davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1877-10-02
Wrtite Der Mu3tiaen:
ututft ttlegr. DepefAta.
9er @riea i'm Orient.

Npnnpn, l. Stf. Ocr eprrefppH,
bent BEG .etaneore" i'm tirfiihen Ga-
aer te%leorophirt pon Blepna, baB 90.
mon Yoida's 0erInfe hnr6 Die ri IL
fne &ononabe oan3 unbebeateno tpar'n,
uber an Dem Saoe an ,pelhem er bic
2oftAo.@ enpute nnsriff, Urrlor er 5000
Mnnn. Gs hsfinnen I'D 1900 Wermnn-
bete in Ylsono.
Gins DepeIde oss r5tanbarh" ous
@udarsaI ast: Sen. Soc1ehen's Gnii6i
iiber Die Situation porYleuna / ltoem@ros
firlsnglifolaus sorsslest woroen. Gr sr'
fldrt, ooB geIuserunssmab re9eln otf
sinem sroben MosNabe notbusno's lei.
en-, I'm otn Ytab gu erobern.
Ser glarowit9 6at bas COMMANDO
bes Iinfen Gliiaels aufaeaehsn uno Mrs
bos Der foiied den @arbe iihernebmen.
9os slpcite tiirtilhe @elrlte fir YIep.
no 1T nod Orfoni sarids'ftbrt. IA Die
bic Goumdnier s ibnr @etraipelp 1asn
tpssnabmen. @robiirlt Nitolaus Ieioe
al eintr Gehsrfronfheit.
9as erife tiirtli6e @eleite. peldes in
pltpna ontam, beltano aus 1000 Wos
gen.
Gin Gprreiponoent loat iihe: Dir TnI
fen Dor Ylepna: Sic i6einen gang mic
perloIlen ,u iein. Sic boben pcoerPlcn,
Soeen, nod Bihrer. DieIelben tuarttn
ouf @eri1drtuneen. mclhe lonalam an.
tommcn uno wenn oue bier, fnum Die
0erlute nurG @cfehts uro &roafbeiten.
wdbrcno Der Isbtsn 3pel Wonote. oeden
: perben. Sd CLAUDE Die &eiAi6te bat
fcin dbnli6es guipieI %auf3uueiien, oab
cine 30 musssseidneie @rmse lid in Ell.
ner 10 sduSlid biililoIe" Sage bsfano,
wie bisis.
@oliman 9aida b%efeTiiat BEN 5dip=
ia YoB. arIdsiaIid nit Der Mblidt. bort
81 iihsrwintern.
Ser bsuties .Starbarb" pcrDient-
Ii9t Golasnoes: nSoIin. Sonnta9
Mtenb. 80. Sept. @laubeswiroiaeNa6
rrdten linb bier onsetommsn, oaB Os-
man YuiAa ben differentiation
Mnsrlif ouf feline Tront auriidseidlaeen
uno benz Geinbe einen beeeutsnoen Ser
lult beisebraht babe. Gs beibt. oob er
Die &uiien auf Dem 2opob.Wesr an9rilf
uno m,brsre Yolitioncn wisorr aelpon'
men," Dieies IAyint nit ocm Beridte,
ws!her eeittrn IN ocn tonltanti opoli-
ihen 3eltuneen pcrDHcntll6t mar. liner
einSu1tlmmen, namIih: oaB Osman ga
ida Die &umdnen Dor Ylepna seidlcsen
babe. ober IS lit lem @runo uorh ,nbea,
oos Cine ODER oas Mnoere gu alouben.
Sic Gin,elnbeitsn, Die imv Stanoaro"
onaeeehen, ino hers dla6t Dom II. bis
aum l3. S,pt. gang dbnIl1. Sa De fa'
1erlide @aroe. welhe 5000 damn TIA t
1T, otn 5. bs. pnr9Ieono er,ualtet murte,
ites isbr mmobrlhetulih. oaB Die
&ulien cinsn alsemelnen @nsrif. oGne
berielben, asmaht baben %iolten.
, 1877-10-02
Snoien.

