Senate petitions for agriculture and astronomy posts in Missouri
The Senate heard petitions from Missouri Grangers seeking a Secretary of Agriculture and from observatory and education leaders for a practical astronomer as Superintendent of the Naval Observatory and a new observatory. Also notes on tariff debates, indemnity funds, and state political moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Cockerill
Missouri
Morrison Observatory
Naval Observatory
Morrill
Oliver Wendell Holmes
T. B. Aldrich
John G. Whit
Wyoming
House
Explosions, accidents, and a court ruling dominate the month
A Cincinnati gas explosion on Willstack Street killed Benjamin Mack and his wife instantly. Three boys and a two year old girl died within an hour from injuries. A German laborer at Plum Point Miss. died entangled in mattress wire. Ohio Supreme Court case Knapp pardoned then revoked for fraud, Knapp discharged. Bee Line train wreck near Galion, Guthrie killed, others fatally injured. Mingo Tron Works accident killed Captain J Prentiss. seven or eight stones burst causing damage. Texas Young County school quarrel left Mr Rogers dead and three wounded. Alabama tax collector Horston robbed of 3300 dollars. Michigan cattle reports indicate good condition. further reports unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willstack Street
Cincinnati
Benjamin Mack
John
Henry Brown
Harry Rockaman
Louis Miller
Plum Point
Miss
Supreme Court of Ohio
Columbus
Knapp
Fremont
Foster
Shelby
Ohio
R. Cadell
Cleveland
Mingo Tron Works
Steubenville
J. Prentiss
Schoor
Young County
Texas
Rogers
D. Horston
Lawrence County
Ala
Lansing
Mich
Foreign Intelligence Briefs From Across the World
A Paris report says Cabinet members resigned after the Senate Expulsion bill, with President Grevy asking them to stay. R J Flemmine of Chicago was arrested in Toronto on a $500,000 fraud charge, carrying $15,000. Mills burned in Millston Scotland with $250,000 loss. The International African Society denied hostile Africa designs and urged respect for De Brazza’s Congo gains. Cairo reports Bara garrison’s surrender to the False Prophet. Bradlaugh seated in British Parliament with anti-expulsion resolutions. Imperial Bank of Germany to open a Berlin clearing house. Dortmund explosion kills four miners and injures several.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millston
Renfrewshire
Scotland
International African Society
Brussels
Belgium
Africa
Bradlaugh
Imperial Bank of Germany
Berlin
London
Dortmund
England
Several events from 1882 include fires and deaths in New York and Hartford
The Verplanck Hospital on Ward's Island was destroyed by fire on the 17th, with 250 patients saved by firemen amid harsh cold. Rev. Lyman H. Atwater of Princeton died on the 17th. Ex-Governor Edwin D. Morgan was interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford. A Chicago rope-fire escape inventor was fatally injured. The Senate and House debated tariffs and investigations, with the Shackelford death eulogies and adjournment to the 7th followed by tariff discussions and a conference report on a Nebraska railroad right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verplanck Hospital
Ward’s Island
New York City
Lyman H. Atwater
Princeton
N. J
College
Edwin D. Morgan
Cedar Hill
Hartford
Hartford, Conn
New York
John W. Ayer & Sons
Chicago
Ayer
Iron & Steel Company
Brackett
Texas
Michael McDonald
Halsted
Madison Streets
House
Shackelford
Ransom
Senate
Davis
Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad Company
Niobrar
Messrs
Bayne
Kasson
Latham
Morey, Leedom
Randall
Vance
Desolation in Cincinnati as Ohio floods rise
February 14 1883 Cincinnati reports continued rise of the Ohio River after rain. Relief efforts expand with soup houses and church aid. the city sees theft fears and famine threats. Desperate residents fill upper floors, while a depot disaster and rescue efforts unfold amid rising waters and protests.
