12 May 1885
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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1885
Page
1
A telegraphic summary reports an anticipated $4,000,000 reduction in the public debt for April. It also covers fires devastating Virginia forests threatening rail lines in mountain counties, and a global note on Russia’s political moves, Gladstone’s £55,000,000 budget vote, and parliamentary reactions.
Readable fragments describe a fatal duel near Louisville Kentucky between young farmers John Augusta and Abe Tigher over a claim to a chain of Mics Fou thembons. They quarreled violently and a fight ensued with weapons. One man died from a wound while another sustained a night wound.
A young man, Williamay, was shot in his store in Marion County by Daniel Hines after a dispute over defending a woman. Hines and his father attacked. Williams died from the injuries. The confrontation arose as Williams defended a lady and a potential insult led to deadly violence.
Insurgents gain control as Alltroeps withdraw from Pan Ono amid looming Colombian troop arrival. General Aizpuro urges U S forces to move to Pano sma Railway station. other generals pledge to defend the city. Barricades rise and sandbag defenses appear, signaling potential destruction and unrest. Local sentiment grows, fearing a power vacuum and civilian danger.
The article surveys the state of baseball with notes on New York league strength, player fatalities, and the spread of professional play. It mentions a Hamilton Canadian league, inter-state admissions, rampant boom in lacrosse?—and plans for vulcanized rubber baseballs. A Philadelphia inventor and Phil Sutcliffe are highlighted. The national agreement expands to include major leagues and eastern and southern circuits. Manager Pheis aims for moral baseball, churches shown support, while Newark hosts New Jersey amateur league formation.
An article notes a Yale valedictorian studying law at Columbia College in New York shot his mother and seventeen year old sister while walking with them near Greenwich Conn before killing himself. Insanity is cited. The report also covers a wrecked Pullman Palace Car line and other varied news items from across the country.
A scattered batch of notices mentions Exptonen Grzeely spending summer in England and Misisten Lowen sailing for New York on June 9. A Snell statue is cast for San Francisco, while Bainv at Yale takes a scientific professorship. Queen Victoria edits the Duke of Albany speeches, and Joaquin Miner plans a cabin project near Lake de Funiak in Florida.
A severe cyclone struck Prairie Grove eight miles south of Maxis Texas at around daylight demolishing the two story school with about fifty children inside. Casualties include Estella Cook, J P Swing killed. E Herring and O Mara children injured. S McKinnon’s horse killed. S D Hughes storehouse destroyed. residences of M B Cox H Thompson F J Williams demolished. Larkin Gentry and family killed. Heavy rainfall reported across northern Texas with flood damage on Pecan and Rho creeks near Gainesvilla. Reports from Samarcand note Gen Komaroff’s Afghan campaign praised by Bukharan residents. Eleven warships prepared as privateers network grows. A Baltimore cremation society forms and plans a crematory. Groner McNair, 18, is sentenced to hang June 5 for assaulting a nine year old girl.
Details from Winnipeg describe General Middleton's forces clashing with Manitoba rebels led by Gabriel, as scouts warned of entrenched opposition on bluffs. The exchange included rifle pits, a ravine shelling, and heavy casualties on advancing Canadian troops before a withdrawal to the previous night’s camp.
The French Charge d affaires in Egypt is ordered to suspend official ties and reject Egypts financial convention, while Egypt seeks compromise over the seizure of the Borphore Egyptian. Diplomatic ties not yet broken. the envoy may move to Alexandria if no satisfactory reply is given. Three French transports with 4000 troops still in Suez Canal. Rumors of France and Russia aligning against England. Abbe Gannauyt executed in Montreal era.
A collage of musical notes and theater chatter reports Marie Gristivern singing in St Petersburg and Hovgy’s Tin Soldier acclaimed in Boston. It notes appearances by Parrr, Scheorr abandoning German opera in New York, and a Madrid premiere of Baldassare. Also mentions Daly securing The Magistrate for America, Foxsci-Mani's $20,000 pay for forty appearances, and Cuantes Rey’s death affecting Ben Terry.
In Greenwich Conn a shooting left a mother and sister dead and a young man wounded. Witnesses including Barclay Johnson amid testimony questioned hereditary insanity and noted the mother’s recent grief. A pencil letter found after the crime hints at inner turmoil and possible insanity, while bystanders describe the scene and arrival of responders.
A bizarre treasury of brief notes describes chicken coop traps gone wrong in Shusham, a fatal accident from a misused weapon, and scattered items on river raft commerce. Other items touch on watch care, British troops actions, and river navigation.
A descriptive look at Eskimo infancy and daily life, detailing a baby carried in a reindeer skin cradle worn by the mother during outdoor visits, and allowed to roll indoors on skins at home. It explains snow house freezing, fire control, weather effects, and the child’s adaptation to extreme cold. The piece notes igloos, occasional warmth, and inventive cooling by freezing water with snow to manage humidity and comfort.
Rumorous notes and scattered text appear in top columns, with assorted, disjointed lines referencing social events, servants, jokes, questions, coughs, and various local happenings. The irregular fragments suggest a collage from a late 19th or early 20th century page.
In a Stratford log book an entry recalls Captain Harris of Stratford, missing after a gale. Jack, the captain’s devoted friend, tried to free him from a broken spar, stayed by him three days, then, overcome by grief, leaped into the sea. The tale ends with Jack bidding farewell and vanishing.
Lord Wolseley disputes eye trouble reports and recalls a shell explosion near Hebsato polym where gravel pellets peppered his face. He survived severe injuries, remained under care, and witnessed Bebsatopol’s fall while avoiding worse harm. The Russian czar appears gray with lines of age from worry.
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