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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1892
Page
4
Fragmentary lines reference Erlend Aenvor Breet Dy and By. The note salutes wings and days of Lang Syne with a poetic farewell from Dorathes Dimond in a Traveller's Record.
In Magnolia Creek a resourceful, lonely man named Jason pursues Mandy Ray after a late return to town. A mule, a lake, a roaring animal, and a moonlit night lead to a bold proposal and a happy betrothal as Jason asks Mandy to marry him.
A Niagara Falls express derailed after a brakeman ignored orders, causing a fiery wreck near Hastings. Seven dead and many injured as passengers endured scalding steam and brutal crush injuries, with aid arriving from local residents and surgeons.
Scattered items report Mexico buying corn and unrest in England while weather abroad grows cold. The isthmus faces growing leprosy, Newfoundlands harvests new herring banks, and a New Jersey town records high death rates. A Cuba embargo loosens as hasty aphorisms drift over trade and politics, with insurance woes and census figures shaping broader trends.
A clash near Gadaden Alabama leaves two moonshiners dead and U S Marshal Jackson fatally wounded. Deputies and moonshiners exchange fire as officers close in on a Sand Mountain gorge still awaiting dusk. Kirk and Sprouse killed. Jackson mortally wounded.
Reports say Jos and Dick Knuth who killed Robert Kuntz near Spauldsop were captured by a masked mob about eight miles north of Creeisy. Deputies were overpowered and the mob executed the alleged killers. Citizens of Butte and surrounding districts patrol streets amid mine fumes from ore dumps.
Speaker Crisp discloses the division of chairmanships among state representatives for the Fiftieth Congress. The list allocates Ways and Means to Springer and a large slate across various committees, with numerous named members from Alabama to Wisconsin and total chair assignments reaching sixty.
In Choctaw County Alabama Sheriff Gavin and posse besieged Bob Sims and his group for two days. After negotiations Sims surrendered and was guarded to Butler. On the return, Don Savage and Con Savage were hanged at a tree. Bob Sims and three others were executed by hanging, with John Savage also killed that night.
A fatal panic at the Royal Theatre in Gateshead during a Christmas vaudeville show left ten dead and many injured. About 1200 spectators packed the venue as a small fire started from a dropped burning match. The crowd surged down aisles and stairs, trampling a janitor who died protecting exits. Actors urged calm but most fled, with two men leaping from windows. Victims ranged in age from 13 to 16.
The President and Navy papers report a remission of the suspended portion of Commander McCalla’s sentence from the Entarprise cruise. The 1890 court martial sentenced three years suspension and grade reduction. Secretary Tracy signed the restoration order before Christmas, with McCalla in Europe awaiting assignment upon return.
Dispatch from Calcutta recounts Lieutenant Manners Smith leading 100 Kashmiri troops in two squads against Hamza Nagar rebels at Fort Nilt. The British force breached a stone breastwork, routed rebels, with 90 killed and many wounded. Prisoners were taken as pursuit continued and Gul roft, Pusu, and Mayu fell to British capture.
A despatch from Arras reports Le Grand, disinherited for marrying without consent, met his daughter near the Scarpe river at Vitry-le-Cotrou and drowned her after accusing her of unfilial conduct. He confessed at home and was arrested.
A jumble of names, titles, ages, and land figures appears to mix historic rulers and modern titles. It mentions Dos Pepto dying poor, Caprivi made a count, five Taylors in the House, Austrian salaries, and the late Duke of Devonshire holding vast acres and an $830,000 rent roll. The passage blends disparate archival snippets without clear, coherent event.
An overwhelmed patient reports ten years of liver and stomach distress and failure with various medicines. After trying Hood's Sarsaparilla, she claims significant relief and recommends it highly as valuable and effective.
Reported killings near Littlestown and Fitaburg. a fatal gas explosion buries a family at A Fy Pritchard property. Noted are smuggling attempts, arson across multiple towns, and a spike in grip and fires. Government figures discuss currency counterfeits and public notices.
The New York State Board of Canvassers certified Osborn and Nichols Democrats and Derby Republican for the disputed Senate elections, giving the Democrats control of the Legislature by one in the Senate and six in the Assembly. A dynamite blast at the Clearfield hotel livery stable in Altoons, Penn., destroyed adjacent buildings and killed eight horses, sparking fears of organized town destruction. Reverend John Loughlin of Long Island Diocese died in Brooklyn at age seventy four. Andrew Johnson and John Alloro were crushed by a derrick at the Chicago World’s Fair site. A cabinet meeting at the White House discussed the Chilean situation for two hours as thousands of school teachers gathered in Washington.
In Fortress County on the upper Tennessee Marion Beatty Dave Beatty and Gwynn Bowden die after a confrontation with Edward Harris, pursued by the Harris and Beatty families. Harris wounds two others, abducts the girl Mary Beatty, and flees with Bowden’s horse as lawmen offer a reward for Harris’s capture and delivery at Jamestown.
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