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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1883
Page
1
Rumor of Evans Replacement and South Debt Plan
A Washington dispatch reports unverified rumors that Commissioner Walter Evans may be ousted and General James C. Veatch installed. It notes tensions with the president and Evans, while a separate note outlines the Treasury decision to return dies and rolls for Private Die stamps to owners upon costs. Another dispatch discusses a alleged plan to aid the South by guaranteeing state debts and canceling old bonds for new ones at 3.5 percent, a scheme likely to fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Washington Dispatch
Internal Revenue
Walter Evans
James C. Veatch
Evansville
Secretary of the Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington
Congress
South
Quarantine Strength on Gulf Coast Praised by Surgeon General
The Surgeon General touts the Gulf Coast quarantine service as unmatched and warns that keeping yellow fever out for three more weeks could avert an outbreak as ships depart Vera Cruz. Treasury drafts, Civil suits against Star route contractors, and a $100,000 suit by Louisiana Lottery’s Daupsein against Postmaster General Gresham are noted. A Louisiana Board of Health telegram reports no fever cases in New Orleans. Diamond Match Co. gains redemption of stamps credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
United States
Vera Cruz
Secretary of the Treasury
Kansas
Starroutg
Post Office Department
M. A. DauPsin
Louisiana Lottery Company
Washington
Walter Q. Gresham
Hamilton
Joseph Jones
Louisiana Board of Health
New Orleans
Comptroller of the Treasury
Diamond Match Co
Three Young Men Drowned in Potomac River
George Kane, Harry Suffer and Worthington McCulloch, all single from Frostburg Maryland, drowned when their boat capsized while rowing on the Potomac River on the 23rd. The tragedy removes three young men from the Frostburg community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kane
Harry Suffer
Worthington McCulloch
Frostburg
Potomac River
Liability of a National Bank Stockholder
Judge Blodgett in the United States District Court at Chicago ruled that stockholders in National Banks are liable for the bank’s debts up to their stock value. The decision in Irans v. Manufacturers' National Bank of Chicago allows individual suits to recover on this liability without a receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blodgett
United States District Court
Chicago
National Bank of Chicago
Skeletons in Texas Carriage Believed Lightning Victims
A carriage found under a large tree in Selano County Texas contained skeletons of three adults and two children seated upright as if living. Officials think a lightning strike killed the horses and occupants while they sheltered under the tree. A letter to James G Chamberlin London was found in a trunk. The stockman who found them reported to authorities. the remains are believed to be tourists in a secluded area far from homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selano County
Texas
James G. Chamberlin
London
England
Hungary
United States
Liverpool
Boston
Alexandria
Washington
Montgomery Blair
Silver Springs
Carl Mininger
Cincinnati
LeMoyne
Waccamaw River
Bellamy’s Landing
Horry County
D. C
U. S
Mardy the Iowa Murderer Hanged by Mob at Harlan
A mob of about fifty took Hardy from the jail at Harlan on the morning of the 24th, hanged him, shot him, and cast the body into the river. The jailor was tied and his wife forced to surrender the keys before the mob dispersed. Hardy’s body was recovered by the Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mardy
Iowa
Hardy
Polk County
Lowa
Harlan
Water famine threatens St Louis as reservoir runs dry
A St Louis dispatch reports the city faced a looming water famine with only twenty four feet of water left in the reservoir supplying much of the city. Pumping capacity failed to meet demand during a heat wave, and waterworks managers issued a proclamation banning street sprinkling sidewalk washing and hand hose use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
St. Louis
Popular Preacher Bristor Resigns After Church Trial
Rumor of immoral practices by Rev. Dr. George D. Bristor of St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church Newark NJ led to a church investigation on the fourth. After witnesses testified and Bristor defended himself, a unanimous verdict of guilty was reached and he resigned and surrendered his credentials. Bristor, once a favored pulpit orator who preached in New Orleans, is married with a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Bristor
St. Luke’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Newark
N. J
Bristor
New Orleans
Captain Webb Drowned After Niagara Whirlpool Attempt
Captain Matthew Webb, the noted English swimmer, attempted to swim the Niagara whirlpool on the 24th and was reported drowned. The incident occurred at the famed river rapids as Webb faced the dangerous current in a historic effort to conquer the mighty falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Niagara
Matthew Webb
Tragic Drowning at Falls Leaves Family in England
A man drowned after leaping from a boat above a river falls. About five hundred people gathered as the temp rose and he swam with the current toward a whirlpool. He raised a hand as if for help before vanishing in the seething waters. extensive search failed to recover his body. Captain Webb left eight in England.
