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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1882
Page
2
News from the week reports a snow storm in northern Minnesota on the morning of the 17th. Mormon elders depart Salt Lake for missions in the South and Europe. A Pennsylvania homestead near Kennett Square sells for 14 050 dollars. A Knoxville suicide follows dismissal from an orchestra. An essay of events includes forgeries in Boston, a defaulter in Galveston, rail accidents, and public notices across the country.
Nominations announced on the 18th include Republicans selecting Coe, Blake, Robinson, Thompson, Post and Greenbacker Markham in New York. Prohibitionist Allen in New Jersey. and others in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The Tus Liquor Dealers and Manufacturers' National Convention in Milwaukee condemned Prohibition as fanaticism.
The Irish National Conference opened in Dublin on the 17th with about eight hundred delegates. Parnell and Davitt received wild cheers as Parnell chaired. A letter from Treasurer Egan announced his Paris resignation and £244,820 funds moved, £7,000 remaining. a vote of confidence passed and letters from the United States were read. The plan for an Irish National League was adopted.
Tax failure announced by A and C J Hope Montreal and Hamilton with liabilities of 500 000. Reports to Canada indicate Indian uprising on Caradoc reserve Northwest Territories. Memorial services for George P Marsh US Minister to Italy. Tunisian chiefs offer to return to Tunis to submit to the French. Niger Senegal railroad planned by French engineers and laborers with forts. Campoteneni and Co Parma bankers fail for 600 000. Fourteen crew drowned in City of Antwerp collision with Constantia in English Channel. Benjamin Legault sues sister over marriage. Insanity case in Montreal escalates to flight from hospital. Egyptian minister Arabi Pasha may be defended by foreign counsel. Mexican customs officers battle smugglers near Lampasas. four killed, four captured. Irish National League address urges tenant unity to oppose landlords. Overdank Austrian bomb maker sentenced to death. H M Stanley notes De Brazza betrayal in Africa. Rica gold mines discovered in Guatemala. Returned Egyptian troops arrive London. army size 11 000. cost 36 000 per year. Baker Pasha proposes mixed British-Egyptian officers. gendarmery Egyptian. Lena Delta harbor expedition party in Irkutsk reports all well. fate of Lieut Chipps unknown.
A six day pedestrian contest began at Madison Square Garden New York at midnight on the 2d. A floor collapse at Hanley England wounded many Salvation Army members. a freight yard collision in North Adams Massachusetts injured thirty three with eight deaths. Admiral Hugh Young Purviance of Baltimore died on the 21st. The Guiteau family sanity questioned in Cook County Illinois. Friends mark William Penn anniversary in Chester Pennsylvania. Yellow fever in Pensacola Florida reports 1970 cases 162 deaths with 52 new cases and one death on the 22nd. Insurance downsizing Manhattan to Phenix Brooklyn. French brigantine Mary Anne from St Domingo quarantined below Norfolk with deaths of crew. Nine hundred twenty five words.
A fatal shooting at the Mechanics Bank district in Knoxville leaves General Joseph A Mabry Major Thomas O Connor and Joseph A Mabry Jr dead after a long running feud over property. The melee follows Mabry attacking O Connor at a fairgrounds and Mabry firing from a street then O Connor returning fire. By two minutes later all three men are dead with several bystanders wounded. The bloodshed caps a sequence linking previous mob violence and a prior acquittal in a separate murder.
Arabi Pasha states he and his officers tried to curb Egyptian anger after the Alexandria bombardment. He blames the British fleet for provoking violence against Christians and asserts he acted loyally to the Sultan and Khedive while denying rebellion.
Washington October 20 Commissioner Marble submits annual Patent Office report. Fiscal year totals show 30062 applications including patents marks and labels with 17713 patents granted and 1709 trade marks registered. Receipts 930864 expenditures 51719 leaving a surplus 279145.
The General Lands Office annual report shows public land disposals totaling 14,308,126.50 acres with Indian lands contributing 10,386.18 acres and receipts of 8,392,048.24 dollars. It notes a repeal of the Pre-emption law to aid economy and reduce fraud, cites survey totals up to 1882, and discusses railroad land forfeiture issues and proposed penalties for unlawful inclosures. Commissioner MacFarland also requests 458,940 dollars for next year including 3,000 for an Assistant Commissioner.
An American traveler in Montreal paid a waiter with a silver dollar. The waiter questioned the coin's value and offered to accept it only at ninety-two cents, requesting eight more cents as a tip. The exchange highlights currency and tipping quirks abroad.
The note suggests a couple could spend a Newport season for about 7000 dollars if they economize on dress. It claims thousands have avoided the trip fearing costs near 20000 dollars and hints at a rush next summer.
A small black terrier in Americus Georgia left home and friends to join a herd of goats. He sleeps with the goats and participates in their rambles, trying to fit in with his new companions.
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