09 Sep 1887
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1887
Page
1
A jumble of brief notes from contemporary society highlights Yale professor J M Hoppin's six month European art study, Rev Morrison praised as a top preacher, Miss Braddon's prolific output, and curious bids and affairs involving figures from Reading to Saco. It also mentions King Kalakaua, President Cleveland, Mme Demorest, Madame Grevey, Zebehr Pasha, and political shifts.
The Baltimore and Ohio Express becomes operated by the United States Express for thirty years under contract. Officials deny a sale, emphasize continued independence and shared earnings, with no deal to cede control to London bankers or rival interests.
A Waco special reports all county bridges washed away and crop losses near $100,000. Bosque County towns Indell Whitney Uico Aquilla suffer severely along with Santa Fe line. Central and Missouri Pacific face large losses. Missouri Pacific employs about 1000 workers near Grand View. A rear train halted nine miles from houses with passengers short of food. Rail schedules not fully restored.
Dispatch from Lawrence Kansas reports a coal train from Leavenworth derailed at a junction with the main line about 11 PM Friday. Engineer J Murden died instantly, fireman Frank Davis died later, and head brakeman T M Brown was killed. Several cars left the rails as the locomotive plunged down the embankment.
The variety of the tale known commercially as agalite is now used extensively in paper making in place of kaolin, producing the high glaze that characterizes much of American paper.
Dispatch from Petersburg Virginia describes feverish excitement after clashes between whites and black residents. A white woman was struck in a street dispute with a black man. Dr Samuel Hinton's altercation with a black girl led to his arrest. A libel warning card by prominent colored men sparked white outrage. warrants issued for editor and signers. mayor mobilizes three defense companies while awaiting tomorrow’s decision.
A bold attempt to wreck the Indiana Bloomington and Western Eastbound passenger train near Leslie station, Pekin, involved placing a large stone on the main track. The engine struck the obstruction, delaying the train about an hour. A passenger's presence likely prevented a collision. officials will investigate as robbery theory.
A Cincinnati dispatch reports an attempt to wreck a passenger train near Lebanon Ohio while carrying about 500 people. The locomotive hit a point near DeRanon where rails and a fence were removed. The engineer barely avoided disaster as the train quickly slowed before the obstruction. There were no serious injuries among the passengers.
The steamship Biltanne reached Liverpool as Phylloxera spread in Bessarabia. Queen Victoria orders jubilee gifts shown at St James Palace for three months. Liabilities of 500000 noted. Chamberlain to sail for America late October then visit New York and Washington. King Otto’s insanity episodes lessen but resemble Ludwig’s. Memphis and Little Rock railroad sold for 2800000 to R K Dow. route to Dallas planned. Farmers Alliance factions clash over Cleveland remark. Pullman workers strike ends after first successful act. Diphtheria outbreak hits Lockport New York with thirteen deaths. Trichinosis scare in Brunswick with sixty cases and seven fatalities. Centennial Commission posts journalists’ entertainment plan in Philadelphia. Chatsworth wreck settlement claims reach 140000 on Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad.
The Metropolis review shows cotton receipts down but naval stores and domestic trades rising. Wholesale and retail manufacturing trade totals three million dollars more than last year, with overall trade near sixty six and a quarter million. Crop reports predict gains in cotton corn wheat and oats, while earthquake rebuilding in the past year tallies over six thousand structures repaired or rebuilt and 271 new buildings erected, at a cost around four million three hundred thousand dollars, led by Charleston in spending.
New Albany dispatch reports a gang calling itself White Caps abducted John Hildebrandt in Spencer township and beat him for alleged cruelty to his family. They warned a Depauw saloonkeeper to stop liquor sales and woke Postmaster Paul S Henriett to spread the news. A widow Dougherty was warned not to marry her fiancé. her friends organize for protection.
