Road Open Through Toledo to Bowerston Connecting East
Daily service now runs from Toledo to Bowerston linking with the Pennsylvania System for all points East. Through car service between Toledo Cambridge and Marietta and to Akron Youngstown Pittsburgh. Management = M. D. Woodford, James M. Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Marietta
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Akron
M. D. Woodford
James M. Hall
Gen
Pars
Agert
Senate and House Move to Calendar Amid 1883 Session News
Dec 20 Senate reports favoring pension for Mrs Logan widow of John A Logan and land disputes while debating trade and Indian policy. Dec 21 and 22 feature credentials forms study, anti Chinese labor measures, post rate cuts, and adjournments as deaths and events reverberate through Congress and state actions.
Bankruptcy Bill Heads to House After Holiday Recess
Mr Hopkins of Sinots will introduce a general bankruptcy bill backed by the American Bar Association. It lets any debtor with 50 dollars or more seek relief with court precedence over most civil actions. The Treasury chief orders vigilance against alien contract labor law violations in major cities. Internal revenue for five months totals 31.56 million dollars, up 3.85 million from a year ago. November receipts rose 715 thousand. Dooley named examiner for Connecticut and Rhode Island banks, replacing Hyatt. Nantucket lumber raft, 90 000 tons, deemed a navigation hazard. naval vessel ordered to locate or destroy it. Moffatt of Michigan dies in Providence hospital from blood poisoning. Parcel post planned between US and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odin Johnson
William Benlong
California
Sacramento
Congress
Eugene Bogardus
A. H. Bogardus
Lincoln
C. W. Knott
Corpus Christi
Tex
William Gorman
Newark
Roach
Supreme Court of Iowa
County Board of Supervisors
Dubuque
W. K. Lee
Stéphen W. Rawson
Williamson
Chicago
Pacific Steamship Company
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
A.V. Nylen
Louisville
Bridgeport
Conn
Ed McElroy
Vielsburg
Miss
David Hildebrand
Delphi
Ind
Glennary
Tenn
Ohio & Northwestern Railroad
Idlewild Station
Afrs
Proctor
Ringgold
Hopkins
Sinots
House
American Bar Association
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Internal Revenue
Comproller
Michael F. Dooley
Hartford
Connecticut
Trade Island
James W. Hyatt
United States
Whitney
Nantucket
Moffatt
Michigan
Dhen
Providence Hospital
Washington
Canada
Multisited Black Civic groups oppose Lamar Supreme Court bid
Reports show the Boston branch of the National League of Colored Men adopting a resolution against Secretary Lamar's confirmation as U S Supreme Court justice. The piece notes a veteran convention call in New York City for March 1 to press a pension bill giving each late war volunteer one cent per day of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
National League of Colored Men
Lamar
Supreme Court of the United States
Rated Service Pension Association
New York City
Congress
Elihu Gregg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Gregg
John Davidson
New York American Merino Sheep Breeders’ Association
New York
James Goodsell
Western Union Telegraph Company
Deadly wreck at Mantowah on St Paul & Co railroad
A passenger train derailed after an open switch near Mantowah Minnesota on the 1h. Engine and two cars plunged down a twenty foot embankment. Engineer William Thomas was killed. A fireman and five passengers were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul & Co. Inth
Mantowah
Minn
William Thomas
Doodle County
Chicago
National Committee
The
Prohibition Party
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Opelousas
Ballston Spa
N. Y
Sylvester D. Crandall
Irs
Stone
