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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1880
Page
2
Ogden Junction issue date listed as Wednesday July 23 1880 within a postal notice. The item records its post office filing and class designation for Geden City Utah Territory.
The text cites ages of biblical figures Muritsetan Noah Shenm Enoch and notes no forty day record. It states James Buchanan as the presidential nominee elected in Cincinnati and asserts Gen. Hancock will take a seat, claiming broad US voter rejection of republican corruption.
The new city charter will save San Francisco about 855000 annually. Of this total 200000 stems from salary cuts for municipal officers, with abolishing of useless offices and substitution of staff without pay.
The four assess that Gexena and Grant's combined property yields $9,000 annually. Travel expenses of the ex presidential party reach $25,000 per year. Fred Grant, living in New York and director of mining firms, boosted his father's income. In the first two months of the year he earned $16,000 mainly from Chrysolite.
A moonlit collision on the Detroit River between the excursion steamer Garland with 1,200 aboard and the steam yacht Mamie left 24 altar boys and several others drowned. Captain Hoffman and several on board survived. missing include Thomas Kelly and Andrew Doran. Father Bleyenberg and others describe the moments before impact and rescue efforts.
The county convention presents the People’s Ticket for August, arguing for stable, honest public officers. It praises current trustees as capable, urging voters to retain them to avoid partisan spoils and uphold good governance in Weber County. The piece stresses permanency of office and civic duty over personal ambition.
Paris scene shakes Anglo American residents as Annie Wetmore dies by poison at No 12 Rue Chateau Brand. She hoped to marry Lord Anglesey after a broken engagement with Marquis Anglesey. Police opened inquiry. funeral arrangements authorized by M. Wecks.
The Inter Ocean dated July 23 presents Taz Curiaco's account claiming an attempt to forcibly stop a Republican official from delivering a speech at a party meeting. It implies a disruption at a political event with alleged coercive actions.
United States Attorney Burne warned that a failing national government could threaten free speech amid a Brazoria confrontation where Dr. Ascham and a mob attacked Republican speech. A crowd of about eight-to-nine Democrats urged suppression and assassination threats against republicans including Josh Bryan. The episode led to a Galveston departure for safety amid claims of multiple homicide and insanity acquittal.
A fragmented verse recalls a boyhood canal boat ride and wit with politics. It lampoons ambition to be President by recounting a mock career through Congress and law, ending with a cynical counsel to take whatever you can to rise to the top.
Report notes 2 278 immigrants landed at Castle Garden yesterday aboard five steamers. Among them many Swedes Norwegians with some English and Scots. Unusually large number of women and children. party under Mormon Church missionaries or agents guiding to their destination.
Last evening Netus details a fatalistic warning as Sarah Lancaster an 18 year old colored girl of Commercial Street lodgings sinks after third opium spell. She remains between life and death with periods of coherence and convulsions as doctors assess her recovery prospects.
The Pike Brothers editors of the Silver Reef Winer are indicted for libel by the Second District Grand Jury. Stormont Mining Company of Southern Italy sues over alleged misrepresentation. Attorneys for defendants are Dusenberry of Provo and Arthur Brown of Salt Lake.
A list of stake precincts and officers from Weber Stake and surrounding areas is provided for a meeting at 2 p.m. on August 1 1880. The document notes appointments for multiple wards including North Ogden Plain City Hooper Slatersville Uintah and Moundcott with named officers. It also promotes Minte’s Dandelion products and Vital Restorative as medical remedies with pricing and availability details.
In a report from Rheumattem, Snros and Scratches are listed among incidents affecting nerves and bones. J We McNatt& provides aid, with a note on multiple injuries and medical responses.
From Monday's daily July 26: Senator from Nevada Honi Jobp Jones and Hon F D Richards with wife return from three week western trip to Salt Lake City and home in the Silver State. Secretary Carl Schurz travels via Ogden en route to the West. Sheriff Turner of Utah County arrives with body of murdered son Wig and the captured RoW Thompson. Navy secretary en route to San Francisco to confer with Captain Eads on debris matter. Prominent Salt Lake and Ogden citizens meet Schurz, who pauses a few days in the territory.
A worker employed by Williamson and Salid fell forty to fifty feet after a rope broke while painting the roof at Mr F D Barratt's residence. The ladder shattered and debris scattered as he landed, but he escaped with only a minor scratch, narrowly avoiding fatal spikes on the scaffolding below.
In Juria BOI concerns arise over a Gilver dispute. Freight at Blackfoot station shows 653 pounds in May, with similar figures overall. The Enterprise projects July through September volume approaching 11,000,000 lie, highlighting steady growth expectations amid the quarrel.
Described as a prisoner with counsel Mr P J Barratt Cole left Br Barratts place after a private consultation. He wandered Fifth Street then boarded a freight train toward the north. Conductor Joseph Brown and Sheriff Brown tracked him to Ogden where Cole was captured and returned in restraints. He remains in custody awaiting habeas corpus proceedings.
Yesterday between noon and 1 p.m. an oil can exploded at Selander's Salt Lake City home. A lamp fueling a chicken coop caused the blast. two young children burned and a mother injured. A girl died that afternoon, a boy remained in critical condition as neighbors and a doctor battled the flames and injuries. The mishap, attributed to heated gases from oil and lamp interaction, shocked the neighborhood.
The British and Scandinavian missions release elders returning from Liverpool on July 10. Charles I L French is discharged as traveling elder in Liverpool, William Clark is released from Munthéstar Conference, George Frandgen and others depart for Scandinavia, while W H Williams is admitted traveling elder with Welsh Conference under Joseph R Mathews and John A McAlister in Dundee Conference led by Elder A Ferguson.
The Walshman notes grim items. A fourteen year old is indicted for billing his father. A youth of twenty is charged with cutting the throat of a 63 year old woman after outrages. A woman with a family is killed for the price of a pair of boots. A crime summary ties to a Tasker and a ranch visit. A man named Wilkins holds an information hearing while Ben questions the last holding.
List of unclaimed letters with names in Ogden Territory dated July 26 1680. Notes that uncalled letters within one month will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Includes ladies and gents lists with multiple surnames and initials and instructions to request redirection letters.
A jumble of brief items reports Pioneers Day celebrations, a court note in Salt Lake County, a missing owner reclaimable from Cole Wil Hartson, a sand jumping case, Idaho Democratic convocation in Boise on Sept 17 1880, and the U B R R operating twenty six locomotives. It notes Beaver County election outlook, a walking match between CaowLer and Dugan in Beaver, and local business ads and incidents including a drowning rescue, mercury reading, and rail work details.
An old advertisement asks readers with stomach and liver complaints to seek relief with a tonic sold by Win Driver & Son on Ogden Street. It promises quick relief, offering a sample bottle for 10 cents and stating two doses will relieve symptoms.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions J. W. McMut Co selling an item described as easy to use or fit. The text is garbled but hints at pricing around 10 dollars and a product that keeps cort and pliable. No clear events, people, or places are established.
The stitched dispatches report orders in Servia for transport readiness, Montenegrin envoy expelled from Constantinople, Basuto land tensions, and Bulgaria Montenegro talks. Other items cover stock exchange gains, cabinet sessions, punitive actions, and political maneuvering across Europe, Asia, and Americas with notable names like Grant and Eugenie appearing amid unsettled foreign affairs.
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