Trains Schedule Figures From Wilmington Area
Rail timetable details list departures to Philadelphia New York Baltimore and other towns with numerous times, Sunday services omitted for some routes and many times shown in odd formats. A separate verse inserts a lullaby about Ronald warning not to call in the morning amid general news notes from Europe politics and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Port Deposit
New Castle
Delaware R. R
Wilmington & Northern R. R
Delaware Western R. KR
Toe Deposit
Delaware R.K
Delaware Western R. R
Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Thirty-second
Rebuke to Congressmen Over Absences in House Caucus
In Washington on December 5 a Democratic House caucus rebuked members who were absent during key votes including Senate amendments to the army bill. The bill, enlarged by 5,000 soldiers, passed the Senate and returned to the House by only three votes. Wood and Morrison criticized the habit, while Sayler of Ohio and Douglas of Virginia were named in spirit.
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Washineton
Senate
Wood
Morrison
Sayler
Ohio
Douglas
Virginia
Vacancies Filled in South Carolina Legislature
Convista December 5 The Legislature today elected W. H. Wallace to the Supreme Court in place of Wright, and Leroy F Youmans as Attorney General in place of Conner, with Wallace creating a vacancy in the House Speakership to be filled tomorrow. The House also sent the Patterson investigation report to the United States Senate.
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Convista
Haskell
Supreme Court
Wright
W. H. Wallace
Seventh Circuit
Northrop
Leroy F. Youmans
Conner
Wallace
House of Resentatives
House
Patterson
United States Senate
How They Drink in the Hills in Idaho City
Terrible scenes unfold in a mining town as three men fall prey to delirium tremens. One man, William Paxton, a former city marshal, describes a deadly confrontation and subsequent flight from imagined pursuers. A companion is disarmed, while two others drift toward death from drinking. One man dies in his bed after a night of convulsions and delirium. The paper notes a probable death in the Payette Valley and reflects on the tragedy and despair caused by alcohol.
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Idaho City World
William Paxton
Paxton
Main Street
Bill James
Bob Handy
Potu
Boise
Hell
Michael Murray
Payette
Senate caucus reshapes committees and France census noted
In Washington the Republican caucus accepted a report to revise Senate standing committees. Democrats gain an extra representative on several panels including finance and commerce. France’s August 24 census totals 36,905,788 with major cities listed. a temperance revival in Glenn’s Falls, NY reports about 3,300 adherents taking the pledge.
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Washington
Senate
Naval
District of Columbia
Jones
Nevada
Burnside
Commerce Committee
Hayes
Voorhees
Howe
Wallace
Kellogg
Sea Board
Mississippi
France
Toulouse
St. Etienne
Nantes
Rouen
Havre
Roubaix
Rheims
Toulon
Brest
Versailles
Glenn’s Falls
N. Y
Court Proceedings Describe Outrage Case and Poultry Arraignments
Proceedings detail guilty pleas for liquor without license and multiple criminal arraignments in Wilmington. Notable verdicts include not guilty on house breaking, guilty sell liquor, and acquittals in corn theft. A Mary Jenkins rape case ends with State abandoning for lack of evidence, court adjourns after a lively afternoon session.
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Richard Freye
Davis
John Green
West Second Street
Wilmington
Green
John Barenoad
King Street
Eney
Meat
Larne
Samuel Brown
Mary Jenkins
Mireek Hundred
Mill Creek Hundred
Brown
Pierson’s
Robert Allen
George Crisden
Samuel B. Nields
Hannah Brown
John Glenn
State
Samuel Pryor
Chas
James Mansfield
Christiana
Mansfield
Rasin
le H
Columbus
Brandywine Hundred
J.L. Vallandicham
B. Pennington
Turner
Wheatene
Chester
Whealen
Surprise party honors Rev T B Hunter at Bethel M E Church
In Brandywine hundred on December 1 1877 a crowd gathered at Mrs Susanna Foulk’s home for a surprise party for Rev T B Hunter pastor of Bethel M E Church.Music blessed the event with Clara Talley Alma Hunter Anna Zimmer. Donations included a lap robe from Judge Ere and praise for Hunter’s work with thirty seven conversions and twenty five new members. The evening ended with festive fare and gratitude to the pastor, and duty called the guests home as late hour approached.
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Delaware Gazette
Mr. Entror
Brandywine Hundred
Bethel Church
Brannywine Hundred
T. B. Hunter
Bethel M. E. Church
Misa Clara Talley
Alma Hunter
New Castle County
Delaware
Misa Anna Zimmer
Delaware County
Geo. W. Lybrand
Philadelphia
Hunter
Ere
Clark W. Hance
George R. Mousley
Brother Hunter
Claymont
Wilmington's Big Products Limitation for Exhibit
The Exhibition Bulletin notes Wilmington's industries cannot be fully displayed in Institute Hall. Iron steamships, wooden main vessels, and railway cars dominate, but other key manufactures like carriages, iron works, foundry, machinery, morocco and leather need a larger ground-floor hall and easy heavy-vehicle access for a representative display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Institute
Morocco
Mechanic Arte
Weather and World News Echo From December Turmoil
Weather across New England and Atlantic states shifts to high winds and colder, with rain and clouds then. Belgium’s rise as a state under English influence provokes debate as a Danish style arbitration unfolds. A sensational St Louis divorce case ends with the husband winning amid odd revelations. The funeral of Surgeon Culbreth, lost on the Huron disaster, draws large attendance and sympathy in Smyrna.
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New England
Middle
South Atlantic States
Belgium
England
Fishery Commission
United States
Umire
Melfosse
Washion
London
Department of State
St. Louis
Frank M. Gordon
Southern Hotel
Estella F. Gordon
Judah P. Benjamin
Southern Confederacy
Gordon
Culbreth
U.S
Huron
Smyrna
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KY Goods Department
Philadel
Remy
Feek
Wille Worrell
C. Haughey
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M. L. Lichtesteln
Market ST
Gause Merino
Ronald
Bealdes
Mamma
General News
E. W. Stoughton
Russia
Europe
Mount Hope
Rockaway
N. J
Louisville
New York Chamber of Commerce
Senor Zamacona
Mexico
Sydney
Neb
D. E. Simpson
Washington Post
National Capital
Stillson Hutchins
John A. Cockerill
Schalk
Atlanta
South Carolina
Mr. Bird
Pennsylvania
Hockessin
Daniel Creeden
Mary
Alexandria
Egypt
Cairo
Olivet Presbyterian Church
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