Town Destroyed and Other 19th Century News Snippets
A compilation notes Grundy Virginia nearly destroyed by fire, plus items on a tariff commission bill passage in the Senate, a Quebec rail blockade by snow, Indian education funds, Kentucky fish protection, French Senate pork import repeal, and horse scratches at Epsom. Also coverage of Dr Lamson’s death sentence stay, a Arkansas family tragedy, lynching of cattle thieves near Pueblo, a Georgia tornado and earthquake, and President Arthur's reprieve for Lamson with public reaction.
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Lamson
England
Arthur
America
Smalley
New York Tribune
Chinese Merchants' Exchange Formed in San Francisco
A Chinese merchants' exchange has been organized in San Francisco by local merchants for mutual benefit and protection. The group aims to coordinate trade practices, safeguard interests, and foster cooperation among Chinese businesses in the area.
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San Francisco
Russia Bans Import of American Salt Pork
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports a government decree prohibiting the importation of salt pork from the United States, extending trade curbs. The move adds to evolving postwar food and commerce controls affecting American exports.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
America
Smallpox Cases Rising in Cincinnati
Smallpox in Cincinnati appears to be increasing as daily new cases rise from eighteen to forty. The growing outbreak prompts public health attention and potential measures to curb transmission.
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Cincinnati
Honorable Exile of Skobeleff Nominated for Reforms
General Skobeleff is named to a commission for reorganizing Turkish affairs in Russia. The appointment is described as an honorable exile reflecting high regard.
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Skobeleff
Turkestan
Russia
Prohibition Bill Defeated by Tie Vote in House
The Massachusetts House of Representatives, by a 1110 to 110 tie, defeated a bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. The decision ends efforts to enact statewide prohibition in the current session.
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Massachusetts House of Representatives
Treasure unearthed in St Louis pot of coins and Continental money
Laborers digging a trench in St Louis uncover a pot containing $20,000 in English and American coin and a hatful of Continental currency, a find that could shed light on early monetary exchanges.
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St. Louis
Nihilists Commuted by Czar to Hard Labor Mines
All Nihilists recently sentenced to death have had their sentences commuted to indefinite hard labor in the mines by the Czar, except Marine Lieutenant Guchanoff.
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Guchanoff
Czar
Woman Leaves Children In Burning House In Gayhead Mass
A woman in Gayhead Massachusetts locked three children in a house and went to a neighbor’s. While she was away a fire started and the house burned. All three children died in the blaze.
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Gayhead
Massachusetts
Dynamite Damages Andre Monument Base at Tarrytown
A Tarrytown monument to Andre was partly destroyed last week by dynamite. The statue suffered little damage, but the base was completely ruined, prompting investigation into the incident and efforts to assess restoration needs.
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Andre
Tarrytown
New York
Heavy Snows Hit Northwest and Winnipeg Roads
Heavy snow storms block travel along the Canadian Pacific and in Winnipeg as a harsh season brings unprecedented conditions. Roads and rail routes face disruption until warmer weather returns. Strong winds and deep accumulations strain transportation networks across the region.
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Winnipeg
Fenian Scare Forces London Dock Patrol to Dense Ring
London reports a night police presence around the docks reaching 600 officers. Officials fear Fenians planned to blow up the tunnel beneath the docks to North Woolwich, heightening security concerns and prompting immediate protective measures.
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London
Woolwich
Nihilist Sukhanoff Executed at Cronstadt
Sukhanoff, condemned at the Nihilist trial, was shot at Cronstadt. Twelve marines fired from fifteen paces, death was almost instantaneous as thousands surrounded the execution site.
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Sukhanoff
Cronstadt
Agnostic Church Topic Highlighted by Chicago Minister
George C. Miln, a Unitarian minister from Chicago who recently embraced agnosticism, has entered the lecture field. His talk titled The Agnostic Church will address faith, doubt, and belief.
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George C. Miln
Chicago
Mexican ranch tragedy ends with arrests
At an isolated Oaxaca ranch near the Vera Cruz border a ranchero his wife and four children were fatally harmed for money concealed in their home. The perpetrators were captured.