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Captain Webb
England
Cyclone Fatalities Hit Eaton Rapids Area
A noon cyclone on the 24th wrecked Eugene Henry’s house five miles southeast of Eaton Rapids Michigan. Henry is seriously injured and likely to die. His three children were killed and his wife severely injured but may recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Eugene Henry
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Henry
Beaury W Longfellow Estate Appraisal Put At 350000
The appraisal of Beaury W Longfellow estate values the poet's holdings at about 350000 with 200000 in personal property and 150000 in real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaury W. Longfellow
Longfellow
Yellow Fever Precautions Proclaimed by Louisiana Governor
Governor McEnery of Louisiana issues a proclamation directing removal of all vessels at the Mississippi River quarantine station infected with yellow fever to Ship Island for inspection cleansing and fumigation. It bars entry of vessels from Vera Cruz Rio de Janeiro and Havana and any other infected ports into the Mississippi River waters and enforces strict quarantine enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McEnery
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Ship Island
Vera Cruz
Rio de Janeiro
Havana
Fatal derailment on the Wabash near Lawson, Missouri
A freight train on the Wabash Railroad derailed near Lawson on the night of the 25th. A passenger coach carried seven people. one was killed instantly and six were seriously injured, with two of the injured believed likely to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson
Concession reached with American Rapid Telegraph Company
The American Rapid Telegraph Company and the Brotherhood of Telegraphers settled terms, with all company workers returning to desks on the 26th. Details of the agreement are undisclosed, but the company is said to have conceded major striker demands on key issues while other companies stand firm. The strikers remain resolved to persevere. The Sioux Sun Dance near Rosebud Agency Dakota draws large crowds as 15 lacerated dancers complete four days of ritual. Government action may soon end this controversial ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Rapid Telegraph Company
Brotherhood of Telegraphers
Rosebud Agency
Dak
Fight Stopped by Women in Nanticoke Ring
A desperate prize fight for 500 dollars near Nanticoke Pennsylvania on the 25th ended after eleven rounds when women rushed the ring with knives and pistols. Paddy O'Brien a saloon keeper and Mike Breese a miner fought under Queensberry rules and suffered heavy punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanticoke
Paddy O’brien
Mike Breese
Marquis of Queensbury
Jersey City Prohibits Sales to Youth Under Sixteen
The Jersey City Board of Aldermen has enacted an ordinance banning off premises sales to anyone under sixteen of air, cider, beer or spirituous liquors or any mixed drinks containing intoxicating ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Board of Aldermen
Jersey City
N. J
Yellow Fever death reported in Philadelphia aboard brig Julia Blake
Quarantine physician reports seaman Patrick Kelly died of yellow fever at Lazaretto Hospital after removal from brig Julia Blake. The brig remains at quarantine while fumigation and cargo removal are conducted before passage up the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Board of Health
Patrick Kelly
Julia Blake
Lazaretto Station
Slewe Sewing Machine Works Destroyed in Bridgeport Fire
The extensive Howe Sewing Machine Company works at Bridgeport Connecticut were burned on the 26th. The brick three story buildings formed three sides of a square. Loss is listed at 350000 dollars. Four hundred workers lose their jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slewe Sewing Machine Works
Howe Sewing Machine Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Poisoned Ice Cream Sickens Dozens at Illinois Lawn Party
In Joliet Illinois on the evening of the 26th more than one hundred attendees at a lawn party fell gravely ill after eating ice cream believed to contain poisonous flavoring. No deaths reported though several are critical. Medical authorities investigate suspected tampering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolliett
Ill
Highwaymen Arrested Near Sir Jones West Virginia
United States Special Detective Perkins with Pittsburg officers arrested John H. Gordon Robert McGeary Albert Crusan and Dr John P Buck near Sir Jones West Virginia on the 26th. They are part of an organized gang active in Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia for several months with notable success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Perkins
Pittsburg
John 8. Gordon
Robert McGeary
Albert Crusan
John P. Buck
Sir Jones
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Confession Tars and Feathers Case Ties In White Sackett