0unbon,1 l.. Oft. Ser Gorrsipon.
Dent Der .Simss" III Maoras iast i'm
9ssus ani Die @irtuns Der 9unsers.
nptb uno Die oarnad foIsenben Gronf=
bsiten In Der bortissn Yropina; ,0ie
sinsctraeen Sobssfale fir bisies Sabr
bis al Gnoe SUM- b~struNen 10000
mebr als bic sewDbnli@e 0mdidnits.
5obl. Oieie r%eprdieutiren, mad ben
Mnldten oer0iitrittbenmten, HiAt msbr
als ) Der nirtlihen Sterblidtsit, unb
mir baben nod ferner bsnerfen, oaB Die
ieit Der s3sit pOr9efalsnen Soossiaas
nod niAt oifiaica bsriAtet woroen iino,
, 1877-10-02

Ser Correspondent msint. boB niht
weriaer ols 100000 Menihen rieier
Sunacrsnolb gum Opfer ficlcn, uno haB
loear h'sit 3obIen mobrideinlih hcreus
tenh Dermehrt wethen, ebe Die SunsNs=
roth adniIlh perihninNet.
, 1877-10-02
endurance
6 . iat y a u y,
So. $40 Walnut Strabe,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
S%nc0rpOrirt 1910.
8aat Capital ..""...$ 100000 90
Metiba 1,2S0,976 II

0runbsiaentbum in yb latelpbia
uno i'm @4uYlfia 9afen.."..$t50, 100 90
Bombs unbS ypptbefen, sriesW eIb 1899 so
Darlebsn nit Gaaaterals ......... 1880 90
Gut aeN1erte Wmnbmietben..... 41,040 80
s lenbabu, aanal urS ApIsn-
Gcmpasnis 8omos.............. 1855 90
Gtlenbabn upe anosre aftitn...... 1886 90
@srintsten Stnutsn Daslsbsn... tl0,250 90
Gtaot. Counts unb Stabt Oars
.,lsbsu NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5856O 90
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@eprge OibSDm, ir.,
(gta@tsIser non aeacss s. @itlpa.)
81 o. 1907 90 a Il Strafe.

Smpptteur uno gambler in
alien Sorten Vor5ellan@ rno SlaSs
@aaren. iopie in ueridieocneu
@rten Sausbaltuussse~
rdtbiMafter.
SD BABE Icebsn btrsft eybaltsn cine neu
5prm MirtbIhaftc- 8lalGen unb ale artsu
pOn @ldler, ariitaa.6l. lhen, Gbnmp1gusr.
Glider, elm Spuss 9tlIortem ent Won 9isrsla-
lsrn. Gisbalter ODER WaferfIbler s&efrissr-
aior5." 'cpie cine aroRe Auewatl bon fYanaS.
eitsu unO sasiiiasu YsrsslaH.J
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5tadtS<Wd5etft
tasaa utraussssebsn son
3obn 9. pfin II.
no. 8 3m0lite stra6e.
10, Oh m .. Va.

