Postmaster General Gresham and the Louisiana Lottery Case
Postmaster General Gresham on the 10th sent copies of his decision in the Louisiana Lottery case to New Orleans and New York postmasters with orders to stop money orders or registered packets to the lottery company agents. A question on withholding registered letters to the Washington agent remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gresham
New Orleans
New York
Louisiana Lottery Company
Lottery Company
Washington
Rape charges in Gainesville involving Haggard and Longley
Two married men, Haggard and Longley, are under arrest in Gainesville Texas on a rape charge involving Miss Ray. The report notes additional cases with social tension and voter protection concerns from Justice matters in Jefferson Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
Haggard
Longley
Miss Ray
Confidence Queen Arrested in New York City Frauds
Mrs Bertha Heyman dubbed the Confidence Queen was arrested in Paterson New York on the 10th for swindling Edward Sanders out of 255 dollars by false pretenses. She is described as a notorious thief and confidence shark with hundreds of victims including many businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bertha Heyman
Patterson
N. Y
Edward Sanders
Crops Improve as Warm Weather Returns Across Regions
Reports from over a thousand points in the North and Northwest received on the 10th show general crop improvement after rains ceased and heat set in. Early winter wheat harvest favors fine weather while spring wheat and oats look unusually promising with a large yield expected. Corn is rapidly approaching the 1882 condition.
Electric Light Wire War in Chicago Led by City Electrician
The Chicago City Electrician declares war on rival light companies by cutting wires not buried underground. The clash focuses on arc lights with risks from exposed insulated wires. several wires have already been cut. No danger is expected to affect incandescent transmission wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Father Charged In Vicksburg Murder Case
Miss Lillie Cook testified at the coroner’s inquest on the 10th and cleared her brother of complicity. She offered evasive answers about her father but implied his guilt. The jury found sufficient evidence to charge Dr. Cook with murder and hold his son as accessory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Cook
Captain Cole
Vicksburg
Dr. Cook
Indiana
Voorhees
Mr. Wydorhis
Romise
Mr. Nicomiess
Congress
Democratic Party
Mr. Voorhees
St. Louis
Three Children Die in Milwaukee House Fire
Fire destroyed a two story frame home of David Seeling in Milwaukee at 3 am on the tenth. Seeling, his wife and four children escaped but Dora twelve Hermina one and Rosa three suffocated and were burned beyond recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Seeling
Milwaukee
Seeling
Dora
Hermina
Rosa
Board of Charities Probes Immigrant Care Practices
The New York State Board of Charities on the 10th adopted a resolution directing the Secretary to inquire with the Emigration Commissioners whether bonds or obligations are required from those agreeing to care for assisted immigrants or if only verbal promises are sought, amid concerns for public protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Charities of
New York
Emigration Commissioners
Mr Siemens Brings a Big Salt
English inventor Charles W. Siemens sues H. Sellars McKee of Pittsburgh for 300000 alleging he owns a share of proceeds from a sheriff sale of Siemens-Anderson Steel Company assets. Siemens held 3000 shares valued at 1000 each in the New York firm whose Pittsburg plants were sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siemens
Charles W. Siemens
H. Sellars McKee
Pittsburg
Siemens-Anderson Steel Company
New York
McKee
Oshkosh Soap Manufacturer Found Dead in Vat
J R Lopez a leading Oshkosh Wisconsin soap maker was discovered dissolved in a soap vat on the evening of the 11th. Authorities believe he fell into the vat while stirring the mixture and the body was found with flesh stripped from the bones identified only by a dental truss and filling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Lopez
Oshkosh
Wis
Destructive Fire Destroys Mills at Rome New York
A fire on the 11th at Selden's planing mill in Rome New York spread to Sage's sash factory adjoining both structures were wiped out with a total loss estimated at 100000 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
N. J
N. Y
Selden
Sage
Embezzlers Indicted in Philadelphia Gas Trust Case
