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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1896
Page
4
Treasury announces sealed bids for one hundred million dollars of United States 4 per cent coupon or registered bonds. Bonds dated February 1 1895 payable in coin 30 years hence, issued in denominations of fifty dollars and multiples. Interest at 4 per cent quarterly in coin with option for early redemption.
Utah becomes the forty fifth state, celebrated with a formal inauguration in Salt Lake City. The day featured a public holiday, a Fort Douglass cannon salute, a 500 strong Utah National Guard parade, and ceremonies at the tabernacle led by Wilford Woodruff with Mormon leadership in attendance.
The Yorkshire Bull Run estate covering six hundred acres in Prince William and Fairfax Counties, Virginia, was sold at Fairfax County court house. Prices averaged six dollars an acre on the Prince William side and three dollars on the other, with bids from three to twenty five dollars. The Prince William portion went to Dr. C. M. Bennett of Washington. The rest sold to diverse buyers amid years of litigation and uncertain future use.
The Treasury announces public sale of four percent gold bonds payable in gold coin or gold certificates. Buyers may pay 20 percent on acceptance and 20 percent every ten days, with full payment by the final installment. Delivery expected by February 15, 1896, with option to issue additional bonds if authorized before February 9, 1896. Notices to be sent to federal treasuries.
De. Leonard Jucket, longtime Elgin resident and former Chicago settler, died at 74. He possessed the press that printed Chicago's first legal document, a 9 by 11 frame. The press traveled from the East via Michigan City and Chicago to Bt. Charles with Mr. Castle of Elgin.
The article notes the reading of the President's proclamation and the oath of office administered at a special 2 p.m. session called by the Legislature to set a time for the regular session. Gov Wells delivers an inaugural address as the audience sings America and a benediction follows.
Insurgents have gained the upper hand across Cuba except Havana, with Maximo Gomez’s forces swelling as volunteers join and they capture horses rifles and artillery. Spanish command under Martinez de Campos shows limited ability to halt the advance as telegraph links are severed and Havana fears a western approach. The mood in Havana reflects rising discontent over the war.
A valley near Old Hampshire Furnace known as Rattlesnake Hollow hosts a mass invasion of rattlesnakes. Residents dig a trench and ignite a wall of fire across the mouth to drive the snakes into the trench where they are crushed and buried. Officials predict the area will be free of serpents for many years.
General Lee told a Charlottavile Chronicle reporter an amusing anecdote at the Confederate reunion in Craig county. An old veteran named Sam, who served throughout the war, spoke with the general and answered his questions with notable wit about where he saw the bent time during the conflict, replying I ran as soon as the thing began at Chickamauga.
In a lively exchange General Lee questions Sam about choosing a path in a hot battle. Sam jokes he chose the safest spot by “skipping for de place de Generils was,” and Lee laughs at the wit.
The honey bird, a small gray passerine, guides travelers by flight and calls, leading them through trees to nests containing honey. Natives honor the bird by reserving portions of honey, though the birds’ behavior remains intriguing and unexplained.
The article describes beggar associations in Russia where villages form large camps after harvest. Groups split into parties to cover distant villages, reuniting at eight each night to perform and share all proceeds. They allocate the disabled and blind to parts of the distribution and travel 200 to 300 miles on tours.
An apple tree on L Bor den’s farm near Sardinia Ohio yields a five bushel crop this year with fruit resembling hickory nuts in shape and size before husking. The unusual change puzzles boriculture students as tannic taste is detected when bitten. the query asks if the strange production is a hybrid or natural variation.
The article discusses a belief among Chinese that Western doctors use the eyes brains and hearts of infants in medicines. It notes the similarity to Hindu notions and cites Chinese law books showing belief in witchcraft and the use of body parts in remedies, comparing to practices in eighteenth century America.
A mother who raised three preacher sons defends her strict upbringing. One son challenges her, and she replies that her sons must be proven preachers before heeding such critique. London bears forty two percent of the income tax burden in England and Wales.
A Western man recounts a New York Sun story about a mouse that fell four feet nine inches deep into a hole twenty inches wide. The creature dug a precise spiral tunnel over four weeks, paused to rest, faced a rock, then redirected and emerged at the top, unseen until its escape.
Popular Rock Island cards are selling fast at 10 cents per pack. Order five packs for 50 cents and have them sent by express with charges paid. Single packs mailed postpaid. Add 2 cents per pack for an engraved whist rules insert. Address MO. Sebastian, G P A, Chicago.
The article notes rubber trees yield for twenty years and average three spoonfuls daily. It counts 43 000 trees on a land tract thirty miles long by eight wide. It also mentions cures and remedies for catarrh and bronchial issues, and warns about disturbances after bull fighting bans in southern France.
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