16 Aug 1877
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Newspaper
Rushville Weekly Republican
Location
Rushville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1877
Page
1
A periodical poem about courage and compromise contrasts with editorials blaming social unrest for riots. The text calls for Christian unity, labor capital harmony, and nonviolent reform, urging trustees and clergy to lead moral action and suppress disorder without force. It also recounts public notices on governance and education.
A Constantinople correspondent reports Count della Salla a Turkish commissioner to the Philadelphia Exhibition living in Constantinople enjoys American life. While riding from Pera to Buyukadere he and a friend were halted by Circassians and Zeibecks who tried to rob them. They defended themselves. the Count’s Austrian Embassy attaché friend suffered a severe scar from a sabre wound in his back.
A judicial commentary argues that school meetings cannot appoint or set wages for teachers while Section 10 assigns trustees to hire teachers. The piece asserts no provision supports departures from these regulations and emphasizes the township trustee as an official with defined powers.
The Consul of the United States in Loreto reports a Tamai-caspi rain tree near Yurimagua, Muyo bamba that absorbs humidity and pours it from its leaves forming a bog nearby. The tree grows about fifty feet tall and three feet wide and is said to be most effective in summer when rivers are low. The writer suggests planting it in arid Peruvian regions for relief of water scarcity.
A South woman is wooed by a California physician who loses his fortune before their wedding. He releases her from engagement, and she sends him a gold ring engraved with a Bible inscription. He later returns to wed her, proving the tale’s core.
The dry goods trade signals closing sales as fall fashions approach. Street wear favors dark green Marjolaine or near black, Bonnet styles grow small and rich, with revived trims and rich feathers. New colors include deep greens and lilac pearl blends, satin with tulle for balls, and silk embroidery for full dress toilets.
London Truth recalls Thackeray’s fondness for plain dishes and a 4:30 coffee-room supper at the Athenaeum. He skipped a 7:30 dinner to avoid tripe and onions, claiming to meet an old friend, a moment paralleled by a Galveston anecdote about venison.
This year brings a large slate of candidates described as the strongest field yet. Police officials note the notable breadth of potential entrants and expect competitive races ahead.
The York station in England, the largest in the world, will feature trains running straight through without shunting. Located on a slope by the Ouse, it has a south entrance through a 150 by 55 ft portico, a 1,500 ft platform, 800 ft covered length, 234 ft breadth, and about 50 ft height with a vast roof of four semicircular spans.
Cincinnati Gazette reports Col. Thomas Scott denouncing a firemen and brakemen strike as mad and unjust. He argues a conference with company officers would have yielded a satisfactory understanding or arrangement, and condemns the strike as a crime against the public and the workers.
Scientific American describes knife making with two workers shaping a heated steel bar into blades and tangs, forming handles with rivets or cement. It notes French rolling methods, tempering colors, and differences for table pocket and razor blades, including a new English stamping method for razor backs.
A mosaic of social witticisms and brief items notes on theater plans in San Francisco, town gossip from Milwaukee and New York, and scattered quips about politicians, editors, and public figures. Observations span etiquette, a Rhode Island press cut, and stray tales of courts, trains, and urban life.
A gardener employed since 1866 earned at most $2 daily, usually $1.25 to $1.65, with no income for his wife. He supported his family, saved $1,800 for property, and never drank or smoked as a Protestant Irishman. In contrast a coach man earned $2 to $2.50 daily, drank, smoked, owed others, and left town after borrowing to escape debts.
Cincinnati Gazette argues laborers should move to farming, stating population pressure on subsistence makes farm work the perpetual growth sector. It urges farmers' sons to stay with farming and avoid cities, claiming cities enlarge the surplus workforce while food production cannot keep pace.
Washington report says Jones will back a majority and minority report on silver, with a ten day readiness. He argues gold supply is shrinking and favors paper currency with a fixed per capita volume via constitutional amendment. New York bankers think gold premium could drop if Treasury deliveries rise.
Bogus Charley of the Modoc tribe living in the reservation in the Indian Territory has embraced Christianity.
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