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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1886
Page
2
A Fort Worth dispatch reports a sudden strike by Knights of Labor members at the Texas and Pacific and Missouri Pacific yards. About 300 workers walk out after demands for higher wages and longer hours, halting freight and engine movement while passenger trains run.
A digest of chaotic incidents includes Everett Smith suicide in Nashville after drinking, a pistol duel in Chihuahua leaving one dead, a grand market fire in San Francisco, and various other accidents. Also noted are a hotel fire in Boston, a Jonesboro arson, railway robberies on the Mexican line, and structural collapses with multiple fatalities across several cities.
A devastating blaze struck a Nashua block housing stores offices and club rooms causing $40,000 loss and injuring several firemen. Chimneys collapsed a ladder toppled Frank Holt and a brick struck Charles Calbury. Separately two George W Blabon Co. woollen works in Philadelphia burned for about $75,000 loss.
At midnight to 2 am a mob of about eighty masked men divided into groups of twenty forced 160 Chinese laborers away from camps east of Portland and Albina Oregon. The attackers used revolvers, chased them from land three miles back, and ferried them to Portland with no resistance offered. Police knew nothing until the march reached the Portland ferry at 2 am.
Bradford Pa bank clerks Thomas Christie and Horatio King have been arrested on embezzlement charges after allegedly creating fictitious accounts and credits to cover up a 40000 theft. Broker P H Huntly is also jailed for allegedly aiding the scheme. The men confess to the cashier and await further legal action.
The page blends market notes with odd literary fragments and dialogue about bulls and scalps. It cites prices like 6.00 and 5.20 and mentions names such as Aden, NILWACKER, and CUKEKE CHICAGO while weaving in dramatic quotes and stray scenes including Old Mrs Beatty and a wax paper reading.
A New York dispatch reports street car workers at Dry Dock and related lines accept a $2 daily rate for twelve hours including meals, with Commissioner O Donnell named arbitrator. After clashes and blockades, the Atlantic Avenue line agreement prompts resumption of service as cars return to operation in the afternoon.
About 10 o clock on the ath a mob of 160 men and boys attacked KR B Swankin accused of abusing his wife and child. They beat him with cattle whips on Main Street and along the railroad, stripping his coat and forcing him to leave town after a brutal whipping.
Excitement in Spring field Q with East Street Champion Reaper Works discharging hundreds of employees who reportedly belong to Knights of Wakter or other unions. President Whitley says the move is for human liberty and to curb union influence, claiming the organization brings terror and intimidation. The firm advertises openings to replace laid off workers.
A Gloucester dispatch states the schooner Virginie Dare and her 14 crew are lost after leaving the Grand Banks halibut grounds December 24. Reported survivors or sighting attempts are not confirmed. listed crew members hail from New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.
Large crowds gathered at the McCormick Reaper Works in Chicapa during the morning shift change. Police arrested several noisy disruptors to maintain order. About 150 workers reported for duty while 200 more returned to work after a lockout and threats of intimidation subsided.
In a message to the Senate on the Chinese question Cleveland says the status of Chinese in the western states is not satisfactory. He urges full government effort to treat Chinese fairly and enforce justice for wrongdoers within treaty limits and considers further medical remedies when Congress deems fit.
G O'Hara assistant superintendent of the Pullman Palace Car Co Chicago division caused a sensation at the Palmer House Chicago on the 2d by leaping from a window as delirious erysipelas affected his head. He escaped attendants and climbed to the window then jumped but two air lights protected by wire screened broke the fall. He was not seriously hurt and walked away after being found. He is 35 years old.
Henry Labouchere moved to abolish the hereditary House of Lords in the Commons on the evening of the 8th. The motion was defeated 202 to 165. Labouchere and the Parnellites backed the minority. many Liberals abstained. The majority was Conservatives and government men. Parnellites cheered the result as OConnor cried The Writing on the Wall.
In the French chamber of deputies on the 1th inst., a motion for immediate expulsion of princes was rejected. The vote against the measure was 25 to 176, despite strong advocacy by Clemenceau supporters and intense rhetoric from M. De Freycinet leading the opposition.
The Senate and House push a comprehensive education bill with state allocation provisions and admin changes. Debates cover interior administration, district data, and Alaska inclusion. Separately, pension and invalid pension measures advance, with votes and committee actions shaping funding and eligibility.
The Sander's Point lighthouse at Escanaba Michigan burned in the early morning blaze. Keeper Mrs Mary L Terry and others faced robbery and murder accusations as investigators describe a damaged structure and remains.
The lighthouse was completed May 19 1868 and has been under the charge of Mrs Perry since then. Bird Terry was 69 years of age at the time of the report.
London dispatch reports a countrywide snow storm with heavy drifts hindering rail travel. The British steamer Missouri captained by Poytland, sailing from Boston to Liverpool, stranded off Holyhead but its crew landed safely. rescue operations may refloat the vessel after the gale subsides.
An explosion at the Miami Powder Company dry house near Xenia Ohio killed three men and razed the building and machinery. Two thousand four hundred 25 pound cakes were in the house. the blast originated from a boiler that ruptured during drying. The deceased are Henry Franklin leaving a widow and two children Christy McCann leaving a wife and one child and Michael Haney leaving a wife and three children in Ireland. The loss is severe.
Eight men convicted of prominent roles in the Teafugar Square and Hyde Park disturbances were sentenced at the Middlesex sessions on the 3rd. They received penal servitude terms from one to five years as the judge denounced the so called popular demonstrations of workingmen as naturally leading to tumult and disorder.
A freight train on the Ontario & Western Railroad derailed near Fish Eddy Delaware County New York on the night of the 2d, taking EF Smith and W K Raynolds two conductors and two brakemen with it. Their bodies were burned beyond recognition in the wreck.
A Milwaukee region rail collision near Yellow River wrecked fourteen cars, injuring the engineer. A large fire destroyed Wilda’s millinery store in Berabu, plus A B Willert’s candy factory and Towsley’s millinery and residence. Insurance payments and causes are noted. Other items include court and municipal elections, land revert bills, a suicide, and a pension bill.
Fragmentary OCR text references poetry, writing styles, and a callout to Chicago and Iowa. The garbled lines suggest a discussion of poetic form, letter patterns, and a desire to provoke thought about urban literary culture. No clear events or citations emerge.
A collage of bite sized humor and social snippets from old newspapers. Includes misheard phrases, playful exchanges, and brief tales about servants, restaurateurs, and a 1865 Virginia slave sale, with scattered names and places like Boston, Cincinnati, and Augusta.
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