Sherman Sets November 1 as Command Return Date
General Sherman will surrender command to General Sheridan on November 1 and effectively retire, though not placed on the army retired list until February 8. Washington officials cite fire safekeeping needs after Olympia Territory loss of records, including original donation papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Sheridan
Washington
Olympia
Washington Territory
Juper Ray
Postal Laws and Regulations
Postoffice Department
Ray
Supreme Court of Indiana
W. R. Lint
Chicago
John W. Slean
New Orleans
J. C. Johnson
Fremont, C
the Treasury
Navy Department
Harper
Siberia
Jeannette
America
de Long
Ambler
Jerome Collins
Irkoutsk
United States
New England
New Jersey
District of Columbia
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Illinois
Lucretia R. Garfield
Numerous 1883 incidents span crime to disasters
A summary of events on the 25th to 28th includes a Springfield man cutting his wife with a razor and a bystander. attempts on a British Consul in New York. a peddler swindling an elderly woman in Hanover New York. wool firm failures in New York. a Boston steamer fire and boiler explosions near Albany. a Chicago accident injuring workers. political nominations in Massachusetts and Maryland. a Kansas corn record. violent deaths in Indiana Kentucky Missouri and Texas. train wrecks and a fatal bridge collapse in Chicago and Blue Lick Springs. and multiple rail incidents across the nation.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Granda Jury
St. Louis
David Vance
Adams Street
Chicago
Ills
Samuel G
William O
Thomas Rogers
Blue Lick Springs
Northern Pacific
Fargo
Dakota
Collins
Shakpole
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Wheeling & Kentucky Railroad
Wellsburg
W. Va
St. Paul & Duluth
Fond du Lac
Wis
Pittsburgh & Western
Shippensville
McCoy
Waite
John F. Sweeney
Jacob Houser
East Saginaw
Mich
Canal completion report and multiple 19th century notices
Reports from Paris state the Panama Canal Company chief supervisor predicts completion in 1888. Subscriptions open October 3 for 600000 obligations of 500 francs at 285 francs. Other items include O’Donnell trial in London and Ischia earthquake fatalities reaching about 1990 killed and 3st injured.
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Paris
Panama Canal Company
O’donnell
London
Constantinople
Ischia
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Russia
Cork
Ireland
C. J. Dewey
Montreal
Canada
England
Toronto
Boston
New York
Neiderwald
Germany
Germania
O'Donnell
Carey
Criminal Court
Fullerton
Roger A. Pryor
O’ Donnell
Vatican
Rome
America
United States
Disastrous incidents report in brief from multiple locales
A dispersed and fast man named Charles Butler of Columbus Ohio killed his wife in Pierston Indiana after she left him during his thirty day prison term for theft. A gang of twelve masked robbers attempted to loot a Santa Fe express at Coolidge Kansas. the engineer died refusing to halt the train. A Celina Ohio man killed his wife while she dug potatoes then shot himself. Shelbyville Indiana saw a fatal house fire with two women dead. The Colorado propeller boiler exploded near Buffalo New York, killing three and injuring nine. Texas reports indicate cotton crop failures. Post Office fraud schemes involve altering postal note figures with acid to mask payouts.
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Charles Butler
Columbus
Pierston
Ind
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Coolidge
Kas
Kansas City
Emporia
Topeka
Dodge City
John Cantwell
Celina
Eary
Shelbyville
Flora Garrett
Maggie Wells
Colorado
Buffalo
N. Y
Lackawanna Railroad Company
Texas
Post Office Department
Nassau Suffering Vast Hurricane Leaves Sea Vessels Wrecked
News from Nassau dated Sept 8 details a devastating hurricane that wrecked more than a hundred ships in the harbor and surrounding waters. Seventy lives are reported lost, with many vessels ashore or destroyed and aid dispatched to aid mariners in peril.
