Oyster beds and fisheries report from New York official
New York Commissioner of Fisheries Eugene G Blackford reports on oyster conditions. He notes 1860 relied on natural beds, while 60 percent of current annual production comes from planted beds. Only 15,586 of 409,186 acres are viable natural beds. Rhode Island Connecticut natural beds are nearly gone and Maryland Virginia beds are rapidly exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene G. Blackford
New York
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Maryland
Virginia
International Exhibition at Glasgow 1888 Planned
An International Exhibition is planned for Glasgow in the summer of 1888. The guarantee fund exceeds £240,000 and is growing. The prospectus says the aims are to promote industry and art, inspire invention, and foster commercial enterprise by inviting nations to exhibit products, raw and finished. Support has been promised from America India Canada Australia and other colonies. The site granted by Glasgow Corporation covers sixty acres with about ten acres of buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
America
India
Cape
Colonies
Glasgow Corporation
Stamp taxes show growth of patent medicine trade in England
The Pall Mall Gazette notes a rising patent medicine market in England with 1886 stamp payments by manufacturers reaching £179,071, up from £55,333 in 1865 and £114,323 in 1875. Extrapolating from stamp value to total product value suggests this trade's expenditure rose from £497,07 to £1,611,639 over 21 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Pall Mall Gazette
New York Aqueduct to Deliver Triple Water Volume
The New York aqueduct, likely to be finished this year, is a 30 mile continuous tunnel with a sectional area of 1554 feet. It runs through varied terrain and under rivers, maintaining a reguar grade to supply three times the water of the old system to Manhattan Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Sun
Manhattan Island
Adulteration Dangers in Everyday Goods Highlighted
The Philadelphia Press warns that daily exposure to poisonous dyes and contaminants in wallpaper, curtains, dyes, milk, baked goods, and candy endangers children. It cites arsenic, lead, and Scheele's green as harmful agents, urging awareness of manufactured risks to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Scheele
TO THE WATER'S EDGE PASSENGERS RESCUED IN STEAMER FIRE
Fire discovered in the tackle room of the steamer John J Seay above Cedar Bluff Georgia. Twenty five passengers and crew escaped unharmed as the ship sank after burning. All freight and the United States mail were destroyed save five registered pouches. Built 1886 valued at twenty thousand dollars with six thousand five hundred dollars of insurance. Captain Seay plans a new steamer within sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Seay
Cedar Bluff
United States Mail
Captain Seay
Bandits Routed Near San Carlos Under Castillo Troops
A Brownsville dispatch reports thirty bandits led by Mariano Resindez were pursued fifteen miles and routed by Mexican custom police and troops under Felix James Jaquin Castillo and Captain Romeo. Ten mules and horses laden with smuggled goods were captured. Extradition of Resvndez is requested but smuggling is not listed in the US-Mexico treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Texas
San Carlos
Mariano Resindez
Senors Felix, James
Jaquin G. Castillo
Romeo
Fifth
Resvndez
United States
Mexican Republic
In the Hands of a Receiver at Sumter Bank
The National Bank of Sumter in Washington DC will be placed in receivership after a board meeting and bank examiner statement. Depositors appear safe, while Barnett’s bondsmen dispute liability. A legal contest is anticipated as stockholders may be pressured to fund recovery or witness a new bank form with substantial capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of
Morrison
Colorow Corralled and Demands Talk From Big White Man
Dispatches report Colorow and about two hundred followers corralled at Glenwood Springs seek audience with a prominent white leader. Major Leslie conveys rugged terms that whites may retreat or face renewed conflict. Kendall cohort numbers given. Governor Adams with Symmes and others heads toward Meeker to mediate and urge return to agency.
