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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1889
Page
1
Inhabitants of northern Idaho report that Chinese traders mix gold dust of $8 per ounce with dust valued at $10, then sell at top prices. They claim improper burning leaves quicksilver, and that silver dollars and filings are filed with gold.
An eight year old boy kite flying near Maidenstone England fell backward into a forty foot quarry. The kite string wrapped around his wrist, acting as a parachute and breaking the fall. He suffered only minor bruises.
The article lists regional sheep totals: South America 100,000,000. Australasia 77,000,000. Europe 212,000,000. Africa 25,000,000. United States 45,000,000. all other countries 50,000,000, totaling about 517,000,000. It also notes U S wool yield about six pounds per sheep on average.
A three year old boy, son of George W. Fiero of Waterbury, underwent a successful surgical procedure. The surgeon broke and reset the leg bones under ether, straightening them after three breaks and two ether breaks. The child endured the operation well and now walks long distances with a slight limp that should vanish.
A Spanish nobleman reportedly spent over 500000 on stamps with a Paris residence library of 200 to 300 volumes. The Mauritius 1830 issue is the rarest. Any stamp bearing the words post office on its margin is worth 300, whether red or blue, canceled or uncanceled. Monks at Chartreuse Saint Genet have a stamp room with Chinese landscapes Spanish chateaux Swiss chalets dogs flowers and inscriptions.
Mrs. Mary L. Barr, widow of a Texas Military Governor, endured immense tragedy losing husband and seven children to yellow fever in one day. She moved to New York, became a governess for an A. T. Stewart partner family, and her first tale about old Texas life was published readily.
German papers recount Kaiser Wilhelm II living through 72 contemporaries, listing 52 monarchs or queens and other rulers from Europe and beyond. Included are Prussian and German kings, French rulers, British monarchs, Spanish and Italian sovereigns, plus czars of Russia and presidents of the United States.
A French scientific article argues that converting chemical to mechanical energy via animals is cheaper than steam power. The author cites a 90 percent loss in machines versus 68 percent in animals and notes steam horsepower often underperforms against horses. On the Montparnasse Bastille line daily traction cost favored animals at about 47 francs versus 57 francs by car, supporting the case that for moderate powers animals are more economical than steam engines.
Canadians, once behind New Yorkers in cheese, used inspectors to spot defects. They now seek a $6,000 government grant for exhibitions and prizes to further improve Canadian cheese production. This serves as a model for American cheese makers.
Lectures are given by army surgeons at posts and garrisons on how to treat injured soldiers. The lack of information among soldiers leads to unnecessary suffering and deaths, as they could be saved with practical relief instructions from able-bodied comrades.
Prince William, leader of a band of gypsies encamped near Hartford, received two wagons from a carriage maker worth about $1,000 each. The wagons feature gold bronze coloring and sylvan scenes with silver plated ironwork. They are intended for Prince William and his family for summer use.
A St Louis correspondent notes guards with fixed bayonets at Theatre Turbide entrances crowding corridors and galleries while deputies meet. He compares Mexican Assembly uproar unfavorably with Washington where leaders would clear galleries.
The German government holds roburite believed to aid demolition of Frenchresisting forces while the French favor melinite. Swedish experiments yielded the cheap explosive hellite which ignites and yields about thirty five times gunpowder and fifteen times gan cotton.
A writer urges strong opposition to giving tea and coffee to youngsters. He argues childhood nerves are highly active, with the brain constantly receiving stimuli. Overstimulation may harm reflexes, coordination, and senses, making cerebral stimulants like tea and coffee harmful to children.
New York residents know Budd as the Back Number, who buys daily papers to stockpile years ahead. He reportedly earned $700 for a single issue and was approached by Kansas men including Senator Ingalls seeking a full Leavenworth Journal file from Henderson era. The Kansas Historical Society offered $10,000.
