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Newspaper
Columbus Democrat
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1877
Page
2
Morton still improves and Tur Ruasians hold Schipka pass while Turks fail to gain it. Deaths include Atlanta Nickel and Ben De Bar in St. Louis, with Young’s death prompting questions about Mormonism. Editor Sharp egged at West Lebanon as the Knights of the Quill gather in Indiana. The Iowa Democracy nominates a governor and ticket. The piece notes Republican demagoguery, temperance press, and war news analysis titled by leadership failures.
The article notes hog cholera spreading in Kentucky with Mr Showalter losing 160 head and 60 ready for June, urging stock journal adoption. It then reports TERRI AB ACCIDENT as a passenger train plunges fifty feet into a Des Moines, Iowa chasm after a bridge washout, with twenty bodies recovered and others missing.
Cross and Crescent analyzes Polish agitation in Russia and the hope of Poles to direct affairs. Dispatches detail Suleiman Pasha’s attack on Schipka pass, Turkish gains, Russian defenses, and evolving plans as war pressures shift in Bulgaria and the Balkans.
Dispatches from Helena dated August 27 recount an Indian attack on the Helena Radersburg party with seven killed and two women and one man captured. Captain Benham reports on a relief party and the main camp crossing the Yellowstone, with chiefs identified as Joseph Looking Glass and White Bird. Other notes cover a Helena party attack at Hor Shines and updates from Boseman, Sturgis, and Lame Deer with movements toward the Black Hills and Spotted Tail agency.
A remnant band connected to Sitting Bull, once fought General Miles and killed Lame Deer, is invited to surrender in the Department of Dakota to stabilize the Hills county frontier beyond troop reach. Archmont dispatch notes Isaac Jenkinson of the Richmond Palladium attended Senator Morton’s events as editors report his improving condition and expected recovery.
A sensational rumor from Washindon on August 26 claims the President is weighing postponing the extra session of Congress due to letters from lawmakers and business leaders urging no session until the regular December meeting. No new reasons are offered beyond those cited when October 15 was set. No indication this decision is imminent.
In Washington on August 29 the grand jury found true bills against ex Lieutenant Governor Gleaves ex Treasurer Parker Cardoza ex Comptrollers Dunn and Hoge ex Speaker Lee and clerks Woodruff Jones ex State Senator Owens and others on various fraud charges tied to official duties.
News brief notes Aug 28 to Aug 29 report ex Governor Tilden visiting Kent and planning return to London then Paris, with refusal of public courtesies and special train. Also Davenport the actor dying in Canton and Brigham Young’s death at Salt Lake City. Various short items note low cost of living, library hunt for Peter Parley tales, and assorted society quips.
A 19th century document repudiates major parties and calls for labor driven policy. It advocates cost cutting, tax reform, end to private prison labor, a tariff focused on revenue, and government issued United States notes replacing bank notes. It also urges railroad control by the state and repeal of specie redemption acts.
Brigham Young, born June 1 1801 in Virginia, led the Mormon Church for 33 years. He joined the church in 1833, became an apostle in 1835, guided followers through Missouri and Illinois, headed to Utah arriving July 24 1847, helped establish Deseret, then Utah Territory where he served as governor before conflicts with federal authorities led to his resignation and Steptoe’s appointment.
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