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Various 1883 items span rail, mines, and naturalizations
News briefs report cattle and hog shipments by the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, new mining activity near Cumberland Maryland, and a fire dwelling on Bear Butte. Celebrations mark the eighty ninth anniversary of English Australia’s colony, while Swedes in Houston Me naturalize. A Paris kleptomaniac case and Maine hotel wine list ban appear, with Raphael’s fourth centenary festival planned in Urbino. There are tax payments by Boston property owners and Nicholls administration in Louisiana. A Peoria family endures a diphtheria outbreak as multiple children die. Rumors recount Nero’s fabled Rome burning, and a Pike County youth tale circulates about a funeral procession.