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Newspaper

Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1882

Page

2

Weather, crops, and crimes in the news of week

A snow storm hit Leadville Colorado on the 29th. Illinois reports a 1882 oat crop of 99 275 380 bushels, the largest on record. Yellow fever cases rise in Brownsville and Pensacola. a hotel fire at Old Orchard Beach injures guests.

Leadville Col Ilinois Department of Agriculture Little Falls N. Y Chicago New York East Saginaw Mich United States Liverpool Fort Concho Tex Commercial Journal Cincinnati Secret Service Raynor Brownsville Pensacola Fla Brunswick Pleasant House Central Hall Old Orchard Beach Richmond Cruamiler Niagara Falls Baltimore New York Stock Exchange Englewood Rocky Mountain Colorado New Mexico Yellowstone Park L. D. Ross Kansas City Lst Missouri Pacific Union Pacific Treasury Point Isabel Matamoras Arbanbahm Porto Rico Boston Little Rock Ist Paris Ark Edward Schwerzman

Political party slate affirms nominees across states

Personal and political notes list Republican candidates Payson Isaac Stephenson Updegraff renominated in Wisconsin Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania and Michigan while Democratic Ermentrout Greenback Yaple and Virginia Libby are noted with district and state designations.

Mason Aderal-Swaim Tur West Virginia Nathan Goff, Jr Mississippi John R. Lynch Wisconsin C. M. Butt Isaac Stephenson Iowa Moses A. McCord A. J. Holmes Indiana Godlove Orth William H. Calkins Illinois William R. Morrison Virginia W. A. Reece J. R. Tucker Louisiana J. Floyd King Kansas Nelson V. Ayers Alabama H. A. Herbert Thomas Williams Luke Pryor Missouri Richard P. Bland Greenback Michigan H. C. Hodge Pennsylvania Greenback State Central Committee William Howard Philadelphia A. V. Powderly W. J. Terrill William Heilman George C. Carbell Thomas B. Ward J. W. Freeland W. H. M. Pusey Minnesota C. E. Powell North Carolina Tyre York H. W. Hatch Georgia Seaborn Reese E. B. Winans Nathaniel Session Chicago John Brown Utah Emporia George W. Lick Frank Boem Charles E. Gifford W. R. Broa General Hayden D. E. Loutz C. A. Leland John O’flanigan Martin van Buren Bennet Washington President Garfield National Capital Flipper United States Army Texas The Ist Guitedu Army Medical Museum Guiteau California Sacramento M. M. Estee A. R. Conklin Supreme Court John Hunt C. Dennison Horace F. Page John de Haven W. W. Morrow Henry Edgerton William O. Webster Tennessee G. G. Dibrell C. M. Blackman G. W. Jones Lewis E. Payson Ohio J. T. Updegraff Daniel Ermentrout George L. Yaple Lllinois W. H. Mitchell Coulition Henry Libby

Cholera, storms, and political unrest reported abroad

News from Alexandria to Pesth, Manila, Cork, and Ireland details a cholera outbreak aboard a vessel, a severe hail storm destroying vineyards and farms near Pesth, Prince Leopold’s illness in Britain, Manila's daily cholera deaths, Irish constabulary dismissals and petitions, Cork demanding Grey's release, Italy resuming specie payments, Texas fever deaths at Niagara Falls, Jeannette survivor Enginist Mexville leaving Paris, Greek troop concentration at the Turkish border, and a Great Britain cable venture capital figure with a Canadian Pacific rail incident near Montreal.

Alexandria Hungary Pesth Leopold Queen Victoria Manila Philippine Islands Irish Constabulary Corporation of Cork Ireland FE. Dwyer Grey Italy Niagara Falls Dominion Mexville Jeannette Paris United States Great Britain Montreal Ottawa

Arabs Repulsed at Kassasin in Egyptian War Actions

On the evening of the 28th Arabs under Arabi Pasha attacked the British at Kassasin and were repulsed with heavy loss. British casualties reported at 120. dispatches note Turkish and British co operation, siege train movements, and arabi’s growing influence in El Arish and Ismailia area.

Arabi Pasha Kassasin Alexandria Sultan Pasha Port Said Turkey England London Woolwich Arsenal Hawley Ismailia Arabi Ramleh el Arish Sato Egypt Arabi Bey Wolseley Carro

Arabi Pasha threats loom as British shell forces near Suez

Reports say Arabi Pasha formed a camp threatening the Suez Canal with Egyptian rebel forces. General Wolseley hinted at crushing the uprising in a single strike while the Minotaur bombarded troops near Ramieh and Aboukir.

Arabi Pasha Suez Canal Wolseley Minotaur Ramieh Aboukir Ismailia Brownsville Tex Matamoros Maprio Spain Manila Greece Turkey Pittsburgh Bigelow Mason Washington Swaim Alaska New York Queenstown Ohio Sylvester T. Everett California Paul Neuman Woods Michigan H. H.hatch Dlouisiana Albert ©. Janin Mexico George Green Onle

British Cavalry Triumph at Kassassin Amid Egyptian Assaults

General Graham repelled a major Egyptian attack near Kassassin as British cavalry including the Life Guards and Seventh Dragoons charged to lift the siege. The pursuit drove Arabi Pasha’s forces toward Tel-el-Kebir, with heavy Egyptian losses and several wounded. Cairo reports note scarce troops remain, and communications link to Mahuta via telegraph and helioscope.

Wolseley Fron Tsmaitia Graham Mahsameh Lide Life Guards Horse Guards Seventh Dragoons Nineteenth Hussars Kassassin Stewart Russell Lowe Arabi Dragoon Guards Tel-el-Kebir Kassassin Lock Arabi Pasha Kafr-el-Dwar Tel-el- Kebir Guards Cairo Mahuta

Illinois State News Digest From 1882 Illinois Reports

Illinois weather events fires and accidents with damages from McLean and surrounding counties. Storms lightnings and gas well ignition at Arrowsmith Bloomington and Danvers. Rail wreck near Duquoin kills fireman and injures engineer while delaying passenger service. Population and agricultural stats for Cook County farms and wheat yield cited.

George Silsbee Thomas Jordan United States Army Bloomington Chicago Illinois Young Men’s Christian Associations Jacksonville McLean County Arrowsmith Thomas W. Maurice Joseph Minor Farmer City David Maberry M. L. Eubanks Danvers Wallace Johnson South Hill Cairo Duquoin Cook County Illinois Monmouth Charles Willets Joseph Rugg Homer James George Chenoweth Chicago & Alton Gideon Kauffman Indianapolis & St. Louis Windsor Central Illinois Springfield Rock Island Moline Peoria Pekin Fred Gehring Charles Fehr Adolph Wolff Henry Mueller Gustav Wendlandt Frederick Rindesbacher Daviess County Stockton Township State Board of Agriculture Jacob Ingold Meadows Thad W. Chenery Jayne Mount Pulaski John Roach Ienry Firey Edinburg Christian Couty Rodney Pellet G. P. Rollins Warren John P. Reynolds Gra P. Bird Price Cullom Stanford Tribune Stanford 8. B. Wright

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