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Newspaper

Barnesville Gazette

Location

Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1885

Page

2

Latest News From The Gazette Barnsville Georgia

The page reports a collage of disparate items including a shrub fruit novelty from California, canned frogs in France, a Mississippi legislature comment, England chancellors as Sunday-school teachers, Arbor Day tax quirks, shipbuilding values at $6,000,000 in 1884, London vegetarians meals, Panama president rotations, San Francisco harbor seals, a new screw steamship Pax Arago, fires destroying many hotels, cotton seed oil demand in the South, lieutenant-governor absence in several states, German army officers studying negro princes, New Orleans exhibition with 100,584 pieces, a French embroidery likeness, lightning injury counts in France, and US consul A Van Camp warning on cannibal Kar kabow spreading measles to Fiji.

California France Missisnippi England London Panama San Francisco Sacramento United States Pacific Maryland Alabama Arkan- Pee Georgia Maine New Jersey Oregon West Virgi Conee New Orleans A. van Camp Fiji Islands Carkabow Fiji

National Game notes reshaping baseball in October

The piece reports on a busy October in baseball with chatter about professional and amateur leagues. It highlights Ramsey in Chattanooga as a striking pitcher, Tennessee banning Sunday baseball, and growth of leagues from Utah to New Jersey plus eastern circuits. It mentions awards, injuries, and rising interest in amateur players forming associations and multiple regional leagues.

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Notable Figures Named in Elliptical Gossip Column

A garbled society round of names includes Attorney General Garland described as a teetotaler, New Jersey Governor Aupert favoring milk, General Barrios of Guatemala with a Lincoln anniversary fortune, General John A. Logan’s Springfield address, and various other political and scholarly figures connected to events and appointments. The fragmentary text also mentions Paprika dehlesinger and Nordenskiold plans, with scattered references to travel, diplomacy, and Academy invitations.

Garland Aupert New Jersey General Barrios Guate America Abra- Lincoln John A. Logan Springfield AY Luexp Maryland Senate Wmiaryia France Goveland Blaine Aieniversity of Ours Columbia Vune

Women voters in Marathon county seek suffrage

Seventy two women in Marathon county Wisconsin who petitioned the Legislature for suffrage are said to own 300000 dollars in property paying six thousand dollars annually in taxes.

Marathon County Wis

Multiple tragic events mark varied news from East to Niagara

An eight tenement collapse in New York injures workers while a fire in a New York factory harms ten firemen. A railroad worker murders his wife and infant then dies by suicide. Niagara Falls park bills pass both NY chambers. Garden City gifts are accepted by Long Island Episcopalians. Arbor Day observed nationwide with Governor Pattison at Lancaster observances.

Fastern Middle States Buppenamk New Ee Eich Louis Walters New York Albany Granos Niagara Falls A. T. Stewart Garden City Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Long Island Avine Buffalo Daily Express Orters Philadelphia Lancaster Pennsylvania Pattison

Multiple Mortems From Mill Disaster and Banknote Murder

Seven men buried in a brick collapse at John Gram’s Ascoda mill. five killed, one hurt, one escaped. Indictments for assault with intent to kill in a hotel case. A trunk murder in St Louis identified as A Preller. English traveler Maxwell suspected. Lynchings over burglary claimed in Dakota and Georgia. Chinese wash house blast at Anaconda. robbery motive noted.

Wai John Gram Ascoda Mich Butler Mahone Senator A John Wills Welcker’s Hotel A. Preller Walter H. Lennox Maxwell M. DD London Maxwell Preller Mary Moone la Crescent Minn Amos Union City Tenn Bud Farris Freemaard Fair Grounds Anaconda Lontana James H. Bet Forrest G. Small Pierre Dakota Southern Hotel St. Louis San Francisco Honolla New Zealand

Grant’s illness at end of siege a cancer diagnosis

The article reports General Grant’s health improving after a long illness. Doctors state epithelioma, a cancer, is the diagnosed condition, with hopes for possible recovery though they note it is often fatal. Grants family and physicians discuss treatment and outlook. The piece also notes various political placements and overseas appointments surrounding the era’s news.