J. E. Trumble
James A. Ramsey
Farmersville
United States Circuit
San Francisco
Ishpeming
Mich
W. S. Gregory
Zionsville
Tennessee
Nashville
Virginia
John 8. Barbour
Riddleberger
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mount Sterling
Ernest Stone
Sarah Ramsay
Dudley May
Rose Wood
Texas
Nebraska City
Neb
Benton
Fargo
Oak
Haymarket Monument Committee
Joliet
William Stage
John Palmer
Edward Potts
Foreign Intelligencer: Trials and Maritime Losses Across Seas
Dan Doherty convicted of man slaughter in London and sentenced to life pen al servitude. John Hooper MP jailed two months for publishing reports on suppressed League meetings. John L Sullivan issues £1,000 challenge to Smith or Kilrain. Brussels conference to translate and exchange laws. France to issue 74 million francs nickel and silver coinage. Great Eastern sold for £16,100 to a London metal firm for breaking up. West Indies reports record sea wrecks. fourteen crew drowned from a casting schooner near Cape Haitien. Eight aboard the British steamer Vyla drown in a gale. A dozen ships driven ashore at Monte Cristo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Doherty
George M. Graham
London
John Hooper
Cork Ifera’d
League
John L. Sullivan
Fiznt
Smith
Kilrain
Chamber of Deputies
Brussels
France
West Indies
Cape Haytien
Vyla
Monte Cristo
Explosion Wrecks Find Lay Home Disease claims two and more
The Find lay Ohio residence of James Lundy was wrecked by a natural gas explosion on the 22nd. Mrs Lundy died, while James Lundy and his two daughters aged six and four were seriously burned. A bank official Frank McNery robbed the Saco bank and was arrested in Halifax. Immigrant arrivals, ship losses, blizzards, and various legal and political notes follow, including oil company scrutiny and stock collapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lundy
Findlay
Derme
Philadelphia
Alfred Watts
Hiogo
Japan
Watts
Kansas
Guenter
Wisconsin
Standard Oil Company
United States
Canada
Tor Western Pennsylvania & New York Railroad
Oil City
Webb City
Henry Bass
William Stevens
Ironton
Pierson McCoy
W. T. Northrup
Haverhill
Alfred McCoy
Northrup
McCoys
Briant
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Cleveland
T. F. Hildreth
Methodist Episcopal Church
North Ohio
Mason L. M. Wiiaut
Louisville
United States Supreme Court
J. G. Nicolay
Gas Explosion Hits Four Mills In Recurstrr N Y
A gas explosion and series of blasts devastated the Jefferson Clinton Whitney and Washington flour mills on Mill Street Recurstrr New York December 22. Two men were killed and several injured as flames spread to adjacent buildings and sewers exploded. Investigators traced cause to a ruptured naphtha pipeline from Vacuum Oil Company leaking into sewers after blasting near Atkinson Street.
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N. Y
Jefferson and
Clinton
Mill Street
Mill and
Platt Streets
Mill
Clinton Mill
Woodbury Engine Company
Washington Mill
Whitney & Wilson
Platt Street
State and
State Street
Congress Trail
Atkinson Street
Adams
Tremont
West Avenue
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Municipal Gas Company
Vacuum Oil Company
Canal Street
Pratt
Jefferson Mill
J. A. Hinds
Pool Mill
Wells & Co
Frederick Wilson
Whitney Mill
Edward A. Webster
Alice Pool
Louis Harpt
Aaron Harrison
William Ritchie
William Q. Wallace
Beach
Worst Kansas blizzard leaves many dead and aid pledged
From Wrentra Kansas December 28 detailed reports describe a blizzard that caused at least sixty deaths by freezing and starvation across multiple counties. Mayor Packney of Ashland recounts families found frozen and rescuers aiding survivors as towns prepare to ship provisions to drought stricken settlers ahead of Christmas.
