Multiple Crises and Crimes Across East Coast Regions
A mail package with 10500 dollars in bonds from New York to East Hempton Conn. was rifled between New Haven and its destination. Roscoe a relative of the ex Senator was on the fair and set Riverhead Long Island an accidental blow from a baseball. Mary Emma Babcock adopted daughter of W J Simmons secretly married to coachman W B Bartholemew. President Arthur attended Mrs George Bliss funeral in New York while Mrs Seeley of Sardinia N Y sought relief from a physician who extracted forty six needles from her body. Actor Frank S Chanfran died in Jersey City at 65 of apoplexy. Breed Edwards of Pittsburgh assigned to settle 70000 liabilities. assets 160000. Schroecks of Erie inspired by alleged Bavaria crime burned goods and prepared to crucify him. An incendiary fire at Braddock Pa destroyed eleven frames. one man fatally hurt by a fire hook. Master Mechanic of the Western and Atlanta Railroad died in Atlanta aged 57. Quanantrx petitioned against hogs in Maryland counties amid diseased swine export to Baltimore. Virginia drought devastates tobacco crop. Two passenger trains collided at Clay ton Del causing several injuries and three deaths. Wash Fletcher a colored man hanged at Paducah Ky for murder committed in August 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Hempton
Conn
New Haven
Roscoe
Long Island
Mary Emma Babcock
W. J. Simmons
W. B. Bartholomew
Arthur
George Bliss
Seeley
Sardinia
N. Y
Frank S. Chanfran
Jersey City
Breed & Edwards
Pittsburgh
Erie County Savings Bank
Leo
Francisco Schroeck
Erie
Schroeck
Bavaria
Braddock
Western and Atlanta Railroad
Atlanta
Quanantrx
Maryland
Baltimore
Virginia
Clayton
Del
Wash Fletcher
Paducah
Amanda Jackson
West street car robbery and multiple era events reported
A street car in Indianapolis was robbed after shots were fired, killing a passenger. Reports cover wheat shipments from San Francisco to New Orleans, a Detroit gun murder, Iowa liquor law instructions, Chicago corn market volatility, a Kansas City scaffold collapse injuring six, a Philadelphia lumberman suicide, editor Cowles versus Bishop Gilmour dispute, John McCullough on stage collapse, and varied regional incidents including a Keokuk Old Settlers reunion and statewide quarantines. Also noted are railroad and legal developments, plus the St Paul and Toledo road plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
William A. Tasalt
Detroit
Hayes
Muscatine
Iowa
Society
Chicago Telegram
Chicago
Kansas City
George A. Wilt
Philadelphia
Fort Wayne
Linaa
Ohio
Cowles
Bishop Gilmour
Cleveland
John McCullough
McVicker
Spartacus
Gladiator
McCullough
McVicker’s
Newton Gotthold
Micaliz
Old Settlers
Keokuk
Justice Miller
United States Supreme Court
Henry W. Strong
Glick
Kansas
Kentucky
Nebraska
Missouri
Jersey
Tilden
Ashland
Wisconsin
St. John
Carlisle
Terre Haute
Ind
Johnston
John Splan
Minnie R
Ire Brand
Fuillerton
Percival
Myer
St. Paul Road
Wis
Pike Creek
Bayfield
Leavenworth
Merriam
Lieut
Clay
Pleuro Pneumonia Decimates Western Maryland Cattle
Reports describe wholesale cattle deaths from pleuro pneumonia in Western Maryland with Gov. Hamilton losing over a hundred. Disease traced to carcasses dumped in a river. Also noted are deaths from a house fire in Louisville and a deadly caisson accident at Frenchtown Maryland. The Garrett will establishes large estate controls while Baltimore charity and family shares are defined. Virginia drought persists with 99 degree heat and starving forests and hay losses. livestock driven to Tennessee for water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Hamilton
Barbara Becht
Louisville
Mitchell & Scroggs
S. Tex
Fort Worth
Frenchtown
John W. Garrett
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Lynchburg
Tennessee
Indian school funding and debts dominate Washington notes
Inspector Haworth's estimates set next fiscal year allowances for Indian schools in Forest Grove Oregon Genoa Nebraska Lawrence Kansas Hampton Virginia Carlisle Pennsylvania Chiloce a Alaska and other states totaling several millions including transportation and construction. Portraits of Presidents Tyler and Polk hung in the White House green room. Postmasters commissioned include Adair Meadville Beldon. Court martial likely for Gen Swaim to regain rank. Public debt summary shows totals and changes since June 1884. Will of Private Charles B Henry from the Greely expedition forwarded to William Helms of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
Haworth
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Forest Grove
Oregon
Genoa
Neb
Lawrence
Kan
Hampton
Carlise
Chilocea
L T
Alaska
States
Irs
Tyler
Polk
White House
John D. Adair
North Salem
Ind
Wm. S. Moore
Meadville
Albert M. Beldon
Commonwealth
Wis
Swaim
Navy Pension Fund
GORE
Treasury
Cscs
United States
Transportation Service
United” States
Pacific Trailways
Princi
Anace
Lincoux
William Helms
Chicago
Charles B. Henry
Greely
Democratic and Republican Nominations Across States in 1870s
The piece lists Democratic and Republican convention results and nominations across multiple states including Massachusetts New Jersey New York Wisconsin Ohio and West Virginia. It notes refusals Drunken violence in Charleston and a Louisville drummers convention endorsing party figures and platforms. It also provides a historical Ohio presidential vote table comparing parties from 1856 to 1880.
