Great week for racing at Fleetwood Park and Saratoga meeting
The coming week features a major $5,000 purse race at Fleetwood Park with Goldsmith Maid Lucy American Girl and Henry, plus opening races at Saratoga starting Saturday. Longfellow and Harry Bassett may meet again, and several top runners are entered for large purses.
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New York
Fleetwood Park
Morrisiana
Goldsmith Maid
Lucy
American Girl
Henry
Saratoga
Longfellow
Harry Bassett
Madrid
Dr. Howard
Senor Mortaz
United States
Howard
Amadeus
Foreign Office
Legation
Washington
Grenadier Guards
Jones’ Wood
Atlantic Garden
Academy of Music
Johann Strause
East Twenty-fourth Street
Jersey City
Baltimore
Brooklyn
John Donahoe
Fourth Street
Williamsburg
City Hospital
Donahoe
Erie
McHenry
England
Road To
Ae F Vanderbilt Milg
Orie Niet
Pier Y Poiter Gus
New York Central
General Diven Emerges as Likely President Candidate
The Times lists London and telegraphic directors including General A. G. Diven as present Vice President, along with T. B. Blackstone of Chicago & Alton, G. T. Olliphant of Delaware & Hudson, J. W. L. Pruyn of Albany & Susquehanna, E. D. Morgan ex-Governor, and other board members J. J. Casco and W. R. Travers among the names.
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General Diven
the Times
London
T. B. Blackstone
Chicago & Alton Railroad
A. G. Diven
W. R. Travers
W.B. Duncan
Duncan & Sherman
Charles Day
L. M. Barlow
G. T. Ol
Baltimore Convention Shift In Virginia Political Tilt
Washington observers note all interest shifts to Baltimore as Virginia delegates to the Baltimore Convention race Greeley and Brown with a reported 80,000 to 40,000 vote margin. Officials expect seven of nine Congressmen to be elected.
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Washington
Baltimore
Virginia
Greeley
Brown
Grant visits Long Branch in quiet holiday observance
Long Branch New Jersey July 8 report notes a calm resort scene with many visitors. President Grant and his family attended divine services at Centenary Church on Sunday morning and later enjoyed a private drive along the beach.
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Long Branch
N.J
Grant
Fatal knife stabbing in Jersey City quarrel
Two butchers, John Fallon and Cornelius Leary, quarreled over work and fought. Leary drew a butcher knife and stabbed Fallon in the abdomen above the hip, mortally wounding him. Leary fled but was soon arrested. Fallon is mortally wounded.
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Jersey City
John Fallon
Cornelius Leary
Fallon
Leary
Clothing Cutters Strike Persists in Chicago
The Chicago clothing cutters strike continues with employers offering to reinstate workers on the old terms, but the workers demand eight hours. Many workers will be recruited from New York. In other news, Rev Dr Turner preached to Robert Collyer's congregation at the New England Church with many Unitarian ministers in attendance. Dr Jabez Burns preached at the Free Baptist Church on Loomis and Jackson streets.
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Chicago
New York
Turner
Philadelphia
Robert Collyer
New England
Jabez Burns
London
Pacific Coast
Free Baptist Church
Loomis and
Jackson Streets
Bronson Freed on Bail After Big Rapids Ball Room Shooting
Detroit reports banker Charles D. Bronson shot Sweeney who forced entry into a Big Rapids ballroom on July 4. Bronson is released on $5,000 bail. The Ludington fire caused $25,000 loss to Sebbins & Co. and $11,000 to others with no insurance on the mills.
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Detroit
Chas. D. Bronson
Sweeney
Big Rapids
Ludington
Sebbins & Co
Limaville mine disaster details and fatalities
Ohio Alliancy reports further particulars of the Limaville mine disaster. On Wednesday foul air and gas ignited from the furnace and spread to wooden roof supports. Nineteen miners and two others were inside. ten escaped from the outer shaft, while eleven were trapped. By Saturday seven bodies were recovered and three more found yesterday.
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Alliancy
Limaville
St. Meovines Tee
Joe Stone
Leopard
Fred. Wilson
Hornet
Petrel
St. Louis
Gens Millar
Cincinnati Commercial
Hack Jay
Os Mountains
Mil Il
Enver
Yellowstone
New Mexico
Tion
Carrie V. Kount
Missouri Furnace Company
Wheeling Intelligencer
Hope
Matamoras
Ohio
New Martinsville
Wetzel
Martinsville
Robert Hutchinson
Parkersburg
Jack Harrison
R. Hutchinson
John Richards
Cook
John Bradfield
Dan
New York Delegation Abstains From Chairmanship
Baltimore dispatch reports New York declines the chair, Alabama to nominate, with a Western man likely and New York seconding. For the National Executive Committee Augustus Schell and Thayer are proposed, with Thayer favored. Four New York delegation vacancies to be filled today as delegates arrive. Germans total around fifty backing Greeley, with a representative German meeting planned this evening for Cincinnati platform and nominees.
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Baltimore
New York
Alabama
National Executive Committee
Augustus Schell
Thayer
Greeley
Cincinnati
Weather Report for Washington and Atlantic States
Weather dispatch notes light to fresh easterly to southerly winds. Friday shows unsettled conditions over the South and Middle Atlantic, partially cloudy in New England, with clear and cloudy skies elsewhere and light to fresh winds.
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Washineton
Outh
Middle Atlantic
Weathering the Westward Move and River Mishaps
Reporting on river steamers Petrel and Pearl changes, repairs, and the Hope boiler accident at New Martinsville. Citations note Captain Milburn's travel plans and the Missouri trade shifts, with a list of injured aboard the Hope and prospects for speedy repair.
