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The Clermont Courier

Location

Batavia, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1884

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Egypt Struggles Deepen as British Seek Bargain with Osman Digna

From Esarroum to Carmo and Tiverrat, a chaotic report depicts a tense Egypt theater. Arab markets show price drops post Gordon, while Nubian troops resign, convicts parade, and French warships arrive. General Graham strengthens lines near Teb with machine guns as Osman Digna faces military pressure and potential battle on Friday near Trinkitat. British forces push four miles to Baker Pasha fortifications as rebels withdraw.

Esarroum Gordon Svaxia Trinkitat Alexandria Hewett Seignelant Duchaffaut Carmo Graham Stephenson Tenth Hussars Teb Osman Digna Tokar Sinkat Egypt Tiverrat Baker Pasha

Heir Seek Estate Worth 20 Million in Europe and America

Prrrssvec February 26. Application filed to Austrian Consul Max Shamberg to distribute the vast estate of John Nicholas Emerich who died in Philadelphia in the late 1800s. Heiress Mrs. John Boss, 84, lives here. Value placed at 20 million involving property in Philadelphia New York and Germany plus deposits. Emerich linked to ocean trade and once partnered with John Jacob Astor.

Prrrssvec Max Shamberg John Nicholas Emerich Philadelphia John Boss Emerich John Kessler Germany Schamhands New York Europe Australia America John Jacob Astor

Storms Across the North West Bring Severe Cold

Storms sweep the North West with trains delayed by hard wheeling. St Vincent reports 29 degrees below zero, Wilmar ten below, Dakota 17 below, and Montana 55 above. Last night’s storm west of Dakota left a deep freeze and continued cloudiness and snow along the Omahas line. A Senate bill proposes paying James B. Eads and associates 7,750,000 for jetty and channel works to create a 30 foot depth at mean high tide between Galveston harbor and the Gulf of Mexico.

St. Paul Mars North-west St. Vincent Wilmar Breckenridge Dakota Montana Omaha Eads Wasumncrox Senate Morey Galveston Harbor Gulf of Mexico James B. Eads Gulf Congress

Volunteers Wanted for Arctic Expedition Crew

New York February 26 The Arctic relief steamer Bear will enter the drydock at the navy yard tomorrow. Navy Department orders seek volunteers from the yard aged twenty three to thirty five, choosing only the most robust for the expedition.

New York Bear Navy-Yard Navy Department

Opposition Scheme Aims at Nicaragua Canal Revival

An effort to revive the Nicaragua Canal project in opposition to DeLessep's plan. General Rosser of this city has been offered Chief Engineer, and he sails from New York on March 8 to investigate the matter.

Maywearouis Nicaragua DeLessep General Rosser New York

Double Domestic Tragedy in Ridgeway

J O Beach shot and killed his wife with whom he was divorced and then killed himself after dispute over child custody. The court had awarded custody to the woman. A neighbor reported the tragedy from Ridgeway, Musnearouis, February 27.

Musnearouis Ridgeway J. O. Beach

Minister Hunt Dying in Peterssure

February 26 report states Minister Hunt is hopelessly ill with brain paralysis and loss of consciousness. He spoke last Sunday expressing regret he could not die in his own country. Doctors expect death any moment though stupor may last a week.

Sr. Peterssure Hunt

Two Boys Die of Hydrophobia After Bites

Alma Lyons and Alfred Stender, boys, died today from hydro phobia after dire suffering. Lyons was bitten January 12 and Stender January 31.

Alma Lyons Alfred Stender

Rafael Nunez Elected President of New Grenada Republic

President of New Grenada Panama announces Congress has declared Dr Rafael Nunez elected President of the Republic on February 25 following congressional action.

