No Fences to Improve Land Quality Amid Fence Law Debate
Local editorial critiques a fence law as a poor man's policy and defends appointing party men. Immigrant arrivals to New York total 108 507 in the year to August, with English and German numbers near equal and rising Scandinavian immigration. A village in Westerville Ohio witnesses a brutal arson attempt on a saloon keeper family, while Judge Black discusses Tammany, Tilden, Hancock and presidential prospects with cautious judgment on legitimacy and succession.
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New York
Westerville
Ohio
South
The Fall Elections Across States and Dates
The note lists upcoming elections in Ohio and Iowa on November 11 for state officers and legislature, with Iowa also filling a Fifth District House vacancy. It then surveys states scheduling November 4 elections for Maryland Massachusetts New York Wisconsin Mississippi New Jersey Pennsylvania and a December 2 vote in Louisiana on a new constitution.
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Ohio
Towa
Maryland
Massachusetts
New York
Westchester
Wisconsin
Mississippi
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Virginia Midland Extension reconnaissance to Danville Statesville route
Col J B Yates and Hon R F Armfield surveyed from Danville to Statesville to locate a standard gauge line, finding two plausible crossings and two routes to Statesville. Aim to create an independent Virginia Midland line linking Baltimore Washington and Atlanta with the South, contending for favorable Air Line connection near Gastonia. Pennsylvania Railroad control on the current line pressures expansion. local subscriptions urged to advance construction. Also includes political commentary by Wendell Phillips and 1879 export values for wheat flour cotton and provisions.
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J. B. Yates
John 5. Barberr
Virginia Midland Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Atlanta
Dan River
Madison
Germantown
Anthony Bitting
Dutch Meeting House
Bethania
Yadkin River
Mr. Glenn
Statesville
Dalton’s
Turnersville
Pruet
Old Mills
Gastonia
Virginia Midland
Surry Letter Deepens Local Tensions and Community Events
In Surry County the season shifts with crops denuding fields and tobacco in transition while frost marks the season. A fevered outbreak looms as Miss Martha Snow dies, court sessions report sentences, and political radio pipes up about 1850s party shifts. A Kernersville youth group Good Boys forms with a charity festival netting funds for church seats, and local railings call for disciplined Democratic organization amid Southern Republican critiques.
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Doxson
N. C. Dearenon
Jack Frost
Ivis
Martha Snow
A. Z. Carson
Henry Snow
Yadkin Court
Gilmer
Joel Vestal
Leu Royal
Yadkin
Maj. Robbins
Tilden
Surry
Selah
J. B. McGuffin
Baltimore Medical College
Kernersville
Kernersville Academy
Rachael
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Sentinel
Geo. M. Mathres
Bob Douglas
Jake Carry
Douglas
Jere S. Black
Washington Post
Tammany
General Hancock
Judge Black
Gongresa
Dan Winston
Salem
Wendall Phillips
Republican Party
Wade
Fessenden
Gulf
Schurz
Hayes
Glaine
Garfield
Daws
Sherman
Fish
Utica
Senator Conkling
Tish
the Berguers
Sol Smith
Russell
America
Comedy
Burch’s Book Store
Follo Crows
S. H. Haslips
Berneraville
Joe Beeson
Wm. Robson
Eden S. House
Lewis Bitting
Brookato Lewis
Marupton
Old Town
Tim Boone
Cresnenaughtown
Winston, Salem
Jno
Shore
Connorsyth
Fogle
H. Gossen
S. D. Franklin & CO
Franklin
Winston
D. Paylor
Stephen Neal
Jasor
Paris
Sanriaco
Pars
Vienna
Parva
Franz Liszt
Theodore ‘Thoman
Sie Bull
Gottachalk
Straves
Warren
Moreau
Europe
Pasvons
Thal
Southern
Sewmab
Boston
Budden & Bates
Savannah
Manuvadtenen
Whormune
I. L. Vaughn
Felix Crutchpiel
Vaughn & Crutchfield
Norwood Building
Court House Square
E.cially
Isaac H. Nelson
Hayike
Joe Fulton
Srea
Reco
Hon Fulton
E. Gilmer
Clothing House
Our
Court-House Square
Winston, N. C
Airy
Lovel's Creek
Alno
M. Banner
N.C
Joseph Regnard
Dors
Citiens
Sa' Jom
Winston Holas
Main Street
Salem N.C
Lynch’ Select School
High Point
N. C
B. P. Meid
Bingham School
Mebaneville
N. O
Atlanta Medical College
N. G
Winston and Salem
Facourr
J. G. Westmoreland
W. F. Westmoreland
W. A. Love
W. H. Taliaferro
Jnc
Thad. Johnson
A.W. Calhoun
J. H. Logan
J. T. Benks
J. W. Wilkins
MO. Thad. Johnson
M. D
Ariana
Lal
Kacplesworth
George Stinson & GO
Ortland
Maine
Crew's School
Rae W
Cedar Cove
Addreen N. W
Pfohl & Stockton’s
Wiew Bargain Store
Pfohl & Stockton
F. M. Bohannon
Davie
Yadkin Counties
Messrs
Pfohl
EDGE
Salem, N.C
E. C. Clinard
Stockton
North Carolina
Areseen
Pegram
Guilford
C County
H. W. Foltz
Davidson County
C. Brown
Ffohl & Stockton
Fee Stockton
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