GenenaL Lonestreet Pursues War History Project
GenenaL Lonestreet dedicates all leisure time to his history of the war of the rebellion with plans to finish before the year ends.
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1891
Page
1
GenenaL Lonestreet dedicates all leisure time to his history of the war of the rebellion with plans to finish before the year ends.
Dr. W. H. Minpury, the blind chaplain of the House, is writing a book on the pioneers of the Mississippi valley with a collaborator.
About five hundred veterinarians in Great Britain signed a paper condemning overhead check reins as painful to horses and productive of disease.
Seventeen hundred Sioux belong to the Episcopal church with strong representation also among Baptists Catholics and Congregationalists in the community.
The history notes sixty two years with fifty four presidents, one regency and one empire. It asserts most government changes occurred amid violence across Mexico’s timeline.
A New Hampshire saloon-keeper faced a thousand charges and was convicted on 715. The total fees accumulated amount to 8000.
Prof Harurr Cooer of Cornell history becomes the first woman to hold the chair and receive equal pay as new professors. She has taught at Cornell for twenty three years.
Prof Wieerss warns no earthquakes will occur in the area until about August 7 1904. The statement offers a reassuring forecast and dismisses immediate seismic risk as a trifling concern.
A military convoy is blocked by snow in Algeria as winter weather bites North Africa. Spain also endures severe snow storms and cold, while the season defies expectations with record-breaking lows.
The census inquiry reveals whites grew 26 percent in the last decade, while the black population increased no more than 10 percent, indicating an overestimate of black growth among the South.
A court decision held the act extending Kansas City limits a year ago legal and invalid. The five aldermen elected from the new territory will lose their seats and all ordinances passed since annexation are invalidated.
The passage argues that newspapers will increasingly influence literature as magazines fill part of books' role. It suggests magazines and newspapers together shape future literary development, posing an intriguing question about the ultimate outcome.
The young Prince of Naples is described as a smooth faced lad with a light mustache, eyeglass, and a suit in the latest English fashion. He speaks four languages fluently and is valued for a retentive memory, seen as a royal encyclopedia.
Seenanda Woman of remarkable beauty, widow Mapame Ba Ba zmios, now in Washington. Married at fourteen, she has six children and retains youth and grace. She is fluent in five languages and noted for accomplishments. Reported fortune around 36,000,000 on solid authority.
General F. E. Spixner recalls his school days and states he was never spanked at home or in school. He reflects that despite being beaten by previous generations, he chose to practice the opposite approach with his own descendants, claiming he has never struck a child.
The Census bulletin reports 1889 production of 46 million tons with five year shipments totaling 34,390,608 tons, against a five year average of 31,511,381. Distribution shows 63 percent to the Middle States, 15 percent to New England, and 1 percent to the Western States.
The fragmentary item mentions names and places in a stylized headline form. Readable bits indicate a local notice or brief item rather than a full event. Details are unclear but imply a namesake or dedication note.
A weekend storm in eastern Pennsylvania disrupts telegraph and telephone service. Wires suffer sixty breaks near Harrisburg as heavy wet snow collapses trees and poles, halting routes to Philadelphia Washington and New York. repairs may take a month.
A Lewiston Idaho ranchman named Sanford claims Robert Ray Hamilton who was reported drowned in the Snake River last June is alive and in good health. Sanford cites workers on the Hamilton Sargeant ranch and suggests a fake corpse was planted to hide Hamilton's life elsewhere under an assumed name.
Dynamite blasts struck in R Bluefield West Virginia with the fourth explosion in the area. James Collins home was demolished, Moses Henry store wrecked, William Roan dwelling demolished with injuries. Three arrests made as residents fear for safety.
A Gallitzin telegram reports two unidentified men struck and killed by a train Saturday night. Brakeman O L Shorts of Pennsylvania Railroad was killed Sunday at East Conemaugh. An unknown Brown Brothers employee at Kring's Station was also struck and killed on Sunday.
The Court of Brussels proclaims three months of mourning for Prince Bandoin. Officials say he died from internal variola, a recently observed Brussels disease. The king orders the death kept secret from Princess Carlotta, ex-Empress of Nexica.
During the snow storm in Nashville Tennessee on Sunday morning countless small fish about an inch long fell from the sky. They resembled carp or mullet and were found along Broad Street and on Union Street several blocks away.
A revenue cutter car is being refitted in San Francisco with rapid progress. The key change is strengthening the spar deck, cutting port holes, and installing gun carriages for two long rifles to be used at sea.