Eugene A. Clark of Naugatuck Conn confesses to the Sandisfield tarring and feathering attack on Mrs Johanna Sullivan and implicates White Sackett. The grand jury now indicts them as principals and labels several others as accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene A. Clark
Naugatuck
Conn
Johanna Sullivan
Sandisfield
White
Sackett
Masked mob hanged Rigney then torched Miles City in retaliation
A party of masked men overpowered the Miles City jailer on the 26th and seized Rigney, a saloon bartender and alleged criminal. They took him a mile out, tied him to a railroad tie end, and later set the Cosmopolitan Theater and six other buildings ablaze. Loss estimated at about $100,000. Fire blamed on incendiary act in retaliation for the hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Miles City
Mon
Rigney
Cosmopolitan Theater
Ex-Treasurer Polk Found Guilty In Tennessee Case
Ex-Treasurer Polk of Tennessee was found guilty of embezzlement on the 2nd, and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. He was also fined in the sum of unknown amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Tennessee
Polk’s Trial Yields Surprise Embezzlement Verdict
The court found an embezzlement amount listed as 836540.10 and a motion for a new trial was filed immediately. The outcome surprised Polk’s friends who anticipated a different result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Suicides and a Double Tragedy Reported Across States
RicharpD H. Egan a New York Custom-house officer killed himself on the 24th after an earlier failed attempt. Miss Jane Teague of Lexington NC hanged herself on the 25th. Tipps a desperado stabbed farmer Kittle near Graysville GA. he fled. James W Donouvurg a Chicago brewery bookkeeper had his throat cut by Hankey Pankey on the 25th. the killer was not arrested. Davin Durces killed his stepfather James Smith near Sparta Tennessee on the 26th. Durces surrendered and has community sympathy. Daniel B Phillips a Boston evangelist died by his own hand on the 26th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richarpd H. Egan
New York
Jane Teague
Lexington
N. C
Tipps
Kittle
Graysville
James W. Donouvurg
Western Brewery
Chicago
Hankey Pankey
Davin W. Durces
James Smith
Sparta
Tenn
Smith
Durges
Daniel B. Phillips
Boston
Channel Tunnel Bill Abandoned by Government
Chamberlain, head of the London Board of Trade, told the Commons on the 24th that the Government had abandoned for this session the English Channel Tunnel Bill. The Academy of Science in Munich named Professor Marsh of Yale University a member of its academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
London Board of Trade
The
Academy of Science
Munich
Marsh
Yales University
American Rifle Team Honored at London Banquet
A banquet for the American rifle team was hosted by the British Volunteers at Criterion Hall London on the 25th. About 100 attendees in uniform included Earl Waldegrave Lt Col Otter the Canadian captain and other Canadians. Sir Henry Halford presided and proposed a toast to the Queen. The toast to President Arthur drew three cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criterion Hall
London
Earl Waldegrave
Otter
Henry Halford
Arthur
Assisted Emigration From Ireland Report Highlights Large Grants
The Tukes committee at Cork reports 5 327 assisted emigration grants in three months costing £35 000, £26 000 from government. It hopes state aided emigration continues to relieve congested districts, noting vacated holdings often consolidated with neighboring tenants. Other items note Chinese cattle export bans, cholera in Bombay, leprosy in Egypt, Gladstone on cattle laws, Carey’s arrival in a colony, Cetewayo’s death, Paris World's Exhibit reps, Louise Michel ally CarrEt acquittal, and Ouida urging copyright treaty with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tukes
Cork
Irish Times
James Carey
Durban
Cetewayo
Paris
Boston
Carret
Louise Michel
Louisa de la Ramee
Ouida
London Times
United States
England
Trial of Jews in Hungary Abandoned for Murder Case
A mixed set of late 19th century items reports the prosecution dropping its case in the Hungarian trial of Jews accused in a Christian girl’s murder. Other notes cover emigration, tariff crackdowns, cholera fears, deaths, wrecks, and Western Union service disputes.
Pier Collapse at Tivoli Kills Dozens at Excursion Site
A crowded pierside rush at Tivoli near North Point, Maryland, last night caused the pier to give way, plunging hundreds into ten-foot-deep waters. Seventy bodies recovered and dozens more feared dead, with many victims identified among women and children. The disaster followed a day-long excursion by the Mount Royal Beneficial Society, leaving local authorities scrambling to recover the drowned and identify victims as crowds gathered at Henderson's wharf.
