Waite Confirmed Chief Justice in Unanimous Vote
Senate action confirms Morrison R. Waite of Ohio as chief justice of the United States in a unanimous session. The president approves a bill restoring pre 1873 salary levels for Congress and others. A legislative inquiry is urged into state and railroad report printings amid concerns over excessive costs and waste.
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Senate
Morrison R. Waite
Ohio
The
United States
Supreme Court
Congress
State Board of Agriculture
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Committee On Printing
Submarine Cable Printing Telegraph Company Bill
Congress introduced a bill on the 19th inst to authorize the Submarine Cable Printing Telegraph Company to lay and operate one or more Atlantic cables. The venture, based on a new speed from 15 to 45 words per minute, includes Boston’s wealthiest capitalists as corporators. No government aid is sought. Tolls are capped at 50 cents per word for government and private messages and 25 cents per word for press dispatches. The company plans to lay one cable within three years after passage.
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Congress
Submarine Cable Printing Telegraph Company
Atlantic
Boston
County Commissioners Bill Signed by Governor
The Senate bill by W J Murphy Perry county authorizes the county board to act as successors to county courts and perform county government duties in counties without township organization. The law allows immediate action and ends previous friction between commissioners and the old county court as enacted and signed by the Governor.
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Senate
W. J. Murphy
Perry County
General Assembly
Board of County Commissioners
Beretand
County Commissioners Oath and Powers Act Text 1874
Formal oath for county commissioner and detailed duties of the County Board. Provisions cover sessions, chair selection, quorum, highway supervision, oaths by board members, term determination by lot, legalization of acts, emergency clause and effective date. Approved January 16, 1874.
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Deford
the United States
Ilinoiss
Board of County Commissioners
Death of the Siamese Twins in North Carolina
Richmond dispatch reports the sudden deaths of Chang and Eng, famed Siamese twins, at Mount Airy in Surry County NC. Chang had suffered paralysis and debility, worsened by heavy drinking. Eng died two hours after Chang, as grief overwhelmed their families and children.
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Richmond
Mount Very
Surry County
N.C
Chang
Eng
Dan Nobles Exploits and Flight from Vienna Prison
Daniel Noble, an American born in New York, escaped from a Vienna prison. His life is described as eventful and bold, with early running away from home and admiration for fiction heroes. His father John Noble is portrayed as a hardworking man proud of his son, who befriended figures like Dames Kelly and John Irving.
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Daniel Noble
Vienna
Noble
New York
Dick Turpin
John Noble
Dames Kelly
John‘Irving
Nathan
The Long Robbery Careers of Dan Noble and Partners
Dan Noble and accomplices carried out a string of high profile burglaries from Elmira to Broadway and Paris. Tracing Noble from Elmira to Canada, Captain Irving pursued him, leading to arrests, escapes, and multiple prison sentences. Noble’s trials spanned Auburn and Paris, with escapes from severe regimes and further bold robberies across Europe.
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Twenty-fourth
Ninth Avenue
Charles James
Tomimty
Taylor
Noble
Elmira
Fred. . Knapp
Edward Lyons
Royal Insurance Company
Broadway
Irving
Dan Noble
Canada
United States
Auburn
Jim Hope
James Brady
Dan
National Line
Europe
London
Tom Mulligan
Palais Royal
Paris
Vienna
Geneva
Prison de la Force
Odd Japanese Law Tales of Execution and Imprisonment
A Japanese man from Omi is said to have been hanged for theft and, after relatives claimed his body, revived during coffin handling. Authorities ruled the sentence exhausted, so no further punishment followed. A separate case concerns a son who poisoned his wife to restore harmony, receiving ten years but confinement with chains at his father’s house.
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Omi
Sectarian oxen in Texas tale of road trip names
A minister encounters a wagon with four oxen named Presby terian Campbellite Baptist and Methodist. The driver explains the traits behind each label, saying the lead is faithful, the second stubborn about water, the third quarrelsome yet unproductive, and the fourth loud but weak in pulling. The minister notes the peculiarity and the driver confirms the plan.
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Texas
Presbyterian
Campbellite
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Committee On Ways and Means
Japan
Hamuel Stawedn
Troy
Illinois
Fred. Allwarter
Clay
Trey Oy Mils
Sabin
M. Dy
Atest
Andrew
Risser & ‘Rawson's
Robert Williamson
Constable
James M. Anderson
Notary Public
John L. Purviance
Atna and Globe Insurance Up’s. . ‘ Ly
James Downie
Mareket Street
JamEs M. Seybold
Carpenter & Stairbuilder
Joseph Kiesel
Troy, Ulay
Rail Road
Andrew Klein
Main Street
John Deimling
Market Street
Benet Shmitt
Boot and
Troy City Exchange
Felix Droll
Mike Kelly
Billiard Hall
Post Office
Edwardsville, Ills
St. Louis
Troy City
John Diehle
Kent
T. H. Bell
Bae
Smith’s
Cor
Anton
Iyr
Antonie Bunpuaver
Washington
Trory
Schwartz
Euwardsville
Mitagia
John J. Hefty
Methodist Church
VICK
Aegie
Slora
Sgea
Uaert
St. Louis Dewarat
Liberal Commission
St. Louis Democrat Co
Chicago
H. A. Jandt & Sons
Madisonounty
OUR Boot & Shoe
Philadelphia
St. Taonis
Heal Jandt. & Sons
Grocers
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