Banquet and appointments mark week in Washington and New York
President Arthur plans a grand New York banquet before leaving office. Gov. Schuyler Crosby of Montana named first assistant postmaster general. Postmasters commissioned include John Ray Pearl Dak Horace Sargent Jr Vincennes Iowa James E Graham Piegan Mont. A Washington society violinist Mrs Capt Fengar U S S A charms audiences. Army official Henry Astel dies suddenly. he was a trusted aide to Gen Sherman. Also noted are new post offices and appointive actions, a legal commitment for J O P Burnside, and the marriage of New York banker’s daughter Mary Butler Duncan at Grace Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
New York City
Schuyler Crosby
Montana
Apany
Hatton
John Ray
Pearl
Dak
Horace
Sargent, Jr
Vincennes
Iowa
James E. Graham
Piegan
Mont
Washington
Capt
Fengar
U. Ssa
Henry Astel
Army
Gen. Sherian
Wash McLean
Cincinnati
McLean
Lafayette Square
Gen. Sickles
Phlip Barton Key
Dakota
Morganville
Williams County
Harrison
Madison County
Wisconsin
Eagle Pont
Chip County
C. Morgan
Stafford
John Bates
Eagle Point
Wis
New York
Mary Butler Duncan
Grace Church
Rail and River Notes on a Fatal Track Incident
Train No. 5 westbound on the Milwaukee road struck and killed Edward Isele of La Crosse two miles east of Winona Junction. He was walking on the track and paid no attention to the engineer's whistle. A broken bottle near the body suggests the cause of the casualty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Road
Edward Isele
la Crosse
Winona Junction
Fires devastate towns and a deadly train collision reported
The report describes Thibodeaux Louisiana a devastating fire with unspecified losses followed by a blaze wiping out Millersburg Kentucky business district with five hundred one thousand dollars loss. Palatka Florida loss seven hundred fifty thousand tied to racist motive rumors. A Morris Minnesota hurrah accident injured two men from a premature powder explosion. An extra train collision between Berlin and Sebville Delaware line injures crew and a passenger with two engineers killed and a man with a broken leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Violent Incidents and Political Turmoil Across Cities
Reports describe multiple killings and assaults from Augusta Maine to Colfax Washington and South Fork Montana. Notable cases include a policeman shot dead in Augusta, a brother in law killed in Colfax, a saloonkeeper slain in South Fork, and a NY hotel thief caught after bold burglary methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Craig
Yellowstone
Jim
J. Sullivan
South Fork
Mont
Electon
Notable Miscellany From Foreign Estates To Local Marital Breaks
D Dalziel inherits an English estate valued at £20.14 annual rent. Astors reportedly own 3,600 stone and iron houses with varied rents. Brig Gen George W Tew dies in Newport RI after a long illness. he served in the war and was Rhode Island secretary of state several times. Dr Frank Powell famed as Surgeon Scout noted for sharp shooting. Probate court in Plymouth MA opens account of Charles G Stratton Thumb’s will with $16,451 balance after debts. A 15 year old wife in Lumpkin GA gains divorce from Rev J W P Falker amid drunkenness and abuse. the preacher, now in Texas, uses an assumed name. Paul Dana, son of Charles A Dana, editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Tew
Newport
Rhode Island
Plymouth
Mass
Charles G. Stratton Thumb
J. W. P. Falker
Lumpkin
Lainsvale
Texas
Conservatory tuition and global political notes collide
A roundup of varied 19th century items notes Mexico’s conservatory teaching over two thousand pupils and a plan for English tickets to display prices. It also covers Ada Cavendish dying in Brighton, Cardinal Lavigerie ill, and broader global political remarks from Britain and Canada’s leadership to Irish riots and pressuring imperial alliances.
