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Shows relief by hachures, drainage, parks, some buildings, names of property owners, streets, roads, and the railroads distinguished by line symbols.
Street map of part of Boston showing the railroad yards and the passenger depot. Chartered on March 3, 1842.
Map of the five borough area of New York showing drainage, settlements, streets, roads, and railroads. "Manhattan (El.) R'y," "Long Island R.R.," "proposed Cable El. R'y," and connections are color coded.
From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 32, Aug. 1886. p. 622. "In indicating the Union artillery, we have followed an official map made under the direction of General Henry J. Hunt, chief of artillery." Gives troop positions, batteries, names of commanders, roads, R.F. & P Railroad and the unfinished railroad, houses and names of residents, street pattern of Fredericksburg, drainage, vegetation, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:50,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 557 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Collection of historic photos from previous Lunar New Years (1985-2021) focused on the themes of fashion and textiles. Features costumes worn in religious ceremonies and by street performers.
The Mariah Brown House, constructed in 1890, at 3298 Charles Avenue (Evangelist Street) in Coconut Grove, Miami. The light blue building, partially visible at the left of the photo, is the Colored Library (Odd Fellows Hall) constructed in 1896.
The Mariah Brown House, constructed in 1890, at 3298 Charles Avenue (Evangelist Street) in Coconut Grove, Miami.
Plaques installed in the Coconut Grove Walk and Wall of Fame commemorate local leaders and historic figures at 3255 Plaza Street in Miami's Coconut Grove.
Map includes parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery counties. Indicates topography by hachures, drainage, roads, property owners, and part of the city street plan of Philadelphia. [From published bibliography].
Republican J ournal Supplement VOLUME 59_ BELFAST MAINE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10 1887 NUMBER 45 CHAT FROM WASHINGTON GOSSIP ABOUT MEN AND THINGS AT THE CAPITAL Frank Hattons New PaperGossip About Robert P PorterBancroft and Cor coran ComparedSome Newspaper Cos ipA Sensation Which ailed Special Correspondence Washington Nov 8It was tho hour in tho afternoon at which the great government departments vomit forth their mass of work ing humanity Crowds of men and women 1 mured by tho thousands out of tlio cavernous jaws of tho United States treasury Tho maws of the state war and navy building vcro black with tho human stream and tho clerks of tho attorney generals office wore leaving their department for their homes Thcaveuuo between Seventeenth street and the Higgs house was black with people and BANCROFT AS A PEDESTRIAN ft was the liveliest hour of the clay in Wash ington Just at this time clown the avenue and through this moving throng walked a straight old man He was six foot tall and as thin as a devils darning needle but his flesh apjiearcd to Ik as solid ns jerked beef and his slop was a springy one lie wore a tall silk hat
LETTER FROM ITALY Ve have been permitted to publish the following letter from Miss Fannie J liver to her fattier and mother Mr and Mrs 1 IV 1 yer of this city under date of Siena Italy June 1 1MOO If one wishes to have an easy time in traveling it is best to go into a person lid y conducted party and let somebody else attend to tickets luggage and other details But if one w ishes to learn a good deal about foreign ways there is noth ing like depending upon ones self We find too that it adds a spicy of novelty not to understand the language This necessitates the use of considerable pan tomime and it ii surprising how much in formation can lie conveyed by signs and tlie mere sound f the human voice 1 always know vs l en Ive made a mistake in taking a wrong street for example after inquiring of the natives by the way they shout and gesticulate making the most frantic efforts to set me right Along the well traveled routes one has no difficulty because French and Kng lisli are everywhere spoken But we are journeying just now
ALMOST A MIRACLE THE WORK OF A STROKE OF LIGHTNING 0 C Peak of Milwaukee Wis Knocked Down While at the Telephone ReceiverA Subsequent Experience Such as Falls to the Lot of Few Strange happenings are constantly being eeorded but it is safe to say few people iu tell of a personal experience as wonder ul as that which fell to the lot of Mr D C 1 yak of Xo 814 Wells street Milwaukee is His miraculous recovery from loco uotor ataxia is attracting widespread at tention throughout the country and has ex ted much comment from the press and Liming physicians Mr Peak is wellknown in railroad circles liroughout the entire State and held an im ortant position with the Chicago Milwau kee St Paul R R Co for a number of ars up to the time he was taken with this rrible affliction He is now well and ex erts within a short time to resume his posi n with the company Iu view of the int oi tance of Mr Peaks case and the talk his n C PEAK has caused a reporter was assigned to k up tlie matter lie went to Mr Peaks Alienee
NEWS OF THE WEEK Ivink Matters Ilev Joshua M pastor of the Grace M E vh Bangor has received and ac l a call from St Johnsbury Ver 11 id will probably leave Bangor nurse of a few weeks to assume uto rate the re Mr Frost lias unently successful in bis pas tor e line street and Grace M E i in Bangor and his going away neatly regretted lie has de make the change chiefly for i lit of his health At the request ol the members of it Methodist Church society or Rev M Frost has re nal his acceptance of the pas St Johnsbury Vt and will n Bangor continuing in charge Grace ChurchJames Hart tears died in Appleton March i nail was a eceiau 01 me tr having been a member of t gild Maine Kattery and the tine Infantry He was a lnem Havid Ksancy lost A U I Heals of Auburn commander Maine Division Sons of Veter decided on June lth and tilth an and liar Harbor as the place ng the annual encampment of i r divisionHigh priced beef icting our Maine farmers into wing more extensively There be an interest in
