Trains Schedule and Nearby World News
Trains leave Wilmington for Philadelphia New York Baltimore Washington and New Castle with multiple daily and Sunday trains listed for both directions. The piece includes a long miscellaneous news column noting poems and international events in the Balkans the death of French figures and church matters plus labor wage changes in Sheffield.
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Philadelphia
Batmo al Mg
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Fort Deposit
New Castle
Delaware R. R
Wilmington & Northern R. R
Delaware Western R. R
Wilmington
Delaware R.R
Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Thirty-Second
Market Streets
Armenia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Osman Pasha
D’aurelles de Paladines
France
Petroleum findings, deaths, prosecutions fill brief news
Petroleum discovery reported south of Deadwood Dakota. Ex-Congressman John F. Driggs dies in Saginaw Michigan. Adrift finances shown for Adriance Robbins & Co of New York with assets totaling 138,891 nominal and 147,947 actual. Strikes in Canada involve 2000 laborers on the Lachine canal seeking a dollar a day. About 200 New York cigar factory workers faced assault by strikers. Dime Savings Bank run at Elizabeth New Jersey largely subsided. Mrs Mary F Johnson of Port Deposit robbed of a valuable mare and gear. Moses A. Snyder of New York bank sentenced to five years for embezzlement. Attorneys Charles W Wright and Jonathan Wright dropped from Schuylkill county bar lists on misconduct charges. John Dillon sentenced to over eight years for manslaughter in Watertown New York. Walter F Bartlett, Trenton tax receiver, jailed after default, with defalcation around 335000. New York city chamberlain reported 444,982 received from state attorney general, plus settlements in Tweed ring suits. Ballard Drake of Ten Mile Lincoln county Virginia jailed for robbing mail containing 300 dollars in stamps. United States Marshal Patton arrests. Chester barroom brawl ends with Harry Neelan severely cut. owner Gwynn at Gwynn's saloon not yet arrested.
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Deadwood
D. T
John F. Driggs
Hast Saginaw
Mich
Adriance, Robbins & Co
New York
Lachine Canal
Canada
Dime Savings Bank
Huxzabeth
N. J
Mary F. Johnson
Port Deposit
Jagger
Moses A. Snyder
Merchante! Exchange Bank of New York
Charles W. Wright
Jonathan Wright
Schuylkill County
John Dillon
Watertown
N. Y
Walter F. Bartlett
Trenton
New York City
Peter B. Sweeny
Elbert A. Woodward
Ballard Drake
Ten Mile
Lincoln Oonoer
Barboursville
Jetter
United States
Patton
Troops Ordered Not To Cross Rio Grande Frontier
Washington December 17 troops recently sent to the Texas frontier have been ordered by the President not to cross the Rio Grande under any circumstances. The directive emphasizes restraint and border security without escalation.
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Rio] Grande
Washington
Texas Frontier
Rio Grande
Loyalty and loyalty politics in the Hayes era debate
A long, opinionated reflection defends President Hayes against Republican charges of disloyalty. It argues Hayes’s policies restored peace, boosted credit in the South, and revived northern–Southern commerce, and condemns Republican opposition as contrary to duty and country. It also discusses expunging records and warns against foreign entanglements and misperceptions of Texas Rio Grande tensions.
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Loyatty
Republican
Hayes
Congress
United States
Gen. Grant
Amity and Peace
New York
Conkling
Alder extract as tanning agent urged for Delaware leather industry
A letter from Boston dated December 15 1877 forwards a Portland Transcript piece urging Delaware and Maryland coastal alder use for tanning. It cites alder’s annual regrowth, value to hides including calf sheep and goat skins, and notes European use. It argues alder could boost local industry and reduce imports, comparing favorably with gambia oak and hemlock extracts.
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Boston
Mass
The
Gazette
Portland
Maine
Delaware
Maryland
Europe
Gambia
War in El Paso Texas and Merrill death
Official reports place three hundred El Paso county citizens in the San Elizario unrest. No Mexicans crossed the river. Mexican authorities prohibit crossing. About 300 troops moved from New Mexico to aid El Paso officers, exposing the Indian frontier. Gen Sherman doubts war danger and notes Mexican cooperation. Separate item reports the sudden death of William I S Merrill of Newtown Worcester county after a fall on stairs. he was brother to A J Merrill and Capt Geo Merrill.
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N. S. Herald
Mexico
San Elizario
Rio Grande
Scaulay
India
Pele Bors
Bombay
Calcutta
Anada
St. Lawrence
Sitting Bull
Dominion
Fac i
F Rio Grande
New Mexico
el Paso
Texas
New York
Macaulay
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Niagra Falls
Matamoros
Chicago
St. Louis
Sherman
Diaz
San Jizario
Wm. i
Merrill
Newtown
Worcester County
A. J. Merrill
A Plea for Tobadgo and the Tobacco Box Moral
A brief humorous tale set in the United States of Ohio follows a quarrel between a husband Tom and wife Matilda over a misdirected temper. After a heated moment a tobacco box plays a pivotal role, reminding them of affection and leading to a peaceful reconciliation. The narrative closes with a Biblical moral about staying true to one's flaws.
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United States of
Ohio
Barbarans
Matilda
Laney
Incapacity of Congress Warns of Costs and Corruption
From the Philadelphia Inquirer dated December thirteen the piece argues Congress wastes time and money with little useful legislation and mirrors state legislatures in burdening citizens with debt. It notes corruption and broken pledges while deposits at Long Island Foundations Bank in Brooklyn receive a forty percent payment after suspension.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Congress
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