Word: governors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...young lady lately banished to Siberia for complicity in the Nihilist conspiracy, has killed the governor of Transbalkal territory...
...centennial celebration of the foundation of Phillips Exeter (N. H.) Academy will occur June 20 and 21 next. The committee appointed to take general charge of the arrangements consists of Governor Bell, John C. Phillips, Geo. A. Wentworth, Prentiss Cummings and Artemas H. Holmes. On the evening of the first day the reunion of the alumni will take place. On the closing day an oration will be given by Rev. Horatio Stebbins, D. D., of San Francisco, and a poem by Rev. Edward Everett Hale of Boston. At the after-dinner speaking George Bancroft, the historian, will preside...
...Butler recently had a conference with Judge Lord of Salem. The latter will probably resign as associate justice of the Supreme Bench soon after the new governor's inaugural...
...McLane, the independent candidate for governor of South Carolina, will contest the election of the Democrat returned by the Democratic returning board as the elected governor...
...Louisville Courier-Journal, noting the rise of ball players, remarks : "Among the old-time ball players who made 'home runs' at the late election was Robert E. Pattison, the governor-elect of Pennsylvania, who played first-base in 1867 and 1868 for the Harry Clay Club of Philadelphia, a well-known amateur organization. Something has long been needed to give an impetus to our national game, and if the players are inspired by the hope of office, we may expect that the material interests of the sport will advance...