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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1885
Page
1
A fragmented poetic exchange portrays a bird’s death and lingering echoes. The Wind and Rose lament the loss while the Bluebird’s love and a deceitful partner are reflected in a muted, symbolic dialogue. The lines hint at betrayal and elegy within a nature scene.
In a fog of intrigue at Thornwood, Mr Davison confesses a long hidden family secret to Hebe Wilmot. He claims to be Trevor Neverton, a missing brother of Hebe’s mother,揭示ing a past crime and potential threats to the family's name. He seeks to learn if his sister's fortune could return to him through inheritance, while protecting his daughters from loss.
Lord Wilmot learned Sir Gilbert Lancing favored returning to Thornwood. The Baronet’s intervention might have stopped the looming evil, yet, after his retreat, Davison exploited the delay to push forward his plotted schemes.
A reflective line contrasts innate caution with the need for daylight to thread a needle, humorously noting that some men can trim corn in darkness, but a bachelor requires clear light for delicate work.
General Rosecrans expresses awareness of Grants orders for his removal. Grant’s conversations with John Russell Young reveal his panic upon learning Rosecrans ordered a retreat that could ruin the Nashville campaign. Grant relieves Rosecrans, assumes command, and sends Thomas to lead until Grant arrives. The Times and California papers debate Rosecrans’s popularity and role in Congress, with sharp rebuttals from the San Francisco Chronicle.
The St Louis Globe Democrat argues the Republican break up is unlikely after earlier jubilation over Cleveland's prospects. It asserts Republicans will remain active, united, and focused on electing the next president with renewed vigor and a clear purpose.
The New York Herald quotes that Democrats in Congress are contemptible for their inability to agree on any public question, warning that without immediate leadership from Mr. Cleveland, the party will appear a disorganized mob when he arrives in Washington on March 4.
The prompt notes that not a single Republican senator supported the treaty. Opposition came from the Solid South and figures described as Confederate brigadiers and patriotic gentlemen who recently eulogized Jefferson Davis. The reference highlights regional and ideological dissent within Congress.
A 7-year-old boy tells his mother he is graduated because his gums are sore after returning from school. The mother explains she fears he is salivated, clarifying the misunderstanding.
London dispatches reveal Khartoum captured by Arabian rebels with Gen Gordon likely dead or captured. Colonel Wilson and troops retreat under heavy fire, steamboats wrecked, and retreat routes cut by Mahdist forces. Wolseley orders urgent reinforcements and Suakin expedition plans. garrison losses and mutinies feared as the fight shifts to the Soudan frontier.
A compact sketch of Maj Gen Charles George Gordon born 1833 in Woolwich. Traces service from Crimea through Besarabia Armenia to China and the Taiping campaign. Highlights include Khartoum reforms in the Sudan and efforts in Basutoland and Assin changes under Gladstone.
A Topeka Kansas dispatch reports a Oklahoma boomers state convention with about forty delegates adopting resolutions opposing use of US army to remove settlers from government lands in Oklahoma. They condemn President and Col Hatch action, defend settler rights, oppose interference with Indian land rights, and denounce Associated Press dispatches as misinformation.
In Savanna Indian Territory a gas explosion trapped about 100 miners. Three men were killed immediately while eighty nine were seriously burned and forty two injured. Killed were John Howston William Paxon and Edward Griffiths. A partial list of serious injuries includes Morgan Hughes William Courtney Peter Farrell Frank Grimes Robert McChellup David Richardson and others. Savanna lies along the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad about twenty five miles south of McAllister and fifty miles north of Atoka.
Philadelphia telegram reports general improvement in the iron trade of the East with active demand for nails bars beams and channels. Nails rise to 2.15 and may reach 2.25 in ten days as stocks are tight and factories curtail. Bars at 1.80 remain active and inquiries suggest further business. steel rails expected near 27 or possibly less with small sales at 28 to 28.50. Crop ends 29 old springs 18 old rails 17 to 17.50.
After a Ladies' Health Protective Association meeting in Beekman Hill Church, Mrs Wendt and others visited Kane's manure grounds on the East River. They were surrounded by over a hundred children as 300 to 400 hoodlums hurled rotten potatoes, cabbage, old shoes and tomato cans, striking women. Two men tried to help but were driven back by bricks.
Dallas report tells of seven wood-choppers poisoned at dinner near Bois d Arc Stand twelve miles from the city. William Stroud John Haynes George Tripp and Bob McCall were in a dying condition. James Smeed Thomas Lawrence and William Bell suffered violently. A worm in the coffee dregs, believed to be a centipede, caused the suspected poisoning. Physicians rushed to aid the unfortunates.
The Ohio General Assembly wrestled with the Circuit Court bill on Feb 7 as Republicans objected to journal approval and a caveat on assignments of errors. Absent members prompted a call for publishing nonattendance in the Enquirer from Feb 15, while House actions on other bills and a list of introduced measures continued.
In Washington a catcall and kittens disturb the House lobby as workers probe the walls to locate the source. A homeless cat had crawled into the heating system and left three kittens named after three prominent lobbyists, shielding them from winter.
A Cedar Rapids dispute centers on a brewer from another state selling beer by agent in Iowa. George Wagner of Rock Island had 120 cases of bottled beer 38 quarter barrels and 17 barrels seized last week. After four days of trial the jury condemned the beer to destruction under new laws. valuation set at 2800. Defense claimed the beer was destined for Albert Lea Minnesota but weather delayed. prosecution proved agency and local sales.
Cincinnati bonds total 24 134 545 81 debt reported. Avondale merchant J T Lockard commits suicide. Mrs Milton Davis of Buckeye Engine Co Salem dies. Newark water works bonds fail passage. Campbell disbarment sentence set aside. Mrs A Gordon near Findley badly scalded by boiling kettle spill. Saloonkeepers Society Cincinnati hires lawyers to collect Scott tax. Columbus Board of Trees to host Geneva Assembly members Feb 19. Hamilton County plans to cut county employee count. Jack Pulkka fatally wounds Mado Mirgila near Far settlement. Lucas Findlay Myers, 14, accidentally shoots brother 10. bullet lost. Wm Kirker ex teller Ironton bank gets five years for false entries. minimum. Seal contract for Circuit Courts awarded to Cherrington Robinson for 600 dollars. eight eight counties cost per seal about 6 80. Stockholders feud Youngstown News Register leads to Youngstown Printing Company formation. new daily weekly Sunday paper Republican. O P Shaffer editor.
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