Fire in New York Macaroni Factory and City Charter Move
Late last night a fire devastated the macaroni factory of Nelson & Baruth at 813 Fifth Avenue, destroying machinery and stock valued around 20,000 dollars and damaging the building about 50,000 dollars. The Committee of Seventy adopted a new city charter draft urging Legislature adoption, proposing a single aldermanic ballot, public city matter publication, and expanded public safety and municipal departments. Lawrence Sullivan, convicted of murder, was moved to Auburn Lunatic Asylum. The Postal Telegraph bill faces committee report next week and Sickles may testify for McGarrahan’s Rancho claim. Pension bills face decisive Senate action amid debate.
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Auburn
Times
Washington
Freddy
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Senate Committee On
William McGarrahan
Panoché Grande Ranch
House
Congress Debates Debts and Specie Payments in Washington
In Washington the House appointed Mr Archer to replace Mr Vorhees on the Louisiana affairs committee. The National Board of Trade petition for specie payment by currency contraction is sent to Banking and Currency. Arkansas Rep Edwards asks five more days to prove his seat amid Ku Klux testimony. Hazelton’s substitute ends the request 129 to 46. Starkweather bills fund Washington debt and create a DC Board of Survey. Texas repriorities frontier defense refunds are discussed. Senate panels prep reports on specie, imports, and ship subsidies. Mahan and Alden see fleet changes. Boutwell Cooke loan terms condemned.
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Jay Cooke
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Philadelphia
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Jay Cooke & Co
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Spencer
Willare Warner
New Orleans
Authority over pension limb lists sparks legal clash
General of the Army and the Commissioner of Pensions dispute who may revise lists of veterans entitled to artificial limbs. The Surgeon General objects to the Commissioner's revisions. A test case will go to the Attorney General, while the President notes no tariff action and hopes for adjournment by May. Market Savings Bank in Nassau Street closes its doors.
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Market Savings Bank
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Expulsion Move By Warmoth House Aims At Defectors
New Orleans January 20 The Warmoth dominated House seeks to expel several members for noncooperation amid legal challenges to its authority. The move, led by Thomas Green Davidson, reflects intra party rifts as opposition sessions fail. The Southern Drydock at Algiers partially raised then sank, with recovery deemed hopeless.
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Warmoth
House of Representatives
Thomas Green Davidson
Algiers
Chicago Alderman Glade Convicted in Bribery Trial
In Chicago on January 19 Alderman Glade was found guilty of bribery after a trial lasting about an hour. He was committed to jail with bail set and will seek a supersedeas to appeal to the Supreme Court. The Common Council later ratified tire limit changes in North Side districts amid public protests.
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Common Council
Prisoners Escape from Warren County Jail in Il
Burlington report says several prisoners escaped from Warren County Jail in Monmouth Illinois Wednesday night. Sheriff in pursuit. conditions cold with light snow. Albany dispatch states Howe’s Cave hotel on Albany and Susquehanna railroad burned last night. two men killed. fire blamed on incendiary act. hotel total wreck and must be rebuilt.
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Illinois
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Howe’s Cave
Albany & Susquehanna
Thiers Resigns Tension in Assembly Over Tax Plan
Paris reports Thiers has resigned to the Assembly amid great excitement. A French government demand to Austria for the extradition of Deserras, Gambetta's former secretary, is noted with uncertainty if Austria will comply. Thiers reportedly threatened to resign if the Assembly rejects the raw material tax plan urged by Finance Minister Pouget.
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M. Thiers
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Austria
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Gambetta
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M. Pouget
Finance
The Church in Decline Calls for Open Religion
A dated critique laments church discord and hypocrisy. It argues real religion has vanished among ministers and elites, urging a progressive inclusive faith with free pews and equality for rich and poor alike.
Columbus Grove Ohio Growth Tied To Rail Trade
Columbus Grove in Putnam county grows with Dayton and Michigan Railroad access. Pioneer William Turner helped found the town in 1832 and remains respected. A new 8000 dollar schoolhouse nears completion signaling educational and civic progress amid busy streets and robust commerce.
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ColumsBus Grove
Dayton & Michigan
Putnam County
William Turner
Franklin County
Martes of Trade Sft
Accommodating Train Delights Passengers in Anecdote
A Peoria Review tale recounts an unusually considerate railroad crew on a line from Jacksonville to Waverley. They pause for a lady visiting neighbors, deliver apples to passengers, settle a farmer's overdue note with interest, and halt at an orchard to let travelers fill pockets, calling their train the accommodating train.
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Peoria
Ill
J. W. Parker
Jacksonville
Waverley
Piintepoe
The Wrong Man Irishman Learns Mirror Reveals His Night Mixup
An Irish traveler staying at a tavern near Baltimore is tricked by a prank that darkens his face. He wakes to see a black reflection in every mirror and realizes regaining his own appearance will require leaving with his hostler’s ladle. The tale ends with him fleeing the inn.
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Baltimore
Washington
Pat
Dayton town notes on judge, school, and ferry schedule
In Dayton, Kentucky, Judge Skilbeck resists quick judgments while a local school is not called a biped due to two Leggs. A variety entertainment is already billed and Mr. Trimble's lecture last evening drew a good crowd. The ferry is announced to commence next week.
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Spain to Apologize and Sickles on Cuba Policy
Gen. Sickles, U.S. minister to Spain, returns to Washington after talks with the President and State Department. He predicts Spain will acknowledge U.S. damages in the Florida case and may recognize Cuban insurgents as belligerents, while noting Spain’s volatile cabinet changes and possible recall of Minister Roberts.
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N. Y. Sun
Dickens's School Days Remembered by a Former Classmate
A London News letter recalls Charles Dickens at Jones's Wellington House Hampstead Road 1826 1827 sharing tale writing with peers forming comic scraps and a small newspaper. The writer notes Dickens early lingo gibberish violin lessons music master fluke and Dickens later autographed reply from Devonshire Terrace 1847.
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Wellington House
Hampstead Road
Mr. Forster
Dickens
Mr. Jones
Mr. Taylor
Lambeth
Dickene
London
Devonshire Terrace
York Gate
Regent’s Park
Bar on Oefenberg Named Successor in Washington
Baron Von Oefenberg is named as the successor of Catacazy at Washington. Akerman ill in Washington. Sperry elected Speaker of West Virginia Senate. Summers Speaker of House. Auburn girl killed by elevator tube fall. Irish in St. Louis protest unfair state offices. Duluth harbor now clear of ih. Steamboat importer unk on Red River with 2000 cotton. Post Office clerk vacancy attracts twenty five applicants. Salt Lake City to form company for horse railroads.
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Washington
Salt Lake City
St. Louis
Auburn
Red River
C. A. Sperry
Senate of
West Virginia
A. Summers
House
Post Office Department
Riots In Kingsbridge and Other World News Digest
Foreign notes report a riot in Kingsbridge England burning a school. The Queen is praised in Osb OR for the Prince of Wales recovery. Rome reports the Pope ill. Russia orders Polish language in schools. French author M Brisebarre dies at 56. Captain John Wood famed explorer noted for Oxus source discovery and Bam-i-Doenya ascent.
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England
London
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Prince of Wales
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International Society
Spain
John Wood
Marco Polo
Oxus
Wood
Royal Geographical Society
Ohio praised for education and leadership in politics
The Philadelphia Press lauds Ohio as leading in popular education, noting its strong common-school system and its production of prominent leaders, generals, and presidential contenders. It also critiques era views on moral ads and charitable giving, and mentions varied anecdotes from society and history.
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