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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1884
Page
1
In June 1882 Rochester, a man describes severe rheumatic pain and paralysis that left him crippled and near death. After trying many remedies, his wife gave him Hop Bitters which rapidly eased suffering. Within hours he walked and soon returned to work, praising the tonic's powerful effects for himself and wife.
New York, Feb 28 The Morse inquest continues with Mary Blackburn testifying that McGivney asked to marry her, Morse as suitor, and Morse’s wish to be dead. Thomas McGivney admits a week of conflict over theatrical matters and describes a questionable scene with Blackburn. The coroner plans further cross examination to rebut testimony.
Apaches raid Sonora and cross toward the border killing two near Chinapa and Jesus Duarte Chinavirachi, wounding others, and stealing cattle and horses from Los Piedras and De Lumbre. Mexican authorities pursue. a federal force and Colonel Garcia lead large detachments in pursuit.
Four boys aged ten to seventeen died when a powder-house containing over six tons of powder exploded south of Omaha on February 27. Victims named were Chris Madsen seventeen, William Abney sevto Stitt ven. The magazine, owned by Steele Johnson, stood two and a half miles south of the city. The blast shattered nearby buildings, leveled trees, and caused extensive damage as the Fire Department responded. A gruesome report notes a severed head found on a thirty-foot limb.
Trinkitat reports General Graham leaving Fort Baker this afternoon with a bivouac tonight and a march planned for Tech tomorrow where a decisive battle is projected. One company remains on guard at Trinkitat as two steamers proceed up the White Nile bearing proclamations from General Gordon.
East bound passenger train from Paris to Indianapolis collides with westbound freight one mile east of Paris Illinois. Both engines demolished and many cars wrecked. Freight crewman Keman Lindsey killed instantly. Dozens of passengers injured. rumors put fatalities at twelve. Conductor failed to notice incoming passenger train until collision.
A third floor blaze in a frame building occupied by Cornelius Van Riper, his wife, and three children, plus N Connell ly, suffocated and burned to death. The wife leapt from a third story window and perished. Loss set at $400. bodies taken to Eleventh Precinct Station. Cause of fire unknown.
Enz Pennsylvania February 29 seven able seamen of the United States steamer Michigan volunteered to go with the Greenley relief expedition. They were examined by a surgeon and approved by telegraphic orders from Washington. Names listed: C. J. J. Wachter C. L. Blanc J. Allman A. L. Finn P. Magins Thos Wilson.
In February at Maysville Kentucky about forty feet of the western wall of Robinson and Co flour mill fell as floodwaters surrounded the foundation. The brick two story building suffered collapse costing about $1000 to replace the wall and halt business.
Washington February 27. Ex-Senator Spencer proposes damages against Attorney General Brewster for defamation of character and injury to his business citing the Star Route cases and a bogus subpoena. He says the arrest was illegal and aimed at sending him to prison for not obeying it.
The Consul General of Greece announces the government has abolished the prohibition against importing Asian hog products. The action marks a policy shift affecting trade with New York and other ports as of February 28.
In Trinxitat on February 29, four miles from Fort Baker preparations were underway to move a force under 5,000. Early skirmishers met rebel pickets near Fort Baker as shots exchanged. A Fort Baker spy says rebels, overconfident, neglect duties to feast. Reports from Suakim claim a clash with friendly tribes near there resulting in 40 camels captured.
A major blaze destroyed Powers & Wightman chemical works in Philadelphia, the nation’s largest of their kind, with losses estimated at 1.506 million dollars. Firefighters were stretched thin as engines were tied up at a wool mills fire, delaying response. Coon Brothers & Co. warehouse at 99 South Water Street suffered about 10 thousand dollars in damage.
Nashville, Tenn., February 29. Marshall T. Polk, former state treasurer, died at East Nashville tonight after a brief illness. He was reportedly in his usual health and talking with family moments before death. His son James Knox Polk saw his arm fall and found him dead.
