Notable Deaths and Fortunes Mark Hamilton Weekly News
A long list of obituaries and local incidents from Hamilton St. Catharines Guelph and Montreal includes deaths of Captain John Mackay and bookseller Robert Duncan plus others like contractor John J. Macdonald and convict Thomas Kearny. The piece notes political, legal, and transport developments across Canada and beyond with dates and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mackay
Hamilton
St. Catharines
Robert Duncan
Recreations of Great Men and Poets Friends
The text recounts Pope's preferred pastime of socializing with painters like Kneller and Reynolds. A Guinea trader visitor jokes about the two greatest men, while Kneller’s nephew critiques age and strength. Reynolds keeps a tame bird in Leicester Square, which escapes one summer morning, leaving Reynolds to search fruitlessly.
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Pope
Society of Painters
Kneller
Thackeray
Warburton
Godfrey Kneller
Godfrey
Joshua Reynolds
Leicester Square
A Horse's Grief Expressed in Tears and Sorrow
An eyewitness recalls a battlefield scene at Alma where a horse, after its rider fell dead, turned to the body and shed copious tears. The incident, cited in Cooper’s novels and discussed in Parliament, underscores animal suffering and humanity toward animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Lord Erskine
House of Lords
Alma
My First Shipwreck in the British Channel 1844
A fifteen year old apprentice aboard the 120 ton schooner Margaret from Bristol endures a gale and wreck off the Wales coast. The ship breaks up but all crew survive. the narrator is washed ashore and nursed by Welsh villagers before rejoining Captain Thomas.
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Margaret
William Thomas
Holland
Bristol
Cook
St. Helena
Thomas
Jack
Wales
Oress
Mysel
Sca
Doctors Tell Of Mysterious Encounters In Profession
A prominent physician recounts risky calls where distrustful spouses threaten him and epilepsy patients lash out with razors. One doctor, summoned to a stranger’s home, faced a furious husband before fleeing. Another case ends with a violent patient subdued, later recovering then sent to asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Icosa
Great Antarctic Icebergs Drift Toward New Zealand Coasts
A vast flotilla of Antarctic icebergs drifts into the New Zealand current frightening ships off Cape Horn and Chatham Islands. Eyewitness accounts describe 250 to 300 foot high blocks, some bearing brown earth, with archipelago-like spreads seen as far north as 48 to 49 degrees south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Iit
Dundee Whalers
Erebus
Cape of Good Hope
Sayedsey
Greenland
Humboldt
Carpenter
Chatham Islands
South Atlantic
Antarctic
Arctic
North Atlantic
Canary Captured by Spider in Santa Ana
A canary ensnared in a Santa Ana tree was bound by sticky threads tied to a spider. The bird hung head downward and unable to move as the spider slowly pulled it upward, until a bystander freed the trapped animal.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Ages of British Statesmen and Their Lifespans
The era's leaders are listed with ages at death or last office, noting Lord Palmerston died in harness near eighty two, Chatham seventy, Fox fifty seven, Pitt forty seven, Cummings fifty eight, Peel sixty two, Earl Russell eighty six though out of office after seventy four, Lord Beaconsfield seventy seven, and Gladstone eighty three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Boyer
St. Catharines
Clarke
Toronto
Tarte
L’islet
Dominion House of Commons
Quebec
Chapleau
Madame Chapleau
Sneacerwood
Europe
Montreal
Desjardins
McShane
Canada Gazette
United States
Dawson
Mcsill University
St. Augustine
Fla
W. G. Reid
Red River
Winnipeg
St. Boniface
Montreal Protestant House of Industry
Molson
Longue Pointe
Washington
Great Britain
Ontario Educational Association
Educational Department
Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company
H. T. Stevens
Mabel
Moncton
N. B
Pilkington
London
England
George III
Coun Council
Duserts
Ont
A. T. Haan
Budalo
Montreal Board of Trade
Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association
Chicago
John F. McCarthy
Middle Tipperary
Louis John Jennings
House of Commons
Stockport
Kempster
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Gladstone
Glasgow
Moville
New York
Greenock
British Board of Agriculture
David Richardson
Alton
Ill
Wann
George Silvey
Spokane
Wash
James G. Blaine
West Rutland
Montana
William Worrell
Worrell Sisters
Orange
N. J
Kate Horlacker
Philadelphia
Hastings
Napier
New Zealand
Ecuador
Queensland
Victoria
Australia
Trinacria
Ferdinand and
Charles de Lesseps
Marius Fontaine
M. Cottu
M. Eiffel
Panama
Lord Palmerston
Harness
Chatham
Fox
Pitt
Cummings
Sir Robert Peel
Earl Russell
Lord Beaconsfield
Gladstone Ig
Pirates of the Past Versus Modern Atlantic Loot
The article contrasts historic pirate wealth with contemporary transatlantic plunder aboard the French steamer La Champagne. It notes a $4,300,000 gold cargo, implying steam shipping has ended high seas piracy era, leaving old buccaneers to contemplate lesser spoils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson
Sea Knights
Atlantic
New York
la Champagne
High Seas
Lent Denial Delays Lending in Congress
A humorous exchange shows a congressman asking for twenty dollars and another ready to lend, but the lender refuses in observance of Lent. The dialogue captures office banter and self restraint amid congressional courtesy.
Mystery Cleared Up About Water Riding Tiny Creatures
A father explains to his child that the little animals in water exist and can be seen with a microscope. The dialogue suggests curiosity about drinking water and its effects on singing like a tea kettle when heated.
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Tommy
Papa
Engineering feats and plans for an expansive transmountain project
A report details the scale of a colossal railway undertaking crossing the Andes with tunnels up to six miles long and stations far above sea level. It notes opening delays, tower and lift components, and vast costs while highlighting engineers adapting to extreme climates and high altitude work.
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Cesembly Park
Canadian Pacific Ia
Avestock
Andes
Galeri
Mont Blanc
Alps
St. Gottard
Simpton
Ap Pike
Sue
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Guelph
John J. Macdonald
Thomas Kearny
Kingston Penitentiary
Judgeee
Montrey
Pool
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N. Y
Minneapolis
Buffalo
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Stevens
Hawaii
Afab
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Canada
Honolulu
Capt
Chas. W. Kennedy
Great Antarctic Icebergs
Canary
AE Ag
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