07 May 1884
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1884
Page
1
An old mansion tale unfolds with Meg Beckwith and Mark Hunter amid a dwindling party. A ghostly past haunts rooms as conversations reveal hidden loyalties, a doomed romance, and a promise of shelter and mercy within a storm driven house.
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph details the rediscovery of ferroline glass from obsidian by Italian chemist Tosanxt, his experiments in Pittsburgh and New York, and Welskopf's polishing work. The new material, durable and highly polishable, promises uses from table tops to furniture in opaque bottles and ornamental slabs.
A roundup of scientific notes and curiosities from the era includes platinum wire made invisible to the naked eye by EL Fystead of Trooklyn, but detectable by touch and magnification. Reports on Heming’s coal-derived carbon for electric light, Chowlsan’s tiny electric watch, hemp paper gas-pipes, and global rainfall figures. Also discusses spider phylogeny, underwater spider nests, strange oceanic phenomena near Florida and Georgia coastlines, and fresh water submarine springs with diver-assisted retrieval methods.
Terrifying tremor across eastern counties hit in the morning, with Ipswich walls sunken and cupboards toppled. People fled homes as factories collapsed, railways damaged, and debris filled streets from Colchester to London. Reports claim widespread damage in England with numerous shocks across towns and coast.
A wide range of performers are slated for European tours and U S engagements next season. Bernhardt to tour America for $1,200 per performance plus travel costs. Denison to act in Baltimore. Van Zaxar joins London operatic company. Munnle Pater involved with the Prince and Princess of Wales during My Sweetheart in London.
A fragmentary transcription outlines federal bankruptcy law, court jurisdiction, and the appointment of commissioners. It notes that district judges may appoint officers to supervise proceedings and that certain procedures avoid Supreme Court review. The text mentions payment of fees, distributions, and rules on fraudulent transfers and preferences.
Eastern and Middle DopMortals honor Wendall Phillips in Hoston. Victors Gupta delivers a memorial oration. Twenty three year old Hermes Hormax was hanged at White Plains for murder. A hundred year old Tul a Mirchett dies in Brooklyn from a birthday salute near Erie. Amateur artillery fires a salute. injuries occur. Republican convention themes shape New York politics as Arthur and other nominees loom. A steamship Dragon voyages Queenstown to New York in ten days. A Wickestarro factory plans a start near Philadelphia. The Women’s Silk Culture Association opens in Philadelphia. improvements noted. Drowning near Hudson River, Newark factions clash at state convention. delegates selected for national races. President Arthur’s administration defended. Greenback delegates chosen in line with party splits. A New York builder Dease fails in a large project. 1,000 buildings rise in upper city. The British sloop Alert arrives in Brooklyn for Arctic expedition support. Civil unrest in Ireland spurs calls for dynamite and revolutionary talk. A deadly theater collapse in Markurest yields five dead and many injured and missing. Hanged murderers in Vienna. Earthquake fear and property damage across England prompts traffic hazards. London tremors felt broadly as church and civic structures collapse.
The Senate advanced bills including a post office appropriation with salaries rising to 10 million and mail delivery costs, while limiting periodical frontage charges. It also discussed a uniform bankruptcy act, navigation bureau creation, and pensions for veterans. House actions included a world fair aid bill, extradition of antiabortion reform, and measures on timber protection, railways, and newspaper postage.
A long, disjointed excerpt presents the diary of Dr. Ambler, surgeon of the Jeannette expedition, with entries dated October 1831. It describes hungry, exhausted conditions, worded pleas for supplies, and a trek to safety, including references to named places, people, and the expedition’s struggles and eventual movements.
A fragmented review covers Arab legends of invulnerability and the witchcraft of armor, then shifts to Vinnie Ream’s Paris studio tale with a craftsman and a dramatic bid for the prize. It includes a detailed description of execution customs in an austere tone.
Readable fragments describe Nellie Grast, Talmage, Jon Bracuro, and Mrs. Shan as figures in a summer tableau at New York. Notes mention General G. T. Sherman, a diverse cast with roses, a Cuban exile, and a long vignette of aristocratic life, with a fleeting reference to justice Watts and Vanderveren. A section on Shendy mass killings reports two thousand killed by Mahdi's followers, with Egyptian troops and civilians. further brief items touch on New York Hebrews, Florida deaths, pro baseball, murders, and cotton mills.
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