Interruptions Vreife,
, 1877-10-02

Fl
fir bic fplesnben
rtiben nnb ;ahcrlaifissn @eieGidaftet,.
[ ASSOCIATION
OF PHILADELPHIA,
sesranost 1920.
8eriAt ser Wiafe am l. Sarhar 1877.
9ents unb 6ypptbefen unb
8%runpmietbsn auf Gisen-
tbum ii Der Stabt pailabel-
sbta ,383, 1872 II
Ser. @tadten einestraae SDnnS $4,000 on
Darleben Der Stabt pbilapel-
tHt0 .......... ............. 44(jUUU w
Siherbelten eer Staet ybtld=
pflpb'd 1l,I(Z 70
Daleben Ter Stabt 9tttsburg
uno antsrer @tdbts."." 61,4sO 90
Darlebfn beS Sreimaurer Gent
pels. Wbilabslpbia........... 22,COO 90
@rune=& igentbunt :......... 57,l2O 20
Bombs BON Serlbiebensn Giien
babnen unb aubere Corpora
tionen................. 355,S7O 90
Nftien BON Dsrlbiecer Ell GtIea.
babnen uue anbere Corpora.
'ttpnen.."..........~...... 432, 924 50
IngebSufte unb %nkesablte
Sutsreden..........o...... 22.960 20
pa a pcrrdtbls unp i'll Ddntsn
Sen aaenten. ............. 373,034 Y
$3,7S8, O95 "a
Mm 1ten Sonuar 1876 beirut
eea Bic MIete 1861, 932 81
3unabms int Sabre le76,....$ 226,163 80
, 1877-10-02
esg- SHE Nrt OruGarbeiten merSen

II rer Office Ser -ps iraiuia Staass>
Ga cite" anssfsrtist.
, 1877-10-02
Sesl1bermnos=0efen
Gtrgiuia
eSeaer ataD mariase
Deg66ernngsgefuf0aft .
Gapital S615,000.
Sffiee: 1915 Main Gtrobe.

y tcc: 1913 Wtaln Gtrobe.
Oieie @frf1rrungs. Geiea16aft II 1bcn In,
Sabre 1882 ins 0eben errufen unp bat it
tets ais cine Der telIen ilnb Tder1fen @eieu-
~id,a'ten b pteien utb iRit tbrsr @ntItebutg
$1,000, 900 fir @erllfs tsSablt.
Die bur.blAnit lt1e 0isibepte betrug IL
9ro5, per @nnam felt iDssr 0y nouHs.
@ir erfuGsn Aae, welds Gcrihsrunsen
Su MADDEN elber, in unlef r Office, So.
1918 Drain Ctr, sorsuip ten, peer uns
bur6 bic pelf st bena6ritt en-.
%. Z Gamarnit, Ytdt stt.
MO- Santuel y. MiutS, Sefr.
, 1877-10-02
sta ien.

Neop'l. |. Oft. Cardinal Siyte
@inro Spar3h if scitorbsn. 0etlslbe
mar 67 Sabre alt uno wurbe 1916 gum
cardinal srnannt.
, 1877-10-02
gie penalplpania.
geuer pet6hsrun9s : Ge(fGf1afl
BON PHILADELPHIA.
@carinoet 1926.

goor Capital, ...,s 100000 90
Nctipa. 1,655,7l7 20
, 1877-10-02

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To the Ottawa Free Trader:
Seeing reports from the various township in
surance companies, and thinking some of them
would like to compare notes, send you state
ment of our condition.
We have ninety-siX members, carrying one
hundred and two policies, aggrcgating Sl24,OOO
At our annual meeting for the election of Of
fcers, held at Ransom on the I'd inst, the fol
lowing directors were elected: y. McIntrc, A.
Steven, l.. Steven, Rev. d. Folk and w. II. Coch
ranc, Of Allen, j. NJ. johnson, II. Garyen, A. Dill
Ter AMI j. W. Stevenson, of Otter Creek.
The directors organized by appointing y
McInfrc president, 4. Steven treasurer, and j
W. Stevenson secretary. a POLICY HOLDER
Brutcvillc, Jan. 18th.
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Many people In Europe and in this country now
studying and experimenting In preparatory forms for
new social life. The CO-opC ia Ors or En- ~
land number more than million persons These have
their cooperative shops In which they get food
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movement is progressing immense scale, while Rus
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country the cooperative movement has got strong
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nisc experiments, and old which should be inell
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Mlrrie0

At th residence OF the brides parents. Jan it, by Rev
II. ACkr. Mr. CLINTON L. McOMBER to Miss SOPHIA
u. LOCKE
Jan. Oh lS at the residence of VIM. i. Thompson Ia
Ottawa, BY Rev, j. &. Momyer, Mr. WM. NJ SIMPSON TO
Mrs MARY j. RiNEARsON. all OF Troy Grove
Jan Oh. at the brides sisters IN Livingston county by
the Rev Mr.. Allen, Mr.. JOHN WATTS, OF South Otta
wa, TO Mes IDA BELL MOSllER, OF Livingston Co.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-09-15
FINANCIAL.
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.

