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Henry Republican

Location

Henry, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1885

Page

6

News of the Week From The Portland Oregon Area

A rapid roundup of incidents and notes including Hankins the truckman who killed his wife in Portland then killed himself, epidemics and heat deaths in New York City, mine closures in West Elizabeth, and a Liberty Bell procession to Independence Hall. Also reports of fires, hangings, accidents, and public events across the nation with dates around mid month.

Hankins Portland New York City West Elizabeth Lima New Orleans Philadelphia Smith Independence Hall Pueblo Col Washington Charlestown W. Va Price Weatherly Yazoo Miss Princeton College Princeton N. J Jouett Y Navy Department Columbis Barranquilla Bartholdi Relief Committee Joy Bansour Horace Terrill Charlottesville Vac Randall Jackson Mary Foster McErepitan Workman West Virginia Ruppenslex New York Cleveland Henry Sauerbier Mcfarland Logan Sauerbier Chicago Iron Mills Pittsburgh Salt Lake Utah New Broadway Road Deawer Austin D. Knight Vigo Spain Vigo Bay Chicoteague Island Tasley William Freeman Timothy Hills CoLonzi Santa Fe War Department New Mexico Arizona Henry Howard Coshocton Plymouth Sugar Notch Warrior Run Hall

Court of Inquiry cites delinquencies by Paymaster General Smith

The Court of Inquiry finds Paymaster-General J A Smith guilty of numerous official delinquencies and recommends a court martial. Jangs J Brooks, Treasury Secret Service chief, resigns by Secretary Manning’s request to take effect July 1. Blair reelected U S Senator from New Hampshire. Grant travels from New York to Bar Harbor on Vanderbilt’s private car, greeted at the station, then to Mount McGregor. Michigan Legislature adjourns sine die. Des Moines Greenback Convention set for July 7. John B Stalin appointed minister to Italy. Bayless Hanna given the Argentine mission. Ernest Redburg, oldest Grand Army of the Republic member, dies at 91 in Vancouver, Utah. President Watts of Cornell resigns. Conductor Depew elected president of New York Central. Ex-Senator Nesmrrna dies in Portland. Israel Lawton appointed U S Mint Superintendent in San Francisco. Grant’s health declines with throat ulcers and coughing fits. William E. Wooprourr dies at 89.

Tukeport J. A. Smith Bureau of Provisions and Clothing Navy Department Jangs J. Brooks Secret Service Division Treasury Department Manning Henry W. Blair United States New Hampshire General Grant New York Mr. Vanderbilt Baratoga Mount McGregor Michigan Tux Iowa Vancouver Wy. T Andrew Watts Cornell University Ithaca N. Y Cunondy M. Depew New York Central Road James W. Nesmrrna Oregon Portland Israel Lawton San Francisco Noven William E. Wooprourr Arkansas

Iceland's harsh winter cited by arriving vessels at Gloucester

Foreign reports from vessels docking in Gloucester Massachusetts describe Iceland's winter as the worst on record with near total cattle loss and ongoing heavy snowstorms into May. In West Africa on the Brass River native tribes killed and ate recently captured prisoners of war after ransom failed to materialize.

Fisnine Gloucester Mass Iceland Brass River West Africa

Fire Destroys Bazaar in London and Global Disasters

Reports tallied on multiple disasters and health crises. A London bazaar burned, 760000 dollars lost. Cholera deaths rise in Spain with hundreds more cases. A Canadian land patent scam surfaced. Fires destroy towns in Hungary. 14 dead. Naval losses: French ship Renard sunk in a cyclone. Margarethe reaches Quebec after 85 days. An explosion at Chifton colliery kills many. Gladstone surrenders seals. assorted earthquakes, plane wrecks, and political shifts noted.