Absconder Isaacson Defaulter Amid Large Investment Lands
Montreal businessman Atrrep G. Isaacson fled after being named a defaulter on invested lands entrusted to him. Reports recount wide losses from fires and factory closures across multiple states, noting rail and canal disruptions affecting trade routes and local economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atrrep G. Isaacson
Montreal
St. Catharines
Ont
Port Daisie
Record of a hurricane toll and ship speed on record
The feature notes a large, unknown death toll from the hurricane with the count not yet determined. It also reports 188 business failures for the week, compares to 1 the prior week and 160 in 1883. The steamer Texan completed the Liver 2001 to New Orleans voyage in sixteen days and hours, the fastest on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texan
Liver
New Orleans
Duke of Cambridge to tour Ireland for troop inspection
News notes the Duke of Cambridge planned visit to Ireland to inspect troops in what was described as enemy country. Other items include guard plans for explosives warehouses, a Salisbury council chamber attack, a million-dollar bequest to the Royal College of Surgeons, and various international intrigues and incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Cambridge
Ireland
Teamer
Cardiff
Walea
Ie 2Ea
Tholera
Vernon Haxcouert
Hare
Council
Salisbury
England
Exasuus Wilson
Royal College of Surgeons
London
Briish
Chicago
Castle Island
Irish National League
Eastern Bengal
Scarce details from a turbulent era across commerce and crime
The report covers a W. F. Richards shot incident in Cornsburg West Virginia with a woman involved, a mortar blast killing John Grodurn in Cincinnati, a New York Supreme Court attachment against Central Town Railroad, and broad financial and shipping notes. It notes New York imports, railway securities talks in London, Dr. Foy joining the Episcopal church, Citizens National Bank liquidation, a jewel theft discovery on the steamship America, the Finckley wreck near Isaac's Harbor, a Kentucky fire harming property, a Chicago tariff meeting, a Boston and Providence Railroad accident, and Cincinnati diamond dealer Gustave Fox's bankruptcy assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Richards
Cornsburg
West Virginia
Weekly Telegraph
A. C. Osborne
John Grodurn
Dickle & Johnson
Cincinnati
John W. Weed
Supreme Court of New York
Central Town Railroad Company
Indianapolis
Citizens’ National Bank
America
New York
James Graves
Graves
Frm
Fox Bros
Finckley
Isaac’s Harbor
Halifax
Sidney
Pollock Rocks
Middle Ledge
County Harbor
Utah
Colorado
Boston and Providence
Foxborough
Mansfield
Massachusetts
Fred Titus
Fagman
Gustave Fox
Abram Strauss
Fox
Public Welcome for Gov Cleveland Sparks Panoply
An Associated Press telegram from Buffalo describes Gov. Cleveland’s homecoming amid vast public demonstrations in Utica Syracuse and Rochester. Balloting crowds and a grand procession through Niagara Square followed his remarks emphasizing public trust and state unity within a nonpartisan Exposition context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Buffalo
Cleveland
Utica
Syracuse
A. Isa
Prentiss Bailey
Paeda
Washington
Rochester
cam‘Traders’ Bank
Niagara Square
Blaine Campaign Tour Through Ohio Highlights
The tour from Toledo to Cincinnati drew large crowds in Tiffin Kenton Urbana Springfield Dayton Hamilton as Blaine defended tariff protection while praising Republican progress. He urged Ohio voters to back Gen Robinson for Secretary of State and pledged a strong national campaign on protective policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Emery Storrs
Bruce
Foster
Plumb
Toledo
Cincinnati
Seth
Tiffin
Ohio
Robinson
Gen. Robinson
Urbana
West
Springfield
Dayton
Cape Race
Atlantic Ocean
America
Hamilton
Clay
Polk
United States
Butler and St John in Indianapolis campaign stops
Gen Butler the Greenback candidate and Gov St John the Prohibition candidate spoke to large crowds in Indianapolis during the State fair events. St John addressed about 15 000 in Circle Park while Butler spoke in Court House yard after arriving from Terre Haute. A canvass manager from Worcester joined the group as they planned further trips to Michigan and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
Butler
Indianapolis
Gen. Butler
Gov. &J. John
Carlisle
Ind
Omnes Agricultural
Woman's Department
Tougit
Circle Park
Terre Haute
Court House Yard
N. A. Prie
Worcester
Mass
Michigan
Wees
Massachusetts
Mrs Belva A Lockwood Plans National Campaign Tour
Mrs Belva A Lockwood announces a campaign tour visiting Baltimore Philadelphia New York Cleveland and other cities. She will speak mainly on good government and equal rights for women before the law and at the ballot box. She will headline lectures in Baltimore Monday and then travel to Philadelphia and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Cleveland
Guson
Opera House
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Attempt on Gov St John near Sullivan Indiana
