Senate debates enforcement amendment and adjourns
Congressional proceedings report Senate debate on enforcement amendments with Tipton and Hamilton opposing, several motions to adjourn or recess, and a final adjournment to 9 o'clock Monday morning. House actions include pensions for disabilities, right of way grants, land sales, and a heated fight over the sundry civil appropriation bill via conference and filibuster.
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Neb
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Titon
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Maryland
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Edmunds
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Hill
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Yeas
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R. I
Colfax
Anna Eliza Carroll
War Department
Vienna
Committee of Conference
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Alcorn
Cole
Cal
HOUSE
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Richmond
Virginia
C. B. Memminger
Charleston
Ohio
Eastern
Evada Railroad Company
Dunnell
Minn
Mittee
Michigan
Garfield
Committee On Appropriations
Brooks
Holman
Pie Rines
Campbell
Beck
Farnsworth
Ill
Conference Committee
Oe Claims Commission
Susport
Gretna Green Romance and multiple Scottish marriages
In a diary like interview Lady Dundonald recalls a chaotic sequence of elopements and remarriages spanning Gretna Green and English venues. She describes a life of secret unions and crossborder ceremonies before settling that she was repeatedly married, spanning Edinburgh and London, with a final claim of lawful status in Scotland. The tale features her husband Dundonald and a pattern of demanded unions across several churches.
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Portman Square
England
Thomas Knox
Tunbridge Town
Simpson
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Edinburgh
Granite Quarry Labor Dispute Stirs New York Strike
The Hartford Times reports a year end dispute at Westerly quarries where 300 cutters resisted work, leading to militia intervention. Batterson refused to rework finished stone for union crews, prompting new York strikers to demand union-only labor and reimbursement of union contributions, risking broader enforcement of union rules. Mr Batterson travels to New York to discuss the issue.
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Westerly
Strikin
Hartford Times
Woman Dares Marriage License in Leap Year Town Tale
A column recalls a leap year daring where a Washington County woman sought a marriage license in Portland. The abrupt scene has a shy suitor coerced into names and vows, while a jovial tale of Captain Kidd treasure amid Jersey humor follows, ending in disbelief at any found money.
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Jeems
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the Genee
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Garrettson
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New York Herald
Farmer Garrettson
Baltimore
Jim
Isaac
Heresaac
Tee
Will Finnamore
West
Jersey
Early nickel deposits and refining around 19th century mines
The article surveys nickel ore finds and mining activity in Missouri and surrounding regions, noting lode lengths, ore widths, and monthly ore production. It describes roasting and smelting to crude nickel metal sent to Camden refining works, yields of about 31g percent nickel, and compares values of refined nickel to silver for plating and industrial uses.
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Camden
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Madison
Iy Counties
Missouri
Litchfield
Connecticut
Marshal Vaillant Death Announced Born in Dijon 1770
Marshal Jean Baptiste Philibert Vaillant born Dijon 1770 died recently. He trained in French military schools and rose to lieutenant general and Paris fortifications head by 1845. He helped capture Rome in 1849 and became Marshal of France in 1851 and Minister of War later. His military writings and honors noted.
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Dijon
France
Supreme Committee of Fortifications
Paris
Rome
Saint Arnaud
Formation of Anthracite and Social Notes Across Regions
An article discusses Daubree's experiment turning wood into a lustrous black mass resembling anthracite, with water and thermo hydric action possibly key. It also reports Paris Patrie’s socialism in rural France, a Saissac peony land seizure, and the authorities’ limited impact. Additional items describe the Delaware river as a future Clyde of America with iron steamship construction for the Pennsylvania Railroad, European death rates vs the United States, and moving flour purchases tied to market cornering.
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Paris
France
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Aude
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Mr. Trench
Delaware River
Philadelphia
America
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ocean
Delaware
Clyde
Corn shipments shift to St Lawrence route boosts Great Lakes trade
Weekly Chicago and Milwaukee trade notes show total corn shipments at 1 797 961 bushels. Buffal o Kingston Montreal Port Colborne receive 686 142 556 668 194 219 bushels respectively as diversion to the lake route increases. Officials cite low water fears but later rains ease concerns. Boston Fourth of July plans include prizes for a four hundred dollar and two hundred dollar boat race and a competitive drill with set cash awards.
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Milwaukee
St. Lawrence
Buffalo
Kingston
Montreal
Colborne
City of Boston
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