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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1887
Page
1
The narrator, Thomas Ryder, laments a hilltop shrine by a river blessed by wind and sun. He vows lifelong devotion and prays to lie beside the shrine after his sad course ends. The piece appears in the Wilkesbarre Record.
A foundling girl recalls a birthday gift from Jack, finds a cameo ring in a basket, and awakens to a tale of separation and theft. A charitable couple and their son reveal a long-lost parentage as the girl recovers from a street accident and learns her true origin.
In a Parisian tale the two Russian noblemen Count de L and Baron de M woo Mile. Alice a favorite actress. Both suitors trade curls rather than heads, each obtaining the other’s golden hair through a sly exchange while the actress keeps her own locks. The Count wears the Baron’s hair and the Baron sleeps with the Count’s seal rings next to his pillow.
In Omaha World this item reports a kitchen fire caused by kerosene that blew off the roof. A lighthearted exchange mentions a newly hired girl being involved and the notion that luck favors the house, with neighbors hearing the blast for miles.
A nostalgia filled excerpt extols warm kitchens and pumpkin pies as a comforting delight. It celebrates the joy of fresh baked pies and the sense of providence that comfortingly arrives with autumn treats.
A dealer traces the thimble from its ancient Chinese use to modern luxury pieces. Gold and pearl thimbles from France and England showcase craft, with examples including a Siamese queen’s gold lotus thimble and keepsakes carved from Washington elm wood and Dead Sea stone.
In Langley’s illustrated paper on comets and meteors the atmosphere is described as resisting like a solid when blast speeds rise. The text notes a meteorite crossing fifty miles height in under two minutes, heating iron to melt and vaporize, with a luminous train formed by volatilization and surface wiping. The piece links meteoric origins to chemists and geologists.
A New York Star letter denounces modern physical culture as nonsense and harmful to women. It mocks gym practices, flat shoes, and tight outfits, and recounts an encounter with a physical culture adherent who appeared clownish.
A narrator explains plans to enter a top dressmakers and milliners firm. He notes many elite acquaintances in the Capitol and intends to attend during peak hours to influence customers. Read as a character dialogue about social maneuvering and employment.
Snow crystals vary by storm with atmospheric electricity influencing forms. Coal measures vary in depth with English and US geology. Reading England crosses hybrids yield tubers. Norway sinks while Sweden rises. the Baltic uplifts a century. A Hungarian method uses a dynamite charge and iron plate to drive posts. No pure left handed race found. Penjab and Southern Africa show left preference. Left handed convicts share higher rates. Surgery advances debated. brain surgery seen as embryonic yet antiseptic growth possible. Solutre in France reveals horse bone deposits and a wall of equine remains. Cartailhac estimates 40 000 skeletons.
Prof. Claypole argues that a series of geological changes could have diverted the Great Lakes drainage away from Niagara toward the Mississippi. He notes potential shifts in ground height near Black Rock and behind Chicago, Silurian levels at Queenstown, and rapid post ice age re elevation. A river reversal would reshape regional cities and trade routes.
August Spies the Anarchist editor, jailed under death sentence, married by proxy to Miss Nina Van Zandt after Justice Englehardt prepared a proxy form. The ceremony in Jefferson occurred as Spies’s brother acted for him, with Gretchen Spies and other relatives witnessing. The couple stayed overnight at Ferdinand Spies’s home.
The Industrial Gazette notes a wave of new ventures across the South and Southwest including the Kentucky and Arkansas Land and Industrial Company in Louisville with capital 250000, the Chattanooga Forge Company buying land in Chattanooga, large smelting works planned for Laredo, Texas and San Antonio refrigerators, coal and iron finds in Lampasas Texas and Sebastian County Arkansas, electric street railways in Birmingham, and major land and furnace firms organized in Selma and Northport with hundreds of thousands to millions in capital.
A sixty mile per hour wind toppled a massive oak sheltering a Chinese miners camp west of the Northern Pacific tunnel near Tacoma. About a dozen Chinese workers are believed dead. nine bodies recovered and others entombed in snow. Nearby Hunt's Camp suffered a similar accident with white laborers, but no fatal injuries reported.
A man named William objects to being called Bill by his landlady over a four weeks' board bill. He slaps his hat on and leaves abruptly, showing resentment at the casual address. The incident ends as he departs before the landlady recovers from astonishment.
A collage of brief notes lists figures like Leland Stanton, Mrs. Garfield, and Lord Tennyson in varied contexts from literature to politics. Mentions include tax actions by Rothschilds, a proposed Tilden heirs settlement, and Sir Arthur Sullivan composing Tennyson’s Ode to be sung at Westminster Abbey. Several statesmen and generals, including Sherman and Hayes, are recalled amid miscellaneous commentary.
Senate diary notes executive department bill to unify Agriculture and Labor with Bureau transfers and amendments. Other items include land reimbursement bills, scrutiny of Washington county suffrage claims, fractional silver coin reforms, and a prohibition bill for lawmakers acting for land grant interests. A Yellow stone Park measure passed. Sundry Civil and Pacific funding items discussed.
Senate and House proceedings summarize multiple measures including River and Harbor and Post Office appropriations, military equipment funding, pensions, and constitutional amendment resolutions. Notable actions include river projects approved 174 to 4, increases to show salary for the Bureau of Animal Industry, seed purchases for drought areas, and debates on inaugurations and congressional ethics.
Maséon commanded the iron Kapunda of 1001 tons sailing from London December 11 bound for Fremantle. It struck the British bark Ada Melmore off the Brazilian coast and sank. About 300 of Kapunda’s passengers drowned, 700 saved arrived at Bahia. Ada Melmore also went down. total deaths 300.
In a secret session the Senate discussed and rejected J C Matthews of Albany New York for the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds. The vote was reported at 17 to 1. This marks the second failed nomination by the President for Matthews.
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