Dispatch from Woolwith Texas reports Perry Buchanan’s home burned with four children inside. A five year old perished, a three year old died later, a ten year old survived despite injuries, and the mother Mrs. Buchanan suffered arm burns. The ten year old daughter, not in danger, rescued her younger sister from the flames.
The document reports the United States public debt decrease for August at 8 909 175 41 and lists several treasury figures including total cash and certificates. It notes the secrette since June 30 1887 and mentions trade dollars redeemed to date and outstanding conjectures.
The Gomphalles of the Currency declare a 15 percent dividend on Midditown National Bank stock after its failure on November 20 1884 totaling 70 percent paid on claims. Postmasters named F Strickberger Palmerstown NJ Andrew Potter Glenburn ME Otis W Roby Alfred NY. Civil service seeks 53 selections for 1200 and 1000 grade posts, the largest requisition to fill vacancies created by new promotion rules. Alexander McCue named commissioner of shad and fisheries successor to Baird. Smithsonian secretary appointment pending.
The lighthouse board announces a fixed white light of the third order to be shown from a recently erected beacon at the southern end of the Anciote Keys group. The light, red flashed every 80 seconds, will be visible up to sixteen nautical miles in clear weather. The apparatus uses a black pyramidal iron frame and a black tan lantern, with two white dwellings nearby.
Prof Church of Columbia College New York has arrived at Tientsin to study Chinese copper and silver mines for the Department of State. He reports on the interior mines and opposes hand labor, recommending the adoption of mining machinery under Viceroy Li Hung Chang's administration.
Observations on burial and cremation practices in India describe Hindu cremation on the Ganges banks near Calcutta and Benares, Muslim burial, and Parsees exposing bodies on Bombay’s Tower of Silence for scavenging birds, illustrating stark religious contrasts and rites.
The article discusses how many songs trace to a single ancient source and origin. It notes a laborers harvest tune, yielding buttermilk and a tenth of grain, with a chant “Didel didel…” and the tune known in New England before the Revolution as Lydia Fisher's Jig.
A Newportville letter tells how Kate Shelley of Boone Iowa, at sixteen, braved a flood to warn an approaching express after a bridge failed. She crawled 500 feet along a trestle in darkness, alerted Moingona station, and saved the train crew with help arriving moments later. Her feat earned a state medal and lasting public honors.
A parade of fashion details from hats and trims to sleeves and colors. Notes on Miss Edmunds aiding her father Senator and Miss Luce being named Daughter of the Brigade. Also mentions Bowmenville Ont marriage prospects and female doctors in New York and Brooklyn with high incomes.
The Cornish fishermen are praised as sober industrious and God fearing. Sundays kept with decorum. no larking or sea songs. Men stand by quays and beaches for hours discussing the sea and various craft gliding by in a dreamlike quiet.
The article contrasts Balzac’s riches and generosity with the Pacific coast magnates who earned vast fortunes in mining and railroads. It portrays six men whose business schemes and wealth eclipse even legendary royal sums of old Rome.
An illustrated verse critique shows a once gifted man ruined by drink. The drunken figure lies in tatters while a well-dressed man, once proud, watches from the path as strong drink claims his life. The tale traces pride to perdition and a fall from respect to ruin.
Inmates of the Tennessee Penitentiary sign a petition urging Tennesseans to vote against liquor, arguing whisky fuels crime, misery, and poverty. They claim prisons and poorhouses overflow due to the liquor trade and call for statewide support of prohibition.
A Tennessee prohibition advocate Rev. Sai Jones delivers a humorous Nashville address recounting a Georgia town mule incident at a saloon and pledging to preach the funeral of saloons on September 2 in support of prohibition work.
The text cites incidents of drunkenness and violence linked to lager beer, with figures from Pitchburg Mass and New York discussions. It references a yearlong license trial, decreased jail occupants, and reduced liquor law arrests as support for stricter temperance laws.
The WW C T U of New Mekicd plans a translation project and will oversee the Territorial Fair. The Union will provide lunch service and contribute funds, supporting the event and its activities.
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