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Baltm
Moree
North
Tivoli
Patapsco
North Point Lighthouse
Holly Grove
Mount Royal
Cockade City
Amanda Powell
Henderson’s Wharf
Ataeine
John G
John McAnny
Crouch
Chidren
Katie
Lena
Thomas McLaughlin
Mary
John
Eller
Rebecca Erman
Belle
Mary Butts
Kate Colbert
Laura Swearer
Maggie Thompson
Maggie Burns
Wilhelmina Willian
Agnes Feehin
Mary Newman
Mary McGahan
Mary Spies
Rosa McBride
Maggie Lynch
Mary Lynch
Mary and
Jennie Carey
Minnie Klindest
Margaret McGeehan
Bridget Say
Winfield Gaffey
Minnie O'Neill
Fannie Maria
Mary Lindburg
Parr
Annie Owens
Mollie Mur Hy
Mary Hughes
Olivia Scull
Mary Hammill
Alice Ran
Johanna O’connell
Mary Giblin
Elizabeth Connors
Annie Miller
Elizabeth Beckman
Elizabeth
Patrick Ryan
James Owens
A. P. Jacobs
Thomass. Moseman
Daniel Gibbon
Albert Ross
Jesse Sumwalt
Henry Tonburg
Wm. Garmer
Bernard Gately
Edward Calahan
Annie Weidel
Tivoli disaster at Tivoli pier claims many lives
Baltimore July 24 report recounts a deadly Tivoli boat excursion tragedy with 66 bodies recovered and estimates of up to 100 missing. It details chaotic scenes on the pier, lifeboat failures, cries for help, and the coroner's inquest. Names include Alfred Burgan Kate Ives John McAnany Louisa Swearer and Father Starr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Tivoli
Father Starr
Eastern
Alfred Burgan
Kate Ives
John McAnany
Bernard McGahan
Minneapolis boot-blacks form association and name woman treasurer
The Minneapolis boot-blacks organized an association and appointed a woman to serve as treasurer, marking a notable leadership development within the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Man who owned savage dog seeks extreme penalty
In West Point Nebraska Hinkson released a savage dog chasing a suspected thief. The dog bit him severely. He favored the death penalty against the dog but after a neighbor's argument reduced punishment to cutting off the offenders ears and tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinkson
West Point
Neb
Chicago Tribune
Fastest Hudson River Train Time Sets Record
A special train carrying Dr. Hamilton of New York bound for Montreal covered 158 miles between York and Albany in three hours and two minutes, the fastest time on the Hudson River Road. Two hundred cod is a fair day’s work by one person with hook and line, though most are netted now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hamilton
New York
Montreal
York
Albany
Hudson River Road
Troy
N. Y
Boston Herald
Sour Apples Spark Absent-Widow Courtship Tale
An elderly Boston widow and her daughters vacation in a New Hampshire village where an aged bachelor nearby wins admiration. The girls tease a ring of apples from his trees and he later appears in homespun with a red bandana, visiting doors to ask if the widow lives there and hinting he may become a father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New Hampshire
Jabez
Boston Transcript
Crow hides bread treasure in field puzzled by hotel visitor
A Royal Victoria Hotel guest feeds calves with bread. A crow finds the scraps, hides the remainder in long grass and cow manure, then aseems to search daily for its lost treasure. The writer ponders if the bird stores food to eat later, asking if this behavior shows reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land and Water
Royal Victoria Hotel
Cannon Balls Unearthed During Foundation Work in Proctor
Two cannon balls were unearthed while excavating the foundation of the Proctor smoke stack and engine house for the saw mills. The balls are believed to have been fired from Preacott during the War of 1812, as reported by the Oneidaburg Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor
O Burg
N. Y
Burg
Peculiar Fish Captured Off Falmouth Heights
A bizarre fish was caught near Falmouth Heights Massachusetts. It measures just over seventy five feet in length and has a circumference of about four and a half inches. Old fishermen say it is the first they have ever seen or heard of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth Heights
Mass
Boston Herald
Pondering a Geologic Find From Wickebaee Tewn
A geos note from Wickebaee Tewn discusses an artisan well and minute shells found along a distant shore. These shells were retrieved from a depth of one hundred and sixty feet, offering clues to underwater geology and coastal resources.
Faros, spear heads, and promenade rules mix in clipping
A letter from Cincinnati discusses faro banks as dangerous gambling spots draining wages. A Crawford County farmer finds six to eight inch Indian flint spear heads while plowing. Philadelphia reports Brooklyns promenade rules now allow foot traffic to pause briefly without blocking the bridge. A note on vegetarian diets during hot weather ends the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
Macon
Philadelphia News
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