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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1889
Page
1
Charles Blythe is arraigned for first degree murder in the Jones case. The confession details a stable assault, a sack, and hidden remains. Dr. Marshall Keyt testifies Jones was instantly killed. funeral with full military honors honors the late Surgeon-General.
London Builder catalogs the Paris Eiffel Tower visit as a bureaucratic ordeal. Two francs for the summit, two for the premiere etage, long queues, and confusing rules trap visitors in a labyrinth. The critic notes the top offers little more than the second platform, with officials delaying the simple ascent and descent.
A Woodstock Vermont historian notes opponents of instruments in church argued that since David played a ten string harp a bass viol would need ten strings as well in worship. The remark reflects the era’s clerical debates over music in services.
A New York millionaire was approached by a letter from a judge describing a widower bereft of support after his wife’s death. The plea framed the man as desperate and sought aid, underscoring the widowhood and financial need.
The text notes quotation parties stir interest in well known writers not for warm reception but for a chance at a handsome prize. It suggests such incentives may imitate genuine enthusiasm rather than reflect true admiration.
A Tennessee case details an undertaker attempting to hold a corpse for embalming payment, but the deceased’s son challenged and obtained the body. The remark notes a wife’s power over memory and heart, as the Haute Express quips on marital ties in tragedy.
Cincinnati July 29 The body of Colonel A E Jones M D of Walnut Hills was found in a sewer manhole after he was killed by his colored servant Charles Blythe who was arrested in Madisonville. Blythe confesses the quarrel and killer blow but not why the watch and money vanished. The watch was pawned for ten dollars and one dollar was taken from his pockets. A military funeral is planned tomorrow. The deceased was over seventy.
LittLE Rock July 30 A fierce storm brought heavy rain wind and thunder last night causing crop damage and delayed trains White River over flooded Fayetteville area reports say houses blown down lightning injuries reported and a train late into the night Officials warn damage assessment will take days with fears of broader impact across the state
A Chicago storm Saturday night caused unprecedented flooding with 12 inches of rain in hours and widespread destruction. Buildings collapsed basements flooded and trees uprooted. Several injuries reported including a girl with a head wound and a boy with a spinal injury. damages run into the hundreds of thousands.
A broad tornado crossed Hungary Transylvania and Bukovina destroying crops and houses. In Grosswondein Tzegedin and Mohacs districts, many bodies were recovered from rivers Danube Theiss. Flood caused most deaths while a ferryboat was wrecked near Pesth with almost all on board drowned. A circus was carried away at Tzegedin.
Reports from Grantville and Grantsville describe a deadly storm flooding the Little Kanawha watershed Friday night. Crops, fences, and houses were washed away and Bear Run in Rich County suffered severe damage. Loss pegged at not less than 650000 dollars though details remain scarce.
Five men died and others were injured when a dynamite blast at a limestone excavation site along the Wabash railway west of Wabash Indiana caused a storm shelter to collapse. The accident occurred during work for railroad improvements.
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin July 29 a severe hail storm visited the locality yesterday morning. Hail fell for twenty minutes and residents gathered it up in wheelbarrows. The storm caused extensive damage to small grain corn and vegetables across the countryside.
A severe storm swept Natchez and surrounding areas last night uprooting trees, toppling telegraph poles, and damaging cotton crops. Downtown streets and property sustained damage as winds knocked down utilities and disrupted normal life.
Paris readers learn three arrests for stealing Senate Court evidence on General Boulanger. Cantonal results show Republicans 764, Conservatives 419, Boulangists 12 with second ballots in 149 cantons. Elections likely August 25. Thibaud admits Boulangist defeat.
Clarke EasternM breaks shoulder when thrown from a wagon by a runaway team near Bloomingburg. Joan Hart, 23, shoots herself near Hartford with no stated cause. Greene County veterans plan a monument to fallen comrades. Peter McDonovagh bound over at Kenton for attempted wife murder. Danley near Fremont swindled out of 600 by buyers of his farm. Cincinnati dry docks fire suspected incendiary. loss about 50. Jacob Jamborious injured at Shawnee mine. A 12 year old girl fatally burned at Orrville. Edward Blair convicts robbing Joseph Worthington’s home near East Monroe of 350. Charles Donnelly killed at Burgettstown. 20,000 silver catfish moved from Put-in-Bay hatchery to Auglaize River. The Coliseum at the State fair grounds in Columbus wrecked during last year’s centennial expo. 87 feet high, 600 feet circumference, 10,000 floor seats. Dome damaged. standing portion to be torn down. EpwArp Kaantr, 14, dies after viper bite near Athens. Daniel Benjamin of Union Township fatally injured under a reaper. Gro. May, a young married man,...
Reports from central Michigan indicate one of the worst storms on Saturday night with widespread damage. Genesee Allegan Midland and Kent counties suffered most as hail up to four inches fell in Lansing. two deaths confirmed so far.
In Westminister British Columbia on July 30 the Triumph returned from Behring's sea with word of the seizure on July 11 by the U S revenue cutter Rush of the British schooner Black Diamond for sealing in Behring's sea. The Triumph carried eight hundred skins but, not having worked in waters under American jurisdiction, was allowed to proceed to Victoria. Seals are reported plentiful.
In Stillwater Minnesota on July 30 Judge Manwaring discharged Wm Fee a Wisconsin farmer who sold dressed meats without state inspection. The ruling held the law unconstitutional as it infringes on federal commerce power. A separate Boston dispatch notes a cyclonic storm uprooting orchards and furrowing the Chicopee river banks with rapid stream rises.
City of Mexico on July 30 reports the press is attacking the Chinese immigration scheme. Claims that negroes receive concessions to immigrate to Mexico are deemed false.
In McRae on July 50 three members from the McRae and Lancaster families fought over a long standing feud. Wash Lancaster, the family head, was killed and Wright Lancaster and Ed McRae were wounded, likely fatally. Both families held prominent political roles in the area.
Baltimore dispatch reports a Hagerstown man named Ax Herbert was whipped forty times on the bare back yesterday for domestic assault after beating his wife with his fist on Saturday.
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