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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1883
Page
1
Albinus Nance and C. W. Morris are listed as President and Vice President with J If and Micky serving as Cashier in the official roster of the organization.
Special to the Omaha Republican from Lincoln December 19 the supreme court adjourned sine die and considered Polin versus the State. Polin was sentenced to be hanged on the 21st for murder at Plattsmouth. Attempts for commutation or a new trial failed the motion for rehearing was overruled and the execution date was changed to January 25 1884.
Washington December 21. A Supreme Court bar meeting adopted resolutions honoring Judge Jere Black. Eulogies were given by Merrick Emery Ashton and W H Smith with Senators Bayard Vance Garland and Representative Hopkins. The resolutions praise Black’s character and emphasize the country’s loss.
The senate confirmed postmasters Charles K. Courant in Omaha Joseph M. Davis in Wahoo Edward Whitcomb in Friend William H. Wiedaman in Norfolk Hiram Price in Albion Peter F. Peterson in Tekamah W. W. Morrison in Beatrice George Little in Plum Creek J. Gandy in York Solomon F. Fayette in Blue Springs and Ben C. Westadaul was named railway postal clerk from Omaha to Ogden.
The senate confirmed Lawrence Welton of Illinois as judge of the court of claims John R Tanner of Illinois as United States marshal for the southern district of Illinois Nathaniel P Burns of Massachusetts as United States marshal for Massachusetts John W Scott of Kansas as Indian agent at Ponca Pawnee and Otoe agencies Col Samuel B Halabird as quarter master general John Tucker of Michigan as secretary of Montana.
Mrs Johanna Lipp marked her hundredth birthday at Mayville Kentucky after being born in Kerchhelm South Germany in 1783. She has five children nineteen grandchildren and twenty five great grandchildren. She hosted a levee with many gentlemen paying respects.
A mosaic of brief Nebraska notices covers Captain John Taylor’s eastern trip returning with stock, county thresher results, venue-change motions in a court case, a bold Nelgan saloon arrest, Nebraska City gas fittings and attachments, Hastings servant girls demand, and jail news. Reports shift to reservations sale close, leg injuries near Odell, a Sioux City theft catch, Fullerton railroad completion, religious meetings near Fairfield, Lincoln Driving Park fair moves, and drought seed discussions. Additional items include divorce pleas, a fatal railroad accident at Nebraska City, and burglaries in Franklin and Stuart counties with horse thefts and hostage pursuits.
Reports include a boy's death from a foul ball near Paris Illinois. Asa Baker sentenced for murder in Brockton Massachusetts. Navajo stock raids near Santa Fe. Creeks recounting chief elect Spiecheebich. coal land purchase northwest of Port Illinois. Denver Catholics seek Jesuit college hub. Western nail makers shut six weeks. obsequies for Dudley Chase Tunskell. sparring ban across the river. May Pairfield wedding in Grand Haven. Tyson Bros. blaze near Baltimore harbor. wage cuts at Newdogey works. forgery case in York Pennsylvania. San Francisco trade decline with the Northwest. Salt Lake meeting for federal laws. Fitzgeralds bail in Pension cases.
Report details a midnight bank burglary in Durango where Bruce Hunt, son of a former governor, was shot and killed by a robber identified as the Black Ike. The incident followed nights of vigilant watch by bank officials and the town marshal.
Extensive precautions in London amid reported Fenian Daley case and arms storage. Police guarded Parliament, Westminster Abbey, government offices, stock exchange, Bank of England, and docks. travelers’ luggage checked. Baker Pasha to lead expedition into Soudan with conditional French-UK mediation. England reports shipfire rescue aboard Grantully. China-France tensions. American Senate proceedings in holiday recess.
The Senate considers a resolution for officer elections and notes the death of Haskell of Kansas with obsequies committee named. House pays tribute to D C Haskell. Later, discussions cover mortgage data on the Texas Pacific, new Senate rules, and a holiday recess plan with January 5 reassembly.
O'Donnell was executed at Newgate after receiving last rites and the sacrament. The hanging by executioner Binn occurred at eight o'clock with the crowd of about twenty thousand watching in orderly silence as the black flag was raised and the body remained on the drop for an hour before removal. Father Fleming attended, and the event drew a quiet, somber crowd as dawn broke.
A physician biases against china painting at the Homeopathic Hospital Fair claiming lavender oil and turpentine fumes harm young women. He cites four young patients with illnesses traced to painting and warns the trade harms health and beauty. He says stairs blamed by students mask the real problem and urges a end to the craze.
The column surveys 18th century style cues for women including Carrickmacross collarettes, velvet gowns, and deep cuffs. It notes trims such as buckles, false gems, Morasque lace, Valenciennes, and chenille fringes, plus big English bonnets and reefish hats. Smoky dyes and color pairings like smoke-blue with garnet appear, with advice on silhouettes for different ages.
A St Louis Post Dispatch report profiles William Yoke a professional whittler from St Bestig Yankeedom who works in a Kirkwood Methodist Church. He describes his Missouri Pacific and Strasburg Automatic Wonder a sprawling model with 180 000 pieces and 1100 moving figures.
A vivid critique describes pubs as dangerous urban eyesores with grim lighting and a constant presence of drinkers. It laments alcohol's grip on all ages, from old men to children, and questions climate as a driver of Britain’s pervasive drunkenness.
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