Irishmen Will Not Compromise on Irish Franchi se Bill
Mr. Parnell told a London correspondent that there is no truth to any secret compact with Mr. Gladstone and that Irish members will not enter into secret agreements with the English government. They will vote to benefit Ireland as they see fit and support the franchise bill as passed, until it is paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Disappearance of Chicago Society Woman Raises Stir
Chicago Special reports the disappearance of a 24 year old married society woman in Washington boulevard Chicago. Described as handsome and well formed, she was a frequent attendee at roller skating rinks and dancing academies. her husband grew suspicious of her devotion and secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Vice Reine
Calcutta
New York
State Street
Chicago
Washington Boulevard
Trunk Secrets Surface in Wisconsin Divorce Case
A torn husband discovers letters in a trunk proving adultery. The wife, pale and breathless, leaves for her mother in Wisconsin after being accused of guilt. Letters from twenty one gentlemen threaten to fuel divorce proceedings tied to a circle of older women and flirtations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Nine New Cardinals Created by Pope Leo at Consistory
Pope Leo named nine new cardinals in a Monday consistory and spoke of the church’s trials and progress. He noted global Catholic growth, a recent plenary council in the United States, new bishops in Austria India and the East, and the restoration of the Carthage see. The eight named cardinals include Gargibaum in Vienna and Gonzalezes Diaz Luwon in Seville, with others like Ce lems in Palermo and Merosi Gori among the appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo
United States
Austria
India
East
Carthage
Gargibaum
Vienna
Gonzalezes Diaz Luwon
Seville
Spain
Celems
Palermo
Maasia
Merosi Gori
Laurenzi
Holy Office
Masotti
Congregation of Bishops and
Verga
Congregation of the Council
Resignation of Rev Dr Breed at House of Hope St Paul
Rev Dr Breed of the House of Hope St Paul resigns his pastorate due to ill health from a fall last Easter and a series of illnesses after travel abroad. He had been an indefatigable pastor and much admired by the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Breed
House of Hope St. Paul
Breed
St. Paul
President Arthur Proclaims Thanksgiving Day National Holiday
The president proclaims a day of general thanksgiving to God, designating the 27th of November as a national holiday. The proclamation urges all people to cease work, attend worship, and offer reverent thanks for the nation’s countless blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Arthur
United States
Miss Metta Sherman Elopes to Marry James P Doty
Special from Rochester reports Miss Metta Sherman aged nineteen left home and state to wed James P Doty a thirty one year old drummer from Minnesota. She inherits 75000 from her father and is said to have eloped with Doty after plans to visit Gates. The guardian Hawram Sherman says Metta claimed she would visit friends. They reportedly married in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Metta Sherman
James P. Doty
St. Paul
Minn
Metta
Hiram Sherman
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Hiram Doty
Metia
Metts
Gates
Doty
Milwaukee
Pertinent Sheridan recommendations in annual report emerge
The Sheridan report covers Nov 1 1885 to Nov 1 1584 and urges continued Western military funding, stronger rifle practice, and sharpshooter training. It calls for a national guard policy with state funding safeguards, coast fortifications, and warns of explosive threats to cities and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
National Guard of
Congress
Aes Epee
Europe
United States
Fort Riley
London Wheat and City Market Prices Afloat
Milling prices across Milwaukee Minneapolis and St Paul show wheat No 2 around 73.5c to 75c and corn No 2 about 52c to 60c. Pork and lard quoted cash around 16.75 and 7.25 respectively with dairy goods described as fair to good. Several feed and grain specifics appear including ground rye flax and timothy with varied bid prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lone Spring
Oasis
Bari Burlen
Minnesota News Notes Shows Bigger Republican Majorities
