Ohio River flood relief aid approved by Senate and House
Senate approves a 200000 relief appropriation for destitute districts along the Ohio River and its tributaries. House also passes the same sum for flood sufferers under suspension of the rules. Other items include pay for Monongahela coal miners, and notes on various economic and local matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Messrs. Pendleton
Ohio
Vorhees
Indiana
Committee On Appropriations
Ohio River
House
Holman
Chalmers-Manning
Committee On Elections
Committee On
Burns destroy Thomas Murray's Pittsburg stable and animal losses
Fire consumed the Murray stable in Pittsburg on the 12th killing five horses and four mules. Joyce family narrowly escaped. In separate items, Dr George Marshall was acquitted of blackmail in Pittsburgh, C W Gilfillan injured in Franklin, a Weedsport bridge collapse drowning three aboard a Southern Central train, a New York Central freight collision at Hudson causing $16000 damage, and Barbara Miner fatally shot in Philadelphia after comic valentines dispute. 100 trains depart from New Comerstown depot study noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Murray
Pittsburgh
Joyce
Harvely
George H. Marshall
Mary Anderson
United States Court
Franklin
C. W. Gilfillan
Southern Central Railroad
Weedsport
N. Y
Burr Ridgeway
John Straight
Timothy K. Dahahey
New York Central Road
Hudson
Philadelphia
Barbara Miner
Louisa Powell
New York
New Comerstown
Mississippi murders inquiry committee departs for New Orleans
A congressional committee investigating alleged political murders in Mississippi leaves on the 12th for New Orleans to take testimony. A Proteus court of inquiry report to the Senate criticizes General Hazen for failures in grasping essential measures. A Washington crematory society plans a $20009 furnace. James S. Negley calls a National Council in Washington on March 6. Arthur promotes Lieutenant Rhodes for actions during the City of Columbus wreck. Breadstuffs exports for February 1884 total 12,284,781 dollars, down from 15,835,577 the prior year. Fifty-seven months ended January 31, 1884 show 100,256,207 dollars vs 133,685,133 last year. Colonel Edward Smth Mon, aged ninety, defender of the Capital, dies. The President accepts John C. New’s resignation as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, effective the 15th. Nominations of John Coburn to Montana Supreme Court and F C Lord to Nevada Internal Revenue post sent to Senate. Thomas Mellon urges anti coercion labor reforms before the House.
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Congressional Committee
Mississippi
New Orleans
Proteus Court of Inquiry
Senate
Hazen
Washington
D. C
James S. Negley
National Union League
National Council
Arthur
Rhodes
Dexter
City of
Columbus
Edward Sm ™On
John C. New
the Treasury
John Coburn
Indiana
Supreme Court of
Montana
F. C. Lord
Internal Revenue
District of
Nevada
Thomas Mellon
Pittsburgh
House Committee On Labor
Free
Leutz
Hedges
Benton
Plymouth Congregational
Kalamazoo
Mich
Tur
Ft. Scully
D. T
Judd Crouch
Jackson
Brown
Nemadji River
Wisconsin
Great Music Hall
Cincinnati
Congress
J. S. Zerbe
West Fifth Street
Grand Lodge of
Missouri
Nebraska
Ancient Order of United Workmen
St. Louis
Lorillard
New Jersey
Halleck
Bluff City
Council Bluffs
Emma Neisin
Brown Point
Ind
Expresmen’s Aid Association
Jacksonville
Fla
Vermillion
Board of Trade
Terre Haute
Jerry Hanly
Mary
Des Moines
Rock Island
Davenport
Western Nail Association
Grover Gornon
Winnetka
Chicago
J. L. Wilson
Parkersburg
W. Va
David C. Keller
Keller
John Lomas
Mingo Junction
Mississippi Senate
Oxford
H. C. Brainard
Cleveland
Louisville
John Brewster
Michael 8. Fortier
Brewster
Stabbing death in Benton Iowa shocks town during quarrel
Leutz and Hedges, both schoolboys from Benton, Iowa, quarreled on the 12th and Leutz stabbed Hedges three times, killing him instantly.
Notable Obituaries and International Notices Across Front Pages
The bulletin notes the death of Joan Horton BALFour, English botanist and physician, at age seventy six. It cites VicToria’s new book on domestic affairs and reports on Egypts turmoil with the Khedive, Mexican smuggling clashes near Matamoros, and a $200,000 Mexican appropriation for the World's Exhibition. Additional items include a Canadian nitro explosion near McKays Harbor, a fisheries value estimate, a duel in France, and a large London mass meeting condemning Egyptian policy and slave trade concerns.
