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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1888
Page
6
There will be another attempt to build a railroad through the Euphrates valley despite many prior failures. The plan seeks to overcome previous obstacles and revive construction efforts in the region.
Former Senator Mitchell of Pennsylvania is actively campaigning to obtain the nomination for Common Pleas Judge in his district. He seeks support from local voters and party leaders ahead of the upcoming primary.
Over seven years England reduced cultivation by more than two hundred thousand acres, costing landowners and farmers around £300 million. Meanwhile New York City elevated and surface railways carried 358,538,198 passengers last year, earning over $17 million in 5-cent fares, with profits after expenses near $8 million.
Duartes F. Dopne of New York and Thomas W. Chastaine of Virginia were expelled from Yale after a poker game in which the prize was the right to court a New Haven heiress.
BisHop Porter stated that his first work in a large New York dry-goods jobber's store gave him insight into human nature and the business sinner, lessons not taught in divinity schools.
The total murders in the country for the past year were 2 335 according to telegraph reports, compared with 1499 in 1886 and prior years. The causes of these murders may be classified as follows.
A compiled list shows former Con ress members joining the silent majority in 1857. Names span multiple states including Johns Michigan, Aaron Shaw Illinois, James Jackson Georgia, Edward Breitung Michigan, R K H Cain South Carolina, Aaron A Sargent California, Joseph H Rainey South Carolina, and Ebber B Washburne Illinois, among others.
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll delivers a memorial tribute in Washington for Mrs. Sp wallixe Knowles wife of Hon Howard Knowles late United States Collector at Peoria. The speech lauds her gentleness faithfulness and fortitude and expresses consolation in her eternal peace.
The year saw 79 legal executions, fewer than in 1886 and well below earlier years, while murder rates climbed. States reporting executions include Alabama two, Arkansas eleven, California six, Florida one, Georgia five, Illinois four, Iowa one, Kansas one, Kentucky four, Louisiana two, Maryland one, Massachusetts one, Mississippi one, Missouri four, Nebraska two, New York two, New Jersey one, North Carolina two, Ohio two, Pennsylvania one, South Carolina five, Tennessee one, Texas three, Virginia three, Arizona one, Montana two, New Mexico two, Utah one, and Indian Territory three. All executed were male except one, totaling about 30 unknown entrants.
A Washington correspondent recalls Evarts recounting Washington lore at Mount Vernon. The exchange includes a remark about Washington throwing a dollar across the Rappahannock and Coleridge noting the river’s width, followed by Evarts’ wittier line about throwing a sovereign across a sea. The anecdote closes with praise for the quip.
The record shows 15,373 Chicago deaths in 1887 from a estimated population of 760,000, yielding a death rate of 20.23 per 1,000, higher than 1886. A comparison table lists Philadelphia 20.34 Cincinnati 18.83 New Orleans 26.62 San Francisco 19.80 Washington 23.49 Baltimore 20.57 Milwaukee 19.07 and Chicago’s rate for 1884 against world cities.
A narrator recalls a sudden New Mexican sand storm that swallowed hills and mesas in a gray dust cloud. The white glare replaced the blue sky as a black wall of dust advanced, sweeping away fields, sagebrush, and even household items. The storm lasted about thirty minutes with dust lingering after.
The article recalls ancient and medieval elephants in warfare and royal courts. It notes Pliny on training feats, Louis IX sending an African elephant to Henry III, and an English king receiving an elephant from Spain with high upkeep costs and strict confinement, concluding the animal did not live long.
A Cape man Benjamin C- and his freckled grandson Benny trap a barn full of rats. Benny demands the $40 owed for catching them and topples a molasses barrel to release a rat swarm that spooks the old man into a frantic, high‑to‑low chase.
A compact aphorism notes that small acts of fidelity shape character and pave paths to larger achievement. It emphasizes consistent attention to detail as foundational to success and recognition.
Bill Nye reports on a new operetta The Singed Cat with music by Nye and a mystery co composer. The piece features a grand school chorus a melodramatic seminary fire rescue and a comically mixed troupe of performers. The review notes strong orchestra humor and lively stage business but criticizes the absence of a coherent plot.
A traveler recounts wandering through a vast Mexican forest with his wife only to emerge onto a sunlit plain near a ranch. They encounter a primitive sugar mill, share panela with a local boy, and are welcomed by relieved villagers who affectionately greet the traveler’s wife with tender nicknames.
A judge questions a Chinaman on the meaning of an oath while on the witness stand. The man replies in broken English and then the counselor explains that swearing is a sworn statement. The scene reflects courtroom language and miscommunication.
A huge flock of chimney sweeps roosted in John A. Butts's chimney in Thomaston Georgia. He covered the chimney with a board then replaced it with a bag and found 567 birds imprisoned inside the bag the next morning.
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