News of the Week Highlights and Local Losses
The item notes yellow fever cases in Havana and Buffalo. It lists a horse named Mand S racing at Buffalo in 2 103. It reports the Irish Land League convention in Dublin on September 15. A fountain city fire in Fountain City Deadwood Dakota destroys twenty five buildings with losses around 100 600. Kentucky election results favor Democrats. William G Fargo president of American Express dies in Buffalo at 63. A widespread fire pattern is cited with large losses. A quarantine station near Vicksburg is to be re established.
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Fountain City
Deadwood
Dakota
Yorktown Centennial Ceremonies Set for October 18
A notice states Yorktown Centennial ceremonies are to commence on October 18. A separate astronomy line notes a meteor event visible to the naked eye on October 12 in the northwest near the horizon. The text also mentions cigarette revenue at $715,227 for the recent year.
Hartman Disappears From Public View in New York
Leo Hartman the Russian Nihilist who arrived in New York days ago has vanished from public view and is believed to have fled to Canada fearing possible extradition to Russia by the U.S. government.
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Leo Hartman
New York
Canada
Policeman Murdered in Lexington at Steele's Place
Lexington Kentucky officer Hendricks was shot and killed by saloonkeeper Charles H. Steele while on duty at Steele's Place. Steele is in custody.
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Lexingten
Cornelius 8. Hendricks
Lexington
Kentucky
Charles H. Steele
Steele
Turmoil in Chinatown Ends With Shootings and Scalping
San Francisco dispatch reports a brutal clash in Chinatown with three men shot in the abdomen and two seriously scalped. Police arrested the leaders as investigators probe the violent incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Chinatown
Maud S. Set for 2 08 Mile Under Captain Stone
Captain Stone of Maud S. says his duties end if the great trotter makes a 2:08 mile on a good track. He expects the record time and horse lovers urge retiring the nervy little critter with the Captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Stone
Maud S
North Carolina Defeats Prohibition Amendment
North Carolina voters reject the proposed constitutional prohibition amendment by a decisive margin, signaling strong opposition to outlawing liquor. The defeat indicates no broad support for Prohibition in the state.
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North Carolina
Fourteen Thousand Mile Tea Race From Yokohama
The English steamers Lord of the Isle and Gleneirty sailed from Yokohama on May 24th and arrived at Harbor on the 29th of the last month. Lord of the Isle beat Gleneirty by six hours after averaging eleven knots over the 14,000 mile voyage with tea cargo.
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Lord of the Isle
Yokohama
Suez Canal
Harbor
Gleneirty
Idlewild fire damages Belle overhanging insured loss
A fire in the lamp room of the Idlewild damaged the Belle nearby. The Idlewild carried $45,000 in insurance and $10,000 on the Idlewild, while the Osceola Belle had no insurance at all.
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Idlewild
Revenue Service review and ministerial arrivals abroad
The document notes the IRS review of the last fiscal year with 213 225 902 collected and paid into the Treasury and five year totals under Commissioner Raum totaling 602 310 787 with no losses. It also reports American ministers arriving abroad with Lew Wallace in Constantinople and Morton in Paris presenting credentials and seeking to lift pork import restrictions over trichinosis concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Raum
Lew Wallace
Turkey
Constantinople
Morton
Paris
Two Women Accuse Neighbor in Georgia Goose Theft
In Muscogee County near Florence Georgia two women alleged a Black neighbor stole a goose. After demanding proof and being refused the dispute escalated when the neighbor produced a razor and wounded one sister seriously while the other suffered lesser injuries.
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Florence
Muscogee County
Mississippi Attacker Hanged by Citizens in Courthouse Yard
Mike Wells attempted to outrage Mrs. J F Childs a widow at Dyersburg Tennessee last week but was frightened away by her screams. He was traced by the holes in his socked feet and confessed when arrested. Citizens hanged him in the Courthouse yard between midnight and 1 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Wells
J. F. Childs
Dyersburg
Tenn
England harvest yields seen as average by The Standard
The Standard reports in Mark Lane that England faces an average wheat crop with most districts confirming the estimate. Barley should also be average though roots look weaker. Potatoes are as good as roots are poor. Scotland lags, while Ireland shows the best prospects.