In St Louis on February 29 a pipe burst on a steam coil at St Patrick's Church. Steam filled the building as the congregation tried to flee in a rush. Several were trampled and an elderly lady named Mary McLaughlin was fatally injured. Father McCaffery urged the people to stay, but his plea failed.
Jeremiah Van Rex aged sixty nine of Amity Township left for Reading in a buggy. Severe cold winds chilled him. He reached a hotel but could not move and died after lingering in an upstairs room until 1 20 p.m.
A heavy gale and snowbound conditions shut down roads across Saratoga and Churchville. A Delaware and Hudson freight train north of East Line blocks communication, while five New York Central freight trains are frozen to the tracks. West-bound traffic halted amid extreme cold.
Washington February 27 The bill repealing the test oath has passed the Senate after Senate Judiciary Committee amendment. The measure bars any person who held a U S Army or Navy commission before the war and later served in Confederate States military naval or civil service from appointment to U S Army or Navy positions.
Detroit February 27 George E. Smith a Union City Branch County corporation attorney shot himself this morning and likely will die. He had quarrels with insurance firms he represented alleging crooked practices. A new agent had just arrived to review his affairs when the shooting occurred. Smith was married and counted among Detroit society's best.
A New London report from February 28 notes seven sailors on the schooner Sarah W Hunt died by drowning and starvation while seeking seals near Campbell Island in the Pacific. The brigantine captain, aided by a boy, kept the vessel on course for a month as the crew was lost, with the captain and steward surviving after drifting about 650 miles to New Zealand.
The Post Office and Custom House in Chicago is declared unsafe by the Inspector of the Postal Department and will require about half a million dollars to bring it to proper condition. The structure was only nine years old at the time.
The South Bend Wagon Company at Mishawaka suffered a midnight blaze destroying the main building and all machinery. Loss set at 25,000 with 315,090 insured. Fire will trigger immediate rebuilding plans.
TRINKITAT March 1 British forces under General Graham attacked Egyptian rebels near Fort Baker with 4000 troops forming a square advancing three miles amid heavy fire. Baker Pasha wounded, British casualties 24 killed, 142 wounded, enemy claims include about 1000 killed. Arabs suffer 1119 dead at Jeb, camp looted, Tokar garrison moved, siege operations to Tamaneib planned.
Money clerk Prentiss Tiller of Pacifi cany and a stranger absconded with nearly 75000 in money packages. Sunday security had left the front doors locked and the rear doors guarded. A watchman, three messengers, and detectives report no further leads as of now.
Reports from Bismarck Jamestown and Fargo describe a March 1 blizzard with winds 40 to 50 mph. Snowdrifts blocked streets and trains all day as temperatures fell five to ten degrees below zero. By tonight northwest regions were clearing though the cold persisted.
A foundational ledger from St. John’s Lodge, the first Masonic lodge in Philadelphia, covering June 1731 to June 1758, has been unearthed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Members include Benjamin Franklin, whose 1731 initiation date is now clarified by the record, marking the oldest American lodge book and among the world’s oldest.
Hallifax N S March 2 The steamer Juliet from Newcastle England reports fearful storms and seas with revolving hurricanes heavy fields of ice and immense icebergs A two master steamer was sighted apparently jammed between two bergs but name not seen Later an oil tanker or petroleum ship was seen afire The crew are believed rescued by a passing ship
Philip Pitsing, a prominent German farmer in western Errixcuam Township Illinois, was severely injured when the horse he led with a halter bolted, the strap tied to his wrist causing a fractured skull and additional injuries. he is likely fatally hurt.
In Joliet Illinois Captain John McDonald Deputy Warden of the Penitentiary was attacked this afternoon by Frank Rande a notorious desperado. Rande struck with a poker crushing the skull and was subdued after being shot in the hip and head. Both men are believed to be fatally wounded.
