Tragic murders and a swirl of 1880s crime notes
A Cincinnati businessman Mr A R Ross was murdered near his Glendale Ohio home on the 7th with a $10000 reward posted. In Illinois Christian County 300 armed men seek John Leigh for a fatal shooting of James Rigley. Other items cite Yellow Fever in Pensacola, Missouri store blast, boat capsizes, mail clerks, and political nominations across several states with election forecasts and comet warnings from London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Ross
Cincinnati
Glendale
Ohio
Christian County
Ilinois
John Leigh
James Rigley
E.T. Leigh
John
Rigley
Geserst Bens. F. Burke
Greenback
Massachusetts
Pennsacola
Florida
Ngan Mountain Store
Missouri
Springfield
Memphis
Grover Hustrxcton
Plum Island River
Amesbury
Mass
Dietrich Bunck
Dietrich Bunck, Friedheim, Ind.; Silas W. Barrow
Costelow
George D. Cook
Livingston
James Hoop
Mt. Savage
Wm. G. Berry
Pleasureville
Frank A. Stratton
Burbank
Tenn
James Zhanksley
Clay County
Joseph G. F. Williams
Anderson
Bath County
Florente J. Smith
Western
Ings
Chicago
Canton
Art Waupaca
H.C. Mead
Tehauntepec
Pacific
Lima
Peru
West Coast Telegraph Company
Valparaiso
Chili
Mexico
Central
South America
Folger
John C. New
Arthur
Bright
Richard A. Proctor
C. Piazsi Smyth
Scotland
Skinner
Naval Observatory
Washington
London
Grover Clevelann
New York
Carrais J. D. Stevenson
Eighth Cavalry
Detroit
Ernest Dubourgne
Fourteenth Street
Davidson
Deckerville
Michigan
Nominating Progress Reported in Multiple Districts
The dispatch lists Democratic and third party nominations across several congressional districts. Peters selected by Democrats in the Third District. Whitney by Greenbackers in the Eleventh. Finerty urged by independents in the Second. Stone chosen by Republicans in the Seventh. Burleigh by Greenbacks in the Seventeenth. Eaton named by Democrats in the First. Erdman withdraws in Lehigh County leaving Mutchler in the Tenth. McAdoo nominated by Democrats in the Seventh District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bripgeport
Edward Out
Oughkeepsign
N. Y
John H. Ketcham
New York
Howard Carroll
The
Times
Republican State Committee
St and
Wis
Greenbackers
L. A. Stewart
Agress
Philadelphia
J.B. Everhart
New Broombero
L. E. Atkinson
Congress
Nashville
Enn
Richard Warner
Boston
Mass
John Hopkins
John D. Long
Ee Connecticut
John T. Suth Frramincuam
Theodore Lyman
Brookline
Civil Service Reform Party
Con
Leopold Morse
Baltimore
Montgomery Blair
Whitehall N. Y
Democrats
A. L. Inmar
New Haven
Chas. L. Mitchell
Dunkirk
Ublicans
Dr. F. Bower
Mifflintown
Pcs
Francis M. Kimmell
Mayor Lovering
Lynn
Portland
Washington Territory
Thomas Burke
C Satt Lake
Oran
Liberals Today
Philip T. Vanzile
United States District Army
Utah
Francis A. Peters
Greefield
Wilbur F. Whitney
E. B. Haskell
ChicaGo
John F. Finerty
E. F. Stone
Troy
Porenieres
H. G. Burleigh
Raccayoun
Lewis Beach
Hartfox, Cr
William Eaton
Allentown
C. J. Erdman
Lehigh County
Wm. Mutchler
Tenth
Conan Hosoxes
N. J
William A. McAdoo
Ireland and Egypt News Roundup by Lorpon Special
Reports note the Land League Fund aging in America seen as proof of the Land Act’s impact Ireland may grow calmer with harvests and law enforcement. Other items include Tel-el-Kebir killings claim, Mansion House Evicted Tenants Aid, Irish Labor movement, Khedive betrayal claims, and a Dublin Union plan to send paupers to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorpon
Land League Fund
America
Land League
Ireland
Cologne Gazette
Tel-el- Kebir
New Labor League and Industrial Union
Parnell
Anazi Pasa
London
Ontario
Dublin Union
Canada
Foreign Office
Alexandria
Parney
Irish Land League of America
Treland
Slayback Shot Dead in St Louis Office