Matt Merritt his wife and Fran were arrested in Des Moines on counterfeiting charges. Police found a tin pail full of metal plaster-of- parts and mold files plus other tools at their home.
A horse owned by Joseph Penrod at Elhart Indiana was frightened by an electric car on Sunday and collapsed dead. The incident underscores the animal’s panic response to unfamiliar traffic in a rural area.
General Miles selects chiefs Young Man Afraid of His Horses American Horse Fire Thunder Hump Little Wound Big Road He Dog Two Strike High Hawk High Pipe to travel to Washington to present Native grievances. Fifty Indians will follow later under War Department care as Miles shifts forces to Chicago and Rosebud agencies with cavalry detachments and ongoing disarmament.
An Indian raiding party attacked Noah Newbanks ranch Saturday night as the family and three workers dined. The ranchmen fired back, driving the attackers across the Cheyenne without any whites hurt. Bloodstains the next day hinted at possible Indian wounds.
Spain accepts invitation to negotiate a reciprocity treaty with the United States in Washington. The deal would cover American trade with Cuba and the Spanish West Indies, with possible tariff exemptions for Spanish sugars molasses coffee and skins in exchange for American imports. The main hurdle cited is American strictness on tobacco.
The first tin plate cup manufactured in the United States is shown in Canton as part of an exhibition. One of two cups by the St. Louis Stamping Company was presented to Major McKinley. The first cup was given to W. K. Allen of Canton, the other to his wife. The cup is 97 percent iron, with Chattanooga iron tested excellently, attracting much attention.
Drs Burtin and Pioug of Nantes School of Medicine presented in Paris an experiment using goats blood injections to treat tuberculosis. Fifteen grains of the preparation were injected into the thigh muscles of two patients and will be repeated every ten days.
Ninety four men in caucus pledged to unseat Ingalls at all hazards. Grand Army petitions and street crowds to disrupt the caucus failed, and nine in ten of Ingalls' supporters concede his hold is gone.
Telegraph from St Pilarre reports no shift in the situation around Thief River. The Chippewas keep their Whites position, with speculation of a Winchester display by opposing forces.
A gas explosion at Mammoth Mine No 1 of Frick Coke Co in Youngwood Pa killed 110 miners. Only Mine Boss Eaton survived as bodies were recovered through the night. Superintendent Keighley, scarred by prior disasters, notes the cause may never be known.
The Union Pacific collision near Florence Kansas involved a military train carrying about 400 troops from Pine Ridge bound for Ft. Riley. Three engines and several cars wrecked. many soldiers injured, at least two fatally. Conductor blamed, disappeared. Cavalry horses killed.
Pennington reported a Tuesday air ship trial in the Exposition Building Art Room Chicago. The craft stood twenty feet high, steers wheeled smoothly, other wheels operated well, and it floated like a balloon and could be managed as easily as regulated machinery. He hopes for a larger room to improve the display and hinted a public exhibit by Saturday.
Indian trader James A. Finlay reports military officers at Pine Ridge Agency expect the tribes to resume warfare in the spring after noting fewer than one hundred have been disarmed.
A movement aims to designate Milwaukee as Wisconsin’s capital. A bill has been drafted and will likely be presented to the Legislature in the coming session.
A fragmented notice indicates Judge Willisia Alfred Peifer Aliance selected to succeed Senator Ingall. The brief item names Ingall and Peifer, with unclear context and possible OCR errors affecting place and title details. Further clarification needed for precise attribution and date.
Jan 2 reports Senate debate on appointing L A Simpson a colored man for the cloak room and approves trustees Murray Briggs Isaac H C Royce. Senate bills on rock removal at Kankakee river and cross border water projects pass. House confirms Voorhees as U S Senator after joint session vote 149 to 40.
An Indianapolis baby was pawned for one dollar and the father was compelled to file suit to recover the child from a state of soak.
Congressional records show persistent filibuster tactics in the Senate and House as they debate journal approval and the closure rule. The District of Columbia appropriation bill is advanced, while votes and rulings provoke further procedural battles across Jan 21 to Jan 27, 1891.
The Genoa municipality joins in a plan to mark Columbus discovery with a Genoa exposition under Marquis Giacomo Doria. The dispatch notes eager public support and formal organization of the project. Congress adjourns as Butterworth introduces a bill to pay Fred Ford six thousand dollars for pilot services on the Kanawha River Virginia with government property duties.
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