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Denver
Col
Glenwood Springs
Reardon
Adams
Leslie
Cowboy
Kendall
Symmes
Marsha
William Byers
Meeker
Colorow
National Opera’s Last Scene Sells Off Assets at Auction
Foreclosure sale in Jersey City Heights by Sheriff Heintz offloads scenery stage effects and costumes of the defunct National Opera Company. The auction grossed 26108 against a claimed cost over 150000 to satisfy a 57896 mortgage held by Frank R. Lawrence. An unsatisfied judgment of 43000 by Jacob Rosenstein remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Opera Company
Frank R. Lawrence
Jersey City Heights
N. J
Heintz
Opera Company
Jacob Rosenstein
Mr. Lawrence
Train wreck near Pittsburg injures crew and delays freight
The Cincinnati express heading west on the Pan Handle railroad jumped the track near Shelley's station fifty five miles from Pittsburg on the 28th, spilling mail and express cars into a creek. Engineer George Thompson is fatally burned, baggage-master George Moreland and fireman James McCullough are injured, and express messenger George Norvin is lightly hurt. Trains were delayed for hours. cause unknown. tracks cleared.
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Cincinnati Express
Shelley’s
Pittsburg
George Thompson
George Moreland
Columbus
Ohio
James McCullough
Uhrichsville
George Norvin
Mexican Outrage Over Immuring of Richard Stewart
Galveston dispatch reports Richard Stewart of Chihuahua held in a dungeon in Ojeanila for four months on a fraud charge. He, brother of Solon Stewart and cousin of Col Joseph H Stewart, appeals to the U S government for aid as his property deteriorates and release seems unlikely in Mexican courts.
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Galveston
Texas
Richard Stewart
Chihuahua
Mexico
Ojeanila
United States
Solon Stewart
Col
Joseph H. Stewart
Austin
Dying By The Score From McDowell County
A Hinton West Virginia dispatch reports a severe outbreak in McDowell County and nearby southwestern Virginia. Drought has lowered waters and a mineral linked disease has sickened over 100 in Dead Horse Cave area with about 30 deaths. Entire families struck. crops neglected and farm work halted as two hundred locals have died in four weeks.
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Hinton
W. Va
McDowell County
Virginia
Dead Horse Cave
College currency swindle tied to fake notes used in schools
Immigrants at Castle Garden were defrauded by counterfeit looking notes called college currency. A Cincinnati dispatch reports Jacob H. Long's Hamilton printing office produced the plates seized as authorities warned printing any more. The imitation matched U S money, especially the back, but was intended for business colleges, yet used to deceive strangers and violate currency statutes.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Castle Garden
U. S
Jacob H. Long
Hamilton
United States
Mrs Cleveland Arrives in Washington by Special Car
Mrs. President Cleveland arrived in New York aboard the Pilgrim from Fall River with General Greely and companions. The party traveled by special cars from Marion Massachusetts to Jersey City and then to Washington where the President met them at the depot and they proceeded to the White House.
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New York
Cleveland
Pilgrim
Fall River
Cape Cod
Marion
Mass
General Greely
Signal Service
Murray Street
Pennsylvania Depot
Jersey City
Washington
Southern Express
White House
Funeral Collapse Tragedy Strikes Nashville as Floor Gives Way
At a Nashville funeral a sudden floor collapse sent about fifty mourners into the cellar below. Despite screams and chaos, no injuries were reported. The incident followed a prior shooting death of Lee McGar, whose father resides at 22 North First Street. The service resumed after the graveside ceremonies.
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Nashville, Tenn
Lee McGar
North First Street
Maud 8 Sets New Mile Record On Bonner Farm
Robert Bonner drove Maud 8 on a three quarter mile track at his Tarrytown New York farm for the fastest mile on record to a wagon. The first half went 1 08 1 2 and the second half 1 04 3 4 yielding 2 13 1 4. Bonner weighed thirty pounds over the standard weight and says Maud 8 is unequalled and better than ever.
