Through the St Gothard Tunnel in Thirty Three Minutes
A trial trip through the St Gothard Tunnel accomplished in thirty three minutes. Reports also note widespread smallpox in New York with 1200 cases and 400 deaths, and Advices from Dakota describe a deadly outbreak near Whapeton with twenty five of forty cases fatally ill. Prominent journalist W.8 George dies at Lansing Michigan. Durand Wisconsin loses a village to fire. Reverend Charles Hewes of San Francisco commits suicide. In Peruvians and Chili, debate continues over U S involvement. Standard Coal and Iron Company presiding officer Samuel Thomas resigns. James G. Blaine to succeed, and Jay Gould replaces Solon Humphrey at Walsh, St Louis and Pacific Railroad.
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Samuel Thomas
Standard Coal and Iron Company
Hocking Valley
Ohio
James G. Blaine
Solon Humphrey
Walsh, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad
Jay Gould
Humphrey
Gould
Russian Lena River Expedition Opens 1882 83
A Russian scientific expedition begins observations at the Lena River mouth during the 1882 83 season, aiming to catalog meteorology, currents, and flora and fauna in the Arctic estuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena River
Land Swindler Lindsay Sentenced in Ohio
The noted Missouri land swindler Robt. L. Lindsay was sentenced at Steubenville Ohio to nine years in the Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Robt. L. Lindsay
Steubenville
Ohio
Cincinnati Plans New Gas Company With $4,000,000 Capital
Cincinnati and Eastern capitalists to own the stock of a new gas company proposed for Cincinnati. The project contemplates a capital of 4,000,000 and positions Cincinnati as a key beneficiary in the venture.
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Cincinnati
Wife Murderer Hanged in St Louis
William H. Erb was executed by hanging in St Louis last Friday for murdering his wife by stabbing her in the back as she did laundry at the washtub.
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Wm. H. Erb
St. Louis
John P King Manufacturing Co organized in Augusta
The John P King Manufacturing Company is organized at Augusta Georgia with Charles Estes as president and capital of one thousand six.
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Southern Enterprise
John P. King Manufacturing Company
Augusta
Charles Estes
The Riot at Warsaw Arrests Reach Three Thousand
The recent riots in Warsaw Poland led to 3000 arrests. The prisoners are mostly young men.
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Warsaw
Poland
Railroad Building in 1881 Reaches Vast Mileage
The aggregate length of railroad laid in the United States during 1881 was about 9 000 miles, the greatest mileage of any previous year. This marks a peak in national railroad construction reflecting rapid expansion across the era.
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United States
An Aged Lawyer's Fate in Perjury Case
Daniel H. Stone a venerable New York lawyer is found guilty of perjury and sentenced to three years hard labor in prison. The verdict marks a dramatic fall from prominence for a once respected figure in the legal community.
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Daniel H. Stone
New York
Woman shoots husband in sleep then attempts suicide in jail
At Rogers Arkansas a woman shot her husband through the head while he slept. She was arrested and taken to jail where she cut her throat from ear to ear.
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Rogers, Ark
Irregularity at Taganrog Custom House Uncovers Defalcation
Dispatches from St. Petersburg report a defalcation of millions of rubles found in the Taganrog Custom House. All officials there are arrested as investigations begin.
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St. Petersburg
Taganrog
A December and May Case at Millersburg
A farmer near Millersburg Ohio Michael Ringler age seventy five was last week married to widow Anspach age thirty two years this two year union followed her previous marriage ending recently.
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Millersburg
Ohio
Michael Ringler
Anspach
Smallpox Outbreak Strikes Keokuk College
A medical college in Keokuk Iowa received a corpse from Chicago that had died of smallpox and failed to notice the disease. The dead body was cut up as a result forty students contracted smallpox.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Chicago
Shrewd thief fakes detective steals jewels in Newport
A thief posing as a detective stole a lady’s jewels in Newport Kentucky. The thief returned the items demanding 75 dollars for the service and was paid. It was later found the diamonds were missing and glass sets substituted.
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Newport
Kentucky
Fatal shooting in Gore ties to Weldon murder case
At Gore Ohio an unknown man entered Mrs. Mary Terrell residence and shot her dead before her two daughters. The victim is mother of a man recently convicted for the Weldon family killings, now serving his sentence.
