Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Timetable Opens Toledo to Bowerston
The timetable shows through service from Toledo to Bowerston connecting with the Pennsylvania System for points east. Through car service runs between Toledo Cambridge and Marietta and between Akon Youngstown and Pittsburgh. General Manager M. D. Woodford and General Passenger Agent James M. Hall note the route details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Marietta
Akon
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Akron
M. D. Woodford
James M. Hall
Agers
Senate and House Debate Tariff and Immigration Bills
Jan 4 to Jan 5 proceedings show petitions on fishery treaties and rights of American fishermen, Illinois Grange support for inter state law, and various bills. Talks include tariff revisions, immigration limits, and a proposed national industrial exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SENA
Ullinois State Grange
Blair
United States
Atlanta
Senate
Sherman
District of Columbia
Dakota
Union
Army and Navy
Dorsey
Committee On Indian Affairs
Hoar
Washington
North Dakota
Mitchell
Pacific Coast
Randall
House
Notable Washington Lawyer Dies at Midnight
Charles S. Moore a leading young Democratic lawyer of Washington D C collapsed and died at midnight on the 3d after a hearty lunch. He was a prominent candidate for District Attorney of the District of Columbia. The President on the 4th sent to the Senate several nominations including Bannton J Hail for Commissioner of Patents and Inter State Commerce Commissioners Thomas Cooley William Morrison Augustus Schoonmaker Aldace Walker and Walter Bragg. Pension arrears of 13037 were granted to John Smith Mt Sterling Ky for service in an Illinois regiment, a record size. The State Department reports British vessels seized in Behring Sea may claim damages up to 500000. Sherman G Hopkins Washington paper reporter pleaded guilty to attempting to obtain money on false pretenses and was fined 100. Interior Department sent Congress a schedule of Indian depreciation claims totaling 433 claims amounting to 31509 approved. A prior schedule of 35 similar claims over 300000 remains before Congress. The President signed an order moving the land office from Lake City to Montrose Col on the 6th.
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Charles S. Moore
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Senate
Banton J. Hail
Iowa
Thomas Cooley
Michigan
William B. Morrison
Illinois
Augustus Schoonmaker
New York
Aldace F. Walker
Vermont
Walter T. Bragg
Alabama
John Smith
Mt. Sterling
Department of State
Behring Sea
United States
Sherman G. Hopkins
Waite
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Interior Department
Washington County
J. E. Lowry
Hardin
Walter 5. Thomas
Delaware
S. N. Flanner
Butler
Pallin Kumter
Hamilton
Henry L. Kortes
Muskingum
Belle Hanford
Ashland
D. W. Glenn
Cuyah
J. *. Glover
Harrison
Evan Evans
R. B. Crawford
Summit
Tis
House
Mr. Nordy
Coshocton
James 8. Robinson
House of Representatives
Mr. Hutsinpuller
Marshall J. Williams
Supreme Court
E. L. Lampson
Ashtabula
Poorman
Hubbard
Seneca
C. M. LeBlond
Mercer
Lampson
LeBlond
N. H. Albaugh
Miami County
David Lannig
Franklin
George H. Kolker
John C. Longworth
Guernsey
Calvin R. Reynolds
Lawrence
Scott A. Welch
Alice Boardman
R. I. Haywood
Clarke
Paul Bernhand
Cuyahoga
John Q. Tiles
Fulton
Fred Blenkner
Columbus
Governor Foraker
Rannell
Rathbone
Sixty-eighth General Assembly
Ohio
Foraker
Alexander
Cleveland
Townsend
Finance
Cope
Columbiana
Belmont
Harris
Preble
Whittlesey
Portage
Braman
Lorain
Taylor
Champaign
Reed
Ross
Boehmer
Putnam
Merrick
Meigs
le Blond
Roses
Worthington
Fayette
Fimple
Carroll
Weems
Noble
Laylin
Huron
Clark
Cuyzhoga
McCray
Frank Randolph
Stephen Atkinson
Charles A. Ramsden
Walter Baxter
Frank Little
Trumbull
Samuel Amen
Highland
Davis
Treasury of
Post Office Department
Great Lakes
Mortley
Notable 1880s News Roundup From New York and New Jersey
The report covers a guilty plea for embezzlement by R F Hicks in St Coun bani, a four year sentence and one dollar fine. Obituaries note George O Wallace of N W Ayer & Son death in Philadelphia and A J Drexel’s servant Robert Hamilton murdered near Long Branch with a $1000 reward offered. Albany Assembly convenes with Fremont Cole as Speaker while Atlantic City arrests occur in a murder investigation. A NY Senate bill proposes saloon taxes. Tonawanda arrives New York disabled. December fire losses total about $10.3 million. yearly fire waste hits $129.364 million since 1887. Susan Beach dies at 109 near Auburn. Newark shoemakers withdraw from Knights of Labor. Flint Glass strike continues. Rev T DeWitt Talmage named chaplain of the 13th NY National Guard after Beecher’s death. Bishop O Farrell’s Trenton residence burglarized for jewelry and watch.
