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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1894
Page
4
Agricultural guidance covers turnips for cows, comparing flavor impact and milk odor, and suggests mangels and sugar beets as higher yields though harder to grow. It also stresses veterinary exams for horse purchases and links weather to fattening stock digestion, plus fruit tree rotation to curb diseases in orchards and vineyards.
Farm notes advise sowing oats at first workable spring opportunity for best germination and yield. Broadcast seed then harrow to fine soil. use adequate seed and thorough tillage. Oats fit rotation with corn and clover, provide cheap feed for stock, and require proper pruning and manure practices.
A Maine born colt in 1856, sold to a Houston physician, serves in the Civil War with his master. After five years of campaigns including Red River, the horse returns to Maine guiding his owner home to the old farm at Lonso, proving his uncanny local memory.
A physician urges mothers to discard bangs for even the smallest daughters due to eyebrow nerve sensitivity and potential impact on sight. Another doctor condemns using night lights in children’s bedrooms, arguing continuous light prevents proper rest of optic nerves and strains the nervous system.
The Wilson tariff bill, passed by the House February 1, is laid before the Senate Finance Committee in amended form. Key provisions include sugar and molasses duties, iron ore and coal rates, whisky tax raised to 1.10 per gallon, bonded whisky period extended to eight years, and slashes to wool duties. Diamonds, other precious stones, silk, lumber and income tax changes are noted, with non resident tax removal.
State Department in Washington reports two despatches from Minister Thompson in Rio. Da Gama offers to surrender with safety guarantees. Peixoto and Gresham indicate terms were favorably received. Insurgent fleet hides among merchant ships as government bombardment continues.
San Francisco Cal reports the Midwinter Exposition number four attracts about 500000 attendees in its opening month as crowds pass through turnstiles.
A mixed United States and international roundup reports a committee in Troy to pursue the murderer of election watcher Robert Toss, trial notes on New Jersey Senate matters before the Supreme Court, police corruption probes in New York, a fatal fire in Delaware, church anniversaries in New York, and various incidents from Texas to Brazil including a fatal kiln suffocation and a self-inflicted knife death.
In Paterson New Jersey thousands of silk workers rioted for days seizing mills breaking doors and forcing staff to quit. Police faced crowds of up to three thousand as mobs looted dye shops attacked several mills and a mayoral proclamation failed to quell the unrest with no fatalities reported.
The Persian Government announces it will no longer coin Aliver for the public. The dinportation of adiver i protiatttedt references Mifare and Hens the waste authorities will trata cote ud al silver not orders. Charles Foster ex Secretary of the Treasury faces creditor claims and personal liabilities totaling 8,255 with net assets 293,773. Foster & Co banking liabilities stand at 71201 with assets 43,410 and 16,79 doubly listed as doubtful.
Deputy Collector J E Ralph reveals how a fake Blarney stone was built into a Midway exhibit during the World’s Fair prank. The tale details the stone’s fabrication, its display in a case, duties paid when entered, and the broader note of hasheesh smuggling and foreign concessions that fed large public spending at the Midway.
The 63rd Congress agenda spans pension appropriations, district of Columbia measures, and the Bland silver tariff debate. Key moves include a $43,000 street-improvement extension, a ten-year Potomac fisheries protection act, and a $50,000 New York Post Office modernization. House activity centers on DC appropriations and district expenditures, with debate and amendments shaping final totals.
The document reports on Senate Tarif BU estimates and the effect of House and Senate Latif bills on revenue under current law. It cites totals around 493 million with allocations across duties, rates, and projected internal revenues. It notes changes such as decreases and increased figures across items like ottoms, additional income, and various duties.
Captain Angus Brown aboard the El Hott reports Nicaraguans seized Bluefields on February 25 or 26 with 400 to 600 troops, hoisting the Nicaraguan flag over public buildings. British forces, 80 to 100 men with Gatling guns, landed March 1 at Bluefields, aiding Mosquito protection. No fighting occurred. tension eased after British landing, while Nicaraguans protested under Clayton-Bulwer terms. American influence dominates trade. US warship sought. The dispute centers on Nicaraguan control and revenues from Bluefields.
A sweeping survey notes strikes and wage levels from Chicago carpenters to New York factories, Paris street workers, and Mexican laborers earning twenty seven cents daily. It cites union activity, state labor bureaus debated in Congress, and varied responses from miners to textile spinners, with figures on unemployment and productivity affecting Michigan factories.
A string of varied incidents worldwide includes Evzuxe Lortox of Naw Dodford on her 29th birthday amid a rumored ovo affair, plus Ava 820K8, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue in Toledo, under arrest for embezzling 37,000 from Defiance Ravings Bank. Ontario and Canada reports recount a mill boiler explosion in Sombra Township killing James Comelli and three children, a Montreal to Sherbrooke train wreck with the engineer and conductor killed, and rabies treatment in rural Russia after wolf attacks. The U.S. steamer Marion wrecked by a typhoon near Ching Ben.
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