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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1880
Page
3
Nashville reports the Cumberland River still rising with 950 families displaced. The river stands about eighty feet above low water, and Nashvill e lumbermen suffer amid thirty six hours of continuous rain.
A Little Barren river freshet swept away much of Osceola causing about 100000 dollars in losses near Munfordville Kentucky. Other dispatches report a cruel trial verdict in New York, a choking kettle accident in Wisconsin, a fatal tooth extraction in Iowa, and a wind storm collapse in Cincinnati injuring a family.
Foreign dispatches report renewed strain between England and Persia over Herat after negotiations halted. Duchess of Marlborough warns Ireland faces famine unless £40,000 weekly aid continues. Other items note a boiler explosion near this place, royal health updates, a long England championship pedestrian contest, and political tempests over Home Rule and Parnell.
Senator Thurman announced a plan to move next Tuesday to take up the Geneva Award bill with support from General Logan. Senator Randolph warned he will oppose until the Fitz John Porter case is disposed of, while the Republican side prepares to confront the issue. In the House Acklen case sparks debate as foreign affairs investigators report no recommendation and the matter is referred to the Judiciary Committee for action.
An explosion under the guard room in the Imperial Winter Palace basement killed eight soldiers and injured forty five during dinner hour. The dining hall floor and gas pipes were damaged and officials pursue an inquiry into the blast. Troop movements are planned to subjugate the TekeTur Komans with General Skobeloff leading 20000 troops from Tashkend toward Bokhara and Merv, while two additional armies converge by late May.
New York reports Dr. Emil Bessels, Arctic explorer, condemns Capt Howgate and his polar colonization plan as unworthy. He voices blunt opinions to a reporter, challenging the feasibility and merit of the proposal.
A traveler recounts shooting a condor in Peru after it fed on a dead horse. The bird spread sixteen paces across, with feathers eight paces long and a two palm wide shaft. The note claims the creature could carry off a rhinoceros alive.
A Morris Minnesota Tribune report describes an unusually clear mirage seen last Sunday morning. Distinct views extended to Holmes City and Alexandria woods about forty miles east with smoke from Alexandria houses visible briefly. The phenomenon featured a double reflection with an inverted first image and an erect second image.
The New York market shows wheat and corn steady with No 2 winter at 14944, No 2 corn at 59 6i, and various white and mixed grain listings. Baltimore notes mixed shifts with Western wheat dull and lower, oats steady, rye soft. Toledo records quiet No 2 red prices and dull corn and oats with clover seed at 1.
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