Various 19th Century News Bits From Baltimore and Beyond
A collection of short notices includes leprosy in Baltimore, a large Florida orange crop, the Atlias Thanksgiving Day designation, political prisoners released in Spain, deserters from the U S Army, a Baltimore toy pistol ban, patents issued to women in 1850, Judge Cox’s impeachment, rent adjustments in Ireland, a Newark bank theft question, possible settlement of the Sprague divorce, telegraph-adjourned Iowa court, Foster’s resignation as minister to Russia, a suffragist score, Secretary Folger with the movement, Baptist membership gains in the South, Mormon converts among southern whites, Vanderbilt and Gould uniting to control the Erie railroad, cadets jailed for hazing, death of Archbishop McHale, fire insurance firms’ losses, Massachusetts ruling on women lawyers, Blaine’s long service, debt payment hopes, the Mormons’ vigil, a murder verdict in England, Dudley’s fraud warnings, snuff expenditure in the South, floods in Honduras, Blaine’s presidential fever cure, Mississippi flood damages, St Stephen church mosaic, price rises, editor worries, Ninth Massachusetts Regiment conduct, Garfield monument fund progress, Illinois barley shift, and railroad car works popularity.
International and Domestic News Summary
Reports from Indianapolis to Ireland note rent payment plans by Irish farm tenants, suffrage gains in Washington Territory, billiards deemed gambling in a state court, and Garfield Memorial Hospital funding. Land League shifts stance, ties to Antrim, and Sherman as defense witness in star route cases. Economic data show silver certificates dominate currency, and federal finances improve while costs rise. Cholera and malaria fears spread globally, with a Chilean arrest and a big New York legacy dispute shaping legal corridors. Pension and debt figures mirror fiscal shifts, and Pryor calls Confederate bond speculation gambling.
Confederate bonds may never regain value as curiosities
Investors warn that bands and Confederate bonds hold no real future value. They expect bands to be sold as curiosities only, with the South unlikely to repay any debt tied to the era.
Grim town rally to burn graveyard insurance plots in Douglassville
Citizens of Douglassville Pennsylvania vow a solemn procession led by a dirge band to the public square to burn their graveyard insurance policies in a purified town show of conscience. Agricultural estimates revise corn and wheat yields for 1880 and 1881, with large total crops and per acre averages. Mrs Grant denies Grant’s receipt of valuable gifts abroad and claims most items were bought. she notes his practice of discouraging valuable presents. Mechanics' National Bank Newark assets and liabilities show a large deficit to be covered by stockholders. Postoffice reforms propose lower postage, postal telegraph, savings banks, fast mails, and a postal currency. Naval reorganization favors 41 ships and a steel keel with wood sheath. costs at 231 million, eight-year plan. Lynch added as War Department messenger, a remarkable life story linked to Keogh. Supreme Court holds bank liable for agent deposits mixed with personal funds and upholds policy premium penalties. Body of A T Stewart reportedly recovered via an impersonator lawyer for 12,000.
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Thu Supreme Court of the Unitedstates
Noted Bank Robbers Allegedly Retrieve Corpse for Immunity
The text names Frank McCoy alias Big Frank Dan Noble Baltimore Denis Canada Mack and Johnny Jourdan as key figures in a plot to steal a body and secure immunity from arrest. They allegedly helped move the body to Garden City and inter it on a Tuesday night. Judge Hilton reportedly urged full prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCoy
Big Frank
Red Leary
Dan Noble
Baltimore Denis
Johnny Jourdan
Canada Mack
McCoy
John Scott
Scotty
Mrs. Stewart
Mack
Scott
Garden City
Hilton
State Board of Health organized in Indianapolis
The State Board of Health met in Indianapolis and elected Dr. John W. Campton of Evansville as President and Dr. Thaddess M. Stevens of Indianapolis as Secretary. Other members include Dr. W. W. Winnedge of Lafayette Dr. J. XN. Partridge of South Bend and Dr. William Lomax of Marton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Indianapolis
John W. Campton
Evansville
Thaddess M. Stevens
W. W. Winnedge
Lafayette
J. XN. Partridge
South Bend
William Lomax
Marton
Board of Health
Boards of Health
Crank at White House and Vienna reports fill 1851 dispatches
News notes a self styled claimant to the presidency in Washington. Vienna reports the Woods caused damage in Austria and Servia. June 7 1851 records 268680 pensioners. floods near Quincy cause over 3 million pounds in damage.
