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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1884
Page
6
Senate and House conduct a flurry of bills and debates on schools funding a naval reward for the Greeley Arctic fate and Meats export inspection. Votes record passage of post office and bonded extension measures with scattered adjournments as officials address appointments and memorials.
Official Washington records show 478,508 Canadians emigrated to the United States in six years and seven months ending December last. Also noted are Lt Col Godfrey Weitzel death, scarlet fever deaths averaging one daily, a counterfeit twenty dollar silver certificate expected in Western and Southern circulation, and post offices rising to about 50,000 by July 1 as growth continues.
A wildcat eight feet long entered Levi Labar's room near Purdytown on the night of the 18th. Labar killed it with a club after a fierce struggle. At Warrentown on the 20th Charles Pope fired five shots at John Cochran who then killed Pope with his revolver. A gang of fifteen boys, led by Coleman O’Donnell aged sixteen, was arrested in South Boston for various larcenies. Jesse Carter, sentenced to hang in Allegheny County, has been respited to June 1. Dickens’ Dutchman Langheimer died in Eastern Penitentiary after fifty-five years behind bars. Fire at Long’s tobacco warehouse in Manheim destroyed tobacco and cigars, with losses under $35,000 and insurance of $22,000. A letter by John I Davenport of New York claims forgeries against State Assemblies, referencing the Morey letter case. Davenport’s efforts to trace the crime reportedly failed amid circulation of a large-pool funding among Republicans.
Five prisoners escaped from the Columbia City Indiana jail on the 15th after three weeks of work on the stone ceiling with tools obtained from outsiders. Elaborate plans were under way for Battle Flag Hall dedication in Springfield Illinois on the 26th with Generals Grant Sherman and Secretary Lincoln likely in attendance.
A Maprio dispatch says General Ferrer was arrested and General Hidalgo sought. British conciliatory talks with Osman Digma target Sudan rebels. Governors announce Khartoum may fall, while Parnell eyes parliamentary seats. A Newfoundland earthquake, a Dublin tax case, a fatal seaweed excursion, and a gas explosion in London add to global turbulence.
Veterinarians examine cattle near Neosha Falls Kansas and conclude the footed mouth scare is not contagious but due to ergot poisoned wild rye affecting circulation. The note details related train, ship, and legal items and mentions several deaths fires and political actions.
The Convict Labor bill, amended in the Senate, passes both houses and becomes law in Ohio. The act vests management of the penitentiary in a governor appointed board, outlines term rotations, wages, parole, and reporting duties, and sets rules for prisoner treatment and employment starting May 1, 1854.
Latrobe Pennsylvania reports a German family the Shulthers who lived in Washington County and suffered flood losses ate uncooked pork with only salt. Three weeks later Maria Shulther died and the husband and two brothers grew gravely ill. authorities fear they will die from trichina poisoning.
Prof Wilson of Chicago geologist visits Pennsylvania coal region to examine a farmer Samuel Herb specimen. A 38 inch corundum vein is found and a Boston company buys the tract for 50000 though it was barren. Land value up 100 percent and local excitement runs high.
Pierre Cottee of Vincennes Indiana died at age 115 in this city on a Saturday. Born in the county he never left within ten miles of Vincennes and claimed France as his birthplace though a niece doubts it. He kept two bowie knives by his bed and rolled a log against his door each night. He is said to have carried the brick for General Harrison’s 1804 mansion.
In Portland March 18 a severe horse illness, likely blind staggers, is killing many in Oregon. Affected animals go blind, cannot walk, swell, and die. Clackamas and Yamhill counties report the highest losses with over 400 valuable horses dead. The contagion disrupts farming plans and spreads rapidly.
Henry Brown aged 121 died in NiaGara Ontario after a life that began on a James River plantation near Jamestown Virginia. He escaped to Canada at age 55 and recalled meeting George Washington, claiming he once drove Washington from his master’s plantation.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the petition for a writ of mandamus to force the Secretary of the Treasury to place 732,809 dollars with the State of Virginia as a proportionate part of the fourth installment of public funds required by the 1836 act.
In Norfolk England a wedding took place with the officiating clergyman aged ninety six. He has served as rector or priest for seventy one years, a tenure believed unequaled in English church history.
At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons the case of Jesse Carter of Allegheny County under sentence of death was held under advisement. The case of Martin Weinberger, whose behalf the Austro-Hungarian Minister interfered, was not heard.
Willicem Cochran, mine manager, recounts entering the Pocahontas mine after a massive blast that destroyed rooms, scorched bodies found in entry No 1 east and main tunnels. Fire in the mine forced closure of entrances while rescuers, led by Cochran, evacuated as the inquest will determine the collapse cause and fatalities.
A Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis freight wreck near Harbines Station on the Toledo road at about 35 miles per hour killed fireman George Smith and brakeman Clem Baker. Engineer Clark Senter was critically injured and may lose both legs after the wreck and scalding injuries. Passenger Irwin sustained serious injuries but is expected to recover.
In Savannah on March 18 Samuel McDaniel, a young white farmer, found an earthen jug while plowing near Island Shoals. The corked jug contained whisky and 1,900 five-dollar gold pieces totaling $9,500. McDaniel’s grandfather, a Florida War Captain, was killed in battle and the money is plausibly part of his fortune.
Homer Deaves, a Maryland University dental student, killed himself after despair over not earning a diploma and mounting college fees. He was found dead at Camden Junction near Baltimore after leaving a train and drinking poison beside the tracks.
Four workers were demolishing a small bridge over the Pan-Handle Railroad when a stringer broke. John Bright Miller Dudy and Mullen fell about twenty five feet to the tracks. Miller suffered severe injuries and is expected to die. Shady sustained fractures and back injuries. two others had painful but non fatal injuries.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned several sessions with actions on convict labor reform, funding bills, and multiple public measures. Bills passed include prison workhouse provisions, Lake Erie fishing rules, county jail funding, and a state health board, with adjournments and upcoming reconvening dates noted.
A London orphan in 1742 sought work at a fashionable tailor shop with nine journeymen. The benevolent tailors gave nine shillings to start him in fruit retail, and he prospered. He later had a carriage painted with the motto Nine tailors made me a man.
In parts of Scotland locals hold a superstition against making a coffin or taking part in a self death burial. Tradesmen connected to such deaths risk job loss, forcing coffins to be shipped from big cities or bought from undertakers at high prices with secrecy guarantees.
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