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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1888
Page
7
Defiance county notice column from the Defiance Co Express in Defiance Ohio features local publishing notes and brief community items. The fragment mentions the WHE Express Publishing Company and an Ouro entry.
Intelligence by Electric Wire from Every Quarter of the Civilized World offers glimpses of distant events and daily happenings. The column assembles brief notes on politics science and society from multiple regions, giving readers a global mosaic of issues and developments.
A midnight telegram from Louisa Court House Virginia reports a major fire raging in the town with over twenty houses burned and the new hotel threatened. A freight train collision near Willoughby Ohio injures one shipper with a scalp wound. A Cambridge Ohio wreck fatally scalds T K Pack and injures Fireman Charles Ren. A Nogales Arizona report details the murder of Senora Vicenta Hernandez by thugs. A Vienna cable notes an exceptionally harsh winter with deaths from exposure and frozen Danube. A St Louis billiards fight erupts into a brawl delaying the tournament. An Oakland California execution of Nathan B. Sutton proceeds amid clemency debates.
Janauechek the actress sues Henry Bull Jr for 20000 damages over injuries from a May 17, 1587 fall at the Perry House Newport RI. A drunken Polish fight at a Polish house resulted in a deadly melee with extensive injuries. one man died, others badly hurt.
The Western States item reports that Jupen Sumas of the United States District Court in Dubuque Iowa issued a decision against what are known as the defendants in a dispute. The ruling affects the parties involved and sets a legal precedent within the Iowa district.
A Cincinnati Southern Railway wreck near Greenwood Kentucky kills seven and wounds many. In New Orleans a Nichols vs McEnery governor clash leaves Patrick Mealy dead and several wounded. In Madisonville Texas reformers shoot Bill Bolo, hang two men, drive Alf Whitten away as Sheriff Black seeks troops. State of terror prevails.
The article presents a detailed debt statement with totals for principal and interest, noting bonds at various rates and the debt bearing interest versus no interest. It includes the cash in the Treasury available for redemptions, the net cash balance, and the reserve fund, followed by news on tariff reform discussions in Congress and statements by Mills and Jarrows on revenue and protectionist policy.
A cable dispatch reports a collision of two Dutch State Railroad express trains near Meppel killing 26 and injuring many. An 1800 ton American bark wrecked at Waterford harbor with 25 drowned. ship Eureka captained by Southard of San Francisco. A weasel wrecked off Duncannon with all hands lost. Very cold winter floods parts of Europe. Vienna water supply failing.
The London dispatch says Archie McNeil who went to France to cover the Smith Kilrain prize fight and had been missing since was found murdered on a Boulogne beach. His throat bore marks of strangulation while he carried notes and a watch, with Bank of England cash in circulation and several £5 notes cashed.
A Wisstree special says two Canadian Pacific freight trains collided on the Lake Superior shore killing engineers and firemen of both trains and injuring several others. A separate Wire special reports a high trestle wreck on Mink River where one engine and eight cars plunged, three men died, one man perished after seven hours, freezing. Loss pegged at 150 000 dollars.
Congress reconvened on Wednesday with debates over tariff policy and treasury surplus. Senator Sherman urged not to rely on tariff cuts, while Voorhees defended the president's low-tariff stance. House intro duced many bills including postal telegraph and currency measures. Nine hundred two bills were filed. committees named. adjournment set for Monday the 9th.
Rural topics urge readers to remove weeds from corn fields or risk losing yields. The piece argues two hundred weeds use resources that could produce one bushel of corn worth $3 to $4, urging hoe work after initial hoeing with horse implements. It notes weeds reduce light, air, and soil nutrients, and advises careful garden practices and plant care in houses and schools.
Practical tips on poultry care and farming from historical sources. It covers using onions to prevent chicken cholera, egg freshness tests, insect dust toxicity, hog diseases related to hot-house manure, crow deterrence by scattering grain, and the soiling system for poultry. It also compares cow butter yields and emphasizes careful evaluation of animal improvements to boost farming profits.
The article discusses mildew and aphid control in roses grapevines and chrysanthemums using a sulfur and tobacco dust mix applied weekly from June to October with care around flowering. It also covers soot water as a fertilizer for pot plants, tying branches with wire collars, and notes on petunia phlox asters tulips pansies and prairie roses as vigorous garden choices.
Wisconsin Experiment Station expert argues corn alone weakens hogs. He cites Sanborn and others showing reduced blood, lighter hair, thinner skin, smaller kidneys and liver, weaker bones, and poorer constitution from exclusive corn feeding. Proposes a blended ration with milk, shorts, bran, oats, clover, and exercise to raise robust breeding stock.
Instructions describe rinsing oysters in liquor, boiling, cooling, then soaking in cider vinegar with spices. Also included are steps to make a simple baked oatmeal batter using oats flour baking powder and milk, poured into gem pans and baked.
A vintage two part recipe passage describes a cream pie filling and crust with meringue top baked to a brown finish. It also covers a minced beef loaf with crackers eggs milk pepper salt and pork, baked two hours then sliced cold for tea or luncheon.
A guide to cooking cold mutton by frying or slicing and serving with egg crusts and fat. It also outlines poaching a young fowl to make jelly from its cooking liquor and a fish and potato salad with a creamy yolk dressing.
A Boston Market Gardeners Association discussion by President W. W. Rawson outlines celery seed production under glass, planting steps, and field care. It covers timing from December sowing to May transplanting, blanching, blight causes, and profits of Arlington versus Boston Market varieties.
Mrs Emma P Ewing of Iowa Agricultural College explains roasting meat to preserve juices. Sear beef on a hot pan then finish in a steady oven, about twenty minutes per pound for rare. searing and lack of basting help retain juice and flavor.
Practical tips cover keeping charcoal dry and away from nails, use of kerosene safe storage, laundry curtain fabrics, wary notes on oysters for dyspepsia, molasses in mustard plasters, heat protection, baking soda paste for burns, and proper milk handling to prevent rancid flavors.
The Sixty-eighth General Assembly convened with Speaker Lampson and Clerk Lanning leading the House. Senate factions split along party lines, electing leaders then uniting to count the November state officers vote. By Jan 5 a manifesto from dissenting Republicans and a House protest against Lamar’s confirmation surfaced.
The piece lists multiple meanings of tournure across fields. It cites jurisprudence medicine theology philosophy history physics architecture aesthetics commerce and calls the term an excrescence and rampant nonsense as per L Autorite.
A New York Sun note recalls a missionary in the Sandwich Islands who warned his congregation they risked eternal damnation for entering churches hatless. He also dictated the hat style to ensure salvation. The next morning his parishioners found hats only at the store where he was a partner, which held a large consignment.
A man arrested at the Police Court was required to post bond for a further hearing when a citizen offered to stand surety. The judge asked about real estate and funds, and the citizen cited family ties and character to justify bail for his brother in law.
A collage of humorous lines from various papers comments on murder jury a Paris barber Gen Boulanger and marriage in witty, clipped notes. The extracts mix social critique with playful jabs on editors, ballet girls and slander reflecting press tone of the era.
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