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Joan Horton Balfour
Quifen VicToria
Sinkat
Mexico
New Orleans
Matamoras
Liverpool
John Herd, Jr
William J. Mullins
Northwest Bank
Herd
Mullins
M. la Guerre
M. Chanveane
Chamber of Deputies
la Guerre
Patriotic Society
Guild Hall
London
Egypt
Central Africa
River flood recedes at Cincinnati amid varied 1882 news
Morning reports show the Ohio River at Cincinnati at sixty four feet and slowly falling. Scattered items note small pox in Khartoum, a deadly strike near Sin Kat, jail escapes in New York. Memorials, trials, and court rulings pepper daily life in 1882.
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Cincinnati
Khartoum
Sinkat
Terrible collapse in Cincinnati flood disaster kills ten
Fire and water disaster at Ludlow and Pearl streets in Cincinnati buries ten in two boarding houses. Residents describe survivors and victims as crews and police rush to rescue the living and recover the dead. Names given include John W. Kyle Mary E Colter Maud Ellis James Ogden Barney Winkler Mrs Winkler Thomas Burke Lena Buck and two children William and Louis Buck. The owner had been warned last summer about the rear wall but did not repair it.
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Cincinnati
Ludlow
Pearl Streets
Pearl
Burk
Coulter
Maud Ellis
Lydia Ellis
Willie Kyle
Robert Kyle
George Oyster
John W. Kyle
Mary E. Colter
James Ogden
Barney Winkler
Winkler
Thomas Burke
Lena Buck
Mary
OHTO
Pearl and
Ludlow Streets
Mary C. Colter
J. W. Kyle
Burke
Central Avenue
Second
Newport
Lansdowne Urges Canada Not A Military Nation
Lord Lansdowne at the Dominion Artillery Association meet says Canada should not seek a standing army like European powers. He asserts peaceful pursuits and development of resources, with neighbors in the United States on friendly terms and Canada secure within an empire. He argues for a moderate national insurance via a small, inexpensive army.
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Ottawa
The
Dominion Artillery Association
Lord Lansdowne
Canada
National Insurance
Pilot of Scioto Convicted of Manslaughter
In Parkersburg West Virginia on February 15 a federal jury found David C Keller pilot of the Scioto guilty of manslaughter for the 1882 collision with the John Lomas at Mingo Junction in which fifty four people died. Sentencing set for tomorrow amid broad public interest and a mercy recommendation.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Scioto-Lomas
United States
Court House
David CC. Keller
Keller
Seioto
John Lomas
Mingo Junction
Tariff Hearing For Woolen Industry Advocates Fair Trade
Representatives of woolen manufacturers pressed for faithful tariff enforcement arguing 1883 law mirrors a treaty with national industry. Secretary Hayes urged good faith as a treaty with National Industries while Whitman warned horizontal duty cuts would depress the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee of Ways and Means
Hayes
National Woolen Manufacturers’ Association
Boston
Whitman
Arlington Mills
Leap Years and Maidens in Lawful Matrimony
A New Haven Union item satirically notes that leap years are tied to traditions of marriage. It claims ancient and European statutes allowed certain maidens to pose nuptial questions every fourth year, barred by no man, reflecting gendered social control in historical law.
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Europe
New Haven Union
Farm in Eliot Maine Carries Nine Generations
The Eliot Maine farm has housed nine generations of one family for about 250 years. The first brick house was replaced after an earthquake in 1736 with a heavy oak timber structure. Over 75 children were raised there, and only one unmarried person died, plus one child who was accidentally killed.
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Eliot
Boston Transcript
Ohio Senate and House Argue Flood Relief Bills
The Ohio Senate and House debate flood relief measures from Feb 12 to 15. Bills authorize 200000 for flood sufferers, new boards and powers for Public Works, and state inspections. Appointments include Thomas Bancroft as Mines Inspector. Sessions adjourn with several local bills and provisions for prisons, education, and public health.
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Senate
Warwick
Rankey
Finance Committee
Ohio
Board of Public Works
Newark
Cleveland
Thomas B. Bancroft
Gallia County
Hoadly
Committee On Mines and Mining
Loomis Vs
Mickey
Richland-Lorain
Johnson
House
Matthews
Gallia
Adjutant General
Bargar
Boards of Education
Gallipolis
Godfrey
Ohio Penitentiary
Levering
Ford Vanderveer
Butler County
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home
Harbaugh
Burnett
Mr. Weldy
Congress
Thomas Worthington
Forty-sixth
Ohio Volunteers
Shiloh
Crowell
Medical Society
Tuscarawas County
Lewis
Wood
Ottawa
Hadly
Committee On
Immigration to South Dakota from Eastern States and Europe
The Russian emigrant agent in New York writes to Herman Rosenthal of Mount Vernon reporting that several hundred families will be sent to South Dakota this season. Describes the group as industrious, thrifty, and good citizens according to the Chivags Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Europe
New York City
Herman Rosenthal
Mount Vernon
South Dakota
Jury verdict hints at arcane phrase in Indiana case
A printed jury verdict from Indiana hints at a cryptic line about a molecule composed of oxygen eight and hydrogen one under high heat. The remark mirrors a mock Latin style and evokes a witty misreading by a Boston jury in contrast to Chicago references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Boston Journal
Boston
Chicago Inter Ocean
Calib Anderson Marries Tobe Watkins Daughter In Kentucky Tale
The Ken tuckian notes a pivotal Kentucky history moment linking Pete Andersons son Calib to Tobe Watkins daughter. He recalls a narrative of a forward owned horse named Step High once ridden by Ben Salus from Lexington to Frankfort in 1859.
