Naval contracts awarded to John Roach for four vessels
Bids opened at the Navy Department show John Roach as the lowest bidder for all four ships the Chicago Boston Atlanta and Dolphin contracts to be awarded to him. Other items note post office growth and a Swedish emigration case in New Hampshire with an investigation ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy Department
Washington
John Roach
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Dolphin
Suncook
N. H
Secretary of the Treasury
Bermuda
Crook
Bourke
Secretary of the Interior
Department
Bishop Pinkney
Moses
Teller
Washington Territory
Colville
M. Y. Herald
Shakespeare
Rochester CN
Post-Express
Fogg
Boson Transcript
Wall Street
Chicago Journal
New Hampshire
Vermonte
Newport News
Chicago Herald
Norristown Herald
Fitzroy
Josh
Farmer Robinson
J. Q. Smith
Storm damages across New York and neighboring states
A sweeping storm on the evening of the 2d damaged Port Jervis trees fences and buildings and destroyed the Erie Railroad depot and Hancock Catholic Church. The storm swept to Waterbury Hartford Conn and Williamstown Mass with heavy hail. Reports also note a balloon accident in Montrose Pa and a steamboat boiler explosion at Wilkesbarre Pa injuring crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Port Jervis
Erie Railroad
Hancock
Waterbury
Hartford
Tur
Thomas Watsu
Conn
H. H. Ludlum
Montrose
Susquehanna
Plymouth Navigation Company
Wilkesbarre
Perry Hughes
Charles Miller
John Dielwiler
Coal Trades’ Tribunal
Pittsburgh
John R. McCune
Trades’ Tribunal
Pennsylvania State Senate
Nct
Congress
Wyoming Valley
Old Monument
Forty Fort
Bleakie & Co
Amesburg
Mass
The
Reformed Church
Callicoon
N. Y
Carl Schmolz
Thurmansville
Brattleboro
Oil City
United Pipe Line
Tiona
Warren County
Joan Murphy
Ansonia
Naugatuck
Sergeant & Nichols
Lake Hentucket
New England States
Western
Middle
Southern
Pacific States
Insurrection sparked by mining company wage dispute
The Sheriff and posse struggled against armed insurgents as the uprising grew. The revolt was triggered by the mining company’s refusal to pay workers for their labor.
Crop conditions and notable 1883 events across states
The report lists crop conditions on July 1 for Indiana Ohio and Illinois with wheat at 68 percent for Indiana and Ohio and 52 for Illinois. corn area figures at 101 104 104 percent. corn condition around 84 83 and 85 percent. oats yield high in all three states. Also notes strong hay flax, overall livestock health, and an estimated 398 million bushels of wheat for 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ohio
Lllinois
Illinois
United States District Court
Salt Lake City
Utah Territory
Several 19th century dispatches from Europe report disasters and trials
Glasgow reports Daphne steamship capsized at Renfrew with 150 drowned. The Tournai tribunal to try Canon Bernard for breach of trust. Sunderland theater disaster inquest finds suffocation due to a partially closed door. evidence insufficient to indict. London dispatches Marlborough died of cardiac syncope at 63 after a late dinner. Saxony king's Milan elevator incident kills the district governor and injures the factory manager. Egypt cattle plague devastates 90 percent of cattle. Movement in Boston to erect a Martin Luther monument. Senator Cipriani cremated in Rome. first cremation there. Nyreghhaza Jews trial over Esther Solo massy murder. confessions allegedly coerced. prisoners retaliated with torture claims. local anti Jewish testimony culture cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scotland
Daphne
Renfrew
Tournai
Belgium
Bernard
America
Sunderland
London
The
Sun
Duke of Marlborough
Hee
Wuite
King of Saxony
Milan
Italy
Egypt
Boston
Martin Luther
Cipriani
Rome
Nyreghhaza
Hungary
Esther Solomassy
Tiszaezlar
President approves court martial sentence for Commander Mullen
The President approved the court martial sentence of Commander Horace E. Mullen of the last Ashuelot. he was dismissed from the service. Other items note a treaty exchange with Corea, Indian chiefs’ negotiations, a Prohibition Convention in Ohio, and several fatal accidents and fires in Illinois and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace E. Mullen
Department of State
Washington
Lucius H. Foote
Corea
United States
Corer Moses
Teller
Moses
Congress
