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Cambridge Herald

Location

Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1883

Page

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Resignations and Appointments Highlight Indian Board and Tax Posts

Resigning Board of Indian Commissioners member Hon George StoneMAN is replaced by George Glifford as U S Consul to Cognac and John Bur dette Jr named Collector of Internal Revenue for Iowa district. Treasury decisions bar tobacco claim lawyers, noting claims will be handled in order and stamps may be used for payments. Mrs Hannan Grant, ex President Grant's mother, dies in Jersey City Heights after heart pains. born 1789 in Pennsylvania, buried Cincinnati.

Grorce Stoneman California Board of Indian Commissioners George Glifford Maine United States Cognac France John Burdette, Jr Internal Revenue Iowa Teller Interior Department William Youngblood Alabama George Holmes Beaufort S. C Arthur C. Irving Detty Baltimore John H. Sullivan Secretary of the Treasury Detty Treasury Department Washington State Internal Revenue Bureau McCall Hannan Grant Mary Corbin Jersey City Heights N. J Berks County Jesse Grant Clermont Ohio Corbin Kramer Switzerland Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati

West Uproar Rips Nations as Storms and Strife Rage

A severe hailstorm hits Denver on the 8th with inch hail and hour-long thunder. Piegan Indians abandon their agency near Fort Benton heading toward the Sweet Grass Hills amid hunger and clashes with Creoles. News from Montana, Iowa, Michigan, Georgia, and Ohio reports fires, executions, suicides, strikes, floods, and political shifts.

Denver Col Helena Mon Fort Benton Sweet Grass Hills Fort M’leod Young Big Horn Bismarck Dakota Missouri Montana Poplar River J. Albienus Des Moines Iowa Illinois State Department of Agriculture Grimes & Co Vermontville Mich Edward RusseEun Jasper County Minnesota St. Paul Georgia Henry D. McDaniel McDaniels West Belleville Western Co-operative Company John Bigg Shelbyville Ind Forney Kauffman County Texas Charles Rector Martin’s Ferry Postmaster Brown Dubuque Vienna Trumbull County Ohio J.D. Watson Columbus Emory Bird Bennett’s Bayou Baxter County Mercer Wyoming W. Va Wyoming County Adams Madison Street Baltimore Supreme Lodge of Knights of Honor Galveston R. H. Cochran West Virginia F. P. Treland Nebraska B. F. Nelson R. J. Breckinridge Kentucky G. W. Holland South Carolina E. A. Davenport P. C. Carlton North Carolina Louis Wilson Bridgeport Cochran Amos Osborne Wheeling Ohio River Rincel & Evuiort Cincinnati Gainesville Jacop Blosser Grafton

Johnson brothers convicted of murder in Arkansas train robbery

The Johnson brothers, tried in Little Rock Arkansas for robbing a train and killing conductor Cain at Mulberry Station, were found guilty of first degree murder on the 7th. Three others were previously convicted. McDonald awaits trial.

Johnson Brothers Little Rock Ark Cain Mulberry Station McDonald James Stouan Ostrander Delaware County Ohio William Head Holly Springs Dallas County James Goodgame Wallace Brundage A. Beckers John Joseph Levi Guyer Guyer Elkhart Ind

British leaders reject cattle import ban request during deputation

Lord President Lorp Cabincrorp refused the Central Chamber of Agriculture’s demand to seek Parliament enactment of a cattle import ban from infected regions. He pledged to enforce current powers to restrict infected animals though. The report also notes Ecuadorian unrest, lawsuits, trials, and other world items from the era.

Lorp Cabincrorp Council Great Britain Central Chamber of Agriculture Guyaquil The Sun Ecuador KuHepire Ismai Timothy Kelley Dublin Ireland Signor Deprerets Italian Council Chamber of Deputies Italy Europe Moscow Joseph Mullet Dennis Field Riegut Honorasiy Grance J. Dorson Duchy of Lancaster England House of Commons Childers Exchequer of United Kingdom Lewin Mazury London Mazley Grand Trunk Securities

Harman Camp appointed Boise Assay Office Superintendent

The President appointed Harman H. Camp as Superintendent of the Assay Office at Boise City Idaho replacing the suspended William Walters. A new five dollar counterfeit gold piece appeared claimed to be from New Orleans 1843. The coin is plated and light by forty nine and a half grains.

Harman H. Camp Boise City Idaho William Walters United States New Orleans National Board of Health Memphis Mississippi Sixth Auditor of the Treasury Washington Post Office Department New Castle Del Isnagl Washbury Portland Philadelphia Congress Maine MichArd O’ Neill John McCormick John Fallon Indian Ridge Shenandoah Ransom Lockport N. Y Harris New York State Board of Health Burgholtz Niagara County Kansas City Shrriner Bucy Standing Rock Agency Dakota Fort Randall Gall Crow King

Amasa Stone Dies by Self Inflicted Wound in Insomnia Fit

Cleveland mourns millionaire Amasa Stone who died at his home on May 12 1883 likely from self inflicted gunshot amid severe insomnia and indigestion. The article recounts his early life in Charlton Massachusetts his bridge building career including Howe truss innovations and major railroad projects and his philanthropy including Adelbert College and the Home for Aged and Indigent Women. His death leaves a wife two daughters and several siblings.