FRIDAY, September ID, 1877.
SALES.-5,50C Virginia consols sold ut 62l.
ADericnn Goid.-1o3 bid.
State observation-disclosures cUusolS, GIN bid, 63i;
asked: Virginia consois, new, AZ bid; Virginia
deferred. S bid Virginia fax-rcceivaole coupons
81 bid, go asked.
Cifu Securities-f2ic city SIS, 1877 asked;
Richmond city 6's. 10l bid. 102 asked: Petersburg
city S's, 100 asked: Lynchbnrg city 6's, ~ I'D
Norfolk city s's, los bid; Norfolk city "''er . 5
Railroad Ronds.-virPnia Central Railroad third
mortgage 6's, j. and j., ~ bid; Virginia and Ten,
nessce Railroad third mortgage SIS, j. ana D., O.,
bid: Soutlside Railroad second mortgage preferred
'6's j. and j., 81 bid, II asked: Richmond ana re,
fersburg Railroad first mortgage S's, 4. and o. l05
bid; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Kali
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad mortgage
rs, j. and j., 959 bid; Orange and Alexaldria
Railroad third mortgage S's. Al. and NJ. 90 asked
Richmond and Danyie Railroad consolidated Us;
NJ aud N, 70 bid, rs asked Piedmont Railroad
first mortgage Ss, 4. and o., So bid NORTHWESTERN
North Carolina Railroad, 72a bid. 70 asked
Raftroud Stocks.-Richmond Fredericksburg anu
Potomac Railroad common. 100 par, % DID
Rchmopd, Fredericksburg and Potomac Ratir ,r,.
six per cent guaranteed. 100 par. go bid; Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad seven
per cent. guaranteed, 100 par 914.6i5; seaboarn
and Roanoke Railroad common, 100 par, s4H
bid
b Bank Siocks.-FirSt National, 100 par, 10 BIC
Union Bank Of Richmond, so par. As asked mcr'
chants and Planters Savings; 70 par, lSS o,1 a,.
rine, rs mar, II asked; Virginia Stale, 20 par,
asked; Virginia Home, 100 par, 09E 9id; io3
asked: Merchants and Mechanics. 90 par, S9T Din
Lei asked; City, 100 par. 70 asked; Granite Inst
rance COMPANY, l 90 par. so bid, S5 asked. ,.r.,
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LADY BADLY BURNED-We. have informa-
ton that Miss Leila Peers, daughter OF Nj.
George T.-reers, clerk OF Appomatto&
Court, came very near being burned to
death Tuesday night BY the explosion OF a
kerosene, lamp. t.,..,l II. it.-. <.it.r. = 4
Sheshad disrohed for the night, but was
writing q letter near the lamp, which was
setting ON the, bureau. She. noticed o
sudden squirt. OF the flames and Jumped up,
when the lamp exploded, throwing the
burning huid over her and instantly
enyeleping her, in, o bluze.a Her screams
brought her. father TO the scene, and
the flames i were finally put out by
the use Of plaukets, but not until s sse
from,the knee to the shoulder. Mr.. Peers
had both his hands burned-the left badly.
The bureau was almost destroyed, but was
finally out with water Medical sn aid M,ss
Peers: Though necessarily suffering consid-
erably, is Represented 70 be'in affair way Tor
earlysrecoyery.- Ly'schbsry News. -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-09-15
LOUISA COURTHOUSE.
TOURN ENT AND BALL, ETC.
rcor-eSr>opdepce or the Richmond DISPATCH

