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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1894
Page
3
The article honors AG Cort a distinguished public servant tied to Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant eras. It notes his Civil War leadership as Keystong state chief executive and his broader public service record in Pennsylvania.
Andrew Currin, born April 22, 1815 in Bellefonte, rose from common schools to the bar in 1839. He supported Harrison in 1840 and Clay in 1844, became a Whig elector in 1848 and 1852, and helped Governor Pollock's renomination. Currin played a key role in Pennsylvania Republican circles during Curtin’s rise, aiding Lincoln’s policies and state mobilization on the eve of the Civil War.
A crowd watched as a worker climbed a utility pole to reach Day’s body after a shock. A. J. Mames, who reached Day, was fatally shocked and died from a fractured skull after falling thirty feet. The line failure is blamed on a dead wire touching live circuits.
George Mills on trial for seduction and murder of his niece confessed last evening. He described luring the girl to an abandoned house, giving laudanum to cause abortion, beating her seven times, and hiding the crime. The girl died ten days later without regaining consciousness. Mills will continue on the stand as his own accuser against Jack Wimberly.
Report notes 4 000 troops to defend treaty ports as European peril escalates. Telegraph and Evening News cite a Pekin dispatch claiming Raeda plots with Ching against Japan in exchange for Korea cession. Authorities seek corroboration.
The Drayton divorce case dominates local reports with Mrs. Drayton denying a default, vowing a full defense. Other items include Eloped with ex-husband in Arcadia, coastal drownings in Florida, a trolley-car accident near Marietta, and a man hiding money in a chimney in Cincinnati.
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