The Great Storm Strikes Midwest Amid Snowbound Trains
The Feb "Great Storm" cripples rail service from Chicago toward Louisville and Cincinnati with trains blocked, six to eighteen hour delays, and widespread suspension of freight. Ice and cold plunge readings reach minus 35 to 36 in Wisconsin and Illinois, with several engines and lines stranded. Local reports note deaths of engines near Streator, widespread blockades, and urgent efforts to reopen routes as crews seek to move blockade and restore service.
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Carcano
Chicago
Louisville
Cincinnati
West
Galena
Madison
Lake Mills
Montfort
Lancaster
Eau Claire
Wis
la Salle
Streator
Ill
Dakota
Nebraska
Sterling
Decatur
Mattoon
Paxton
Edwardsville
Northwestern Road
Milwaukee
Ravenswood
Pennsylvania Road
Rock Island Road
Baltimore & Ohio
Haskell
Ind
Valparaiso
Wabash
Michigan Central
Burlington
Chicago & Atlantic
Lake Shore
Fort Wayne
Grand Trunk
Wabash, Ind
Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan
Iowa & Dakota
Dutchman
Davenport
Iowa
Special Telegram
St. Louis
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Dusaqvuee
Mercury
New Orleans
Waterloo
Sioux City
Railroad explorers head toward La Moure amid line expansion talk
A small party of Milwaukee and St Paul railroad explorers is reported traveling toward La Moure from the Sisseton reservation. The long-covered right to extend into the reservation is cited, with rumors of southern road connections forming a regional link to Jamestown and Bismarck.
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la Moure
A la Moure
Dak
Sisseton Reservation
Milwaukee & St. Paul Company
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Investigation looming over teachers fare scheme
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line caught the Omaha line selling thirteen discounted tickets to teachers for New Orleans. Arbitrator J F Tucker in Chicago has not issued a decision. Teachers reportedly reluctant to disclose payments, amid gossip that a Minneapolis school principal who led the party got a ticket free and pressed others to secrecy. Rumors say legal action may force testimony and bring sensational developments.
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Pronge
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Omaha
New Orleans
J. F. Tucker
Tucker
Minneapolis
New Railroad Chain Aims Toward Sault Ste Marie
Lansing based Ishpeming L Anse Ontonagon Company forms with Detroit investors linked to the Detroit Mackinac Western. Plans extend to Ashland and Sault Ste Marie creating a Portland to Portland all rail route via Ashland Ontonagon L Anse. Also notes Eureka Chinatown expulsion and other incidents.
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Lansing
Mich
Ishpeming, L’anse & Ontonagon
Detroit
Detroit, Mackinac & Western
Northern Pacific
Ashland
Detroit, Mackinack & Western
Sault Ste. Marie
Canadian Pacific
Soo
Portland
Ontonagon
L’anse
Cleveland and Hendricks win in joint congressional count
In a ceremonial joint session, the Senate and House count the electoral votes for president and vice president. Grover Cleveland of New York receives 219 votes and Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana 210, with William Blaine and John Logan receiving 182 each. The outcome is formally declared, with no legal conclusion stated.
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Houses of Congress
New York
Clay
Kentucky
Hoar
House of Representatives
Grover Cleveland
United States
James G. Blaine
Maine
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
John A. Logan
Illinois
A. D
Senate
Congress
Postmaster General Carling reports Ottawa gains and reforms
In Ottawa on February 11 the Postmaster General presented the annual department report noting mail travel up about one and a half million miles and expanded money order remittances to foreign nations. Domestic and foreign business rose. a Manitoba post office savings bank appears feasible. Expenditures exceeded revenue by over a half million. uniform cross border letter rates and newspaper charges were discussed, with reductions in registration to 10 cents and letter rate to two cents, to align with U S rates, though public acceptance may vary.
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OtTawa
Ont
Carling
Canada
Post Office Savings Bank
Manitoba
United States
Hendrick Hones Shooting Luck In Paris Tip
Kingman L Page recalls Hendricks in Paris last summer boarding a Seine tip and visiting a shooting gallery. Hendricks, testing his aim, used a rifle to break seven clay pipes in a row before declaring seven a lucky number and quitting while ahead.
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Kingman L. Page
Paris
Mr. Hendricks
Seine
Beloit Wins State College Oratory Contest
Be loit Wis special telegram reports a state oratorical contest at the First Congregational church with speakers from Beloit Milton and Ripon colleges. Winners were W J Gray Beloit first and G S Weiss Ripon second with topics on international relations life purpose Longfellow Evangeline Charles Sumner American Puritanism and the love of truth.
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Beloit
Wis
Ripon
Milton
First Congregational Church
W. Lloyd
Beloit College
L. C. Randolph
Milton College
Ida Owen
First annual meeting of Methodist Book Concern committee
The first annual meeting of the book committee of the Methodist Book Concern was held in New York on February 11. Amos Shinkle was appointed chairman and Rev. G. Clark of Maine was named secretary. The 1886 annual meeting will be at Cincinnati with representatives from Maine, Troy, Wyoming, Pittsburg, Ohio, Washington, Indiana, Western Iowa, Missouri, Mississippi, Western German, and California.
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New York
Methodist Book Concern
Amos Shinkle
G. Clark
Maine
Cincinnati
Troy
Wyoming
Pittsburg
Ohio
Washington
Indiana
Iowa
Misiana
Missouri
German
California
Dominion Legislation and Local Deaths in Minnesota
In Ottawa the public debt as of January 1 1885 stood at 253 789 146 dollars. The premier rejected a divorce court. A motion to tighten bank supervision failed. Geo W Dwyer married Susy H Peckham. Dr Thomas officiating. Bodies of William Allison and Louis Larson moved to their resting places after fatal forest injuries. Hans Hanson Furna, missing after a trek in Tansem, likely froze to death. horse found riderless.