Lawrenceburg Flood Relief Efforts Underway
Lawrenceburg Indiana reports river rise of one and a half inches with heavy rain. Committee found provisions delivered by two pm as suffering increases and more aid is needed. A carload of provisions and coal oil to the sick will be sent tonight. Flood losses total at least a quarter million with six hundred families homeless and factories halted. FE G Burnam of New York arranged a 1000 dollar relief, Indiana National Bank notified. No lives lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railroad
Baggeage-Mnnster
Wilstack Street
Mill Creek
Louisville
Holland
Bowieville
Portland
Lawrenceburg
End
Lawrenceburg Junction
Tanmere Creek
FE. G. Burbam
New York
Indiana National Bank
New Albany
Ind
Ohio
Cincinnati
John Mullen
Front Street
Vine Street
Spring Grove
Spring Grove Avenue
Riverside
Public Landing
Flood Waters Rise In Indiana And Kentucky
In Mprson Indiana and Milton Kentucky the river keeps rising with many houses flooded. Fulton and parts of the eastern suburb are abandoned while Crooked Creek backwater covers portions of town. Springdale Cemetery and Walnut Street are underwater as steamer Bernet brings aid from Carrollton. Stores report provisions exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mprson
Ind
Milton
Fulton
Crooked Creek
Springdale Cemetery
Pittsburgh Braces For Another Flood As Rivers Rise
Pittsburgh on February 14 1883 reports heavy rain along the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers with waters rising rapidly since early afternoon. Dispatches from head waters confirm rising levels, and old river men fear a higher stage than last week despite uncertainty about final depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Allegheny
Great Flood Rips Toledo Bridges and Ice Spreads Chaos
TOLEDO February 18 1883 massive ice floes driven by warm rains wreck bridges across the Maumee river in a flood that swamps streets and sewers. Cherry Street passenger bridge and PennsylvanIa Railroad spans are destroyed while Wheeling and Lake Erie structures suffer damage. Henry Miller a bridge builder narrowly escapes as the ice carries him downstream. Rail and harbor damage soars with several bridges and vessels affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Maumee
Cherry Street City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Henry Miller
Union Bridge
Cherry Street
Water Street
Union Railway
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania
Wyandot
Monroe Street
Columbus & Hocking
Ohio Central
Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna
Napoleon
Defiance
Fort Wayne
Tiffin River
Florida
Grand Rapids
Texas
Perrysburg
Delphos
River flood relief and widespread hardship across New Albany and port towns
The flood's impact stretches from Portland to Green River with many left destitute. Churches fund relief while the city and river communities face weeks of need as homes, farms, and factories suffer. Tow boats depart with fuel and provisions to aid struggles. New Albany endures cold, with a thousand families displaced and most factories halted for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
L. A. Fulton
Green River
New Albany
Ind
Birds Do Home Nests In Odd Places On Local River Ferry
A Norfolk sighting recollects pewees nesting on a brace under a steam ferryboat between Portland and Middletown, then bird action at a chimney and cherry stump. W. W. Coe notes multiple nesting feats including sparrows, owls, martins, robins, and chickadees, with detailed nesting timelines and curious behaviors observed around spring and early summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Middletown
Conn
John
Cee
W. W. Coe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cambridge Herald
Cambridge
Guernsey County
Mahaffey & Ogier
M. R. Patterson
Attorney-at-Law
Shaffner Building
J. C. Steele
Hutchison Brock
Marlé
Sam’l C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Novao
Hotels
Hagle Hotel
B.S. Hering
Antrim
J. M. Albaugh
Ohto
Exchange Hotel
John W. Robinson
Apod
Rday
WM. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Parmer
TOTEL
Mills Street
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. W. Lipincote
Broadway
South Streets
Quaker Cry
James Smith, Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
James
James Stevens
Scott
Newnom & Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
D. K. Kyle
Cambridger
Lambert Thomas
E. Harper Jefferier
Lambert Thomas & Co
Produce and Wool Commission
North Water St
Philadelphia
L. C. Wells, M.D
Taylor Block
F. J. Cheney
Adams Street
John R. Downar
Novay
Uaright
Addre Stinson & CO
Maine
Neva
B. Allen Seweler
S.w.cor
Wheeling Ave. and
7Th St
Dr. D. A. Moore & Co
Weaver
Green
Eagle Hotel
Cambridge, QC
Ewan Romans
Ann Arbor
DR. Moore
Pine and
Steubenville Streets
Ww. A. Rainey
Allegheny Mountains
True & CO
Augusta
Novally
C. W. & News By. Co
EAST
A.M. Lys Cumberland
Blue Bell
Pleasant
Senecaville
A. M. Lys
Pt. Pleasant
Cumberland
Lys Cumberland
Aret, Pleasant
West
F. M. Atkinson
News OF the
Nebraska
General Washington
W. Va
Great
Kanawha
Sewell
McPherson
New Jersey
Commercial Exchange
Kellogg
Mississippi
Sawyer
Wisconsin
Superior
Wis
Committee On Finance
Lynch
Freeman's Savin and Trust Company
Paige
Secretary of War
Portage Lake
Michigan
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Page
Committee On Commerce
Committee On
Conger
Mr. Brown
Internal Revenue
Yeas
Bayard
Cannon
William May
East Lee
Mass
Nicholson
Collender
Stamford
Western Nail Association
Armstrong &Co
Adam Locax
North Adams
J. McDonald Crossan
Monongahela House
Dansville
Binghamton
Hornellsyville
Corning
N. Y
Harrisburg
New York Custom House
Treasury
Brooks
Red House Observatory
Phelps
Providence
R. L
Bevie
Jersey City
A. T. Stewart
New England States
Western
Southern
Middle
Pacific States
Canada
Joan L. McDowser
Altoona
Young Men’s Christian Association
Shearman Brothers
Jamestown
Fox
William Lucas
Richmond
Diamond
Braidwood
Joliet
Til
William ©. Dodge
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
National Temperance Society and Publication House
Jodge
University of Atlanta
W. N. Chancellor
Stephen Hempsteap
Iowa
Dubuque
Washington
Arthur L. Thomas
Utah Territory
Joel F. Mason
St. Croix Falls
Michael Field
Alfred A. Taft
Camden
Ark
G. N. Pritchard
United States
New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
Northern Pacific Railroad
Montana
Wallula Junction
Washington Territory
Clark B. Montgomery
Joseph B. Battelle
Miami
Lounsberry
Beidell
Foreign Intelligence
Valley of the Ohio
Relief Committee
Bishop Elder
Ohio River
Forrow
Charles Dickens
Thames
Eden Park
Little Miami Railroad
Commonwealth
Buckeye
Third Street Station House
First Street
Carro
Henan
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