A shooter fired into Gov St John’s car as the train neared Sullivan last night about 8 o'clock. The ball pierced the window on the Govs side and lodged nearby. No motive or suspect has been found and few aboard realized the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
Gov. St. John
Carlisle
Terre Haute
Ball
St. John
Secretary Affirms Writing Requirement for Homestead Testimony Fees
The Interior Secretary upholds the General Land Office view that local officers may not collect fees for testimony not reduced to writing by themselves or their staff. The ruling covers mineral entries and contested cases, with commissions to ensure all such testimony is written under register supervision where town offices exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Huron
C. T
Caldwell & Smith
Fargo, D. T
Postal Service Reports Receipts and Expenditures
The Post Office Department ledger shows quarterly stamps receipts totaling about 42.85 million dollars for the year ended June 30, 1883. Expenditures exceeded the prior year by roughly 1.2 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowell
Wosterian Aemens
Post Office Department
Secon Neeses
Woman in Sardinia Holds Hidden Needle Affliction
Mrs. Seelye of Sardinia claimed pain in both arms as Dr. George N. Kingman removed needles from muscle tissue. The physician treated with poultices and has extracted forty six needles or wire pieces so far. The needles appeared without the woman's knowledge or recall, leaving the case puzzling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockport
N. Y
Four Persons Drowned in Missouri Flood
A heavy rainstorm flooded Polk Creek near Paris Missouri. J J Hickman, his daughter in law Mrs Brit Hickman, and her two small children attempted to cross the rising water. Mr Hickman’s body was recovered yesterday morning. the others remain missing. Hickman about 60 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hickman
Brit Hickman
Polk Creek
Paris
Mr. Hickman
Hickman
Chinese Sundryman Wins Naturalization Question
Wah Lee Lee Yow a Chinese sundryman recently married a white woman and sought citizen papers after taking first papers four years ago. The 1882 naturalization act was reviewed and the case continued Probate Judge Tilden granted citizen papers to Wah Lee Lee Yow who reacted with delight upon learning he was now considered an American man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleveland Dispatch
Wah Lee Lee Yow
Citizen
Tilden
Immigrant Arrival at York in September Disclosed
Washington dispatch reports 26 872 immigrants arrived at York from Europe in September. The month saw a decline of nearly 2 00 from the nine month total last year, with data for the Certes pending compared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
York
Europe
Ohans Sepa
Clippings and Civil Notices From Various Places
A mixed collection notes: a Panola Florida father of thirty children. Anna Dickinson at her mother’s home in West Pittston Pennsylvania. Mormon church growth exceeding two thousand yearly. Werner the composer to receive a centennial statue at Entin. In Paris thirty thousand women make artificial flowers. Siamese ruler under thirty with 263 children. New York Custom House finds 800 artificial eyes hidden in a voyager’s bustle. Tarreenaa memorializes departure in sarmy costing 12 500 000 and to be graven by 10 000 worshipers. A bank note company in Newaie orders to save and bond to the value of five and with the Persian Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panola
Anna Dickinson
West Pittston
Werner
Entin
Paris
Celestial Empire
The
of Siam
New York
Etiquette on Napkins and Finger Bowls from The House-Keeper
Suggestions From Juliet Carson describe dinner etiquette including fresh spotless cloths and clean white napkins, napkin placement, handling a falling napkin, finger bowl use, and dessert service. It covers napkin drying, fruit napkins, color variation in finger bowls, perfumed water, and finger drying with the dinner napkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliet Carson
Truth Tellers and a Brelan of Lies
A tale from All the Year Round recounts Louis XV tiring his courtier by repeating questions about his children. The responder initially says four, later six, explaining he varied the tale to avoid wearying the king with the same answer. The moral centers on truth, memory, and flattery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XV
France
Soap Threat Scares Bandits in Mexico Tale
A traveler recounts an encounter in Mexico where about 200 bandits crowd him as he fires his pistol. With empty barrels, he lights a match and threatens to ignite a bar of soap, prompting the bandits to flee in panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Carbonic acid gas debated as nonpoisonous in science
A medical journal writer argues against the idea that carbonic acid gas is poisonous, noting that animals die from lack of oxygen in water and air. He cites birds tolerating high carbonic acid with oxygen, warns that respired air with 1 percent carbonic acid is dangerous, and links odor to a poisonous organic component from lungs.
