23 Feb 1882
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1882
Page
1
Fragmentary notes discuss the neglect and pride in horses, contrasting common farm horses with roadster rivals. Mentions a 2:40 time standard, the pursuit of speed, and the evolution of racing records across civilized countries as breeders and owners push for faster stock.
National and local news items cover the Riddleberger debt bill becoming law in Virginia, cotton failures in New Orleans, and a major fire in Haverhill Massachusetts. Also noted are the Czar’s coronation postponement, the death of Harvard Chinese professor Ko Kun Hua, and the Indiana appointment death near North Vernon.
Breakup of river ice along the Hudson and other eastern waterways allows resumed navigation. Vessels move as ice clears in spring, restoring transit and commercial activity disrupted by the frost. Local pilots report smoother channels and safer passage reopening routes.
Dr Carver won a pigeon match against English and Scotch champions, beating their odds on distance in a competitive shooting event.
James A. Allison was hanged at Indiana Pennsylvania last Friday for murdering his father in a crime dated earlier. The execution concludes a lengthy case with the death sentence carried out under state law.
It is ascertained that forty men were killed by the English colliery explosion at Trimdon Grange, Durham, in a disaster that sent shock through the community and mine workers.
The straw-band Star Route defendants, based in Washington, were held over in $1,000 bail each to the Grand Jury for indictment or further action.
A petition described as 5000 feet long was presented to Congress seeking the abolition of taxes on bank deposits checks and drafts. The document underscores widespread discontent and calls for sweeping tax reform as a fiscal policy issue.
A boiler explosion at Georgia Car Works in Cartersville near Atlanta killed six men, all of them colored, and fatally wounded three others.
The body of Ko Kun Hua, Professor of Chinese at Harvard, is enclosed in a leaden casket and sent to China after death.
The Minnesota State Grange denounces the Minneapolis Millers Association for monopolizing the Minnesota wheat market and keeping prices down.
A Lake Shore and Michigan Southern brakeman’s wife secured an $11,875 verdict after her husband was crushed to death in a coupling accident. The case centers on railroad negligence and carries a high damages award for the widow.
Mike McCay, injured while coupling cars on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, recovered a verdict in Louisville courts for $7,500. The case centers on railroad operations and safety practices in the workplace.
Coroner's jury concludes the World building fire started from a defective flue. Several people perished in the blaze in New York, with investigators pinpointing the malfunction as the origin of the disaster.
An eight year old boy died at Point St. Charles Canada from excessive whisky. The Coroner's jury found willful murder against the person who supplied the liquor.
In Guadalajara two rival editors engaged in a duel with both sides firing at once, both men killed instantly. The incident highlights the perilous nature of editor feuds in Mexico.
Miles Thompson was hanged at Belleville for outraging Mrs. Johnson and killing her father who tried to arrest him. He confessed on the gallows, saying he deserved his fate and was ready to meet it.
The Secretary of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania shows 1,172,769 taxables in the state. Real estate value last year stood at 1,540,698,278 dollars with 108,610,525 dollars of property exempt.
Two young men in Owensburg Ohio argued over the Sullivan Ryan prize fight. One man, invited to demonstrate a point, struck the other in the chest. The blow caused the victim to fall and die instantly.
The committee solicits subscriptions to aid the widows and orphans of men killed in the Midlothian Mine explosion Virginia. Subscriptions may be sent to the Merchants' National Bank of Richmond Va.
Fire at Haverhill Massachusetts causes an estimated loss of 2 million dollars with 1 million covered by insurance. The blaze razed 102 shoe factories and 200 other firms. Two thousand workers lose jobs and three people died.
Tammany Hall shifts sides by backing the Republicans in both New York General Assembly chambers. Johnson, a Republican, is elected Clerk and the Lieutenant Governor now holds authority over committee appointments.
The late Chief of Police of Cincinnati Colonel Jacob Gessert died by his own hand last week, shooting through the brain. The bullet passed the skull, struck a door jamb and lodged in the wall. The act was attributed to financial embarrassment.
In Edinburgh last week two boxes of infernal machines were delivered to separate addresses and exploded when opened injuring eight people in total. A man named Costello was arrested over the incident, with motives believed to be personal in nature.
London dispatch reports an explosion at Trimdon Grange colliery in Durham. One hundred twenty workers were killed or injured and many more trapped. Rescue efforts are underway as officials assess the disaster and its causes.
A report notes foul gas from an explosion caused four deaths in another colliery located two miles away, highlighting the persistent dangers of mining.
Gov Cameron and his party seized a pirate oyster fleet of six schooners and one sloop, detaining sixty-one crew members. Eighteen shots pierced the rigging of one schooner, which was chased thirty five miles toward the Capes of Virginia before surrender.