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Robert Bonner
Maud 8
Tarrytown
N. Y
Bonner
Mr. Bonner
Maud
Woman Braver Than Her Beau in River Escape
A dispatch from Abington Virginia reports that 8 Scott and Miss Broyles of Lynchburg were visiting Mangles Springs when their horse bolted and plunged over a twenty foot embankment into Holstein River. Scott swam to shore while the woman remained in the buggy guiding the horse to the opposite bank where friends later rescued her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abington
Scott
Miss Broyles
Lynchburg
Mangles Springs
Holstein River
Mumbles from a Child About a Mal tese Kitten
A child asks about a term called a Mal tese kitten. The response questions what it is and the boy explains it would be a kitty you can maul and tease.
Prolific 19th Century News Notes from Across America
The report lists diverse incidents and events including the death of Prof. Spencer F. Baird of the U S Fish Commission in Massachusetts, cotton damage from boll worms in North Carolina, and a $200000 gold shipment from England aboard the steamer Fulda. It mentions drownings, animal incidents, fires, and labor movements across multiple states with dates and local specifics.
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Spencer F. Baird
The
United States Fish Commission
Wood Hale, Mass
Emigrant Train Collides With Freight Wreck Kills Two
Dispatches report Emigrant train No. 83 colliding with a freight train at Easton siding near Wheeling. Engineer A F Smith and fireman Isaac Arbuthnot killed. freight crew lightly injured. fifteen emigrants seriously hurt but not fatally. causative misread orders. Separate report: Baltimore and Ohio express derailed near Connellsville. fireman injured.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Easton Siding
A. F. Smith
Isaac Arbuthnot
Cameron
Smith
Arbuthnot
Connellsville
Pittsburg
Hermitage Station
The World’s Supply of Cotton
The total visible world cotton supply is 1 235 550 bales, with 621 050 bales American, compared with 1 152 226 and 744 326 bales last year. For the week ending Aug 27 receipts in interior towns were 15 949 bales and receipts from plantations 19 540 bales.
War Between the Races in Lonoke County Arkansas
A reported race riot in Lonoke County near Little Rock leaves multiple whites dead or wounded after white planter Clarence Chapman is slain by Black workers demanding higher wages. Armed blacks raid, burn farms, and surround jail where prisoners are chained. authorities seek militia and deploy sheriff’s posse.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lonoke County
Here
Clarence Chapman
Chapman
Clear Lake
Williams
Jessee
Hicks
Lonoke
Decatur Riot After Marshal Killed and Wounding
A Decatur Alabama mob attack at a Sunday school celebration left town marshal James E. Hurst dead from gunshot and Tom H. Shivers fatally wounded as whites formed a posse to pursue armed black suspects. Hubbard was killed and others wounded during the confrontation. The town braces for possible further violence and has heightened threats against the black population.
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Decatur
Ala
James E. Hurst
Thos. H. Shivers
Marshal Hurst
Hurst
T. H. Shivers
Hubbard
P. L. Mynot
President Cleveland Accepts Banquets in Philadelphia
President Cleveland accepts two banquets in Philadelphia on September 17. He will dine at the Academy of Music in the evening after a morning banquet by the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Library American Philosophical Society Franklin Institute College of Physicians Law Academy and Historical Society. In the afternoon he attends a banquet by the Hibernian Society, whose notable guests include Washington Jefferson Jackson Tyler and Grant.
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Cleveland
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Library
American Philosophical Society
Franklin Institute
College of Physicians, Law Academy and Historical Society
Academy of Music
Hibernian Society
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Tyler
Grant
Indian Chief Clerk Marries Sioux Heiress in Pierre
Douglass F. Carlin, chief clerk at the Cheyenne Agency, wed Maid en Duprest, the Sioux Reservation’s wealthiest heiress. The ceremony drew over 1,000 Indian attendees and will be followed by four days of festivities with connections to army officers and the Carlins of Illinois.
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Pierre, Dak
Douglass F. Carlin
Maiden Duprest
Carlin
Carlins
Illinois
National Editorial Association Meets in Denver
Pursuant to the call of President C. H. Jones of Jacksonville the annual meeting of the National Editorial Association will convene in Denver on Tuesday September 13. The date was postponed one week from September 6.
