13 Jun 1878
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Newspaper
Wilmington Daily Gazette
Location
Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1878
Page
1
A chaotic clockwork of departure and arrival times listed for the Wilmington rail corridor shows trains to Philadelphia New York and other points with Sunday service noted as absent on several routes. Multiple schedules indicate morning and evening runs with varying pm and am annotations and occasional no Sunday trains.
A meeting of the City Republican Executive committee elected Washington Hastings as Chairman A Brack Starr as Secretary and BR Ewbanks as Treasurer A committee was appointed to draft party rules for the city and the session adjourned Meanwhile dispatches from San Francisco report a general uprising of Bannock Indians in Idaho Utah and Nevada prompting reassignment of Pacific Division troops to quell the threat.
The European Congress convenes with guards before plenipotentiaries. Bismarck to give a welcome. Turkish reps expected later. The Radziwill palace frames the setting as officials arrange tables and seating by state. In the US, Senate passes appropriation acts and bills on eight hour enforcement postponed. A Portsmouth murder attempt and rail project news round out this dispatch.
The subscriber offers 30 head of high quality Milch Cows at public sale on Wednesday June 19th 1874 at 1 o'clock. Sale location is Henry Husbands Price's Farm Ninth Ward Wilmington Del. Cows will freshen later spring. Credit of 90 days without interest. Auctioneers L W Stidham & Son.
Damaged OCR shows a total assets and expenditures statement from Hanover Fire Insurance and National Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford. Includes cash in banks and offices, United States bonds, first mortgage railroad bonds, real estate in New York and Brooklyn, loans on call, and accrued interest. Mentions officers and agents with values like 501,500 for real estate and 210.68 stock buck value.
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