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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1879
Page
4
A long, fragmented jigsaw of 19th century notices recounts events from weather, wrecks, and fires to political shifts and crime. It mentions shipwrecks off Chesapenka Bay and port towns, prairie fires in Dakota, a hanging in Lid, and political maneuvers in Kentucky and Wisconsin, with references to naval and military figures, tariffs, and emigration efforts.
report from Stamboul notes numerous arrests in St Petersburg after an assassination attempt on Gen Von Drontolin, with high officials among those detained. Afghan clashes in Pishin valley yield 60 dead on a British detachment. British hussars suffer losses crossing the Cabul river. German Emperor’s head wound treated. British operation under Capt. Gough reports heavy Afghan losses. Egyptian slave depots campaign clashes with Suleiman. 1,087 dead on the enemy side, 3,000 Egyptian troops engaged. Oxford and Cambridge boat race results favor Cambridge. French pardons list signed by Grevy. Zulu war developments: Obam Cotywayo’s kin surrender. Oham’s potential claim to throne. Zulue campaign quiet.
The Forty Sixth Congress convened briefly with Senate action on a bill to extend Northern Pacific railroad construction and a National Board of Health inquiry. In the House, the Army bill faced extended debate over deploying troops at polls, with speakers on both sides stressing civil liberty and military restraint. The Senate confirmed ministers to Berlin and Central America, while Greenback caucus moves surfaced amid party tensions.
A partisan floor battle unfolds over federal authority at polls, with mentions of recall provisions, possible repeals of statutes, and party line votes. Key figures include Conger, McMahon, Brower, Laws, Hart, and the Greenback faction, as the debate centers on executive power and state legislative response.
Testimony shows minimal Treasury pay under $1200 a year prompted no subscriptions to the Republican fund while War Department messengers and House staff varied in involvement. Documents from the committees totaled $4 005 raised with 1 011 7N distributed and most materials used through the Printing office.
Popular Science Monthly notes New Guinea exceeds Borneo in area, with length near 1500 miles and width about 410 miles. The piece highlights recent surveys, missionary work, and explorers that expanded knowledge of its geography and indigenous peoples, comparing its size to the Austrian empire.
The article extols simple broiling to keep juices and avoid carbon taste. It advises hot, controlled heat, turning steak, no pepper or salt until served, narrow griddled slats, and fat kept away from the hot section. It cites Mr. Richard Grant White in the Atlantic Monthly.
Despite an 1862 storm that cost 15 weasels and 120 men, Gloucester’s calamity, loss of 14 weasels valued at 547, and 155 men during a rough period mark the town’s enduring hardship since its 1636 founding. The fishing industry’s three quiet years amplify suffering and destitution in the port.
The Gloucester Fishermen's and Seamen's Widows' and Orphans' Aid Society reports 70 widows and 180 orphans this year after 4 vessels and 23 men lost previously. In 1871, 19 vessels and 140 men were lost. Since 1862 the society has disbursed $64,000 to 134 families but this year's deaths require outside aid.
A London Chicago Times report documents a catastrophe as Gen Browne's division and the Eleventh Bengal Lancers attempt the Cahue river crossing at a ford. Turbulent water and a late misjudgment swept away fifty men and fifty horses, with one officer missing and many others drowned. The Tenth Hussars, famed for select troops, faced heavy losses, prompting notes on the regiments and leadership, and recalling past Afghan river tragedies.
American Agriculture notes vast arable land and rising farm value with potential crop gains from better cultivation. Russian ladies duel over courtship near Petigorsk as pistols misfire, leading to hair pulling and police intervention in a Kilkenny cats moment.
A Monongahela House guest Mr Edward Hofmann could have seen a world tour by mail. A postal letter sent January 23 from Zofingen Switzerland to Calcutta then to Pittsburgh arrived February 16 in Calcutta after twenty four days, then reached Hofmann yesterday after thirty days total sixty two days since leaving Switzerland. If no delay occurs it may complete the world trip in seventy six days four days under Jules Verne’s Phineas Fogg.
A garbled recap of political figures from Nevada to New York with heights and weights, plus notes on ex government figures traveling or lecturing. It mentions Justice Hext, Ex-Sevaron Crntamaycy, Mrs Christiancy, Minister Christiancy, and a long anecdote about a Hopkinsville audience and a veteran gambler decrying degeneracy in public life.
A Jersey City Journal interview tours O Donnell's top floor and reveals the sugar barrel craft. Staves are formed around a hoop, tightened with a rope and pulley, baked briefly in a furnace, then heads and hoops added. a skilled worker makes about forty barrels daily, with seasonal output near six thousand. Staves are Michigan-sourced elm shaped by machine for shipment to the cooperage.
A monumental panorama of the Battle of Waterloo is being executed in Brussels under M Castellani. The canvas spans 115 metres in circumference and 144 metres in height, with a surface area of about 1 6674 square metres. Artists work in a large workshop of the Patwels Com.
A long fragment recounts Napoleonic battle scenes with Napoleon on a white horse and guards forming a square. It shifts to a sensational tale of a 13 or 14 year old girl near death, whose mother allegedly restores her child using a two‑bladed fruit knife and elixir, ending with the knife as a family heirloom.
Paris bonnets and shoes dominate the fashion brief with novelties like Henri trois sabot and Catherine de Medici souliers. It notes Jerig hairstyles, delicate lace clocked stockings, and bold bonnet flowers while detailing spring fabrics and travel wear. Separately a San Francisco Letter item recounts a strange seal-skin quarrel and a court refusal amid urban wit and a Tennessee elopement tragedy ending in insanity.
An 19th century style notice touts Hoatetter's Stomach Hitters as a cure for liver weakness and related symptoms. It credits Dr B. P. Presce with founding a World’s Dispensary Association and claims vast European exposure through druggists. The release ends with a quirky aside about a Peoria poet going crazy.
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