03 Mar 1881
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1881
Page
1
Preparations for a wolf chase are planned in Firth on March 15. A Schuyler man reportedly sacked twenty eggs in succession and is alive. Cal Rockwell of Dodge county died freezing while traveling from Wisner, alcohol suspected.
Contested election case Mackey vs OConnor from South Carolina dismissed by the house elections committee. Dairy products value for nine months ending January 31 at 21 million versus 15 million last year. Inaugural: Hancock letters accepting invitations with Generals Fray, Perry, and Mitchell. Incoming cabinet rumors include Lincoln as war secretary and Sargeant, Mac Veagh as cabinet members. Antiquated anecdotes recount 1664 wager deaths in St James Park and early Macedonian leader ages.
An advertisement in the Portland Argus touts Hop Bitters as a sure remedy for ague biliousness and kidney complaints. The copy urges those afflicted to try the product and become enthusiastic in praising its curative qualities.
General Garfield reports 1590 applications for office and 1406 for others while a December toll lists 903 sailing vessels lost at sea. Wisconsin and Minnesota politics, accusations at Washington gambling houses, and a Pennsylvania senatorial ballot mark a busy ledger of men, matters, and misfortunes.
The report from the judiciary committee on Des Moines river lands in Iowa was adverse and the bill to quiet title was indefinitely postponed but later admitted to the calendar. House and Senate debated pensions, river and harbor funding, and various appropriation bills, with passages on tax repeal, post route, and educational funds amid crisis votes and adjournments.
A brief line notes that people or a few bank officers are to administer the financial destinies of the country, implying a shift in control or authority over national finances.
Postoffice Inspector John A. Galbrath and Deputy Marshal George Cramér, both from Albia, IA, arrested William G. Bradley, former Princeton Kentucky postmaster, in Marion County. Bradley faces embezzlement of money order funds and rifling two registered packages. arraigned before US Commissioner W. E. Chambers Ottumwa and remanded with bond set at 2000 dollars.
The article discusses an eighteen month timeline for excavating two and a half miles of the proposed channel tunnel and a four year overall completion. It also outlines a rival idea a sixteen foot diameter steel tube crossing sunk thirty five feet below the surface with chains to caissons to avoid hindering navigation. A Dublin correspondent notes waning land league prestige and rent payments rising. It also mentions many Scottish MPs backing a minister of Scotch affairs. Italy reports the pope lamenting church attacks and an upcoming universal jubilee to invoke better times for the church.
A large gull near Sacramento faced coordinated, repeated attacks by hundreds of martins. Birds swooped in groups of six to eight, forming a solid cordon that trapped the gull as the two sides clashed in a storm of screeches and strikes until the gull weakened and vanished from view.
A herbal remedy called Kidney-Wort is advertised to cleanse the system and strengthen the liver kidneys and bowels. The product is presented as aiding natural function and improving health through a tonic formula.
The Nebraska Senate reports favorably on rail labor protections and freight rules while advancing bills on taxation, board enlargement, and a charter for a Missouri River bridge. House actions include woman’s suffrage petitions, medical practice regulation, and a call for constitutional amendments. A governor’s message urges funds for the 1883 New York exhibition.
The session advanced numerous measures including SB 182 requiring railroad firms to file annual reports, and resolutions to bring Wathaway before the bar. House rolls 78 217 246 264 170 127 312 85 and others passed or were read, covering liquor licensing reform, school funding, Deaf and Dumb Institute improvements, tax and revenue bills, and commissions. The governor announced approvals of AR 49 34, with Garfield county formed from Gore county and a memorial to Washington monument authorized.
An American Association description notes a perennial Osier plant in Oregon and Texas whose leaves point north and south aiding trappers as a guide. It reports a remarkable height of 133 feet 6 inches and links the species to the Osier family.
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