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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1889
Page
1
A city honors an unnamed figure by naming a cruiser after her and adding a library in Chicago and Philadelphia with a colors theme. The event reflects a tribute tied to civic memory and public spaces.
The government vessel Tuk Pensacola is assigned to transport the scientific party to St. Paul de Loando in Africa, 300 miles south of the Congo mouth, to observe the solar eclipse on December 22.
The old double log cabin once occupied by Andrew Jackson near Nashville Tennessee has been repaired and preserved for at least another century by a local association of ladies.
A London centeries report notes Brompton Cemetery covering 2837 acres has buried 155,064 bodies in under fifty years. The count highlights the scale of urban burial practices and the density of interments in the capital.
A claim attributed to a leading lady physician of extensive practice in the Ladies' Home Journal states that spanking from the belt upon the spine is more injurious to a child’s health than a cuff. The citation frames disciplinary advice as harmful to juvenile well being.
Brexamp Qranston, a London dealer, offers four sale of The Book of Golden Gospels a purple vellum manuscript once in Henry VI’s library. Compiled about A D 759 and valued at 812 500.
The passage notes that four new states bring in an immense area comparable to or exceeding the combined lands of New England New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Appalachia Virginia West Virginia Ohio Kentucky and Indiana. The region is described as three times as large as the British Isles.
Faure oor Lavenern in the Forum declares that in a century there will be two dominant global powers besides which Germany England France and Italy will seem small namely the United States and Russia.
In a contested claim, Mr Seton Kerr argues from England that the matter lies in Canada and that an American newspaper was warned in San Francisco not to print the facts. The dispute centers on national jurisdiction and where the claim should be acknowledged.
New York papers report Brooklyn Bridge traffic remains heavy with trains every minute and a half. Officials say entrances will be widened to handle rising travel and allow trains to run about every forty five seconds.
Jrepan A. Barny in iss4 threatened to burn Fraterick City Maryland unless a ransom of 200300 was paid. The money was raised and the siege ended. The town now plans to claim damages from the Federal Government for lack of protection.
A 235 ton cast steel gun shipped from Hamburg by Krupp for Cronstadt features a 13.25 inch bore and a 40 foot barrel. It has a range exceeding eleven miles and fires two shots per minute, with each shot weighing between 81.250 and 81.500.
A humorous write up notes lawn tennis fading as golf rises in favor. It recalls golf’s Scottish roots and playful taunts about shinny games and rough play, suggesting a brisk shinplaster trade when fashion shifts away from tennis.
At the St Louis exposition a flower vote drew 21 213 ballots across 61 varieties. GeLpENnon led with 6 547 votes, followed by the sunflower 4 745 rose 3 421 and daisy 1 542. no other flower surpassed 1 000.
One of Edison’s chiefs resides in Newark in a house alive with wires. The front gate opens automatically, a visitor’s foot triggers kitchen and study bells, and a button opens the front door. An electric dinner music plays and a bed folds out by electricity before sleep.
Fragmentary OCR notes claim national and state authorities show greater will to preserve battlefields that become centers of interest each year, mentioning Antieta and the splen.
Four Dooley County convicts sent to Pulaski chain gang assault guard Steve Brown near Ocmulgee river. Howard Joiner killed Brown with a pistol blow. Carey Walker and Frank Singleton saved the guard. Three others fled, later recaptured. Walker and Singleton helped others chase fugitives. Combs Willis and Liller remained at large, two prisoners saved Brown’s life.
At a McCoy farm during a wedding a volley killed John Hand and Miss McCoy and fatally wounded the clergyman. The Hatfield faction and allied groups are blamed as the seven year feud erupts anew with multiple deaths. Hunters seek the shooters but no suspects are yet found.
The Tradesman reports the Southern cotton mill industry shows 339 mills in operation, up from 142 in 1950, a 252 percent rise. Raw cotton consumption rose 255 percent. South Carolina leads in mills and usage, with Georgia consuming 120,988 bales last year.
Lansing October 5. A Legislative Hill clerical error voids section 10 of the new high license liquor law requiring druggists to obtain permits and file annual sales statements. Officials say the error does not void the entire law but removes druggist restrictions.
Four miners were buried when rock fell from the roof at Lake Angeline Mine in Isurewina Michigan. Two were rescued badly injured, while a second fall sealed the fate of the other two. Names of the two survivors were not learned.
Three Walton children accessed the gypsum mine powder-house in Caxwea Ontario. One child was fatally blown apart when a match ignited the powder while the others suffered severe injuries.
Reports from Japan describe floods causing massive destruction with thousands left homeless. In Totsukawa area 238 houses destroyed and 217 people killed or drowned, while Wakayama prefecture records 1079 drowned and 122 crushed. Across Austro-Hungary and Goerlitz the floods cause extensive damage and displacement.
Paris reports reb ballots show Republicans leading in two thirds of 183 constituencies with 22 of 36 Paris seats to Republicans and 14 Boulangists. In London coverage the mood is that the Republic is settled and Boulanger is no longer a factor amid accusations of misused funds.