Cleveland Ohio Amasa Stone Mr. Stone Samuel Mather John Hay Boston England Charlton Worcester County Mass Boody, Stone & Co New Haven New Haven, Hartford & Springfield Railroad Company Ashtabula Pennsylvania Lake Shore Stone Kentucky Knoxville Tenn Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Industrial School Adelbert Collee Adelbert B. Stone Connecticut River Yale

Oldest Norfolk widow at ninety-two

The oldest person in Norfolk Connecticut is a widow aged ninety two. She was the sixth wife of a man once famed for marrying quickly, with a proverb stating no woman in Norwich need despair of marriage while he lived.

Norfolk Conn

Massive Communipaw Oil Works Fire Destroys $1.5 Million

A Jersey City blaze at the Standard Oil plant in Communipaw during a morning storm scorched eleven tanks and three tribute tanks, destroying two storehouses, six barges and the Eagle Refinery boarding house. About 500,000 gallons of oil fed the flames as tanks burst, with seven of twenty six tanks ablaze. Firefighters fought a roaring inferno as several workers were missing and presumed lost. The destruction ran three quarters of a mile inland toward Black Tom Island, with $1.5 million in losses and no further explosions expected due to southeast wind.

Louisa Gavoille Joseph Gavoille Dingman Township Pike County Pennsylvania State Senate Standard Oil Company Bayonne N. J John Herbert Lehigh Wyoming Pennsylvania Rockport Stony Creek Lehigh Valley Arsenal Rome N. Y Joseph Bork Auburn Baptist Church St. Albans John Greene South County R. L Rhode Island Hospital Providence Union Steam Forge Bordéhtown Apris Niagara County Amasa Stone Cleveland Ohio Andrew J. Smith Manhattan Fire Insurance Company New York City New York Insurance Department McCall Jersey City Communipaw Halliday Street Ferrier Joseph Jenkins Cooper Joseph Davis Henry Kegler Dick Conklin William Curry Pennsylvania Railroad Black ‘Tom’s Island Eagle Eagle Works

Wheat shortages in May crop report warn of reduced yields

The Agriculture Department's May crop synopsis notes spring wheat down from April due to frosts and late season. Winter wheat stands at 831 by 80, with total acreage 20 percent below normal, signaling a 77 million bushel drop. Some Northern states improve, while Continental Europe faces prospects of smaller crops amid frost and drought.

Washington Agricultural Department New York Michigan Ohio Illinois Missouri Indiana New Jersey Pacific Coast Connecticut Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Texas Arkansas Tennessee West Virginia Kentucky Kansas California Oregon London England France Germany Austria-Hungary Commissioner of Agriculture

Homeopathic Physicians of Ohio Adjourn and Elect Officers

The State Convention of the Homeopathic Physicians of Ohio adjourned in Columbus and will reconvene in Cleveland on the second Tuesday of May next. New officers elected include President J. C. Sanders of Cleveland and Vice President J. P. Geppert of Cincinnati.

Columbts Ohio the Homeopathic Physicians of Ohio Cleveland J. C. Sanders J. P. Geppert Cincinnati M. P. Hunt Selma H. E. Beebe Sidney W. T. Miller H. C. Allen Ann Arbor Mich Indiana Institute of Homeopathy G. C. McDermott Michigan Institute of Homeopathy J. N. Webster Dayton S. F. Edgar Zanesville Morrell Norwalk

New Vault For John Howard Payne At Oak Hall Cemetery

The remains of John Howard Payne will be entombed in a new vault near Oak Hall Cemetery main entrance. The outer box will have castors to slide into the vault and a bust on a monument tops the vault. A special hearse is being built in New York for the burial next month, drawn by four bay horses, with government officials to ride in carriages.

Washington John Howard Payne Oak Hall Cemetery New York

National Dental Convention Adjourns in Sandusky

The National Dental Convention closed in Sandusky Ohio on May 9 with Gale French of Pittsburgh elected president and officers named for the new year including I Brown of Cleveland corresponding secretary H F Cleveland recording secretary G Wilson of Painesville and J E Robinson of Cleveland as treasurer. The group will reconvene in Cleveland on the first Tuesday in May 1884.

Sandusky Ohio National Dental Convention Gale French Pittsburgh I. Brown Cleveland H. F. Cleveland G. Wilson Painesville J. E. Robinson

Emerald Beneficial Association Holds State Convention

Warren Ohio May 9 The Emerald Beneficial Association met for business with remarks by Revs Maher Akron and Manning Youngstown. Officers elected for the next year include President J C Maloney Youngstown First VP J C Downing Akron Second VP Dennis McKenna Youngstown Secretary Thomas Hansard Youngstown Assistant Secretary Coyne Brier Hill Treasurer Henry Waldeck Warren Marshal Henry Britt Youngstown The next convention will be held in Akron in June 1885.

Warren Ohio The Emerald Beneficial Association

Adams elderly resident burned to death in Ohio home

In Washingtonville Ohio on May 9 an eighty three year old woman named Adams perished in a house fire. She had recently chosen to live alone in her cabin and was without assistance when the blaze occurred, killing her.

Washingtonville Ohio Adams

Lincoln Baker, 72, Dies in Marion Residence

Lincoln Baker, longtime Marion resident aged seventy two, died at his home this morning. He had lived in the town since it was laid out by his father and others fifty years ago.

Marion Ohio Lincoln Baker

Texas Wool Clip Report Shows Lighter Shear Output

May 9 St Louis reports Texas sheep shearing nearly finished with a total clip much lighter this year than last.

St. Louis Texas

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