Robert B. Morrill chief auditor and clerks James S. Smith A T Goodman and Martin W. Culp are indicted for embezzlement while employed at the Philadelphia Gas Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Morrill
James S. Smith
A. T. Goodman
Martin W. Culp
Philadelphia Gas Trust Company
Four Harvesters Kill Man Then Flee Train at Whitehall
Four harvesters boarded a freight car at Whitehall Illinois on the 11th to steal a ride. At the station four others joined the plan and after the train moved opened fire, robbing the first four passengers and forcing them off. Patrick Knight fell to his death during the attack. The four assailants were arrested at Brighton the following morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvesters
Whitehall
Ill
Patrick Knight
Brighton
Noted 19th Century Officials Commit Self-Directed Deaths
Reports from Jones County outline three separate fatal incidents. Geo W Bowen of Vicksburg Mississippi, a National Bank registry clerk, killed himself by leaping into the Mississippi River. his body was not recovered. R L Clinger of Polk City Iowa was assassinated by two unknown men. Burvus S Munn of Lansingburg New York, former trustee, committed suicide by self-inflicted throat wound after prior sunstroke and head pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Bowen
the National Bank
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi River
R. L. Clinger
Polk City
Iowa
Burvus 8. Munn
Lansingburg
N. Y
Bank Safe Blown Open in Franklin NY Robbery
A bank at Franklin New York was robbed on the morning of the 11th of $800 in silver. A nearby couple were gagged and a two hour blast blew the safe, opened the building front and set papers on fire. The bank’s money remained in a separate safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
N. Y
Cyclone Hits Soldier City Kansas Killing Several
A tornado struck Soldier City Kansas, eighteen miles west of Holton, demolishing sixteen buildings and injuring many. Three women and one child were killed, about fifteen injured, as the storm moved north to south striking two general stores, a drug store, a livery stable and several homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kameas
Soldier City
Kansas
Holton
Kansas Central
Edward Banks Sues for Blood Money After Incident
Edward Banks a hotel waiter files suit in New against C. V. T. Okenberg seeking $250 claiming blood money after an incident. The case outlines a civil action seeking compensation for damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saing
Edward Banks
New
C. V
Blood Transfusion Case Involving Gas Poisoning Incident
In February the defendant was found unconscious from gas poisoning. A physician ordered a blood transfusion, eight ounces drawn from Banks. Banks says he was promised ten cents per drop, while the defendant claims payment of five dollars in full of all claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defendant
Libel Conviction In Allegheny Mail Case
W J Kouitz manager and John B Kennedy editor of the Allegheny Evening Mail were convicted on the 12th of criminal libel over an article accusing Peter Walker Jr a city council member of using office for personal gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Kouitz
John B. Kennedy
Allegheny
Evening Mail
Peter Walker, Jr
Allegheny City Council
Walker
Glanders in Illinois Warns State Veterinarian Powers
The State Veterinarian reports glanders in nineteen Illinois counties and says he has not killed afflicted horses. Attorneys contend this requires a gubernatorial proclamation first. The Attorney General is expected to issue an opinion on the veterinarian's authority under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Prefect of Alexandria Sentenced for Riots
Said Bey Khandell, former Prefect of Alexandria during last year’s riots and massacres, was found guilty of failing to perform duties and conniving at the unrest. He received seven years imprisonment at hard labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Said Bey Khandell
Terrible Floods in Canada Claim Seventeen Lives
London Ontario dispatch reports unprecedented river rise causing heavy destruction. Eight houses carried away and seventeen known drowned with many missing. Barns swept away, rail lines washed out at Patton Siding and Sarnia road, bridges gone, Princess Louise steamer and iron bridge removed, water works pumping house at risk, livestock drowned. Also notes death of American Consul General Moore at Callao from yellow fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
