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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1887
Page
2
Reports from Mandan and Albany touch floods and rising waters. Observers describe a green ray and a fleeting disk above the horizon. The article also notes capital punishment changes and a property dispute linked to Matthew Crocker heirs and a Tennessee land grant.
The latest telegrams report Michael F Chalk named head of boilers at Duluth vessel center. New York American Claim agency officers arrest on stand. July 1 start for new arma budget. Indian Agency depredations and a murder linked to $916,000,000 bonds. Treasury warns cargoes and boxing gear treated as bulky goods. Education of the blind funds restricted to Louisville Institute. Foreign news covers Russian embassy dispatches in London, bank losses in Hong Kong, and cautious parleys on Franco-German relations. Sultan of Morocban bans intoxicants and closes tobacco trade. public punishments for violations noted.
Reports detail a spate of incidents including infant murder arrest in Deentar IU Tugaday Mra Sarah Worta. a Chicago traveling salesman swindling a Galesburg water proprietor of 600 by forged check. four New York indictments for swindling against President Guo. a $2,000 bond in Bloomington for D. L. Parkes fraud case. a camp fatality near Lockwood's. a Bankin theft in Antelo Bolaga. a Walter Lawton $400000 absconding case with Ruths Kirkland. cafe firm open reveals little.
A string of devastating fires killed three in Lavant Ontario and seriously injured two others. Other blazes destroyed White's Fabricating Works in Cincinnati and damaged Davenport Iowa Tax Gazette office, Willimantic Conn unit of electric company, Canajoharie N.Y. factory, and many businesses in Minn, Cal, Ohio, and North Carolina. Losses run into thousands with several properties left totally burned and insured losses noted.
The article details the Ottawa Supreme Court proceedings in the Spies et al. case with remarks by Chief Justice Kyhion, defense and state attorneys, and rumors of Solomon's dismissal from the defense. It notes players from Ottawa and nearby towns, the controversial cocaine and opium debates, and the dramatic courtroom atmosphere surrounding the Haymarket tragedy.
General notes report plowing finished across De Witt county and other scattered items. A West Point candidate in Freeport, Illinois, and Adelbuch Althouse of Oregon are mentioned among local educational pursuits. A Salt Lake to Pittsburgh base shipment faces market disruption under interstate commerce law. Chicago hosts intercity railway officials seeking relief from the commission. The National G A R encampment committee invites President Cleveland and wife to St Louis in September. A Washington DC land sale highlights a corner property on Connecticutt and Twentieth. Ice gorge on the James River near Bivarry island is described. River currents affect currency flow and rail movement hampers Northern Pacific. Rochester, Nebraska reports an ex-government agent noting counterfeit silver certificates and bogus government paper. Northwestern Railway officials travel to Baraboo Wisconsin to probe alleged tyrannous acts by Swineford and aides. An engineer reportedly compelled a Superintendent to retract statements.
Grand European party commemorations mark an emperor birthday with widespread social events. An Illinois State Representative survived an assassination attempt amid growing regional tensions. Missouri river scenes near Mondon Falls feature notable activity as communities react to the events.
Reports from Berlin, Vienna and St Louis celebrate Emperor William’s birthday with parades, banquets, and tributes. German leaders endorse peaceful policy while Russians and British note the event. on US plains a shooting near East St Louis targets Representative Bailey, who survives. Separate items cover river flooding, stock markets, and local exploits.
Judges Brewer and Thayer ruled on petitions of bondholders east of the river seeking nearly a million dollars in earnings. The committee was found not bound to pay mortgages, and the matter was dismissed. The court also ordered a $780,000 bond for the receiver’s certificates and outlined timelines for payments and discharge.
News from Ashland and Eau Claire reports a rapid real estate surge with properties rising from 1000 to 13000 dollars in Ashland led by St Paul and Minneapolis capitalists. Officers of the Eau Claire Mining Exchange organized with T F Poweley as president and 70 charter members. A round of accidents includes a boy fatally injured at Manawa and a tramway crash causing multiple injuries.
A garbled survey of 19th century notes reports on insurance lists in Le Ceonss markets, a professor delivering a travel talk in Appleton on March 23, and local industry in Racine shipping five cars daily. It notes a court case about Tambor and ex-Mayor Secor, along with a train collision north of Oak Creek causing substantial damages and injuries. A bizarre birth with an elyph artily distorted infant is described, and Irish criminal law discussion in Lowpox notes government moves.
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