception reward, convicts at Jeffersonville, and a nod to Disraeli ending.
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Niagara Falls
Adriondsck Murray
Christian Reid
Fisher
Savannah
Germany
Albany
Thomas Thumb
Cape Cod
Gila River
Arizona
Goldwin Smith
Church of England
Camilla Uree
Kansas
Georgia
Hosa
Washington
Ristori
North Carolina
Louis Napoleon
T. E. Brown
Memphis
Ciitor
Burlington (Vt
Cairo
Chicago
Senate
Buffalo
Lexington
Missouri
Bret Harte
Mies Neilson
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Jeffersonville
Osage City
Disraeli
Eliha Borrows Plans Evening Work on Languages
The writer reflects on fatigue as a lecturer for American audiences and maps a future trip to England to oversee Sanskrit studies and proofs. He notes sending Sanskrit grammar to London, finishing Sanskrit Hindustani and Persian series, and partial progress on Turkish, with plans for a large multi language volume and Semitic studies to follow.
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Eliha
England
London
Law of Murder Brings Life Imprisonment for Doyle
The New York Herald reports Doyle, a policeman once engaged to the victim, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received life imprisonment. His drunken state is cited as eliminating premiditation, reflecting changes in the capital punishment approach and prompting debate on the method's wholesomeness.
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Doyle
Brady
New York Herald
Curiosity Found in a Slatic Slate Rock
The Monroe Enquirer reports a slate rock nine by twelve inches, cut twenty-two inches deep near Tanner's contract nine miles away, showing tree outlines on its smooth face. Curiosity grows as several explanations fail, including sun photography, since the imprint runs through two inches of rock.
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Monroe
N.C
Enquirer
Messrs. H. M. Huston & Co
Tanner
Turbulent Negroes At Milliken's Bend Supplies Seized
A Milliken's Bend, Louisiana gentleman in St. Louis received a May 11 letter stating the City of Helena's relief supplies would be distributed by Joseph Witherom. A crowd led by Justice Jesse Cresslain demanded the goods, claiming federal delivery and forced a handover to the needy.
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Milliken’s Bend
City of Helena
Relief Committee of
St. Louis
Joseph Witherom
Jesse Cresslain
Beecher Advocates Temperance And Law Reform
The Rev Henry Ward Beecher writes that total abstinence is the rational remedy for intemperance and supports feasible measures to curb alcohol traffic while opposing bigotry violence and partisan temperance zeal He favors preventative laws where public sentiment supports enforcement but warns against overreaching stringent laws.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Editorial Feud Between Mount Ayr Editor Sparks Harsh Epithets
The Mount Ayr Journal editor accuses the Bedford Argus editor of being a squirming equirt a chicken-hearted youth and other insults. The Bedford Argus editor retorts calling the Mount Ayr editor the batecut of original sin and a foul bubble on the surface of shesspool.
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Mount Ayr
Lowa
Bedford Argus
Shesspool
What Heroes Are Made of
Policeman John Doyle of New York, sentenced to life in state prison for murdering the girl he claimed to love, was once praised as a self sacrificing hero for saving three children from a burning building. The piece questions whether heroes are shaped by circumstance or unselfish motive, challenging exalted virtues credited to them.
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Arkansas
New York Evening Post
Baxter
Brooks
John Doyle
New York
Brookyn Union
Gen Butler Suffered Severe Bowel Inflammation
General Butler was seriously ill with inflammation of the bowels and confined to bed for a full day. It marks the first time in his life that such a long bed rest occurred.
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Gen. Butler
Shaffer Confesses In Robbery Ring Led By West Brothers
Shaffer reveals accomplices Elijah and Sandy West of Quincy and Cole's Circus. The trio robbed Richard Smith for nearly 300 dollars then divided loot at Cruikshank's lumber yard. Shaffer says he was urged to commit more, joined by force with threats of rope and revolver.
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Shaffer
Elijah
Sandy West
Charley—West
West Boys
Quincy
Cole's Circus
Hannibal
Iowa
Savanna
West
Smiths
Richard Smith
Cruikshank
Union Hotel
la Harp
Per
Butner
London
Dead Horse Driven Nine Timles and a Street Urchin Tale
A deceased Bill Whaley once drove a Uniontown Morgantown coach in Fayette County. His horse caused comic peril, dying as he reached town. In New Orleans a ragged boy asks for bread, and a mercantile rival tries to bluff with a nickel contest, revealing sharp street humor.
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Bill Whaley
Fayette County
Eage
Uniontown
Morgantown
Byatander
Bill
Bmithlsnd
New Orleana
Quickna
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