25 Nov 1887
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1887
Page
1
A collection of maxims urging thoughtful action over impulse and highlighting duty, patience, and consultation with wiser minds. It quips on grief, friendship, and the dangers of relying on rich kin, while noting that public opinion harms those who oppose reason.
Henry Benson of Hayden Hill in Tassen County possesses a petrified salmon. The crystal like flesh and porcelain skin suggest ancient river habitats in Sierra Nevada beds. Found at about 1500 feet on a Big Valley hillside, this could push back the date of river course changes in California.
The article notes pine bark from Pinus ponderosa is used as survival food in drought or starvation. Bark is stripped around the trunk, then mucilaginous film adheres to wood. The saplike mixture can be scraped into a nutritious, albeit last resort, meal, reflecting supply instability among indigenous peoples.
Louis Globe Democrat reports prairie dog towns along the Texas and Pacific line west of Abilene to near Big Spring. The dogs watch trains from hills, dive into burrows at gunfire, and even fatally struck bodies rarely emerge. Villages cover acres and extend for miles along the line.
The Poston Bulletin presents a survey of local voices answering how’s business. An artist reports drawing crowds while an undertaker says his business is being run into the ground. Other trades note varying fortunes.
The Commodore ordered removal of gilt trimmings on Hudson River Railroad engines to keep them plain and quick to service. The New Haven Railroad had gilded locomotives long after, but President Clark agrees the Commodore was right and the gilt has been coated black.
Counsel questions the exact date of an event, asking if the witness may be mistaken. The witness insists the day is certain, claiming it was the day he did not have to buy his children shoes.
Fire at Wheeling destroys railroad and telegraph offices with losses around 10000 dollars. A Prescott Arizona swindler explodes, killing proprietor and five workers. Poet Kuma Lazarus dead. Forest fires in Tennessee and Memphis damage surounding country. Railway accidents kill engineer and brakeman near Steubenville. Foreigners in North Adams ridiculed masting American flax. Nina Van Zandt rumored near death in Chicago. Depot construction funds arrive for Columbia and Greenville Railroad. Local farming yields and Union railroad plans discussed in South Carolina.
The United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the South schedules its biennial gathering in Georgia with eighty plus delegates from states including Georgia North and South Carolina and Virginia. Dr Gilbert, former Savannah pastor, leads as president with F W E Peschau as vice president presiding and delivering the synodical sermon. Prominent divines from New York Pirie town Pa Charleston attend as the synod convenes at the Evangelical southern church. The Church of the Ascension exterior has been improved and sessions occur in the auditorium with routine work in the lecture room. The last session was in Roanoke city Va.
In Lancaster 8 C a colored porter Dick Belk stole a tin box containing 25 from W G Johnson and handed it to his brother in law William Wallace who carried it away. Both men confessed and chose fifty lashes on the bare back as punishment administered in the back of the store with clerks watching.
A fire caused by a boy dropping a cigarette broke out at the Union Cotton Compress on Main street in Little Rock Arkansas. It spread rapidly in wind driven flames consuming thousands of cotton bales across adjoining warehouses and blocks threatening gas works and city property.
At 2.80 oclock in the morning a large fire destroyed the carpenter shop and extensive car and machine shops of the Cincinnati Southern Railway at Ludlow Kentucky. The roundhouse was saved by workers. losses include passenger cars freight cars and tools. About 500 workers lose jobs. total damage placed near 175 000 and fully insured in two London firms. Ludlow lies opposite Cincinnati across the Ohio River and relies on the railway shops for employment.
The Richland Farmers Club held a large meeting in Columbia South Carolina to consider sending delegates to the Farmers Convention in Columbia next month. The club affirmed it is non political and resolved it is inexpedient to send delegates to the proposed convention.
A Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe south bound passenger train collided with a water train near Alvin Junction Texas. Engineer Hitchcock and the water train fireman died. Engineer Hussy and fireman Haas were badly hurt along with Baggageman Reynolds and Express Messenger Levy. Reynolds and Levy likely to die. No passengers injured. both trains wrecked and contents burned. The water train allegedly tried to steal a distant station six miles away.
The Lake Superior transit line freight steamer Arizona burned to the water’s edge about five miles from Marquette Michigan. Flames driven by acid fumes forced the crew from their posts, but the boats were lowered and the crew reached the harbor. The vessel, valued around $100,000, was on its final trip of the season.
