Weather prospects for today in this vicinity
The United States Signal Service reports slightly warmer fair weather for the next twenty four hours from 3 p m today.
13 Dec 1887
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Newspaper
Cumberland Daily Times
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1887
Page
1
The United States Signal Service reports slightly warmer fair weather for the next twenty four hours from 3 p m today.
Maryland oyster districts are being compiled by Commander Plowman as courts sit in Cecil and Frederick counties. Westminster sentences prisoners. Drum Point Railroad route changes urged. Jack Green convicted of assault. Water scarcity hits Frederick. colt injures John A. Carter near Rockville. Subaltern Cabannes pleads guilty at Strassburg. Allan Steamship denies stopping at Canadian ports. Baltimore remains American stop. Moscow student disturbances suspend lectures. Old Bailey recorder urges murder bill against Daniel Doherty. Edmund Leteraty fatally wounded in Hungary. Duke of Norfolk goes to Rome to relay Queen Victoria’s jubilee congratulations. Sutland oil mills burn for a loss of 750,000. Three officers raid Dayton outlaws. three prisoners captured. Body found at Atlantic City linked to Wm. Reed case. Merchant shoots editor Lawton in New Iberia. Perkins in Lancaster shot escaping wall. injuries severe. Codman trial opens in Boston over Kimball will. many letters reveal affair. Frank Moss kills a colored mail carrier in Virginia. Pennsylvania canal water drawn. navigation closed. Judge Donohue orders Central Trust to pay a boy trust. Virginia debt debate stirs House. Harper sentenced to ten years in Ohio penitentiary. Western Union may absorb Postal Telegraph and Commercial. Mrs. John Jacob Astor dies. NYC politics push for Democratic convention. Christmas trade brisk. New York speakership contest attracts interest.
European dispatch notes Sarah Bernhardt stars in La Toska at the Porte St Martin Rome setting amid Marengo battle echoes. The piece combines pantomime flair with grand scenery, tracing Tosca, Mario, Scorpia and Angelotti through betrayal, love, and a dramatic castle finale.
Advertises a limited stock of ladies gloves in all colors and blacks with heavy embroidery. Describes them as stylish, soft smooth kid at 97 cents each, worth 1.50, with about twenty dozen available at Bainbridge's store.
All Senate committees expect to hold meetings during the present week to organize and map out their work. The sessions aim to outline agendas, assign chairs, and set calendar milestones for upcoming legislation and oversight.
Dr. Morrison Munford editor of the Kansas City zines was attacked from behind by Ed Corrigan the horseman. Corrigan knocked him down struck him repeatedly and took Munford's pistol before leaving. A civil action is pending and the motive relates to a November 5 Times editorial.
The Jack Dempsey Johnny Reagan middleweight title bout was postponed after heavy fog kept the fighters and entourage on a tugboat in the East River overnight. The delay occurred near Long Island and a new date within a week was expected to be set. The combatants returned to training quarters.
Ep. Ties reports a letter from Cumberland Maryland dated December 3 1887 defending city efforts to repair the Baltimore Street Bridge. N P J Scheermesser chairman says an added force will hasten work despite danger and delay noting rusted bolts and long neglected repairs. The reply urges patience and proper lighting at the upper crossing during closure.
Washington notes report the annual resurrection and sale of contents from the Dead Letter Office at Thomas Dowling's auction room. Thousands of brown paper parcels described plainly fetch small sums while buyers inspect catalogues for clues to value amid brisk bidding and curious collectors.
Georgia businessman Mr. Blount inquired if the Territory of Cimaron had been recognized by the United States. A report notes his query and the lack of official acknowledgment at the time.
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