Advertisements and Medicine Claims from 19th Century Text
Diverse remedies and endorsements appear, touting Allen's Lung Balsam Kidney-Wort and Caswell, Hazard Co. products. Claims promise cure of colds and kidney liver complaints, with notes on organ‑made pianos by Mason & Hamlin and New Orleans satire line about fast living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
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John Quincy Adams
J. Nelson Pidcock
New Jersey
Henry G. Burleich
E. B. Hayden
Charles Luhling
Thomas Butterworth
Rockford, Il
Council Bluffs
Pusey
Town
Marshalltown
Georgia
Charleston
W. Va
J. W. Denver
Keifer
Logan
Genesee House
John F. Marsh
Butlerites
Prohibition
Republican Party
Rep. Dem
Douglas and
Keckinrane
Great Northern Road
Meridian
Miss
Glen House
Mount Washington
N. H
Mountain
Granger's
Canton
Walsh, Devon & Co
Holland
Mich
Welland Canal
Island Belle
Gananavas
Ontario
U. S. Revenue
Bibb
Annie Falconer
Charlotte
Tue Funeral Directors’ Association of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Peabody Educations Fund
Anthuny
Russell Young
China
Young
United Kingdom Alliance
Great Britain and Ireland
Neal Dow
Maine
Gordon
Berber
Association For the Protection
Stock Exchange
J. H. Foy
St. Louis
Christian Church
Episcopal Church
Milwaukee
Wee Center
Wwanes
Sram Sens
Evesess
Casey Ees
Mr. Blaine
Indiana
Illinois
Louisiana
Indian
Chamber of Commerce
Burnett House
Columbus
Belva
Washington Telegram
Land Office
the Postal Service
Immigration
Reynard
Eli
Rqorters
Detroit Free Press
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Associaton
Buffalo, N.Y
Queen's Theater
Dublin
Edmund Yates
Truss
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Whitehall
Tres
H. C. Mooney
Astor’a
Philadelpha
Asia
Wellg Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Horsford
Rip van Winkle
Norristown Herald
Haconda Co
New Orleans Picayune
Mases & Hamlin
Mason & Hamlin Company
Alway
Oeton
Gouverneur Herald
Caswell, Hazzard & Co
Myron
Ely
Spencer
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard St
Phila
Josiah Davis
North Middletown, Ky
Henry
Rosext W. Townley
Elizabeth, N. J
Sague Bitters
Fede
Pricely Ash Bitters CO
Jeremian Wulcur
Marion County
Ws. C. Dicors
Bowling Green
Meredith
Wa. A. Gnanam & Co
Zanesville
Mathias Freeman
Tae Luong
Dorre
Lloyd
New York Commercial Advertiser
Jon Bull
Bull
John Bull
Ofice
Mata
Louisville, KY
Alwayy
N.Y
David Kennedy
Rondout
Sir
S. Pepson
Alexander Avenue
Pepson
David Aout
NT Kennedy
Ron
Meetetter
Ream
Hayfever
USA
ELY Brothers, Druggists
Owego, N.Y
Rex
Bighamton
Boz
Jonas
Adiives Jones
Singhartor
Binghamtes
Se. W.G. Kimberly
Bridgeport
Can
Lanenville
Dunstam Wayne, du Page Co
MAS
Pereheron
Alt Ders
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co
Boston
Trmont St
E. 14Th St
Wabash
Guipr
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Lil
Logue Farr
Loomis & Nyman
Cleveland Business College
Oon
JOS. Ballhouse
Superior St
Cheval
Kixesrow & Co
Chica
J. W. Morey
Ee T.paul Red Wing
Albert
Lea
Ferson
Steven
Soni
Og, Me
Chicaco
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Atlantic
Pacific
Blue Island
Auburn
Joliet
Seneca
Peoria
Ottawa
la Salle
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Daven
Max Tine
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Far Des Moines
West Liberty
Iowa City
Avoca
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Center
Gallatin
Trenton
Cameron
Atchison
Great Rock Island
Pullman
Missouri River
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
la Fayette
Canada
A, R, Cable
T & Gen
E. ST. John
Gen
R Ag’t
Payne
Mae Eal Econom
Wre
Penatore
Draggista
Eam
Ada
Siness College
Ue. N. Uy
Apd
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