14 Apr 1885
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1885
Page
1
The Apr 13 market report notes a two cent rise in wheat on war rumors between Russia and England, with later rallies to 91 before easing to 90 as of 6:30 PM. War talk and freezing weather worsened crop prospects, while private cables warned of probable conflict within days.
A four to five day march remains for Gen Middeton's force to reach the Saskatchewan as reports place them within 30 miles of Humboldt. Battles over river crossings loom with rifles said killed near Winnipeg and coastal units assembling at Swift Current. Col Outer leads Quen's Own aid B battery while Gen Strange heads to Calgary and Edmonton with infantry and scouts. Battleford garrison awaits relief as ice clears. boats expected to move soon. Col O'Brien's 350 men sailed for Qu'Appelle, with Sth battalion from Quebec arriving. Midland battalion due to reach Port Arthur en route here.
A garbled report recounts a voyage from City of Para to Aspinwall with naval officials, mentioning a dispute between two men over family troubles. Tinsler is wounded after being shot by an assailant. he retaliates, wounding the attacker. The outcome and names appear unclear due to damaged text.
The ad touts a health restorer called the great sort panier and liver iavi under the name Droggins, selling for one dollar. It reads as a promotional line for a tonic or remedy.
Mr W W Corcoran has placed a seven foot tall indestructible granite memorial over John Howard Payne's Tunis grave in St George Cemetery. Commissioned by the American consul at Malta the monument designed by Dr Nicoll Lasmit features a curved shaft with lyre motif, a book and scroll, and the notes of Home Sweet Home on a marble ribbon, with inscriptions on four faces.
A violent clash occurred at Muailow Junction County Cork as the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived en route to Convamore. Police bayonets repelled the crowd while Irish MPs O'Brien Redmond and Harrington were injured. News of the disturbance caused intense excitement in the House of Commons.
Greenfield reports spring thaw and town notes including new beehive organization, sermons at Koontz's Chapel and Farm Church, and an attention on local road conditions. A freshwater carp of 54 pounds was caught near Monocacy by Mr. Karl Rickette. Local civic items reference a quarterly meeting at Orhana and a Jefferson cow problem calculation by K. dr. Peal.
A Black transient who stabbed a white man last Thursday was captured in Alabama and jailed in Hazelhurst Mississippi. A mob of about one hundred men forced entry, seized him from the jail, and hanged him. Terrible indignation followed as the town grappled with the aftermath.
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