Diverse local notices and crimes reported in region
The column lists a mad stone claim in Peru, a fatal illness in Hendricks township, a burglary in Decatur with cash and valuables, a boy injures himself on a hunt, a elocutionist joins Snyder Theatrical, thefts in Fransville and Calveson area, a murder verdict in Tippecanoe county, a Kokomo shooting incident, a Baptist convention slate in Terre Haute, a Mishawaka assault case, a staged Madison con woman, and a Hartford City jewelry store safecrack with druggist thefts plus liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Roe
Peru
John
Mary Mohr
Hendricks Township
Sheloy County
Christian Ridinger
Decatur
Johnny Renizier
Lafayette
Alice Dunham
New Albany
Snyder Theatrical
Cyrus L. Bunham
Jacob Anslinger
Fransville
Tie
Auburn Courier
W. H. Becker
Butler
DeKalb County
Jeff
Washington
Gulteau
Decker
Engy
Samuel Buegett
Calveston
Nokomo
Tippecanoe County
Albert Foster
George Quinlan
Kern
J. A. Closser
Indianapolis
W. W. Gainey
Bloomtiehkt
G. H. Elgin
Elitor Juciana Baptist
W. W. Wyeth
D. D
James McMurray
Robert Howard
Warner
Ear Mishawaka
Andy Fiher
Jeese James
James Brothers
C. A. Clouser
Hartford City
A. M. Mix
Prisoner dies of home sickness after railroad robbery
A 23 year old prisoner in the Iron Mountain Railroad robbery case died in prison due to home sickness. The report also notes ongoing patent office hearings on who invented the telephone with about twelve lawyers involved and voluminous testimony.
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Church
United States Patent Office
European unrest and Irish rent tensions ripple across capitals
The piece notes Irish-American financial aid shaping anti British agitation, Catholic voting influencing Mayence election, and a London Times view on a land sale surge. It reports a farmer shot in England amid rent dispute boycotts, Bismarck’s courtesy stance on antisemitic factions, and Salisbury warning that Ireland’s land act may drive capital away, harming labor.
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Land
Liebenacht
Mayence
London Times
Cinlwey
Ireland
Flo
Bismarck
Varzin
Marquis of Salisbury
England
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The
Sullivan Union
J. A. Hays
Indiana
Baltimore
Florida
United States Army
Cox
Minnesota
Irish Land Court
Newark
Sprague
Iowa
John W. Foster
Russia
Folger
Baptists
Southern
South
Vanderbilt
Gould
Erie Railroad
West Point
McHala
Tuam
ELY ¥ Ven
New York City
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Blaine
Sterroy
Gold
London
Dudley
Honduras
Corps of
Mississippi River
Keokakin
Louisiana, Mo
Ninth Regiment
Massachusetts
Yorktown
Cleveland
Illinois
Irailroad Car Works
Ew Works
Toledo
Elkhart
Parnell
Land League
House
Washington Territory
Senate
TE Supreme Court
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Sirs
Garfield
Land League of Ireland
Land Court
Arthur
County Antrim
General Sherman
Austria
Italy
United States Commissioner of Agriculture
United States
India
Mecer
Arabia
Chester
Chile
Callao
State Department
Lewis
New York
Customs
Internal Revenue
Sarah E. Howe
Ladies’ Deposit Bank of
Boston
Roger A. Pryor
Douglassville Penn
the Agricultural Department
General Grant
Grant
Fred
Johan Russell Young
Mechanics’ National Bank of Newark
N. J
Postoffice Department
James
Postal Telegraph and Postal Savings Banks
Hunt
Naval Advisory Board
Navy
Lincoln
Thomas B Lynch
War Department
Lynch
Keogh
National Republican Committee
Pare
Canada
Union
A. T. Stewart
the Newe
Fromettems
White House
Tate
Vienna
Servia
Quincy
Galveston
Paris
Texas
Madison
Steong
Cincinnati Distillers
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Hhe
Emma Smith
Peoria
Ill
Leipzig (Prussia) University
Bureau
Ah Kim
Marietta
Ohio) College
Baldwin
Mechanics National Bank
H. P
Wm. EH
Theodore F. Baldwin
Chicago
Melville
Music Hall
Cincinnati
France
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Hawerden
Gila Istolle
Gladstone
Pope
Irish Land League
McDevitt
Queensland
Australia
Cremorne
Earl of Scarborough
Darjeeling
Ashakree
New Calabar
Africa
Senegal
Reichstag
Boulogne
Buncos Ayres
Chili
Sir John Ennis
Athlone
Venice
Mentor
Ohio
Th Nations Garnell Hospital
National Garfied Memorial Hospital
Commissioner of Pensions
Congress
Hoboken
Rialto
Hull
Hagland
Plymouth Rock
Irish National Land League
Tenth Ward
Washington Star Ag
Guiteau
McVeagh
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