Smithfield Illinois authorities telegraphed the U S Marshal at Springfield to report the arrest of a counterfeit gang this morning. The four captured members are identified as Mr and Mrs Fiestery and Mr and Mrs Arnold.
Constantinople reports the porte rejected the French ambassador’s mission to open a French college at Beyront, arguing public instruction would infringe royal prerogatives. The minister responded by sending an indignant priest to the Sultan.
The Chicago Herald notes that four percent of the U S population are from other countries and thirteen percent are African descent while whites native and immigrant groups from Germany and Great Britain make up the remainder, highlighting demographic composition.
In Worcester Massachusetts carpenters renewing Union Station flooring discovered fifty seven dollars and fifty one cents in loose change wedged through a crack in the flooring, an unusual hidden stash found during routine restoration work.
Reports from TRINKSTAT and London wire say about 2000 rebels slain in Friday’s battle. Prisoners are being held as details emerge on revolt causes against Egyptian rule. Local natives blame tax collectors for sparking the uprising while British troops move toward Khartoum vicinity.
Mr Bayne of Pennsylvania will offer three amendments concerning reprints. The first requires that type setting and printers work for reprints be done in the country. The second reduces copyrighting time from a year to sixty days. The third allows publishers to reprint foreign works with ten percent of net receipts paid to the author.
The Supreme Court rules the Legal Tender Act of March 31 1878 valid and constitutional. Treasury notes issued under it are legal tender for all debts. Justice Gray writes the majority opinion with Justice Field dissenting.
Washington March 3 General H G Wright chief of engineers will retire on Thursday His military record defending Washington and his service in the Kentucky and Tennessee campaigns will be remembered He ranks among the ablest engineers of his corps and will probably be succeeded by General Newton an officer and engineer of equal standing
Toreka Kansas on March 3 reports Governor received a dispatch from Lieutenant Governor Finney of Neosho Falls Woodyson County stating mouth and foot disease has broken out among cattle nearby and spreading. The Governor telegraphed the Commissioner of Agriculture in Washington to send a surgeon.
In Wilkes Barre on March 3, the boilers at the California Sawmill in Bean Creek exploded, destroying the mill and killing Rudolph Sipler Whitnehitebread and Jesse Knecht. The blast sent bodies several hundred feet and caused about $8,000 in losses.
Mapex Mass March 3 Jerry Kellcher and Patrick Feeley quarreled. Feeley shoved Kellcher into a grinding machine. Kellcher lost an arm and is believed fatally injured.
John L Campbell of Clarion County Pa escaped last night from the Allegheny County Workhouse by digging through an eighteen inch brick wall.
Washington March 3 The House Committee on Appropriations agreed to report adversely the joint resolutions making appropriations for the relief of sufferers from the high water along the Lower Mississippi.
Albany reports on March 3 that the governor signed a bill barring contracts for convict labor in state prisons and penitentiaries, affecting how labor is sourced and managed within the state penal system.
The text notes a six month imprisonment maximum for usury under French law plus a fixed fine. It claims usury cases reach courts constantly and asserts most lenders face no legal trouble, implying the total amount of fraudulent lending in France is very large.
The Dawes committee reported favorably on the bill allotting land in severalty to the Indians of the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon. Senate and House actions covered telegraph company inquiries, pleuro pneumonia measures, and Navy bill considerations with adjournments and amendments, including pension legisation and appropriations for public buildings.
William King, once a Methodist convert at Caldwell Kentucky, confessed to robbing a store in 1863 of goods valued at three hundred dollars. He paid the proprietor the amount plus twenty years’ interest the next day, but was arrested and jailed. St. Louis Post.
The New Jersey Legislature ends the contract system in prisons, removing external labor arrangements and shifting work programs to state operated facilities. The reform affects inmate labor, oversight, and potential cost changes within corrections.
Columbus February 26 Senate passed bills authorizing levee construction at Zanesville and Marietta with costs of 23000 and 3000 dollars, plus completing Volume V Geology of Ohio and distributing it. Also authorized Brown County to issue bonds and many bills introduced on education, roads, railroads, and fish protections amid adjournments.
