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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1887
Page
7
A collage of brief items reports misfortunes from a French self steering torpedo failure at Toulon, a Chicago depot crash injuring Judge Gary, a Missouri bond petition dismissed, a Georgia burglary case ending in elopement, and farmer debt trends in Western states.
The report covers parliamentary votes in Denmark on education, appointments in Turkey, wage arbitrations in the coke region, patent disputes over Southern Pacific lands, church ceremonies in Rome, a protest by Jews against burial laws, and political shifts in Chicago and New York. It notes Senator Teller’s remarks on an elections inquiry and Pierce era judicial figures, along with Irish criminal law debate and a Texan senator's railway accident.
The jury in the breach of promise case of Mrs. Harriett A. Moore against Moses Hopkins returned a verdict for $75,000, down from a $251,000 suit. Other items note a Binghamton mill fire, a Quebec arrest, a New Orleans cotton strike, and various regional disasters.
A resolution in the Texas Legislature directs a committee to survey conditions at the State Lunatic Asylum in Austin. The measure follows reports of alleged abuses likely to shock the public.
A finely cultivated farm of 180 acres in a top Kansas county borders a thriving city at the edge of the Railroad Division, within 100 miles of Kansas City. The land appreciates yearly, presenting a solid home or speculative purchase. Address.
An assortment of bargains and low prices appears from L. O. McIntire and Writzenkoen's quitting sale. Also notices for a Young Ladies Gayety Club address box in Kansas City and Barber Bros. druggists promoting English Spavin Liniment with claimed horse health benefits.
Save your money by trading with L. O. McIntire. Quitting sale at Weitzenkoen’s Ferm Machinery for sale or trade. Osborne Binder Star Corn Planter McCormick Mower Sulky Rake Hay Stacker and Gatherer 3-horse harrow Sulky plow 2 Walking Plows. Located one mile SE of Douglas county poor farm, one mile north of Sibley. Gleason and Whitman arrange real estate loans with Eastern capitalists for Douglas and neighboring counties.
A cluttered item list shows multiple quitting sales for dry goods carpets and clothing from L O McIntire Wirzenzonn Warrzmnkoun and WEITZENBORM plus a farm offer near Lawrence. The notice mentions a pedigreed Short-horn bull eight years old and a one year old Hereford-mother, with buy or trade options at 4 Mile Farm and contact A D Mackay in Lawrence.
The notice urges spring purchases from B. W. Woodward with a large stock of spring goods including Alabes tine and varnish for floors and walls. It advertises brushes, white lead, oil, step ladders, and weather sealing supplies at low prices from the Round Corner and old Found Cerner. It mentions land rentals in Wekaruss bottom and shares, with inquiries to A Hapney and J Gonpox Guns.
An advertisement extols a long standing drug store offering drugs oils paints and chemicals with a reputation for fair dealing and reliability built over years.
The Soddy Coal Company's property near Chattanooga Tenn has been sold to Cincinnati capitalists for about $900000 The dispatch notes a Panama riot over a military arrest with several deaths and injuries A New York Farquhar Oldham Filter Company has a receiver appointed The Gate City Gas Company in Atlanta faces fugitive links and a Bedouin incident in Egypt is reported along with market notes on produce and livestock
Market notes show varied bids and prices for grains livestock and dairy. Prices range across corn oats wheat and rye with cattle hogs and butter and eggs listed alongside futures and cash bids from St Louis and Chicago exchanges.
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