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R. F. Hicks
St Coun
Bani
Embeczlement
George O. Wallace
N. W. Ayer & Son
Philadelphia
Robert Hamilton
A. J. Drexel
Long Branch
N. J
Drexel
New York General Assembly
Albany
Fremont Cole
Ike Bowles
William Cook
Atlantic City
New York Senate
New York
United States
Boston
Susan Beach
Auburn
N. Y
England
Shoemakers' Trades Union of
Newark
Knights of Labor
Flint Glass Manufacturers? Association
Pittsburgh
T. DeWitt Talmage
Thirteenth Regiment
New York National Guard
Henry Ward Beecher
Bishop O'Farrell
Trenton
United
Town of Vandalia Conflagration Wipes Large Section
A destructive fire on the fifth in Vandalia Michigan wiped out a large portion of the town’s business district, with losses estimated at twenty five thousand dollars and insurance around five thousand. Multiple other calamities and notices fill this roundup of incidents from across the nation.
New Trial Ruling In Ohio Murder Case And Misc Regional News
Judge Johnson grants a new trial motion for John Coughlin in the Hulligan murder conspiracy case while James Robinson’s similar motion is overruled. Other items note a Dakota elder found dead near Fort Sennett aged ninety three, and mass layoffs for Ohio River railroad conductors amid robbery claims. Additional reports cover Pope Leo XII’s golden jubilee offerings, a fatal fire in Mount Vernon, lynching aftermath of the Kelly family, Indiana coal production ranking, a Kansas City embezzlement case, California education policy, Maryland assembly actions, and various train and fire incidents across multiple states.
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Ravenna
Johnson
John Coughlin
Hulligan
James Robinson
Proteau
Dakota
Fort Sennett
Custer
Harney
Sibley
Sully
Ohio River
Parkersburg
Wheeling
W. Va
Leo Xtii
Chicago
Holy Father
Mt. Vernon
Ill
C. W. Pavey
J. A. White
Kelly
Indiana Inspector of Mines
Samuel Shaeffer
Kansas City
John S. Blair
New Jersey
St. Louis
General Assembly of
Maryland
Annapolis
Los Angeles
Cal
Olympia
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
A. T. Hennessy
Valparaiso
Ind
John B. Park
Chicago & Atlantic
Judge Field
Supreme Court
D. L. Teal
Bucyrus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Beaufort
N. C
Salida
Cleveland
Vast 19th Century Calamities From Sea to Rail
A Birmingham canal burst near Dudley flooding hundreds of families. Rumor says Britain may issue 15 million pounds in new three per cent bonds guaranteed for 25 years. Eureka wrecked at Waterford harbor with 25 crew drowned. Two Dutch express trains collided near Meppel killing 26 and injuring many. A St Petersburg tribunal condemned Nihilisz Tschernoff and seven others for an assassination attempt on the Czar. Parisian financier Caluimbach failed for 10,005,000 francs. Spain earmarks 100,000 dollars yearly for the Columbus celebration in 1892. The English steamer Maude foundered in the Black Sea with 12 lives lost. Cholera rises in Valparaiso with daily cases near 13 and high fatality. Canadian Pacific trains collide near White River. 6 killed, others injured due to a missed telegraph order. Toronto wholesaler W J McMasters suspended. General Herman Kanzler, former Pontifical army commander, is dead.
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Birmingham Canal
Dudley
England
Eureka
Southard
San Francisco
Waterford
Ireland
Mepnel
Holland
St. Petersburg
Nihilisz Tschernoff
Don Cossack
M. Caluimbach
Paris
Rio Tinto
Maude
Black Sea
Valparaiso
Canadian Pacific Railroad
White River
W.J. McMasters
Toronto
Ont
Herman Kanzler
Pontifical Army
Fire Destroys A J Montgomery Stables and Losses Reported
Fire at the A J Montgomery boarding and sale stables in Pittsburgh on the 7th killed twenty of sixty horses and left the rest rescued.
