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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1886
Page
6
The narrator visits a Peruvian court and recalls tales from Egypt and Hungary. An Egyptian judge punishes burglars and lambasts a tailor over a thief’s eye loss. A Circassian chief’s servant becomes chief judge and weighs a burglar’s loss against a tailor’s cause. A Shylock tale parallels a bond dispute ending with a fine and justice reimagined. The stories blend humor and moral acumen with courtroom drama.
In a Baghdad case a wife vowed married to another man under a statute after two witnesses swore the husband died. He appeared alive and sought restoration of his wife. Witnesses insisted they attended the funeral and buried the man, leaving the court to conclude the living man was a ghost and end the trouble. The soldier-judge praised the kadi's justice and withdrew.
A New York Letter describes four men seen near Madison Square who each killed a man, though not all were condemned. Jeremia Dunn and John Scannell, two professional sportsmen, sought a Sullivan Mitchell sparring license amid law objections. Ned Stokes guides, General Sickles offers a brief legal view, and the quartet reflects on past trials and the idea of innocence.
Gen Berdan spoke at the Gettysburg reunion detailing the first wartime use of breech-loading rifles by his sharpshooter unit. He credited their adoption with proving breech-loaders superior to muzzle loaders and noted a yearlong fight to arm his command, including opposition from departments and generals, until Lincoln ordered the armament. The speech claimed breech-loaders influenced global military practice within a decade.
The Baltimore Herald argues that many famed workers stayed productive past thirty and that inactivity harms health. It cites Gladstone at 73, Cruikshank near 80, and Titian at 70, noting daily activity strengthens muscles and nerves while idleness leads to rust and disease.
June 18 1868 George Wellington farmer of Indians village was found dead by his wife after a party. He later emerged from a coffin at a funeral when a wagon collided with the hearse and he spoke of a trance heart death and fear of burial alive while recounting his strange experience.
A discussion from Popular Science Monthly notes Chicago population growth from 1852 to 1868 and a surge in deaths from nervous disorders. It argues city life exhausts the nervous system, with Americans rushing, neglecting exercise and play, and women bearing much of the strain while public opinion limits them from outdoor activity.
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