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Ottawa
Ont
Tilley
Geo. W. Dwyer
St. Peter Insane Asylum
St Paul
Susy H. Peckham
Thomas
Hans Hanson Furna
Tansem
Barnesville
premiums received by Minnesota exhibitors at New Orleans Exposition
A comprehensive list of premiums awarded in dairy, cheese, horticultural, horse and poultry departments. Notable items include A P McKinstry winning multiple dairy prizes from Winnebago City, Marvin & Cammack of Rochester securing top honors in cheese, and W H Patten & Co of Le Sueur earning grand sweepstakes gold.
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Minnesota
Marvin & Cammack
Rochester
Nelse Oleson
Spring Grove
New Ulm Creamery Company
New Ulm
R E. Wilcox
Rushford
A. P. McKinstry
Winnebago City
Raymond & Gray
Laverne
F. D. Holmes
Owatonna
J. R. Williames
Elwin
Mary P. Keily
Farmington
V. C. Holmes
N. Oleson
le Roy
G. Boos
East Castle Rock
L. Johnson
Poultry Department
George E. Lee
Medford
D. Wee
le Sueur
Cockerel
Pullets
D. Ells
Oranoco
Pullet
Plymouth Rocks
W. H. le Sueur
Cockertel
C. C. Bachelder
Charles
C. A. Whited
Wyandottes
W. A. & Grand
Orsnoco
Frank Crocker
Frank Lambart
D. Patterson & Son
F. N. Porter
Important Decision Concerning Railroad Lands in Minnesota
Decisions filed in Hennepin County district court challenge tax exemptions on lands granted to railroads. The St Paul & Sioux City and St Paul & Chicago railways contend lands held by related entities remain railroad property and should be tax exempt. Judge Young upheld the Milwaukee & St Paul test case that a mortgage transfer does not constitute a sale, keeping the dispute alive for higher courts. Also noted is the proximity of Ramsey County state fair grounds to the state experimental farm, signaling an apt alignment with the agricultural exposition site.
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Hennepin County
St Paul & Sioux City Railway Company
St Paul & Chicago Railway Company
McDonald, S
Frank Slocum
Legac
Young
St. Paul & Chicago Railway Company
Milwaukee & St Paul
Minnesota
State Agricultural Society
Ramsey County
State
State Agricultural College
Brock Woodruff
Austin
Riing
Frank G. Stark
Stark & Darrow
Minneapolis
Canandaigua
Senate Debates and Public Notices From Minnesota Ledger
The article records Senate debate over Native reservation bills and the repeal of pre-emption acts, along with house actions after the presidential count. It notes appraisers valuing an Austin assignment, a sheriff delivering convicted robbers, and various local notices including deaths, marriages, gifts, and a Minnesota delegation to a national agricultural convention in New Orleans.
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Senate
Montana
United States
Houses
Congress
Hoar
House
J. Levy
Austin
Chris Johnson
D. H. Stimson
Will Fenton
Vanderbilt Proposes $150000 Loan to Grant Rejected
The letter exchanges reveal W H Vanderbilt offering to loan General Grant $150,000 for a day and transferring collateral, including mortgages, real estate, and historic military trophies, to Mrs Grant. She declines the main gift but accepts a trust to send listed items to the U S government at Grant's death or sooner.
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W. H. Vanderbilt
General Grant
New York
U. S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
New Yorks
Mapam
Europe
Gen Grant
United States
Washington
the United States
New York City
Marine National Bank
Ferdinand Ward
Grant & Ward
The Mexican Police System
The City of Mexico has an excellent police system with lanterns in the center of intersections and policemen seated in doorways. Roundsmen patrol mounted with carbines and sabers, resembling cavalry. Officers are polite and assist ladies onto streetcars.
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City
Mexico
Poisons Death Toll in England 1881 82 Warning Notes
In 1881 England recorded 569 poisoning deaths, rising to 599 in 1882. Accidents and negligence account for two fifths, with opium, laudanum, and morphia leading the list. Lead poisoning and strong acids follow, then arsenic, phosphorus, chlorodyne, and chloroform. Causes include overdoses and bottle substitutions in domestic settings. reminders to handle remedies with care.
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England
Chambers’ Journal
Wild Hindu legends and New Orleans exposition notes
The excerpt surveys Indian folklore with tales of miraculous births and vengeful ghosts, then shifts to a New Orleans 1885 exposition report detailing strikes, capital, and possible receivership struggles. It also contains a religious reflection on God, faith, and modern spirituality, contrasting formal worship with a personal sense of divine presence.
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God
Immanuel
City tycoon’s cigar tally hits two hundred thousand
An elderly, wealthy resident calculated his sixty seven years of cigar smoking. Beginning young and using top quality cigars he tracked expenditures every six months and compounded at 6 percent. He asserts the accumulated total now reaches 200000, including semiannual interest, a figure he deems accurate.
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Hartford Times
Law Constraint Among Apache On Visit Ban
A note explains a traditional Apache rule forbidding a man and his mother-in-law to visit or see each other whenever possible, reflecting cultural norms intended to avoid direct contact.
Home Market for Meat in Western Farms and Ranches
The article examines how ranch and farm communities on the plains, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona struggle to obtain fresh meat in warm seasons. It discusses damming streams to stock ponds for fish, goat meat by Mexican herdsmen, and the need for ice houses, cooperative slaughtering, and delivery arrangements through village butchers to provide summer meat. It notes a decline in neighborly help and urges farmers to arrange summer meat supplies to improve work and health.
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Great Plains
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Chicago
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