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Wrentra
Kan
Oace
Carly
J. Packsey
Ashland
Clark County
Ten Oelock
John Henry
John Cotter
Texas
Own
Kanous
Bruce C. Preddy
Packney
Greeley County
Iven
Horace County
Tgit
Mr. Gibbs
Comanche County
Ford County
Mead County
Stevens County
Lane
Scott
Wichita
Riley
Dighton
Lane County
Scott County
Mansas
Belgian Miners Targeted for Lehigh Mines Strike Help
New York dispatch notes a telegram from Secretary Fairchild asking 2 000 Belgian miners to replace striking Pennsylvania workers at Lehigh Mines. Magone orders Castle Garden to screen Belgians arriving under contract and possibly repatriate them. Castle Garden officials caution that arrivals may not come via New York port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Magon
Secretvy Fairchild
Washington
High Valley
Magone
Castle Garden
Jackson
Castle Garlen
New York City
Pennsylvania
Hat Port
Belgium
Philadelphia
Jury convicts Day of murder in first degree
Rome New York December 28 The People versus Clement Arthur Day is found guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Josie Rosa last June Judge Williams sentences Day to be hanged in Utica on February 9 1888 Day refuses to answer birthplace and age questions and tells the court to proceed with the hanging he leaves the courtroom smiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
N. Y
Clement Arthur Day
Josie Rosa
Williams
Utica
Day
McNeely Brother Fails to Resolve Defaulter Case
Harry McNeely arrived in Saco Maine from Halifax and declined to discuss outcomes of talks with bank officers about the $250,000 defaulter. Authorities say he could not arrange satisfactory terms for returning stolen securities. The Polynesian purser reports a passenger from Liverpool to Halifax matching Frank McNeely's description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Harry McNeely
Frank McNeely
Halifax
Harry
Liverpool
Texas immigration meeting gathers delegates statewide
A Texas immigration convention in Dallas drawn delegates from every representative district aims to boost settlement and capital. Ex Senator Maxey named permanent chairman as a 31 member committee, one from each state senatorial district, will receive all resolutions. Railroads pledge low rates if funds are raised to advertise the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Maxey
Juvenile burglars sentenced to life in prison
Judge Morton sentences two Camden boys, aged ten and thirteen, to life at hard labor for breaking a lock and robbing a residence. The governor will be asked to grant mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co.umbia
8. C
Morton
Camden
State Penitentiary
Widow Wins Judgment Over Train Death in Fort Wayne
Mrs Catherine Stegmeier of Fort Wayne Indiana secured a judgment against a Pennsylvania company for 3650 pounds after her husband was killed at the Hanna street crossing when struck by a passenger train about ten years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Catherine Stegmeier
Pennsylvania Company
Aryl
Hanna Street
Train wrecks spark injuries across midwest as deaths loom
Multiple lines report severe rail accidents on December 24 with a Wisconsin Central crash near Ashland leaving one dead and several seriously hurt. At Germantown Illinois three or four injured in Minnesota and Northern collision. others report a Burlington Quincy derailment in Quincy with one firefighter killed and others injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asmann
Wis
Ashland
Milwaukee
Coolidge
Mucklanquox
Greenfield
A. M. Balser
Bancroft
Clement
Duluth
Snevsy, O
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Spring Mills
Curiaco
Minnesota & Northern
Germantown
Quincy
Ill
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
A. C. Allen
Heath
Farwell outlines National Banking bill aims and safeguards
Senator C B Farwell argues for a revised National Banking bill to preserve the system. He cites shrinking bank note circulation, rising bond premiums, and proposes using state city and railroad bonds as collateral, with par and discount acceptances under a governing commission to ensure safety and continuity.
