New York Tax Law Forces Payment in Gold and Coins
A two month old New York law declares that after January 1 1879 all taxes and contract payments must be made in gold or coin, with dollars payable only in metal. The ruling faces challenges to constitutional limits but upholds state power to demand payment in kind or in coin, noting officials may not accept other tender. A Springfield social note reports a public wedding canceled then secretly performed, revealing a couple wed during a July 4 trip to Enfield Connecticut after parental opposition and a Harvard student groom.
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Justina Chase
Thia
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Ao Civen
Enfield
Conn
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Iis
Vassar College
Wealth of the Senate cited in massive listed fortunes
A St. Louis report lists extensive approximations of wealth for numerous U S senators and associates, totaling many millions. The figures, labeled as possibly rumor and based on convenient gossip, cover Jamlin Morrill Edwards Morrill Bentwell and many others with varied sums. The notice emphasizes uncertainty in the data.
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Lot Morrill
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Bentwell
Dawes
Anthony
Surusides
Eaton
Merny
Kernan
Wallace
Randolph
Frelinghuysen
Thosuan
Sherman
Morton
McD
Ogbaby Logan
Christia Perry
Michigan
McMillan
Wright
Andrew Johnson
Cooper
Dor
Clayton
Patter Robertson
Noene
West
Bruce
Merriman
Rawson
Gordon
Cuth
St. Louis
Geni and Palace Hotels of San Francisco Reach Vast Scale
The Geni and Palace Hotels in San Francisco claim world prominence as the largest hotel structure, covering 66 250 square feet on seven stories with 24 661 000 bricks and 9 000 tons of iron. It houses 1 000 windows, 377 of which are Way wind rooms, 183 bathrooms, over three miles of hallways, five elevators, seven grand stairways, 4 540 doors, 6 000 gas jets, 32 miles of gas and water pipes, 50 000 yards of carpet, and space for 1 200 guests plus 360 staff. A glass railing will top balustrades to prevent accidents, while interior courts will glow with gas jets at night. Also noted is a report about W. Cruikshank’s family leaving for St Paul, Minnesota for the summer, with Mr. Cruikshank to return soon.
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Comletion
San Francisco
Middletown M E Church Welcomes New Members And Local Updates
Over thirty persons joined the Middletown M E Church as full members on Sunday. Odessa reports revival in business with mechanics employed. Nearby Kent and Caroline counties see wheat and corn prospects improving, peach and strawberry markets developing, and ongoing camp meetings and school openings. A Dover student injured his collar bone. a boy swallowed lime and recovered with milk.
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Bijah and the Cobwebs in the Detroit Free Press
Bijah berates a boy over slang while sweeping the ceiling and removing cobwebs, a scene with a free press reader and a young spectator debating leather and tenderness as an old janitor completes the task.
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Bob
Bilah
Vnd
Bedlam in Spain Sparks Outrage and Fatalities
An observer notes a brutal fight in Spain where two men were killed and a third severely wounded with little chance of survival. The piece laments such blood sport as a lingering cruelty in a civilized nation, arguing it perversely grows in popularity.
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Spain
N. Y. Herald
German Jesuits Expected in America Arrival Near Quincy
A dispatch from Quincy Illinois reports preparations at a Quincy Monastery to host 200 Jesuit priests arriving soon from Germany. The exiled Jesuits flee Bismarck edicts and will be housed as refugees at the Monastery, serving as a refugee headquarters for the group.
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Germany
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