Potter named Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Mr. Wm. A. Potter of New York is designated and accepts the job to succeed A. B. Mull ett as Supervising Architect of the Treasury. Potter is son of Bishop Potter and brother of Clarkson N. Potter, Democratic Congressman from New York Westchester district. A Mormon paper from Salt Lake estimates polygamists in the Territory at 1 000 men 3 000 women and 9 000 children with potential legal costs of 2 000 000 and claims about 3 000 crying women and 9 000 crying children. A Salt Lake church vicinity story notes an aged Mormon’s residence with one wife and two daughters.
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Wm. A. Potter
New York
the Treasury
A. B. Mullett
Mr. Potter
Bishop Potter
Clarkson N. Potter
Westchester District
Salt Lake
Auagen
SUN
Agroue
Senate Bill for Resumption Full Text
The bill provides for resumption of specie payments by authorizing rapid coinage of silver ten twenty five and fifty cent pieces to redeem an equal amount of fractional currency. It repeals a coin conversion charge and revises national bank note limits allowing expansion with redemption tied to 80 percent of issued notes. It directs coin redemption of outstanding legal tender notes after January 1 1879 at New York with a $50 minimum and permits treasury surplus funds and bond sales to finance the act.
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Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
New York
Secretary of the’ Treasury
Restore Tea and Coffee Duties It Won't Help Revenue
The Louis Republican argues against increasing government revenues by restoring tea and coffee duties removed by the last congress. It notes current costs and calls for reduced government spending instead, citing high ordinary expenditures, potential waste in the civil list, and extravagance across navy and miscellaneous costs as targets for cuts. It urges a one-fifth to one-fourth reduction to yield substantial savings.
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Congress
Treasury
Army
Navy
Atty. Gen. Williams
Department of Justice
Louis Republican
A Beautiful Huntress
Miss Clara Hale of Harrisburg Pennsylvania journeys on a hunting expedition along the peninsula reporting success with sixteen partridges and three squirrels on a morning run eight muskrats and several pigeons later that day a display of marksmanship included eight hits out of ten on a copper cent mounted on a fence post.
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Wumington
Clara Hale
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Misa Hale
Seaford Traveler Attends Sussex Friends
The report notes a woman in Troy with an oil-cloth reversible cover and India-rubber boots, carrying a Remington fowling piece. She is accompanied by two dogs named Eloise and Skippo, and is visiting friends in Sussex county before returning home.
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D Troy
Remington
Eloise
Skippo
Seaford
Sussex County
Ouray the Ute Chief Enforces Rights in Duel
Ouray, a fifty five year old Ute chief worth about $600000 in arms horses cattle and houses, asserts tribal authority over a white man’s wood cutting near Bijou. When the man refuses to back down both reach for guns and Ouray fires first knocking him down. A second shot ends the confrontation and affirms Ouray’s rule.
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Chicago Times
Ouray
Grand Hunt
Bijou
Lines Down Spurs Man to Trace Telegraph Error
Pitman of Williamsport rushed to Philadelphia after a telegraph mix up warned of a newborn and Hannah’s illness. He found no twins and learned the date had been altered at the telegraph office. He seeks the operator responsible for the misdated dispatch. Maz Adeler.
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Pitman
Williamsport
Philadelphia
Hannah
Telegraph Office
The Sun 1876 Prospectus Promises Wide Weekly Reach
The Sun announces the Weekly Sun and Daily Sun editions, touts a growing circulation, and pledges fearless political coverage. It details pricing, prepaid postage, and tiers for subscriptions with emphasis on family reading and agricultural content.
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Troy, Illinois
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Clay Street
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Troy
Illinois
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JOB Press
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Mississippi Valley
Daily Republican
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Missouri Republic
George Knapp & CO
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Troy City
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Sinois
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Benet Shmitt
Boot and
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John Diehle
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Smith’s
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Donoho
Ills
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Robbins
Donoho’s
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Floral Guide
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Rochester
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