London
Ont
Lith
Patton Siding
Sarnia Road
Kinsington Bridge
Oxford Street Bridge
Ladies College
Attacks in Constantinople and Global Turmoil Surface in 1900s Chronicle
The French minister faced street assault in Constantinople on the ninth. A turco American commission was appointed to study a Constantinople petroleum depot. The Porte notified General Wallace of Turkey’s withdrawal from the commerce treaty with America and invited talks for a new pact. Lord Dunmore bought 15000 acres in Canada for 150000 to settle English colonists. A Swiss Beckenried report notes widespread crop ruin from storms and landslides. Pauper emigrants to Ireland from Furnesia and Spain arrived at Queenstown on the eleventh, described as wretched. one family waited on the quay for three hours before help arrived. England struck a £8,000,000 loan deal with De Lessups for canal work, at 3 percent, redeemable in fifty years. Polish author Krawatzky was found guilty and sentenced to two years for conspiracy in Polish lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Porte
Wallace
Turkey
America
Lord Dunmore
Canada
de Lessups
England
Krazewsky
Prussian
Poland
Stormy voyage and powder explosion headline mix in brief notes
The steamship Niagara bound for Havana was stranded off Florida on the 13th. passengers rescued by an English steamer while cargo loss was expected. A 2500 pound powder blast at Wilmington Del. injured two men. Other items include Treasury rulings on unsettled balances, weather flood at Harrodsburg Va, a fatal kerosene fire in Ellenwood Kan, and various crime and legal notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
New York
Havana
Florida
Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Treasury
Ellenwood
Kan
John Mouset
Samuel Hates
New Haven Almshouse
Frank Work
Edward and
Swiveller
Mr. Vanderbilt
Maud
Aldine
State Treasurer’s Office
Nashville
Tenn
M. T. Polk
J. C. Fleming
Legislative Investigating Committee
Polk
Wa. H. SincLaire
Samuel B. Halliday
Long, Robinson & Co
Elmira Reformatory
Cuba
Ohio and Columbus News Briefs Highlight Local Tragedies and Trials
Local heat claim ends in death for Henry Foster of Cleveland. suicides near Lewistown and Massillon reported along with a Columbus mother Alice Carter who hanged herself. Fire damage from a Little Miami freight crash and varied patent awards listed. State officials consider education and tax cases while political jockeying and civil service debates ripple through Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Foster
Cleveland
Jonathan Brunson
Lewistown
Logan County
Davip E. Kirk Lane
Massillon
Stark County
Kirkland
Fort Wayne
Cole
Ohio
Wm. T. Baker
R. Marvin
I. Shull
Findlay
Andrew Alison
Columbus
Silas M. Brown
Mount Gilead
John C. Callow
Wm. H. Castle
Ashtabula
Samuel H. Clark
Cincinnati
J. G. Parsons
Oshkosh
Wis
John Class
Canton
Thomas Corris
Flange Union
Burton Crawford
Cross Roads
Jeremiah Deline
Akron
Jerry Ebbert
Martin’s Ferry
Austin C. Evans
Springfield
Wm. Hammond
Meriden
L. Emerson
College Hill
Edward Kells
A. J. Adams
D. A. Dangler
Benjamin W. Morris
N. Weaver
Circleville
Oliver P. Mossgrove
Steubenville
Joseph Nester
Wapakoneta
Horseshoe
Samuel R. Parker
P. P. Deveny
Plymouth
Egberts. Reed
Versailles
Frank Schreidle
Hansfield
Milo P. Smith
Norwalk
DeQuincy T. Tully
Daisy Sewing Machine Co
Theo. B. Wise
Geneva
James F. Wood
Alice Carter
Little Miami Road
Spring Valley
Cincinnati Pottery Club
London
Foster
J. D. Watson
Redmond
Covington
State Board of Education
Supreme Court
Tax Commission
J. W. Buizzaro
Frazersburg
Licking County
Gillet
Night Express
Wm. Roberts
Clarke Gages
Rust
Woman Appointed Assistant Business Manager at St Paul Opera House
The Indianapolis Journal notes the novelty of a woman taking the role and suggests she may succeed. The job chiefly involves selling tickets at the box office, and the gifted woman could fit the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Opera House
Indianapolis Journal
Flood Devastation Estimates In Nevada City Area
Nevada City California reports a drowning at Freeman's by water from the English reservoir and four additional known losses at Emory's crossing. Authorities fear thirty to forty Mongolian miners along the river were swept away in the flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada City
Cal
Freeman’s
Emory’s
Denver Tribune
Brooklyn directory grows by nearly ten thousand names
