A Railroad Two Feet In Width
Our engraving illustrates a railroad in the coal districts of Wales, which is but two feet in width, and which has proved exceedingly useful for the conveyance of passengers, at…
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A Letter’s Long Journey
Mr. Johnson, of the Treasury Department, lives in Uniontown, Va., four mlles from Washington, and in sight of the Treasury Building. One day it was uncertain if he would go…
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Casserly Caught Napping
Alluding to the passage in the Senate of the bill to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment the Washington Chronicle of the 27th ult., refers to Senator Casserly’s position with regard to the clause which protects Chinamen from outrage as follows :
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Battle of the Amazons
Tragic Feats of a Heroine—A Female Pitched Battle—Sanguinary Results of Jealousy.
The Nashville Union of Saturday last tells the following extraordinary story:
One of the most sanguinary deeds growing out of jealousy, and one of the highest exhibitions of female courage we have seen any account of for many a day, occurred a few days since near the Last Tennessee line in the edge of North Carolina, bordering on Blount county. The account which we abbreviate from the several reports seems miraculous. The parties represented are creditable and respectable.
It appears that the wife of James Davenport became jealous of a young girl named Kate Jackson, represented as being quite handsome and lovable. Quarrels and contentions were fierce and frequent between the two ladies.
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The Great Whisky Case
We reported, yesterday morning, the great whisky case at St. Louis. The Assistant District Attorney said : The Nimrod Johnson distillery, at Gretna, where it was claimed the whisky was…