ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Date: 27 February 1884
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.--The following orders concerning officers of the medical department (recent ly appointed) have been issued: First Lieut. William D. Dietz, Assistant Surgeon, will proceed form NewYork to West Point and report to the Superintendent...
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ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Date: 28 February 1884
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.--The work of relieving the sufferers from the overflow of the Ohio and its tributaries has been almost completed, and an order was issued by the Secretary of War to-day relieving Gen. Beckwith from special duty in Cincinnati, and placing the duty of closing up the relief service in the hands of Major W. H. Bell.
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CITY AND SUBURBAN NEWS; NEW-YORK. BROOKLYN. STATEN ISLAND. NEW-JERSEY.
Date: 28 February 1884
The one hundredth annual meeting of the German society will be held this evening at Liederkranz Hall.
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GENERAL TELEGRAPH NEWS; COL. QUAY EXPLAINS. WHAT HE SAYS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL SITUATION.
Date: 28 February 1884
PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Feb. 27.--The Times to-morrow will print a card from Col. Matthew S. Quay in which he says that a recent Harrisburg dispatch to a New-York paper purporting to give his relations to the Republican Congressmen of Pennsylvania, is false in its statement of facts and inferences.
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CITY AND SUBURBAN NEWS; NEW-YORK. BROOKLYN. LONG ISLAND. WESTCHESTER COUNTY. NEW-JERSEY.
Date: 27 February 1884
E.H. Ritter: The address is No. 23 Union-square, West. Mrs. John Jacob Astor was feeling better last evening, having enjoyed a quiet day of rest. Her condition continues to improve gradually.
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A SCHOONER REPORTED LOST.
Date: 27 February 1884
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 26.--Nothing is known here or at Newport News of the reported loss of the schooner John K. Shaw, Capt. Osborn, which sailed from Newport News on Feb. 21 for New-Haven. Her cargo consisted of 421 tons of cannel coal and 110 tons of pig-iron. The vessel is owned by A.S. Hatch, of New-York, Cabt. Osborn, and others.
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TWO CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
Date: 28 February 1884
WHEELING, West Va., Feb. 27.--By the burning of the residence of William Morrison, a well-to-do farmer, in Pocahontas County, on Friday last, news of which has just reached here, two daughters, aged 8 and 11 years, were burned to death.
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NEW AMERICAN JOURNAL IN PARIS.
Date: 27 February 1884
PARIS, Feb. 26.--Le Matin, the French edition of the Morning News, appeared for the first time this morning. Its most striking characteristic is its independence in politics. It gives all sides an opportunity of stating their opinions. MM. Paul de Cassagnac, Paul Auguste Arene, ...
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