Railroad Time Table Fragment
Time table fragment shows arrival and departure times with partial routing details. Entries list 11:15 a.m. 4:35 p.m. 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. for routes under unclear abbreviations.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1886
Page
5
Time table fragment shows arrival and departure times with partial routing details. Entries list 11:15 a.m. 4:35 p.m. 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. for routes under unclear abbreviations.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. E D Place with large attendance. Farmers welcomed mild weather aiding outdoor activity while hog cholera reports persist in various localities. Infant son of James R Johnson and Louissa Johnson died yesterday evening. A wedding for Miss May Deichmann and Mr Guldstandt of Wichita is planned for the 21st with over four hundred invitations issued. Concerts and charitable concerts are announced at Frazer Hall and the opera house to support the Presbyterian church. Services today include 1 30 am and 7 pm with Elder Hughes preaching on Our Mission.
The Topeka Commonwealth reports the worst blizzard on the Kansas plains. In Dodge City wind speeds hit 35 mph with temperatures below zero and two days of near total paralysis. Three hundred men cleared tracks between Dodge City and Speareville as eighteen foot snowdrifts trapped people and horses, with a dugout sheltering a widow and two daughters who perished. Many settlers face desperate, fuel‑starved conditions as homes stay unfinished shells and coal must be hauled in from distant towns.
A Topeka Cap ital piece recalls pre prohibition days as eleven whisky bottles are dug from a closet in the state house. The janitor dates them six to seven years old, illustrating ongoing cleanup of the representative hall.
Last evening Univer Jetty law classes held moot court with Judge Green. A Kansas City liquor firm sued a Kansas man for a barrel of whisky bought via a traveling salesman, with plaintiffs winning. A second case debated stock conversion damages, Prof Green citing market value at conversion. Also reported, the death of Mr. Jas P Foster near the city from heart disease, survived by a wife, no children, funeral to be announced.
Prison escapes reported as three men freed themselves by removing a window bar and digging out while others were asleep. County commissioners met. J M Wood and F W Read named to help count treasury funds. Osburn the colored man released after paying costs. Louise Sylvester company staged a farcical musical at the Opera House with strong performances and favorable reception.
Friday’s news reports Mr Etdemiller shipping large ice quantities to Kansas City while unemployed men swarm for work on the ice. Bridges, trains, and winter weather top a wide mix of items from lawmaking bills to railroad blockades and university birthday preparations.
An auntis meeting for church officers was held last evening in the lecture room. A dime tea preceded a cornet solo by Prof. Bell and a song by Mrs Birdie Starr. Officers elected include J Frank Wilder trustee, A A Cooper clerk, C P Grovenor treasurer. Sunday school reports show rising membership and interest. A public teachers examination for Douglas county is set for January 30 1884 at the Central school in Lawrence.
Dr A M Wilder's friends learn he is seriously ill and staying in California. A blizzard-like wind rips through town as a new storm is feared. Meredith Hendricks declared insane is taken to Topeka. George T Johnson named guardian by Judge Foote. Unpaid personal property executions are sent to the sheriff for collection, more than last year. Journal office invites readers to bind books with Arnold as lead binder. Counts Clerk White completed scrip to pay commissioners bills totaling 8873.01, promising relief to some debtors receiving funds.
Herman Hase lost ten dollars and a railroad ticket to Kansas City when two well dressed young men crowded him aboard a Missouri Pacific train. The suspects named William Molynesux alias Moxey and Frank Watson fled toward the state line but were captured. Kansas City authorities obtained warrants for fugitives from justice and expect to bring them for trial, with Leavenworth likely as the outcome.
Chas Pilla and wife transfer blocks 91 92 115 116 129 180 in Eudora to Joe Snyder for 1000.00. W Thomason and wife sell 57% acre in Fold Ro 19 for 1500.00. Thos Perrin and others to RK Cunningham cover lots 3 4 in Lane's addition Lawte... 800.00. Wm S Foster and Mary B Foster to A M Dillon undivided half of lot 52 in Media. Frederick Weibel to Chas Lothholtz five acres in section 33 T K Re Eudora 175.00. T C Darling and wife to Mathias Brill lots 3 4 5 16 17 18 in block 76 Eudora 725.00. Andrew Thompson to Sarah A Simmons lots 16 in N St Lawton 100.00. Sarah A Simmons and others to Andrew Thompson undivided 13-16th interest in 29 acres in negros sw qr section 5 T 3 R 0 2925 750. Justice's Court: Tobe Carr pleads guilty to stealing coal from Union Pacific, fined 1.00 and costs, jailed on default. Edward Duncan arraigned for disturbing George M Johnson family with vulgar songs, pleads guilty, fined 1.00 and costs, part paid, remaining due. all parties reside in Lecompton township.
City teachers met in the superintendent's office with near full attendance. After minutes were read, Superintendent Stanley urged recitation hour schedules within three days and emphasized forty five number combinations for lower grades. Miss Engle spoke on Object teaching and Miss Thompson on Arithmetic for the first five grades.
The Thursday January 2 event features a grand musical evening at the club with violin obligato by Dorner Brothers. The Bell family, renowned to local music circles, will also perform and be part of the program.
The Lawrence Lodge No 7 AOUW and Star Lodge Degree of Honor held an installation ceremony with J A Montgomery officiating. Officers named included E F Goodrich and T J Sweeney, plus Rosa Richey and J Rutherford as Honor officers. A program of recitations music and dancing followed with refreshments.
Ds A A Holcombe drafts a bill to stamp out hog cholera with strict import bans quarantine and destruction of infected swine. The act imposes fines up to two thousand dollars and jail time for violations and directs sanitary commissions to establish border quarantine stations.
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