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Pete Anderson
Calib
Tobe Watkins
Ben Salus
Lexington
Frankfort
Relief boats aid flood victims on Pomeroy Bend and Ohio towns
Describes relief efforts along the Ohio River from Pomeroy Bend to Parkersburg and Paducah. The Katie Stockdale ferries provisions to Belleville and Ironton while describing flood damage, eight thousand homeless and nine thousand needing help. Officials note one million dollars in losses and ongoing river declines.
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Pomeroy
Katie Stockdale
Ironton
Parkersburgh
Belleville
W. Va
Racine
Pomeroy Bend
Parkersburg
United States
Thomas Rose
Fourteenth Infantry
Stockdale
Marietta
Tracewell
Belpre
Stone
Hadley
Parkersburg Mill Company
Pittsburg
Colonel Rose
Starving Indians Face Death at Fort BuFogo Agencies
A Feb 15 report from Fort Bufogo Cak describes extreme famine among Indians at Poplar Creek and Wolf Point Agencies. The government rations of a scoop of flour weekly and a few pounds of beef monthly are not enough, with families trading dogs and horses for food and mothers offering daughters to procure sustenance. Hunger leaves men weakened, women and children hollow eyed, and some deaf from starvation during subzero weather.
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Fort BuFogo
Cak
Poplar Creek
Wolf Point
West Point
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey CO
Mahaffey & Ogier
M. R. Patterson
Cambridge
Ofce
Shaffner Building
J. C. Steele
Hutchison Block
W. A. Carpenter
Cambridef
Davis Block
Sam’s C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Physicians and Surgeons
C. A. Moore
Cambridge, Ohio
Jerssott
L. C. Wells, M. D
Taylor Block
EJ. Blair,m.d
Chio
Herald Fice
J.C. Warne, M. D
Wall’s
WM. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence
Hutchinson Block
J. R. Downar
Eagle Hotel
Beagle Hotel
B.S. Hering
Marlé-Tf
HH. M. Close
Antrim
William Smith
Exchange Hotel
John W. Robinson
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
Mar
Zanesville, Ohio
Thompson
Crow
Parmers Hotel
Mill Street
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Broadway and
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Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith, Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
James Canady, Prop
Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, O
D. K. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Lambert Thomas
E. Harper
Lambert Thomas & Co
Produce and Wool Commission
North Water St
N. Wharves
EB. McPreere
West Main St
John Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
Davis x
Stinson & Co
Portlan
Maine
News OF the
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Voorhees
Judiciary Committee
Louisa Boddy
Oregon
Hovsge
Bland
Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
Department of Labor Statistics
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Grant
William H. Lytle
McPherson
Warner
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Chalmers
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Philadelphia Medical News
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Charles Chamberlain
Ogier’s Drug Store
H. H. Veitch
Postan
True & Co
Augusta
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Dennison
Fitsburgh
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Louis Re
Cincinnati Express
Western Express Mail Express
tExcept
Indianapolis
Central Standards
W. H. Kirr
James McCrea
Ford
E. McCollum
U.S
America
Hallett Book Co
Portland
T. C
Stanley
Ogier
H., Hallett & Co
Portland Maine
N. Y. Ry. Co
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Cumberland
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C. & M. Junction
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Hartford, Senecaville -Morgan
I’. M. Atkinson
Sacramento
Cal
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California
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Thurman
Tuebody
Martin Riley
Worthington
Minn
Ohio State Young Men’s Christian Association
Dayton
Amasa Pratt
H. A. Sherwin
H. P. Lloyd
John Dodds
F.S. Goodman
Toledo
F. H. Young
Dennison University
Georgia
Reynolds’ Brewery
Wheeling
Leon Scofield
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Henry C. Pratt
United States Army
Detroit
Hanover
Rock Island & Pacific Road
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Foreign Intelligence
Chrles H. Rogg
Maybee
Diamond
Braidwood
George William Curtis
Wallace Brockman
Richard Craig
Ashland House
Brockman
Midway
Craig
John Schneider
N. J
Ware
Mass
Supreme Court of Ilinois
Harper
Minneapolis
Albert Hammerling
Mary Miller
Ohio Legislature
Pomeroy, Ohio
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Evansville
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Paducah
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