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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1880
Page
3
A miscellaneous Illinois and national news roundup notes labor, weather, crimes, accidents, and public affairs. Highlighted items include a census finding unusual births, a saloonkeeper's life accident, a barn struck by lightning, prison unrest, a fatal train accident, assaults in Springfield, and state health shipments of yellow fever material.
Various incidents unfold from 1900 era notes including a sea firing dispute involving Cuban waters and Spanish Navy vessels, a tunnel cave accident burying 22 workers near the Hudson River, a bank robbery in Coldenham and a fatal kerosene explosion in New York State, plus census questions, immigrant arrivals, and political party maneuvering at Saratoga.
The report lists Republican and Democratic congressional nominations in multiple districts, including Issae L. Morrison in the Twelfth Illinois, William P. Wanaday in the Third North Carolina, C. E. Hooker renominated by Democrats in the Fifth Missiontpot, plus bids in Illinois Indiana and Ohio. It notes General Grant’s New York residence offer, the death of Col. Sricxnerx, and various state party conventions and officer nominees across Missouri Vermont and Colorado.
The foreign tax plan to erect a monument at Westminster Abbey was withdrawn and the Queen offered St George's Chapel Windsor as the memorial site. Earthquake waves struck Manila and surrounding areas causing widespread destruction and many deaths. The Times reports Austria and Germany backing moves on the Greek frontier while other global tensions rise. A Mexican pursuit against Victoria and his Apaches is noted along with court sentences for falsifying company accounts.
The fiscal year ending June 8 shows internal revenue totaling 125 million dollars and a near four million dollar overestimate by the Commissioner, with gains over the prior year led by spirits and tobacco. Several international notes follow on fasts, expeditions, and political nominations.
A moonlit excursion ends in disaster as the yacht Mamie collides with the steamer Garland near Grassy Island Lighthouse. Many aboard drown including boys from Trinity Church and Father Bleyenbergh. survivors are pulled from the water as the Garland backs away.
Alexandre Dumas born Roman Catholic and his Russian wife belong to the Greek Church. They will not baptize their children until they reach age to choose between confessions. Milo Colette, eldest daughter, plans to marry a Hebrew and join a new church with a civil marriage before the Mayor. A separate observed scene shows a hungry youth begging at Clarendon Hall and a satirical quip about combatants.
A tunnel collapse trap killed several workers and trapped others in a Jersey City project. Rescue details describe an air lock and rushing water as two arches form the tunnel. Union leaders and officials report eight men initially saved with seven confirmed alive. Thomas Cummings is later listed missing.
Keely, a Philadelphia inventor of a belt driven vaporic lift to raise heavy weights, burst a blood vessel during a practice session. He was found unconscious with blood from his mouth, ill for days, but now improving.
Mr Antport ends twenty six years as Traffic Manager at a salary of £4000. He moves to the Board at about £800 a year and receives an honorarium of £10000. His family will get a service of plate and his portrait will be painted. A letter from Mr Gladstone praises kinship with America. The text notes dog pants expanding in hot weather.
The letter argues that the Republican Party must protect electoral rights and uphold constitutional duties. It defends the veto and urges discipline in public service while praising sound money, education, and internal improvements as essential for national prosperity and the party’s ongoing Reconstruction goals.
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