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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1882
Page
1
The Senate reports adverse on two per cent bonds exchanges and the House moves from naval appropriations to river and harbor actions. Amendments on monitors and naval reports pass or are sent to the Secretary of the Navy for transmission. tensions rise over the river bill and the tax reduction debate extends in both chambers. Additional notices cover fires, bankrupcies, and political events inland.
The Tur House approved a joint resolution on the 1st empowering the Secretary of War to turn over to the 108th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association the unit’s blue regimental flag now held by the Secretary. The period notes new National bank notes being printed with brown backs, and a $15 000 appropriation for a Macinac City to Macinac Land table via Sugnaces. It cites July coinage total of 3 153 850 with 2 160 000 standard dollars, and a July public debt decrease of 13 860 027, plus treasury holdings and other certificates. The River and Harbor bill passes over veto on the 2nd, House 122 59 and Senate 45 15, amid excitement and lobbying.
Two Republican conventions in Atlanta on the 3d adopted reports from joint committees. The Syndicate Wing backed Pledger and a white-men Central Committee, while bolters elected Benjamin Conley as president and nominated James Longstreet for congressman at large and Gartrell for governor. The regular convention backed Gartrell and nominated R D Locke for congressman at large and Rok Wright for secretary of state, with a new Central Committee led by A E Buck. Also reported: yellow fever outbreak fears at Rio Grande City, Washburne estate bequests, Tennessee constitutional convention defeat, National Dental Association meeting in Cincinnati, Elkton mill fire, and Sullivan farm sale near Decatur Illinois.
At a conference session the Italian Ambassador floated a collective action plan on the Suez Canal with Germany Russia Austria and Turkey signaling assent while England and France delay pending government approvals. Bank of Belgium lifts discount to four percent. London reports Peterhead fleet in a gale with 200 boats missing. General Sir Evelyn Wood sails to Egypt. Duke of Teck arrives in Plymouth. Cetewaye seeks audience with the Queen amid Irish unrest and potential uprising. Dublin notes escalating Ireland crisis and possible 5 000 constabulary strike. Turkish artillery transports bound for Alexandria cited. Lord Dufferin expresses dissatisfaction with Porte over Arabian rebellion. Paris reports new French Ministry formation under Leblond.
Constantinople dispatch reports a deadlock at the conference with progress blocked by hot messages. DeLesseps says the canal company believes British actions lack real Khedive consent, while the Khedive is described as under duress. The British moves are framed as under authority yet in effect without the Khedive’s genuine agreement.
Reports detail night surprise by Egyptian cavalry and infantry at central British rifle outposts near Ramleh. British forces recovered rifles and ammunition, while Arabi Pasha plans a larger move amid Turkish troop talk and a proclaimed Arab warlike manifesto urging Egyptians to expel British forces.
Dispatches from Alexandria report British forces with field guns and sailors repelling Arabi’s advance guard near Ramleh between Mahmondich Canal and Esbet Kurshid. Egyptian infantry held firm as British sailors pressed enemy to reveal strength, losses about 200 for the enemy and four killed, twenty nine wounded for the British.
President Arthur, on August 1 1882, vetoes House Bill No 6242 for river and harbor improvements. He cites constitutional limits and local earmarks, urging a reduced appropriation and suggesting a plan to fund half the bill with War Department directives. Congress to reconvene in four months to reassess the measure.
Willie Woodhead, a 15 year old son of Kelita Woodhead, vanished in June and was believed dead after exposure at a Johnstown burial. He reappeared last Friday, recounting a trek from Philadelphia to Newark and Atlantic City, then Cincinnati before returning home.
The Chicago Herald reports a Boston society decree that soup should be eaten with a large spoon. The note contrasts Boston refined taste with Chicago, where using a sponge and sugar tongs for soup and ice cream would be seen as ill bred.
The friends of women suffrage tally recent Massachusetts election results noting twenty six towns in favor versus eleven last year, with good minority support in eighteen towns, per the New Haven Register.
The Courier Journal reports Judge William Nye refers to a person who contributed a "Poem on Spring" to the Laramie Boomerang as an intellectual tumor. He notes several precincts have not yet reported, suggesting ongoing vote-like uncertainty.
A recent fine for a keeper who held a parrot two days without water prompts Zoological Gardens experts to state parrots do not need water and should be given none.
The Ohio Prohibitionist State Convention met at City Hall Columbus on August 3 1882. Delegates organized a State Central and Executive Committee and adopted resolutions calling for total prohibition, reform ideals and women’s enfranchisement, and nominated Ferdinand Schumacher for Secretary of State John N Rosenborough for Supreme Judge and Carmi Alderman for Board of Public Works. The committee appointed Z C Payne as chair and A A Stewart as secretary and hired campaign speakers Viola Lunsford and L B Logan to strengthen party organization.
San Francisco estimated population 275000 includes 45000 Chinese. One mile of rail uses 352 rails and 5259 pounds of fish plates. Total annual vessel tonnage lost in 1881 surpasses tallies from 1878-80, with 425 steam and 2750 sailing vessels.
A collection of short humorous lines and exchanges from various sources. It blends proverbs and witty exchanges about repentance, sleep, self love, manners, and social scenes. The item presents playful quotes from newspapers and magazines, with a Chicago Times cartoonish vignette about a Count and Sybilla.
Scientific American notes that acorns can yield alcohol comparable to grain milk by shelling, grinding, mashing with malt and fermenting. Acorns hold about twenty percent starch and eight percent gluten but tannic acid at three percent limits human food use. recovering tannin and starch could supply alcohol for arts and free grain for food.
The Law and Order Society of Philadelphia seeks to close Sunday beer gardens and prosecutes brewer Philip Lauber. An agent collected names of drinkers at Lauber's garden, forcing some into court as witnesses. Some refused testimony, others mocked the society, and one man denied knowing if his glass held beer.
The Boston Post notes the word slugger may derive from a German term meaning to pound or beat. It adds that, despite the origin, few sluggers actually come from Germany.
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