07 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
Wilmington Daily Gazette
Location
Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1877
Page
1
Local notice invites readers to examine displays at the Masonic Temple comparing styles and utilities of carpets and dry goods. Friends encourage a personal look to assess quality and choice.
Train schedules list departures from Wilmington to Philadelphia New York Baltimore Washington and other towns with daily and Sunday times. Later arrivals to Wilmington from Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Washington are shown along with Sunday exceptions and special services.
The famed magician Robert Houdin, renowned as the prince of conjurors, was sent by the French government to Algeria to expose impostor Marabouts and demonstrate true skill. He outwitted a rival Marabout by revealing a loaded musket trick and exposed the fraud as crowds watched.
The tale recounts Houdin’s final Arabia demonstration where he defeats a Marabout. He uses a magic apple trick with a knife, a light box that becomes heavy, and a smoke vanish act upon a table. The crowd reels in awe as the Marabout vanishes and returns idiomatically bereft.
The New York Journal of Commerce reports Secretary Sherman dismisses the banking tax repeal appeal as aimed only at banks, while noting other commercial interests suffer. Comptroller Knox challenges the logic, urging against unjust discrimination in national bank taxation, with repeal likely to be debated in Congress this session.
A fire in Millerstown Butler county last night around 11 30 burned two blocks in the basin centre destroying the Bank House a large hotel Aldingers drug and cigar store Farats clothing store and Fredericks dry goods store. The blaze spread rapidly and by 1 am the loss nears thousands with efforts focused on stopping it by wearing down adjacent buildings.
An veteran rider Robert Stickney discusses his career from child stage appearances with Edwin Forrest to mastering bareback and four-horse acts. He explains horse rider chemistry, risks from a midair fall, rosin on backs, and the learning pace of horses. He notes discipline as kindness, the danger of misbehaving piebalds, and the bond with a trusted horse.
Washington reports show President Lincoln forwarding unacted nominations led by New York customs leaders. Senate debate on removal reasons ends without vote while silver bill gains two thirds support, signaling cross party tensions and Democratic caution. Dan Voorhees wins Finance Committee seat over hard money faction.
New York report details Sinnott alias Welch and Chamberlain arrest after attempting to pass four $1,000 Maysville and Lexington Railroad bonds and seeking a loan. Forgeries featured green coloring. authorities say $400,000 in similar bonds existed. Chamberlain found with a 20 share Far Rockaway Gas bond. case under examination. Railroad inspection tours note Centreville’s growth and a city hall fair organized by Good Templars. local mortality tallies show 64 deaths in the past month with a near even gender split.
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