JOHN DOYLEMATCHMAKER When Louise Doyle entered the office ol Delancey A Griffin architects in the humble capacity of copyist the soul of her lather rosein angry rebellion Two years previous John Doyle had retired from the grocery business with a tidy income a substantial brick resi dence and chronic rheumatism When ever the malady loosened its grip Doyle wandered back to the scenes of his com mercial achievements IIis successor always gave him cordial welcome and a comfortable chair back of the cash iers booth was at bis disposal When too lame to walk as far as the store be consoled himself by playing innumer able games of pinochle in the lear of simpsons cigar store just across the street It was from a disastrous defeat at pinochle that he came home to hear that Louise was going to business I hc moment was inauspicious 1 never heard tell of such tonifool isIums My girl going to chase down town mx days in the week like the daughters of that noaccount Tom aundciv People will be questioning m credit next And she wont make enough to pay for the new feathers and fixings shellwant to say nothing of the shoe
jf GODWINS EASTER iiNUIKILOW turknktt 1 i in walked rapidly down Vat h t the street and with i look shut the pate be i was not one to linger at i parting and today Mrs caving ihe borne of fifty vu have heard the sad said a voice at her M i turned and looked into Id friend and neighbor who stood leaning on I mug white hair blown wind lames she inquired vc been so taken up with i sli cares that I have not j ml in the village for the 1 story of a good man bad one left to fill his red lames Wilson Xo ns having dealings with Margaret We know if in sheeps clothing it to tell me that Henry said Mrs Goodwin in He stopped at my a bis way home from and lie told me that lie r in bis life I must see f it I ns laded blue eyes took neighbors confusion now 1 wouldnt Mar i that neerdowell of a re 1 would run my poor drop a tear on his hand ruing Margaret and i ottered off stood where lie let t her ic snow that was
JIRS ELIZA BECKETT HUNNEWELL llah Attended Campiueetlns fr 73 year Mrs Eliza Beckett Hunnewell whose pleasant home is on the corner of Charles and Park streets in this city where she and a sister ftnd niece live together is supposed to bear the palm for constant and regular attendance upon the campmeeting of the Metho dists in eastern Maine Mrs Ilunnewell began when these annual gatherings were held in Liucoln ville and afterwards went to Bucksport yearly until 1848 when a campmeeting was held at Islesboro at which a com mittee was appointed to select a per manent location East Xorthport was chosen and in J une of the following year the Wesleyan Grove Campmeeting Association was formed land purchased on a shore site and tlie place named Xorthport Camp Ground Mrs Ilunnewell was present at the organization and the first camp meet ing in the new grove and has beer a zealous participant in all the services there ever since This year therefore will round out the 73d of this camp meeting devotees uninterrupted service in these first temples of the Lord Mrs Ilunnewell was born in Orono Xov 12 1814 Her father was William Beckett a captain of
Crossing the Andes in 1905 fey Winding Trails Near Their Southern End Special Correspondence of Tile Journal Mendoza Argentina October 15 1005 in this part of South America as farther north the Andean system comprises three distiuct chains the en tire mountain belt having an average width of 250 miles The easternmost Cordillera is known as the laramillos and the westernmost as the Combre The central cordillera is the highest continuous section of the Andean wall from Panama to Patagonia there be ing only two gaps between Aconcagua and Maypua distance of 100 miles where the crest falls below 19000 feet and both Aconcagua and Tupungato exceed 22000 feet Having climbed the Paramillos range we found ourselves on the summit about two oclock one afternoon at a height of 9000 feet above the sea and about 7000 above Mendoza It was bitterly cold even here the ground covered with snow and a tremendous wind sweeping over the crest but the scenery which had increased in graudeurevery hour re paid a thousand fold the toil of the ascent Mendoza appeared to lie directly at our feet so near that we could count its white houses and trace the shaded streets and
Mrs blooms Evanescent bonnet Miss La Fields millineryshop stood a little back frpm the main street in Dorset It held itself aloof as it were from the tinsmiths on one side and the Vienna bakery on the other both of which stood vulgarly close to the walk and to the curious eyes of the passers by But this only lent additional charm a certain mystery to the trim shop be tween them with its gay bonnets look ing demurely from the windows There was a certain delicious French iness about the place that went to the heart of every Dorset womanfrom the La before the little milliners name to the inimitable twist she could give a bow the spirit of France breathed forth As Mrs Bloom said Its like hevin a foreign native livin right long with us But truth must out There was nothing French about Miss La Field in fact it was well known that her father came from a small island west oi England whose inhabitants do not love the English and her mothers maiden name was OConnor the apos trophe being added when she came to the shtates How the La came was no mystery It