Fence Ruling Sets Public Land Free of Enclosure
In Cheyenne Chief Justice J B Sener declares in the district court that United States v Swan et al ends with an injunction to remove fences enclosing eleven sections of government lands. The ruling marks a test case on fencing public domain and cites English and state supreme court precedents.
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Brazee
Colorado
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Cheyenne
Eden and Cattandon
England
Supreme Courts of
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Georgian
Alabama
Wisconsin
Michigan
Duluth
Equity
Justice
War Department
Reno News: Leprosy Cases and Transit, Fire News
News items report two cases of leprosy in Reno Nebraska and Saint Louis area. Northern Pacific completed and government commission sought for rail review. Forged drafts tied to Omaha bank circulate. Reading railroad laborers case hears after locals claim weekday work necessity. Louisville exposition attracts 100000 visitors. Forest fires threaten Ashland Wisconsin with firefighting efforts and close calls at Omaha depot. Empire Oil Works fire in Long Island City injures workers and threatens 50000 barrel agitator. $500000 damage. Democratic convention set for Buffalo. Bees kill a man in Mattoon. Chinamen prisoners protest hair confiscation. Brewery accident in New York city injures two workers. Brasher Missouri fire destroys multiple buildings. West ern Union suit yields $100 to plaintiff. Lubricating oil find near Zanesville. U S treasury official returns from Europe commenting on cattle and pork restrictions. Frelinghuysen announces Black death with national mourning. Nebraska Supreme Court schedules execution for Polin. First civil service treasury appointment fills $900 national bank redemption post. Mary Hoyt chosen as secretary’s assistant.
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Kountze Bros
First National Bank of Omaha
New York
Reading Railroad
Philadelphia
Ashland
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Omaha
Empire Oil Works
Long Island City
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Mattoon
Ill
David Woods
New Jersey
Andrew Sanger
Carl Stein
Huepfels
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Brasher
Thomas Marvin
Western Union
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Jeremiah S. Black
Supreme Court of Nebraska
John Polin
Plattsmouth
Treasury Department
Civil Service
National Bank Redemption Agency
Civil Service Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Mary ¥. Hoyt
Connecticut
Hastings Reunion Promotes Veterans Event and Low Rail Fares
A Nebraska Grand Army reunion set for Hastings September 3 to 4 draws veterans and townsfolk with a patriotic poster. The notice lists low round trip rail fares on Union Pacific and St Joseph lines from many cities, with details for multiple stops and return validity through September 9.
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Nebraska Grand Army
Hastings Senicurber
Reney
Hastings
Union Pacific
Omaha
Valley
Wahoo
Clear Creek
Valparaiso
Brainard
Fremont
North Bend
Schuyler
Columpus
Platte Centre
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Albion
Humphrey
Madison
Norfolk
Duncan
Silver Creek
Clark’s
Central City
Chapman’s
St. Paul
St.Libory
Scotia
North Loup
Kearney
Shelton
Gibbon
Buda
Alda
Wood Siiver
Plum Creek
Monwell
North Platte
Oxalalla
Sidney
St. Joseph & Western
Blue Springs
Otoe
Beatrice
Steele City
Endicott
Fairbury
Alexandria
Belvidere
Carleton
Davenport
Edgar
Fairfield
Glenville
Doniphan
Favorite South American snake toy for children
A traveler notes that South American children favor a tiny black snake about three inches long with a pointed head and tail. It is harmless and commonly tied in knots by children as a playful habit, similar to how dogs are treated in this country.
Telegraph Office Fire In Chicago Destroys Five-Story Block
A 6:30 a.m. blaze at the corner of LaSalle and Washington in Chicago gutted the fifth floor of a five story building housing Western Union, Union National Bank, International Bank, Associated Press and other offices. Fire began on the Western Union fifth floor from duplex wires near the switchboard. ten workers on duty plus the night manager escaped. Structural damage limited to upper floors. Western Union moved operations to a north side building while the Mutual Union line offset some losses. Total losses: Western Union up to 75000, building 30000, insurance 13000. banks and offices sustained light damage.
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Washington Streets
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Union National Bank
International Bank
Associated Press
Commission
Western Union
Discovery
Washington
Mutual Union Company
Insurance
Wahoo School House Burned In Overnight Fire
The Wahoo school building three stories high with tower and bell burned to the ground at two this morning. The $5,000 wooden landmark, insured for $2,500, stood near the town and no motive or suspect is known. The loss comes just as the school term is about to open.
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Wahoo
Omaha Herald
Winona Hotel
Arger
Knights Templar Elect Officers for Coming Year
The Knights Templar elected officers including Grand Master Robert E. Withers of Virginia and Deputy Grand Master Charles Roome of New York. Generalissimo John P. S. Gobin of Pennsylvania, Captain-General Hugh McCarty of Michigan, Senior Warden J. L. Thomas of Kentucky, Junior Warden Geo C. Perkins of California, with treasurer and recorder re-elected.
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The
Robert E. Withers
Virginia
Charles Roome
New York
John P. S. Gobin
Pennsylvania
Hugh McCarty
Michigan
J. L. Thomas
Kentucky
Geo. C. Perkins
California
Eternal Vigilance and Remedy Save Lives in Emergencies
The text urges constant vigilance for life and liberty and promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a life saver in emergencies before medical help arrives. It claims many families rely on it during summer months and view it as essential.
