Cave Demon Holds Ned at Winchester in Island Rescue
On a perilous cave island, the Cave Demon named Klink twists a plan to kill Ned Nevers with a bowie. Tim and Jack Tarr rescue Ned and reveal Mark Crofton’s deranged disguise as the foe. Bradwine survives, the madman dies, and the boys end with wealth and a return home.
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Klink
Ned Nevers
Winchester
Ned
Mark Crofton
Nora
Tim
Job Bradwine
Jack Tarr
Mr. Bradwine
Jack
Mark
Job
Asylum
Job Lindwine
Bradwine
Tiberius
L’anse
Ohio apportionment and 1885 Legislature race in Ohio
The Columbus correspondence explains the 1885 apportionment will add four Senate seats and five House seats, with districts listed. It argues Republicans hold an overall edge based on the Robinson Newman vote and predicts GOP majorities in both chambers, aided by the Blaine Cleveland vote and the national issue surrounding John Sherman’s U S Senate prospects.
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General Assembly
State of
Ohio
A. D. Marsh
House of Representatives
Elmer White
Senate
States OF America
Ohto
I. James
Rowinson
Columbus
James 8. Robinson
Hamilton County
Muskingum
Trumbull
Montgomery
Ronson
Newman
House
Belimont
Columbiana
Robinson-Newman
Foster
Ogleve
Townsend
Lake
Gea
Trict
Athens
Fairfield
Franklin
Eya
Miami
Darke
Iby
Perry
Delaware
Licking
Knox
Morrow
Wayne
Holmes
Coshocton
Tuscarawas
Noble
Huron
Erie
Sandusky
Ottaway
Seneca
Crawford
Wsandot
Allen
Auginize
Defiance
Mercer
Paulding
van Wert
Williams
Ss! House
Ashtabula
Belmont
Carroll
Campaign
Clarke
Clermont
Clinton
Cuyahoga
Fayette
Fulton
Gallia
Geauga
Greene
Guernsey
Hamilton
Hardin
Harrison
Highland
Jackson
Jefferson
Geaua
Lawrence
Logan
Lorain
Lucas
Madison
Mahoning
Medina
Meigs
Morgen
Portage
Preble
Scioto
Summit
Union
Warren
Washington
Wood
Democratic
Adams
Ashland
Auglaize
Brown
Butler
Hancock
Henry
Hocking
Marion
Monroe
Ottawa
Pickaway
Pike
Putnam
Richland
Ross
Shelby
Stark
Vinton
Wyandot
John Sherman
U. S
Robinson
Blaine
U. S. Senate
Pendleton
Johnny McLean
Allen O. Myers
Jerry Mulroy
Governor Headley
Tom Cogan
Suppressing a Mutiny by William H. Lytle at Shelbyville raid
An anecdote recalls Col. William H. Lytle using artillery and a threat to coerce mutinous soldiers to carry their knapsacks. In a tense standoff near Shelbyville Tennessee Lytle ordered cannister fire and warned he would wipe the mutineers off the earth until they obeyed.
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William H. Lytle
Anthony
Egypt
Shelbyville
Tennessee
Co Lytle
Col. Lytle
Edgarton
Cannister
Lytle
St. Lowis
Washington's Temptations in a Clean Sky
In a Louisville Times correspondence the author extols Washington as visually glorious and clean but warns that its moral atmosphere acts as a miasma. He argues the city’s charm tempts the soul, undermines virtue, and invites scandal despite pristine skies and pure air.
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Washington
Louisville Times
Women’s Independence Shines In Swat Village Outings
Captain Raverty notes Swat women enjoy rare freedom as groups of 30 to 40 travel alone across vast rural routes to visit friends, braving robbers and marauders with no escort. The excerpt contrasts barbarous settings with female autonomy and ends with musings on time management and discipline.
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Raverty
Asia
Battle details from Colombia report by Admiral Jouett
Admiral Jouett reports from Savannah that 100 were killed in a battle between Government forces and revolutionists in Colombia. Government troops, about 4,000, advanced to Calomar on the Magdalena River. revolutionaries about 2,500 with river steamers. Camargo, a Liberal leader, arrived to command the revolutionaries and claimed victory but suffered heavy losses. Yellow fever rages on the Isthmus, and squadron crews are debilitated by tropical confinement.
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Jouett
Navy Department
Washington
Savanilla
United States of Columbia
Cartagera
Calomar
Magdalena River
Barranquila
Camargo
Revolutionary Army
Panama
Aspinwall
Tropics
His Own Executioner John Gaunt Free of Control in Jersey City Jail
John Gaunt, Jersey wife-murderer, killed himself in his jail cell after days of calm conduct. He crafted a five foot rope from the cot support, looped it around his neck, and suspended himself, leaving one foot on the floor as life ended.
