Postal service to double on several routes in the South
Proposals for mail carriage across Ohio Indiana and several Southern states will publish in November. Weekly routes rise to semi weekly and semi weekly to tri weekly with daily service to county towns and courthouses. The crop outlook notes higher wheat yields and a strong potato season nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Ohio
Indiana
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Kentucky
United States
Bell
Interior Department
Treasury
Yellow fever toll and cases rise in Memphis area
The report lists six deaths and seven new Memphis cases on the 24th, four deaths and six new Memphis cases on the 26th, and fever cases in Oak Grove ten miles south of Bailey Station. For the 48 hours ending 6 p m on the 28th, Memphis recorded seventeen new cases and twelve deaths, totaling 382 deaths to date, with further cases and tighter quarantine rules linked to Memphis infections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Oak Grove
Bailey Station
Tenn
Slaves Freed by Cuban Planters and Global News Briefs
Three Cuban slave-holders emancipated 6,000 slaves and hired them for five years. MP Joan Henry Paleston sailed from Liverpool to Philadelphia to study agriculture and British interests. Snow fell two inches at Mount Louis Quebec on the 25th. Belgian bishops bar absolution for parents whose children attend public or normal schools. Bismarck met the French ambassador in Vienna and expressed cordial Germany France ties. Stanley began Congo River exploration from Sierra Leone on the 3rd. An Austrian Serb border clash on the Danube left ten dead. Rinderpest reaches Konisberg area and spreads into Russian Poland. German Japan tensions rise. A German steamer was authorized to break a Yokohama cholera blockade. Russia reported 2,987 fires in August causing 20 million roubles damage. Liverpool Post notes foot and mouth disease prompts a policy move to classify American sheep with cattle. Constantinople reports Prince Labanoff proposes Russia Turkey alliance. Russia seen willing to renounce war indemnity in Asia. A Kabul dispatch notes Yakoob Khan and escort entering British lines. Cabul in anarchy. Germany may join a proposed international money conference. Greece Turkey ties seen unlikely to settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Henry Paleston
Liverpool
Philadelphia
United States
America
Mount Louis
Quebec
Belgium
Vienna
Waddington
Bismarck
Germany
France
Stanley
Congo
Sierra Leone
Danube
Assora
Austria
Tekia
Servia
Servian Custom House
Konisberg
Russian
Poland
Japan
Yokohama
Russia
Liverpool Post
Privy Council
Constantinople
Prince Labanoff
Turkey
Asia
London
Yakoob Khan
Baker
Cabul
Greece
Emigration Circular Warns Against Mormon Polygamy Abroad
The State Department issues instructions to diplomatic officers warning European emigrants to Salt Lake City about polygamy in Utah and urging actions to curb recruitment arrangements. It cites 1862 bigamy law and Supreme Court affirmations, requests protests, and notes possible press outreach to deter the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
State Department
DL. C
Europe
Salt Lake
Utah
Congress of
Supreme Court
Wilmiiam M. Evarts
Joy That Kills in a Paris Letter Twist
A telegraph clerk's wife in failing health travels to Normandy for a healthful summer. A neighbor’s letter reports her death, prompting the husband to faint with grief. He later finds his wife alive at his door causing shock and possible fatal stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
New Orleans Picayune
Paris
Inquiry Ordered Into Wesleyan Missionary Massacre Claim
The British Government orders an official inquiry into the alleged expedition by the Rev. Mr. Brown Wes leyan missionary against New Britain natives. He is accused of killing sixty to eighty savages in retaliation for feasting on three or four Wesleyan missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
New Britain
Japanese carpenters and their four hands on stage work
A historical note compares Japanese carpenters in San Francisco to American tradesmen, detailing tools and methods. It describes saws shaped like butcher cleavers, planes used with toes, rips done by standing on planks, drills with awl bits, and small cylindrical hammers. It also notes Japanese squares and brass measuring scales with unique inch divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Yeddo
Tubal Cain
Legend of Falls and Hair Locks Sparks Indian Love Tale
A legend from local memory tells of Mohawks and Milketes lovers seeking a lock of hair to remember each other. One suitor brags he will cut the hair himself and prepares a scalping knife, declaring a new business in the hair trade as proof of his commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hawk
Serpent-Charm Superstition and Its Absurd Beliefs