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Mark Lane
England
Scotland
Ireland
Refined reaction to 1 cent subscrip tion plan for Garfield slander fine
Cincinnati readers quickly funded a 32 dollar fine levied on Capt. C A Cook by a Brownsville Justice of the Peace after he slapped George Morrison for boisterously wishing President Garfield would die. Over 5000 responders sent money within a day and any surplus buys a gold headed cane or watch as a testimonial.
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Cincinnati
C. A. Cook
Brownsville
Ohio
George Morrison
Garfield
Express
Tough Little Negro Survives Stake Injury in Virginia
A boy near Charcottsville Virginia fell from a tree onto a pointed stake piercing the right side and liver. The doctor removed torn liver tissue and stitched the wound. Despite expected inflammation, the child recovered rapidly and now runs about as usual six weeks after the accident.
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Charcottsville
Remarkable Birth With Exposed Brain in Arkansas Child
On Monday morning August 1 Mrs. Dr. H. W. Bird near Hamilton Lonoke County Ark delivered a girl weighing twelve pounds with the brain outside the skull. The head shows no forehead and cranium is largely missing yet the infant is healthy and well formed aside from the protruding brain and facial features.
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H. W. Bird
Hamilton
Lonoke County
Ark
Value of Imports and Exports in New York Week Endings
The week ended July 31 shows merchandise imports at 8,239,041, up 892,011 from the prior week and 372,545 below 1880. Exports for the week ended July 26 reached 7,463,140, up 93,309 from last week but 1,220,073 below 1880. Specie imports total 277,000 this week, 30,761,188 year to date, versus 5,168,873 in 1880. Specie exports were 244,147 for the week, totaling 6,745,911 since January 1, against 5,187,059 in 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Revenue Collections by District Report Across Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio
Commissioner Raum releases annual internal revenue totals by district. Illinois shows districts from Fifth at 11 425 131 77 to Ninth at 67 884 77. Indiana districts range from First 261 752 57 to Eleventh 96 156 41. Kentucky includes Second 672 159 61 to Ninth 145 579 63. Ohio totals show First 12 538 346 58 to Seventh 594 593 31 and other divisions with varied sums.
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Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
What the Apaches are Doing in Red Creek Fight
Intelligence from Socorro New Mexico reports an engagement between renegade Apaches and ranchero Mexicans on Red Creek in the San Mateo mountains. Seven Mexicans wounded and one dead. Indians led by Nane said to be moving north killing whites. Four sheep herders massacred. others missing. Captain Crawford at Fort Craig confirms the clash with Mitchell’s party, three Indians killed and nine Mexicans and Americans wounded or killed. horses seized. Lt Guilfoil pursuing.
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Socorro
New Mexico
Red Creek
San Mateo Mountains
Nane
Jack Crawford
Fort Craig
Mitchell
Colorado City
Red Canon
Guilfoil
New York
Mississippi
Robert Lowry
Washington
Kina
Philadelphia
R. W. Crows
Peoria
Ill
Brainavau
House of Commons
North Carolina
Taylor Underwood
McElrath
Dade County
Missouri
Carthage
Nathan Greenfield
Syracuse
Woolner's
Pensacola
Florida
Anna Dickinson
Ocean Grove
Annie
Sam Curing
R. Isaacs & Brother
Atlantic City
N. J
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Peterhoff
Star Route
Arizona
Boston
Infernal Machines blamed on Peoria maker Crowe
Mr 8 W Crowe, a United Irishmen figure, claims machines seized in England were built in Peoria Illinois from the skirmishing fund. Each 45 pound device uses a clock triggered after six hours to ignite a charge designed to destroy buildings. Crowe says many such machines exist in Peoria and will be sent out to terrorize British targets until Ireland's liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Crowe
Peoria
England
Ireland
Steamer Gen Sherman Arrives at Bismarck with Sitting Bull Relief
The Gen Sherman carrying Sitting Bull and chiefs including White Dog Scarlet Thunder and Pretty Plume reached Bismarck D T last week to crowds over 2000 at the levee. Sitting Bull and staff were hosted at a banquet by Captain Batchellor of Pittsburgh and B D Veornlye, Private Secretary to NH Haupt of the Northern Pacific.
