A Texas cyclone Iowa items note various incidents
Iowa items report a wide range of events from Nehemiah Clare’s death in West Liberty to a Dubuque fairground mortgage sale and a Cedar Rapids reunion. Others include a Texas cyclone near Greenville with property damage and one death, thefts, rail and road concerns, and multiple local incidents across counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mapleton
Nehemiah Clare
West Liberty
Oskaloosa
Griswold
Dubuque Fair
Weekly Review of Debts Disasters and Droughts
May debt reduction of 4 992 476 dollars noted. Gould system to be built at Palestine and other sites. New Zealand coal fields found 600 000 acres at Cabbace Bay. Helena Arkansas trims debt by half. Boiler blast near New Orleans kills two, injures four. Trade balance for first four months at 54 671 198 dollars. Staunton toilet explosion causes 10 000 dollars in damage. Cuban drought hits 25 percent lower sugar crop. Burlington Insurance pays 5238 01 to Kansas treasury for 1882 taxes. William L. Scott donates 10 000 to Harriet and St Vincent hospitals Erie Pa. Mexico gold fields suffer water shortage. Detroit man awarded 18 000 in Grand Trunk railroad head injury suit. Grand Trunk freight train wreck in Vermont. engineer and fireman killed. Lynchburg Va fire. 309 000 loss. Virginian office destroyed. five buried. Body of William Sanders Rich found near Hot Springs Ark with cash and diamonds. East Saginaw shingle mill explosion kills three. Hangings in Chicago and Oxford. Gen George P Buell dies near Nashville after jaw operation. San Carlos Indians surrender to military near Arizona. Ohio Indiana storm causes widespread damage but few injuries. Belleville mining district to adopt arbitration and standardized weighs.
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Dallas
Greenville
Hunt County
St. Louis
Texas
A. T. Strong
K. L. Lowenstein
William Walfinberger
Daily News
Dec Catur
Alabama
Tower County
Belraume
Neely
Wilkinson
Stiles
Turner
Meighan
GalvesTon
Bonham
Palestine
Samuel Howard
Howard
Hutchins Station
Osens
Tarmitg
England and Russia and Vatican notes in May reports
England declines sanction for New Guinea annexation by Queensland while allowing coastal stations. In Ireland the labor dwellings bill passes second reading. A London dispatch notes dynastic possibilities for Governor Generalships. In courts the treason and felony indictments for Fenian conspirators proceed with multiple true bills. Russia laments coronation manifesto and Jewish unrest. Rome reports declining peace and Vatican-France tensions.
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Lord Derby
New Guinea
Queensland
Hoase of Commons
Ireland
London Daily News
Grand Colony
Duke of Albany
Canada
India
London
Central Criminal Court
The
Recorder
Grand Jury
Gallagher
Bernard Gallagher
Whitehead
Carlin
Ansburg
Wilson
Hem
Lynch
Norman
America
Barber Brothers Fire Upon Barbers Near Sumner Iowa
The Barber brothers Isaac and William, wanted for murders including Deputy Sheriff Sheppard, were pursued by Bremer County deputies and volunteers from Sumner, Waterloo, and Tripoli. A later dispatch reports they were captured near Tripoli after a desperate fight injuring four men.
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Isaac
William Barber
Marion Shepherd
Fayette
Sumner
Bremer County
Barber Bros
A. H. Jarvis
Barbers
Jarvis
Sheriff Fair
West Union
Tripoli
Blackhawk County
Waterloo
InterOcean
Cedar Rapids
Barber Brothers
Wilson's Grove
Volga
Wapsie
Waverly
Iowa
Sheppard
Fayette County
Nnois
O. H. Jarvis
State “Register
Mob Hangs Man in Winterset Court Square
A mob of about fifty masked men seized John Hamner from Madison County jail at dawn and hanged him from a tree on the west side of the courthouse square. The crowd rode in on horseback and set a small fire before departing the city, leaving the victim lifeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hamner
Madison County
William BS
Winterset
Stree
Court House Square
Illinois husband boxes wife in lottery dispute
An Illinois man assaulted his wife with a box after a dispute over a lottery ticket. She fled to her father's home and claimed damages of 5000 dollars.
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Ilinois
Thomas
Stay Granted For Matt Lewis Execution
A Harrisburg dispatch reports Matt Lewis of St. Louis, twice convicted for murder and thrice sentenced to hang, receives another stay of execution from June 6 to June 29. The note also mentions a Cumberland County tragedy and other crime, war-time unrest, and a cultural critique on English foreign dress and marriage patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Lewis
St. Louis
Fourfold code of a gentleman cited in a moral saying
A proverb asserts that true gentleness comes from four aspects: principles, tastes, manners, and personal conduct. It laments that if men spent a quarter of their time and money helping others instead of harming them, misery would disappear.
