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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1883
Page
1
The jury found Hallet Kilbourn versus John G. Thompson for damages of 60,000 after a trial on false imprisonment by order of the House of Representatives. A prior trial awarded 100,000 but was set aside as excessive. the case will be appealed.
Special Agent Beckford of the Land Office in Bismarck reports to Washington the discovery of widespread fraudulent land claims in Dakota. He says about half of yearly government land sales are irregular, with lands eventually claimed by settlers who must pay a “sweat money,” disadvantaging the poor and slowing settlement.
Senator Minari of California protests to the Secretary of State that Chinese officials practice fraud enabling Chinese laborers to enter the United States as teachers students merchants or travelers. The Tug Chief Signal Service reports diminished support and plans to extend the Pacific Coast service. Supreme Court hears the Dorsey will case alleging undue influence by Jefferson Davis. War Secretary receives Indiana General Carnahan proposal for a National encampment of State troops in Washington in May 1884.
Miss Aggie Hill sues Senator Sharon in San Francisco for divorce and property division. Hill produced a marriage contract on the 8th, Sharon denounced it as a forgery, a judge ordered Sharon removed, and the certificate will be photographed. The Senate River Committee arrived in Vicksburg, Miss on the 8th to inspect Mississippi River government improvements, and approved the River Commission plans.
An American named Degheest of the American National Bank and Olivier a French merchant fought a duel at Chapultepec Mex on the 8th. Olivier was killed and Degheest severely wounded. Swords were used. The dispute stemmed from seats at the races a few days earlier.
Moses, nineteen year old husband of the fat woman who died in Baltimore, sold his wife’s body to a local physician named Hill. He cites poverty and need for money as the reason for the sale. the payment amount is not disclosed.
The main walls of the Mormon Temple at Salt Lake were completed on the ninth. They stand ten feet thick, built of solid granite, and eighty five feet high. The foundation was laid twenty eight years ago and the cost to date is four and a half million dollars. It is estimated to take six more years to finish.
An explosion of boilers on the tug James M. Thompson occurred opposite Ward's Island in the East River on the 9th. The vessel blew apart, killing the captain, his wife, and the engineer, with another employee fatally wounded. Fragments fatally struck the helmsman of a passing schooner.
Colonel J Condit Smith, Vice President and General Manager of the Chicago and Atlantic Railroad Company, died at New York on the 9th. He served as Quartermaster of General Sherman’s corps during the war and later became prominent in railroad enterprises.
John H. Glover a New York lawyer brought suit in the Superior Court to restrain the Elevated Railroad Company from operating in front of his premises. Judge Ingraham awards judgment for the plaintiff with costs and delays injunction for six months to allow the company time to acquire the property.
A six year old Italian girl died of yellow fever at Charity Hospital in New Orleans a few days ago. The immigrant family had recently arrived in the city and faced tragic loss amid the outbreak, highlighting the peril facing newcomers during the epidemic.
Orrin A. Carpenter faced a preliminary examination in Lincoln Illinois for the murder of Zora Burns. He was admitted to bail of 10000 for the January term of court. The murderer's father caused a scene by attacking the accused but was restrained by police.
A Danville Virginia meeting adopted a resolution naming a committee of forty to investigate the riot dated the 8th and to prepare a full statement of causes and circumstances, including conduct of white citizens from the riots to closing of polls on the 6th.
The body of Mrs. Hannah Donnegan was found in the river days after she vanished from her St. Louis home on October 19. Identified by her husband, she was last seen drinking and officials believe the death was accidental.
At Mt Mourne North Carolina on the 10th a crowd of sixty five black residents captured Lawrence White and hanged him. The man had killed a colored man named Frazier a few days earlier while White was under arrest when seized by lynchers.
Early returns from New York show a 234,976 majority in favor of abolishing convict contract labor in state prisons. Only a few districts have reported, and observers expect the final tally to grow as more votes are counted.
Official returns from nearly all counties in New Jersey show Abbott with a 6,678 vote majority over Dixon. Parsons the Temperance candidate received about 6,000 votes and Urner the National candidate about 3,000. In Pennsylvania the official majorities for Auditor General and Treasurer are Niles 16,726 and Livsey 19,886, both Republicans.
An organized gang of expert thieves operates near Pittsburg with three recent robberies. The boldest crime saw the safe of Samuel Schultz hauled from a building on planks and blown open with powder, stealing over two thousand dollars in valuables.
The four hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther's birth was widely observed on the eleventh with imposing services in leading churches commemorating Luther's life and work.
A portion of the new south wing of the Capitol building in Madison Wisconsin collapsed on the eighth. The roof walls and iron and stone columns fell trapping workers. Four men died instantly and twenty were injured, with several expected to die. The cause is under investigation.
A Dallas theater actress known as Lilly Dale dressed as an old woman to flee after leaving the venue. Report indicates associates lost diamonds valued at 5000 dollars, with Lilly Dale named as the alleged thief. Her listed home is in Illinois.
