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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1879
Page
4
A breakfast table clash at Lucan Covert’s home near Columbus Indiana between sons Henry and Aleck Covert ends with Henry dead and Aleck fatally wounded. The incident is reported as a violent domestic dispute with tragic fatalities.
July reports from Loxroox Paris and London cover Goodwood race favorites Isomy and Parole, a bank liability bill in the UK Commons, Turkish and Egyptian affairs, Indian troop mobilization, Balkan tensions, German colonial expansion talk, and yellow fever deaths in Narava with coverage of the Roumanian question and Roumania’s treaty evasions.
Charley Allen's six year old son drowns in Quinnipiac river at Fairlayen. Samuel J. Mills, Bloomfield treasurer, defaulter to 25000 dollars. town seizes his property. Italian Penelope Papanth arrested in New Haven for arson. past crimes include attempted poisoning. Delware peach crop forecast. Georgia corn outlook. Atlanta church cornerstone laid. various legal notices and court announcements.
An old narrative recalls dueling as chivalry faded, noting unequal armament and risky tricks. Quelus fights Antragues with a sword while Quelus lacks a dagger and dies parrying with his left hand. Others invented unfair weapons to gain advantage, with Brantom praising the crafty yet deadly schemes.
In New Orleans yesterday two suspicious cases were reported to the ward of health, increasing the total under observation to five. No deals.
A mule in Trumboldt County collapsed and died. a local veterinary surgeon pronounced sun stroke. He asserted the animal was dead despite protests and conducted a grim test with butchers to gauge life, signaling the mule was indeed deceased.
A new play titled Where is he to be reduced at Wallack's is expected to feature a large corps of New York police in the cast and setting.
A collection of light humorous notes and contrived quips about manners speech and daily life. Reflections range from footwear taste to eccentric travelers and singing at a prison celebration with playful wordplay and ironic observations.
Old Kaspar gives a playful account of the Battle of Blenheim to his grandchildren Peterkin and Wilhelmine. He recalls the fighting English against the French, admits he cannot explain the cause, but notes the victory was famous and that he sold a skull at the town market for 75 cents.
A Salt Lake City listing near the temple block advertises the Valley Manse with streetcars passing the house. Described as neat, comfortable and cheap, with M. L. otin J. P. Soreness as proprietor.
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