In Birmamdham Alabama near Troy Mr and Mrs Levi Powell woke to find their infant boy hanging between the foot-board and the bed rail. The child had fallen from the bed and died without waking the parents.
A fire at a two story restaurant on First street in Wisola Mississippi began around 2 40 a m. The upper story served as sleeping quarters where nine men slept. only five escaped. Four men perished in the blaze.
Two masked men tried to rob the Knoxville branch express train of the Louisville and Nashville road at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. They boarded the front platform and forced the door but were met by baggage and express workers in a fight that routed the assailants, one of whom was wounded.
The Flensburg harbor laborers strike leaving many vessels unloaded. The Chamber of Commerce asks the commander of the local garrison to deploy soldiers to perform the strikers' tasks.
A five person feud between the Brumfield and Hall families in Lincoln County West Virginia has left Floyd Dingess a victim of a murder and Alfred Brumfield fatally wounded. Brumfield kin report further harm as Mrs Brumfield dies from a head wound and Burvis Brumfield is shot. George Dingess is wounded in a separate clash.
The Globe suggests the Rush is a minor concern and warns that armed dealers could seize her and her crew for piracy. It notes potential retaliation by seized British Columbia settlers and reports government orders for militia to deter trouble if the Bush docks at Victoria or Esquimalt.
Prohibition was defeated with about three to one opposition in towns that cast over two thirds of last year’s state vote. Ten towns reported a pro amendment majority, while Hartford and others showed strong opposition. The campaign’s first use of the new secret ballot law passed quietly and effectively. Hartford County totals: 4,509 for the amendment and 10,231 against.
Geo Price 32, an aeronaut with Wallace Bros Circus, died after leaping from a balloon at about 2000 feet and landing in the Ohio River. Unable to swim, he drowned before aid could reach him. The Jackson Mississippi resident marked his 100th ascent.
John C. McClure died at his farm near Swaturr Point West Virginia aged near eighty five after a long illness. He served on the jury that convicted John Brown in 1859 at Charlestown. With his death only one juror from that famous panel remains alive, Mr. Rightstine of Shepherdstown. Walter Shirley, another juror, died in a violent or accidental manner after being thrown from a horse years ago.
New York reports a rapid influx of Mormon converts at the port with 100 to 8300 arrivals weekly. Most are 16 or younger, many immigrants are Scandinavians with some Germans and a few English. Families travel together expecting wealth and power after settling in the United States.
Secretary Windom received a conscience contribution of 845 dollars in bills postmarked St. Joseph Missouri. The donor folded the notes and clipped pieces from them to prevent value to others, preserving it for the Government.
A devastating prairie fire swept into Estherville yesterday but was held in check by heroic efforts. Several farm residences and stored grain and hay were destroyed, and Swan Lake saw four buildings burned with their contents.
A young woman on a street corner in Chicago yesterday morning was chased by a bear that escaped from a show. An exciting pursuit ended when a policeman killed the bear.
A London engineer who met Gustave Eiffel recounts Eiffel saying a tower modeled on the Paris structure could be doubled in height with similar safety and would require only outlay. He notes a 1500 to 2000 foot tower is feasible and could rise within nine months after funding, site selection key. Eiffel is in talks with New York interests.
The October gale swept England and Ireland causing widespread damage and many casualties. Reports say houses blown down in nearly every county with occupants trapped under debris. Bradford’s warehouse collapse buried residents for hours as rescue efforts continued with numerous serious injuries and deaths.
A major mining deal worth $2,000,000 cash was closed by Judge A. F. Cleary in St. Louis. The property, located in Mexico, includes the Vegania vein mines and a 100000 acre grant with numerous gold silver and copper ledges.
In Indianapolis Oct 9 Democrats won the mayor and city clerk posts and most common council seats. Sim Coy held his Eighteenth Ward council seat by 177 votes after recent release from prison for alleged forged election returns.
A. C. Johnson and J. H. Boyd were arrested for sending lottery circulars and tickets through the mails. They allegedly ran a corporation named the Denver State Lottery Company with a $7500 top prize and 3,000 other prizes. Bail was set at $1,000.
New Orleans Oct. 9 Captain A T Wimberly collector of internal revenue received a letter from General James R Chalmers the Mississippi Republican nominee for Governor confirming his withdrawal from the contest along with Judge Frazee Republican candidate for Attorney General.
Indictments and crimes surface across Indiana states. Joan Post Jr. faces highway robbery charges in Connersville, while GranGe Cutsinger is detained in Franklin for a murder linked to 1885. Fatal accidents occur near Fort Wayne and Brazil city, with several injuries reported. A will bequest seeks a blind asylum in Fort Wayne, and a canal-area body prompts investigation. County fairs, rail accidents, counterfeit rings, and new streetcars populate the region’s brief crime and commerce notes.
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