Washington notes pay dispute and army retirements
Congress approved eighty thousand dollars to reimburse Georgia for Revolutionary War expenses but Judge Lawrence declined payment due to Georgia owing more in direct tax during the 1861 insurrection. Army officers Rollins Falck Benson Harmon Griffiths Briggs Lowe Trout Meyers retirements pending board actions. Indian Agency conflict and Chinese pressures noted. American Tract Society meeting held in Washington. Garfield Memorial Hospital fund subscriptions listed. Ashuelot wreck prompts court martial. A Mass woman found dead from a stone bludgeon. other distant notes end with legacy of Dendy anecdote.
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Congress
Georgia
Lawrence
The
Treasury
United States
Regular Army
James H. Rollins
Ordnance Department
William Falck
Second Infantry
H. M. Benson
Eleventh Infantry
W. R. Harmon
Tenth Cavalry
D. A. Griffiths
Third Infantry
Thomas D. Briggs
Fourteenth Infantry
George M. Lowe
Sixteenth Infantry
John ¥. Trout
Twenty-third Infantry
Meyers
Secretary of War
Tufts
Muscogee
Indian Territory
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Union
Tax State Department
Washington
American Tract Society
Justice Strong
Secreary
Gilfillan
Garfield Memorial Hospital
King George
Tonga
Canisus
Sama Islands
H. C. Marston
Malaga
Spain
Hugh H. Hamilton
Teneriffe
Cluz
Joseph N. Miller
Samuel C. Lemly
Multiple fires and deaths marked week in region
The report notes fires at a paper mill in South Hadley Massachusetts and at a Morritt factory in Deering Maine on the 16th with heavy losses. It records bank losses and a bank cashier's forgery conviction in Washington Pennsylvania and Erie notable death of Carullon B. Curtis. A Bridgeport woman died after a coal fire caused by a live ember, and a Reading girl was chloroformed for hair theft.
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F. Tarton & Comranr
South Hadley
Mass
Charles E. Morritt
Deering
New England States
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific
New York City
Canada
Washington
Eliot
Carullon B. Curtis
Erie
Pennsylvania
Ann Roland
Bridgeport
Conn
Witliam
Forses
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Lebanon Cemetery
Associated Banks of
Samuel Res
Washington (Pa
Ruth
Joseph Hakriges
Johns
Mary Sirs
Owarp Carneron
Watertown
Multiple fires and crimes theme sweep in Midwest and West
A Reading of diverse notices reports cattle packing totals in Chicago markets for year ending March 1 1883 down slightly from the prior year. Bank teller Oxsy E Owex of Third National Bank Saint Louis accused of embezzling about 209000 over eight years. Forest City California and several towns in Indiana and Ohio suffer fires with heavy losses and deaths. Violent incidents include robberies and suicides in Richmond and Miamisburg. Earthquakes shake Michigan and Montana areas with property damage. Political updates note Ohio Republican convention plans. Tennessee treasurer Polk settles with state.
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Howard Watts & Co
Chicago
Oxsy E. OweEx
Third National Bank of
E. Miller
Texarkana
Bloomington
Ind
Ohio Republican Rate “Or Committee
Sale O
Charles Townsend
Nashville
Tenn
Polk
Ita
Abbottsford
Wis
Charles Hogansen
Dantel Samjpers
Sanan Coe
Dalate
Alvan Coe
Ktnaraa
Coe
Hohio
Ohio
Michigan
Mexico
Supaexas
Miami Company
Hamilton
Benjamin Bates
Richmond
Edwar Egan
Lincoln
Mianisurg
Montgomery County
Stanton Taylor
John
William Keys
Greenfield
Ross County
Keys
Marion Brittain
Brittain
Alexander Mann
Dudley
Amsden
Montcaldo County
Mich
Guenther Schnell
Dr. Schuchardt
Wheeling
W. Va
Guenther
da. Schuchardt
Sinde
Pittsburgh
Sted
Jatee
Carraw
Jean Masore
Explosion at Local Government Board offices shocks Westminster
A massive blast hit the Local Government Board offices in Westminster on the 15th at nine o clock evening destroying property and shaking the galleries. Debris filled nearby streets and a 200 pound stone battered the King Street Police Station. One man was arrested as officials blamed gunpowder or dynamite.