Coronen A W Slayback prominent criminal lawyer and politician of St Louis was shot and killed in the St Louis Post Dispatch office by editor John A Cockerill after a public speech abuse claim. Slayback leaves a widow and several children. Cockerill, native of Adams County Ohio, rose from drummer boy to managing editor. The item notes broader news including strikes, failures, executions, and charges in other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronen
A. W. Slaypack
St. Louis
St. Louis Post Dispatch
John A. Cockerill
Cincinnati
Post-Dispatch
Slayback
Slay
Cockerill
A. W. Slayback
Shelby
Missouri
Kansas City
Adams County
Ohio
Shiloh
Hamilton
Clement L. Vallandigham
Enquirer
Europe
Washington Post
Baltimore Gazette
Pulitzer
Coopers of Chicago
Pavut Prixeie
Mansfield
Louisiana
Jutta Warpoe Hower
Association For the Advancement of Women
Portland
Maine
Oscar Wilde
Young Men’s Christian Association
St. John
New Brunswick
Incendiary Fires Probe in Youngstown Area
In six months about twenty buildings burned in Youngstown and Mahoning County. Four men D H Evans Beni Gravill David Baker and William Brannon were arrested on affidavits charging them as authors. Baker and his wife’s quarrel led to arrest. Evans Brannon bail set at 1000. others jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Mahoning County
D. H. Evans
Beni Gravill
David Baker
William Brannon
Baker
Evans
Brannon
Ohio State Board of Agriculture
Ohio
Devil's Glen
Avondale
Hamilton County
Bendigs
Ingalls
Cincinnati
Zoological Gardens
Ostrander
Delaware County
Charles Vento
France
Ashland Mutual
Cincinnati, Gallipolis & Portsmouth Railroad Company
Columbus
Gallipolis
Portsmouth
Eastern
Benjjamin Waddle
Marion County
Mercantile
Cleveland
Dayton
California
Jupee G. C. Barro
Finnlay
Hancock County
Bryson, Mayne, & Co
Lowellville
J. B. Nessel
Coopers
Gus Scanlon
Selma
South Charleston
Ohio election results show Democrats winning most counties
The Ohio vote went Democratic by about 15 000 to 25 000, with Democrats winning 11 to possibly 14 of 21 congress districts. Precinct returns listed per county show large Democratic gains in many areas and occasional Republican majorities in others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Adams County
Allen
Ashland
Ashtabula
Auglaize
Belmont
Butler
Carroll
Ea Eee
Clark
Clermont
Clinton
Columbiana
Coshocton
Crawford
Cuyahoga
Darke
Defiance
Delaware
Erie
Fairfield
Fayette
Franklin
Fulton
Gallia
Uga
Green
Guernsey
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardin
Son
Henry
Highland
Hocking
Holmes
Huron
Jackson
Jefferson
Knox
Lake
Lawrence
Licking
Logan
Loraine
Lucas
Madison
Marion
Medina—R Publican
Meigs
Mercer
Miami
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgen
Morrow
Muskingum
Noble
Ottawa
Paulding
Perry
Pickaway
Pike
Portage
Preble
Putnam
Richland
Ross
Sandusky
Scioto
Seneca
Shelby
Stark
Summit
Trumbull
Tuscarawas
Union
van Wert
Vinton
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Williams
Ood
Wyandot
Horace Greeley on farming as a liberal pursuit
The quote reflects Greeley’s view that farming offers intellectual and noble potential beyond mere drudgery. He laments the churn of routine and imagines a life where business farming could be chosen earlier for its broader rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
Pretty Hat and Polka Dot Spinster Comeuppance
A collage of old jokes and quips notes differing views of a girl in a jaunty hat at a lawn party. It mocks social vanity and the era’s fashion, then pivots to a spinning wheel romance and a wry joke about a dynamite blast. An advertisement for a husband finishes the vignette with irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Annie
Brethern
Butler Scratches Pigs in Massachusetts Political Contemplation
A Detroit Post and Tribune inspired column imagines Benjamin Butler enjoying rural fairs in Essex County Massachusetts. It portrays him pondering a possible Governor bid while admiring farm life from sugar beets to pumpkins and livestock, argues over Northern industry, and warns Republicans to avoid recalls toward Southern Democratic control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Massachusetts
