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Newspaper
Fort Smith Elevator
Location
Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1884
Page
2
The readable fragment references the presidential ticket with GhooY Fr. Cleveland of New York and Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana as candidates. The text suggests a historical party or ticket context without full details.
The text lists presidential electors by district and a few names such as H. F. Thompson E. Riddick Segend and M. M. Dutile. It also notes a claim of starving Indigenous people in Montana and reports a Hereford cattle sale where a bull fetched 19959 dollars. The mix shows election references, famine claims, and a high priced livestock sale.
George Murphy, a young boy, accidentally fired a gun and killed the wife of Thomas Clayton, a Decatur merchant, in Dallas Texas.
On Saturday near Greeley Colorado a circus train car with sixty men asleep caught fire and burned. Ten or more occupants died from burns and smoke while others escaped. The tragedy highlights dangers faced by traveling circuses in the era.
Chief Justice F E H English of the Arkansas Supreme bench died Monday in Ashville North Carolina where he was visiting. He was 68 years old.
The latest 1834 US wheat production estimate shows a yield far exceeding the average in both size and quality with a total production surpassing 330 million bushels. The figure highlights a unusually strong crop year and favorable growing conditions across major growing regions.
Cleveland and Hendricks campaign clubs are organized under the National Anti Monopoly Club of New York in every assembly district across the state, coordinating political activity and forming local units.
Fire last week destroyed the sheds of the Northern Pacific air compressor at Ainsworth W T and the pumps used in constructing the Snake River bridge. Loss about 50 thousand dollars.
The Canadian Government will at once widen the Welland Canal from twelve to fourteen feet. The project will cost $1,000,000 and is slated for completion by July 1886.
Mr Pakekiss of Toronto Kas shipped forty ears of corn to St Louis for exhibition at the Fair. Each ear measured 1614 inches and the ears weighed 60 pounds, marking it as the largest corn ever raised in America.
The Tredway Rifles won first prize at the Louisville drill last week, with the Montgomery Grays taking second and the Indianapolis Light Infantry third. Prizes were $3,000, $1,000 and $500.
Tammany Hall has openly avowed for Cleveland and Hendricks with arrangements made for a large ratification. A meeting to ratify is expected to mesh a crowd of about 35 000 people.
One of New York City’s largest political meetings was held on Friday at the Academy of Music. About 700 fighting citizens gathered to assure Cleveland that the Irish American element intends to stand firm by their Democratic faith.
Senator Mahone demanded ten thousand dollars from the Republican National Committee for Virginia and was refused. He grew despondent and wrote to the committee secretary alleging Democrats were freely contributing and warning that without at least ten thousand the lost plain might follow.
The Fort Smith Democrats swept the county in a quiet yet spirited election with a record turnout. Williams gained 887 votes after 106 in the primary, while Republicans failed to meet expectations. details show Dems increasing sheriff votes and city-township margins, with license held by most towns except Dayton and Prairie.
The Democratic ticket leads in Wheel county and White county likely as Nevada county elects a full Democratic slate except for clerk for the first time since 1878. Pulaski county shows expected Democratic wins though returns are incomplete. A shooting at Hickory township polls wounds a bystander Hicks. The Democratic state ticket secures a handsome majority.
The Pine Bluff cotton compress is nearing completion while Helena reports its first bale of a new cotton. Little Rock will install steel rails on the new street railway and Paris Logan court opens next Monday. The state insane asylum treats 240 patients amidst other local incidents.
The article examines John Payne and his Oklahoma colony, denying land title profiteering and detailing fees paid by members. It describes Payne’s finances, the Rock Falls and Staffordsville charters, and a pending Topeka court action. It also covers arrests at Rock Falls, military occupation, property seizures, and a critique of military authority versus civil law.
Martin W B Osborne and his son Shelton were arrested last week in Nevada county by U S Marshal Faulkinbury after a lively tussle. They were taken to Little Rock and discharged after examination, their first city visit marked by wonder and alarm.
An advertisement touts Dr Biggers Southern Remedy as a panacea for bowel troubles loss of sleep and illness caused by teething. It promotes Taylor's Cherokee Remedy for croup whooping cough colds and consumption as part of a home medicine chest.
A notice outlines a tax sale proceeding in Prairie County Arkansas involving unpaid taxes. It mentions dates, districts and authorities, with bids and penalties referenced and a demand for compliance and payment to avoid sale or legal action.
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