Four Thousand Burials and Oddities Across Cities
A collage of notes reports New Yorks Potter field burials. a 67 year old woman mother of twelve elopes from Clinton with a 21 year old. July Fourth revelry in Fall River. tobacco exports from Petersburgh. arsenic shipments to San Joaquin valley. Leadville Denver Omaha Atlanta top natural sites. a Charleston inventor's dancing knob for belts. Cuba signs taxed. a sugar mite study. celluloid teeth mishap in Pittsburgh. Oxford finances drainage works sixpence. German spirits consumption rises. Prussian rail expansion with state funding and detailed costs. Vesuvius crater described with luminous color and terror.
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Potter's Field
New York City
Clinton
Can
Seldicente
Fall River
Mass
Petersburgh
San Joaquin Valley
California
Leadville
Denver
Omaha
Atlanta
Charleston
S. C
Cuba
Adam
New York
Pittsburch
University of Oxford
London
Rankfort
Germany
Prussia
P Corerenentes
Edinburgh Scotsman
Vesuvius
Grant's Mountain Funeral Rites Begin on Saratoga Summit
On August 4 at the eastern lookout the mounting artillery fired to signal Gen. Grant's last day on the mountain. Soldiers broke camp as tents disappeared and a funeral train prepared to carry the general’s remains to Saratoga. Up to a thousand gathered for services at 10 a.m. with Psalm 90 and Rev. Bishop Harris delivering the sermon.
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Mr. McGregor
N. Y
Saratoga
Grant Cottage
Hancock
Bishop Harris
Newman
Georgia Lynching Near Bainbridge Shocks Decatur County
A mob of 50 to 60 masked men surrounded the Decatur county jail at 2 a.m. and hanged Thomas M. Brantly Jr. after forcing entry. Brantly, accused of brutal assaults on his wife, was swung from a tree and shot as he hung, with the corpse found at eight o’clock. Brantly had moved to Bainbridge and married a widow. his violent cruelty, including severe beatings, led to his arrest and mob action.
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Bainbridge
Decatur County
Georgia
Thomas M. Brantly, Jr
Draper
Brantly
Brantley
O'Neal
Lampasas Jubilant Over Coal Discovery
Lampasas Texas celebrates a large coal vein found within three miles of town. Land near the vein is secured by Hon C Cook E Arnold J J Stacey and Geo L Franklin representing the company. Coal is bituminous sulfur free and superior to Texas bets. development moves fast under Mr Franklin with top mining experts.
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Lampasas
T C. Cook
E. Arnold
J. J. Stacey
Geo. L. Franklin
Texas
McAllister
Franklin
Lampasas County
Fatal Rail Accident Near Ranger Kills Two Men
On the Texas and Pacific line one mile west of Ranger Wesley Rugh and J D Smith were run over and killed while a track walker George Estes was badly bruised. The two deceased were young men and sons of widows. They reportedly stopped to drink after leaving Ranger and lay on the track. An inquest returned an accidental killing verdict.
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Texas & Pacific
Ranger
Wesley Rugh
J. D. Smith
George Estes
Wesley
Rugh
Estes
Churchill Orchestrates Tory Rile as Press Attacks Grow
The London Standard accuses Lord Randolph Churchill of blundering and overrating himself as the Conservative party faces internal alarm after the Liverpool incident. It warns government disavowal is needed or risk stronger opposition and government humiliation. Churchill is labeled an overgrown schoolboy lacking statesmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Standard
Lord Randolph Churchill
Liverpool
Churchill
Earl Spencer
Ireland
Randolph Churchill
Marquis of Salisbury
Joseph Chamberlain
Lawsuit Filed Over Galveston Tremont Windsor Killings
Joshua Jones and others sue Windsor at Dallas and Tremonty at Galveston for 10500 in damages after Anderson Jones was killed during expulsion from the Tremont hotel last May. Mary Elizabeth Cross amends by dropping Tremont and Grand Windsor suits and adds damages against Windsor and Tremont hotels.
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Joshua Jones Et
Windsor
Dallas
Tremonty
Galveston
Anderson Jones
Tremont Hotel
Mary Elizabeth Cross
Tremont
Grand Windsor Hotel Company
Windsor and Tremont Hotel Company
Scorching Toronto Fire Destroys Glucose Works Docks
A August 3 blaze in Toronto began in the eighth story of the Glucose factory and spread along the esplanade destroying numerous vessels at the docks. Private watchman Henry Wort died, crews jumped into the water, tugs rescued sailors, with losses exceeding one million dollars including the glucose works valued at 250000.
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Toronto
Esplanade
Henry Wort
Father abandons boys found tied, scarred in woods
Last Saturday two boys aged six and seven were found in the woods near the San Joaquin ranch. They were tied by the legs and nearly starved. They named themselves Eusebio and Geronimo Reyes and said Tiburcio Reyes was their father and had abandoned them and crossed to the Arroyo Colorado. The boys showed signs of severe abuse.
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San Joaquin Ranch
Eusebio
Geronimo Reyes
Tiburcio Reyes
Arroyo Colorado
James Lathrop Charged With Family Mistreatment
James Lathrop appeared at the Tyler bar of justice on a charge of family mistreatment. His 17 year old daughter alleges she lost a child last January due to alleged brutality by her father. He was bound over in $2,000 and remains in county jail awaiting the next court term.
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James Lathrop
Tyler Bar of Justice
Lathrop
Fort Worth La Croix Brothers Arrested in Bond Scam
The La Croix brothers of Fort Worth have been arrested for placing a forged bond on the market. They are being held in Port Huron, Michigan.