Bunker Mill Monument Ad Costs Twenty Five Cents
A fragment notes Bunker Mill Monument as a cheap advertising medium priced at twenty five cents to reach the top of a column. The entry cites Boston Commercialulletin and Rochester Post-Express with stray mentions of a woman exiting a salt water bath and telegraph delivered flash literature.
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Bunker Mill Monument
Boston Commercialulletin
Rochester Post-Express
Telegraph
N. O. Picayune
Violent Incidents Light Up Multiple Cities Saturday
At Addington Virginia Wm Bridgeman shot a negro and killed Edwin Hawkins after an argument. In Missoula Montana Ah Young was executed for murdering another Chinaman. Paddy Ryan was shot in Chicago but not fatally. Richard Fanning arrested in Boston for multiple robberies tied to Lexington Flats and Saratoga hotels. Ogden Utah saw a city marshal and a water master shot. the assailant was lynched in the jail yard amid riotous crowds.
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Addington
Bridgeman
Edwin Hawkins
Hawkins
Ah Young
Missoula
Montana
Parker House
Boston
Austin Corbin
Lexington Flats
New York
Saratoga
Andrew Burt
Chas. Wilkens
Ogden
Utah
Wilkens
Burt
World News Summary From Potsdam To St Petersburg
Reports from Europe note the baptism of Prince William’s second son in Potsdam amid imperial attendance, King Alfonso’s planned visit to Wilhelm II on September 3, and Lord Spencer’s Cork tour. England, Ireland, and Russia headlines cover policy tensions, Jewish expulsions, cholera deaths, and a deadly collision near Eddystone lighthouse with the Woodburn sinking and only eleven survivors.
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Germany
Potsdam
Alphonso
Lelagique Deamage
England
Eddystone
English Channel
St. Germain
Havre
New York
Woodburn
Cyclone Ravages Rochester Minn Killing Many Injured
Reports from Rochester Minn indicate a devastating cyclone struck at 7 p.m. August 22, demolishing one third of the city, damaging hundreds of buildings, and causing extensive casualties. Mayor Wirren of Rochester and Gov. Hubbard mobilized aid as the toll rose with dozens dead and scores wounded.
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Miyn
Rochester
Minn
Rochester & Northern Road
Gov. Hubbard
Owatonna
Jie
M. Cole
Zumbrata Mills
Zumbrata
Zumin
Pvreck
Ata Y Lugtuid
Sr. Paul
John M. Cole
McQuellan
Thomas Steele
Zurrath
August Zurrath
Osburn
Fred Clough
Witherbee
Hitzel
Stubbard
Signedy S. Wirren
Minneapolis
Lower Town
Broadway
Dodge
Olmstead
Helen Beck
Ashland
Dodge County
O. Olser
Canister
St. Charles
Utica
Wabash
Boston Benefactor Leaves Large Bequest to U S Treasury
The will of J B Gardner of Boston directs a substantial sum of money bonds and securities valued at 0316 of 031 to be credited to the United States treasury for debt relief. The bequest was received by the treasury and placed to the credit of patriotic donations on Tuesday.
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William Windom
Treasury
United States
London
Ireland
Earl Spencer
Cork
J.B. Gardner
Boston
United States Treasury
Treasury Department
Two-Story Tenement Fire Claims Five In Boston
Fire in No 6 Thacher's court Boston traps eight families. Four killed including George and Thomas McLaughlin aged 14 and 11 and Mrs Fred Savage and the Savages children Katie and Mamie. John Savage first to alarm, saves some, others perish. flames quelled within thirty minutes. Suspicious origin tied to Savage apartments. McIntosh and Savages detained.
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Boston
George
Thomas McLaughlin
Fred Savage
Katie
Mamie Savage
John Savage
John McLaughlin
Savage
Willie
James
George McLaughlin
Thomas
John McIntosh
John Flynn
McIntosh
Savages
Giant South African snake discovered in Wittenberg Mountains
A resident in South Africa reports a colossal snake emerge from a rock opening while he was shooting rock-rabbits. He describes a head like a calf, neck two feet, body six feet thick, length about twenty to twenty-five yards. The reptile rose about fifteen feet high before slipping away.
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Wittenberg
South Africa
Krantz
Wheat sales figures in New York rise through 1883
The report notes 75 million bushels sold in a peak month in 1882 NYC and jumps to 173.584 million bushels in May 1883, with 37.345 million bushels in May 1882. A Somerville Journal quip about a tailor's apprentice echoes the proverb What man sows he shall also reap.
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New York City
Somerville Journal
Musk Ox Hunt Described by 1879 Arctic Ex pedition Leader
Lieut Schwatka recounts a musk ox hunt in the September Century with many illustrations. Eskimo hunters chase on sledges, dogs, and belts of harness, risking injuries as oxen bay and are brought to bay by magazine guns. The scene stresses the danger and vivid action of the chase and close combat.
Bang Up Place Named by White Mountains Hair Hue
The New Orleans Picayune notes that the White Mountains is nicknamed for the sight of girls brushing hair back from their foreheads, creating a playful regional moniker. The quip highlights a lighthearted local reference.
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New Orleans
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