New Grenada Panama Congress Shas Rafael Nunez Republic

The Egyptian War Advances on Teb and Suakim

Cairo reports an early daybreak advance by 3 500 English troops toward Teb with 250 garrison at Trinkitat. A battle was expected near 7 am as the Naval Brigade joins General Graham. Mutinous risk in Suakim prompts Adrial Hewett to block black troops with gunboats. Austrian and German officers killed in Baker Pasha defeat. Turkey to send four ironclads to the Red Sea. Egyptian laborers pressed for hospital work.

Cairo Teb Trinkitat Graham Suakim Ahmed Baroudi Osman Digna Hewett Sphinx London Baker Pasha Red Sea

Terrible Fatality In Highland Family Tragedy

A Highland family from Mechanics town suffers multiple deaths. Two months earlier a fire killed Milton Highland's two daughters, aged seven and four. A month later his brother's wife and child died in the Orr building fire in Alliance. Milton Highland dies en route to Indiana after illness, leaving a mother and one daughter in deep grief near their former home.

Wellisvitlz Highland Mechanicstown Here Milton Highland Indiana Orr Alliance

Khartoum Forces Readied As Rebel Threat Grows

Report from Carmo dated February 25 says General Gordon destroyed stores and spiked guns at Khartoum and evacuated. Colonel Coetogan sent to Berber with two thousand troops. Bishereen Arabs rebel south of Khartoum. Mahamoud Ali may join rebels. Khassal besieged but three weeks’ provisions exist. Osman Digna with twenty thousand men advances toward the English. Nubians at Suakim mutinous.

Carmo Gordon Khartoum Coetogan Mahamoud Ali Khassal el Mahdi Osman Digna Suakim

Salmi Morse inquest testimony in New York case

Miss Blackburn testifies at the Salmi Morse inquest that Morse was escorted home from the Cosmopolitan Theater by Morse and was attacked by McGivney the theater business manager. The pair had previous blows at Blackburn's house and McGivney returned disordered and excited later that day.

New York Salmi Morse Blackburn Morse Cosmopolitan Theater McGivney

Sale of Kickapoo Lands Reported Favorably

Washington February 27 The House Indian Affairs Committee votes to report Morrill's bill for selling the diminished Kickapoo reservation in Kansas with tribal consent and moving the tribe to Indian Territory. The 20000 acre tract would be allotted to willing natives, with the rest sold to settlers at no less than eight dollars an acre, proceeds to the tribe.

Washincton House Committee On Indian Affairs Morrill Kansas Indian Territory

The Tenth Census Volumes to Reach Twenty-Eight Thousand Pages

Washington February 25 The Tenth Census reports are printing at the Government Printing Office, totaling twenty eight volumes with about one thousand pages each. The project now stands at roughly twenty eight thousand pages, far above the original fifteen thousand page estimate. Printing costs are expected to exceed a million dollars as five volumes have been issued and work proceeds on the rest.

Washixcton Government Printing Office

Wizard’s work fails to yield hidden treasure tale

At Baltimore Police Headquarters Elizabeth Weber faced fraud charges after promising a wizard could locate $14,000 left by Mrs. Jentener’s mother. Mrs. Jentener paid $100 for a box the wizard claimed hid the money. she found only paper. The judge dismissed the case as a swindle by others, with efforts to capture the wizard ongoing.

Baltimore Elizabeth Weber Caroline Jentener

Fire kills Van Riper family as mother perishes in jump

A morning blaze on the third floor of a frame house in New York kills Cornelius Van Riper and three of his children by suffocation while his wife, who was to give birth soon, dies from injuries after leaping from a third-story window. Tramps in the basement are suspected as possible arsonists.

New York Cornelius van Riper N. Connolly van Riper

Seven Sailors Lost Near Campbell Island in Search

A New London dispatch reports the drowning or starvation deaths of seven crew members from the Sarah W. Hunt while seeking seals near Campbell Island in the Pacific. The brigantine's commander and a boy kept the vessel on course for a month, with the captain and steward later steering 630 miles to New Zealand after losing the crew.

