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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1887
Page
4
Ed. Cooley quotes a mournful verse describing a wilful child bred by Failors. The canvass of Despair spreads as life drains away, leaving him to die alone on Folly’s plain after will, energy, and pride fade.
A scrambled OCR fragment weaves quirky phrases about fishing smacks, a loudly dressed woman, a blacksmith, and odd banter on thirst drinking and paying debts. It mentions a small boy, a messenger, a naturalist recommending raw onions for insomnia, and a garbled dialogue ending with a line about a gallant lover.
A playful mix of fashion chatter on cuff styles and mini skits about social manners. It shifts to a science note on swifts in the Malay region and a Darwinian remark about Chinese nests built from dried saliva, ending with a tongue in cheek jab at Oriental cuisine.
A Herald of Health reader asks why people near high ledges suffer sudden morbid impulses. The answer cites disorientation from new elevation and adjusted perception, noting roofers and painters are less affected. The Savannah News describes Edward Brews’s costly underground cyclone pit home near Extonton with brick walls, carpeted floor, fireplace, chimney, and escape pipe, built to endure floods and wind for his family.
Consternation spread among Paterson workers when a large boiler exploded at the Ivanhoe Air, demolishing a two story brick building on Spruce street. The blast sent debris through walls, collapsing the silk mill, injuring several workers mostly young women, and killing four including a boilerman aged sixty. The boiler house and silk mill were wrecked and nearby homes suffered shattered windows, with damages estimated near thirty thousand dollars.
A northern Vernon County Missouri tornado devastated the Marmaton River area. Over thirty houses destroyed, about fifteen killed, including Alis E. Shrout and J. C. Hawkins, with hail and high winds causing widespread damage. Across Arkansas and Kentucky similar storms caused roof losses and injuries, with towns like Ozark Clarksville and Paris reporting severe damage and fatalities.
A Victoria British Columbia report says the schooner Active carrying Swedes and 28 Clayoquot Indians was wrecked off the Oregon coast about 30 miles north of Cape Flattery. The vessel owned by Guttman & Co. of Victoria had no insurance and all crew and Indians aboard were lost. The chief Kilsormat and many tribal huts were reportedly burned as part of mourning.
In St. Petersburg six men connected to the assassination conspiracy against the Czar were condemned to death. The remaining conspirators received life imprisonment. Authorities report further arrests of alleged participants in the plot to assassinate the Russian ruler.
Memorial services for President Arthur were held in the Assembly Chamber at Albany. Governor Hull presided, and impressive addresses were delivered by ex Attorney General Brewster and Chauncey M. Depew. The Kansas cyclone toll and midwest disaster reports followed.
A large South Carolina gathering in Charleston marked the unveiling of a statue to John C. Calhoun. About 5,000 in military and civic ranks joined the parade, with 20,000 spectators along the route and near the statue. Sponsors included thirty five young ladies and nurses. notable attendees included Secretary Lumina, Senator Voorhees, Secretary Fairchild, and Postmaster General Vilas.
A Raleigh area cyclone in Chatham County damaged farms and buildings. It struck J T Brower’s farm, tearing a barn and workshop, and unroofed a home where Rev James Clegg taught twenty children with no injuries to the youngsters. Two Womble daughters were hurt as barns and stables were swept away. The storm carved a five mile wide path through woods, the greatest in the county’s history. A New York hospital for Chinese residents will soon open.
A six mile Wa bash Canal reservoir collapse in Paulding county triggered a mob violence episode. rioters dynamited locks, burned keeper’s house, and released water. Governor Foraker ordered troops, canal board repairs began, and militia readiness was declared as state property suffered extensive damage.
A dramatic Friday scene unfolded in the New York Senate during a roll call to adjourn. Lieutenant Governor Jones, presiding, read the Governor Hill message amid a shouting chamber, provoking attacks from the majority who argued the Clerk should read it and threatened impeachment. The chamber adjourned in disorder.
The International Working People's Association factions in Chicago dissolve at a meeting. Leader Ong denounces the group as infamous and calls to forget past terror. The motion passes unanimously, ending the organization once feared for its actions and the eight convicts in county jail.
Dion Boucicault plays a four week New York engagement. Joseph Jefferson may tour England for Rip Van Winkle. Nas Landry rents a Yosemite cottage for the curminer season. Baron von Tavens, Austrian Minister in Washington, is a clever English speaking musician. Gounod recently conducted his Redemption in person with Faure soloists. Bronson Howard contemplates a parlor humorist work with P Wilder as a Court jester. Henry Irving to appear in Werner in London on the June 1. Anita Alameda, a rising American singer, debuts in Milan after San Francisco origins. The opera Erminie has earned about 30,000 at the New York Casino box office, with 20,000–25,000 to each author and composer. In France a company must post security for current expenses before a performance. the Mayor withholds until assurance is completed.
A large blaze at a Brooklyn gas fixtures manufactory destroyed property valued at about five hundred thousand dollars. The fire prompted investigations as authorities seek the cause and assess damages across the plant and neighboring facilities.
Lieutenant John W. Danenhower, famed from Arctic service and Jeannette expedition, was found with a bullet wound in Annapolis Naval Academy quarters. Described as despondent since the polar voyage, he left a note and died at about thirty five, leaving a wife and two children. His death follows mental strain linked to Jeannette expedition memories and a recent naval confinement.
A collage of brief notes lists figures such as Tor Crown Princes of Germany, Hon James G Braise, the Duke of Argyll, and the Emperor of Japan in various contexts. It references public roles, marriages, and feats, including a Vienna executioner, a Fargo mayor, a literary colony plan near Fruit Vale and a Soldier Monument dedication in New Haven on June 17.
The document notes eight contested election cases in the Fifth Congress and lists other items: mastodon remains found at Tira Olno, a Pan- Sunday school panic in Brooklyn on May 4, rising debt figures for Canada, a Pennysylvania gas plant investment estimate, Philadelphia’s building boom with 180000 structures, Chicago capitalists and U S Army officers purchasing land in Northern Mexico, plans for the Bartholdi Liberty Statue, expansion of Brooklyn Tabernacle, dozens of new Los Angeles hotels planned, high hotel costs, Alaska’s growing population, a 700 ton Bangor steam tug under construction, and a pending $100000 damage suit by a Grand Trunk Railway owner over Jumbo.
A Berlin dispatch notes confidential notes from Pope offering to mediate in the Schnabeeles affair. Reports claim press alarm in Berlin and Paris, with claims of false pretences and Prince Bismarck’s awareness via the French government. British debate in Commons centers on budget and sinking fund, plus Canadian and Afghan developments and Victor Hugo probate.
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