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France
Switzerland
Austria
Westminster
England
Insis
House of Commons
Duke of Edinburgh
Peer’s
King Street
Bowes
Phenix Park
Kilmainham
Ireland
Littlesohn
Dresden
Germany
Florence Dixey
Windsor
Archbishop Croke
Dublin
Freeman's Journal
Parnell
Forster
E. Dwyer Gray
Abroa
Johny Tacitly
Quam
Té’. Spencer
Catholic Bishops
Siotigne
Fendon Harbor
Abepienshire
Sro
Cmantes Hastines Dori, K. C
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London
Mixed 1885 Political and Legal Notices Across States
President appoints George R. Sage as U S Judge for the Southern District of Ohio replacing the deceased William White. President Arthur suspends Judge Everton J. Conger of the Territory of Montana amid charges. A friend says Arthur plans a West trip to Yellowstone and possibly the Pacific coast. Rhode Island Democrats nominate ex Governor Sprague for governor. New York Senate orders underground cables in NYC and Brooklyn after March 1 1885. Bowdoin student Frank E. Perham fined for diploma theft. Tennessee legislature bans public executions. Denver bank Tax Exchange Bank suspended. Jubilee meetings in Utah mark Edmunds bill failure. A Gowrie Iowa murder case article fragment. Greenwood Mississippi reports Talabatchie overflow. Yazoo River area inundated.
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Arthur Ordere
Everton J. Conger
Territory of
Montana
Arthur
Yellowstone Park
Pacific Coast
Democraic
Rhode Island
Sprague F
Prague
New York State Senate
V6th
New York City
Brooklyn
Frank E. Perham
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Ag & Diploma
M. McMonagle
Ogdensburg
N. Y
McMonagle
Tennessee
State Tax Exchange Bank
Denver
Col
Congress
Utah Territory
Congressman Black
Catalpa Trees and Township Meeting Noted in Plain Sense
An advertisement offers catalpa tree saplings two years old for fourteen dollars, touting rapid growth and pest resistance, while a notice from the Plain township committee announces a March 31 meeting in Ellsville at 1 p.m. to discuss electing township officers. A poultry and egg sale ad lists prices and pickup details from Plymoth Rok Egex and local outlets.
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Flaery
Cat Spa
atcHleysville
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Herala
Ashenhurst
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Dendy
Samuel’ Mason
Lafayette
Lélizens
Union House
Masonic Hall
Frahenfeld’s
Henderad
Minn
Davis’ Hotel
Sheridan
Mattre
Young & Shepher
Evansville
George R. Sage
Southern District of
William White
Gowrie
Iowa
James Rena
Greenwood
Miss
Talabatchie
Henry Island
Yazoo River
Fegard
Ci&talpa
Plymoth Hock ‘ Higg
C. ZY der
Shine
Ichnyac & Pollckt Wooster
Hoelzel & Kaltwasser
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Orumgists
Mitchell
Mitchel
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Fuilly
John Bunyan
Evry Wifthhousekeeper
Ilind
Donate
Mrs. Caudle
Douglas Jerrell
Gulliver
Lemuel Gulliver
Ganta
B. Lt
Farjeon
Persia
Zsop
Asous
Hemut
John Ploughman
Chas. H. Spurgeon
State University
Col Uy
Orton
Wushend
Albert H. Rte
Robinson
Desert Island
Household Picture Book
ISEA
Samuel W. Baker
Ant
Chill
Cornwall
Garfield
Tegetmeier
Tessmeier
Bette Noveook
Ray
Prohibition
National Temperance:society
Robert C. Pitman
Superior Court of
Joseph
Ook
Hon
H. W. Blair
Albert Barnes
D.D
Sumner Stebbins
M.D
Noah Davis
G. T Stewart
Liberty and Union
G. T. Stewart
Church and Temperance
Jon
William J
P S Penkeertan Council
Harles H. Joyce
Housee of Representatives
Alcoho
B. W. Richardzon
M.D. F.R.I
Willard Parker
New York
Ques- Lees
F.S.A
Frederick Powell
I Newbek
Jersey
Joh Cook
G.W. Hughey
Imo
Seotaetts
J. N. Stearns
Aaelgstert
Cepon Farrar
H.D. Kit
J. Q.stearns
Reade Street
Maine
Andrew ¢N
Wwaaan
Genetonatty
Conovernor
Massachusetts
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