Various World and U S News Clippings
The empire of China faces smallpox while Australia sees rising Chinese immigration. European harvests look strong and New York saloonkeepers push to brew their own beer. Foster named US marshal for this state. Porter estimates national debt held by under 100000 people. Albany grand jury indicts lobbyists Barber Phelps Edwards for bribery. Hamlin named minister to Spring replacing Fairchild. Saloons in Pittsburgh face higher licenses and mass indictments. June debt falls by over 12 million. Kansas wheat harvest concludes with excellent quality. A sheep drive disaster in Oregon kills 930. Philadelphia pension bill drafted for all combatants. Denver Rio Grande seeks 10000 workers abroad. Magnus, the German minister to Copenhagen, is dismissed. A large stone statue base to be laid at Vanderbilt home. Conkling speech deemed a forgery. French astronomy notes a long tail comet visible for weeks. Emigration placards banned in Berlin. emigration bill expected. Minneapolis to build a monster flouring mill consuming 10 million bushels yearly.
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San Diego
Dublin
Dublin Land Teague
National Liberal Arty
Germany
France
Tripoli
Tunis
Russia
England
America
Reichstag
McAuliffe
Land League
Castle Island
County Kerry
Ireland
Turkey
Bou Amana
Oran
Algeria
Saida
Cornell
Spain
Young couple’s elopement ends in tragedy in Kentucky
A eighteen year old Aichie DeHart eloped with Bruce Cooper a Moorehead Kentucky lawyer. After a short distance Cooper regretted the marriage and killed himself by shooting. The bride remained at risk of future family opposition.
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Aichie DeHart
Bruce Cooper
Moorehead
Guardian’s Excess Fee Slashed From 500 to 85
A Philadelphia guardian billed 500 for administering a 460 estate and sought payment from the ward, a girl, out of her earnings. The court reduced the charge to 85, noting the guardian’s greed.
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Philadelphia
Indiana
Philanthropist Walks 6000 Mile for Benefit to Nation
An English philanthropist in New York City undertakes a grueling challenge to walk 6000 quarter miles in 6000 consecutive ten minute segments to confer lasting benefits on the country. The effort, praised alongside other noted humane figures, aims to inspire public support and honor.
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New York City
Griscom
Chicago
Remarkable benefactor tale and Jewish persecution notes
A Rutgers Presbyterian pastor receives a European trip funded by a wealthy widow who then gifts a mansion and bonds. The New York Public Library notes rising business across major cities and rail earnings surge year over year. In Russia Jews see slight relief as peasants compensate losses and church leaders are urged to denounce persecution.
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N. W. Conkkling
Rutgers Presbyterian Church
New York
Europe
Myre. Coukling
Rhode Island liquor law blocks licenses near schools
The measure bars licenses within 400 feet of public schools and requires a majority of landowners within 100 feet to veto a license. Liquor interests vow retaliation against legislators who pushed the bill through.
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Rhode Island
Exports of petroleum products rise in April 1881
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports US exports of petroleum and products for April 1881 totaled 2,752,716 dollars, up from 1,995,182 in April 1880. For ten months ending April 30, 1881, exports were 31,401,223 dollars versus 232,607,997 dollars in the prior year’s ten months.
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Bureau of Statistics
United States
Grain production in 1879 US totals by crop
Census tables show corn from 62,327,952 acres yielding 1,772,909,846 bushels wheat from 35,478,065 acres producing 287,745,626 bushels and oats from 36,150,611 acres yielding 407,000,000 plus bushels.
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Census Bureau
United States
Agricultural yields and political clash in 19th century notes
The report details 1879 cereal production with barley rye and buckwheat yields across acres, totaling 118,665,619 acres and nearly 3 billion bushels for a population of about 50 million. It notes Garfield's last letter to Hancock and labor half holiday efforts in New York. It also covers Treasury inquiries over 1878 silver dollars and Kansas resistance to prohibitory laws with clashes over licensing and militia threats.