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Stinson & CO
Portland
Maine
Bahamas
New York
Alexandria
Havana
Nassau
Her Majesty
Sparrow-Hawk
Richmond
Peerless
Milisa Trask
Bangor
Mary Jane
Elizabeth
Baltimore
Hestor
Cornucopia
Pioneer
Inagua
Charles Meech
Meech
Carleton
Elc
J. S. J. Wiggs
W. A. Anderson
Nancy Simons
Elizabeth Colebrooke
Rosa Deveaux
Select
Grand Bahama
Whipple
Long Bay Keys
Melissa Trask
Norman’s Cay
Ship Channel Cays
Trask
Liberty
Handsome
Cays
Bob
Silver Spray
Great Harbor
L. I
Out Islands
Beauregard
Brown & Musgrove
Cay Lobos
Wanderer
Boston
Ste Pierre
Martinique
Resolutions from the National Colored Convention in Louisville
The National Convention of Colored Men in Louisville endorses emancipation, praises veteran sacrifices, and supports U S rights laws and constitutional amendments. It condemns racist practices in the South, urges fair labor, education, and moral training, and calls for wages, land ownership, and industry among Black citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Convention of Colored Men
Louisville
Congress of the
United States
South
Diverse Religious Notes From Early American Press
The piece surveys religious and educational topics, citing Rev. Dr. Mackey on Native Americans, a Chicago missionary scholarship funded by Senator Chandler’s widow, Rev W R Cowl’s clergy return to Pittsburgh, and Harvard women’s annex. It also notes anti pew renting, Bible distribution by the American Bible Society, and Brown University President Robinson on language education and English proficiency.
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Mackey
Formosa
Presbyterian Church of Canada
Zach Chandler
Chicago Woman's Medical College
W. R. Cowl
Pittsburgh
Second Unitarian Church of Chicago
Chicago Times
Harvard
Hartford Post
Newman Hall
House of God
N. Y
Robinson
Brown University
Corporation
Juno the heroic dog of Gordon Highlanders dies of cholera
Juno an Irish setter owned by the First Battalion Gordon Highlanders died of cholera two days after Corporal Bull, her former master, succumbed to the same disease. Juno joined the Egypt campaign and fought beside the regiment at Arabi’s stronghold, earning universal praise and a later silver collar from admirers. The collar will be kept as a battle souvenir at the officers mess.
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Juno
Tel-el-Kebir
Bull
Gordon Highlanders
Vandleur
Malta
Egypt
Arabi
Land and Water
Garnet Wolseley
Gordon Highlander
Rattlesnake Clings High Tree In Hunt For Squirrel
In Blairstown New Jersey a pair of Walnut Valley hunters Alex and William Titman found a rattlesnake about forty feet up a birch tree along the Willover property. The snake with nine rattles was shot from the limb and fell to the ground. The tree had no limbs for forty feet, prompting speculation the reptile aimed to ambush a squirrel from above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Alex
William Titman
Walnut Valley
Wiliover
William
Blairstown
N. J
Frightened to Death in Tenement Row
In Carmel Pennsylvania two Polish families, Zupish and Molinsky, clash over a theft accusation. Molinsky, overwhelmed by fear and grief for his family, collapses and dies within minutes, apparently from a broken heart. Neighbors discover the tragic scene as his widow and children weep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmel
Zupish
Molinsky
Malinsky
Death from gas in Sherman hotel room in Indianapolis
W P Winfield, a Buena Vista farm implement dealer, stayed at the Sherman in Indianapolis. He retired, blew out the gas instead of turning it off, and was found dead late last evening, asphyxiation likely occurred within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
W. P. Winfield
Buena Vista
Ind
Sherman
Dallas man stabs rival in religious dispute
Henry Shanks and Adam Weimer are named in a Dallas incident where Shanks stabbed Weimer during a dispute over the existence of God and then fled, avoiding immediate arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Henry Shanks
Adam Weimer
Rail and trade glimpses from early rail era and shipping news
A mosaic of data and curiosities shows railroad mileage in Buffalo and Europe, steamer Alaska skins trade, pawnbroker volumes, and transport figures. Notable notes include Buffalo’s rail density, the St Paul seal skins sale, and comparative rail fatalities in the US and Europe.
Wit and Wisdom in a 19th Century Gossip Page
A collage of humorous quotes and quips from various papers. Jokes touch on repentance and ships, books and the joy of learning, diaries, royal gifts, summer fashion, social conduct, manners, and a Southern dialect cartoon about a twenty five cent coin. The items showcase playful satire and regional humor.
