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Newspaper
Aiken Recorder
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1891
Page
5
An eclectic Tucker of global affairs and cultural notes from a late 19th century press. Topics include Harvard leadership, European power dynamics, Newfoundland policy, fish and ice dangers, Atlantic telegraph plans, press influence under Bismarck, employment stats, Nihilists in Russia, and a poetic closing by Archibald Lampman.
The narrator recounts a plan by Flatheads to ambush a small settler group at Richey’s Camp near Winnemucca. He fled north to Canyon after learning of the attack, fearing pursuing Native groups. Two women and seven children remained, while others who died earlier are noted amid a quick retreat to a creek and an island hideout.
A lone narrator recalls a perilous night with endangered people near a river crossing. They ration water from a hollow rock, feed a bear meat in a ground fire, and fear Native scouts approaching the hill. The party hides, guards children, and waits as enemies near, while a rifle is readied and concealment is improvised. The fear and responsibility weigh heavily on the caregiver.
The narrator recounts calming alarmed companions then abandoning a dead body to move on with the wounded Indian and others. They flee toward Cavan City using ponies, noting the risk from pursuers and their exhausted state after days of unrest. The account ends with lingering nerves eight days of near sleeplessness.
On Cephalo Island in the Ionian Sea near Argostoli two sea rivers flow inland for a short distance, then split. One bends, runs parallel, doubles back, and feeds two mills as it deepens, while the other vanishes into the marshy shore. The scene lies southwest of the island’s small town and port Argostoli.
A Moroccan locust outbreak threatens Algeria with famine as swarms devastate crops. Reports from Arabs arriving in Algiers describe swarms remorselessly sweeping deserts, darkening the sun, and moving hundreds of miles by swift dromedaries. Officials note the insects’ eleven year cycle and the potential for broad agricultural ruin across the region.
Professor Simo Newcomb recalls his Nova Scotia birthplace and youth shaping his views as he describes a frugal, farming childhood. He reflects on self-made clothes, limited schooling, and the blend of rural labor with early exposure to reading, travel, and odd glimpses of distant life through family tales and local encounters.
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