Returns from 458 Minnesota precincts total 103,353 with Blaine at 63,905 and Cleveland 39,448, a Republican lead of 24,457 and potentially over 50,000 as more precincts report. District tallies show White over Biermann, Wakefield over Thornton, Strait over Donnelly, Gililan over Merriman, and Nelson leading Baxter with an expected district margin near 8,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Blaine
Cleveland
Congress
White
Biermann
Wakefeld
Thornton
Wakefield
Strait
Donnelly
Gililian
Merriman
Nelson
Baxter
Minnesota Board of Charities Seventeenth Quarterly Meeting
The seventh quarterly meeting of Minnesota Board of Charities and Corrections met at the state capitol in St. Paul at 10 a m with Gov L F Hubbard and others present. The biennial report to the legislature was revised and adopted detailing members terms laws by laws and proceedings. The board reviewed state and county institutions including prisons reform school insane asylums deaf and dumb and blind schools and poorhouses and discussed poor relief and gosper migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Board of Charities and Corrections
State Capitol
St. Paul
L. F. Hubbard
D. C. Bell
Minneapolis
Gen
C. H. Berry
Winona
M. McG. Dana
D. D
Reuben Reynolds
Crookston
H. R. Wella
Preston
Institute For the Deaf and Dumb
School For
Hart
Minnesota
Ups
Sioux City Tongue Tale Ends in Tragic Fit
A comic poem from the New York Tribune recounts a visitor from Albion who enrages Sioux residents over pronunciation. He raves and attacks, collapses from a heart ailment, and dies. the Sioux coroner’s verdict attributes the death to heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Tribune
Sioux
Knioux
Drioux
Thrioux
Circustic Romance Ends in Circus Nuptials
A Barnum's circus equestrian and the Indian maiden Little Sunshine declare love during a dramatic chase. They plan to wed in New York after the traveling season, with Barnum likely to give away the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum’s Circus
Lake Front
New York
Pickles by the Million: Long Island Growers Lead Market
A Huntington farmer proves pickles thrive on barren soil where beans fail. Four Greendale establishments will cure over 50 million pickles this season. Factories in Huntington Farmingdale Central Park boast large capacities. Prices started at 4.50 per thousand, fell to 1.25, with an expected average of 1.80. Dealers offer for the entire crop at 1.50 per thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Huntington
Boston
Detroit
Chicago
Greendale
Farmingdale
Central Park
The Grand Woman Lives In vain
Poem excerpt praising a woman who brings mercy to the poor and suffering. It frames her acts of kindness as a form of living purpose despite critics who say she lives in vain. The speaker, Cluskey Cromwell in the Republic, elevates compassionate service above personal happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cluskey
Cromwell
The
Republic
Portia and Raoul vow love over arranged Paris match
In a Paris villa Portia rejects rich but heartless Lord R and vows love to Raoul the barrister. After a secret masked wedding, Raoul reveals his title and Portia's devotion, while the Countess forgives the union. The couple live near the Champs Elysee, championing mercy and truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portia
Mignonnette Clare
Mignonnette
Machere
le Beau Chevalier
Monsieur le Comte
Louis
Edouard
Raoul
Lord R
Grand Avenue
the Champs Elysee
Anan
Place de Vetoile
Bois de Bologne
Ieem
Luna
Marianne
Mademoiselle
Mananne
Earl of C
Champs Elysee
Lord C
New York’s Bad Young Man Exposed in Public Letter
A San Francisco Argonaut letter discusses the wealthy widow’s son and other spendthrift youths who receive large allowances and run up debts. It describes their public intrigues with actresses, absinthe use, and worn dissolute gaits. After sowing wild oats, many mature into steady businessmen offering fatherly guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Argonaut
New York
How He Made Her Work Ends in Household Turnaround
A lazy rich wife shirks duties while a hired cat is ordered to act as servant. The husband whips the cat to force obedience, then the wife and cat are punished as work is finally completed. The tale ends with the mistress transformed into a diligent housekeeper.
Castrating Lambs for Better Meat Quality
An English flockmaster favors castration at about one month old, claiming it yields fuller hindquarters and a juicier saddle. He maintains nursing ewes in high condition to produce more and better milk, arguing fat dams produce fat lambs and improve the offspring.
