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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1882
Page
1
The Senate discussed bonds and refunding certificates, river improvements, and anti fraud measures for bank checks. A Chinese labor bill faced a tied vote and adjournment without passage, while approvals included a Marshall statue and naval and tariff related measures.
Nevada Senator Sav nyers introduces a joint resolution to amend the U S Constitution to let the people elect postmasters internal revenue officers US marshals and district attorneys Senator Saunders backs the reform saying it would lighten the presidents load and cut Congress time spent on patronage He will present the measure again. Supervising Inspector General Dupont urges foreign ships be examined under U S inspection rules. Mason may face a second court martial for insulting surgeons in his wartime wound case. Senate Commerce panel hears river improvement talks for the Mississippi Ohio and Missouri. Guiteau case appeals set for the 16th before Corkhill Porter and Scoville. Secretary Kirkwood oversees Toledo marsh lands sale where Hanna buys 5209 acres at 3350 to the acre. Star routers aided by daily service listed.
The Rhode Island Supreme Court rules all Sprague estate assets must be sold at auction in bulk. sale date not yet fixed. News notes list other items: Edwin Sparen dies of morphia overdose at Tuckerton Pa. Union Pacific directors elected in New York. several corporate and criminal incidents and week’s business failures across the East.
Joan O. Massey and his wife near Charlottesville are found murdered in their home on the eighth. They were well to do and all their money is missing. Cheboygan advices say Straits waters are nearly ice free for travel. The life saving stations records on the lakes and the Ohio River are noted for the period prior.
McMaster and Co sue the temporalities board of Montreal’s Presbyterian Church for 500000 to force an account of rewards. A Constantinople dispatch to the London Times notes fears of war between Russia and Austria and calls for reserve mobilization.
Reports from Chicago and Raleigh detail contentious views on Guiteau and a pope of reform, while Mormon proselytizing near King's Mountain draws attention. Western floods and a derailment near Leadville prompt safety notes, and court actions in Pottsville address coal mine safety.
Riverton Mississippi reports a cascading levee break near Bolivar County. Rosedale and Arkansas City float as residents seek shelter on wharves and rooftops. Dozens are missing and potential death toll rising. calls grow for federal aid to repair levees and salvage cotton futures for 30,000 people.
Telegrams reveal dire conditions in Chicot Desha Ashley and surrounding counties as floods flood plantations near Lakeport and towns like Gaines Landing and De Witt. Officials report up to a million dollars in damage with hundreds displaced and immediate relief requested from Governor Churchill.
Greenville faces strained relief resources as refugees flood in and stock losses mount. Sheriff reports widespread land loss in Bolivar County and threatened levees. River rise reaches Helena with back-water encroaching on downtown. Rafts drift downstream. crews rescue families aboard. Desperation grows for provisions to avert starvation.
James Keene plans to name his new racing colt Slander due to its rapid start. The exchange notes the horse's speed from the moment it breaks away.
The Bradlaugh oath episode in the British House of Commons sees him rush the table, present a book and paper, declare an oath, and return to his seat amid laughter and controversy. The Speaker demands withdrawal, while MPs clash over legality, with Gladstone later seizing the book and a copy of the Revised Version surfacing before the debate adjourns.
The act suspends entry of Chinese laborers for twenty years after passage, with penalties for masters who bring workers. It requires passports for excepted classes and bans Chinese from citizenship. defines Chinese laborers to include skilled and unskilled workers and miners.
The U S Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York virtually denied N W Green’s claim to invent the driven well. The court refused a preliminary injunction against certain parties, citing prior use before 1861. The decision sets an important precedent on patent validity.
Mr Holloway of England endows Engham with a higher education college for women in memory of his wife. The college will have palatial buildings, a female Principal, resident qualified female physicians, and a £400,000 trust. Students may choose their own places of worship.
Senate and House read bills for third time and passed measures on education exchanges liquor amendments and tax law reforms. Committees reported on constitutional liquor amendments and several standard codifications and public finance appropriations were taken up with adjournments through March 9.
Dann Tucker of the Arrapahoe urged Carlisle school students in Philadelphia to value work over begging or stealing. He said health comes from labor and pledged to return with strong trades, firm resolve, and a plan to build a new life for their people.
The Detroit Free Press notes a quotation attributed to Victor Hugo about living forever on the invisible. He then ordered a dozen raw oysters and a entire mince pie.
The Herald office announces a new complete outfit for job material and is ready to execute all kinds of job work on the shortest possible notice.
A collection of tidbits reports patents issued to American women, property values in Gold Hill Nevada, a Maine built ship’s swift voyage, Maryland and Virginia oyster workforces, state and city coin revenues, Jewish population by Herr Richard Andree, Philadelphia Mint output in 1881, and a canine population with economic implications.
A collage of quips and short passages from papers including the N O Picayune the Philadelphia Chronicle Herald and the Detroit Free Press featuring aphorisms jokes and anecdotal bits. It includes satirical lines about manners pride and daily life with brief exchanges between a teacher and a boy and a child’s humorous misunderstanding.
A hoarse voiced man on a streetcar from Union Depot provokes a winter weather debate with a deaf passenger and a passerby. The hoarse man withdraws as others insist it is winter. The middleman exits promising to spend life seeking him.
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