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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1881
Page
3
Democratic messaging urges voters to turnout for next Tuesday. Council and religious notices mark meetings and dedications. Local trades, harvest issues, and a few obituaries and incidents are briefly reported with names and places such as Centre Hall Aaronsburg and Jersey Shore.
A 350 foot long monster gun weighing 57 000 pounds was cast at Reading on Monday. It will use 150 pounds of powder per charge and fire a 150 pound ball capable of penetrating two feet of solid iron. The gun's greatest diameter will be 26 inches and it will be moved to Sandy Hook for trials with numerous military and civilian spectators from New York and other areas observing.
In Washington the Guiteau murder case is delayed as his lawyers Scoville and Robinson obtain a postponement from November 7 to November 14 after arguments pro and con. Judge Cox ruled the new date must be binding and that jurisdiction points would not be pressed.
A hub and spoke factory in Dayton explodes wrecking the south wing and burying workers while a fatal brick strike kills Katie Mackley in a nearby schoolyard. Separately in Newark New Jersey Mechanics’ National Bank closes after a major defalcation is admitted by cashier O L Baldwin.
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