Officers desiring to wed must inform a colonel who alerts the war office and ultimately the minister. A strict moral test and a dowry of 10 000 francs yearly revenue are required. Gendarmes investigate the fiancee by neighbor inquiries, theatre outings, and surveillance before reporting to the War Minister for final approval. If conditions fail, marriage is blocked or the dot raised.
Rosa Weinberger died after a fall through a stair trap door at a Union Street fruit store. She and three companions visited the wives of William Gross and Joseph Leightman. Leightman descended to the cellar and a hidden trap caused the fatal plunge.
Dispatch from McDaniel Station Georgia reports Engine No 50 crashed into Engine No 53 on the Western and Atlantic line. Both engines badly demolished with pilots and boiler heads damaged. Engineers and firemen escaped unharmed. northbound No 50 led a train line halted for six to seven hours.
A Columbia dispatch reports gas jets around church columns at Trinity church were wrongly configured. After Sunday services began the meter released gas and the building filled with gas within ten minutes, forcing a hasty dismissal of the large congregation.
Savannah dispatch reports 19 year old Herman Ludeman drowned while swimming with friends on Hutchinson Island side of the river opposite Savannah. He could not swim and released a boat when depth increased. a colored boatman tried to rescue him but failed. The body was recovered later.
Dispatch from Nashville reports Captain William Murchison of Medor still alive on his eighty second day of total abstinence from all food and drink. He remains fully conscious and undertook the fast due to a severe throat ailment rather than a desire for notoriety.
A dispatch reports Captain Williams of the 19th precinct received a small express package that hissed when opened. He dropped it into water where it boiled, and the box after extraction revealed nitro cotton inside. The captain suspects it was sent by an enemy.
Six men were badly scalded when a boiler exploded at Etiwan Phosphate Works on Cooper River five miles from Charleston. Injured include Kirkman Mac Williams Founches Roseborough Max Hamilton and Thompson, with Williams severely burned and Thompson among the less severely hurt. Dr Winstock treated Williams and set a broken leg. The cause of the blast was not determined and other boilers were under repair.
Alf Woodley Tim Stone and Bob Mills gambled in a deserted Alabama outhouse near Roerkin furnace. Stone struck inmates, Woodley drew a pistol and fired killing Stone instantly and wounding Mills. Mills, shot in the left thigh and right, is hospitalized in Cedartown while Woodley fled toward East Tennessee. Stone’s body sent to his mother for burial.
A Malone dispatch reports ex Vice President Wheeler died quietly after six years of declining vitality. He suffered insomnia neuralgia and bladder catarrh. A March 3 chill led to a sinking spell and fever, with brain softening and irrationality in the weeks before death.
Halifax dispatch reports John Brown and Edward Hogan of Gloucester on the schooner Richard Lester lost at sea for over six days. With no food or water they attempted to drink blood but could not, and finally were rescued in a terribly exhausted state by the bark Kate C. Maguire at North Sydney.
A Greenwood South Carolina dispatch reports Robert and George Major were playing with a pistol believed unloaded when it discharged, striking George in the upper heart and killing him instantly. The tragedy grieves the town.
Richmond dispatch reports survivors of Pickett's division voting to place the Gettysburg monument over Gen. Pickett's grave in Hollywood Cemetery after Gettysburg Association refused to allow placement on the battlefield site.
Miss Anthony, famed as the only lady lawyer of Dublin, dismissed her 10,000 pound suit against Sir John Arnott, proprietor of the Irish Times, without prejudice after a juror laughed during the trial.
Cotton declines in Pickens County and a rainstorm floods Anniston. Key West reports yellow fever cases. Richmond endures a dry Sunday under Sabbatarian law. Wilmington and Asheville see development and legal actions. notable deaths and retirements appear.
Rail firms Charleston and Savannah and Savannah Florida and Western prepare a limited express between New York and Jacksonville for next fall. The schedule aims for thirty hours travel, departing New York 10 30 a m and arriving Jacksonville 4 30 p m next day. A new cut-off at Charleston junction eases routing and avoids city stop.
