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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1889
Page
2
A compact roundup of recent wire reports covers accidents and crimes, political shifts, religious notes, commercial updates, and crop conditions. It weaves minor civic affairs with major events, presenting a broad snapshot of daily happenings.
Dun and Co reports last week showed undisturbed trade despite monetary pressure with overall improvement. Wheat speculation broke with New York sales at 1,000,000 bushels. cotton at 310,000 bales. coffee 204,000 bags. oil prices fell. imports and exports favored by November totals. rail traffic east-bound reached record 113,000 tons. bankruptcies 209 versus prior weeks. year-end confidence remains high.
Prado the Mexican murderer of Marie Aguetant, executed at Place de la Roquette in Paris. About two hundred witnesses observed a rapid, orderly death as guards pinned his arms and the blade severed his head, ending the mystery of his life.
Eisen Browning and his wife, long-time Bartholomew County citizens aged 88 and 82, died within hours of each other after Mrs Browning fell ill and her husband reportedly died of grief. The couple had been married over sixty years.
The Florences conclude a successful two weeks at McVicker's this week. Following them, the new production A Dark Secret will open after a complete revision. Miss Helen Barry, noted English actress, is added to McVicker's engagements with a repertoire of standard plays.
Paul Combs, a Maryland Agricultural College faculty member, drowned while docking at Breton's Bay near Leonardtown Md. His mother witnessed the accident from shore, but fainted and could not help.
Henry Remaley of Murraysville Pa gas well fame sues Pew Emerson Company and Penn Fuel Company in Pittsburgh for 100000 total damages over gas taken from his lands in Murrrysville gas fields. He claims leases from 1876 and 1877 cover gas ownership, alleges forgery and fraud to cover a preexisting well, and cites a past murder tied to lease disputes. The case follows Remaley and Weston’s prior joint indictment over the Haymaker killing and Weston’s recent release.
Indianapolis report previews Gen. Harrison shaping a historical inaugural. The address will review national development since Washington and examine issues before Congress, including tariff, territorial admission, and internal improvements, setting the stage for his forthcoming message.
The Arlingston Hotel in Washington and the Willard's Hotel will host Gen. Harrison and his party before and during the inauguration next March. The party includes Gen. Harrison, his wife, Russell Harrison and wife, J R McKee and family, ex Senator Saunders of Nebraska and wife, E W Halford and family. They arrive about a week before the ceremony and will be served privately, with a Willard's viewing parlor reserved for the procession. President-elect Harrison will be escorted to the Capitol by President Cleveland per precedent.
Cora Bell Fellows-Chaska, mother of a bouncing boy, and her husband have left Swift Bird camp Dakota for an agency cottage. Chaska, once aligned withold circle, now appears well dressed and distant from past cronies. Mrs Chaska’s East visit sparked changes as she works to support her family amid agency offers and a $300 loan secured by her horses.
A Lima Ohio teamster named John Pearman suffered a severe eye injury when his oxen fell into a rut while drawing a heavy load. The incident occurred as he attempted to free the team, detailing a singular accident with reported but limited aftermath.
A man attempted to beat an animal with a whip in a brutal display. The lash wrapped around his head and struck his right eye, driving it into the head and causing a severe wound likely to cause the eye’s loss.
A serious near Tripp Dakota riot between Russian Mennonites and Americans left two Johnson brothers wounded as bystanders. A Russian named Mayor was stabbed and used a neck yoke to fatally injure Charles Johnson. George Johnston suffered a broken arm while several Russians were cut with knives. The Americans withdrew.
An English postcard traveled around the world in seventy five days, sent by a London gentleman on Oct 10 to a friend in Hong Kong via the United States and Yokohama. It reached Hong Kong on Nov 23, redirected to Brindisi, dispatched Nov 25, and arrived back with the original owner in seventy five days for three half-pence.
A New Orleans dispatch states the steamer Hanna burned at Plaquemine Louisiana resulted in twenty four deaths. Four or five of the injured in hospital are expected to die including Givens a sailor admired for heroism. He is horribly burned with loss of nose eyes and left arm and severe burns to the left side and leg.
A Harrisburg Virginia house where Black residents were celebrating was blown up with hazardous material. Several partygoers were fatally injured and others were harmed in the blast. Local authorities investigated the incident and notified relatives.
David Carll the noted City Island shipbuilder died of apoplexy at his Logg Island Florida plant near Crescent City. He moved with brother Jesse from New York in 1861, establishing a City Island yard. Carll was famed for three masted schooners for Thebaud Co and built the yacht Resolute for A. S. Hatch and the Atalanta for William Astor.
At Lincoln Nebraska John Fitzgerald on behalf of himself and other Fitzgerald Mallory Construction Co stockholders filed suit against the Northern Pacific Railway and the Construction Co for an accounting seeking 1 5 million The bill alleges frauds and illegal acts by Jay Gould and others.
A blaze in New Cumberland West Virginia consumed two stores four dwellings an ice house a barber shop and two stables with additional homes damaged. The total loss reached about 15000 dollars and was fully insured.
Prince Eugene of Savoie-Carignan dies in Turin at 72. He served as an admiral in the Italian navy.
The John H Hanna river boat burned to the water edge near Placquemine, killing at least twenty five. Victims perished aboard and in the river or mud while attempting to reach shore. Fire spread rapidly through cotton laden decks. Captain Jones steered to shore but the hull burned away leaving only debris and burning cotton.
Special correspondence from Whatcom County Washington Territory describes vast farming lands and rich resources in the 1834 perspective. It highlights forests large timber yields eight to twelve million feet per quarter section, coal beds, sandstone, and the Chuckanut quarry near Bellingham Bay. The piece notes Blaine as the northernmost town, Whatcom as county seat, and rail plans linking Northern and Canadian Pacific lines, with four towns expected to merge and a growing harbor economy.
A traveling man questions a debtor about paying what is owed. The debtor reasons that paying now would just lead to borrowing again and possibly not paying next time, concluding the debtor is safer delaying payment. The exchange ends with cautious words about future settlements.
Dialogue recounts a banquet where Jinks refuses to drink to Greatman's health and Winks insults him. Greatman asks for a water toast, provoking humor about water versus alcohol in the exchange reported by New York Weekly.
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