30 Nov 1888
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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1888
Page
1
Notice to residents of Taylor Cass Crant Highland townships in Greene County Indiana. Trustees announce weekly Saturday or Monday business hours at their residences or offices to transact township affairs. Some entries specify Sunday excluded and list names such as Henry Gorter and Pattee as trustee.
Notice to people of Washington township Greene county Indian I will be at my office at my residence on Saturdays of each week during the term of office to transact the business of said township. Business will be answered only there. By law authority George Bogard Crastes
The piece recounts the Glorious Revolution era with William and Mary, the Declaration of Rights, and the shift toward constitutional limits on the crown. It notes the unity of English liberties with the American colonies, the exile of James II, and the eventual succession to the Hanoverians ending in Queen Victoria.
The piece traces the 1688 Glorious Revolution from its 1683 origins through William of Orange's 1688 landing at Torbay to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. It links the British system to the American constitution, notes the roles of James II and his successors, and highlights the shift toward liberty, church-state separation, and parliamentary power. It emphasizes the continuity of liberty across Dutch, British, and American revolutions.
A Russian eye witness sketch shows the czar’s train breaking from an embankment on a Russian railway last October. Officials say the line’s poor condition caused the disaster. the czar, ministers, and Grand Duchess Olga were aboard the saloon carriage, with deaths of a footman and a dog. The director of the railroad reportedly shot himself.
A lengthy portrait traces J S Clarkson editor of The Town State Register Des Moines and his brother Richard Proctor Clarkson business manager and editor in chief of The Register. It notes J S Clarkson may join cabinet public printing or another post and highlights their farm origins wealth and influence in Iowa journalism.
Obituary outlines Sands life and career from birth in New York to graduation in 1854 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He served at Bellevue and New York hospitals, aided Gen Grant and Senator Conkling, and was noted for gunshot wound surgeries. He was twice married, with three children.
Gossip on President elect Harrison family notes baby Benny McKee, his sister Mary, and their role in the coming administration. Benjamin Harrison McKee, twenty months old, sits beside his grandfather and guides visitors, while sister Mary shows early promise in Washington society. Russell Harrison, son of the former president, remains a quiet businessman near Helena, Montana.
Dudekins Aw and Mistah Snip are highlighted in a stylish note from Harper's Bazar. The column praises their woolen quality and fashion flair as a witty pairing in the 19th century style.
The Missouri supreme court upheld the death sentence for John Matthews, a Bald Knobber, with execution set for January 1 at Ozark. William Walker’s rehearing request was denied and he faces death at Ozark on December 25 unless the governor acts. Two other gang members await hearings.
In Icxhutstrown Indiana on November 26 Dick Scurt a Black man and Lizzie Archibald a white woman who had lived together for seven years quarrelled Archibald fired a 53 caliber revolver twice hitting Scurt first near the heart then through the bowels She surrendered to authorities.
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