A discussion of snake charming myths across the American South and other regions. The piece notes millions believe reptiles can paralyze prey via magical eyes, citing birds, pigs, and livestock as victims, and highlights the rattlesnake as the chief legendary conjurer in popular lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Gassendi
Georgia River
Popular Science Monthly
Mournful Wedding Noted With Rich Attire and Ornate Dress
The wedding opens with a requiem for the groom's deceased parents. The groom appears in a blue velvet waistcoat and blue silk sash, while the bride dazzles in gold and silver lace with a plum satin apron. Guests include two Chateaulin young ladies in silver gray brocade and black velvet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateaulin
Bulletin
Debating society and odd news snippets headlined
A Boston Transcript clipping relays a Georgia colored debating society on wages versus crops. The New Haven Register parodies a clerk earning eight dollars weekly. A Philadelphia Chronicle mockingly notes American women divorcing bogus Counts. A Colorado stage Dutchman joke and a Chicago peach basket mix up close the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Georgia Colored Debating Society
Bofe
New Haven Register
Brooklyn
Philadelphia Chronicle
Aekaeen
Flower
Sould
Kash
Tee
Shugar
Colorado
Fruit Commission
South Water Street
Chicago Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Defiance Co. Express
L. G. Thacker
Snider
Defiance
T. H. Ashton
M. D.ffice
J. P. Waftington & Co S
Clinton Street
Defiance, O
Lyl
J. N. Thacker
Ayersville
E. W. Downs
FFICE
Eagle Block
Dittmer’s
Perry & First Streets
R. N. Sheldon
M. D
Himeopathic
Hoffman & Geiger’s
Clinton and
Front Sts
D. P. Aldrich
Colby & Scott’s
W.S. Powell
Bechel’s
Dele A. Rohn, M
Court and
Wayne Streets
G. L. Myers
W. C. Travis Myers & Travis
LAW
Keystone Block
Defiance, Ohio
William Carter
Third Streets
Latty & Peaslee
Councellor
Colby & Scott's Drug Store
Henry Newbegin
Henry B. Harris
Notary Public
Newbegin & Harris
Hardy & Johnson
Wolsifer’s Block
S. W. Rohn
Wolsiffer Block
J. F. Deatrick
G. W. Kiliey
Suexap Heacock
Killey & Heacockttorneys
S. T. Sutphen
Wolsiffer’s
Court House
Milton E. Orcutt
Ralston’s Block
Charles E. Bronson
B. F. Enos
Cameron
Enos & Cameron
Bittner’s
Robert Cary
Wolfram’s
Keystone
L.R. C. Association
Frank C. Culley
Pyux
Defiance County
Second Streets
United States and Territories
Canada
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
U. S
Harper's
Leslie’ S
Scribner's &c
Rules OF the Board
B. W.slagle
H. Schoonover
F. M. Thompson
H. W. Myers
Esident Pentist
Buffington & Co's
Milly Establishment
Northwestern
Zephyrs and
Germantown Yarns
Mes. W. Groweg
Boots & Shoes
Adam Minsel
St. and Wabash
I. B. Hills &Asony
Hleadouarterd
Young Hyson
Ik Teas
Leaulig Grocers
Adam Daub
John Gregory
Beach Street
Kensington
Fort Delaware
Philadelphia Times
Atlanta
Blackville
D. C
Treasury Department
New York
Sloan
Scranton
Launssary
Stratford
Conn
David L. Launsbury
Northern Pacific Railroad
Followin
Frederic Billings
Vermont
Joseph Dillworth
Pittsbore
C. B. Wright
Joseph D. Potts
J. Jey Smith
B. P. Cheney
Boston
Massachusetts
Daniel C. Eddy
Timothy Kearl
Charles Almy
David N. Skillings
Jonathan H. Orme
Aneral
Samuel M. Fairfield
New York City
GorgEe Brown
Pension Bureau
Baltimore
Rosert Champlain
Westfield
Carter
Gloucester
Mass
Bank of Commerce of
First National Bank
Rowell
Madison Garden
Merritt
Hazael
Hart
Guyon
Weston
Ennis
Krohne
Taylor
Supreme Court of
Rhode Island
Kate Sprague
Tuer
Pennsylvania
Henry Green
Easton
Warren J. Woodward
Tiffany’s
John Sheehan
Henry von Geritschen
Francis Gillette
Hartford
Freeman Smith
Congressman Gillette
Iowa
George A. Crawford
Ple
Kansas
Deapwoop
Dakota
Chicago Times
Fort Worth
Texas
Hillsboro
Dallas
W. Carnes
Benjamin Williams
Shelby
N. C
Potter
St. Louis
Navy
Cincinnati
Naval Service
Francis Wyatt Truscott
Siberia
Great Britain
Continent
Pall Mall Gazette
Athens
Roberts
Shutergarden
Gagathana
Dakka
Berlin
Rome
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Kan
St. Joseph
Trades Assembly
British North America
Missouri
Kearney
California
Grant
Henry Morais
Volinia Township
Cass County
Morris
Carl Schurz
Count Donohoff
Muscogee
I. T
Hayes
Springfield
Ill
National Militia Convention
General Beauregard
Bank of California
John
P. M
the Inquirer
Centralia
St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern
David Trimley
Wheeling
W. Va
Beallsville
Monroe County
Carroll
Carroll County
Minnesota
St. Paul
Felix A. Boyer
Loman B. Cowdry
P. M. Babcock
Foreign Intelligence
Cesar
Caesar
Ariovistus
Besancon
Menapian
Rhine
Britain
Cicero
Italy
Spain
Africa
Gergovia
Vercingetorix
Litaviccus
Gaul
Napoleon
Mantua
Wurmser
Atlantic
Milkete’s
Mary Jane Johnson
Milketes
Aroostook
Hawk-Eye
Grand Falls, N. B
Brittany
Board of Education
Waterloo Observer
Turner
Nature
Free Press
W. Y. Graphic
N. C. Picayune
Syracuse
The
Boston Post
N. Y
Billy
W. Y
Charles Cochrane
Goldsmith Maid
Mr. Smith
Fashion Stud Farm
New Jersey
Cochrane
Charley
Hen Cochrane
Philadelphia Press