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Vera Cruz Line
Oaxaca
Reading Storm Claims Three Lives As Wall Falls
A hurricane tore through Reading Pennsylvania causing extensive property damage and the collapse of a wall that killed three people and injured several others including a person who died later after taking shelter under a nearby shed.
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Reading
Penn
Crop Statistics Show Shortage in Seven States
Statistics of Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas and Nebraska indicate a comparative corn shortage of 213000000 bushels, or 55 percent, less on hand than March 20 1881, along with a wheat decrease of 28000000 bushels, or 44 percent.
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Ohio
Indians
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
One Hundred Twenty Lives Lost at Ralston Gin
A Louisiana flood tragedy reports the destruction of Ralston Gin near Lake St. John in Tensas Parish. About 120 colored refugees drowned when the gin, among the region’s largest, was wiped out by high waters. The details are sparse and unclear.
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Ralston Gin
Lake St. John
Tensas Parish
Louisiana
Business Failures Across U S Rise in First Quarter
For the three months ending March 31, business failures totaled 2,190 with liabilities of 30,338,271 dollars. This marks a sharp increase from the same period in 1881. By comparison, liabilities were 12,000,000 in 1880, 43,000,000 in 1870, and 82,000,000 in 1878 for 3,355 failures.
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United States
Public hangings reported in three states in 1881 and 1880s
In Chatham Virginia Doc Wright was hanged for the February 1881 murder of Cole Arthur after declaring his innocence on the scaffold. In Selma Alabama Al Weisinger and Bill Ledow were hanged for the December murder of Jessie Weisinger. In Pueblo Colorado two cattle thieves were taken from jail and hanged to a tree by a mob.
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Chatham
Virginia
Doc. Wright
Cole Arthur
Selma
Alabama
al. Weisinger
Bill Ledow
Jessie &. Weisinger
Pueblo
Col
Central Bank Teller Leaves Amid $2200 Overdraft
Arthur Mueller, teller at Indianapolis Central Bank, departed the city on Monday. The bank states its audit shows all accounts are correct except an overdraft of $2,200 on Mueller's personal account, with the departure described as abrupt and unexplained.
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Indianapolis
Ex Governor Moses Faces Swindle Charge in New York
Ex governor Moses of South Carolina was arrested in New York on swindling charges. He allegedly claimed kin to Gov Col quitt of Georgia, Anthony White of Greenville DC, and Gen Curtis of North Carolina, then sought cashing checks after banking hours. Numerous witnesses are prepared to press charges.
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Moses
South Carolina
New York
Gov. Colquitt
Georgia
Anthony White
Greenville
D. C
Gen. Curtis
North Carolina
Immunity deal for train robber Dick Little
Dick Little surrendered to authorities under promises of Governor granted immunity, $1000 cash on surrender, and $5000 if fellow robbers are captured using his aid. If Little’s accomplices are arrested, Craig and Governor Crittenden stand to gain about $200,000 in rewards in total.
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Dick Little
Little
Craig
Crittenden
Pistol That Understood Its Business
Robert Bleum a young husband from Cleveland woke and took a revolver from a bureau drawer and began shooting at his wife in bed He fired twice then killed himself The wife was wounded with two oblique forehead shots but not fatally and she is expected to recover.
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Robert Bleum
Cleveland
Death of Minister Hurlbut
News from Lima confirms the death of Gen. Hurlbut, former United States minister to Peru. Born in Charleston on November 29, 1815, he moved to Illinois in 1837, practiced law, and rose in politics. He served as Brigadier General, later Major General, of volunteers in the Civil War, was minister to Colombia in 1869, returned in 1872, and was elected to Congress from Illinois Forty-third District before serving again as minister to Peru.
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Hurlbut
United States
Peru
Lima
Charleston
Illinois
Colombia
Congress
Forty
Collision at Sea Off Cape Finisterre Sinks Two Liners
A London dispatch reports the Spanish steamer Yrurac Bat bound for Porto Rico collided with the Royal Mail steamer Douro off Cape Finisterre. Both ships sank. Hidalgo rescued 17 from Douro and 67 from Yrurac Bat, landing them at Coruna. Thirty sailors on Yrurac Bat, including captain and pilot, drowned. 35 passengers survived aboard the Douro. total drownings unknown.