At Laurinburg North Carolina during a colored religious service the hall floor collapsed and walls fell. Rescue workers pulled people from the ruins and found two dead and eight seriously wounded.
A residence on Asa L Biggs’s property near Franklin Virginia burned on the night of the 11th. Biggs, son of a late North Carolina judge, perished in the flames. His wife and child were rescued with difficulty, Mrs Biggs severely burned while trying to save him.
The Cotton Crop of Texas notes a drop in total cotton yield for 1883 and 1884, estimated at thirty percent below last year. The report signals a continuing decline in Texas cotton production.
In Columbiana County Arkansas border Ephraim Bandy called Wim Scott from his house and shot him dead, on ac.
Report of a fire damp explosion at Moorefield Colliery Lancashire on the 7th left 63 miners dead or dying, with none escaping serious harm. Other items note gold discovery on a Dakota farm, mob violence in Texas, Ireland emigration policy critique, a New Hampshire death, storm damage, and fiscal bond negotiations.
Frep. FRANKE a sewing-machine agent was fatally beaten by highwaymen near Ottawa, escaping with $400. Cincinnati grain talks over Turkish grade and No 2 red, with Board review. Winter farmers institutes across forty Ohio counties from November 30 to March 1. Cassidy Harris Run singer jailed for $1000 bail in Sandusky for freight car burglary. Dayton mail money found in 1870 in old post office building. Fremont closes Sunday, labor statistics show Cincinnati workers earnings $618, state $649 with expenses. Canton oil driller tests gas, city permit proposal. Bellevre driver Martin Avrop killed on Nickel Plate. An eight-year-old burned in Youngstown. Fremont robbery pleas and sentences. Chess of small-town bank embezzlement case. Public notices on patents drive wells declared invalid. Various obituaries and local misfortunes across Ohio.
A discussion of Mongol reactions to foreign missionaries who travel with medicines to heal and teach Christianity. It explains how initial awe fades as cures prove limited, causing people to question motives and reliability. The piece notes persistent admiration for unselfish care and the challenge of religious sanction versus practical belief.
Hong Kong dispatch reports Admiral Courbet postponing the Bac Ninh assault until routes can support heavy cannon transport. Chinese arsenals rush manpower and mobilize southward while Paris papers note a document tying the Sontay Bac Ninh action to a broader war with China.
The article explains why modern pencils lack real lead, noting graphite from Cumberland mines and the shift from lead to carbon in pencil cores. It outlines grades of hardness from fine points to broad marks, detailing grinding, mixing with clay, forming, drying, and wood casing. It also cites fashion notes on New York youths ordering American and London goods via the Atlantic cable.
In & Maysville Kentucky a notice promotes Massie Beasley of Aberdeen Ohio as a matrimonialist for elopements. The Indianapolis Journal notes his advertising and philanthropic stance, inviting lovers to call for nuptial services, praising the enterprise and offering free publication.
A Cuiiaco judge rules that calling someone a liar is not slander unless damages are proven. The New York Herald extols buckwheat cake recipes for the poor. Milwaukee Telegraph says owning a fast horse signals great stature. Philadelphia reports record stamp sales. A French paper suggests stamping on the sealed side to deter prying eyes. London notes typhoid linked to milk. health inspectors urge boiling suspicious milk.
A Brooklyn man was jailed for stealing brandy but released after claiming insanity from extreme thirst. Mr Warnock arrived in New York with a Europe bought coffin, seized as personal property subject to duty. An adviser jokes travelers wear coffins. A veteran traveler praises American reporters versus English peers who reportedly show dirty hands and infrequent shaving.
The New York Mail and Express notes cultured Boston people call fish-balls piscatoria globes and say peanuts, claimed to aid dyspepsia, are now served with coffee and fruit at fashionable dinners.
American machinists, trained in shops, are described as bright and skilled but behind foreign workers in education and the ability to lay out work, make sketches, and draw designs to scale.
Directors of the Cincinnati Board of Trade and Transportation adopted a committee report declaring the trade dollar a nuisance and urging a memorial to Congress for its redemption by the Government and withdrawal from circulation. The 1883 wheat crop is 100 million bushels smaller than last year, 50 million more than 1882, leaving a 160 million bushel export surplus likely to attract European demand at a favorable price.
The observer notes Irving's debut confounded New York critics by questioning his place in tragedy. He contrasts the critics' confusion with a cartoonish image of a hen puzzled by a frog among her chicks, highlighting the unsettled reception of the performance.
Senator Morritt as finance chairman considers a floated idea to puncture cent coins with holes of different shapes so they are harder to mix up. The plan comes from an artist who claims to have passed out five dollar gold coins as five cent nickels at night.
A Georgia judge in Cochran ended a courtroom dispute by saying he must go home to set out potato slips. He left before arguments concluded, promising that his decision would be written and available later.
The article notes Brooklyn as a bidder while the city’s eagle is pressed to acknowledge. It discusses inland cities chosen for proximity to the geographic center, with Cincinnati near the population center per the last census, possibly influencing favorable rankings.
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