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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1883
Page
6
The week reviews tariff discussions in the Senate and House with extended notes on the Cotton schedule and proposed North Dakota Territory, plus numerous local calamities. It reports floods in Germany, factory fires in Albion and Troy, a theater arrest in New Haven, a deadly rail bridge collapse near Ischua Creek, and an earthquake tremor in New Hampshire.
Washington reports show a petition to suspend coinage of silver dollars by the New York Chamber of Commerce. A debt statement lists total debt 1.912 billion dollars with 318 million cash in Treasury. House committee adopts measures to halt silver coinage and calls for extra vault space, prioritizing Treasury needs.
Five cent coins rush into circulation in Philadelphia with a daily capacity of 100 090. Three burglars caught mid jump by a New York church sexton after stealing pictures and wine. Acton Mass powder mill explosion destroys building and shakes nearby homes. New York mass meeting backs tariff reform and tax cuts led by Cooper and Evarts. Kingston Township Pa man and son die of hunger while wife and two children near starvation. Dun and Co reports 305 business failures in seven days, 36 Canadian. Wyoming salt deposits and Adirondack gold found in New York. John Kenny, life sentence murderer, shoots himself in jail. William Murphy sues ex-VP candidate English for 1180 dollars for speeches in Indiana. English denies contract and public policy.
The report lists a Jackson County Texas treasurer defaulter whose office safe, once said to hold 25000 dollars, was found empty. Weather and fire devastations strike Missouri Ohio Wisconsin and Georgia with railroad disruptions, executions, floods, and courtroom actions across multiple states.
The era of greater watchmen proves costly as a rock slide at the Esmeralda mine near Deadwood kills three men. Floods in Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania subside by the fifth, yet damage runs high. Railways suffer heavy disruption. Sheriff Charles Waite of Sherman County Nebraska kills his wife and himself after being jilted. Raleigh cotton miller W S Barrie fails for 235000 dollars. A freight and passenger collision near Sydney Alabama claims four lives. In St Louis a murder suspect shoots his wife and himself. A Birmingham man kills another over a card game dispute. Central and Southern Illinois suffer orchard and shade tree damage from sleet.
Senor Meyna's fireworks factory at Ame cameca Mexico exploded killing Meyra and four family members with several others badly hurt. A wave of disasters and political shocks fill the era with fires floods strikes and unrest across multiple regions.
The Michigan Legislature adjourned on the 3rd until the 13th with the deadlock unresolved. Final ballots show Ferry 50, Stout 20, Chamberlain 11, Withey 9, Willitts 8, Palmer 7, and 17 scattering. Reports cover thefts, trials, marriages, deaths, weather, and financial figures.
Inspector Ray exposes extensive fraud by Flemming & Merriam Kendall & Co Charles J Yenri Co and Cudworth Co using a Mutual Investment Club to defraud investors. Records show large registered letters and money orders totaling tens of thousands as the firms push to receive funds via Chicago Post Office.
Troy's national debt reaches 2.5 billion dollars as it sustains an army of 1 million men. Leaders fear potential war with France in the near future, signaling heightened military readiness and fiscal strain.
The Lewisville Courier Journal notes thirteen grounds for divorce in Kentucky and reports the legislature is poised to act as it opens.
Montana researchers note a rare, year round mosquito population seeming to endure winter conditions, raising questions about adaptation and potential implications for local ecosystems and disease concerns.
A Richmond newspaper declares Governor Butler cannot be nominated by any party, prompting a clash of views among Massachusetts and Boston observers. The piece contrasts Butler’s political tactics with the Dispatch prediction, citing Butler’s persistence in pursuing nominations and recalling Massachusetts figures like Frank Bird and Bowles. It notes Butler’s controversial Charleston and Davis-era votes and implies hardknock knowledge of his career.
A decrepit mule at Fort Missoula Montana Territory was condemned to death. At sixty yards thirteen shots were fired. the animal was only scratched. The guard killed the mule and the sharpshooters went on with their yarns.
In 1872 a deposit of ochre equal in quality to the French product was discovered on the Appomattox River at Bermuda Virginia. The deposit now yields about one thousand tons annually, constituting roughly one third of the fine ochres used in the United States.
The piece critiques Democratic failed Civil Service reform efforts, noting Pendleton as a reform measure that gained public support but was undermined by party leaders after victory. It argues Democrats abandon reform to pursue spoils, citing Indiana politics and a general pattern of insincerity and greed.
A reader challenges evolution by asking why, if human development follows the Mosaic account, it was not as easy to evolve a man as a monkey at the start and whether a simpler path could reach the same outcome more economically.
ThePost reports Prof Proctor warns a spring comet may enter the atmosphere over the continent and cause unprecedented heat. Authorities must issue proclamatory forbiddance.
The article notes that Irish members form a small minority within the Patire force, constituting slightly more than one twelfth of the total.
A Philadelphia tale recounts a dinner disaster where a guest spoons the soup misfortune into a witty remark. The woman calm and clever wins admiration and later marriage, with the husband recalling how her composure shaped his wish to wed.
Three rulers visit Windsor Castle and mingle with a gardener. The ice breaks when the Russian Emperor proclaims I am the Great Mogul, provoking laughter from the King of Prussia and Emperor of Austria and the royal party. London Society reports the prank amused Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
A collection of cautionary maxims about false prophets, gambling, strangers, deceit, and social conduct. It mixes archaic proverbs with odd phrasing and concludes with a Detroit Free Press style remark on accidents and folly.
Complaints that electric light spoils hues and is unsuitable in a ball room or gallery are countered by a leading English dying house, which asserts the light’s purity allows perfect color distinction and enables operations that would require daylight at any hour.
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