26 Jun 1875
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Newspaper
Eau Claire News
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1875
Page
1
A fragmentary poetic lament translated from German recalls a maiden at rest after happiness. The speaker imagines her peaceful sleep as a shelter from earthly woes, contrasting a motherly care and a shepherdly blessing with visions of a sheltered, dreamlike end. The text blends archaic diction and dreamlike imagery to evoke a delicate, mournful lullaby.
A chaotic tale recounts missionaries seeking to spread the Word among miners in remote lands. Thompson reads a Pentecost pamphlet to a rowdy crowd, sparking jokes and a staged treasure of odd gifts and revolvers.
In a California gold camp, Billy Bent dies after a long knife fight with Judge Brices. The duel drew miners from fifty miles, ending when Bent collapsed from a mortal wound. Mose and the camp rallied to perform last rites as Bent’s friends prayed for his soul.
Reports from Madrid refer to political turmoil and cartist moves while Dublin stores burn with losses exceeding five million. Also noted are indictments of miners in Clearfield, presidential letters, court actions on Tweed, and a string of disasters from storms to earthquakes across the United States with stock and commodity prices quoted in Boston and Philadelphia markets.
The article discusses Louisiana cane and crop prospects along the coast from New Orleans to the Gulf, notes Atlantic cotton mills in Lawrence Massachusetts with 1,230 operatives and 440,000 yards weekly output shutting July 10 and reopening Sept 1, and references broader industrial topics including condensed milk trade with Germany, copper mining in Michigan, and early notes on lac insect industry in India with its dye uses and forms.
A jumble of brief items: camellias with wire‑attached stems sold at Paris markets, a legend about lale Pere Lachaise graves, an Italian proposal for a joint European throne commission,QUE notes on a wooden pipe advertisement and a Swedish cafe charm. English show prize mules, a long travel anecdote through Germany, and a grim leech pond incident in France.
In Sandusky Ohio a eighteen year old girl at the Boise residence foiled a robber in broad daylight. She saw the intruder approach, grabbed a shotgun from inside the house, and forced him to retreat toward the gate. The man fled toward the city while she warned him to run and returned to summon her brothers. Reports in the Sandusky Register describe her brave action as decisive and protective of the family and property.
A Virginia Nevada Chronicle summary notes last night’s Piper’s Opera House performance of Under the Gaslight where Snorkey played by J. Ke Mortimer nearly toppled, with the boat scene ending in chaos as the wheel spins and Snorkey’s legs appear from the water to roaring laughter.
A well-to-do farmer in Boegs County and his neighbors search the countryside after his wife and infant daughter disappear from their home near Marshalville to Fruwick. A large bear had been spotted nearby, intensifying the frantic hunt as daylight wanes.
A Powelton Georgia farm reports a deadly accident as a deep quagmire swallows a man and his family’s hopes. Neighbors and freedmen join a perilous rescue that fails to recover any bodies after sounding dozens of feet deep. The crowd disperses as night falls, and the survivor, Mr Sts, is carried away in anguish.
Mrs Gavett plans a charity box for grasshopper relief, rummaging her closets for usable clothing and goods. She imagines items as fixable and reusable, from coats to boots and dresses, hoping to fill a box the next day. She believes many pieces can be repaired or repurposed, reflecting her thrift and care for the cause.
A foreign contempo rary tale notes how a village in India transported a multi hundred ton mass of metal during engineering work. Unable to move it by ordinary means engineers photographed each step and sent prints to English supervisors who followed the images to complete the transfer. A tender wife then informs her husband of his missing clothes sent to the Kassas.
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