Word: river
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Owing to heavy rains along the Ohio valley the Ohio river is rapidly rising and overflowing its banks. It is already eight inches above the danger line, and many towns are inundated and much property destroyed...
...Charles-River Railroad have adopted an excellent way of designating the horse-ears on the different routes. On the top of the cars in front are placed large wooden balls, and the colors of these balls show the route of the cars. The Union Railway should adopt some similar method...
Last night a communication was sent to the city government of Fall River by Mrs. Mary Young, in which she offers the city an estate valued at $60,000 and $50,000 in cash, for the purpose of endowing a scientific high school, as a memorial to her deceased...
...operation of the entire Catholic Church in the United States, has been secured. It is understood that Bishop Spalding has been promised in advance $1,000,000 to begin the work, one person offering to subscribe $700,000. The foundation is designed to be somewhere along the Hudson river, within easy reach of New York city...
...said that the project of a new bridge over the Charles river, between Boston and Cambridge, will probably not be carried out this year, owing to economical reasons...