Freuß-Marshal Baxon von Maw Ray Fel Alsacer Lorraine William Whitely London Spain Lake Manitoba Newfoundland Robert Laing Canadian Interior Department Northwest Territories Ayrnau Leutschan Hungary Dunne Murcia Castellon de la Plana Valencia Margarethe Quebec Granton Scotland Chifton Manchester Eng Paris Indian Ocean York Gladstone Hanlan Toronto Bay Chamber of Deputies Scotts Otter Big Bear Turtle Lake Herchmer Riel Lagos West Africa Pendlebury Eny French Chamber of Deputies

Various 19th Century World Events Reported in Later News

Reports cover General Grant's improving condition, deadly clashes with Bannock thieves, tribal conflicts in the Dalores Valley, and ten miners killed in a Spedale explosion. Other items note a cyclone at Sherbrook, a Toronto builders strike, severe Newfoundland storm, Leavenworth tornado, lynching in Elk Hart, and cholera deaths in Spain.

Deveras Dalores Michigan Sherbrook Steele County Dakota Spedale Eng Toronto Newfoundland Leavenworth Kan Elkhart Tex

New York Hosts Historic Isere Procession for Liberty Statue

A vast New York Bay spectacle welcomed the French warship Isere carrying Bartholdi's statue. Thousands lined Broadway and the Battery as the fleet, led by the Atlantic, paraded for the unveiling. Main figures included Secretary Kitney, Admiral Lacombe, Mayor Grace, and Senator Evarts. The statue, cast in pure copper, will darken to a reddish brown in time.

Liberty New York New York Bay Isere Bartholdi Bedloe’s Island Minnesota Gravesend Bay Omaha Dispatch Powhatan Nellie Grant Governors Island Atlantic Chamber of Commerce Long Island Governor's Island Handcock Staten Island Marseillaise Yi UN Isore Marsellinisea William M. Evarts American Committee Grace Fort Hamilton DeLaune Lacom Fiore A Kitney Brunneart Chicago Broadway Lincoln Metropolitan and Park Police Battery Bowling Green la Combe Shaler Sanger Lespinaise de Laune American Statue Committee Delcombe Laftore Grenadiers Rochambeau Garde Lafayette Chalfant Tthat Amet Amland Arajo de St. Parre le Caner Sen 1S Carrole Guerin Laffore Edmund Bruwaert M. Dansseing Charles P. Stone Board of Aldermen Murray Council

Balloon ascension tragedy at Cumberland Fair

William Patterson, 22, of Wellesville Ohio, died after a hot air balloon inflating stove exploded during Richard's Circus in Custextron West Virginia. The balloon rose several hundred feet before collapsing and Patterson was crushed on impact with fatal internal injuries.

Long Island New Jersey Isero South Carolina Abbeville Peray William Melton Farmersville John W.cherry Charles Campbell Pointe Alae Hache Theodore Taplevich Georgechneider Hamilton, C William Morrow Clarksville Tenn Dick Overton Spero Bradstreet’s United States Sryezn Booth Framingham Mass Washington Whitesburg Link Banks Gardner Chicago Kieman Michael Freres Dubuque Frank Burkman Fredericksburg Charleston W. Va William Patterson Canada Middle States New England States Western Southern Pacific States and Territories Vesrginia Cusxuxston Wellesville Patterson

It Was the Cat Prrrsnurcu Tragic Fratricide Shock

In Prrrsnurcu Pennsylvania on June 20 Thomas ODay fifty eight? was shot by his son John twenty one. After a drunken quarrel John fired a shotgun wounding his father fatally. John was arrested and jailed. His brother stopped him from attempting suicide.

Prrrsnurcu Thomas O'Day John

The Tables Turned. Robbers Surprised Near Cross Plains

Three men who robbed a tailor shop in Bute Earth Wisconsin of 600 dollars worth of goods surrendered to a posse near Cross Plains on Friday. While the captors were disarming the prisoners, two of the robbers' friends attacked the posse, forced them to surrender, and looted the citizens before escaping.

Bute Earth Wis Cross Plaines

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