The Brooklyn city directory for the current year lists 152,280 names, about 9,900 more than the previous year, reflecting a sizable expansion in the local register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eagle
Judge Hoadly Nominated by Democrats in Ohio
The Ohio Democratic nomination for governor centers on Judge Hoadly a six year Democrat reputedly earning 200000 annually and linked to Tilden's barrel. Critics allege pricey bids and rigged primaries. Thurman backs Durbin Ward as stronger, while the convention pursues unit rule amid a volatile riotous gathering with strong alcohol emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Thurman
Hoadly
Cronin
Oregon
Ohio
Thurman
N. Y. Tribune
Judge Hoadly
Tilden
Hamilton County
Ovei
Durbin Ward
Cyclonic Democracy a Turbulent View of 1884 Politics
A column satirizes the Democratic Party's disarray with multiple factions behind Ohio candidate Hoadly and Indiana rivals Hendricks and McDonald. It notes New York World criticism, Watterson and Tilden sketched as key figures, and hints at a consolidation around the 1876 ticket amid Western resistance. The piece includes a travel anecdote about a Siam missionary and a Cheyenne barber joke on a stage ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Dana
Ohio
George Hoadly
Hays
United States
Allen Ghurman
Columbus
Hoadly
Thurman
Pendleton
Mr. Dana
Indiana
Hendricks
McDonald
New York
Mr. Hendricks
Henry Watterson
Watterson
Gramercy Park
Governor Tilden
Tilden
Mr. Tilden
Mr. Watterson
Cleveland
Butler
Ben Butler
Chicago
Science and Industry Briefs and Inventions Across Countries
A survey of short notes notes on type setting by syllabic blocks, oyster ground sold to California seeders for San Francisco Bay planting, and odors of disinfectants replaced by charcoal in sick rooms. Innovations include a new tanning method for Louisiana birds used in turbans, nettle fiber rivaling linen, a Swiss automatic clock surpassing Strasbourg, and a glass-on-floors coating made from barium sulfate and ammonium fluoride. Patent plastering slabs promise faster, fire resistant ceilings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weisz
Milford
Conn
California
San Francisco Bay
Boston Herald
N. Y. Times
New Orleans
Louisiana
N. O. Picayune
Chicago Jr
Pennsylvania
Strasburg
Philadelphia
London
Greatek
Teaching Swimming
An Indianapolis Journal interview outlines a step by step method for teaching girls to swim. It describes starting in a preparatory room with arm and leg motions, then introducing a padded rope and pulley water flotation, followed by a life preserver stage, under constant teacher supervision. It notes gender differences in leg propulsion and suggests skirts hinder speed, recommending sack and broad trousers as a practical costume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
PITH AND POINTS Largely Humorous City Fragments
A collage of clipped quips and anecdotes from multiple papers. Jokes mock fashion and alligator bags, purchases in Egypt, prize pills, and a Boston girl abroad. Miscellaneous blurbs include a Crow Indian Voter note and a Baltimore sewing machine award tale.
Newburyport Name Spellings Highlighted by The Boston Post
The Boston Post notes Newburyport forms vary widely from New bury Port to New Buryport in discussions of the city’s name. The item remarks on how the name appears in English edits and French goods references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Mass
Newbury Port
France
New
Buryport
Boston Post
Advertising rates and terms for classifieds
The notice outlines pricing for legal and transient advertisements at one dollar per square ten lines for the first insertion, with Estyce charges for additional insertions. A business card ad is limited to six lines and costs six dollars per year, with yearly reductions offered.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Batavia
Ourier
Howell
Plattsburg, N. Y
Treasury Department
Quebec
Montreal
Ireland
Buffalo
Erie County
Port Townsend
W. T
British Columbia
Chandler
Crosby
Horton
Internal Revenue
Evans
Litl
Internal Revenue Bureau
Boston
Merton
Special Revenue
C. C. Horton
Lawrence
Vandalia
West Indies
Norfolk
Teller
Indian Territory
A. M. Swope
Erie
Department of Justice
Jefferson
Texas
Haughn
Board of Charities
General Moore
Callao
Vermont
Haydn Mozart Handel
Jew Sharp
Cma
Silver City
N. M
Ated
Siam
Kingdom of
Cheyenne
Col
Philadelphia Press
Science and Industry
Detroit Free Press
Egypt
Europe
Cunard
New Haven Register
Johnny
Post
Jenny Marks
Baltimore
Oil City
Glermont Gourier
Berlin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!