Barnum to Exhibit in City With Lincoln Banter Highlight
Amusements note Barnum's colossal show coming to town next week. Lincoln reportedly taunted Barnum about tiny generals during the war while Tom Thumb and Admiral Nutt were showcased in Washington. Billy Emerson leads a band of minstrel stars, praised for both vocal and dance performance.
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P. T. Barnum
Barnum
Lincoln
Gen
Tom Thumb
Admiral Nutt
Billy Emerson
Billy
Rosebud Purchase Arises in Florist Shop Scene
A man enters a florist shop and buys a rosebud for seventy five cents. The exchange hints at a younger admirer and a cautious response from the clerk as he asks about the gesture.
Glacial Evidence and Darwinian Debate Amid Antarctic Observations
The Hassler voyage report discusses Agassiz's glacial evidence along Magellan Straits showing a continuous ice sheet shaped terrain, contrasting with Darwin's upheaval theory. It notes a salt pool with recent coastal uplift as supporting data, while comparing rival explanations and praising Agassiz's cautious, comprehensive approach.
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Hassler
Sistebie
Alps
Pata
Hassler Glasier
Aar
Straits
Cape Forward
Straits of Magellan
Smyth
Chiloe
Nothern
Agassiz
Whch
Darwin
Atagonia
Agassis
Count Pourtaies
Haassler
Germantown
Paris News Ties to European Treaty Standstill
Paris reports that on July 7 President Thiers received confirmations from England, Switzerland and Italy refusing to accept France proposed trade treaty changes. M Rochefort’s sentence is commuted to life banishment from France.
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Paris
Thiers
England
Switzerland
Italy
M. Rochefort
France
Springfield Democrats Leave for Baltimore on Grant Funds
A Springfield Illinois dispatch reports many so-called Democrats left the city on free tickets and expenses paid to Baltimore by Grant emissaries. The purpose is to aid a Democratic belt and they are said to be paid with National Bank money, with the writer claiming positive proof.
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Springfield Ill
T Bune
Baltimore
National Bank
Police Court Docket Sees Murder Charge Among Drunkenness Cases
Forty seven Monday cases include a murder claim and nine assault and battery counts. Bricklayer John Harvey, accused by his market vendor wife of chronic drunkenness and abuse, is ordered confined for a month. John Howard gets ten days. Julia Obermeyer and James Heil are discharged after small fines. Mary Cook, recently discharged from hospital, is jailed thirty days for drunkenness.
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Supor Steave
John Harvey
John Howard
Julia Obermeyer
James Heil
Mary Cook
Afternoon Market Review and Price Trends
A 48 hour snapshot shows little movement across markets with buyers and sellers apart. Wheat scarce and mixed white bread at high and firm prices, rye and cotton softer, whisky in demand, pork steady, bulk meal up, sugar cured hams rising, beef and oysters steady, and cattle dull with rising receipts.
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Cern
Selers
Escher Toan
Melaen
New York Market Quotations July 8 Irregular Prices Easier
New York markets show irregular quotations across commodities and bonds on July 8. Sterling steady at 110, gold at 8 percent carry, wheat and corn prices mixed with selling pressure noted in pork and sugar futures.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Unites Ae
Marenes Sra
Executions of Randony and Bandera in Camp of Sal’ong
Randony and Bandera, two noted Communists, were executed at the Camp of Sal ong after being sentenced to death by the Versailles Commission. The execution occurred with military promptness and composure as reported in Paris.
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Paris
Randony
Bandera
Sal’ Ong
Versailles Commission
Duc de Broglie
France
Fireworks Exhibition Explosion Injures Dozens in South Boston
In South Boston during an exhibition of fireworks last night an explosion scattered rocket and shell debris among children. Eight people were seriously hurt and many more injured. some deaths are feared as a keg of bombs and six heavy batteries detonated amid the crowd.
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Boston
Nameless Mutilation in Memphis District
Memphis reports a brutal assault on Chas. Smith by a trusted worker named Shantley and another man. Smith is gravely injured with potential lynching threats against the assailants. The article also notes a major Arkansas Treasury warrant fraud discovery worth about one hundred thousand dollars. Cotton markets show dull activity with middlings at 243 cents and notable bales and receipts.
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Memphis
Chas. Smith
Pearson
Mississippi Central Railroad
Smith
Shantley
Little Rock
Arkansas Treasury
Legislative committee uncovers fraud in state road lease deal
Atlanta July 6 a legislative committee reporting on the lease of the state road to Cameron Delano and Bullock found fraud against the state. They urge a resolution to seek government action to set aside the lease. Also from New York July 6 ex judge McCann died after a long illness. The Stokes case sees opposing witnesses with Perry Fisk and Moore giving conflicting testimony. A canal drowning in Middletown and a county treasurer’s wife’s death are noted along with funeral notices and a divorce query.
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Atlanta
Cameron
Delano
Bullock
New York
McCann
State Senate
Stokes
Hart
Ray Brennan
John Moore
Fisk
Moore
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Weather Report
River News
Jefferson Moon
Jonesville
Mr. Prudhomme
Georgia
Treasury
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Wheeling
Great Britain
John W. Garrett
John Hopkins
James Tinker
Afternoon Market Review
Monovar
Covingem
Covington
Bush
Land
Ty H
Pet We
L&c
Greorgia
Gilmoge
Middletown
John G Gerke
Wm. Smith
West Ninth Street
Chamber of Commerce
James F. Torrence
J. W. Sibly
George F. Davis
C. W. Rowland
Central Presbyterian Church
Frederick Dallas
Wm. F. Mitchell
Samuel Pogue
James M. Johnston
C. A. Hill
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