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Gen. Sherman
Sitting Bull
White Dog
Pretty Plume
Port Yates
Bismarck
D.T
C. W. Batchellor
Pittsburg
B. D. Veornlye
Haupt
Northern Pacific
8. B
Sitting Bull in the City During Visit
The narrative describes Sitting Bull visiting a city at age forty seven with two wives and two sets of twins. He traveled by wagon and is said to be in perfect health aside from weak eyesight needing glasses. He spoke no full sentence but participated in the pow wow and sold pipes and a sign of his autograph to visitors.
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White City
Sitting Bull
Crow Foot
Maj
Brotherton
Eight Year Old Held In Jail Over Bail For Theft
Visiting charity officials in Boston encountered two young prisoners in Charles Street Jail. One boy, eight, was held for theft and ordered to reform school until age twenty one after bail was set at 300 dollars. The case sparked outrage and calls for review as the mother sought relief and investigators pledged to release the child.
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Conference of Charities
Boston
Charles Street
Mike
Fallon
Deer Island
Bradlaugh forced from House as police clash with supporters
On the 3d inst Bradlaugh tried to enter the House of Commons election second time. He grappled with police and ushers and was dragged from the doors amid a tense scene in Westminster. Amendments to Labour ch ere bill passed 191 to 9 with extra policemen on duty and Mrs Annie Besant present.
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Bradlaugh
House of Commons
Palace
Gladstone
Northcote
Sir Wilfred Lawson
Wilfred Lawson
Broadhurst
Cowen
John Bright
Lord John Manners
Bright
Labouchere
Bow Street
Annie Bessant
Westminster Hall
Animals Foretold Earthquake on Ischia Island
An Italian writer notes animal signs preceding Ischia earthquakes. Oxen bellied, sheep bleated, dogs howled, birds rose, fish left the sea, and ants abandoned burrows hours before shocks. Dogs sometimes woke owners, aiding early warnings and possible evacuations.
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Ischia
Secret agent asks for State Department. Toombs cues archives
A humorous exchange has a British secret agent ask where to find the State Department. Toombs replies tersely that it is in his hat and the archives in his coat pocket, filtering the joke through historical satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Toombs
Jeff. Davis
State Department
Toombs
Democrats Nominate Bookwalter for Governor in Ohio Row
The Chicago Tribune notes the Ohio Democratic nomination of Bookwalter, a Springfield monopolist, prompting criticism that the party favors a recent convert with a checkered record. Critics call it a farcical choice undermining Democratic principles and loyalty.
A Great Duelist Baron de Sen Malati in Paris
The Sicilian duelist Baron de Sen Malati pursued tests of skill in Paris after forty duels. Anecdotes recount his bold handling in swordplay and a public confrontation that led to a fatal challenge, along with other feats and oddities from the era.
Prohibition Debate Cited by Davenport Gazette
The Davenport Gazette argues that prohibition has failed the temperance cause due to extreme advocacy. It notes the Cincinnati Gazette praised reform on Sunday saloons and dances, contrasting with current mayoral enforcement aims and suggesting temperance critics should reconsider.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Cincinnati
Davenport
Republicans Gain House Majority Despite Miller Lapham Vote
The New York House result briefly subtracts two Republican votes but will not hinder organization as Republicans hold a seven seat overall majority. The breakdown shows Republicans leading with Democrats and minor parties trailing, enabling smooth formation of the majority.
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Miller
Lapham
New York
House
Republicans
Democrats
Greenbackers
EOC Jlir
Bans
Sata
RPV
Democracy's Donkey Chorus in New York Denunciation
The New York Tribune denounces the Democratic legislators for prolonging the session to gain party advantage. It accuses them of meddling in a Republican quarrel, spreading false corruption charges, and acting without regard for truth. The piece frames the Democrats as self-serving and unpatriotic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Democratic Party
Lagintheon
Mr. Conkling
Nnkling
Civil service reform debate voiced by Boston papers
The Boston Post and Boston Transcript argue against spoils system biases in civil service reform. They support competitive examinations, fixed tenure, and probation as checks on patronage, noting Democrats fear losing control and praising Pendleton style reforms.