Ohio Legislature opens with organized Senate and House
The Sixty-eighth Ohio General Assembly convened with Senate officers elected and sessions under way. Bills include rail fare reductions and local option measures as both chambers form committees and prepare for Governor Foraker’s address. Senate adjourned after extensive debate on resolutions and legislation.
New York Legislature Opens With Speaker Vote and Governor's Message
In Albany the legislature convened with Charles E. Chickering presiding as Assembly clerk. Fremont Cole won the speaker vote 70 to 52, and Governor Hill delivers a message praising prior reforms and urging prison labor reform, health oversight, taxation fairness, and a state gas commission amid calls for constitutional updates and reapportionment. The state debt is reduced to about 7.57 million with a two and seven tenths mill tax rate.
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Albany
Charles E. Chickering
House of Representatives
S. Simart
Cook
Dederick Willers
Fremont Cole
William F. Sheehan
Cole
Hill
Commonwealth
State Board of Health
aSate Gas Commission
the &Mount
Special Labor Commission
Senate
Health Bulletin Reports Disease Prevalence in Ohio Counties
Ohio State Board of Health observers from 53 locations across 30 counties record the week ending December 30 1887 showing bronchitis pneumonia intermittent fever typhoid fever measles and other illnesses with new diphtheria scarlet fever and infant cholera cases listed in multiple towns including Bucyrus Columbus and Measles rising. Dr C O Prosst secretary notes rising measles and specific new cases across several cities.
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Ohio State Board of Health
Isaios
Emprgnglia
S Sc. Oo
Coke Cs. Seemas
Bary
Bucyrus
Five Mile
Somerset
Rio Grande
Columbus Grove
Columbus
New Philadelphia
Warren
Duncan’s Falls
Harbor
Carthage
Bedford
Washington D. H
Malta
Manchester
Sandusky
Utica
Lewisville
Salem
DeGraff
West Milton
C. O. Prosst
M. D
Telephone cases force three dollar telephony in Indiana
In Lafayette on January 4 Judge Vinton ruled that general telephone businesses must provide a complete outfit of instruments and connections at three dollars per month. Folley Hardware Co sought mandamus to compel Central Union Telephone Co to supply service. court upheld demurrers and found public stations fall under general telephone business. Company to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Vinton
Folley Hardware Company
Central Union Telephone Company
Lynching Follows Attempted Arson in Cherokee
A man identified as Oscar Coger was caught while attempting to burn the widow Lindsay's house in Cherokee. Volunteers hanged him from a tree after a second arson attempt. the community reports widespread indignation and excitement over the vigilante action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscumbia
Ala
Lindsay
Cherokee
Oscar Coger
Man jokes about enlargement after spree at breakfast
A man explains at breakfast that everything seems enlarged after a night of drinking. His mother in law retorts that he probably telescoped with a lamp post he hit last night, a quip noted by N. Ledger.
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N. ¥. Ledger
Principles of Felon Surgery by Dr John Ashurst Jr
Dr. John Ashurst Jr outlines surgical approach to felons noting avoid major arteries and median flexor tendon lines. He recommends opening midway between artery and tendon and, if needed, on both sides. Opening the tendon sheath risks sloughing the tendon and render the finger useless.
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John Ashurst, Jr
Boston
Alley boys dismissed after contentious alley scene
Reported in the Detroit Free Press a group of boys in an alley off Congress Street was told by a woman to leave due to her ill husband. The leader asked if the husband had life insurance and, learning he did not, the boys agreed to depart.
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Congress Street
Detroit
Ree Press
Streetcar Tie-Up Causes Crowd Bottleneck
X and companions move through a crowd at a street corner as a tie-up halts transit. Bahavior shows people standing around in knots while observers note the disruption and crowding at the intersection.
Seeds In Stomach Tie Fonda Farmer To Hospital
Giles Putnam, a farmer from Fonda New York, suffered six years with side pains and swellings. Doctors found two grape seeds lodged in his stomach causing the trouble and inflammation and the operation followed.
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Giles Putnam
Fonda
N. Y
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