Notes of the Day Recap Mixed Trivia and Figures
A collage of brief items from a 19th century newspaper notes section. Mentions Mark dwain earning a loyalty payment of 100000 on a play titled Col. Sellers and Rothechild owning a vast Normandy horse farm. A misprint confuses nuisance with musician. Russia’s first half year revenue and expenditure figures are given. Paris repaving plans replace asphalt with wood on the Champs Elysees. US investment and bale production figures from 1830 to 1880 are summarized.
Oddities and events across the globe from mood to bamboo punishment
A roundup notes social curiosities and incidents including Moody’s Paris sermon on sin and virtue, Gilbert and Sullivan operas, a fragile apple crop forecast for the East with Missouri and Kansas crops easing shortages, a Jeannette expedition anecdote, a Punch editor’s son Frank Lemon, bamboo punishment in China, and Mrs Langtry’s blunt reply about society and work.
Arabi Pasha’s tent arrives in Portsmouth England
The captured tent from Tel-el-Kebir is now displayed in Portsmouth England. It attracts attention for its true Oriental splendor, silk fringe, and bullion, though the tent and its equipage are carefully kept secure.
Yale student claims perpetual motion discovery
A Yale college man announces he has found a perpetual motion machine as his gas meter ran all summer even though his room was locked at vacation start. However many others are said to be ahead in the same discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchangey
Yale
Giod
Buon
Victor Hage
Emerreen
Cguldsmith
Middleton
Cervantes
Princess Louise Visit Rumor Sparks New York Society Buzz
Rumor says Princess Louise and her husband may visit New York on return from the Pacific coast. Some Indies have resumed dancing lessons to learn court presentation drills per English ceremonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
New York
Pacific Coast
Japan Liberal Progress and Public Library Expansion Plan
Two items from Japan signal progress in liberal ideas. The government fears liberalism and plans to give it up, while it resolves to establish public libraries in every provincial capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Burning of the Sheas A Irish tragedy from 1821
A detailed account describes the November 1821 burning of Patrick Shea’s farmhouse in Ireland. Eighty bodies perished inside as villagers recount the brutal siege led by William Gorman and accomplices, with Mary Kelly later signaling the crime to authorities and Gorman and Maher receiving execution.
Fashion Notes On Winter Dress Trends And Fabrics
The article surveys current fashion with lace and net ruffs, oriental fabrics, Bretonne jackets, silver harborings, India camel hair trim, velvet corsets over cashmere, red cloth with black soutache, velvet appliques, printed borders for children, Parisian dress details, poppy red and blue cashmere trims, antique clasps, Chinese blue cloths, and various embroidery and trim styles. It notes new, clingy silhouettes, fuller skirts mounted on cushion linings, toy house dresses in cashmere, braiding dominance, and critiques by tailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Kate Cheenaway
Toy House
Ate ' Dale
Brandebourges
Hidden Money Buried by Digging in Georgia Home
During the war a Black intruder stole a large sum from a wealthy Georgian in the western county. His wife hid several hundred dollars in parcels of four to five hundred dollars and buried them where no one could find them. She soon died before revealing locations. Recently the old man hired his son in law to clean the smokehouse yard and a Negro helper assisted. surface layers yielded several half dollars and about 100 dollars total recovered so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine
Mary Kelly
Maher
Mary
Sheas
Phel
Gorman and
Gorman
Kelly
Jaden
Catherine Mullaly
German
Reat
Glenbower
Ilis
A Winter Who Was Startled in Highland Recorder
Thomas Hamilton of this place went hunting and, after lunch, found his gun missing. He searched and discovered the log he sat on was a large black snake which moved away miles from his location, sparing him from theft or danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hamilton
Death in a Very Quick Way
Savannah News reports a colored man left his children at a house near Senoia to work in the field. A guard dog with a heavy chain caused a child to become entangled and struck against a tree, breaking the neck. the child died before help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah News
Senoia
A Famous Fast Run From Nashville to Louisville
Veterans recount Jim Harnett’s daring fast run for DeFuniak, who as Louisville and Nashville leader ordered the road clear. Harnett, limping from prior wrecks, agreed to pilot the engine with DeFuniak aboard as they departed Nashville for Louisville amid lively chatter and bold speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louse
Jim Harnett
Nashville
Louisville
Jim
Little Jim
DeFunink
Harnett
DeFuniak
Hamett
Flamett
Jim Hamett
Negro Partes
Bellevue Ranch vast estate shows vast operations and labor
The Bellevue ranch center of Haggin Carr and Tevis holdings employs 400 laborers, 700 in harvest, with extensive facilities including stores, dormitories, windmill water tower, and workshops. Renters take 120 to 600 acres under three year leases, paying one third of their crop, with many Portuguese and Italians in groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Haggin
Carr
Tevis
The
United States
Lincoln
Carr and Tovis
Bellevue
Great Eastern
Uke
California
Ilo
How Choctaw Courtship Ends In a Native Mississippi Wedding
The Natchez Democrat describes Choctaw marriage customs in Kempee Neshoba county. A suitor tosses pebbles to win a maiden, then ceremonies unfold with village allies guiding the couple to the marriage ground. Relatives present bread and meat, gifts are tossed to the bride, and the couple share a quiet ceremony before a festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez
Train Ride Gone Wrong on a Fast Express Car
The narrative follows Jim and Desuniak driving a train at record speed toward Nashville. The back car’s conductor fears for safety as cars rock violently, furniture breaks, and hot boxes appear. After about eighty-seven minutes and a hundred miles, the run ends with the porter quitting and taking a boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
de Funink
Delfuniak
Hrnett
Nashville
Desuniak
Kim
Ron
Hop Bitters Beneficial for Liver and Malaria Claims
A Lone Jack Missouri reader dated September 14 1879 reports using Hop Bitters for liver complaint and malarial fever with great benefit, praising its superiority over other remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Jack
Quips and Quotes From The Texas Siftings Humorous Page
A collage of epigrams, maxims, and witticisms from The Texas Siftings and other sources. Snippets touch on vanity, love, virtue, and social quirks, including lines about flattery, enthusiasm, women and music, and political humor about Nebraska and the suffrage movement.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mark Dwain
Col. Sellers
Rothechild
Normandy
Nulsance
Rusaia
Champs Elysees
Palace of Industry
Place de la Concorde
Paris
Grand Forks
D.T
Mr. Moody
Gilbert and Sullivan
Missouri
Kansas
Pic
Oy Ig
Wapeut
Vassar College
Melbourne
Frank Lemon
Mark Lemon
Punch
China
Deivon
Crimea
Ireland
Joyce
Trish
Patrick Shea
Despatig
William Gorman
Dublin
League of Peasants
Slieyenamen
Fashion Notes
Joseph
Barnesyie
Enp Gazette
Highland Recorder
Mon Hamett
Bellevue Ranch
Harper's Magazine
LOS
Antony
Longfelow
Longfellow
Earth
Luther
Abbe de Reunei
Wendell Phillips
Texas Siftings
St. Joe
Vincennes
Ind
Mamma
Mr. Moses
Mateur
Bill Nye
Nebraska
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