Butler
Jersey
Ben Butler
Bloody Brook
Adley
Berkshire
The
Benjamin
Granger
General Butler
Garden
Adam
Essex
Detroit Post and Tribune
Political critique of Southern influence in Congress and South Carolina violence
A lengthy Republican editorial argues against Democratic control, warning that the South would dominate the House with Northern Democratic aid. It catalogues Southern voter intimidation, Red Shirt violence in South Carolina and Arkansas, and bias in newspapers. It contrasts northern Republican struggles with Southern outrages. It also notes an Italian Mount Etna observatory and stray items on education and marksmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Republic
Democratic Party
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Hubbell
Congressional Committee
South
Arkansas
Helena
Alabama
South Carolina
Red Shirts
Winnsboro
McLane
Lancaster
Cash
Conness
Charleston News and Courier
Chicago Tribune
Mount
Etna
Catania
Europe
St. Bernard Hospice
Chicago Journal
Offbeat Anecdotes And Quips From Various Papers
A collage of humorous snippets includes rail travel with 1140 daily options out of Philadelphia, a tale of a fifty cent vetre leading to a joke about a drawn knife, and exchange about servants and manufactured maids. Short anecdotes cover child wit, spectacles mislaid, maternal praise, and a dealer of misread signals with a local depot scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Detroit Free Press
New York
N. Y
Brown
Boston Transcript
Chicago
Atlanta
Aslania
Puck
Athens
Warren
Old South Church
Advertising Rates Prevail for Transient Notices
Advertising notices set per square with ten lines minimum at first insertion and extra inserts priced at sixpence per line. Legal and transient ads apply to all display space, terms and conditions govern placement and payment.
Advertising Rates Cut For Yearly Business Cards
A liberal reduction applies to annual advertising for business cards. Cards not exceeding six lines may be imported for $6 per year.
Various Inventions and Industrial Notes Across the Nation
A roundup of scientific and industrial items notes steam boiler pressure, swamp drainage in the South, a Willimantic Thread Camp plan for a 300-employee spool finishing factory in Maine, and new screws for wood that bite in without grain tearing. Also mentioned are cream preservation with iron glyceride, a water-resistant gunpowder, and coffee and agriculture growth in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Com
Courier Journal
Willimantic Thread Camp
Maine
Willimantic
N. ¥. Herald
Barff
N. Y. Sun
Carl Himly
Kiel
Chicago Herald
Mexico
Chicago Times
N. Y. Post
Charles T. Howard
Providence Telephone Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Board of Health
Pensacola
el Paso
Illinois
West Virginia
Nathan Goff
Navy
Beecher
Brooklyn
John F. Follett
Isaac M. Jordan
R. E. Morey
Ben. LeFevre
George E. Seney
W. D. Hitt
J. E. Campbell
Frank Hurd
L. T. Neal
George L. Converse
George W. Geddes
A. J. Warner
Beriah Wilkins
David Paige
M.A. Foran
J. Warren Keifer
J. T. Robinson
J. W. McCormick
J. T. Updegraff
William McKinley, Jr
Ezra B. Taylor
Lee County
Georgia
Smithsonian Institution
Academy of Venice
Schmidt
Lewis Swift
Warner Observatory
Biela
J. D. Watties
Sunday- School Times
Census Bureau
Gro. P. Rise
Lebanon (Pa
Alaska
Toledo
Knights Templar of
Zanesville
H. H. Tatem
W. M. Lowe
Russell and
Lee Counties
Drirphtheria
Pittsylvania County
Virginia
Tue Farmers’ Alliance
Neuounees
C. H. Custennorper
Quincy
Belmont County
Detroit Post
Fultonian
North
Burlington
Moses
Aaron
God
the Ile
Bostom
the Germont Gourier
Science and Industry
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