15 Jul 1887
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1887
Page
1
The text notes a worldwide search for natural gas and oil with U S towns in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Michigan exploring gas and English capitalists preparing to develop oil prospects in Upper Burmah where surface signs of oil are visible in many areas.
In Bidldefort Maine two brothers named John Vesley share a family legend. The elder was captured as a boy by Indians and believed dead, a tombstone was raised for him. Later a new son was born and named after the first John. Years later the returned John rejoined the family, and the brothers are known as Our John and Indian John.
Preparations for the eleventh census will soon begin but four volumes of the tenth census remain unpublished. Congress has not appropriated funds, and delay is blamed on the statistician’s failure to prepare the volumes for press, compromising their usefulness and publication value.
The piece argues country newspapers suffer when subscribers read for free and refuse payment. It cites editors offering vast advice for little cost, noting editors are underpaid and labor undervalued compared with lawyers, urging readers to value and pay for local papers.
The New York Times notes a six year transformation from sparse farms to thriving ones. New houses barns and clearings dot the landscape while cattle sheep and horses increase. Better corn wheat and oats appear with modern implements and depots stock. Northern farmers have boosted growth.
A young, blue eyed bachelor named Alexander Doyle, a medium height New York sculptor from Ohio, trained in Europe, left business to pursue art. He has created busts and statues for General Charles Graham Halpin, General Robert E Lee, Margaret Haugherty, General Albert Sidney Johnson, and General Steedman, with more works planned for Senator Hill and President Garfield in Cleveland.
Ex governor Morrill of Maire dies on the 4th. A destructive fire in Xenia Ohio from lightning. Harriet Vescher Stowe in ill health. St. Louis test case favors Sunday cocktails. Tenants evicted near Arklow Ireland. Mob hangs James Christianson after killing Dr E N North in Indianapolis. Richmond tobacco warehouse fire losses 100000 with 400 workers unemployed. Pullman brickyard strike ends with 140 workers returning. Chesapeake and Ohio freight wreck injures Conductor Bastor. Prince Ferdinand elected Bulgaria's prince by the sobranje. French June revenue short of estimates by 4 million francs. Alexandria and Washington rail line sold to Pennsylvania for 100000. Chinese miners rumor denied. Governor Gordon hair anecdote in Chicago Times. St Louis cooperage plant burned. 100000 loss and 400 unemployed. Lynchburg tobacco June sales 4200000 pounds. Jacob Sharp weakened by heat. Austro Hungarian ministers move to lift export ban on horses. Postmaster Huntington fatally shot during Delta Ohio sham battle. Balloon jump by Prof Baldwin at Quincy Illinois with parachute. Ferry County defalcation—Hinton Miller treasurer fled, owed 40000 to county and 10000 private. National rubber works Bristol suspended. 1200 workers idle. A Pennsylvanian youth dies from windpipe injury during a baseball game. Huntington hotel license cases lead to closures. no hotels in city. Barnum's 77th birthday clam bake for family. Langtry becomes citizen. Hurlbert leaves country. A Washington government employee's 13-year-old son shot during a buffalo bill game with a loaded cartridge accidentally.
A Fort Mills accident reports eight of nine laborers killed by a blast at a Georgia Carolina and Northern railroad work site sixteen miles from Fort Mill. A white farmer Legare was mortally wounded, two mules died, and 250 to 500 pounds of giant powder exploded when a spark from an iron bar ignited the charge.
A devastating blaze at the Alcazar theatre in Hurley Wisconsin destroyed most of the town's business district within hours. Eleven perished in the theatre and nine charred bodies were recovered. The loss is about half a million dollars with about 300 people displaced and many homeless.
William G. Steel and Nelson W. Durham with five others carried one hundred pounds of red fire to the summit of Mount Hood, twelve thousand seven hundred twenty feet high, lighting the peak at 11:30 pm and visible fifty one miles away, a first time overnight stay on the summit.
Railroad Commissioners at Columbia report May earnings for 21 South Carolina roads. Passenger receipts total 136,119.41 up from 129,619.46 last May. Freight earnings reach 234,577.46, rising from 206,866.10. Overall net gain 35,481.78 with 13 roads up and 8 down.
