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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1883
Page
8
Washington January 8. The Agricultural Department Statistician J R Dodge has completed the compilation of crop statistics for 1882 to accompany the Commissioner Loring's annual report. The exhibit includes wheat and corn production and yields for 1879 and 1881 with estimates corrected for publication.
Mercantile agency reports 1882 failures in the United States total 6 738 with liabilities of 101 million dollars and 787 in Canada with 5.5 million. ratios show one trader failure per 22 engaged in trade. Abridge of figures notes various regional totals and historic comparisons. Canada also plans a Niagara River bridge project for completion by September 1, 1833.
In Randolph County near oultersville an explosion in the Jones and Nesbitt coal mine killed ten of twelve workers. Foreman Mason and a boy named Starr survived. Fire damp ignition from blasting coal caused the blast. rescue attempts failed due to foul air and dense smoke.
The Northern Illinois Breeders' Association met in Elgin with President Peck praising merino breeders and noting profits similar to prior years. Officers elected: President George F. E. Peck, Vice Presidents F. E. Day and Isaac Haish, Secretary Treasurer W. C. Vandercook. Next meeting set for Woodstock.
A bankruptcy style notice reports R Cramp ton & Co Rock Island wholesale stationery firm facing a debt filing of forty one thousand dollars. The item appears among a list of varied legal actions and governance notes from the Illinois scene.
A Cleveland inventor patents a one piece wood pulp barrel formed in an iron cylinder. The device spins in two perpendicular directions at about one hundred rpm to press water out and shape the barrel, then air pressure and heat finish the curing process before market.
A collection of humorous anecdotes and quips from various sources. Jocular reports include a mock guide on washing a baby with water only, a near-miss in a Boston area household, a balloon fatality joke, a boy on a train begging for a peanut, and a witty exchange about Des Moines correspondents.
Various brief items note Bishop Ireland forbidding Catholics in his diocese to run saloons in St. Paul, Bancroft expected to preside at a local academy centennial in New Hampshire, and other short mentions. Samuel Reed learns of his wife’s illness and dies from the shock. The Long Branch Methodist Church receives a new organ. Captain Mayne Reid’s Herefordshire farm, Mark Twain’s ignored letter, Dr. Peters’ sidereal charts, and a former bank cashier Alfred McMillan’s tragic end in Kansas City are briefly reported.
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