Friends of the Prohibition
Ohio
Columbus
Oren Cleveland
Cleveland
Matthew Rockers
John Bloomquest
Walker
Wellesville
McFerron
Gillman
Ill
Mound City
Howard
Aaron C. Deitweiler
Washington D. Deitweiler
Reading
Schuylkill River
Aaron
C. R. Marvin
New York City Stock Exchange
Albert Harvey
Mary Jack
Norristown
Anti-Monopoly Convention Adopts Platform In Chicago
The National Anti-Monopoly Convention in Chicago adopts a platform calling for federal regulation of transportation and money reform. Delegates elect J. F. Henry as Permanent Chairman and select officers and state vice presidents. The day includes debates on woman suffrage and party organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chcano
Committee On Credentials
California
Kearney
Maybell
J. F. Henry
Brooklyn
N. Y
C.C. Post
Indiana
J. R. Buchanan
Colorado
Reading
A. W. St. John
Missouri
Henry
de la Matyr
Knights of Labor
A. J. Streeter
Committee On
J. S. Crews
United States
Congress
Postal Department
New York
Pennsylviania
Ohio
Illinois
Ees
Springer
Maine
Brown
James K. Magie
John F. Henry
B. F. Shiveley
South Bend
Ind
Pennsylvania
John Henry Keene, Jr
Maryland
Duel near Waynesboro ends with Elam wounded
Richmond duelists Sierne and Elam met near New Hope Virginia in a pistol duel under Colt sixes at eight paces. Elam was shot in the upper thigh but both remained cool. No arrests reported as the participants returned to their circles after the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lewis
H. J. Lewis
Richmond
Elam
Bierne
West Virginia
Colt
J. F. Lewis
Ile
Lierne
John F. Lewis
Post Republic
Rockingham County
Tom Smith
Smith
Whig
Mass of Miscellaneous Facts From Various Cities and Figures
A digest of odds and ends cites 12 000 interior appointments on file in Washington. It notes the Columbia stocking mill in a penitentiary turning 3600 stockings daily, New York City property assessed at 1 270 000 000 with 195 000 000 on personal estate, and transport costs for flour from Minnesota to Boston at one dollar per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Washington—N
Columbia
S. C
Penitentiary
City of
New York
N. Y. Stan
Minnesota
Boston
Minneapolis
Glasgow
Scotland
Chicago News
San Francisco
Washington Sunday Herald
United States
Mr. Vanderbilt
A. T. Stewart
Jay Gould
Moses Taylor
D. O. Mills
Train disaster near Ras s elas shocks Bradford readers
A Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad train car separated from its seven coal cars on a steep grade near Rasselas, crashed into an approaching engine at 80 miles per hour, killing seven and injuring many including Bradford residents S N Dulles David Ford Mike Downs George Quinn Angelo Odone L L McKee Robert Clemens J OConnell Joseph Ravella Mrs W H Mecarey W Davis John Collins and others. Relief trains aided victims and authorities sought blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Rochester & Pittsburgh
Rasselas
Kinzua
S. N. Dulles
David Ford
Mike Downs
George Quinn
Angelo Odone
L. L. McKee
Robert Clemens
James O'Connell
Alton
Joseph Ravella
W. H. Mecarey
Davis
Olean
N.Y
John Collins
Limestone
N. Y
J. Bosway
J. Cosmillo
R. Cosmillo
Pop” Downs
Panic at City Hall Hop In Atlanta Leaves Dozens Hurt
A stairway collapse at Professor Robinsons hop in Atlanta on Saturday night sent thirty to forty people tumbling twenty five feet. Several sustained serious injuries including two daughters of Philip Heidlingsfeller and T L Crosby, with others lightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Geneva
Robinson
City Hall
Philip Heidlingsfeller
T. L. Crosby
J. J. Jordan
Pierce Weston
Tragedy of Jennie Roberts In Bark Pa Canal
Jennie Roberts from Meadville, a young girl, was found dead in the canal on Saturday after being missing since Friday. Her father had refused permission to attend a party, and she drowned herself following the refusal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sternen P. Hosmer
State Board of Public Works of
Ohio
Zanesville
Otsego Lake
Mich
Alexander Perry
Amos Bidwell
Atlantic Alcohol Company
Atlantic
Iowa
Fort Omaha
Neb
Fort Leavenworth
North Chicago Rolling Mills
Chicago
Bark, Pa
Jennie Roberts
Meadville
New Job Work Outfit At H RALD Office
The H RALD office announces a full set of the latest job material and can perform all kinds of job work on short notice.
