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13 Feb 1884
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1884
Page
1
Fragment mentions a yearly amount of i7.50 and a consequence if not paid within a stated period, but lacks complete details, dates, or entities to identify the notice type or issuing authority.
Cairo reports Baker Pasha’s force of about three thousand troops was routed near Tokar. He planned a march from Trinkitat toward Teb and Tokar, but poor arms and supply shortages left his force disorganized. In combat with Osman Digna’s troops a rout followed and several Egyptians panicked, causing frenzied gunfire and high losses.
Andrew Johnson, a young Danish immigrant in Ractxr Wisconsin, entered a restaurant yesterday and shot Bertha Brassman after she refused him. He then killed himself after wounding another man, August Gulbranson, with a second shot. A note on Johnson indicated premeditation.
In Boston on February 6 the post mortem of Wendell Phillips revealed long standing and recent heart disease with extensive enlargement and fatty vessels nearly obstructed by early disease. The heart wall softened from lack of blood supply and nearly ruptured. The pericardium showed recent inflammation and the aorta had extensive disease. Other organs were healthy and death caused by heart paralysis due to these conditions.
In September three masked men entered a Wabash Pacific express car near Roan Station, robbed the safe of 2500, and wounded messenger Loomis. Thomas Farlong and Detective Kennedy arrested Dennis Downer and a man naming himself J C Beaucleigh in Detroit, held in 6000 dollars each awaiting Grand Jury action in Wabash, Indiana.
Corstxe, O February 5 An engine and eleven gondolas fell forty feet through a bridge on the daily Buckingham run ten miles south of Corstxe. The engineer, fireman, and two brakemen were aboard but escaped serious injuries.
Three Irish laborers were struck and killed instantly near Baden Beaver County tonight as they walked along the railroad tracks to avoid a freight train. They stepped off one track and were hit by an express train coming from the opposite direction.
In Pocahontas County West Virginia on February 4 two Morrison children aged seven and eleven died when a house burned late at night. The girls were in a separate room and perished before their parents could intervene as the family escaped in night clothes with four other children.
The Very Reverend J. B. Braillec, rector of the Catholic Bureau of Indian Missionaries, died last evening at Providence Hospital. He served as a missionary among Northwest Indians, including Oregon and Vancouver Island, for twenty five years.
Washington February 5 Captain William A Kirkland commander of the receiving ship Colorado at New York volunteered to command the proposed Greely relief expedition and will be assigned to that duty.
In San Francisco on February 4 Kittleman defeated Harmon in the dred yard race for 33 000 a side by a margin of about three feet, defeating his rival in a close finish.
Illinois Central freight train No 13 bound for the West derailed about ten this morning on a sixty foot embankment near Apple River. Twenty one loaded cars and two empties left the track, ten cars including a passenger coach plunged into a ravine. Seven injured but none killed. Wreck described as the most complete on this end of the road with animal and household goods scattered amid smashed box cars and caboose.
In Lexington Kentucky on February 6 a Chesapeake and Ohio construction train backed from Farmer's Station to switch at Egypt and collided with a westbound heavy freight four miles out. The wreck killed four laborers and injured thirteen, all were Virginia laborers. The engineer and fireman escaped unharmed. Victims were taken to Farmer's Station and Morehead for care.
February 6 report says Tewfik Bey and four hundred followers were surrounded and destroyed between Sinkat and the coast as they tried to break through. Three thousand men remain for defense, but morale is low. Morice Bey and Dr Leslie were killed. One hundred eighty sailors have landed with Gatling guns to hold a strong position.
A horrific powder blast in Texas Hollow near Howard Furnace on a Saturday burned a mother and child fatally. Wm Wollem had poured powder from a store sack into his wife’s lap. a boy added embers, igniting the powder and detonating, blowing walls apart and trapping victims. Two other children were badly burned.
News from Alvan twelve miles north of Danville reports Patrick Keith killed in a saloon brawl over the weekend. Thos Garvey and Keith fought, were separated, then resolved the dispute in a grove where Garvey struck Keith with a club. Garvey later died.
Lonnox February 4 report states explorer ONeill has arrived in Mozambique after crossing 1400 miles of unmapped terrain between Mozambique and Lake Nyassa. He found a lake at Amarambu he calls the Pienda River source, says Lake Shirwa is smaller than claimed, and notes a well populated Lake Loango valley on return.
