Greeley will case proceedings delayed to January eighteenth
Reports from White Plains indicate the Greeley will case proceedings are postponed until January 18 by consent. Wealthy city residents hope to reach an adjustment with the Children's Aid Society. A correspondent notes Moltke the elder remains quick and slender at seventy in Germany. The Stokes trial is due to open tomorrow with Justice Poshman presiding.
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Os Henatel
GreeLey
White Plains
Germany
Moltke
Jury deliberations in Stokes cane adjourned for tomorrow
The jury was locked up after court adjourned and will attend services tomorrow under guard. Judge Boardman warned jurors to avoid contact with others and report any improper behavior. The panel includes six merchants one architect one insurance agent one builder one carpenter one printer and one brick maker. A jeweler Herbert Barnum was peremptorily challenged by the prosecution as he could not say if he could be impartial. The prosecution has exhausted fourteen peremptory challenges while the defense has twelve.
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New York
Dee
Boardman
Herbert C. Barnum
Tremaine
Stokes
Fellows
Stockholders push suit over Credit Mobilier loot
The Herald reports Union Pacific stockholders urge Horace F. Clark to file suit to recover 818,900,000 from the Credit Mobilier affair. Oakes Ames, stakes high, resists acting as trustee to protect his interests, hoping a full disclosure will occur. Herald reporter says directors may act at next week’s meeting.
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New York
the Herald
Union Pacific Railroad
Horace F. Clark
The
Road
Credit Mobilier
Herald
Oakes Ames
Credit Mobilier Gang
Jderald
Death of Major General George G. Thomas Remembrance
The piece reflects on the Civil War career of Major General George G. Thomas, born in Southampton Virginia. It notes his service in both the US Army and the Confederate Army, his hesitation in moving his Northern wife, and a postwar gesture of charity to southern relatives who rejected his aid. It portrays him as a good general from a high toned family and invites readers to judge these events as part of American history.
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George IL. Thomas
San Francisco
Southampton
Virginia
Troy
New York
United States Army
Washington
Strange Case of Fright Near Corry
A report from Corry describes a frightening incident as Miss Chase and friends were traveling to town. Their horses suddenly bolted in a frightened hurry, causing alarm among the riders and prompting concern for safety.
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Corry
Small Pox in Duffalo Buffalo Papers Mention Disease Spread
The Buffalo papers report 1,295 smallpox cases from the period Thursday 20th to November 27th, with 247 deaths. Germans made up 1,158 cases. A vaccination plan and sanitary squad are formed as physicians prepare to combat the outbreak. A cure recipe using zinc sulfate and foxglove is printed, claimed to cure smallpox or scarlet fever within hours.
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Buffalo
Board of Health
Darkirk
Jenner
Paris
Iere
American Engineering Acheives Remarkable Tunnel Precision
The Hoosay Tunnel from central shaft to east end opened with minimal errors five sixteenths of an inch laterally and one eighth inch in level. Edward S. Philbrick, Massachusetts Consulting Engineer, praises American engineering for its precision and the patient labor of workers under dangerous conditions.
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Hoosay
Edward 8. Philbrick
Massachusetts
Quick World Bits and Local Oddities
News briefs report a Cincinnati woman with ten foot hair, a Black Maria conveyance, Harriet Hosmer carving the Queen of Naples, a Cromwell portrait selling for 5000 in London, and an Indiana couple weighing 7277 pounds together. Bangor Maine notes a 100 pound mud turtle. Governor Dix resigns as Erie Railway director. A St Louis girl commits suicide after her wedding cake baking. The piece also references Christmas gift questions and shop locations, plus weather and health quips.
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Tlarriet Hosmer
Naples
Cromwell
Londo
Indiana
Bangor
John A. Dix
Erie Railway
St. Louis
Many Odd Notes Rise From Far Flung News Hodgepodge
A scattered roundup reports visits by Wilkie Colline and George Elliot, a Paris baroness's death, Colfax linked to the New York Tribune editor post, Chicago supplying 6750 lamp posts, a Wilkes-Barre mule with epizootic, leap year nearing end, a hair-collection widens quirks, and various brief items. The mix includes an Iowa clergyman's son named Doxelogy, a Maine farmer’s pickle horde, Senator Benton’s long tenure, Ole Bull’s farewell tour, rail salary bumps, Paris theatre box occupancy, and education ties, plus a Putnam clergyman marrying in a train car and Buffalo snow damage from roof weight. Notable deaths, politics, and oddities punctuate the jumble.
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Wilkie Colline
George Elliot
Paris
Colfax
New York Tribune
Chicago
Wilkes-Barre
Maine
Thomas H. Benton
United States Senate
Ole Bull
Qle
Dan Rice
New York Central
Theatre Francais
Jamestown
George Catlin
Jersey City
Bright
Congress
Horace Maynard
Mr. Blaine
Illinois
Boston
Buffalo
Saratoga
New York
Hamilton College
College Hill
Joigneary
Bridgeport
Real estate transfer and regional fire reports across the era
The transfer of real estate by Jay Gould to the Erie Company advances through the week. Portland vies with Chicago and Boston for fashion, amid a $350,000 fire and $850,000 insured loss. Memphis reports Helena Arkansas destroyed by fire. Mrs. Gen Sanderson of Washington Ohio owns a 400 year old ivory inlaid box brought by Cortez. Montclair Midland Oswego Railroad completes 32 miles at cost near 4 million, land value up 16 million since 1869 across 42 000 acres, about 123 percent average rise.
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Jay, Gould
The
Erie “Company i
Portland
Oregon
Chicago
Boston
Gen. Sanderson
Washington
Ohio
America
Cortez
Mexico
Montclair
Midland and Oswego
Jersey City
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Douglas Poshman
Supreme Court
Ingraham
Arcisen
Bedford
Marysville
Cal
Belgium
England
Leicester
Derby
Nottingham
Liverpool
W. Y
Conan Presbyterian
Ieheenacle
Duffalo
A Trumph
American Engineering
General News
Cincinnati
Tegal
Maria
Wisconsin
A. H. Randall
Andin
Ediate
Iowa
Doxelogy
Emporium
Wellsville, N. C
Castor Beavers
Fancy Cassimeres
Eh.stewart & CO
McEwen Brothers
Main Street
Sumpions
Negulature
Wellsville
Browning Brothers
Union Block
Drygoods
Welletills
Empress Cloth and
Merinos
Castor and
Esquimac Beavers
IERES
Memphis
Helena
Ark
Livingstone
Africa
Hepeta
Jnelling Beyoond Paralel
Hubbard Bros., Publishers
Phila
Lvw4
Tri
Hazard & Creswell’s
Caswell, Hazann & Co
Lowe
Dan Sutfin
Crockery
Mellsville
Fige
White & Fishers
White & Fisher
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