Temperance Reform and Local Option in Harrisburg Debate
The article argues temperance reform faces a choice in Harrisburg as local option bills reappear after a Republican rise. It critiques prohibition candidates drawing votes, notes a sober legislature, and contrasts work by Murphy in Pittsburg with Browne style demagogues. It warns against forcing temperance into politics and calls for prudent action for lasting moral advancement.
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Friends of Temperance Reform
Harrisburg
Capitol
Frank Beamish
Philadelphia Press
Senate
Philadelphia
Temperance
Pittsburg
Murphy
R. Audley Browne
Hartranft
Warren County
Lindsey introduces $200000 hospital bill in local session
Hon W M Lindsey, member of Local Judiciary Committee, and Speaker Myer allies push a $200000 hospital appropriation. Treasury funds and Board of Charities estimates limit him to $100000. aim to cover the structure next season. Washington note: Watson, representing Erie, Venango and Warren, lands focus on departmental matters for his term.
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W. M. Lindsey
Myer
Lindsey
Board of Charities
Washington
Pittsburg
Watson
Erie
Eric
Venango
Warren
Bliss Letters Tie Last Song To Final Farewell
The record notes that P. P. Bliss, shortly before his death, composed a brief piece titled Hid fast till I come, reflecting a poignant farewell amid his final days.
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P. P. Bliss
The Counting Bill Proposed Electoral Vote Plan
A joint Congress committee backs a counting bill assigning disputed questions to five Senators, five Representatives, and five Supreme Court Justices. Selection favors Republicans in the Senate five and Democrats in the House five, with two Republican and two Democrat justices and a fifth chosen by them. The bill awaits passage, approval by the President, and likely broad debate.
Alexis to Visit Washington and Arlington Mansion
Alexis arrives at a Southern port and heads to the National Capital where he will be welcomed at the Reverdy Johnson mansion next to the Arlington. He will stay wintering in Washington with a staff of seventeen officers and well furnished quarters housing paintings once owned by Stephen A. Douglas now in Mrs. Williams’s possession. The paintings, previously cared for by Roessle the Arlington proprietor, are aging yet revived, displayed in parlors and dining rooms. The Grand Duke now commands his father’s fleet and may limit adventures versus his first trip with Custer and a St. Louis ball memory.
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Alexis
Washington
Reverdy Johnson
Arlington
National Capital
Chicago Evening Journal
Stephen A. Douglas
Williams
Plains
Custer
Buffalo
St. Louis
Senator Cameron presents Pennsylvania election resolution
In a Senate session on the constitutional process, Senator Cameron submitted the Pennsylvania Legislature resolution declaring that the people’s choice for President and Vice President is determined only by constitutional methods, condemning threats of violence and any attempt to override state electoral votes, and asserting certificates of electors are the constitutional evidence and must be counted.
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Cameron
U. S. Senate
Pennsylvania
House of Congress
Rivers Ravaged by Floods and Shipwrecks Across Ohio Waters
From the Monongahela shore to the Ohio at Brunet's Island heavy wreckage blocks channels with steamboats, barges, coal tipples and houses. Dock damage is extensive and a coal shippers puts losses between Pittsburgh and Cairo at 12 million dollars amid flood havoc on the Ohio river system.
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Monongahela River
Pittsburg
Ohio River
Brunet’s Island
Cairo
Ohio
Verbatim Bennett May encounter sparks debate
The N Y Tribune prints an eyewitness account claiming May tried to fire first, his pistol misfired, Bennett threatened to kill and fired in the air, prompting May to flee shattered by fear. Another version asserts Bennett did not go to Europe but to Florida with cronies, but the truth remains elusive and many doubt this claim.
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N. Y. Tribune
Bennett-May
May
Bennett
Europe
Florida
Ex-Speaker Grow Defends Senate Role in Counting Votes
Ex Speaker Galusna A. Grow argues in a Tribune letter that the President of the Senate is the constitutional custodian of returns and their handling, not the presiding officer of either house, and should not be directed by them except under joint rule or positive law.
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Galusna A. Grow
Tribune
Senate
Lawyer Field Elected to Congress in NYC District
Tweep's former attorney Field wins a seat in Congress from a vacant New York City district in which he does not reside, seen as a strong ally for Tilden and as a boost to vote counting efforts.
