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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1891
Page
8
The article reports John Fulton a colored man shot by Freeman Partee after a card game dispute at Fulton's home. Fulton died next morning from a 38 caliber pistol wound. Partee was jailed and awaits grand jury action. A coroner's inquest ruled willful murder.
Five people died and around fifty injured when the Omaha and Denver fast express struck an open switch near Monmouth. Engineer Emmerson and a traveling engineer perished as the nose of the train turned over. Passengers in sleepers faced panic as lights failed and bodies were found under wreckage.
Whip and Spur reports include Allerton and Axtell tying as fastest descendants of George Wilkes. Eugene Leigh buys Bramble for 8000 dollars to lead his Kentucky stable. Nancy Hank beats Belle Ham-No in Buffalo in 2 16. Sam Bryant buys Proctor Koottase yearling for 425 at Belle Meade. Various match races, purchases, and a notable female trotter driver in Philadelphia. The Earl of Westmoreland dies in London at sixty five after a turf career. A novelty race at Philadelphia features Dollie driven by Miss Sallie St Clair winning two heats.
A Parker's Ford resident keeps a ring dove in 21 years in one cage. A Butler county fox guards a farmer's yard, keeping chickens safe. Reports describe a vast New York Grand Central Station bird cage and swarms of English sparrows. Australia notes giant caterpillars and moth larvae. An Africa captive elephant of unusual size and trunk loss is held by a native king. A 24 foot Panama harbor shark with thick skin was caught. North American birds lose two species to possible extinction. A five foot Atlantic City fish with four rows of teeth washed ashore surfside.
Massachusetts will dedicate 10000 dollars from a total 75000 dollar appropriation to an educational exhibit at the exposition. Guatemala has allotted 100000 dollars in gold for forts and 20000 more for buildings. Henry Ballantine, American consul at Bombay, has been sent to secure participation. Rebels in Morocco are executed by elephant crushings in public displays.
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