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la Croix Brothers
Fort Worth
Port Huron
Mich
Attorneys Clash as Cane and Revolver Are Brandished in San Francisco
In a San Francisco chancery office Judge Daniel M Terry presiding, defense counsel Daniel Terry attacked with a cane. H J Kowalsky drew a revolver and fled into the hall. No shots were exchanged. Judge Terry is the man who killed Senator Broderick in California's early days.
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San Francisco
Houghton
Sharon
Proposed new roads eye Dallas action and joint projects
The Dallas & Northwestern and the Texas Trunk roads held a Dallas meeting and plan to cooperate. D&N seeks to lease the Dallas & Wichita line or acquire MO Pacific trackage to run northwest from Dallas. if blocked, it will build directly from Dallas. Texas Trunk will extend from Kemp toward Sabine Pass with Athens as a likely early target.
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Dallas & Northwestern
Texas Trunk Roads
Dallas
Dallas & Wichita
Denton
Missouri Pacific Company
Etroenea
Texas Trunk
Kemp
Sabine Pass
Athens Perha
Dallas Journal
Tyler
Malakoff
Athens
Palestine
Rusk
Rev. John C. Young Found Dead in Kentucky
The prominent Presbyterian minister Rev. John C. Young was found dead at Highbridge Kentucky on July 29 beside a bottle of laudanum.
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John C. Young
Highbridge
Kentucky
Tragic Runover of Plano Man by Rail Sparks Outrage
The report describes George Coleman killed by a Houston and Texas Central train near Plano with grisly injuries. Other items note Texarkana States’ libel repeal push, a local option vote in Waco, a Fort Worth damages suit, a Lampasas drowning burial, an arrest for negligent homicide in Millican, another Houston man beating his wife, tax roll declines across five counties totaling 524265, and a boom in Glen Rose.
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George Coleman
Plano
Houston & Texas Central Railway
Proposal to divide Dakota along Missouri River
A Fargo correspondent reports capitalists plan to divide Dakota and Montana along the Missouri river at the Bozeman tunnel. Dakota would become an agricultural state while Montana would host cattle interests. Dakota about 200 by 400 miles. cattle state about 400 miles square.
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Fargo
Dakota
Chicago Times
Montana
Washington
Missouri River
Bozeman Tunnel
Hanlan Challenge to World Oarsmen On Detroit River
Ed H Gillman of Detroit issues a challenge to any oarsman, especially Beach, to race Hanlan on the Detroit river for five thousand dollars a side. Gillman to post five thousand dollars or a one thousand dollar forfeit. a reliable newspaper in the U S to run the affair. warrants posting before Beach sails from Australia if needed.
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Ed. H. Gillman
Detroit
Beach
Australia
Hanlan
Detroit River
Gillman
United States
St Paul awards $400000 freight car contract
The St Paul has awarded a contract valued at about $400000 for the manufacture of freight cars and cabooses and related rolling stock.
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St. Paul
Cyclone Wreaks Havoc On Delaware River Steamer
A fierce cyclone struck near Greenwich Point and Philadelphia injuring several workers at the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. The steamer Reybold lost pilot Emery Townsend and captain Eugene Reybold as they were swept into the river, Townsend drowning and Reybold badly injured. The vessel carried about fifty passengers and fourteen crew when wrecked, with possible additional missing passengers.
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Delaware River
Philadelphia
Greenwich Point
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacng Company
Emery Townsend
Eugene Reybold
Reybold
Salem
New Jersey
Appointment as aide for Grant obsequies letter exchange
Telegraphed correspondence between Fitzhugh Lee and Gen Hancock from Governors Island and Alexandria in August 1885 discusses Lee accepting an aide role for the Grant obsequies. Hancock signs the invitation and Lee replies he accepts to honor a fallen general and show respect to Union soldiers.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Gen. Hancock
Governors Island
New York
W.S. Hancock
Mexandria
Virginia
Hancock
Mt. McGregor
Firzuveuler
Murdered by a Madman on the Boston Line
Patrick Connors, a HavreHill section man, was found dead near the track a mile west of Atkinson depot after a night encounter. An anonymous man naming Patrick Maloney of Dover New Hampshire confessed at Plaiston Centre Station to the murder, claiming he attacked Connors with a railroad iron after a sand toss. Maloney, arrested and held, is deemed insane.
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Boston
Boston and Maine Railway
Atkinson Depot
Patrick Connors
Havrehill
Patrick Maloney
Dover, N.hs
Plaiston Centre
Connors
Ile
Ter
Maloney
Plaiston
Mystery Clearing Away in Charles River Murder Case
Detectives narrow the Boston area double homicide to a single suspect as they identify the body found in the Charles River near Craigie Bridge as Haffey of Waltham. A bloodstained mattress tied to a pile and a decomposed body are linked to the earlier murder of a woman whose remains were found cut and bagged. The river will be drained to recover evidence.
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Charles River
Massachusetts
Craigie Bridge
Waltham
Haffey
Balloon Ascension Tragedy Hits Chicago Crowd
A balloon ascent near Chicago on August 2 drew 2000 spectators. Prof. Talbert of Kankakee and Prof. Smith planned a race. Talbert’s balloon collapsed at 1500 feet, struck telegraph wires, and he was flung unconscious with serious injuries while Smith’s craft crashed into a fence breaking his ankle. Both pilots were hospitalized as crews cited inflation difficulties.
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Chicago
Smith
Talbert
Kankakee
St. Luke's Hopital
Governor Receives Injunction Blocking Tax Collection
Official notice states the governor has confirmation of an injunction against the State restraining tax collection from the Franklyn Cattle Company in Greer County.
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Franklyn Cattle Company
Greer County
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Graham J. W. Graves
Graham
Rleto
Ander
Waticas
Texarkana States
Wace
Ginsley
City of
Chas. Griffith
Central Railroad
Millican
John Crasher
Houston
Howard
Andrews
Gaines
Borden
Dawson
Glen Rose
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