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Tweep
Field
Congress
New York City
Tilden
Massachusetts Elects Senator Hoar Over Boutwell
Mr Hoar wins the U S Senate race in Massachusetts last Friday defeating incumbent Boutwell. Boutwell remarks on the inconvenience of so many great men in a small State.
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Hoar
U. S
Massachusetts
Boutwell
Illinois Senate Primary Returns Narrowly Threshold
Report of a Tuesday contest for the U S Senate in Illinois shows final tallies: Logan 99 Palme 89 Anderson 8 Davis 4 Haines 2 Parish 1 total 202 with 102 needed for a choice. The figures indicate a tight race with a single winner emerging via vote totals.
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U. S
Illinois
Logan
Palme
Anderson
Davis
Haines
Parish
Territory debated name in Rocky Mountains proposal
Discussion emerges over the new western territory near the Rocky mountains to be named Huron with some advocates preferring the name Custer.
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Rocky Mountains
Huron
Custer
James E Bartey Elected U S Senator in Tennessee
James E Bartey is elected to the United States Senate for a short term in Tennessee on the 19th. The vote results show Bartey defeating rivals, securing the seat ahead of the term start date.
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James E. Bartey
U.S
Tennessee
Fraud Dispatches From Old Zack Chandler Exposed
Democratic leaders publish alleged telegrams from Z Chandler warning of fraud and urging vigilance over votes in Florida and other states. The messages claim 185 Hayes votes if Florida is secure, and allege coordination to defeat Democratic efforts by foul means.
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Washinon
Zack Chandler
Republican Committee
Zac Chandler
Hayes
New York
Stearns
Tallahassee
Fla
Z. Chandler
W. E. Chandler
Martin
Ila
Tilden
D. B. Packard
New Orleans
D. H. Chamberlain
Columbia
S. C
John H. Mitchell
Portland
Oregon
Geo. C. Gorham
San Francisco
Pennsylvania Senate and House delay militia war footing bill
A Harrisburg caucus of Republican leaders with Governor Hartranft declined to advance a militia war footing bill or fund, opting to wait for events. A four to two House-Senate committee was appointed to review any appropriation bill and hold it pending further development.
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Senate
House
Hartranft
Virginia Democratic M C Calls Randall and Wood Wind Bags
The Washington correspondent recalls a Virginia Democrat comparing Randall and Fernando Wood to wind bags. He notes their claim that dead bodies would be walked over before invasion, pointing to the South’s devastation in 1861 and arguing those politicians are ignorant and foolhardy.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Washington
M. C
Randall
Fernando Wood
South
Tilden Appeases Critics From Washington Dispatch
Alfred Townse npt, a correspondent, reports from Washington that Tom Tilden’s allies show little enthusiasm. Supporters are not impressed by his ambidextrous tactics and leave unsatisfied, with Southern backers more openly discontent than they admit.
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Gro
Alfred TownseEnp
Tilden
Washington
Tom
Mr. Tilden
Warning Against Swindlers Peddling Publications
Gro Stinson & Co of Portland Maine warn the public about a swindler who tries to sell Home and Fireside at reduced rates, taking money and vanishing. The notice urges avoiding any agent offering publications below the lowest advertised rate unless credible references are provided.
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Gro. Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
Governors appoint sons as executive secretaries
Connecticut Governor Hupparp and New York Governor Robinson, both Democrats, have named their sons to executive secretary posts. Democrats had previously opposed nepotism in other parties.
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Gov. Hupparp
Connecticut
Gov. Robinson
New York
Sitting Bull Defeated by Three Infantry Companies
Gen Terry dispatch reports Sitting Bull attacked by three infantry companies on December 18 and defeated. The enemy escaped but lost all camp property including mules and ponies.
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Terry
Sitting Bull
Prison populations rise at Western Penitentiary and Dixmont
The Western Penitentiary holds 725 prisoners, the largest total ever. Dixmont Insane Asylum, eight miles west of Pittsburg, houses 490 inmates.
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Western Penitentiary
Dixmont Insane Asylum
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Editorial Association Meets in Harrisburg
The regular meeting of the Pennsylvania Editorial Association will be held in Harrisburg January 25, 1877, in the Senate Committee rooms of the State Capitol.