Tom Boston, an eight year old African American boy from Greerwood, is missing. His stepfather Wat Robinson had allegedly beaten him severely and is suspected of causing his death and fleeing. A reward is offered for the boy’s recovery.
Tim Anderson a colored jailer was killed in Huntsville Alabama when Reed Townsend attacked with an iron bar as he brought breakfast to Townsend's cell. Townsend faced a long-standing feud and had prior burglary and arson sentences. Four other prisoners witnessed but did not intervene.
Washington dispatch reports 355 new money order offices established in the South with locations in Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee Virginia and more. It also notes Oscar J Harvey treasury chief of a division has been arrested for forgery and fraud linked to about 11700 in improper payments via forged endorsements and counterfeit stamps.
The Agricultural Department releases July crop conditions with regional averages. Cotton leads with improved yields, Wheat and Oats show solid figures, Rice Melons Potatoes also steady. If weather stays favorable, Georgia may harvest its largest cotton crop in ten years.
Atlanta a dispatch reports Salvation Army planned a giant Fourth of July parade. Mayor Cooper ordered police to prohibit the march triggering public outcry. The Constitution urged reversal, and the mayor rescinded the ban. Army units paraded with about 10 000 spectators watching from sidewalks.
The first bale of the cotton crop of 1887 arrived at Brunswick Georgia at 4 p m on July 5 from Primus W Jones of Baker County via Coles Simpkins Co. It was forwarded by express to New York by the Brunswick board of trade.
Erastus Judd of 608 Elm Street claims his parrot Old Fulham is 100 years old. He has owned the bird for 30 years. the bird’s lineage traces to Seth Judd of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Judd cites family letters from 1790 and notes nine claw rings with a tenth starter, while the parrot remains talkative and gentle though with fading sight.
The article notes a Ballinasloe to Castle Bernard pigeon flight of twenty three miles in eleven minutes giving about 160 miles per hour, a remarkable but exceptional rate. It adds that typical pigeon speed is around forty to forty five miles per hour with a mile taking about ninety seconds in races.
An eight page manuscript of the first Napoleon sold in Paris for 1100 dollars. The item is from his history of Corsica written in 1790. The sale highlights early writings attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte and their antique value.
Chicago Tribune describes a bee colony with three kinds of bees the drone workers and the queen detailing their roles lifespans and the queen's egg production and social dynamics. It explains hive ventilation feeding nerves nerves and the queen's fight for dominance including swarming and succession battles among rival queens.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a tale of a man who idolizes a graceful fall by a woman on icy streets. After a first flirtation sparked by an accidental tumble, he marries her, then endures a string of comic and cruel mishaps as she proves volatile and destructive. He remains unmoved, planning to let her fall whenever she faces trouble.
A complete systematic botanical survey of India will be conducted. The country will be divided into four large districts, each assigned to a botanist familiar with the region for coordinated study.
A reflective poem by Manda L Crocker from the Detroit Free Press traces a speaker who prays for morning light before a failed wealth plan. The speaker stores gold, plants roses, and dreams of June blooms, only to wake to a vagrant's theft and a soul burdened by loss and fading beauty.
A mosaic of quips and witticisms from Boston Transcript Boston Jourier New Haven News Burlington Free Press and Boston Courier. Jokes about snorers manners robs fishing gear and fashion contrast with verses about springtime landscapes and sunlit days.
The article explains the careful evolution of pigeon message methods during the Paris siege. It notes early failures from simple wrapping, then describes a two inch goose quill inserted with waxed threads and hot bodkins to secure the note to the tail feather, avoiding damage and interference with flight.
A rich speculator tasked a painter with a Daniel in the Lions Den artwork for his preacher son-in-law. The old man rejected the piece after inspecting a cross section showing Daniel and lions, ordering the lions and Daniel painted over. an art critic insisted the subjects are present though unseen.
The eight longest rivers listed include Missouri Mississippi at 4 194 miles Nile 4 020 Yangtse Kiang 3 158 Amazon 3 063 Yenesei Scange 2 950 Amur 2 350 Congo 2 883 and Mackenzie with estimates varying for Missouri Mississippi between 3 658 and higher.
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