21 Feb 1880
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Newspaper
Sioux County Independent
Location
East Orange, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1880
Page
1
A scattered collage references Senator Burdne as a semi millionaire and notes vast, questionable figures. It mentions hayden trial costs, juror pay, and London offers while touching on aviation hopes, a forthcoming marriage, and a sweep of events from New York and Philadelphia.
The Globe-Democrat warns government action against liquor sales on the reserve but argues it could curb arms sales to Indians and prisons. It recalls John Mackay’s near-fatal rock incident and recounts juror Hotchkiss’s suspected bias in a trial, with reflections on Hawthorne and social invitations.
The president received a protest from the Colored Men's Protective Union of New Orleans against Winchback's naval appointment. The issue covers Indian affairs staffing, census appointments, and a push to suspend Major Reno. Other items include pension amendments, internal revenue nominees, and land claims in California ending the McGurran matter.
A string of arrests and alleged murders spanning cities from New York to Newport and Lincoln are reported. Indictments accuse a Memphis writer and a deputy sheriff of Walcounty of involvement with starving and mistreating children. In Newport a man named Manning received a life sentence for murder. A colored man near Mitchell Indiana killed his wife with an axe after she gave birth, and in Lincoln Nebraska Mrs Alfred Bradley survived a failed attempt to shoot her husband as he slept, with the assailant described as insane.
A trannee wind storm swept near Albany causing extensive damage. Reports indicate property loss and casualties as authorities assess the scene. Damaged structures and disrupted services are noted as responders work to secure the area.
Reports detail a long list of deaths and incidents including a blood poisoning fatality near Long Branch, a fire near Apple liver Aging in Plattsmouth causing $80,000 in losses, an apparent suicide by Joan Flannauan in San Francisco, an elevated railroad death in New York City, a Middletown fire fatality to Linna Youn, and the sudden death of United States District Attorney Truster at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis from apoplexy.
A chaotic summary of scattered world telegraph notes reports on Bolivian politics a Rome health update and a Paris bank clerk arrest. It mentions Gen Comanchellis self presidency rumors a Russian government clash and revolutionary student proclamations in Naples with details plus a dubious pair of American swindlers linked to Belgium.
The clashing items report Hayes of Chicago death on January 21, a Nashville storm on February 2, a Norfolk police chief suicide in quarantine, and domestic troubles. Dawes & Co. alleged corn holdings, Charles Freeman the child murderer in Barnstable, a Barnstable court insanity delay to May, fusion senators and lower house seats, New York GOP convention set for Utica, Allegheny County delegates instruction, Halifax royal visit with prince on board, Indian Territory squatter plans, Wichita raid rumor as distraction, Virginia killer release by governor’s order.
Fragmentary 19th century dispatches describe attempts to resist railroad consolidation and subsidy deals between Pacific Mail and overland routes, with political resignations, state equipment handovers, and market chatter about New York capital influx. The text mentions Sawyer, a fusionist secretary of state, and rumors of California and Pacific capitalists moving to New York, amid debates over railroad power and transport pricing.
A narrator recalls descending to 1,200 feet in a coal shaft near Pottsville, describing the oppressive quiet, the diamond drill, and an unmoved mule encountered in a long underground passage. The account contrasts the eerie deep mine environment with the mule’s calm, sphinxlike demeanor.
Reports from Taronto Brookville Philadelphia and Paris describe testimonials for various cures and devices while Paris population and infrastructure figures are released. Paris holds about 1,190,000 residents on 20,000 acres with 600,000 yards of sewers and a capital value near 223,000,000.
Reports from Tugspay and Turnevar detail Senate and House actions including bills to restore Fitz Porter to the army with back pay and to raise Mexican War vets pensions. Yorktown centennial preparations receive funding, and various public works and pension measures pass or are debated. The period covers Jan 27 to Feb 2 with eulogies, boundary rules revisions, and eligibility votes on political disabilities in Virginia cases.
London Telegraph recounts Count de Semelte's perilous African journey. He faces ceremonies in Mad gland and Lokogda, witnessing ritual killings and a Sultan who demands brandy rather than gifts. The Count survives, drinking Holland's with the Lokogda ruler, revealing a parliaments whimsy under liquor influence.
A New England Farmer correspondent shares vinegar making guidance drawn from long experience. He warns against drawing from cider while partially frozen, explains freezing down to concentrate cider, and details steps to start acetic fermentation without “mother” vinegar. He cautions about dangerous adulterants and quotes a pasting list of wealthy donors.
A London Telegraph piece recounts a daring St. Petersburg diamond heist staged by a stylish young woman posing as a doctor’s wife. The plan involved luring a jeweler to accompany her to a hotel and doctor, leading to a dramatic ransom of her partner’s supposed lunatic-warded mania. No trace of the clever buyer who pulled the coup is found.
After the Civil War an ex-soldier in Shreveport, broke and stranded, schemes to buy passage home. He asks the steamer captain for a barrel of whisky fare, and the captain agrees, sending deck hands to roll him aboard as a barrel of liquor to New Orleans.
A fragmentary 19th century column notes a journal kept by a hostess portraying womanly philosophy and social tact as readers reflect on beauty and hospitality. It contrasts daily kindness with a German writer's claim of executing criminals via an electric image of Justice and internal shock.
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