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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1877
Page
1
An exploration of osmosis explains why freshwater fish die in salt water and vice versa. Experiments show fish endure brackish conditions before full adaptation, while eel tests reveal protective slime removal causes fatal osmosis. Bert notes adding salt to freshwater can prolong seawater survival for marine fish.
The article notes a great unknown African land near equatorial lakes with high plateaus and snow crowned mountains fed by major rivers. It highlights savage warfare and slave trade, and mentions the International African Association led by the Belgian king planning scientific stations to aid exploration and traveler protection. It also states May saw more snow in Idaho than March.
The United States land department reports that the 1857 act extending the 1855 swamp land indemnity grant was omitted from the latest statutes. The question is whether this omission repeals the law. Indemnity has been paid recently. Secretary Schwarz will decide, likely awaiting Congress action at its next session.
Missouri lawmakers approve amendments to chapter 153 allowing deeds of trust to foreclose like mortgages. Redemptions within one year after sale apply to centuigue trust and assigns with payment of debt interest and costs. Security for interest and damages is required to proceed, to be posted if Circuit Court isn’t in session.
A Maj John W Moore sighting describes a queer nest of unusual offspring. A pussy cat reportedly multiplied and replenished the earth by bearing five rabbit kittens, nursing them with maternal care until death.
John W. Sutton recounted a California mining tale featuring Big Ben a burly miner famed for bending crowbars Little Dick his comrade and Birdie a lover amid gold fever drama at a river camp. Big Ben bent a crowbar to save Birdie from a flood then collapsed from a ruptured blood vessel in a heroic act.
The Carson Valley News reports a Mor visit ee sect, an offshoot of Mor mons in Genoa, with a Prophet Daniel claiming the second coming in a child born in Walla Walla. The tale led KR J Livingston to sell property and move to Washington Territory to live near Christ, mirroring a regional exodus to Washington Territory as believers seek a new homeland near this figure.
In Detroit on Beaubien Street a pale six or seven year old boy mourns a death as a crape hangs on a door. A larger twelve year old taunts then offers to be mauled for candy or a knife to cheer the child, but the offer is refused and the exchange ends with the street crowd watching.
Keelys wonderful machine sparks debate as experiments continue in New York. The Keely motor aims to create vacuums beyond standard limits and to run at high pressures, promising a new era in science and practical utility after investors await returns.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a man claiming to raise funds for a city college with ten cents, then spending it on whiskey while defending his “business principles.” The column also notes a woman can be an agent but an agent can’t be a woman, Saratoga hotel baggage friction, and crosstown chatter about czars expelling reporters and time’s passage.
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