New York New London Sarah W. Hunt Campbell Island Pacific Ocean New Zealand

Uniontown Postmaster Hopeful Lizzie Nutt Named

Washington February 28 An application has been received at the Postoffice Department for the appointment of Miss Lizzie Nutt as Postmaster at Uniontown Pennsylvania. She is the sister of the young Nutt recently acquitted at Pittsburg on the charge of murdering Dukes.

Wassshington Postoffice Department Lizzie Nutt Uniontown Young Nutt Pittsburg Dukes

Burial of John E. Hamilton Ties to Hamilton Family

In Jerseyville Illinois on February 28 John E Hamilton born 1789 was buried in Vireden near Jerseyville He was a relative of Alexander Hamilton and served in the war of 1812.

Jerseyville Ill John E. Hamilton Vireden Alexander Hamilton

Tragic Local Suicide By Drowning In Adams County

Joseph Mc Kinney of McKee Township Adams County died by his own hand in a novel method. He climbed a tree about forty feet above McKee Creek and leaped into the stream, sinking in mud and sand amid family troubles.

Quincy, Int Joseph McKinney McKee Township Adams) County McKee Creek

Kentucky Murderers Reprieved in Adair County Case

Lovuisville news reports Rudd and Champ Fitzpatrick condemned for the murder of Miller Brewster were reprieved on Thursday by Governor Knott until March 21, 1884, delaying their hanging initially set for Friday at Columbia.

Kentucky Lovuisville Rudd Champ Fitzpatrick Columbia Adair County Miller Brewster Knott

Greece ends ban on American hog imports

New York February 28 The Consul General of Greece announces that the government has abolished the prohibition against importing American hog products. The decree took effect on February 22.

New York Greece

Cotton Marketing Progress Report 82.5 Percent Shipped

The February report on cotton marketing shows about 82.5 percent of the crop shipped to market by February 1, based on returns from the cotton belt. State figures include Virginia 81, North Carolina 83, South Carolina 85, Georgia 84, Florida 87, Alabama 83, Mississippi 81, Louisiana 81, Texas 84, Arkansas 81, and Tennessee 83 percent.

Washingon Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee

A Hanging Postponed in GouxesBoro

Robert Pratt, a Black resident, was scheduled for execution for the murder of O'Neal in GouxesBoro North Carolina. The court granted Pratt a commutation to life imprisonment, postponing the hanging set for tomorrow.

GouxesBoro N.C Robert Pratt O’neal

Emigration Push in Galicia Seeks Ticket Prohibition

In East Galicia a strong movement favors emigration to America with magistrates urging the provincial governor to ban selling passenger tickets to American ports. The unified petition signals a regional clampdown on onward travel as Galicia faces waves of departure.

Vienna Galicia America Magistracy East

Death notices in Berlin for notable German officials

Berlin February 25 announces the deaths of Professor Buchman author of Winged Words Von Selichow Prussia minister of agriculture 1862 to 1874 and Von Frissen the well known Saxon Minister.

Berlin Professor Buchman von Selichow Prussia von Frissen

Apaches on the War Path in Sonora

Reports from Tucson dated February 29 say Apaches are raiding across the Sonora border. They killed two near Chinapa on January 29, wounded a vaquero near Tetuachi on January 30, and stole horses and cattle from Mexican and American owners. Federal forces pursue, with larger columns heading to intercept.

Tucson Arizona Sonora Chinapa Tetuachi Leonardo Gomez Avispe Sahuaripa Dolore Lopez Lorenzo Melendez Ramosi Maritavilhe Jesus Duarte Chinavirachi Los Piedras de Lumbre Colonel Garcia

British Camp Prepares for 4000-Strong Expedition

February 29 reports intense activity as four thousand troops prepare to move from a British camp near Fort Baker. Skirmishers met rebel pickets with active shooting. A spy notes rebel confidence waning and feasting. Reports from Suakim claim friendly tribes fought rebels, capturing 40 camels.