Birmingham dispatch reports two freight trains on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad collided four miles south of Calera. Engineer Howard Rowe and Fireman Barton were killed outright with a tramp also fatally injured. Rowe died with his hands on the throttle as wrecked trains burned. The crash was blamed on a conductor's faulty timepiece.
Mrs. Frank Leslie, now in Paris, will travel to Mexico City in September to arrange for publication there of a Spanish American newspaper. The notes mention Itaska as a misattributed source and include various brief items on art, literature, and local notices.
The White House undergoes renovations during the President and Mrs Cleve land's absence. Mexican pension claims are projected under 30 000 with 18 000 already received and 2 200 issued. Free delivery expands to 53 post offices on July 1. Debt and treasury data show May decline and rising gold holdings, with notes on silver circulation and small denomination demand.
Washington dispatch reports the Treasury is constructing the world’s largest money vault in the north court of the department to hold up to 100 million dollars in silver dollars. The 89 by 50 by 11 foot vault will have 4 foot 6 inch thick walls, concrete bed, iron lattice partitions, and two heavy doors per cell. Completion expected by mid September with $15,000 more for iron work and Treasury guards on duty.
An old woman dies from shock after learning of her pension. another in the city dies when a disabled veteran learns of upcoming payments. The piece cites Horace on maintaining composure amid joys and sorrows and cautions about emotional extremes.
The Rockland Courier Gazette reports that from Oct 1 to Mar 26 an express shipped 3,300 barrels of lobsters to Boston and New York. At 75 lobsters per barrel and 150 pounds per barrel the total weight reached 495,000 pounds and the estimated length of all lobsters combined was about 247,500 feet or nearly 47 miles.
The jury in the Sharpe case remains incompletely seated. Reports say the Mexican government will shoot Nogales invaders despite clemency appeals. Prof. Spencer F. Baird lies gravely ill. William Steele was hanged in Jackson Mississippi for murder, protesting innocence. George Disque, a wife-murderer, executed in Hudson County jail. The Mason Company cotton mill at Roubaix Maine is mentioned as born. Deery the watchdog died in Williamsburg debris. his Newfoundland aided recovery. Public uproar in Lebanon Pennsylvania over Showers murder fears lynching. Smallpox case in Chicago prompts health measures. Jacksonville imposes quarantine against Key West and Havana. Queen City steamboat burned in New Orleans. losses and insurance noted. Paris Opera Comique fire relief fund reaches 400000 francs. A negro hanged from a tree in Clarendon Arkansas. Two Seminole Indians publicly executed in the Territory. Two boys rescue a girl from drowning in Ansonia Connecticut. A mother and daughter meet after eighteen years as prison inmates in Milwaukee. West Point cadets wear white ducks and hear a sermon. A farmer in Erie Pennsylvania captures a burglar. A shooting at a New Haven rifle match fatally injures a bystander. Lawrence Donovan, London Bridge jumper, leaps in Jubilee season. Leaf tobacco sales in Danville Virginia totals and averages reported. P. M. Hale dies in Fayetteville at 59. Capt Jack Hussey of Castle Garden killed by a police shot. honored for saving 41 lives.
The U S Grant steamer netted a 35 foot man eating shark off New Year’s Point in San Mateo County. Entangled for twenty four hours the creature drowned in the net. Measured 35 feet long, 25 feet around, and weighed 10 600 pounds, capable of swallowing several men.
A two week old colt owned by Col Charles W Beach from a fine brood mare and imported Percheron stud displays three eyes two in the head and a large middle eye both vision full. The colt also has a double set of nostrils and healthy conformation according to Prescott Aris Hoof and Horn.
Kansas shows a surge in agriculture with almost 50,000 farms opened in the last twelve months. The expansion reflects broader farming activity across counties and regions within the state.
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