Louis Coventer a 75 year old French Canadian lodger in the New York boarding house where Mrs. Chas Ott was laid to rest was found dead in a chair after the mourners returned from the funeral. His mouth held Paris green. A Mexican War veteran, Coventer resided in Montreal and traveled to New York to draw his pension.
James Gamble general manager of the National Cable Railroad Company and financier Lawrence R. Jerome with other Eastern capitalists depart San Francisco tomorrow in Jerome Marble. They report they have been convinced of the cable system's superiority and predict its general adoption in the East.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Switzer aged eighty one died in Bactmore. She left Germany at fourteen with her parents for America. The emigrant ship was wrecked and a passing captain refused aid unless they were sold to cover passage costs. She was bought by a butcher whose son George she married and lived with for fifty eight years.
A special despatch reports Judge Henry Cooper, former U S Senator from this state, was killed by robbers near Culiacan Chihuahua Mexico yesterday. The killing occurred as he traveled in the Mexican city area. Cooper was a prominent public figure and former senator.
Jackson Mississippi February 4 In the Senate today a bill was passed providing formal trial for habitual drunkards and at the judge's discretion appointment of guardians or confinement in the Lunatic Asylum.
In Vienna on February 5 a funeral procession for Gallmeyer drew about a hundred thousand mourners. The cortege proceeded to the Protestant Cemetery where crowds lingered for two hours around the grave. No funeral oration was delivered.
In New York on February 5 the libel case of Joseph Hart of Pruth against George Alfred Townsend reached a verdict for Hart. The jury awarded $355 in damages from Townsend in the $20,000 claimed suit.
A Naval Stores and Tobacco Exchange has been established in New York with a membership of three hundred fifty. Many policy dealers at Newark New Jersey have been fined from fifty to four hundred dollars each. All paid.
In New York on February 7 a wealthy Clifton resident, George Martin, fights a grim separation from his wife over their daughter Minnie. Police intervene after the mother abducts the child from the Martin House and flees by boat, a court orders Minnie returned to Martin, and the mother collapses in a hysterical scene at Dunn's Hotel before Justice Kullmann.
Wheeling West Virginia reports catastrophic flood. Three miles of city front submerged, about 5000 homeless, losses around 1 million dollars, at least a dozen killed. Telephones down, streets flooded, hotels deserted, fires reported in Bridgeport and West Wheeling suburbs. aid organized by Citizens Committee.
The Ohio River was rising last night from Parkersburg to Cairo with Cincinnati at 62 feet and climbing at about half an inch per hour. Ports mouth rose four inches per hour. The Scioto remained very high while the Little Miami fell ten feet. Opinions differ on further rise, but alarm has lessened since thirty six hours ago.
Souakim February 7 A spy reports El Mahdi wrote to Oman Digna of plans to invade Turkey kill the Sultan conquer India and subjugate the world. Telegraphs cut Massawah to Kassala fears Muslims will massacre Europeans. An English firm built a light steel engine of 105 pounds rated at 2 HP at 300 rpm, 50 HP at 500 ft min piston speed, with 80 HP potential. News cites rapid ship and steam progress with 2,500 ton ships now common and liners reaching 20 mph with week long Atlantic crossings.
February 4 to 7 reports from Senate and House outline debates on a revenue tariff, a uniform bankruptcy system, a labor statistics bureau, Indian land allotment, and pensions. Bills authorize public buildings in San Francisco and Ft Smith, fund railroad relief, and address pleuro-pneumonia in cattle. Executive sessions, adjournments, and committee work color the week as lawmakers press trade, education, and territorial issues.
The ship canal between the Baltic Sea and the German Ocean is estimated to cut about six hundred miles from routes between those waters, eliminating the circumnavigation of the Jutland peninsula. The Beyponed canal would span roughly fifty miles from Gluckstadt to Kiel, about half the length of the Suez Canal.
Robert Lightfoot, a twelve year old, fell from a third story window in Charleston South Carolina. He survived the initial fall unharmed but later while standing in a doorway he slipped and fell again, breaking one leg cleanly with no visible cause.
