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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1883
Page
1
The B and M passenger train collided with a horse and buggy between Blue Springs and Wymore, killing the horse and badly injuring the driver. The rider, a Kansas man dealing in horses, faces possible death, leaving a wife and family.
The city of Devil's Lake in Dakota, nicknamed the Saratoga of Dakota, boasts rapid growth with lots selling up to 2000 dollars each. It features seven hotels, two banks, two newspapers, and numerous shops and factories on Devil's Lake shore. Old-timers spin tall tales as development accelerates and leaders discuss prospects.
Frederick Ker, who absconded to Peru with $50,000 in securities from Preston, Kean & Co., faced a ruling that arrest writs remain valid under jurisdiction even if the prisoner was not brought there by arrest. The case may proceed to the supreme court. Other items note Emma Atkinson’s murder near Lafayette, Ohio, a jail fire in Ashville, Idaho, and a series of frauds in Montreal and New York.
The treasury department lists E. E. Myers Mich John Frazer Washington and others as applicants to supervise the architects office draftsmen division. General Sherman plans to turn command over to General Sheridan November 1 and retire to civil life by February 8. Major General Pope may succeed in Missouri division. Postmaster general confirms domestic postage rate limits and Canada letters. Post office issues include 102,605,000 new two cent stamps and readjusted presidential salaries totaling 5.7 million for 2,176 postmasters with 44 offices added and 25 reduced.
A band of twelve masked men robbed the Wells Fargo safe on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe train near Coolidge. The engineer was killed, the fireman and express messenger wounded, and pursuers are chasing the gang. Later reports say the messenger was unharmed and the loot uncertain.
An advertisement extols Saint Patrick's Pills as a great Irish cathartic that cleanses the system purifies the blood and regulates the liver and bowels. The pills are sugar coated and the copy uses a humorous analogy about a young man kissing a girl to imply ignorance of heaven.
O'Donnell was brought to court in London under guard to face murder charges. Key witness Ife testified that O'Donnell fired the first shot and said phrases about being sent to do it. Mrs Carey, widow of the murdered Carey, testified about events on the voyage and said O'Donnell shot her husband, while denying she had discussed the case with her son. The magistrate ordered the prisoner committed for trial at the next criminal session.
Jane Lennon a colored woman about 100 years old who died near Akron is claimed as the last surviving former slave from the northern states. Born circa 1784 in Dutchess County New York she lived through abolition efforts from 1775 onward and gained freedom after New York enacted universal emancipation in 1827.
The October Century letters defend Chief Justice Taney against claims that he believed blacks had no rights. They cite Taney freeing slaves thirty years before his death and his oath bound interpretation of law as his higher duty, noting his sincerity and devotion to duty.
Pall Mall Gazette reports Mr H C Linfield tested a steam sailing machine between Colnbrook and West Drayton with Great Western Railway consent. The wood frame vehicle with sails and a nine blade screw was lifted from a truck by steam power and is claimed capable of air flight up to a mile in height. Trevithick accompanied him as locomotive superintendent.
The article describes the mosquito as a tiny factory of surgical tools with a lance two saws and a suction pump in the pill. It likens the insect’s buzzing in Mississippi cottonwoods to a manufacturing village and recounts a gruesome wound procedure with puncture enlargement blood siphoning and poison injection.
Dr. G. H. Hill of Froxy Rorat Virginia endorses Brown's Iron Bitters, claiming general satisfaction with its use. The note criticizes deceptive profits from false claims.
A speaker rides through night and day across cities, seas, and plains seeking a beloved in a hunted quest. He traverses east toward moonlight and faces shifting lights and voices, but discovers the journey reveals only his own heart instead of the beloved.
A poor farmer finds a magical wish-ring from a rescued eagle. A wicked jeweler steals it, meets death by his greed, and the farmer and his wife prosper through patient labor. They never use the ring, and after decades die peacefully, the ring buried with them. The tale ends with a moral on restraint and prudent desire.
In Council Bluffs Iowa Dr A B McKune a noted physician and druggist was shot and killed by Dr E D Cross after a feud culminated in blows and a revolver. Cross surrendered claiming self defense. McKune died at 45 leaving a wife and aging parents. The coroner's jury adjourned without testimony.
Two youths aged 17 and 18 were saved alive from a collapsed Casamicciola house five days after the quake. They had been trapped in a tight space beneath a chest of drawers and a sewing machine, sustained by fruit, tomatoes, and wine. One boy aided in the rescue of the other, while the second was hospitalized exhausted.
Last Friday Edward Enderly hunted plums by Plum Creek. A deer bolted into the water and climbed a bluff. Enderly leaped down ten feet and wrestled the deer to the creek bottom. With his dogs he held the animal underwater and drowned it. Enderly was bruised and his clothes were torn. The deer, a large buck, dressed about 90 pounds.
The wax plant of Carolina and Pennsylvania is cultivated in Algeria for profit. Gathered fruit is placed in a coarse bay then boiled. wax rises to the surface and is sold as a substitute for bees wax, chemically similar and in demand.
A Tamul saying notes the rock untouched by iron lever will yield to the root of a green tree. The line contrasts mechanical force with natural persistence and growth, illustrating a guiding principle about problem solving and resilience.
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