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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1895
Page
1
A small verse from Youth's Companion by Eila W. Wilcox urges lifting spirits during hardship. It contrasts gloom with smiles, saying joy aids perseverance and that effort and resilience lead to achievement despite fatigue and sorrow.
Sam Stires helps Ned Flynn escape a posse and flees with him to the hills after warning Flynn of pursuers. At Mat Huston’s, Sam confronts his love for Mat, learns she once married Armstrong, and discovers Flynn is the rival Ned Flynn. Flynn is captured by a posse later, while Sam faces possible retribution for aiding in the escape.
A collage of tech, biology, and geography claims including germination limits of heat sterilization, whale weight estimates, Sofia as a consumptive refuge, a young Iowa doctor turning down a U S Army post, and hydrogen liquefaction. Reports discuss steam locomotives in France, day length variances, marine vs aerial life, a vast solar system comparison, novel depth sounding leads, submerged microphones, and early solid petroleum consolidation by Paul D Humy with claims of dense fuel yield.
The Three Sisters of Picton report a monstrous lobster attacking a fishing skiff off the Great Banks, dragging fisher Massey and Reed fighting for life. The creature, over six feet long with huge claws, was driven off by a pike ax strike and may have perished. Reed claims the lobster followed a hooked cod, its eyes and snapping light like fire, with Massey’s arm trapped in its claw before the monster fled. The tale compares to the largest lobster shell in the British Museum at 38 inches.
Frederick Romero and James Montague, long-time partners in Sonora Arizona cattle operations, dueled at a remote spot seven miles below Bosbee. Romero was wounded, Montague killed by a knife attack as seconds attempted to intervene, fueling a deadly confrontation tied to frontier tensions and lawless violence.
A gale shifted two hundred barrels of oil in the atcol steamer W. H. Gilbert near Konawee Point on Lake Superior. The oil ignited in the fire hold, threatening the ship until a water-filled broken plate cooled the blaze. Pumps controlled the flames and the vessel proceeded to Duluth with a cargo of general merchandise from Baffalo.
Report from Livynoldsburg Ohio describes intense excitement over gold nuggets found in a duck brought to market from a neighboring farm. Locals suspect ducks gathered nuggets from a small stream bottom and though placer mining has started, no substantial finds have occurred.
Speaker Reed names the House committees amid Venezuelan dispute. Robert K. Hitt of Illinois named chairman of Foreign Affairs with history in Paris and the Garfield era. The roster lists chairmen for Rules, Ways and Means, Appropriations, and more, including many notable party figures and regional balance.
A peace meeting at Cooper Union in New York drew a full hall as speakers including Lyman Abbott Henry George and Charles Francis Adams faced cheers and hisses amid crowd tension. Police cleared the platform after clashes as lights were turned down and the event ended. In Philadelphia, streetcar workers ended a seven day strike with wage agreements but limited union recognition, causing city disruption and heavy losses.
Cuban advices report a large engagement in Palmaotto Ramon de las Yugins district where 1200 Spaniards under General Cannela faced about 3000 cubans. The rebels lured government troops into a trap, achieving heavy losses and forcing a retreat to Guantanamo.
Harold Frederic notes easing tension between England and the United States as focus shifts to rhetoric from pulpit leaders and diplomats. Continental papers view the Monro Doctrine dispute cautiously while trade jitters ease after Clearing House actions. Shipping incidents off Curaçao and Aruba cause casualties as weathering markets shift amid European commentary.
The U S Supreme Court in a case involving James E Morgan and his wife against the Jersey City and Burlington Railroad Company held that abraded silver coins remain legal tender as long as they retain the semblance of coin. The writ of error was dismissed, upholding the state court ruling for damages of 315 pounds and costs.
Wilbur Plupy aged six resided with parents at Bredman's Station New Jersey. He reportedly shot and killed his brother George nine years old while playing with a Shotgun. The weapon discharged accidentally as the boys handled it in the absence of their parents.
Seven workers at Schoanberjer's blast furnace in Pittsburgh were badly burned while repairing the top of the stack seventy two feet up. Fire leaped from a bell lifting and engulfed clothing as colleagues rushed to the elevator for aid. Bowman Lear and Mooney died. Gear Kelly Hodman McNally Scott suffered severe injuries and were hospitalized.
A gargantuan photographic telescope, regarded as the world’s largest of its kind, shipped from New York to Peru for the Warvard University Observatory project. Willard Gerrish of Harvard oversaw stowage and handling after arrival. delays had pushed the move back nearly two years. The instrument features a twenty inch aperture and eleven foot focal length, with precision components crafted in Paris and Cambridge.
A fragmented dispatch describes a New York case where David Hapnigan avenges hits by slaying Solomon Mann, faces acquittal, and a suspect is sent to Liberty County jail. The Ostend dispatch mentions a mall boat from England and a crowd of drownings tied to Five Flahennon.
The Washington public and federal affairs are described, noting a hoped amicable Britain Venezuela settlement, Wheeler shell tests near Washington, and a cable from President Creapio to the Venezuelan minister. The piece also reports accidents, deaths, political moves, court actions, labor strife, and international dispatches with multiple named places and individuals.
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