Unanimous nomination after twelfth ballot for ex Auditor Sherman
On the twelfth ballot ex State Auditor Sherman received 510 votes, a majority, leading to a unanimous nomination amid enthusiasm. Brown to Garfield carries a long Irish land troubles report from U S Consuls in Ireland. Auditor French dismissed by Secretary Kirkwood for failing to report to Interior, not Central Pacific. Euler fined in Philadelphia for anti fire works act. Civil and medical notes follow including peritonitis danger, abscess concerns, and a Michigan Supreme Court decision on price manipulation. A London to Brighton murder aboard an express train, and railway compartment design noted.
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Brown
Garfield
United States
Lowell
Ireland
French
Kirkwood
Secretary of the Interior
Central Pacific Railroad
Euler
Philadelphia
George the First
England
C. A. Teale
Out
Supreme Court of Michigan
T J. Gould
London
Brighton
Balcombe Tunnel
Lefroy
Mapleton
International brief reports and regional disasters
A assorted European notes report a landslide above Lake Thurn in Bern canton Switzerland affecting meadow and houses. An avalanche overwhelmed 1,300 sheep in Grisons. Morelos Bridge disaster cause cited as defective construction. Bohemian German student riot injures and tensions rise between Bohemians and Germans. Canada faces 120,000 emigration loss to the United States. Sir John MacDonald campaigns to recruit Irish settlers. Ottoman court sentences several officials to death over Abdulaziz murder and assigns ten years penal servitude to others. Collections aid sufferers in Mexico City.
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Barcelona
United States
Lake Thurn
Canton
Berne
Switzerland
Canton of
Grisons
Oregon
Morelos
Mexico
Prague
Bohemia
Canadas
John MacDonald
inLondon
Constantinople
Abdul Asis
Turkey
Midbat
Mahmoud
Nouri
Intriguing Indiana News Briefs From The State Edition
A garbled Indiana wire of local incidents reports Jonesboro cornet club vs Union band of Indianapolis in a $1000 side contest, George W Steele wounded, theft case near Lafayette, a boy dies after schoolyard fall, a mother’s eye injury, hydrophobia in a child, ice chest frog mystery, a suicide after rejected love, strange pond creatures near Dayton, grasshoppers damaging Fulton and Wayne crops, a robbery near Lopaz with capture after a coordinated pursuit, a hunter’s severe leg injury, a Harrison county dance fight ending in stabbings, and a July 27 union holiness camp at Patton’s Grave La Porte.
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Cornet
Jonesboro
Union Band
Indianapolis
George W. Steele
Marion
Fulton County
Abbott
Wayne
Union Township
W. H. Bollman
Lopaz
St. Joseph County
Johnson Boxwell
van Buren Township
Grant County
New Amsterdam
Harrison County
Halleck Mathers
Clay Cunningham
Mathers
Cunningham
Charles France
Union
Patton
Laporte
Abduction Case Stirs Marion and Court Awards Damages
Western Holiness association plans include foreign preachers and tented grounds with reduced railroad fares. Marion reels from an abduction Saturday night involving Laura Dugan and suspects Pearce Copizk and Joan Freehand. In a separate Clark circuit court ruling, George Golden won $8,500 damages after losing both arms in an accident at Crheene’s cement mill, due to a fly wheel incident.
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Western Holiness Association
Marion
Laura Dugan
Pearce Copizk
Joan Freehand
Kokomo
George Golden
Chas. W. Gheenes
Clark
Golden
Crheene
Ten Year Old Rival of Dr Carver Featured in Santa Cruz
Lillian I Smith a 19 year old in the Santa Cruz area demonstrated remarkable rifle feats Saturday night. She fired at glass balls in the air with a small mirror sight, broke every ball from twelve, and achieved rapid bursts breaking fifteen balls in a minute. Her display drew strong applause and high expectations for a promising future.
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Dr. Carver
Santa Crug
Lillian I. Smith
Austins
Carver
Lillian
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