11 Feb 1880
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Newspaper
Sioux County Independent
Location
East Orange, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1880
Page
1
Items note Mauritts skipping Mardi Gras, strawberries opening at Charlenton shipping north, a Philadelphia political demo yields 8000 dollars, and Maine question settlement for the main force not required. Also mentions notable marriages, railroad earnings, ex Empress Cancerra, a governor shooting incident, Anna Jenks, and other scattered society and political items.
The city plans a five tenths increase in water supply sourced from the Bronx and Byram rivers and tribu taries. The project requires nearly two years to complete and will deliver good quality water. The Herald argues that only deeper distant sources will ensure a lasting supply.
A scattered digest reports a southern Ute delegation heading to Washington, Pinchback slated as naval officer of New Orleans, Wyates nominated for chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery, the Post Dispatch office fire causing damage, and a slate of diplomatic and consular nominations including Lovell Foster Fairchild Morgan Richmond Tyler Simonson and several postmasters. The week’s work closes with notes on ongoing governmental appointments and actions.
A telegram from Trinidad reports hundreds of cowboys encamped en route to Los Vegas. Thursday night fifteen entered the city and killed the marshal and two citizens, wounding five others. A separate dispatch notes Daniel Brill convicted of perjury and sentenced to one year, dismissing cider and lemonade subterfuge. Governor of Illinois commutes William Marshall’s sentence to one year for horse stealing. A train wreck attempt near Mendota fails to injure passengers. The Crosby murder case ends in not guilty verdict, causing a courthouse panic and a dramatic reaction from the accused’s mother. Ellington murder mystery closes as Chautauqua interest wanes.
A spate of early January disasters includes an oilier explosion in Cleveland that killed Joseph Grent and Seth Degamno, a boiler blast in Brazil Indiana that fatally injured coal operator RR Robins and injured William Elder and Jones, and a wholesale drug house fire in Alton Illinois with Beall and Danvers damaged. A Virginia and Midland Railway derailment near Stockfish Station killed conductor Dabtrey Wilson and two brakemen, injuring Captain H. C. Luckett and six workers as cars wrecked. Reports describe militia rumors, capitol guard orders, and a dangerous atmosphere in Augusta regarding proposed questions to the supreme court. A fatal fire near Centerville Michigan claims Jobe N. Smith, who perished returning to save belongings. An accident at the Peoria Ill plow works fatally injures Emu Wearenn after a lift collapse. Rabies and related incidents are briefly noted.
A Caledonia Minnesota special from January 26 reports the suicide of probate judge F Wyatt Cook, a longtime official who lost re election and suffered financial losses. After wandering and drinking, he returned home with his wife present, declared he was in a bad way, and shot himself in the right temple, dying ten hours later. He left a wife and no children and was buried by the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Rome dispatch reports the Duilio, the world’s mightiest warship, completing a trial at fourteen mph, while a Rome physician named Dr. Girard Small survived an assault at his home. Panama floods devastate the Cauca Valley, washing away villages and crops as farmers rescue remaining cocoa under threat from giant snakes driven downstream.
An Augusta telegram reports Fusionists raising funds to capture the state capitol. They met at Union Hall on January 23 with only part of members present. Dickey directs Secretary Sawyer to notify town officers of a new statewide valuation and to address towns Elleworth and Brunswick about representatives withdrawing from the house and senate. The Republican legislature met January 22 with an amendment proposing governor by plurality vote. Fusionists seek quarters in Portland but city officials, including Mayor, decline. Biddeford offers for housing.
General notes cover a Minneapolis manager’s death, Grant Jr. stock gains, pardon efforts for Angell the embezzler, Iowa and Maryland political shifts, wage talks in Pittsburgh, and state conventions. A Washington telegram details White River Ute arrests and Ouray orders. A crowd at Fairfield Methodist Church confronts an attempted stabbing by A J Boeers, with a physician predicting recovery.
The piece profiles Thomas Edison at Menlo Park, detailing his relentless daily regimen from morning correspondence to late night experiments. It highlights his staff, the midnight lunch aided by a Newfoundlander, and his habit of sleeping on benches, emphasizing his extraordinary energy and endurance as a youth-era genius in science and invention.
A newspaper summary traces Thomas Edison's family and long-lived ancestors. It notes two brothers, David and Harry Edison, aged seventy nine and eighty two, both managing large farms in Windia and Canada. Edison’s aunt Mrs. Samuel Edison is ninety five in Canada, with strong handwriting. Grandfather Samue Edison died at 103, a brother Thomas died at 101 by accidental shooting, and great grandmother Mrs. Ezaneth Ogden lived to 107. The piece argues the lineage suggests a long life for the inventor and value to America and the world.
In Glen Castle Broome county republican justice James Treadwell opposed his daughter’s marriage to A H Place, a democrat. The couple eloped to Choconut Center and wed. Treadwell jailed the bride, a habeas corpus forced custody transfer. Judge Edwards found both parties of age, ruled the issue was political bitterness, and returned the wife to her husband.
A stout woman on a Third Avenue Line car 113 demanded the smoking car be stopped. The conductor refused, she threatened to alight, tried to force action, and finally reboarded as the car continued with smoking passengers.
The Chief Justice of Hong Kong comments on child traffic amid a prisoner’s sentencing for kidnapping. He notes estimates of 10 000 to 20 000 slaves in the land and cites a market price of a stolen child around 100 dollars, highlighting the brutal economics of slavery and mortality in the colony.
A Syracuse Courier reader recounts a career-long quest for political favors dating to 1872. He recalls near-misses for assembly, alderman, and Congress, and questions the pay of a Capitol boss carpenter as he awaits any nomination or job.
The notice warns that Bright's Disease has claimed five eminent men in recent weeks and cautions readers to avoid the ailment by using Warner's Gale Kidney and Liver Cure. An incident in Dallas sees Mrs Etheridge's son insulted by Triganc, prompting a confrontation with Gray. Gray allegedly is wounded in the head when Mrs Etheridge fires a pistol and Gray wields a club.
Dense Senate session debates a cruelty to animals bill. House considers Ireland relief and national banking reforms. Resolutions on greenbacks and Indian contracts surface as Republicans spar over coin reserves and revenue measures amid adjournments and seatings through January.
A fragmented passage describes Acdolly Wedding etiquette and Towka people in Central America. It notes their jovial nature at weddings and a peculiar age-recording method using beads on a string, adding a bead each gour period, though the excerpt ends before completion.
A colonial era account describes a marriage ritual where a girl of about fifteen is considered marriageable after a suitor presents a necklace of twenty items and drinks wine from calabashes at a communal feast. The bride remains with her parents as the groom parades with a bamboo whistle and tom tom, signaling entry to his in laws by beating the drum and inviting the bride to join him.
The article details sardine catching and canning: washing, gutting, salting, oil frying, draining on zinc tables, packing fish tightly into boxes, sealing with oil, and boiling smaller and larger boxes before shipping worldwide. Women perform the packing work around heated tables.
A Leadville romance ends in elopement as Jerry Briggs marries Lillian Brown and the couple flees with doubts of divorce. At the Tapman House, clerk trouble and a $1000 missing fund raise curiosity while the runaways head east, leaving questions about fidelity and money.
The Brooklyn presbytery faces a possible split as twenty two complainants plan to appeal to the synod after the presbytery refused to officially notice Dr Talmage's charges of moral rottenness. Churches south of Fulton Street would align with Dr Talmage, forming one presbytery, while those north of Fulton join Dr Van Dyke and the anti Talmage faction.
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