Wooden tramway links Manning Courthouse to outside world
The Clarendon Press reports a wooden railroad built by Land and Pritchett to move products from Manning to Lane's Turnout on the Northwestern Railroad. The 15 mile line uses wooden stringers and iron spikes, with wheels five inches wide. Trains run daily for five months at up to 15 mph, engine valued at 1800 dollars, capable of seven or eight loaded cars, cost about 1200 dollars per mile, moving 60,000 pounds twice daily.
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Clarendon
S. C
Manning
South Carolina Central Railroad
Messrs. Land and Pritchett
Northwestern
Pri. Ana
Ghostly sea song and a tale of a shy suitor
A poem about tides and graves opens a village tale of Mr. Green a well dressed man who lacks courage to court Widow Smith. His delayed confession leads to a marriage takeover as Green eventually wins the widow by switching her name with his own. The piece then shifts to a New York letter about Alden B Stockwell a rich man who lost fortune chasing Wall Street dreams and the Pacific Mail Company collapse leaving him with little ready money and pending legal fights.
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Mr. Green
Society of the Fairer Sex
Mr. Geen
Bridget
Widow Smith
Goulston
New York
Chicago Tribune
Alden B. Stockwell
Cleveland
Ohio
Elias Mowe
Europe
Wall Street
Pacific Mail Company
Daniel Drew
Moses Taylor
Jay Gould
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Pacific Mail
Tockwell
Pacific
Money and a Friend on Williams Street
In Augusta Chronicle column, Bill Arp recalls meeting George W Williams from Charleston on Williams Street. The tale contrasts wealth and vanity, recounts Williams generosity while wary of money’s burden, and ends with a rustic anecdote about a farm tramp and a sharp exchange over pay and virtue.
The Oldest One Yet Discovery of Fortune Snow's 124 Years
A remarkable African American man named Fortune Snow is claimed to be 124 years old. He says he was born during the Revolutionary era and was enslaved through much of life. He accompanied his master through the war, later moved to Alabama, and outlived several relatives. witnesses place him at 124 with tall, slender frame and long life history.
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United
Fortune
Scott
Milan
Gibson
Marlon
Capt. Snow
Alabama
Mr. Chapman
Christ
Tribune
Vendetta Homicide Near Percival Iowa Stuns Nebraska
A sequence of killings tied to the Wyoming Post Office affair ends with Woodson and Barlow exchanging deadly gunfire at Percival Station. Barlow is killed. Woodson later surrenders to Sid ney Iowa sheriff. Citizens deem the death justifiable under life or death circumstances.
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Omaha Bee
Percival
Iowa
the Bee
Wolfe
Wyoming
McWaters
Woodson
Laney
Barlow
Dr. Wolfe
Percival Station
Omaha
Kansas City, St. Joe and Council
Nebraska
Sidney
Kingfisher Diet Debate Cited by Scientific American Cor
Cor respondent recounts Darwin and Dr Abbot opinions on whether kingfishers kill small fish before swallowing. Observation notes a kingfisher beating a fish on a limb until head bleeding, then swallowing, suggesting both views may hold for different sizes. Also mentions Mme MacMahon’s state occasion aides.
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Darwin
Charles C. Abbot
Renton
N. J
Cor
Scientific American
Presidential and party notes from August events
A newspaper digest reviews nationwide political moves, nominations, and conventions. It notes Grant’s August trip to Maine and Missouri reception, Maine and Pennsylvania nominations, Iowa platform calls to tax corporations, and reform proposals including back-pay repeal. It also recaps violent incidents, trials, and accidents across several states with names, places, and outcomes.
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Grant
Long Branch
Maine
Maryland
Court of Appeals
James Titcomb
Ohio
Massachusetts
Worcester
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
R. W. Mackey
Isaac Gordon
Supreme Court
Augusta
Iowa Farmers’ Convention
Des Moines
J. G. Vail
van Buren County
Fred. O'Donnell
Dubuque
D. W. Prindle
Fort Dodge
George N. Sanders
New York City
Destructive fires and battles mark troubled times
Reports describe Christianople swamped by a fire, heavy casualties in a Kildare confrontation between two Irish regiments, Austrian ships ordered to Spanish waters, and Carlist gains at Vergara. The Canandaigua quarantines yellow fever sailors in Jamaica, while Paris-Turkey tensions and a Count de Chambord pledge surface. A London World dispatch notes a moral parenting quarrel over youth education.
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Christianople
Kalmar Sound
Euragh
Kildare
Vienna
America
London Standard
Lisseraga
Vergara
Guipuzco
Totosa
U. S
Canandaigua
Kingston
Jamaica
Aspinwall
Meta
France
Russia
Bayonne
Fontarabla
San Sebastian
London
New York World
Itis
Count de Chambord
Pope's Audience in the Vatican Described by English Visitors
An English narrator details a Vatican visit to view the Swiss Guards and the Papal audience. They pass through Iris Holiness's residence, note language barriers among guards, and describe Benedictio Dei Omnipotentis. The scene includes Cardinals, Monsignors, and a cordial exchange with Pope Pius IX, while reflecting on accessibility and social odds of such audiences.
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Vatican
Michael Angelo
Stiss Guard
Knightsbridge
Iris Holiness
Mrs Holiness
Raphael
Stonor
Naples
Englshmen
Mton
Uving
Chambers’ Journal
A Leipsic Tragedy Ends In Double Death
A Leipsic merchant aged sixty five named Schweinhoff killed his wife and was then slain by his son after discovering a liaison between them. The act occurred at a lakeside country house on July 5, with both bodies recovered an hour later. Leipsic was thrown into consternation.
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Schmidt
William Jackson
Alexandria
Vay
Ellen McKinney
Chicago
Chicago and Alton
Jemont
St. Louis
Lemont
St. J. Brass
J. W. Farwell & Co
Smith
Springfeld
Ilinois State Penitentiary
J. W. Fleury
Noah Diverbiss, Jr
Wim. Little
Springfiel
Homas Morton
Anderson’s Hotel
Germain
Lerr Schweinhoff
Leipsic
Schweinhoff
Schweinhof
Gentlemen of Vienna Standout in Looks and Form Details
Description contrasts Vienna's wealthy officers and elites with the less graceful lower classes. Officers are tall, muscular, and striking in tight uniforms, admired by observers in Vienna. In comparison, many commoners appear short and ungainly, though Hungarians are praised for brains and brawn fueling Austria and its cuisine.
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Vienna
Boston
Reichhof
New York
Baltimore
Hungary
Austria
Yellow Covered Literature and Sensational Fictions
A discussion citing Knute Stoddard and the influence of cheap sensational novels on youth. It argues fiction shapes character and urges providing high toned wholesome works to guide developing tastes until judgment matures. The piece questions the pernicious effects on impressionable minds and stresses careful literary selection.
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Brooklyn
New England
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