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Pennsylvania Editorial Association
Harrisburg
Senate
State Capitol
Vanderbilt Endows Tennessee College Near Million Dollar Cost
Vanderbilt established a college in Tennessee costing nearly a million dollars. Tilden endowed a college in Oregon at a smaller figure. Cronin was the first graduate.
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Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Tilden
Oregon
Cronin
Paris Exposition 1878 Promises Grand Show
The next major event is the International Exposition in Paris in 1878. The note advises readers to save money in preparation for the spectacle and its anticipated attractions.
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Paris
Secret Communications Questioned by House Panel
Washington January 14 Secretary Chandler declined to answer a House committee on powers and privileges about communications with the President. The questions were labeled confidential by the secretary and involved President secret communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
Chandler
Committee On Powers and Privilege
House
Plan Agreed On to Count Electoral Votes By Congress
The Senate and House committees on counting electoral votes have agreed on a report to be signed tomorrow by nearly all members. A tripartite tribunal will decide disputed questions, including five Supreme Court justices, with both congressional branches represented. The plan aims to satisfy both parties and the public, though immediate action is unlikely.
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Senate
House
Morton
United States Supreme Court
Tribunal
United States
Congress
How Not to Do It Electoral Vote Count Sparks Debate
A dispute over the counting of the electoral vote dominates discussion as Speaker Randall pushes a House led by Proctor Knott to oppose any agreement. The Knott report claims no state can be counted without House consent, a stance the Buffalo Express labels a conspiracy and criticizes as extreme Democratic.
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Congres
Randall
Proctor Knott
Senate
House
Knott
Florida
Vane
Louisiana
Hayes
Kellogg
Wheeler Arrives in Columbus for Hayes Inauguration
Vice President-elect Wheeler arrived in Columbus and was hosted by President-elect Hayes. Wheeler met with the Senate and House members before leaving for Washington. Hayes praises Michigan’s renomination of Senator Ferry and expects a quiet inauguration.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. A. Wheeler
Hayes
Wheeler
Senate
Hance of Representatives
Washington
Michigan
Ferry
Republican National Committee
Senator Ferry
Mr. Wheeler
President Hayes
Grand Council Rejects European Proposals on Turkey
Constantinople dispatch reports the grand council unanimously rejects Europe and the powers last proposals as incompatible with the empire’s dignity and independence after animated debate. Sixty Christians attended. Midat Pasha asked about negotiations, but the council barred talks on the rejected points, stating counter proposals are the only topics for future discussions.
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London
Constantinople
Grand Council
Europe
Turkey
Midat Pasha
Porte
Hard Times Across States and Leaders in Opinion
Boston Transcript decries hard times with quips on dual governors and competing presidents. It mocks a courier paid three thousand dollars for a small Oregon to Washington package and notes a cheap Ulster and Cincinnati lager prices.
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Oregon
Washington
Cincinnati
Boston Transcript
Fleeing from Justice Aboard City of Richmond
James Gordon Bennett and sister Jeanette Bennett sailed from New York to Liverpool aboard City of Richmond with Robbins, after reportedly being pursued by the Herald yacht off Sandy Hook. Also notes a Swedish doctor endorsement of Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer by Vincent Lundberg dated 1868.
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New York
James Gordon Bennett
Jeanette Bennett
City of
Richmond
Liverpool
Sweden
Hall
Sachs
Vincent Lundberg
Stockholm
Col Ingersoll to Lecture Late February
Col. Robert Ingersoll has consented to lecture and will begin about the last of February. He is offered prices far above those of other lecturers and makes it a condition of acceptance that no extra admission fee shall be charged.
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Robert Ingersoll
Tilden Tarnished by Oregon Election Cash Scandal
The Pittsburg Commercial reports Tilden linked to an $8,000 Oregon corruption fund. A Third National Bank draft allegedly financed ballot box stuffing in Cincinnati to elect two Democrats. Eight repeaters were sent to prison. the bank cashier is named as involved.
