06 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1890
Page
1
A garbled miscellany reports varied items from droughts to curiosities. Notes mention demographics, travel, science, and oddities including deaths, inventions, and cultural observations with numerous mis-spellings and fragmented facts.
The Law and Order League's Sunday crackdown closed saloons and limited sales to medicines, newspapers, and ice delivery halted as ice wagons stopped. Residents faced widespread inconvenience and predicted reform failure beyond liquor closures, with newsdealers also shut and papers delivered only to subscribers.
Six incendiary fires broke out in Brooklyn Saturday night and Sunday morning, two in tenement house cellars. Three children, Mary Moore nine, John Schmidt nineteen months, and Ann O Reilly two, suffered severe burns escaping the blazes. Two men were arrested on suspicion of incendiary involvement as authorities battled the fires, which caused limited damage due to quick extinguishing.
French Minister M Yves Guyot proposes a sea canal to Paris with cabinet approval and submission to engineers. A trans Saharan railway route from Constans and Biskra across the desert to Lake Chad, via Timassiniss and Amguid, backed by the Harque Russe et Francaise, is approved by the Inquiry Commission, spanning about two thousand miles.
Bond, a traveling acrobat, performed in a public garden in Chambersburg Pennsylvania. A rope connected to a tree and a ground pole broke near the end, striking a child and killing her instantly. Bond was arrested awaiting coroner's jury investigation.
At Camden New Jersey a baby on a coach was dropped by an eight year old and rolled into the street. The nine month old sister fell from the coach and was killed when struck by a horse. The mother witnessed the horror from a stoop as John Risk the farmer faced questions.
Samuel Frances, a well known bricklayer in Altoona Pennsylvania, was attacked by three robbers in an early Sunday morning assault in the eastern part of the city. His tongue was torn out during the struggle and he was found unable to speak. The robbers stole a large sum of money and his recovery is doubtful.
Canada reported total goods exported in July valued at $12,024,81 and imports for consumption excluding British Columbia at $9,523,667. The monthly duty collected amounted to $2,040,232.
A violent incident occurred when a bat struck Andrew in the head during a game at Green Sunday. The scene involved playing chips and a five cent stake amid confusion as officials were unable to continue. The report notes an immediate fatal impact.
The Denver News reports an English syndicate led by C. C. Morgan secured a controlling edition on leading silver mines near Aspen Cal for 37 million dollars.
A report describes an arrest connected to the O14 Colony disaster with details indicating legal action and implicated parties amid ongoing investigations.
A riot erupted in Allegheny during Pittsburgh Labor Day as Bakers Union supporters clashed with Junior Order of American Workmen over a German flag. Police intervened to seize the flag, but fighters ripped and trampled the banner as the parade moved on amid chaos and injuries.
John McCullough was shot and killed in Conway Arkansas on Monday night. The shooting is believed to have been by J L Williams who opposed McCullough’s brother Will Williams for sheriff on the Republican ticket. A disturbance during vote counting preceded the fatal wound.
The report by Secretary Hester shows a heavy yield of coney te cot ton for the commercial year ending August 1890 totaling 7,311,822 bales. This exceeds the previous peak by 65,459 bales and last year's crop by 73,082 bales.
William Saunders a Fayette Station coal miner was shot dead on an eastbound Chesapeake and Ohio train after leaving Hawks Nest. William Demasters approached Saunders fired four times and leaped from the moving train. Saunders died instantly at the scene near Charleston West Virginia fifty miles east.
The U S cruiser Charleston sails for the Hawaiian Islands following telegraphic orders from Secretary Tracy. The voyage anticipates further revolutions in the Islands and the ship is provisioned for a year at sea.
The New York Tribune reports a vacant Spanish Mission, left by Ex-Governor Palmer of Michigan, was offered to Ex-Senator Thomas C. Platt of New York, who declined the position.
A major fire nearly destroyed Oxford near Iowa City Ta with the business district and many homes burned. The post office and bank were among structures destroyed and the blaze is suspected incendiary. the fire bell rope was cut.
Collections for Negro and Indian missions across the United States, taken up in Catholic churches, will be distributed in a few days by a board appointed by the last plenary council. The total amount raised is about 70000 dollars.
Mary Elizabeth Cooley wife of Judge Thomas Cooley chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission died at home in Ann Arbor Michigan after a lingering illness caused by stomach cancer.
The Louisville and Nashville cannon ball express left Mobile Monday night and was robbed near Escambia bridge half a mile north of Pensacola Junction. The robber armed with revolvers forced the messenger to open the safe and collect the contents, then fled into the woods as pursuers gather near Flomaton and Mobile. The incident is linked to rumors involving Rube Burrows and the Captain Bunch gang.
Two physicians in Probate Court request a sanity inquiry into Mrs Woodworth the noted hypnotist in St Louis after audience members were said to fall under her power. Some deem the trance dangerous and believe hypnotism causes the unusual bodily state. Five days are allotted for preparation before the trial.
Eugene H. Cowles son of a former Cleveland Leader editor sues his father in law E B Hale and his brother in law GC Hale in two Supreme Court actions. Each suit seeks 100000 dollars in damages following the June Montreal shooting during a child custody episode involving Cowles’ wife.
A scaffold at the corner of Canal and Dauphin streets collapsed sending five men to the ground. John Harvey a carpenter died instantly. William Ray and Henry Allbricht painters died from injuries. Leroy Smith and Tom Peterson painters were seriously hurt.
A coal train on the New York Ontario and Western railroad derailed near Carbondale Pennsylvania and crashed into Griers Hotel killing boarder William Lyons who slept in bed. Twenty five cars piled against the building after the train broke in two. An inquiry into the New York Central strike opened with a Board of Arbitration hearing and a Powderly letter referencing Depew as a presidential candidate.
Across Aug 27 to Sept 2 1874 Congress scenes include a House brawl over profanity and lard bills, Senate moves on Lafayette statue site and tariff measures, labor protection debates, and bills on convict labor and foreign reciprocity. Notable names include Plumb, Wilson, Beck, Carlisle, Sherman, and Edmunds as sessions unfold.
State intelligence reports grasshoppers destroying an orchard near Martinsville. Indiana county indebtedness rises from 4,074,544 in 1880 to 6,897,674 in 1890. available resources are 2,843,933. Chaus E. Bryant named Republican candidate for Indiana’s Eleventh District Congress. Forgeries and absconding officials noted in Anderson and North Vernon. Labor groups call for a September 23 Indianapolis convention to field a full ticket. court convictions for robbery in Seymour. two sentenced to Jeffersonville penitentiary. Monon railroad to add electric headlights. Robbery arrests lead to a fatal shooting of Ed Quinn. A shotgun misfire maims Alfred Sweeney in Columbus. George Page killed by a locomotive in Richmond. Fatal injuries from circular saws and dueling knife fights reported. Severe storm damages crops in Crawford County. Danes Elmorr prominent fruit grower dies of paralysis. Arm amputation for J T Wrist in Cambridge City. Pendleton hosts the eighty-ninth Indiana Infantry reunion. Boundary controversy near the state line to be sent to Congress. Census population counts completed for the Sixth Supervisors District of Indiana.
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