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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1880
Page
7
Charles Darwin receives the 12 000 francs prize offered at Turin for his most important discoveries in the physiology of plants, highlighting his impact beyond evolution theory.
Many prospectors and cattlemen prepare to move into northern Colorado's Ute reservation next spring hoping Congress will open the area for settlement. They anticipate land availability and the chance to claim parcels as part of a broader western expansion.
A new theory by bridge builder Gilkes suggests that a gale wind drove the train off the rails into the girders, causing the entire Tay bridge span to collapse.
The Seltz law case in Ohio ended at Lancaster when the judge instructed the jury to acquit. The indictment charged voter intimidation but the judge ruled the offense was not defined in the statutes.
An elderly pirate dying in Cassopolis Michigan admits he pulled the plank from under Mrs Theodosia Burr Alston daughter of Aaron Burr and claims his crew and the ship’s passengers were killed by pirates on the Charleston to New York voyage.
Atlanta excitement over the Central railroad of Georgia lease by the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis company. The deal guarantees 6 percent interest on stock and bonds for six years and 7 percent thereafter, creating a through line from St. Louis to Savannah under one management.
The Albany Law Journal explains that leap year treats February 28 and 29 as one day in law. A note dated February 28, 1880 would be due March 4, aligning with a 29 day February and shifting payment deadlines by one day.
An aged woman, 70, travels over a rocky mountain trail to attend her daughter's murder trial in Montana Territory. In the hushed courtroom she urges the defendant to tell the truth even if it leads to the scaffold, prompting the judge to adjourn the proceedings.
John Taylor, a Mormon leader in Salt Lake, preached that polygamy would be practiced despite Federal courts. He urged the Saints to follow a "higher law" and obey God’s commandments regardless of statutes. A call for volunteers to practice polygamy drew nearly the entire congregation.
A Commons member has proposed repealing the law that restricts marriages to morning hours 8 am to noon and imposes costly fees to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The bill may pass the Commons but faces a tough path in the House of Lords where conservatism and prerogatives hinder reforms, including previous attempts to repeal prohibitions related to familial marriages.
A Nation correspondent cites Encyclopaedia Britannica noting that developed natural resources across the Americas could sustain about 3.6 billion people, three times the world’s population. It adds the United States with its arable land might alone support a globe’s population and still have space per square mile.
The article projects population growth since 1790 and estimates 1,200,000,000 by 1987 if 100,000,000 is reached in 1900. It notes the rate has doubled every twenty-five years but argues the growth rate will slow and food pressure will be postponed.
Hon Jonnxn Bricot told a recent banquet in England that the United States now numbers about 50,000,000, roughly half of Great Britain and Ireland, and foresees a future when the U S population may exceed 100,000,000. He suggested many in attendance would live to see that milestone.
A Detroit man reports British practice of locking railroad car doors and passenger reactions. He notes travelers often carry improvised keys to unlock doors using a small silver piece and a whispered phrase to the guard, contrasting with American norms.
Uproar among banks shows in New Year bonuses with a range from $1,000 per clerk to $1,500 for the cashier, and varied sums for other staff. The Fourth National Gipvalues vary from $25 to $450 while Continental offers $250 to $500 per person. observers urge careful use of own funds and credit officers hope for ethical conduct in the year ahead.
The piece surveys varied interests from a banker who died at eighty with a multi million estate and toy collection to a Philadelphia jurist who treasured fairy tales. It notes canaries cherished by James Fisk and poetry by Oliver Wendell Holmes as examples of hobbies acting as safety valves for nervous minds. It urges encouraging youths to pursue arts, music, or fishing as constructive pastimes.
Eva McAllister, aged 11, killed an eagle after finding it lifting a goose near her Grafton home. The bird spanned six feet two inches, measured two feet six inches from bill to tail, and weighed over seven pounds following a desperate fight at the scene.
A playful verse from Mapison waves of Cousin Dona describing a baby named Little Mischief. The piece traces the pint sized antics from tangled curls to mischief with household objects and pets, ending with a mother’s prayer for safety at night.
A spring morning flood disrupts river traffic when ice carries away the bridge. The ferryman is replaced by a floating plank crossing, then a jug of molasses prompts mischief. Jack the dog saves Schuyler from drowning, earning praise as the party returns home sober but grateful for rescue.
In Sheffield a lecture by Prof W E Ayttoh on electricity as motive power inspires a crowd of workingmen. The narrative follows a late journey across a swinging bridge as Jack the dog protects his people from a menacing tramp, concluding with a Rousing call for electric power to restore pride and independence to Hallamshire workers.
A collage of quirky notes, quotes, and observations reporting on people and curiosities. It references Joan B. Gooch earnings, Ramsry the Secretary of War, Ex Senator Pomeroy, and Lotta the actress, alongside curious phrases about fashion, oysters, and ancient pin threads.
A 1733 will left six gentlemen to sing Horace at burial and bury the coffin with the deceased clothed, while two Horace odes were performed afterward. A 1786 will left legacies to a monkey and pets, with survivorship rules. A London tradesman circa 1770 supposedly paid eleven daughters in weight in halfpence, the lightest weighing £56 4s 8d.
A Lansing Michigan Republican report recalls a drill of precaution at a rural school. A teacher spotted a boy with red flannel around his neck and ordered him home to avoid possible diphtheria. He told two friends who then mimicked the signal with slashed red flannel bands, triggering three more boys to be sent home.
A shy young peasant, long astounded by a pretty girl of his station, gathers courage to propose. He resolves to spend the evening with her and arrives to find her at home, seated by the kitchen fire knitting, awaiting fate.
The article recalls Clark Brown, who killed his father and sister in West Winchester Ontario and was hanged. A recent sensational development sees exhumed bodies photographed for retinal images. the father shows nothing, but Addie Brown’s eyes allegedly reveal her mother and brother as figures, suggesting a dark family crime.
Gen Joseph E Johinston told a Raleigh New York gentleman the Southern army did not take Washington after the Manassas battle. He cited two reasons, himself and the Potomac river, adding that no American soldier could ford a river a mile wide and eighteen feet deep.
Chicago Tribune reports on Maine where Gov Garcelon and council defied the Supreme Court, seating unelected members. Republicans faced disenfranchisement as a Democratic push backs the revolution, demanding lawful credentials and court compliance amid tension and calls for public opinion pressure.
Chicago report notes 754 delegates from all states and territories will meet in June at Exposition Building to name the next President and Vice President. Hotels including Palmer House Sherman House Grand Pacific list headquarters for state delegations with parlor and club rooms allocated. States already assigned rooms: New York Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Colorado Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Ohio Iowa and others negotiating.
A Burlington Hawk-Eye excerpt narrates a flirtatious scene where Serena rebukes crude language seen as inappropriate for a lady. The gate creaks as a man injures his thumb, then exits while nursing the wound, noting the light pressure of a heart. The piece ends with the match being drawn and declared off.
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