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Boston Post
Pendleton
New York World
Republican Party
Boston Advertiser
Boston Transcript
Bookwalter Defends Conversion and Hancock Endorsement
Bookwalter writes the Illinois Courier denying he is a old Democrat and claims he has yet to cast a Democratic vote. He supports Hancock due to Republican indifference toward Garfield and notes Hancock will be elected. The Toledo plan to use his money in local tricks appears as a swindle.
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Bookwalter
Democrats
Ohio
Springfield
Greeley
Illinois
Tilden
Hancock
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Nebraska
Bill Allen
Dick Bishop
Tom Ewing
Gen. Ewing
Chicago Tribune
The
Illinois Courier
Garfield
Grant
Sherman
Democratic platforms and tariff reform debated by Chicago Times
The Chicago Times argues that the Ohio Democrats offer a flexible platform and that tariff reform is doomed while the two major parties remain committed to protection. It says Democrats cannot oppose protection and Republicans back it, leaving reform unlikely.
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Ohio Democrats
Hurd
Chicago Times
Barbarism in Central South Carolina sparks outrage
In Central, South Carolina, citizens condone the murder of Brayton by McDow as a violent distillery dispute unfolds. Prohibition town loyalties shield the killer, body desecration is ignored, and officials face indifference as Brayton’s death prompts calls for justice and civilizational improvement.
Pendleton Deal Spreads in Ohio Newspapers
The Steubenville Herald notes Ohio papers discuss Senator Pendleton, asking if local coverage is trimming and decorating him for the 1884 political landscape. The piece hints at strategic framing by Democratic-leaning outlets.
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Ohio
Democratic
Pendleton
Steubenville (O) Herald
May Chilton and the Mayflower Wives Legend
A passage recalls May Chilton as the first foot to touch Plymouth rock and May Allerton as the last survivor among Mayflower wives. It honors eighteenth wives who faced a harsh frontier, detailing maternal care, domestic labor, prayer, and wartime hardship under colonial life.
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May Chilton
Plymouth
May Allerton
United States
Lydia Sigourney
Iris Dress Buttons Each With Separate Design
Iris stated that every button on the dress bears a distinct design. The garment is described as having an eye for its own advantage in fashion presentation.
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Iris
Clermont Courier Ad Rates and Terms
The Clermont Courier lists advertising rates: legal and transient ads priced at $1.00 per square for the first insertion (ten lines) and $0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly ads receive liberal reductions. business cards over six lines are $66.00 per year.
Ohio State News Roundup of Local Tragedies and Trials
The Ohio report lists numerous fatalities including Mas Marcarer Goorssury of Plain City who ingested paris green, Charles Boston killed by a rolling log near Deshler, and a drowning in a Pen gest area. It also notes a ten year old drowning, a hotel lessee killed by streetcars, and a man in Hocking County who suicided. Additional items cover robberies in Bellefontaine, a trial for Jo Godfrey Smalley in Zanesville, crop damage from drought, and rural accidents causing multiple deaths and injuries across several counties.
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Mas
Marcarer Goorssury
Plain City
Paris Green
Deshler
Charles Boston
Cartes N
Econ
Revusen
Guirrin
St. James
Jacos PioK1o
Hocking County
Valentine Veit
Penge
Suilivan
Clarksfield
Noronan
Astella
Joan Inwin
Bellefontaine
Wu. Mansu
Stark County
Godfrey Smalley
Zanesville
Disu
Thomas M
Satan
Lillia R. Henry
John Lowe
Man Dover
Squire King
Coun
Lowe
Tuxo
Kixrzer
Fort Mevereey
Rushylvania
Joan Jacos Willer
West Fourth Street
Mansfields
Hersian
Apal
County
Napoleon I
Austria
America
Philadelphia
Mans
Wiler
Racing With a Storm in a Balloon Voyage Ends
A Philadelphia Times reporter recounts a balloon ascent with Professor Samuel A King and a lady companion. As a storm neared, the craft tangled with cedars, the anchor failed, and the balloon tore apart. The wreck ended the one and a half hour flight in a Jersey forest amid a little tornado.
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Philadelphia Times
Samuel A. King
Jersey
Banter Sparks Roaring Exchange Between Pat and Joker
A humorous exchange features a joker taunting Pat about ear length and Pat retorting that the jokers ears are too long for a man and his are too short for an ass. The witty exchange highlights sharp wordplay without further context.
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Pat
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Giuseppe
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