Trinkstat Fort Baker N. Graham Suakim

Fire destroys Powers and Wightman chemical works in Philadelphia

A major blaze wrecked the Powers and Wightman chemical works marking the country’s largest facility of its kind, with a $1,500,000 loss. Fire crews were delayed as engines were tied up at a wool mills fire, delaying response while one unit traveled almost two miles. Coon Bros. and Co. store at 29 South Water street sustained about $10,000 damage.

Philadelphia Chemical Works Powers & Wightman Second Lehigh Avenue Coon Bros. & Co Produce Commission South Water Street

Death of Former Tennessee Treasurer Polk in Nashville

Marshal T. Polk ex state treasurer of Tennessee died in East Nashville tonight after several days illness. He had been up and moving all day and appeared in his usual health until his son James Knox Polk found him dead when his arm fell. Doctors attributed the death to heart disease.

Nashville Tenn Marshal T. Polk Tennessee East Nashville James Knox Polk

Panic in St Patrick's Church After Pipe Burst

In St Louis on February 29 a steam pipe burst in St Patrick's Church causing a flood of steam. The frightened congregation tried to exit en masse, resulting in several people trampled. An elderly Mary McLaughlin was fatally injured. Father McCaffery urged the crowd to stay, but to no avail.

St. Louis St. Louiis St. Patrick’s Church Mary McLaughlin Father McCaffery

Frozen to Death in Reading Drive Fails to Reach Hotel

Jeremiah Van Rex aged sixty nine of Amity Township, worth £400000, left home to drive to Reading in a buggy. A cold wind chilled him, the carriage reached the hotel but he could not move. He was carried inside, lingered unconscious until 1:20 p.m. and died.

Reading Penn Jeremiah van Rex Amity Township van Rex

Blizzard halts trains across New York state

A heavy gale blanketed Saratoga and surrounding counties on February 29. Snowbound freight trains blocked communication on the Delaware and Hudson line near East Line, while Churchville reported five Central Railroad trains stuck in deep snow. Westbound freight traffic was halted as the storm intensified across the region.

Saratoga N. Y East Line Delaware and Hudson Churchville New York Central Railroad

Red River Flood Wrecks Wide Area North of Levees

The Red River flood covers about one hundred miles above and below the levees with most of the western country submerged except a few high points. Losses are enormous as fences stock and implements are submerged and suffering among the negro population is noted. Trains to Vicksburg are suspended.

Shreveport Red River Vicksburg

Count Slaps a Chinaman in Mistaken Arrest

San Francisco February 29 Count De Bri Charton Vice Consul of Italy was arrested on a Mongolian servant's complaint for assault and battery after slapping a Chinese man who had thrown tea at the Countess' maid. The act, deemed a misapplication of the Convention, led to his dismissal.

San Francisco Count de Bri Charton Italy

Cable landings set for Waterville between stations

London on February 28 reports that the plan is to land the Mackay cable at Waterville, positioned between the Anglo-American station and the Direct United States company station, aligning with existing lines. The move consolidates transatlantic telegraph transmission in the region.

London Waterville United States

Fatal Mine Explosion in Wales Claims Four Lives

London reports a quarry dynamite blast in Wales yesterday killed four men and fatally injured eighteen others. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as inquiries begin into the accident's cause and safety measures.

London Wales

Lynching of Harry Tuttle After Spearfish Hospital Raid

In Spearfish last night masked men abducted Harry Tuttle, wounded in the Stoneville clash, from the hospital and hanged him. The act follows a fight at Stoneville and underscores frontier tensions and vigilante violence.

Deapwoop C. T Harry Tuttle Stoneville Spearfish

Tramp Threats Woman Then Flees From Rifle Threat

A tramp accosted Mrs. Cook in South Norwalk Virginia and, after demanding food, produced a pistol and warned he would blow her brains out if the trigger malfunctioned. She grabbed her husband’s rifle, told him the trigger was fine, and ordered him to leave. He complied and fled.

