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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1883
Page
1
Postmaster General Gresham fixed metallic red as color for the new two cent stamp. The design mirrors the three cent stamp with United States Postage spelled out atop and the numeral two replacing three at the bottom. Reports note commissions, postal rules, and public notices across the administration.
Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania signs a railroad measure setting stock limits at 150 per mile and bonds to 300000. James Fisk Sr dies in Brattleboro Vermont aged seventy one. A 8000 barrel oil tank at Muncy Pa. is struck by lightning. New Hampshire Legislature convenes and elects Republican officers. Coroner's inquest on Brooklyn bridge disaster verdict blames suffocation and poor policing. Cardinal McCloskey grants power of attorney due to ill health. Rochester & Pittsburgh depot at Johnsonburg struck by lightning and burned. Oil tank of 35000 barrels at Olean N Y destroyed. Pennsylvania Legislature adjourns sine die. Philadelphian Zoological Society receives 50000 to open garden two days weekly. Reading Pa man Sweyer in odd accident. Medical editors meet in Cleveland. Fort Wayne Vicar General Benoit named Monseigneur in Rome. Northwestern Marine Elevator incident in Milwaukee. American Medical Association elects officers. Wisconsin IOOF elects officers in Milwaukee. June crop conditions update for Ohio and others. Dakota delegates urged to Huron convention. Indiana bishop elected for Indiana diocese. Barber brothers captured near Tripoli Iowa. Iowa Democratic convention nominates candidates. Monroes county treasurer misspent funds. Duel in Virginia between Donckiey and Waller ends with Waller dead. Cincinnati boy Joan Burner Jr tried for arson. General Crook reports no hostile signs near Wacori. Barber brothers hanged by mob at Waverly. Harper high license bill passes Illinois House. International Typographical Union elects officers. Victor bank collapse case involving Upton arrests. Ohio Protestant Association Grand Lodge elected. Portland Oregon death of Daniel June formerly of Fremont Ohio.
Reports describe a pamphlet in St Petersburg advocating moderate governance under an empowered emperor. Ottawa records attempts by American distillers to relax Canada’s import rules for spirits in large packages. Suleman Daovup and Mahmoud Sami were executed for arson in Alexandria. Tolstoi to draft domicile liberty, Vatican Irish manifesto plans noted. A powder mill in Scutari was struck by lightning causing a large explosion and many deaths.
Secretary Chandler approves the Navy Yard Commission report urging closing measures, consolidation of the mechanical departments into single shops per yard, with changes taking effect around July 15. Also notes tornado damage in Missouri and a severe Dallas Texas cyclone report. Cattle drives in Texas exceed expectations with over 200000 head moved through Albany. Obscure items include juror Michael Sheahan's insanity, Dove's bail release, Payne funeral, Victoria labor movement, Agriculture cotton area up slightly, winter wheat outlook dim, and Mrs. Scoville seeking name change.
The 1883 Ohio Republican State Convention met in Columbus on June 5 and 6. Delegates nominated J. B. Foraker for governor, Rose for lieutenant governor, and selected Upson, Doyle, Dewitt, Oglevee, Brown, DeWolf, Weltz for top state offices. Committees and officers were named. Foraker received a rousing platform endorsement.
The Ohio Republican convention opened at 10 15 with prayer and elected permanent officers led by John Sherman as permanent chairman. The platform endorses tariff protection, opposition to revenue only tariffs, restoration of the 1867 wool tariff, a National Bureau of Labor Statistics, liquor taxation, reduction of internal taxes, civil service reform, prison contract labor abolition, and broader public measures for prosperity.
A Chicago News excerpt discusses how a tobacconist links cigar habits to personality. It describes temper, steadiness, nerves, and vanity through smoking style, noting how clenching, lighting, and handling reveal traits from easygoing to calculating and tenacious.
A Rochester bird builds a nest on engine 340 of the Central Road between the left forward driving spring hanger and a cross brace. The engine runs daily between Rochester and Dewitt, east one day and returning the next, with the nest now complete except for the lining. The bird's effort draws local fascination and the nest is deemed safe. Jacob Becker of Cincinnati undergoes emetic treatment after vomiting up a snake, lizards, and eggs found during a stomach episode linked to a long history of illness and a German pool incident.
At Leith-Tredgar Iron Works two workers, Lafayette Browder and William Thomas, fought over a dispute. Browder threw Thomas onto a four foot long red-hot iron slab, leaving Thomas badly burned from head to toe. Browder, arrested for felonious assault, resisted rescue as bystanders looked on. Thomas, though smaller, is reported resting but seriously injured as doctors tend his wounds.
In Burnsville Alabama on June 9 a drunken passenger named Lawrence from Randolph attacked conductor E L Nelson on a east Tennessee line. After drawing a knife and wounding Nelson both men fired ten shots. none of the passengers were hit. Nelson was brought back to town for care by engineer Sutton and Dr Clark. Nelson's condition is not believed to be life threatening.
Mark L. Crawford of Chicago was elected President of the International Typographical Union at its Cincinnati meeting on June 9. A. C. Jones of Pittsburgh and John Mathasz of Cincinnati were named vice presidents with William Briggs of Washington as Secretary-Treasurer and William Wilkinson of Galveston as Corresponding Secretary. The next meeting is set for New Orleans in June 1894.
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