Democratic convention endorses Kinne for governor
A Iowa convention delegates Cass County representation and elected L G Kinne as governor candidate on the first ballot. Justus Clark named lieutenant governor with a platform urging equal rights, civil service reform, tariff critique, temperance licensing, and rail regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aborn House
L G Kiane
Sherwood
Marshall County
John Ryder
Benton County
Byron Webster
Ghost Clark
Linn County
L G Kinne
Tama County
James Conway
Iowa County
J E Henriques
Geo J Boal
Johnson
W W Moore
Hisses
United States
Nebraska
Cass
Mr Yooung
W H M Pu@y
Council Bluff
W Goode
E M Can
Matt B Kelly
James
T O Walker
Jerry Murphy
J P Allison
B J Hall
Mr Pusey
Mc Pusey
Commonwealth
Democratic Party
Col W H Merritt
Polk
H Mallory
Lucas
Kinne
Justus Clark
Montgomery County
Committee On Platform
Republican Party
Republican Congress
Supreme Court
I E Hayer
F H Burton
Jamize Hayes
Clinton County
Jackson
Edgar B Farr
Page
Quiet Year Honors Fallen Youth With Blossoms
Poem-like verse recalls hush of fire and bugle, honoring the youthful dead. Delicate imagery links graves with beauty of blossoms, leaves, and gardens, as tempered grief awakens reverence for sacrificed lives.
Evening procession at the secretary’s doorway in rain
A crowd exits a grand building as a widow in shabby clothes struggles to descend to the sidewalk. The secretary signs many papers inside while a carriage waits in the rain and a silent black figure watches. The scene notes faded elegance and lingering inequality.
Notable Indian Social Reaction to Political Change
In a June Century illustration H H describes a San Diego band feasting and burning their chief after the Mexican viceroy’s death and an emperor’s rise. They defend their act by comparing it to actions they observed in Mexico and claim they would burn a bad successor as well.
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H. H
Calfornia
Father Boscana
San Diego
Mexico
Little Bertha Declines Tea Visit
A three year old named Bertha resists staying for tea with her aunt, warning that her mother would scold. The aunt reassures that the mother is not dangerous, while Bertha quips that codes ought to be punished with her mother once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Seventy Two Feet Leap Described by Forest and Stream
A Canadian hog slaughter tale describes a catamount leaping seventy two feet in a night pile collapse. The account compares animal jumps to a coiled wire spring releasing from a base, detailing the biomechanics of a catamount and panther leap with emphasis on distance and mechanics.
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Canada
New England
The Seminole Indians and Their Happy Condition
A historical sketch describes Seminole people with details on dress armor and lifestyle. It notes women’s attire including calico skirts and jackets, ornaments such as teeth and bones, and small stature. Men are depicted as friendly, with children described as delicate and beautiful. Dug-out canoes and expert paddling are highlighted alongside long journeys to Lake Okeechobee.
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Ieee
Lake Okeechobee
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a moral inspection
A clkr questions a domestic about a mistress and engagement. A participant notes the woman is married, while another asks about the fate of a dozen oysters. The fragmentary text hints at social propriety and impropriety in a crowded room.