TOURNAMENT AND BALL,ETC.
CORRESPONDENCE OF the Richmond Dispatch.I
n..'as -. 80 SEPTEMBER Ii, 1877.
Yesterday was the occasion OF tourna-
ment given BY several young gentlemen OF
the town and other portions OF the county.
DESPITE the Indictment weather quite re-
spectacle crowd assembled on the ground at
o'clock Z. NJ. The rules having been read
and the preliminaries having been com
pleted, The knights were drawn up and toe
charge delivered to them by Dir. james E..
Bibb; after which the fitting began. Owing
to the bad weather the majority Of the
knights were absent. But six responded to
the roll-call, determined as the "thing was
on the bills it must be did" TWAS "did."
The knights were as follows: Lost Cause"
l.. IS. Butler; 81 louisa X. Sergeant; No
Expectations &c. &c. Smith; "Chance," A.
c. Smith q. Montpelier" - Chisolm !;
"Beils," Slope Daniel. Eight seconds was
allowed to make the trip in, and three ring
posts stood beside the truck maIestically.
Three rides were allowed each knight, sum-
ming up nine chances. On the first round
"Lest Cause" seemed o.be thinking seri-
ously OF closing his cause" taking only one
ring. "Louisa" tied " Lost Cause" "No
Expectation" 'eTpeeting nothing, was Of
course not disappointed in tying the first
two. "Chance" took two, and it was
thought he stood o chance. "Montpelier !"
scored a "0."' SHELLS" with his thoughts on
the bellies, scored two. at the end OF the tilt
the result summed up; Lost Cause, g. LOU
lisa, s; 10 Expectations, 2; Chance, s.;
Montpelier, 8; Bells, 5. The contest tor the
"Queen was therefore between louise,
Chance, and Bells, Their tis-ride resulted;
3, /, ], which gave Louisa the Queen, The
tween Lost Cause, Chance, Montpelier land
BelfSfhe result was: Q. 3, ., O. Chance bore
of rhe second honor. Bells was entitled to
the third honor, and In the tie.ride between
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SPECIE BAsIs-THE UNITED STATES GOVERN
e Y -MENT AND THE BANKERs!s q Il So
NEW York, September IA. The Bankers
Convention resumed its session this MORN
Ing, and was poorly attended, many having
left for their homes astnight. The ConYen-
ton will come to aciose this afternoon.
A resolution pledginE the banking inter-
ests to aid the Government Ia it's efforts to
restore specie basis was referred TO the EX-
ecutive Council as vas also another giving
It as the opinion OF the Convention that it
was advisable for the Federal Government
to exercise surveillance over savings banks,
loan and trust companies, and fire, ma-
rine, and life insurance companies.
The following mem bers were added to the
Executive Committee William G.. Desh.
Ter, president Of the National Exchange
Bank, Columbus, O.; .E.B. Judson, presi-
dent OF the First National Bank, Syracuse,
NY; Hon. Samuel Merrill, president Of
the Citizens National Bank, Des Moines; M:
Kapperel, president Of the National Bank,
GaiYeston; Charles Parsons, president! OF
the State Savings Bank, st. Louis; III. 81.
Camrs..' cashier Of the First National Bank,
Milw aukee; Mr.. Christensen, cashier OF the
Bank Of Nevada, San Fran cisco; 0. L. Bald
win. cashier; OF the Mechanics National
Bank, Newark, N. j.; L. c. Murray, Lou
isville, KY; John G. New, president OF the
First National Bank, indianapolis; D.. b.
McMiller, cashier Of the Mobile Savings
Bank, Mobile, Ala, and H. D. Moss, FIST
National Bank, Sandusky, 0. frn
After n vote OF thanks to President rHah
for the able manner in which he has cop-
Quoted the proceedings, the: Convention .ad-
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