Foolish Board of Trade bet ends in loss over corn frost
A nameless Board of Trade agent sent a clerk to Iowa to assess frost damage on corn. The clerk reported crop failure and bought 50 thousand bushels. As reports worsened, more purchases followed, then prices fell and the buyer lost two thousand dollars. The agent sent a taunting telegram and refused remittance, leaving the clerk walking back.
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Board-of-Trade
Iowa
Missouri River
Chicago Tribune
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Cambridge
Cambridge, Guernsey County
Mawmaffey & Ogier
M. R. Pattirson
Shaffner Building
J. C. Steele
Hutchison Block
Marlett
Sam’s
Ludcock
Cosgrave ‘Building
Main Street
Physicians and Surgeons
C. A. Moore
Cambridge, Ohio
Postoffice
Jess
L. C. Wells, M. D
Homeoeopathist
Taylor Block
J. Blair
We Wd
Emmo
Davis Block
Herald Office
J.C. Warne, M.D
OHO
Wall's Drug Store
WM. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. C
Hutchinson Block
Sity Cambridge
Jor. Downar
Eagle Hotel
Hotels
Hagle Hotel
B.S. Hering
Antrim
William Smith
Exchange Hotel
John W. Robinson
Jys
Saire Ecovas
WM. Kirk
Mar
Zanesville, Ohio
Thompson
Farmers’ Hotel
Mill Street
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Col. Broadway and
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smite, Prop’r
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
James
Canady
Prop’r
James Stevens
Scott
S. S. Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, O
D. K. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Lambert ' Thomas
E. Harper Jefferies
Lambert Thomas & Co
Produce and Wool Commission
North Water St
Philadelphia
Me. McPeee
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
John Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
E. McCollum
South End
True & CO
Augusta
Novosily
W. A. Rainey
Allegheny Mountains
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
John R. Downar
Co. W
N. Y. Ry. Co
A. M
A.M
Lys
Cumberland
Senecaville
Pleasant
Seneccaville
Pt. Pleasant
F. M. Atkinson
News OF the
William Ferry
Springfield
Mass
Mayher
Ferry
Joan A. Freeney
Methewish
Hanover
Ferdinand Mayer & Co
Levi Bros. & Co., Clothiers
Tur Greenbackers of
Massachusetts
General Butler
Democrats of
Butler
Buffalo & Southern Railroad
J. C. Brooks
Russell
Sternberg
John B. Carroll
Isaac H. Maynard
Alfred C. Chapin
Robert A. Maxwell
Republicans
Maryland
Hart B. Holton
W. H. Smith
Matthews
Mayor Epson
Corean
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hand
Hudson River
Albany
Huntington
Seymour
Conn
Ella Hill
John R. Noyes
Michael Murray
F. Upton
San Francisco
Penton
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Warren Neal
Oglethorp
Newsome
Neal
William Cross
Charles Vernon
van Buren Township
Henry Pruitr
Henry Hollowby
Henderson
Pruitt
Owen Utterbank
Pike County
Wesley Collins
Utterbank
National
Wool Growers’ Association
Vermont
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Congress
Sitting Bull
Fort Yates
Cleveland
West
Edwardsville
Patrick McCambridge
George Knapp
Missouri Republican
Pennland
Europe
Kodiac
Berlin
Asakis
Albert Garlock
Peter Billedant
Leslie Mathew
Joyce Orange
Morehead
Press Association
James McGoff
Nashville & Decatur
Nashville
Tenn
Yuma
Arizona
la Paz
van Buren
Ark
Colfax Davidson
Chatham
William F. Sheppard
Savannah
Janson
G. B. Mountz
Grafton
Eel River
Peru
Loomis
Helena
Foreign Intelligence
National Colored Convention
Mississippi River
Sun
Erie
Toronto Telegram
St. Paul
Alaska Fur Company
Chicago Journal
N. Y. Times
WIT and Wisdom
Boston Bulletin
Puck
N. Y. Graphic
Rochester Post-Express
Norristown Herald
Arkansaw
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