A colored man named Smeal living near Guerny County Georgia was accused of horse theft and killed by a mob after his cabin was raided and he confessed. Separately, a bank cashier in Terra Haute Indiana was distracted by a stranger while another thief stole 1500 dollars and fled, later captured as Benjamin Simmons of Chicago.
A BC member of Parliament stirs the Capital by quarrelling with a harem of four squaws. He faced difficulty securing boarding for his party after leaving Parliament without paying his bill, with expulsion motions possible. In Southern Illinois reports show widespread suffering from drought with tenants starving in Saline and nearby counties.
A member of the Ways and Means Committee says he expects the committee to report in favor of reducing whisky and tobacco taxes, but doubts the reduction will be as large as proposed. He favors cutting internal taxation by set figures and allocating the cut among various excise duties.
Eyewitness letters recount Col. Mas leading 600 troops from Ica to attack Villavicencio and sack Pisco. Houses burned and 1000 victims claimed including 300 foreigners and the French Consul. Reports say Mas was later shot by Gracia Calderon’s forces.
A deadly incident in Texas near Centerville left two men named Hall dead and their wives fatally wounded after a dispute with a white man’s child. The father, Lyle, waited in ambush and shot the wagon pair as they passed, then fled as officers pursued.
James Ketcher, a Cincinnati roustabout and husband of Ellen Powers, allegedly beat her for years. After receiving a $300 check from relatives, he kicked her in the stomach and battered her until she died two days later. He has since fled to parts unknown.
At a Cincinnati meeting under Socialist auspices, resolutions condemn attempts to narrow or abolish refuge for political fugitives as anti republican. They insist that when citizens are barred from expressing views under cruel punishment, the only remedy is to oppose tyrants with force.
February 15 arrival in New York reports Glenmary pulling eleven crew and two passengers from the Bahama, which departed from Porto Rico February 4. Cabin passenger John Scott recounts the shipbreaking hurricane on February 9, two boats lowered, Captain’s boat lost, several perished, survivors include Williams, Ross, Fear, and other officers and crew.
Charles A. Cone jun, noted General Passenger Agent of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, was knocked from a train in an accident. Details of location and circumstances are limited in the fragmentary report. Further identification of surrounding events and injury status is unavailable in the readable text.
Historic blast in Chester Pennsylvania at the Porter homestead occupied by Professor Jackson pyrotechnist demolished the building and caused numerous deaths and severe injuries. Firefighters found no explosives then another explosion followed. list of dead includes John Lamplough Thomas Donalson and many others with dozens wounded. Relief efforts underway as families face hardship. Also reports on congressional debates about voting laws and government reforms, including bills on bigamy, internal revenue, and bank charters.
Senate discussions highlight Edmunds anti polygamy measure facing fierce opposition from West and Pendleton, with Garland defending severe provisions. Tax and land bills receive committee review as apportionment rises Ohio to 21 and Illinois to 20, shaping fall elections.
The compilation notes a Virginia political veto, a civil divorce, and a major corporate failure in Louisville while detailing widespread Ohio River flooding. It cites a Madrid recalls of a French minister, anti dueling actions, moonshining arrests, and a plan to drive Maup S. to the pole with Vanderbilt.
The Ohio Legislature moved through a broad agenda with House measures on village elections, railroad regulation, widow exemptions, and state institution funding while Senate actions covered proration of canal repairs, criminal penalties, and municipal liquor control. Debates touched hiring practices in prisons, trust company regulation, and a State Board of Pardons as legislators adjourned amid remonstrances and petitions.
A roundup from Ohio includes Pat McLavaghan killed by a train near Hazelton, saloonkeepers paying fines for Sunday whisky sales, a Wyandot farmer dying at dinner, and Joan Kina disbarred for living with a prostitute. Also noted are resignations, pardons, curious deformity Samuel Goshorn, and a six‑toed German immigrant Lippert with a rare extra leg and possible removal.
In no time in memory has small-pox been epidemic over so large afield. Across the Continent, on the islands of the sea, and throughout the United States there is a widespread theory of small-pox.
Discovery shows a moral misstep since 1864 when a comma after tin plates in the tariff law caused a large fiscal loss. The note suggests proof readers needed semicolons and periods to prevent further government breaches.
Grorata reports heavier snowfall this winter than Illinois, with the globe’s apparent size shift noted. The remark frames regional snow comparisons as part of a broader climate discourse.
A medical college amphitheater scene ends in a chaotic free fight between a Texan and a Kentuckian. A referee enforces rules as 32 rounds unfold over about an hour. Oscar Wilde is mentioned alongside a boastful Marquis de Lenville in a spoof lash at pretension. A revival tale closes with a pastor’s daughter discovering a stolen gold watch buried by a prayerful suspect.
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