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London
Ugarte
Liverpool
Porto Rico
Royal Mail Company
Brazil
Cape Finisterre
Spain
Douro
Coruna
Terrific Tornado Hits Monroe Plantations
A March 28 Monroe dispatch reports a powerful tornado damaging the Cooper and Oliver plantations. Six cabins and part of a gin house were blown down at McGuire. all houses destroyed at Ludeling. Carpenter gin house and two cabins lost. two cabins blown at Ludeling. Oliver all houses destroyed. J W Scarborough gin house and two cabins lost. old colored woman blown away and not found. several negroes reported killed. total losses around twenty five thousand dollars.
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Monroe
Louisiana
McGuire Place
Cooper Plantation
J. W. Scarborough
Oliver Plantation
Carpenter Plantation
Decisive Campaign Against the Half Breeds
Fort Assinibone reports by Captain Jacob Kline of the Eighteenth Infantry that on the 14th he struck the Little Pine band with thirty-five to forty lodges at Medicine Lodge. On the 15th a detachment destroyed eighty or ninety dwellings in the first Half-breed village as leaders fled. The Half-breeds are demoralized and retreat north as cavalry are sent to the lower village to finalize the campaign unless they reappear south of the river.
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St. Paul
Fort Assinibone
Montana
Jacob Kline
Eighteenth Infantry
Milk River
Medicine Lodge
Little Pine
Kline
Battle Between Deputies and Desperadoes at Chandler's Ranch
Deputy Sheriff Breckinridge and a posse including Jack Young E H Allen and John A Gillespie rode eight miles from Tombstone to Chandler's Ranch to arrest Billy Grounds known as Billy the Kid and DeWing Hunt. Grounds and Hunt opened fire killing Gillespie and mortally wounding Hunt. Allen then shot Hunt, Breckinridge wounded Grounds, and Young was shot in the thigh while guarding the rear.
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Tombstone
Arizona
Breckinridge
Jack Young
E. H. Allen
John A. Gillespie
Chandler
Billy Grounds
Billy, the Kid
DeWing Hunt
Grounds
Hunt
Gillespie
Allen
Young
Grounda
Blue Cat train robber confession shocks Independence scene
John Land also known as the Blue Cat confesses involvement with a gang planning and carrying out the C A express robbery at Blue Cat. He names Jesse James and others, details roles and profits, and says the county posse will be set to convict missing participants as Bugler's trial proceeds.
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John Land
Independence
Blue Cat
John Bugler
Creed Chapman
Jesse James
Jeff Hite
Jim Cummins
Dick Little
Old Gang
John Matt
Henry Bugler
Glendale
Cracker Neckers
Jesse
Land
Surrender of Dick Little Sparks Kansas City Talk
A Kansas City dispatch reports chatter over the surrender of Dick Little after he allegedly sought a full pardon and a share of the reward in exchange for naming gang members. Little killed Wood Hite before surrender and is said to expose participants in the Gad's Hill Otterville Winston and Blue Cut train robberies, with further connections to Clarence Hite and the Winston case. Authorities expect his testimony in the Bugler case at Independence to reveal key facts.
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Kansas City
Dick Little
Little
Mattie Collins
Ray County
Jesse James
Jesse
Wood Hite
Kentucky
Gad’s Hill
Otterville
Glendale
Winston
Blue Cut
James
Clarence Hite
Gallatin
Westfall
Cornelius Vanderbilt Suicide in New York Apartment
Cornelius J Vanderbilt third son of the late Commodore and brother of William H Vanderbilt died by shooting on the 2nd at the Glenham Hotel Fifth Avenue New York. He had recently gambled away money and suffered epileptic fits and demoralization. Terrible finances and a bitter will contest followed.
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Cornelius J. Vanderbilt
Commodore
Wm. H. Vanderbilt
Glenham Hotel
Fifth Avenue
New York
Smith & Wesson
Cornelius
Mr. Terry
William H. Vanderbilt
Mr. Torrence
Scott Lord
Robert Weir
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Steamboat Golden City Disaster at Memphis
A devastating blaze aboard the Golden City on approach to Memphis claims many lives. Officers, passengers, and circus personnel endure a chaotic, fatal night with reports of 35 dead and 21 women and 6 children among the victims.