Mrs Bowers claims to possess powers as a prophetess and warns Reno Nevada of a crest fire in April or May. Nearby San Pablo California reports a distant trestle car rumble heard on a calm clear day near eighteen miles away.
A nationwide flood alarm reports the Ohio River rising beyond last year, with Cincinnati Covington and other areas inundated. Cities like Columbia and Lawrenceburg face near total submersion, water through depots, mills, and streets, while relief measures and price controls for ferries and furniture transport are urged as towns mobilize to shelter displaced residents.
Ohio legislative record from Columbus spans February 1 to 6 detailing Senate actions on bonding for Clermont infirmary, county records indexing, and asylum trustees. various bills on taxes, campaigns, and court procedures. constitutional licensing proposals. and House and Senate docket items including legal ads, town halls, and Clemland transfers. Notable entries include appointments to Cleveland and Toledo asylums, blackmail law amendments, and a call for Congress to pension Civil War prisoners.
Obituary notes F J L Blandy 68, of Zanesville, surviving partner in H F Blandy portable engine and machine works, dies of heart neuralgia leaving an estate valued at $500000. Also reports missing George Skyles near West Jefferson, a lard‑yard accident injures White George Beckler, a Newark jewelry store burglary, a Mingo Junction shoemaker suicide, and other local incidents.
A historic notice details a liberal reduction for advertisements by year with business cards limited to six lines, priced at six dollars per year.
The coasting sled is a rising accident rival to the toy pistol. The patent office has 400 clock dial patent applications since standard time. Washington stores 3,455 tons of silver dollars prompting coinage suspension bills. Mrs. R. B. Hayes owns a large poultry yard in Fremont, Ohio supervised personally. Salvation Army England builds fifteen halls seating 26,000.
An experimental program in France trialed planting trees in belts at fixed distances. The approach shows marked climate benefits, indicating potential for broader application.
The Boston Post notes the recent steamer disaster underscores the need to rename Devil's Bridge and replace the term Gay Head with a more appropriate designation, arguing the current label is misleading and outdated.
The Chazie apples of Canada sometimes bring as much as 40 dollars a barrel in London. In 1854 the famous variety was found growing wild on a farm of a man named Chazie near Niagara Falls. The fruit has a muskmelon flavor.
The report cites detectives urging taxes on legacies and annual incomes over ten thousand dollars. It argues the rich evade taxes, shifting the burden to real estate and allows property concentration. Keely motors figure suggests looming final issue while Cincinnati Gazette jokes about powder and stock. Farmers on Long Island and New Jersey try restocking with West Coast quail, selling for about 150 dollars per pair, captured in winter and released in spring.
After the Southern Pacific Railroad completion, camels once used to haul freight in Arizona were discarded. The herd, now about four hundred strong, has been purchased by John Shirley, a wealthy Australian landowner, who plans to recapture and ship the animals.
A CuicaGo barber notes that razor edges are delicate and affected by heat and cold. Under magnification a chilled edge resembles a saw. Immersing in hot water realigns particles and smooths the edge. Sudden weather shifts affect razors and barber tempers.
A recent writer Mrs Leighton extols the Columbia River describing it as seven miles wide with a vast swift current to the sea. She notes endless forests and snow crowned mountains surrounding the expanse and recalls Captain Gray’s 1792 discovery. The piece suggests growing recognition with the North Pacific now completed.
The list names six teen American inventions with vast global reach, including the cotton gin and the telegraph, alongside innovations such as the planing machine, sewing machine, rotary printing press, steam navigation, grain elevator, electric magnet, and telephone. It chronicles early American ingenuity and the broad adoption of these technologies across industries and nations.
Situated at the Blue and White Nile junction, about a thousand miles south of Alexandria, Khar touna is described as a major world city. With around twenty thousand residents including a garrison, it blends many European and African peoples and is noted as the seat of the Egyptian General Government of the Soudan and historically a southern slave mart supplying Cairo and global markets.
A massive diamond rough of about 125 carats, found in South Africa and imported by a New York firm, was cut in Boston over just over three months. The finished gem weighs 77 carats with a yellowish tint that diminishes in artificial light. Its value cannot be stated, as unusually large stones have no fixed price.
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