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C. H. Jones
Jacksonville
Fla
National Editorial Association
Denver
Col
Bank of London Ontario Suspends Payments
The Bank of London Ontario suspends payment with a subscribed capital of one million dollars and 223 588 dollars paid up. Very little loss is expected by bill holders.
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Bank of London
Ontario
The Right Kind of a Keepsake Wedding Poem Tease
A Boston Courier note hints at an upcoming wedding with a flirtatious exchange about keepsakes. A woman asks for a keepsake to remember her, and a man replies with a tender line asking what is wrong with himself. The item signals an imminent marriage.
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Boston Courier
Week's Gossip Highlights Royals and Notables
A roundup of society chatter notes Queen Christina of Spain postponing Te Deum for a bull fight, England's rulers, New York inheritance tax glow, Mrs Cleveland and family wealth, Langtry real estate aims, and public figures like Vanderpool and Morrison in bronze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana
Spain
Missing Circulars Spur Resort Pearls Mystery
Dialogue pits a summer resort Boniface and a bell-boy over 300000 circulars исчез. Miss Antique used them all for curl oral mail, papers, sir, leaving few left and shrouding destination in intrigue.
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Boniface
Temperance Banner Rallying Cry Against Slavery and Drink
A temperance poem urges readers to wave the temperance banner and denounce strong drink. It portrays the fight against slavery and alcohol as noble, calling youth to join the cause and confront the foe with courage and resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temperance
Alcohol Affects Digestion Says Hygiene Text
The Independent notes a school and home hygiene book arguing alcohol has no nutritional value and is not a needed food. It cites authorities who exclude alcohol from standard rations and warn it harms digestion, urging prohibition due to its broad health and social harms.
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Ivison & Co
N. Y
Hermi
Liebig
Moleschott
Jenkofer
Voit
Konig
Bencke
Meines
Payen
Frankland
Playfair
Lewes
It Does Prohibit Prohibition Debate In Tennessee
The Chattanooga Commercial argues that liquor interests claim prohibition fails but cite states where it is tried. The writer says those opponents would condemn it if it did not prohibit and that prohibition meets all needs, proving its success and temperance support.
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Tennessee
Ple
Chattanooga
Abstinence Proves Safest Against Poisons Says Dr Oswald
Dr. Felix Oswald argues against easing alcohol by promoting mild drinks. He says beer leads to stronger poisons and that total abstinence is the only safe plan to prevent progression of vice and intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Oswald
Temperance Leaders Honored at Triennial Convention
Three temperance men received top honors at the Triennial International Sunday-school Convention. Ira H. Evans of Texas served as temporary chairman helping secure quarterly temperance goals in the International course. General F. Sir led until Evans arrived, while Wire Reynolds, unanimously chosen president, heads his state’s temperance efforts.
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Ira H. Evans
Texas
F.sir
Evans
Wire
Reynolds
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John Armstrong
Katie
Savannah
Frieheim’s Park
Rock Hill
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Elpaso
Caldwell
R. W. B. Elliott
Western
Sewanee, Texas
Cologne Gazette
Sweden
Pennsylvania
National Committee of the
Prohibition Party
Chicago
Standard Oil Works
Pearce’s Distillery
Swan’s
Gorham
Maine
H. E. Johnston
John Hamlin
Fred. Hamlin
Galveston County
Express
Burk
San Francisco
Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company
Chicago Exchange
International Stove Moulders’ Union
Canada
Much Alam
Harwood
Wheatley
Saratoga
Hewitt
Knights of Labor Assemblies
Trade Unions
Land and Labor Clubs
Union Labor Clubs
Boston
Madame Grevey
France
Arkansas
the Nation's Editors
Variou
Attorney Dunn
Dunn
Andrew J. Vanderpool
Paris
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Miss Churchill
New England
Harriett Beacher Stowe
New York Central Railroad
House of Commons
Andrew Carnegie
Alabama
Reading Railroad
G. W. Childs
Long Branch
D. G. Croley
Jenny June
R. P. Newby
Women’s Endowment Catle Company
New Jersey
Bismark
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