Rev J W Pillsbury pastor of Mt Sterling Madison County has become a raving maniac over sanctification and is held in esteem yet his mind gave way under pressure. The Weldon family last killer verdict confirms Nancy Hite as the final victim and property passes to the Hites. A flood relief fund in Cincinnati realizes $1500 from 6400 guesses on vase contents. Fatal injuries for Joseph Kimpflin near Akron when a freight train started while he rode bumper. he loses both legs below the knees. Roddenbaugh of Summit County killed by a train while intoxicated near Norton. Thomas Cox miner killed by falling mine debris. Jacob Eyler a Dayton area resident commits suicide by hanging. Mr and Mrs George Pratt and daughter suffer convulsions after canned tomatoes but survive with treatment.
A grinder calculates that it takes one thousand crank turns to earn two cents. Mabel proclaims preparation as a chorus line outdoing Gordon in brevity. English journals are stricter than American ones about women authors but do not urge the Queen to write again. China prepares a weather service with foreign guidance and climatology study.
A New York chemist found a sample labeled as black pepper to be entirely adulterated. A wide mouthed bottle of chloride of lime on a shelf is claimed to purify air and prevent diseases like diphtheria. In New Orleans a cremation society urges burning bodies of paupers and small pox patients.
English figures show ninety electric light companies in Britain with total capital of 26 million dollars, nearly as large as the capital of gas companies in the same country, signaling stronger prospects for electric lighting than here.
In a Manchester lecture, Mr Leo Grindon estimated that out of 100000 known flowering plants about 10000 are directly useful to humans and about 5000 are more or less poisonous or harmful.
A Scranton Pennsylvania Hebrew woman Miss Justine Levy has died after marrying a Gentile named Farr, prompting the Jewish community to ostracize her and place crape on the door-knob of the home she left.
A fragmented wartime note urges citizens to avoid consuming foods linked to enemy territories and to heed patriotic guidance amid shortages. The incomplete text mentions Cincinnati and German origins, reflecting wartime sentiment and rationing themes.
The quotation attributed to Mue Exxst recalls a practice inviting a trusted lady friend to review all dresses for beauty and appeal. It advises selecting one outfit with her help and then choosing another.
Huey J. Jewrrr is listed as a director in twenty railroad companies, Samuel Sloan serves on twenty three boards, Jay Gould appears in twenty four firms, George Roberts in twenty six, Augustus Schell in twenty eight, Sidney Dillon in thirty six, and Frederick L. Ames in fifty two, signaling broad corporate influence across the industry. Bias toward named figures across multiple rail interests highlights vast networks of control.
A Boston man states that over the last twenty years about 20,000 divorces were granted in New England. He notes Massachusetts and Vermont see three of fourteen marriages end in divorce, Rhode Island one in twelve, and Connecticut one in eight.
A competent entomologist has been engaged in exterminating the tree destroyers in Central Park New York. Surveys found 319 varieties of predatory insects and over three thousand trees affected. Thirteen bushels of cocoons and eggs were collected during the initial sweep.
Some claim there is no real Mocha coffee in the markets while others insist that imitation Mocha from Rio called pea berry is common. A few dealers say they regularly import authentic Mocha brands and protest against claims to the contrary.
SoupaN is a vast Upper Egyptian battleground stretching from Nubia to Abyssinia and from the Red Sea to the Syrian Desert. It is densely populated by numerous Arab tribes with an estimated population between thirty and forty millions.
In Boston a proposed cremation society and ongoing body incineration preparations trigger strong clerical opposition. Clergy condemn the plan as an affront to heaven and the sanctity of human emotion and the afterlife.
A young Austrian lieutenant lost his commission for refusing a duel arguing it violated civil and military law and his religion. A Court of Honor of superior officers ruled the defense valid, making the decision effective immediately.
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