A major blaze on Bank street in Decatur Alabama destroyed West side buildings from Church to Lafayette. Businesses Warner Harris Watkins Dows Burleson Crane Brodix Max Cohn Houston Murpdy E L Yons and M Cartwrigts suffered loss though portions of stock were saved. The fire value is estimated at sixty thousand dollars.
The 1st assistant secretary of state post is offered to George L. Rives a New York bar member with Virginia family ties. Rives born 1849 educated at Columbia Cambridge Trinity joins government service after legal career and is noted as a loyal Democrat active in the Cleveland campaign of 1884. The postal system reports detail rail and water mail routes, staff counts, miles traveled and money orders totals for the year ending 1887 with costs and future funding needs.
The Barnum and Bailey circus main building in Bridgeport Connecticut, 600 by 290 feet and two stories, burned within thirty minutes. Lions, tigers, and elephants reacted as the blaze spread. six watchmen were unable to stop it and one man is missing. Three elephants died, thirty six escaped, causing massive losses estimated at 700000 with 100000 insured.
Two tragic events unfold in Greenwood. Willis Sherard, a freight yard worker, was crushed during car coupling under a backing engine, his body found tangled under the tender. Jennie Sims’s young child died after catching fire and burning in the yard at her home.
A meeting of Confederate veterans at Marion Court House organized the Survivors' Association of Marion County. Officers named include Col. Bet. Stackhouse as president and Col. John G. Blue as 1st vice president. The group seeks to aid destitute disabled veterans and urged the Legislature to pass pension relief.
Fire gutted the Tompkinsville courthouse in Monroe County Kentucky. A blast at the Nelson and Bro store preceded the blaze. A stash of 12,000 in silver and greenbacks disappeared, with burglars blamed. strangers claiming U S detective ties sparked fear in the town.
A late night blaze in Chattanooga Tenn. consumed a laundry adjoining Stoops Bros skating rink then swept the rink and Chapman Sons delivery stables. The fire reached the Second Presbyterian Church and threatened C E James Co premises before being checked by firefighters.
In Anderson city the mayor cracks down on liquor sales. John O'Donnell, a former barkeeper, has been convicted five times in two weeks, each time fined 190 dollars or thirty days on the streets. About twelve more cases against him will be tried tomorrow, while thirteen others face similar convictions and fines totaling around thirteen hundred dollars.
The Boston Journal of Commerce reviews Bureau and Cotton World reports based on many correspondents. It notes midland uplands prices around 10.38 cents and the market mood that prices may rise or hold, with demand from spinners in the US and Europe. Even with a six and three quarter million bale crop, global shortfalls could push averages to about 10 to 11 cents.
Special Phosphate Assistant Reehe warns of a still worse market for rock phosphate in 1887. Prices collapsed, demand stayed dull, and many producers suspended operations. Royalty rose but trade remained unhealthy, prompting calls for immediate relief and a legislative commission to study the crisis and report conclusions.
The first Euphrian Society public debate in Columbia draws 200 300 attendees including Female College youths. President Hamer of Marion opens with remarks. H W Cooper Sumter presents We will stand or fall with Carolina. Debate on immigration benefits, with Edwards Aycock for and Pradiey Montgomery against. Committee of decision Darby Davidson Wilson. Affirmative wins. Walker closes with Regulus to the Carthaginians. College orchestra provides music.
The Dutch steamer W A Scholten en route Rotterdam to New York collided with the Rosa Mary ten miles off Dover in the English Channel and sank. Ebro rescued ninety aboard and landed them at Dover Sailor's Home. One hundred forty passengers remain missing and a death from exposure reported. Rescue boats searched surrounding waters while the Scholten’s masts were visible from Dover pier.
The piece looks at diverse Liverpool imports including Hindoo cowries used as money and ground for porcelain, buffalo horns repurposed as whalebone substitutes, and woolen dollies from North America. It notes the variety of goods described with exotic names, import routes, and changing demands in global trade.
The snowy summit of Mount Fujiyama rises over 14 000 feet inviting reverence. Japanese art features it on most fans and screens sent to the United States, reflecting its cultural significance. The volcano’s long sleep is noted amid Japan’s earthquakes, recalling the 1707 eruption that devastated much of the region.
In Boston a gentleman visits a phrenologist and asks for a head examination. The professor exclaims that his head shows an unaccountable mix of traits, wondering about his parents. The man replies that his wife is eccentric and urges ignoring the larger bumps. Burlington Free Press.
The text notes that ground mummy and soil produced richer brown tones for artists in Egypt. It mentions perfumers using perfumes and spices from mummies to attract female attention. It also describes mummy wrappings used to make coated paper and cloth for clothing.
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