Ex Governor Howupen Paralyzed. Coal Miners Strike. James Killed
Ex governor Howupen of North Carolina is stricken with paralysis. Three thousand Pittsburg district coal miners strike over pay cuts. Jesse James, the feared bandit, is shot dead in St Joseph Missouri. the Ford brothers surrender and claim to be detectives.
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Howupen
North Carolina
Pittsburg
Douro
Ururac
The Pond Bill Liquor Tax Law Passed by Ohio Assembly
Full text of the Pond Bill outlines liquor tax payments by location, bond requirements, penalties, prosecutions, and county reporting. It sets payment scales from 100 to 300 dollars, bonds of 1000 dollars with two sureties, and penalties up to 1000 dollars or jail. The act coordinates assessments by county auditors and clerks, with funds split to townships, villages, and the state. It takes effect May 1, 1882.
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Ohio General Assembly
Erie & Oe
Sants
State of
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Sanhaen and
Jang. Shan
Rriage
General Revenue Fund
Public debt statement for March 1882 shows total debt
The March 1882 public debt summary lists total interest bearing debt at 1,514,732,700 with cash in Treasury 253,291,761 and total debt including cash at 1,726,266,422. Decrease during March amounts to 16,462,946 and June 30 decrease to 114,332,389. Also notes interest due and unpaid 1,313,299 and gold and silver certificates 73,522,290. Also quotes remarks on social observations and notable figures Jacos Thompson and an England industrial fatalities estimate.
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Navy Pension Fund
Seeeseee
Secsssee
Eecssee
Negisese
VU. S
Sivodasnassebei
Ohio Legislature action and bills passed
The Ohio Legislature reports on House and Senate bills including Metcalf's liquor sale regulation measure, road tax authorization for county commissioners, captive insurance penalties, and appropriations for state benevolent and correctionary institutions for 1882 83. Also notes Kinney anti free pass discrimination bill passage attempt, Chapman's religious societies incumbrance bill, and Koons Garfield statue committee with $10000 appropriation.
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Norton
Senate
Kinney
Chapman
Koons
House
Garfield
House of Representatives
Washington
Reform and State Bills in Ohio Legislature
Mr Ellsworth introduces a bill to move reform schools from Lancaster to Delaware and to Lancaster, with funds to build new facilities. A forest planting day is authorized annually in April. Several bills on insurance, tax law revision, and medical practice were debated or passed, including liquor taxation and railroad roadbed condemnation. A meteorological bureau and canal survey plans are noted, with additional measures for militia compensation and public works.
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Ellsworth
Reform School
Lancaster
Delaware
Reform
Scott
Norton
Senate
Robinson
House
Mr. Brigham
Sharp
Perkins
Sixty-fifth General Assembly
Committee On Agriculture
Ohio
Miami and Erie Canal
Cincinnati
Board of Public Arks
Adjutant General
Secretary of State
Auditor of State
Gaid
German Vote Swings Ohio Races Toward Democrats
Ohio legislative and city contests routed with Pond liquor bill influence. In Hamilton County Democrats lead by 4,702 net. Columbus and Cleveland swing Democratic city tickets. Toledo and Urbana favor Democrats. Springfield stands. Xenia mayoral race to Marshall. Newark, Chillicothe, Zanesville, Massillon, Fremont vote Democratic or mixed. Indiana towns Washington Republicans win. Richmond tight as Republicans gain trustees. Evansville council split. Madison GOP majority win.
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Ohio
Hamilton County
Office of
Board of Public Works
Doll
Rossy
Columbus
Cleveland
Toledo
Urbana
Springfield
Mansfield
Sandusky
Board of Education
Xenia
W. G. Marshall
W. F. Trader
Newark
Chillico Iothe
Zanesville
Massillon
Fremont
Kenton
Marion
Reblicans
Gennaro D. Logan
Citizens
Lancaster
Coshocton
Indiana
Washington
Richmond
Evansville
Madison
Beecher Pays $2000 Yearly For Life Insurance
The record notes that Mr. Beecher incurs an annual life insurance cost of $2000 for his policy lasting for life.
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Mr. Beecher
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