Gas Found at Cooke Brewing Works in Pumping Room
Natural gas was discovered Thursday at the Cooke Brewing Company works. A six inch underground pipe extends to Lake Michigan supplying water staged by a steam pump. An explosion during inspection with a candle revealed a large gas presence in the pumping room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CuicaGco
The
Cooke Brewing Company
Lake Michigan
Terrible Charge Against His Mother in Barrett Murder
In Minneapolis on December 24 Henry Barrett testified in the Barrett brothers murder trial confessing to framing the crime on his siblings and accusing their mother of instigating it. He said the murder was planned for profit and that the mother trained the boys in crime, claiming she is worth thousands from their criminal acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Barrett Brothers
Tallefson
Henry Barrett
Barrett
Loss of American Clipper Alfred Watts Reported
Information from Consul E Reed at Barbadoes details the Alfred Watts voyage from PuHila Peronia to Hingo Japan Oct 8. The ship capsized ten days out with twenty eight aboard. only two crewmen Henry Magnus and Oscar Lind survived. The vessel carried petroleum worth $75000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puhilaperoniaa
Alfred Watts
Hingo
Japan
Maritime Exchange
E. Reed
Barbardoes
Henry Magnus
Oscar Lind
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey CO
PRP
Mathews
W.S. Heade
Attorneys-At-Law
Hutchison Block
C. Steele
May l'Sitf
Fred. L. Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond
Old National
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
W. A. Carpenter
Camebriider
Davis Block
Sam’l C. Ludcock
Attornecy-at-Law
Ofice
Cosgrave
Main Street
W. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Jebuf
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott
New ‘Taylor Block
Appo
Physicians and Surgeons
WM. T. Ramsey
M. D
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D
Hutchinson Block
Hotels
Joseph Morton
Eagle Hotel
B.S. Herring
Apla
Brown House
Cambridge, Ohio
George McCleary
Johnson & Allen, Propr's
Market ST
Zanesville
Arcade Hotel
W. A. Gill
Proopriet
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Keeler Ezlouse
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Farmers’ Hotel
Qa Mid Street
Wa Fainey & Ton
J. Wi. Lippincott
Beecher
Cor. Broadway and
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Prop
John Harris, JR
Wall's
Cen
Address True & CO
Auguste
Maine
S. S. Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, O
BE. McPeek
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Apie 'S
John Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
BOOTS
William Ogier
Public Square
Hallet & Co
Portland
Sox
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambreide
Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati Railway
Chandlersville
Cumberland
Belle Valley Caldwell
Sarahsville
Summerfield
Woodsfield
Souter
Onan
P. Ma
P.m.a
Woodsield
Cuptina
Bellaire
As & Om
Endimpcieee
P.m. A.m. Belaisei
Woldsfield
Lares
Belle Valley
Bic
Zanessiile
Tom
de Saptina
MeLics
di Bellaire
P. Rodstie
Milema
Gen] Pass
Aispatecher
Aly m
Wheeling & Lake Erie
R. R. Nime
Oak Harbor
Remno Inc IV
Clyda
Bellevue
Monroeville
Norwalk
Wellington
Creston
Orrville
Dee Wee
Wwe
Abe
Huron
Frese Lancing
Milan
Orrville Tote
Massillon Massillon
Navarre Valley Junction
New
Freaberland
Sherrodsville
Lee Assylle
Bowerston Pa
Canal Dover
Mackshare
Omerstown
Canal Cove
Everesse
Leesville
Osceve
New Cumberland
Valley Junction
Navarre
Massillon
Cte
Cnls Ovens
Fremont
Oy Oak Harbor
Frese Landing
Oteeree
Esau
A. Ih
M. Id
Congressional
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Territory
Blairsen
Edmunds
Hous E
Brumm
Treasury Department
Lehigh Valley
Labor Committee
Spooner
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Butler
Beetle
Ranall
Committee On
Tray
N. T. Kane
Dolph
Mitchell
Oregon
China
Representative Moffat
Palmer, Teller
Jones
Arkansas
Traverse City
Burrows
Seth Moffat
Western Union
Superior Court
Middle States Conference of Prohibitionists
Smith, Covert & Co
Albany
New York Court of Appeals
Greenwall
Lyman Weeks
Joseph Edwards
Hurd, Waite & Co
Brooklyn
Knights of Labor
S. L. Fleischman
C. Yeager
Sixth Street
New Brgland Society
Sherman
Sloc
Parsons
Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company
Scranton
Pennsylvania Wool Growers’ Association
New Castle
Praumer
Catharine W. May
Steward
Mass
McKenna
Eames
Dr. McGlynne
St. Stephen's Church
Nottingham
Plymouth
John Rowland
James Davis
Richard Davis
James Kelly
Holy Trinity Church
E. Walpole Warren
Ferdinand V. Hayden
Rochester
Ty Kansas
Lehigh
Wisconsin Central
Shelby
National Banking
Farwell
C. B. Farwell
B. Farwell
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