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New York
John Gaunt
Jersey City
Gaunt
Grant
Marked Decrease in Immigrants Arriving in U S
Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports 387 821 immigrants arrived in the United States in the fiscal year ended June 30 1885, down 122 013 from the prior year and 401 171 from 1882. June arrivals across listed districts totaled 55 778 with 45 352 immigrants, 6 952 returning citizens, and 3 444 aliens not intending to stay.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
Huron
Minnesota
New Orleans
New York
Passamaquoddy
Philadelphia
San Francisco
England and Wales
Australia
Legavesaens
Dominion of Canada
Revolt in Kings County Penitentiary Quelled by Severe Measures
A New York dispatch reports a planned uprising at Kings County Penitentiary Brooklyn over breakfast hash requests. Warden Green deployed eighteen armed keepers and ordered a warning shot before escorting ringleaders to punishment, including a severe flogging and forced apology.
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Kings County Penitentiary
New York Dispatch
Brooklyn
Green
Tevey
Terey
Rail official and church leaders arraigned for unlawful cohabitation
Salt Lake telegram reports Bishop Sharp director of the Union Pacific Railroad Bishop H B Clawson and Henry Dinwoodey were arraigned for unlawful cohabitation and all pleaded not guilty Judge Zane denied a writ of error in Angus Cameron stake president’s case and an appeal to the U S Supreme Court was noted
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Salt Lake
Utah
Bishop Sharp
Union Pacific Railroad
H. B. Clawson
Brigham Young
Henry Dinwoodey
Zane
Angus Cameron
United States Supreme Court
Rothschilds Loan Egypt 1,250,000 Until September
The Rothschilds have loaned Egypt 1,250,000 with repayment due in September. The Masons of Cleveland are building a temple at a cost of 100,000.
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Rothschilds
Egypt
The
Masons of
Cleveland
Fatal Feud Shooting Near Greenfield Claims Farmer
In Ross County near Greenfield, 55 year old farmer J W Stout was shot dead by neighbor Elijah Nevin during a long running feud with the Nevin family. J C Nevin says Stout advanced with a revolver and cane, then Elijah opened fire after arriving to help his brother. Stout fell with shots to head and breast. No arrests reported. Stout’s mental state questioned.
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J. W. Stout
Ross County
Greenfield
Elijah Nevin
Mr. Stout
J. Nevin
J. C. Nevin
Stout
Nevin
Elsh
Elijah
Amanda Nevin
John Nevin
Murder at Graysville Ends in Self Surrender
John Conger, a Monroe County resident, beat his wife with a coffee-pot and an ax after an argument at Graysville. The fatal assault occurred near the well. he then surrendered to the local Justice, a former soldier who recently received a $1200 pension. He has six children and a previously stellar reputation.
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Graysville
Monroe County
John Conger
House of the Justice
Woman in Jail Claims Satanic Visitation Resulting in Murder
Rebecca Harrison of Liberty Center, once a trance medium, hailed the devil as appearing behind the spirit of her deceased husband after failing to summon a good spirit. She warned of rising agitation, spoke of going crazy, and was later found in the act of killing a child and is now a raving maniac in county jail.
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Rebecca Harrison
Liberty Center
Perils of the Mine Near New Straitsville
Levi Pay was killed in Mine No 11 near New Straitsville when the roof fell thirty feet. The mine, fired during a late strike, had been pumped and timbered under danger. Pay with W J Berry and A McCarty were beneath when the roof collapsed, burying Pay and badly burning him. Berry and McCarty escaped. Pay leaves a wife and five children.
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Levi Pay
New Straitsville
Pay
W. J. Berry
A. McCarty
Berry
McCarty
Tragic Death of Man Clinging to Freight Train
James W. Wech, riding the Nickel Plate Road freight from Fort Wayne toward Payne in search of work, fell from the moving train. His body was found near Payne the next morning, severely mangled after being struck by several trains overnight. He was 30 years old and unmarried.
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Jack Tarr
Tim
Job Bradwine
Mr. Bradwine
Bradwine O
Ned
James W. Wech
Nickel Plate Road
Fort Wayne
Payne
Longtime Youngstown matron dies at 102
Mrs Mary Clemens passed away in Youngstown at age 102 years and 10 weeks. A State Association of Regimental Surgeons was formed in Columbus last week. Barnesville market ships raspberries at about 800 bushels daily.
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Mary Clemens
Youngstown
Columbus
Barnesville
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Henry Hardy
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John PP. Cameron
Zarris & Cameron
St.ne Front
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Charles E. Bronson
LAW Reals Estate
Woulsiffer
Frank W. Knapp
Wertheimer
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Defiance, Ohio
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Perry Street
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Depfeance, Ohio
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Practia Iyer & Cleaner
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Paul Fieser
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Rochester
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C. I. Hood & CO
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Jackson Street
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J. B. T. Marsh
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Teiaiot
Cuveleen
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United States of Colombia
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Ohio State News
John G. Warwick
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