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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1883
Page
2
A roundup from Newark to the Midwest covers a fatal shooting in Newark involving a nephew, multiple large fire losses in Nashville Amherst Tulare and Morgan's foundry, and July mint output. Reports include a derailed express near North Troy, Western Union relaunch, and a Louisville exposition opening with Arthur present.
A roundup of obituaries and political movements notes General Thomas D. Jones dying in Poughkeepsie from Civil War wounds. Reports cover party conventions in Massachusetts and New York, retirements in Wyoming coal fields, and auditor and treasurer nominees. Also cited are prison reform calls, state senatorial elections in New Hampshire, and presidential travelers en route to Yellowstone.
A man entered houses on Abbey street Dublin on the night of the 31st and seized furniture and articles to make bonfires in celebration of James Carey s death. Effigies of Carey were burned and mock funerals held in several Irish towns.
In the past day Egypt reported 1,598 cholera deaths including 330 in Cairo. Maryland calls a Colored Men's State Convention in Baltimore for September 13 to elect delegates to the Louisville National Convention. San Francisco suffered 30 building fires causing an estimated loss of $300,000. Henry Morgan, a noted actor, died by fire. Boston firm Herry Whittier & Wyman failed for $500,000. Charles W. Clements suspended for the same amount, leaving about a thousand employees out of work. The New Jersey Republican State Committee scheduled a convention for August 19 in Trenton. An oil barrel safely passed through Niagara River rapids. Captain J D Rhodes announces plan to attempt rapids and whirlpool in nine days. In Deep Creek Virginia John R Simmons fatally shot his wife then killed himself. Anthony Thomley’s wife and five-year-old daughter were killed by oncoming trains in Minneapolis, driving him insane. Havana reports 49 Yellow Fever deaths in the prior week. July customs receipts totaled $20,909,290, up $958,653 from 1882. A Barker killed his daughter over marriage in Arkansas. neighbors hanged him. Prof T W Torry died in Louisville. St Louis ignored Sunday law on the 5th. British Columbia fires darken skies with smoke. U S Treasury gold and bullion on hand totals: $202,930,49 in gold, $117,745,459 silver, $28,087,959 fractional silver, and $56,109,970 notes.
A Troy and Boston Railroad accident near Petersburg Junction left six dead and many injured after telegraph operator Johnson failed to keep a flag up for No 1. A second wreck on Southeastern Road to Montreal railed a train near North Troy, killing a Derby woman and critically injuring two others.
The President opened the Southern Exposition at noon amid enthusiasm. A large throng filled the grounds as music and life marked the event. Cabinet members Sheridan Blackburn Bayard and others attended with the Mayor delivering a welcome. The President pressed a cord to start machinery and received a silver fishing reel as a gift. Night illumination showcased the building and annexes with electric lights.
In a Erie area stone quarry Martin McKay uncovered a petrified head of a child. He was offered 100 dollars for the strange fossil artifact.
A dog in Lynchburg Virginia died a few days ago from sunstroke according to local reports, highlighting heat risk for pets in high temperatures.
London reports James Carey informer in Phoenix Park murder cases was killed at Port Elizabeth after being shot on the dock by a passenger named O Donnell aboard the Melrose. O Donnell, soon identified and in custody, followed Carey from Dublin to London. Carey had testified in Dublin in February and was linked to Fenian ranks and the Invincibles.
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