Panic at Royal Theater in Montreal Fire Alarm

A false fire alarm at the Royal Theater during the matinee in MonTREAL caused a panic. Women fainted and were trampled. several sustained bad bruises.

Montreal Royal Theater

Barbed Wire Decision in Iowa Patent Case

In Cov es Iowa on February 26 Judge McCo ruled that the Glidden and Kelly reissued barbed wire patents are invalid, marking a key decision in the Iowa barbed wire cases.

Coves Iowa McCo Glidden & Kelly

Ex-Governor Hubbard Dies in Cenys Death

Ex-Governor R. D. Hubbard died at half past one this morning in Hartworp Cenys. The report from the city states his death occurred early today, ending a long public career. He previously served as governor and left a lasting imprint on state politics.

Hartworp, Cenys R. D. Hubbard

Alaska climate, wheat potential, and cedars noted

The San Francisco Chronicle remarks that Alaska's coastal climate is milder than Newfoundland and Nordic coasts, suggesting profitable wheat production in parts of the Yukon Valley. It praises Alaska cedars as superior and more inexhaustible than Lebanon's famed cedars.

Alaska The San Francisco Chronicle Newfoundland Sweden Norway Baltic Russia Yukon Valley Lebanon

Seventy five Albany doctors form State Medical Association

Albany Journal reports that seventy five physicians in Albany New York have organized a State Medical Association upholding the traditional code of medical ethics.

Albany, N. Y Albany Journal

Boston Census Shows 18000 More Women Than Men

The Boston census reports a gender imbalance with 18,000 more women than men. The finding highlights shifting demographics in the city and implications for local services and planning.

Boston

Alcohol a Success as Fuel Sparks Vessel Fire

Boston February 29. While New York parties test alcohol and water as fuel on the tug boat Maggie Sargent about four hundred gallons of alcohol poured into the boiler ignited. The blaze caused about $15,000 damage to the vessel, falling on the owners of the new system.

Boston New York Maggie Sargent

Wagon Company Burned Out in South Bend Blaze

South Bend Wagon Company at Mishawaka saw its main building and all machinery burn to the ground at midnight. Loss estimated at 25,000 with 15,000 insured. Company plans immediate rebuilding.

South Bend, Inc South Bend Wagon Company Mishawaka

Forney Wedding Bachelors in Flurry Ends in Union

In Forney Texas Miss Lula Rasberry and Dr L M Turner faced repeated interruptions as Lula cried Never when the preacher neared marriage. With the bridal train in sight she relented and the ceremony was performed before they departed for their honeymoon, per the Chicago Times.

Forney Texas Lula Rasberry L. M. Turner Chicago Times

Children's fashion stays steady for growing wardrobes

Few changes in current child fashion worry mothers of large families as the season’s dressy styles for elder sisters can be reworked for younger children later. The Boston Globe notes practicality in adapting outfits to fit growing children.

Boston Globe

Commission Probes Cholera Origin in Calcutta Water Tank

The German Commission investigated the origin of Asiatic cholera and found the same microscopic organism in a water-tank in a Calcutta suburb and in the intestines of victims in Egypt, as reported by the Chicago Inter Ocean.

Investiat Calcutta Egypt Chicago Inter Ocean

Review of Mississippi voter terror and Matthews murder outrages

A New Orleans special reports Senate Investigating Committee findings on Mississippi outrages in 1869 elections. The six days of testimony reveal a campaign of terror led by Democratic organizers and aligned officials to suppress Republican and Independent votes in Copiah and other counties. The killing of Matthews, an Independent, is presented as a deliberate act to deter voting with mob violence, threats, and polling-place intimidation. Witnesses describe organized armed mobs, depredations at polling sites, and a culture of impunity with officials and ministers of the gospel silent.

