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Newspaper
Savannah Weekly Echo
Location
Savannah, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1884
Page
1
The Echo proclaims itself a live paper owned by Colored Men serving the people with weekly news for swift reading. It claims the largest circulation among colored papers in the South and positions as the leading journal of its class in the state at the Southwest corner of Bayne and Jefferson Street.
Henry Villard, head of the Northern Pacific, resigns as president and forfeits his New York mansion to creditors. A counsel blames overextension and credit reliance on the Oregon and Transcontinental venture for his decline. directors vote sympathy and grant him 330,000 after three years as unpaid leader.
Representative Bland questions how many trade dollars remain in general circulation. Mr. Burchard, director of the United States mint, estimates five to several million dollars are with tradesmen and the public, while the rest of 75,019,000 originally coined has likely been exported or remelted. Bland also notes the government might be able to require use of the trade dollar for government dues at its nominal value.
States with winter legislatures include Massachusetts Connecticut New York New Jersey Maryland Ohio Iowa Kentucky and Mississippi. The item mentions a man D. J. agg of Shoal River and a family including five boys and four girls with a married partner named Sue.
Twenty snow shovelers in a Brinton Pennsylvania railroad cut were struck by a moving train. Two were killed instantly, a third fatally injured, and four others seriously hurt. The incident underscores dangerous conditions in early rail work.
In Senate reports Mr. Dawes backs a post office directed tea glass company bill. Mr. Voorhees reintroduces a bounty equalization measure, citing surplus funds, with a war department cost study requested. A joint resolution asks for 31 million for Mississippi River improvements and justice department inquiries proceed.
Revised statistics show 1607 US murders in 1883 with causes including liquor jealousy self defense and insanity. Hangings totalled 127 nationwide with state tallies led by Arkansas and Virginia and strong racial notes. Railroad disasters reached 775 with 1116 injuries and total fire losses totaled 41,514,750 dollars across the year.
Judge French transmits a cattle commission report to the House urging federal control of Texas fever. It recommends banning shipment northward of infected cattle except Nov to Mar, plus treasury power to slaughter and dispose of infected imported herds and to quarantine other ruminants and swine. It calls for 1.5 million dollars to fund outbreak prevention and eradication.
A late night blaze at the Convent of the Immaculate Conception in Belleville Illinois destroys the building. Doors were locked trapping many inmates as firemen and volunteers fought flames. Rescue attempts saved some, but the sister superior and about twenty-five pupils perished. Daisy Eberle survived a miraculous fall aided by two men.
A survey of prominent theater figures and events. Henry Irving on a Chicago engagement and potential American reception. Joachim to tour America. Bartley Campbell in poor health. Beethoven’s life milestones. George Macfarran and King David. opera costs in New York with Patti’s share. Albert Berg’s upcoming history of the American stage. Our Nation’s Pets comic opera with music by J H Ivan. Mme Samary to tour the United States. Gilbert’s new play for Mary Anderson titled Comedy and Temesty. Irving rumored to build a New York theatre with Hatton as manager. Gobbaerts noted for deliberate misspellings amid public scrutiny.
The Senate resumes work on rules and considers appropriations while receiving four presidential messages on war department site sales and Indian land bills. House actions include funding bills, investigations into departmental circulars, and numerous proposed constitutional amendments and reforms.
A humorous monologue from a fictional inventor's wife recounting her woes with Bijah's experiments. She describes dangerous contraptions, mischief with a rocking crib, a burglar alarm gone awry, and a bedstead that springs to life. The tale ends with her weariness and longing for a calmer life.
Indiana reports 14925 deaths last year while Florida grows coconuts and citrus. New York florists sell 20000 rosebuds daily. Vanderbilt ball spends 30000 in flowers. Wisconsin records 13406 marriages 12344 births and 4684 deaths in 1533. Kentucky spent 67011.85 to care for 131 deaf mutes.
A collage of vintage quips and jests about money luck marriage and family life. Quotations reference rich wives poor clerks palm itching luck and a child’s take on Solomon with slang and Punch style humor.
Captain Haultain, 32, weighed 196 pounds, washed overboard in a gale off New Zealand. He swam for three miles through 30 foot seas after shedding an overcoat and boots, and reached shore after three hours in the water. His vessel was beached and crew rescued him clinging to the sand. The feat is hailed as the most wonderful swim on record.
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