Distressing Tragedy in Derinda A Mother Kills Herself
A frightening scene unfolded yesterday in Derinda when Mrs Herald, said to be troubled by religious concerns, fatally cut her throat before her two daughters aged 15 and 12. The daughters intervened as the mother seized a razor, a coroner’s inquest returned a verdict consistent with the facts, and Mrs Herald, a Scottish native, was described as a kind mother prior to the tragedy.
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The Constitutional Convention at Springfield Eyed for Long Term Work
The piece mocks the Springfield Constitutional Convention for lengthy debates on issues such as miners protection, English language prescriptions, and even the name of God. It notes eight five members paid six dollars a day, six day recess costs and predicts further recesses, while the Chicago Post calls recesses popular and costly. It also references the funding bill for reconstruction, Wall Street views, and concerns over free banking and legal tender. Additional items discuss mine safety improvements in Pennsylvania and Ohio and Governor Wilse Shaffer’s appointment context. Rewards offer of $2000 for Harper’s arrest.
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Terrible Northwest cold spell cripples troops and travelers
A Fort Abercrombie report describes a fierce cold snap with a 45 below zero morning temperature and gale winds on the plains. Soldiers Blake and Wheeler perished after exhaustion, others frozen mid-journey, while a dog team from Fort Rawson found the mail carrier dead. A discharged soldier and companion were found near Twin Lake, and Detroit Tribune notes compositors fined for profane words aiding the poor.
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Four Men Die in Foret Hunting Party Tragedy Report
A survivor recounts a grim tale from near the Canada border where five French Canadian hunters set out for a month in winter. Diptheria strikes one after another. two bodies are buried in snow, wolves devour remains, and the sole survivor trudges toward civilization alone. The narrative, printed with caution, ends as the tale is shared.
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Boston Post
Canada
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River de Loup
Meaning of Coolie and Mandarin in Pigeon English
The New York Herald reprints a New York editorial arguing that coolie and mandarin are not Chinese terms but Pigeon English. It notes coolie means laborer in Bengali and that mandarin derives from Portuguese mandar. Emigrants from China to California are not true coolies but independent emigrants seeking better pay, akin to Irish migrants leaving Connemaught or Munster.
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Gas-fueled explosion bursts Worcester cesspool sidewalk
In Worcester Massachusetts a cesspool overflowed with foul gas Sunday evening, causing a brick sidewalk to burst. Henry Saunders approached the hole with a lantern to inspect when the gas ignited and exploded, singeing his whiskers as a tall flame shot into the air.
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Notable oddities and crimes in a bustling week
A jumble of brief items reports colorfully on a New York club for bald men, J J Wright’s Mississippi judgeship, Tribune dividends, a Waterville woman’s suicide, a Rochester rock slide, a fatal stabbing in Cincinnati, a Jasper county man swallowing a penknife, Prince Arthur’s praised character, a Montana delegate’s printer’s devil past, court room chaos, Bishop Simpson’s vast conversion timeline, a Kansas City pauper nephew, a Kent Conn hen’s long roost, a Sunday wool sawers anecdote, a fair wrapper flirtation, Gen Walker’s Census nomination, and Gray the NY bank swindler allegedly abroad with counterfeit tools found at a hotel.
Fragmented 19th century clippings on religion, travel and crime
A jumble of excerpts covers Bible authorship harmony, a soldier’s suicide over dinner deprivation, a Massachusetts hymn book note on Hulburt, Henry Chauncey’s steerage crowd, a California coin drill method, and Jim Fisk testimony about a political money scandal involving Mrs Grant and a cited letter, reflecting period press miscellany.
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