Wit and Wisdom in a Punchy Old-School Style
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes from various papers. Jests about hard rules, drinking, compromises, and a jackass investor mix with rail-ticket gaffes and a legal point about forged checks. The piece surveys light satire, literary allusions, and country-life vignettes across the press.
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey County
M. R. Patterson
Cambridge
Shrimer Building
J. C. Steele
Hutchison Block
Marl
Sam’l GC
Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Physicians and Surgeons
C. A. Moore
Cambridge, Ohio
Postoffice
Jessett
L. C. Wells, M. D
Homeoeopathist
Taylor Block
E.j.blair, M.D
Davis Block
Herald
Imaar
J.C. Warne, M. D
Tambridge, Ohio
Wall's Drug Store
WH. T. Ramsey
Mi. D
Aple
Ares Nm
Physcans
National Medical Disp Tilay
Hutchinson Block
Ohlo
Lriggist
J. R. Downar
Eagle Hotel
Hotels
Biagle Hotel
B.S. Hering, Proprieetor
Marit Ts
J. M. Albaugh
Antrim
John W. Robinson
Ekirz
Zeouse
Markost and
Fourth Streets
Zanesville, Ohio
WM. Kirk
Thompson
Crow
Farmers Hotel
Mill Street
Wee
Rainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Col. Broadway and
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith
Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
James Canady, Prop
James Stevens
Scott'’s
Carnes
Pine Street
Main
D. K. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Marris
North Water St
Philadelphia
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Aplt's
Newnom & Moss
Steubenville Street
Marrts
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Saumabridgee
W. A. Rainey
Allegheny Mountains
True & CO
Augusta
A. N. Kellogg
H.shumway
Rockford
J. E. Shepard & CO
Elm St
Cincinnati
Seti
News OF the
Joan McMillen
Davenport
Eisner Pinkney
Cockeysville
Grant County
Barney Day
Mr. Mills
EF. P. Webber
D. J. Dean
Archbishop Purcell
St. Martins
Jefferson
Texas
Haughn
General Custer
Seventh United States Cavalry
Montana
Montello
Wis
Supreme Court of Missouri
St. Louis
Henry Kracke
Winton Place
Salem
Oregon
Kansas
Kerster
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Calmut
James Mulhern
Joliet
J. F. Kelley
Huntsville
Richard Grant
Kelley
Henry Miner
Michigan
Ilinois
Dakota
Kentucky
District of Columbia
C. C. Post
Dennis Kearney
Stephen Maybell
Nebraska
James A. EstiLt
Holmes County
Millersburg
Holmes County Farmer
Tennessee State
Tennessee Railroad Coal & Iron Company
Nelson Howard
John Kane
Waynesboro
Mr. Bierne
Mr. Elam
N. Y. Graphic
Wyoming
Japan
Kingdom
Canton
Macao
WIT and Wisdom
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