Also Mentioned on This Page
News OF the
Washington News
Darien
Clarke County
Lewis Klein
Ypsilanti
Riley W. Johnson
Verona
William W. Griffith
West Wis
Jared A. Temple
John Brennan
Rapid City
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
J. O. P. Burnside
Post Office Department
Secretary of the Interior
Burnside
Rail and River Notes
Thibodeaux
Millersburg
Palatka
Fla
Harry Burns
Rufus Lishness
Augusta
Colfax
Wash
John Clemens
B. Canty
Newhouse
Western Union Telegraph
Ohio
Henry Mooren
Bedford
Seventh Precinct
George Amball
Palestine
Tex
Chris Rogers
John Childe
Childs
Rogers
Phillip Hennessy
Nellie
Augustus Gregory
John Masteson
Mt. Vernon
Charles Hendricks
J. M. Masteson
Alfred Chapman
Schenectady
Joseph Mohr
Hoffman's Ferry
Mohr
Chapman
Frederick Hose
Buffalo
Louis Bork
Bork
Rose
Trose
Joseph Wright, Jr
Babvion
Joe
Carolina
Baltimore
Norfolk
John Cunningham
Julius Lind
Joseph Oliver
John Lynch
Peter Parley
Vermont
Kansas
Toole
House
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Maude
Lexington
Town
Ams
St. Johnsbury
Cynthiana
Gottloib Strauss & Company
Back & Fisher
Senate
Assembly
Lawrence Henrathy
Yonkers
Democratic National Committee
Roscoe Conkling
Evarts
John L. Sullivan
Paddy Ryan
Madison Square Garden
Chicago Museum
Goodwin
Austin
Wolf Brothers
William Muldoon
Col. McLaughlin
Muldoon
McLaughlin
Emmet Light Artillery of
Thomas D. O'Brien
P. J. Kennedy
David O'Keefe
St. Sulphire
Alemany
Kenrick
St. Louis
Elder
Larry
Feehan
Hennessy
de Goes
D. Dalziel
Chicago News Letter
England
Astors
Frank Powell
White Beaver
Paul Dana
Charles A. Dana
Conservatory of Music
Mexico
Ada Cavendish
Brighton
Einander
Cardinal Lavigerie
France
Blessed
Gladstone Prefere
Coahuila and
Leon
Australia
Portadown
Ireland
Paul de Cassagnac
Duke of Cumberland
Brunswick
Monceau Les Minez
Commons
Wolseley
Soudan
Osman Digina
John A. Macdonald
Canada
Engand
Cardinals
David R. Breed
Stoddard
Hennepin County
Reed
Stillwater
Patrick McCoy
William Delaney
James Maskell
James Mullen
Catherine Steele
John Steele
C. L. Snyder
M. V. Bean
Orrin Snow
T.H Came
F. E. M’kenney
W. G. Hush
Henry Downs
J. W. Griffin
W. L Batchelder
Ole Byorum
Geo. A. Ane L Morse
P. Snider
August Ende
O. J
Ramsey County
J. H. Murphy
C. H. Lienau
R L Gormain
Keeling, Keller & Co
Sleepy Eye
New Ulm
William Geiscke
Chi Dubuque
Lou
J.C. Seely
Lake Park Hotel
Thomas Lowry
Mr. Lousy
Plymouth Church
Alonzo Rand
Lou Casey
T. B. Casey
Metzger Bros
Brainerd
C. H. Douglas
First National Bank of Hartford
Conn
D. M. Sabin
Sabin
William Miller
Kingston
Meeker County
United Laborers’ Association of the
George R. Huff
O. R. Gustin
C. N. Miller
St. Paul Barrel Company
Michael Murray
James Allie
J. H. Hulett
Johnson & Smith
Charles H. Coats
Col R. Williams
Faribault
Williams
Owatonna
Levi Stewart
le Sueur Center
LeSueur
Shorty
Red Mountain Pass
Parrow
Moses
Leadville
South Park
Obe
Camp
Myra Claffitt
Myra
Eth
Jayful
Jesus
Mount
Calvary
Myra Cuffitt
Mira
John Coffin
Chicago Markets
Millwaukee Markets
Hay
Timothy
Minnesota News Notes
Pioneer Press
Board of Charities and Corrections
Albion Trioux
Flioux
Merchant of Venice
Agricultural Department
Civil Service Commissioners
Longly
Gardner
South
Grover B. Loune
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!