Chaffee Shrady

Examiner of claims appointments listed for various states

A fragment lists examiner of claims appointments, naming William J. Black of Delaware, Francis of Pennsylvania, and postmasters James D. Corcoran Jerome LaDue Ezra Evans James Drury George T. Gross and David Overman among others across states.

Vey Paso del Norte Ico William J. Black Delaware Nuremberg Francis Pennsylvania James D. Corcoran Jerome LaDue Westfield N. Bt Ezra Evans Westchester James Drury Bristol George T. Gross Allentown David Overman Marion Ind

Foreign Peace Talks Rise Amid Global Turmoil

Reports say terms of peace with Salvador are accepted by Guatemala and hostilities cease as treaties are arranged. Conflicting dispatches describe French and Chinese actions in Tonquin, Panama marines arriving, and leaders to meet in Galicia to discuss the regional political situation.

Salvador Guatemala Montreal Manitoba Riel M. Alfassa Paris Meleeg Cairo Egypt Kep Tonquin Courbet

Mean Load of Wood Sparks Naugatuck—Auntie Tale

A Naugatuck man once bought a neighbor’s wood and bitterly complained its quality. He vowed he would apologize if ever he found a meaner load. Years later at his Westport home he discovers another mean load and tells his wife he must return to Naugatuck to apologize as promised.

Westport Naugatuck

Charley Ross Fate Reveals New Suspects Involving Worcester

Christopher Worcester alias Charles Wilson now 60, linked to Charley Ross abduction case and confession reveals a broader ring. He discusses past hoaxes, the 14 year old Kerrigan, and claims Ross may still be alive while detailing police dealings and arrests in New York and Philadelphia.

Christopher Worcester Charles Wi New York City Roe Enry Gan William McClare Hunter’s Point Brooklyn Slater Reardon Kerrigan St. Louis Montauk Point Worcester Charles Wilson Kit Worcester Charley Ross Bill Mosher Judge van Brunt Bay Ridge Mosher Third Street Philadelphia Mr. Barnes Charley Ross Thas

Rails turn to ice on Springfield division toboggan ride

A Chicago railroad conductor recalls a snowy day between Gilman and Clinton when soft snow froze on rails, creating two icy streaks. A big Pulaski grade caused a three mile slide as the locomotive wheels spun backward while the train slid uncontrolled toward night, prompting a cautionary tale.

Chicago Springfield Gilman Clinton Pulaski

Ferret method used to purge prairie dog towns

An old Englishman tours the country using two pairs of ferrets in a wire cage to kill prairie dogs for money. At ranches he offers to clear dog towns for one cent per animal. Each ferret kills twenty to fifty dogs before tiring, then fresh ferrets take over until the town is rid.

Kansas

The Seal Hunt and Its Harsh Realities Across Atlantic Ice

An exposé on seal hunting describes the brutal chase and the protective mother seals. It details sun burn on ice, cries of agony, and predator threats from sharks and swordfish, followed by notes on fat yield, oil production, and counts of seals taken since hunting began, with figures since 1830.

Newfoundland

The Man with the Tin Horn at Winter Street Boarding House

A cultivated bachelor at a Boston boarding house entertained fellow diners by blowing a loud horn through his handkerchief. After a note on a tin horn was left on his plate, he departed the house that day, agreeing to perform at table using the little horn for variety.

Winter St Bostop

How to Make Cheese Puffs and a Rochester Dinner Tale

Step by step dough: grate half a pound of cheese, cook with butter and flour, mix in three beaten eggs, bake in paper cups fifteen minutes, serve hot with celery. A Rochester hotel anecdote notes a party paying 50 cents for dinner and then eating cheese in the sitting room.

Savixa Rochester N. Y

The Joker's Budget and Notable Courtroom Snippets

A lively collage from a newspaper page features court-room repartee about murder and arrest, a barber shop vignette, a Chinaman on a San Francisco cable car, a comic verse on a May Day serenade, and short humorous anecdotes from Texas to Chicago. The mix preserves era tone with named places and everyday figures.

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