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le Mats
Winchell
Marbie Rock
Minneapolis
Crocker
Iowa Brigade
Charles Pollard
Marteile
Jones County
H. A. Pipe
Wright County Monitor
Texas Item
Lincoln Township
Clinton ‘‘Herald
Northwestern Railroad
Boone
Alton Review
H. L. Graves
Maquakota
United Weight
J. C. McKinney
Decorah
Burlington
Hamilton County
Frank E. Landers
Treasuer
K. Young
Amos Baker
Lashman
Eldora
Henderson
Anamosa
Dudley
Rockwell City
Long Bros
Manson “Journal
Cethe
Independence
Grank
Atlantic Telegraph
Atlantic and Northeastern
Eeraionin
C. Slater
Benton Township
Cass County
John W. Scott
Hardin County
Dakota
Charles Bartlett
H. C. O’hara
Brothers& Law
Bartlett
Roan
Des Moines
Lee County
Hubenthal Grove
Keokuk
Illinois
Union Pacific
Ben Ward
San Francisco
Centerville
Iowa Falls
James Mallison
Monmouth
Cicero Close
State Agricultural Society
W. A. Ackley
Rock Iland
Iowa Grand Lodge of Masons
Geo
Wika Saun
Chas, T. Granger
John D. Gamble
Phil. Scholler
Parvin
E. K. Young
Theo. Schreiner
Tyler
John T. Stonemat
Grana Maater
Ace Giabeean Eee
hPa
Dubuque
Alison
B. B. Richards
J. K. Graves
D. J. Burrill
J. A. Reed
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Waverly House
Stevers
Lne
Western Union
Chicago
Ft. Dodge
J. F. Stevens
Fort Dodge
Emma Cronin
Alo
Stevens
J. Johnson
Springfield
Mass
Julien Dubuque
Wisconsin
Great Western
Michigan
Missouri
Indiana
Weekly Review
Et al
Cabbace Bay
Helena
Ark
New Orleans
Staunton
Cuba
Burlington Insurance Company
Kansas
W. L. Scott
Harriet and St. Vincent Hospital
Erie
Home
Catholic Orphan Asylum
Guyamas
Wm. L. Smith
Detroit
Grand Trunk Railroad
Grand Trunk Railway
Stratford Hollow
Vermont
Lynchburg
Virginian
William Sanders Rich
Philadelphia
Hot Springs
Arkansas
East Saginaw
Mich
G. W. Turner
Sherman Goulding
John McDowell
John Baily
Henry Winnibush
Rob T Henderson
Oxford
N. C
Pennsylvania
George P. Buell
Nashville
Tenn
Buell
Don Carlos Buell
Fifteenth United States Infantry
Fart Stanton
N. M
Wilcox
Arizona
San Carlos
Leco
Crook
Ohio
Little
Miami
Freeport
Stubbs
Shelby
Decatur
Bartholomew
Butler County
Westchester
Lancaster
Owen County
W. R. Williams
Craft Brothers
Vancus
Istest
Belleville
St. Clair County
Belleville Board of Trade
Charles Nesbit
Miners’ Union
Nesbit
Afrea
England
Russia
St. Petersburg
Rostoff
Rome
Peter
Holy See
de Come
France
Vatican
Lee
Henry
Jefferson
Wyom
van Buren
Moore’s
Opera House
J H Cole
State Central Committee
John Herrick
D_N Richardson
Scott
TH Williams
Cedar
W O Schmidt
Jones
E H Thayer
Clinton
G L Johnson
W F Brannon
Musca
F H Williams
N A Merrill
Walter Hayes
Delaware
Buchanan
Blackhawk
Bremer
Butler
Grant
M M Ham
GC Wright
C A Velkner
Jlw Green
Cato Sells
W W Potter
H Pactard
Black Hawk County
LaPorte
Rocet
State Committee
Jas Flynn
Viva Voce
Sells
F D Bayles
Clayton County
Paul Zaunder
Chikasaw County
Robt Linden
Floyd County
F D Banks
J B Adams
Floyd Co
Walt H Butler
Winneshiek
Col Mackey
Keokuk County
Perrsinpan
Patterson
N D Porter
Mabaska Resolutions
Carruthers
Davis
P G Ballingall
Wapello
Pti
D B Connelly
Powerick
W O'Bryan
Monroe
Jenae Comeailion
D Donavan
Oo Agame
W H Schooley
Arren
T R North
Dallas County
A L Likes
Adison
J C Gibbs
Adair
C H Robinson
Marin
Eighta District
D C Bradley
Appanoose County
Hunter
Adams County
Credendale
C H Zimmerman
Taylor County
J Odull
Lucas County
T W Ivory
Mills County
C D Holdbrook
Harrison County
Robert Percival
Pottawattamie
F G Bradley
Audubon
L Don
Crawford County
Bob Harris
N W Wood
Winnebago
Dr McDowell
Cerro Gordo County
J A O Yeomans
Webster County
J J Wilsor
Kossuthan
S R Dyer
John P Allison
Woodbury
P H Dunham
Oux
George
Sac
T 8 Witter
Ida
Mike Miller
Carroll
Woodury
H A Pike
Palo Alto
LG Kinne
Honda Campbell
Fairfield
E M Uarr
Delaware County
L. Goode
Polk County
Davis County
Reading
Campbell
Union
Credit Mobilier
Sterling Mertde
Comante Brennan
Muscatine
Committee On
James of
Florida
Scotland
Legion
William Newell
Crime and Criminals
Harrisburg
Susan E. Douglass
Cumberland County
John Anderson
Joliet
Inl
Michael Mooney
Mollie Maguires
Saturday Review
Swedenborg
Heaven
Ulster
Mr. Wilde
Mr. Flower
Marri
Vick’s Monthly
Tess
Igma
Éndari
Iowa Homestead
West
Detroit Post and Tribune
Albany Argus
Renal
Celia Thaxter
Carriag “Oy
Fis
Clkr
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