New Orleans Philadelphia Senate Mississippi Copiah Matthews Democratic Committee Sonora Hinds County United States Saulsbury Ware Thomas Sinclair Jackson Richard Cogswell Wheeler Cogswell Frye Noah Wood Cliff

Laziest Prisoner Refuses Snow Duty and Faces Blank Shot

A Lockport New York jail inmate refused to shovel snow for the sheriff, selected shooting over duty, and after a blank cartridge discharge and a book hurled at his head he collapsed as if dead. The incident, cited by the Buffalo Express, underscores extreme refusal to help with street clearing.

Lockport N. Y Buffalo Express

Park upkeep costs top world list in Central Park

Central Park in New York requires more funding per square acre to stay in repair than any other large public park worldwide, reports the New York News. The finding highlights the park’s extensive maintenance needs and ongoing funding challenges for city authorities.

Central Park N. Y

Desperate Struggle Over Reconstruction and Negro Suffrage

The National Republican argues the Bourbon South uses false premises to deny the fifteenth amendment, claims the Democratic Party seeks to suppress Black voting, and insists Republican unity is needed to uphold equal rights. It warns of Southern violence and calls for a firm national stance at the upcoming convention to preserve constitutional law and federal supremacy.

Democratic Party South South Carolina Mississippi Butler Lamar Congress Andrew Johnson National Democratic Roscoe Conkling Laimar Maryland Kentucky Missouri Republican Party United States House of Representative Houses of North

Democrats Silence in Senate on Southern Outrages

The Chicago Tribune notes the Senate debate over the Sherman resolution to probe recent Southern violence. It accuses Southern Democrats of withholding defense, linking the Danville riot and Copiah County murder to Bourbon rule. It argues intimidation by the party sustains white supremacy and forecasts continued investigation despite Democratic opposition.

Danville Oeerey Virginia J. P. Matthews Copiah County Miss Missiissippi Committee On Privileges and Elections Senate South Democratic Party Davville South Carolina Mississippi Louisiana Florida Matthews Congress Chicago Tribune

Icelandic Drama Brought to Winnipeg by Manioba Settlers

Three thousand Icelanders in Manioba province with about a third in Winnipeg have staged an Icelandic language drama in the city. They are described as industrious and well behaved citizens.

Manitoba Winnipeg

Advertising Rates For The Glermont Gourier

The Glermont Gourier advertises advertising rates with fifty cents for each extra insertion. A liberal yearly reduction is offered for those who place tags by the year. Business cards are limited to six lines and priced at six dollars per year.

Ohio General Assembly Provides Bills on Roads and Rights

In Columbus the Ohio Senate advanced measures including road improvements, a district reorganization, and a tax structure for business. House action covered waterworks financing, sewer works, and a prison reform bill moving toward final passage after amendments.

CollumsBua Senate Levering Washington Co-Operative Ootepaaite By Usec Bluffton Allen County State Commissioners of Labor Grand Jury Seneca Trumbull Paulding Vinton Columbus Fleming Road Bohl Crowell Hovass Jackson Township Chamunty Mutual Mutual Companion Corn Roads Reiner Paul Yi Collumbus Board of Public Works Zanesville Marietta Goolsiy Ohio Brown Coastelle Cincinnati Ping Sabina Clinton County J. A. McGahan Turkey Pike Vs. Haynes Toleco H. B. Quimby van Cleaf Pruden Oren Congress Unji Hooss J. Bargar Madly Yeas R. Boh

Miscellaneous items from the era newspaper

The misc items report Evua Waiermore, 32, daughter of the Anchor Hotel landlord, Galena, died by self harm using rats. Francesca Sharanti, 40, Italian laborer, injured after being mangled under a moving train in Youngstown. a Toledo jury finds a colored man cannot be punished for bigamy. Extrep Een B AvuGs, about 60, killed on the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus track at New Portage. Miss Anna Stamps of Dayton assaulted for her hair. Ohio senators rail against hot air furnaces. a child near Kimballton badly burned. Mr and Mrs Grover Pratt of Springfield sickened by canned tomatoes but survive.

Evua Waiermore William Italy Toledo

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