20 Jan 1881
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1881
Page
1
The article recalls President Polk with detail on his health and temperament, contrasting his methodical, industrious nature with Mrs. Polk's strict Presbyterian dignity. It notes Calhoun's cabinet shift, the contrast in social duties, and a humorous anecdote about a donkey interrupting a sermon when the preacher urged moral urgency.
In a statehouse setting Mr Hubbell notes arrears of pension claims total 243 million with annual 45.6 million payments due. Census data shows 606 221 children aged five to twenty in 1880, with Dalhousie county down 104.4n, and several counties among the oldest populous showing declines. Levi Bishop of Detroit cites 25 Michigan murders in three years and debates over punishment. Senator Obuffs of Colorado proposes arming policy for Indians and feeding them under government oversight to end warlike actions.
Reports from London and Dublin describe Irish political strife and land reform debate, with Parnell denying a false statement and gunboat movements toward Ireland. Germany Austria Ottoman notes, dynamite threats near Lita, and unrest in England amid labor and anti Jewish agitation are noted alongside Cuban pacification claims and a Dublin armory incident.
An aged negro boy killed Labs by forcing a red hot poker down its throat in Philadelphia. A kerosene lamp explosion in Reading destroyed a residence and burned three children fatally. Justice Ames resigns from the Massachusetts Supreme Court due to age and declining strength. Mrs. Stone appeals for donations to multiple colleges and causes, with large sums proposed. A fatal accident at a textile plant in Petersboro, New Hampshire, and a murder case involving Warren Longmore in Pembroke, Maine are noted alongside other local incidents and a Vanderbilt-owned building fire on Cortlandt Street, New York.
A garbled late 1800s dispatch notes deaths in a Las Malas village melee between Americana and Mexicans, a brutal murder in Lapeer, plus a Greenville man’s wife burned to death by arson. It also mentions ex-bank official Philip Krieger Jr in St Louis, a Creek trading party near Abrams, and a Tennessee bill over Memphis debt with 25 cent payouts. Farther lines report suicides, crimes, and an Arkansas case, with railway executive Frederick Wintz tied to a 350,000 embezzlement scandal.
A revolver tragedy on Point on Polos island in Lake Erie claims Beaty Reinheimer and Andrew Henderson, with both dead. The report notes broader events including railroad finance and population figures, but centers on the incident as a grim homicide and suicide.
A London newspaper recounts a curious tale of a gentleman who proposed to the woman now his wife during a dinner. He had long been a lover but never asked, until a note from a neighboring guest urged him to pop the question. A waiter carried the message to the intended recipient, who folded the note into her bosom and urged the messenger with a ready answer. Taoitas Cantree, aged 86, remains sharp as spring in wit and temper.
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