24 Dec 1886
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1886
Page
1
A NeEwslarer office in Massachusetts was robbed of $200. The piece notes Santa riding a bicycle, West Virginia legislature to convene January 12, and a 45 day session. It comments on Camdens re election fate, McQuapr jailed seven years, and tariff plans. Also mentions a presidential push for Freedmen deposits and ongoing high tariffs.
Washington December 21 1886 lengthy letter notes Tariffites led by Sam Randall defeating anti Tariffites under William Morrison 154 to 149 Speaker Carlisle in minority adjournment set January 4 remarks on Europe Russia and England. divorce verdicts divorce costs in Colin Campbell suit and portraits of Mrs Cleveland visiting Washington. Pension building dubbed Pension brewery by Bragg and Meigs with Sheridan quip. Aqueduct bridge acquisition for 125000. Irish affairs unsettled. prison collapse in Carroll prison. lynching in Georgia. a Plainwell Michigan preacher condemns voting Prohibition ticket prompting resignation calls. Christmas greetings to subscribers.
West Virginia hosts 88 Odd Fellows lodges with 3104 members. Deer are plentiful in Hardy and Hampshire counties. The State Congress approved a pension increase for Gen. B. F. Kely to 100 dollars monthly. Preparations for a grand ball mark opening of the State House in Charleston on January 5. J Brilles & Co Wheeling, a large clothing firm, failed with liabilities near 40000 and assets 15000 to 20000. Measles epidemic hits Parkersburg area including a 25 pupil school where 23 pupils and the teacher are stricken. Some deaths reported from measles. Janes and Samuel Sickles sentenced to fifteen years for murder in Roane county. father 50, son 18. Railroad ice-cutting incident at Mountain Lake Park ends with two youths submerged, rescued. Mr. Smith of Baltimore paralyzed in Romney. Col J. W. Cunningham of West Virginia named House doorkeeper. Sargent not yet Sergeant-at-Arms. Advertisements tout Salvation Oil and Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup. Electric Bitters praised as a health restore. Marriages: Philip Kink of Baltimore to Hattie Virginia Wood of Harper’s Ferry. Alonso Mose to Annie Reel. E C Henshaw to Sallie Lingamfelter. John Anderson to Jennie Stokes.
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