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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1879
Page
4
A chaotic, fragmentary summary from a New York era edition reports brutal prosecutions in various states, including a murder case in Missouri and a notable arrest in Nebraska. It also covers European conflicts, Afghanistan and India reports, parliamentary intrigue, and a strange swamp rescue near Trenton ending in death from exhaustion.
The New York Herald reports Memirkalie adventures of an Iowa woman Mrs Charles Jones who survived a massacre and captivity with a Yurkton Agency party in 1878. Her son, aged 15, was found later in Nebraska after a long trek home. The piece also covers Uncle William Scott a long lived African American man with a storied life from Maryland to England and back, age uncertain. The narrative blends frontier violence with personal survival and a curious reminiscence of colonial era ties.
Mr Giles Pearce of Muscatine reports new relics on a slough bluff near the city. The prior mound yielded three skeletons and various artifacts including a red stone pipe, granite fragments, iron plummet, and a stone hammer on a burnt clay floor with soft sand beneath. Pearce intends to send findings to a national institute. Between last mound and Muscatine lie about 650 mounds. In Pomfret, Connecticut a 18 year old owns the horse that Wilkes Booth rode after Lincoln's assassination.
The Baltimore Gazelle notes Mr Disney, an aged former servant of Gen Howe, recalls Scott's boyhood care for his father who died 35 years ago. Disney, now feeble with white hair, asserts Scott’s aged claims, saying he attended religious meetings along the Reistertown road and believes Scott is older than he claims.
The 1854 Alton penitentiary escape drama ends as Col. Samuel A. Buckmaster chases down convict Hall who wounds guard Crabb. Buckmaster uses a crowbar to hold the door and shoots Hall, killing him as Crabb survives his injuries and remains at Joliet.
Rev. Mie MacLeod of Philadelphia denounces full mourning as gloomy and costly arguing a ribbon or crape on a clerk or coat suffices to signal bereavement. He urges keeping bright attire and hopes, contrasting with mourners wearing armor-like black, while a separate report recounts a woman arrested for resisting an officer but discharged with the officer.
Washington guests discuss the Chinese question with Senator Blaine taking a strong stand against free Mongolian immigration. He warned it would push white labor from the Pacific coast, likening it to South's servile race spread. He urged fair treatment for Chinese already here under treaty rights and cautioned against broad open borders. Three-fourths of guests reportedly supported Blaine’s views.
D Richards, arrested near Steubenville, Ohio, confesses to a series of killings across Nebraska and other states. He admits murdering a man in Buffalo County, another in a home, and a woman and her three children near Mount Pleasant, detailing poisoning, bludgeoning, theft, and his intent to hang for the crimes. He requests fair treatment and warns of mob violence upon return to Kearney.
The Rev John Mazideline of Brooklyn was sentenced to five years imprisonment for bigamy. In a confession he admitted multiple marriages across Philadelphia Newark Bradford Troy Lowell Winfield and other towns, blaming his religious beliefs and pursuit of happiness. He asked for mercy.
Saymond and Ellen Osgood, siblings, were hanged in Liberty County Georgia for the murder of Sam Gauldin after a dispute at a debt collection. Simon Osgood and three of his children beat Gauldin with sticks and rails, leading to his death next day. Henry escaped. others were arrested, tried, and Simon jailed for voluntary manslaughter for twenty years.
A long column details various naive health remedies including poison neutralizers with sweet oil, borax for hoarseness, lemon juice and buttons to treat corns, and other home therapies. It also covers a starving agony of sick headaches, a Vermonter square meal story, a giant spider web in Ceylon, and Darwinian notes on intermarriage, all presented in a mid-19th century medical/informational tone.
In a Constan tinople audience the Sultan, holding a Bible, demanded a Christian doctor swear to tell the truth about his lung health and organ condition. The doctor swore, then declared the Sultan’s lungs sound with a note of nervousness, while horse riding was advised as a preventive measure. The ad cites Dr Wa Hart’s Allam for the Sun as a remedy for chest discomfort and cough, touting it as a potent cure with drugstore availability.
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