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Gore
Ohio
Mary Terrell
Remarkable six-birth in Florence California
Mrs Cruse of Florence Los Angeles County California gave birth to six perfectly formed female children on the 29th instant according to a report by Dr Joseph Kurtz. The article calls it the most remarkable instance of the kind in the state and attributes it to the mild climate.
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Cruse
Florence
Los Angeles County
California
Joseph Kurtz
Freight wreck near Lancaster claims three lives
A freight train parted near Lancaster on the Pennsylvania Railroad and was struck from behind by a following train. The collision set the wreck ablaze as a third train collided, destroying three engines and seventy cars. The disaster killed three people and caused about $200,000 in damage.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Smallpox Spreads Across Nations and Continents
Smallpox appears widely in the United States with growing spread and alarming reports from Mexico and Australia. News from Sidney notes the disease prevailing to a troubling extent. Government and public health officials monitor developments as the outbreak expands internationally.
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United States
Mexico
Australia
Sidney
Lynching Reported in Prince Store Murders
Two men accused of murdering John Murrell and Thomas Glover at the J. B. & J. H. Prince store in Southampton County Virginia on December 23 were captured and lynched. Report says the killers were taken to the murder scene and hanged there.
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John Murrell
Thomas Glover
J. B
J. H. Prince
Southampton County
Virginia
Milwaukee Lawyer Gottlieb Engel Absent Without Trace
Prominent Milwaukee lawyer Gottlieb Engel, active in Jewish social circles, has disappeared leaving mourning clients and associations. The extent of embezzlement is uncertain but suspected to span years and reach many thousands of dollars. Other items note Spain and Chilean diplomacy regarding papal protection and Chili's stance with Peru.
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Gottlieb Engel
Milwaukee
Guiteau Trial Testimony Continues in Sanity Debate
The Harrisburg report details Dr Stevens cross examination and courtroom clashes as Guiteau asserts sanity amid interruptions. Expert witnesses including Dr McDonald and Dr Evarts testify on insanity, inspiration and the July 2 act, with the court threatening contempt and preparing to place the prisoner in the dock.
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Guiteau
Stevens
Scoville
Porter
Corkhill
Cox
Jamin Strong
Cleveland
Reed
Abram M.hew
Connecticut Hospital For the
College Hill
Ohio
A. E. M’donald
A. &. McDonald
Ward’s Island Insane Hospital
Jesus Christ
Crank
Abraham
M’donald
McDonald
Randolph Barksdale
Central Lunatic Asylum
Richmond Va
John H. Collender
Nashville
Tennessee
United States
Fedpie
Arisoner
Ife
Boston
New York
Washington
Collender
Matty
March Hare
Gee
Don Cameron
Mr. Cameron
Dr. Callendar
Walter Kemster
Wisconsin State Hospital For Insane
Gilfillan
Ingersoll
Carter
W. J. Sibley
L. W. Guiteau
Garfield
Jesus
Kemster
Corshill
Explosion on West Point steamer kills nineteen in hold
An explosion aboard the steamer West Point at West Point on the 27th killed nineteen men, eighteen of them colored, with L S Bradford the chief stevedore among the survivors. The cause remains unknown as several hundred barrels of oil including sixty gasoline burned fiercely, threatening more deaths if the inferno had not already claimed the victims.
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West Point
L. S. Bradford
Stevedore
Plucky School Girls Stand Up To Teacher At Dutcher District
Nellie Cook thirteen and her cousin Lizzie fourteen battle Granger Fuller, a 250 pound schoolmaster in Dutcher District near Constancia New York. They bite his fingers blacken his eyes tear his coat off smash his watch and emerge victorious. The girls are hailed as captains for their pluck and defiance of rule enforcement.
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Constantia
New York
Granger Fuller
Dutcher
Nellie Cook
Lizzie
Nellie
Record Immigrant Arrivals At Castle Garden Reach Peak
New York reports at Castle Garden the year just closed saw 432,635 arrivals, the highest on record, up 105,041 from 1880 and 114,041 above the four-year total 1875–1878. By origin in 1881: 188,255 Germans, 62,406 Irish, 86,552 English, 35,335 Swedes, about 14,000 Norwegians, roughly equal Italians, 339 Chinese, 49 Japanese, 21 British East Indians, 14 Greeks, and 9 Maltese.