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Tilden
Oregon
Third National Bank of New York
Cincinnati
Third National
Tilden’s Bank
Nasby Lament on Post Offices and Political Fraud
The narrator vents scars on Reconstruction politics, claiming fraud and lost spoils as Radikels scoop gains. He rails at Northern and Southern Democrats, mocks killings, and laments lack of post offices and federal offices as the main prize of power. He declares a doomed, furious stance on national reform.
Political intrigue and post election rhetoric ripple across papers
The discourse swirls around Tilden’s weakening grip, bribery schemes to move funds to Oregon, and warnings of more war with southern skeptics. Washington reports describe organized anti Tilden sentiment, while Peru’s chaotic election and Buffalo’s fading grain trade reveal broader political and economic tremors.
Bartlett Pears and More Fruit Packed in 3 Pound Lots
A catalog-style list markets Bartlett pears 3 pounds Apricots 3 pounds Exgg plums 2 pounds Ox heart cherries 2 pounds yellow peaches 3 pounds white peaches 3 pounds Green Gages 2 pounds Apples 3 pounds Strawberries 2 pounds Raspberries glass quarts Currants glass quarts Pine Agyvle glass quarts Succotash 2 pounds Green peas 2 pounds Mountain sugar corn 2 pounds Oneida sugar corn 3 pounds Lima beans 2 pounds Strawberry pumpkin 3 pounds Quinton tomatoes 3 pounds Mushrooms French 2 pounds J My canned goods boast top quality from leading packing houses in the country with extra heavy white sugar syrup.
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California
Oneida
Grocery Sale Items List
A list of preserved meats and seafood including corned beef 2 and 4 pounds ham 2 pounds beef tongue 2 pounds roast beef 2 pounds salmon 1 2 and 2 pounds tripe 24 pounds lobster 1 and 2 pounds sardines condensed milk.
Pure Red Currant Jellies Sold in Assorted Tumblers
Catalog entry lists guava boxes Pure Red Currant and quart jar Pure Jellies in assorted tumblers. Notes multiple packaging options and product varieties for sale.
Local Pantry Offers Aisle of Condiments And Sauces
A shopper’s list highlights Helford Sauce French wine vinegar gherkins mixed pickles chow chow horseradish French mustard olives capots olive oils pepper sauce tomato catsup mushroom and walnut catsup Worcestershire sauce club sauces and more.
Dried Fruits and Related Produce Listed for Alden Process
A catalog of dried fruits and related products includes dried peaches dates apples raspberries cherries prunes currants raisins figs citron lemon peel blackberries prunelles and more under the Alden process for preservation and storage.
Dining list of ingredients and products
A catalog style list features items such as Premium Vanilla and French Vanilla flavors, Chocolates, Cracked Cocoa, Dedicated Cocoanut, Gelatine, Atmore's Minced Meat, Cranberries, Lima Beans, Dried Sweet Corn, Macaroni, Vermicilla, Cracked Wheat, Julienne, Farina, Nutrina.
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Atmore
New Crop Teas Offered At Varied Prices
The dealer lists New Crop Young Hyson 50c 75c 1 and 1.25 per lb New Crop Gun Powder 50c 75c and 1 Japan 45c 50c 75c and 1 Oolong 75c and 1 English Breakfast 1 Also stresses 50c Teas equal to 75c quality and urges attention to the 50c offerings.
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Imperial
Young Hyson
Oolong
Japan
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Peru
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Hyar
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Youngsville, Pa
District Court OF the United States
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S. E. Woodruff, Esq
North Park Row
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Glade Township
Warren Co
Glade City
A. B. McKain
P. M.smith
Elmer Lacy
Guy C. Irvine
Nherife
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Tidioute
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Main St
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W. D. Bucklin
Allegheney Railroad Company
Henry Fuellhart
W. A. Green
Elvira J. Green
A. Dunn
E. A. Culver
Henry Brace
Sherff
Sheriff’s Office
Warren, Pa
G. L. Friday’s
Crass
P. Henry
Verbac Groceries
Second Street
Java
Maracaibo
Rio
Maye
Crosse & Blackwell
Cope Besis
Durham
Yacht Club
Lorillard
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Red Front
Water St. Warren, Pa
J. F. Wells & CQ
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J. F. Wells
L. G. Noyes
Hazeltine & Davis
Corner 2d
Liberty Lts
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