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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1885
Page
2
A garbled roster shows numerous names including Galbraith Ludwig Harper Weber Bennet Burnsile and others. Chairman MAGEE oversees the compilation with multiple entries such as Kreamer Miller Holt and Smith.
Governor Pattison vetoed a bill that would increase the number of magistrates beyond the current legal limit, signaling opposition to expanding judicial appointments at the present time.
The house defeated the bill to appropriate 10000 dollars for Pennsylvania’s display at the New Orleans exposition. The state will fund the exhibit without public financial aid.
Hon A G Curtin urges Congress to fund steel manufacture tests to build American ships and arms. He argues for government support to develop domestic steel and naval production, aiming to reduce reliance on English steel and keep pace with world rivals. He seeks a $25 000 appropriation for testing and industry development.
Explosions in Garry Bros. store New York blamed on the Equality Association. Pittsburgh reports a strong dynamite element awaiting a trigger. O Donovan Rossa shot by a 25 year old woman Yeset Dudley. Lock Haven burglars blow Stuber safe taking $3000 plus checks and papers. Swenk Co. loses near 500 dollars in goods.
Senator Adams, pushing a whipping post for wife beaters, files a resolution to put the bill on the Senate calendar after a negative judiciary committee report. He cites letters from injured wives and judges, arguing the whipping-post is needed to protect women and punish abusive men.
The speaker argues that cowards who beat women lack upbringing and would be restrained only by corporal punishment. He says the sole objection to the bill is that it is retrogressive, but asserts such a man who beats a woman defies ordinary law and needs the lash to curb his nature.
The Washington letter recalls the Capitol’s high cost yet lack of fireproof rooms from cellar to garret. It cites the 1814 Congressional Library fire and the need to shelter records in a fireproof structure. It describes a recent dome fire above the House during a session and warns night-time fire could devastate the Capitol.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent reports miles of snow covered trails in the Indian Territory with hundreds of dead cattle strewn along the route from Caldwell Kansas to Miller's Camp. He notes severe losses with over a third of a million cattle in the Cherokee strip already dead or dying as winter lasts. The report also mentions misreported river crossings and surveys, plus a flood of medical remedies and public notices embedded in the era.
Fragment references a family and general weekly paper, noting broad affordability and wide reach. text is garbled and lacks coherent events or identifiable entities to form a full news card.
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