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New York
Castle Garden
Sweden
Norway
Italy
China
Japan
British East Indies
Greece
Malta
Riot in Plymouth North Carolina Sparks Federal Alarm
A Plymouth dispatch reports a riot where a town constable was wounded and a posse member mortally, others stabbed. Arrests followed. prisoners fled en route to jail, sheriff attacked, and riots continued as authorities faced armed rioters. The governor sent several companies to restore order.
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Plymouth
North Carolina
Notable Wedding in Paris Unites Seligman Daughter
Leonora Seligman daughter of American basketballer William Seligman wed Dr Wasserman in Paris last week. Ceremony by Grand Rabbi Isidore of France and SafJok Cahn of Paris. Bride’s witnesses Minister Morton Ferdinand de Lesseps. groom’s witnesses Wiertz Grimand. Leonora, born in New York, 21, educated in Paris, residing there fifteen years.
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Leonora Seligman
Willian Seligman
Basker
Paris
Wasserman
France
Isidore
SafJok Cahn
Morton
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Wiertz
French Academy of Medicine
Grimand
Ecole Polytechnique
New York
Newspaper Under Siege at Pretoria During 100 Days
The News of the Camp printed amid heavy difficulties during the siege of Pretoria. An improvised press operated in a rain soaked shed with a makeshift roof while editors stood guard in mud. Forty issues of four pages each, bound now, include fourteen photo illustrations.
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Pretoria
The Manic Patient Riding a Hobby Horse Joke
A resident physician encounters an adult patient in a lunatic asylum riding a hobby horse. The doctor notes the paradox in the patient’s reply that he is riding his hobby horse, highlighting the idea that a hobby can be stopped by the rider, unlike a broader, non literal hobby that may control the rider.
English poet Oscar Wripz arrives in the United States
A late 19th century dispatch notes English poet Oscar Wripz arriving in the country. The report also lists a string of other items: riots in Warsaw with casualties, political shifts in Ohio, rail and business news, a severe bakery of accidents, a boarding house fire in Richburg with deaths, and a Shanesville Knights of Pythias hall disaster with multiple injuries.
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Oscar Wripz
Warsaw
Poland
How
O. J. Hope
Cleveland
Ohio
Canada
Edward J. Morris
Philadelphia
James Gordon Bennett
St. Petersburg
North Pole
United States
Boston and Maine
Ohio state news fragment reports deaths and incidents
A chaotic list reports a mix of events including mental health adjudications, factory completions, fatal accidents and murders. Notable items mention Mrs. Resecca Crouse declared insane at Cardington, a Bellefontaine furniture factory employing 500, a miner Everly's death north of Phillipsburg, and Joan Croft's suspected poisoning. Also noted are forgeries involving Fred Newburg, Wheel ing and Lake Erie shops location to Norwalk, and a Tragedy in Morgan Ri near Terrill.
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Resecca Crouse
Cardington
Neatson Penn & Co
Cincinnati
Thomas J. Peck
Hudson Enterprise
Chagrin Falls
Everly
Phillipsburg
Neasy Dell Roy Williame
Dayton
JuddGxr
W. W. Woon
Union County
Patterson
Fuller
Williams
Wii
London
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors
Fayette County
Wau
Harr May
Magnolia
S County
Watkins Brothers
Fred French
Edwin French
Austinburg
Robert Pray
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Norwalk
Commodore Garrison
New York
Dan P. Eets
Cleveland
Eels
Apa Iuer
Massillon
Wooster
Ee Lover
Iss Ler
Gon
Morgan Ri
Mary Terrill
Nelson Dies From Fatal Wound At Trafalgar
An eyewitness recounts Admiral Horatio Nelson being struck by a ball from the mizzentop at Trafalgar about nine fifteen, the wound passing through the spine and neck. He fell, spoke briefly, then, despite all effort, grew mortal. His attendants kept his fate secret as the battle raged around him.
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Nelson
Hardy
Secker
Man in New York Claims Miracle Powers
Trent, a New York resident, asserts he can perform miracles and proposes running a daily within a weekly town to finance reform. He urges individual zeal as the starting point for changing the world.
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Trent
New York
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