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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1884
Page
1
A stream of brief notes and humorous tidbits from a 19th century newspaper page. Topics touch on politics, culture, science, and society, including royal birthdays, literary gossip, inventions, fashion, and global curiosities with named places and persons. Notable items mention Albert Edward, Luther Cathlin, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, and various regional anecdotes.
In Chicago on November 16 a keg containing several gallons of paint and kerosene ignited as seven children played near an election bonfire. Bunnell Poole, age thirteen, and his brother Adam, ten, started the fire. Names of other injured children include Eddie Burke seven, Aggie Ward seven, a two year old son of James Daley, Stephen Bassett ten, and a three year old sister of Aggie. Seven children severely burned, several mortally.
Augusta November 16 Mr Blaine regards the official canvass in New York as settling the Presidential question He received a telegram stating Cleveland's plurality in the state would be 1137 He accepts the result and bows to the will of the people He will move to Washington next week and resume work on Twenty Years of Congress with his family at the Sargent House Farragut Square
In Baltimore on November 14 the Plenary Council held reports from several committees and announced a public session at the Cathedral on Sunday. Public sessions proceed in Latin, secret sessions in English. A Cathedral conference reviewed the week’s work, with no conclusions disclosed. Arch bishop Healers of Oregon preached on Indian Missions, and a Catholic National Colonization Association meeting is set for Tuesday.
In Livingston Kentucky on November 15 Simon Griffin while digging a well forty feet deep was overcome by toxic damp air and collapsed. Champ Mullins trying to rescue him also suffocated and fell, then was hauled out by rope. George Sambrook struggled but remained conscious. Mullins recovered, Griffin remained unconscious but expected to recover.
Maprio reports a majority of Spanish newspapers foresee an early conclusion of the commerce treaty with the United States. The accord is set to be among the first measures before the Cortes in December, with high expectations for prompt revival of trade and commerce.
Geo Mowbray, a Brooklyn machinist, returns from Aspinwall aboard the Coton reporting dire Chagres fever toll among Panama Canal workers. He notes high death rates in hospitals, brutal conditions, and low wages with skilled men earning 550 dollars and laborers three dollars daily.
Jacob Weber of Newport Ky died of a severe cold on November 2 after a week of illness. His funeral was held the next day and his body remained viewable in a coffin at Evergreen Cemetery for ten days, with visitors noting a lifelike face and flushed color. By yesterday morning pallor and forehead discoloration appeared, and the sexton warned this would be the last viewing.
The first National Convention of cattlemen opens at 11:30 in the Exposition Building. Delegates from the West, East, Mexico, England and Scotland attend. Speeches urge a unified national cattle policy. Colonel C. W. Water and Dorsey of New Mexico preside. Mayor Crittenden gives remarks. A frontier-themed interlude features Fort Dodge Kansas performers in period dress.
New Orleans on November 14 reports a three year old named Eddie Brooks faced a malicious mischief charge after Samnovitch swore out an affidavit. Officer Gordon brought the child to court in a carriage guarded by the officer. Judge Ford ruled the boy not old enough to be guilty and freed him, to the amusement of spectators.
At a Cincinnati factory on West Fifth Street, worker Wm. Schnitker aged about— was killed after slipping through a hatch while an elevator descended. The rope jerk unseated him as he clung to a guide rope, sending him sixty feet down to the basement stoves. He died within five minutes.
In Carro Illinois on November 12 the heavy water battery guns abandoned by rebels at Columbus Kentucky were recovered from the Mississippi River. A 64 pounder United States iron gun with a loaded shell was hauled up by barge and flat-car. Five additional pieces were found at the same site, with one heavier than the recovered gun.
In Buffalo on November 14 two convicts escaped from the city jail after cutting ropes and climbing to the roof. They lowered into the yard and fled. A third, Rogers, fell when his rope broke and is badly injured. Authorities issued a broad alert for the two escapees who remain at large.
A barn at Bellevue owned by Dr. Gandmeister burned with $5,000 loss and no insurance. Other items report a Cleveland and Pittsburg Railway brakeman crushed to death at Summitville, a Ottawa burglary and inmate assault, and an incinerating Jeromeville fire risking $20,000. Additional notes cover burglaries, robberies, and a Dayton drummer returning after 23 years at sea. The Governor calls for military aid to restore order in Hocking Valley.
Bill Nye recounts his near miss with a Wisconsin cyclone on the ninth of the month. He describes the storm’s path, the destruction of churches and stores, the death of two promising youths and a virtuous woman, and how the cyclone tipped his wagon and broke his leg while he rode. He notes the storm spared the impure and celebrates surviving the ordeal.
The account recalls Cyrus Field visiting Saint Paul in 1851 with his wife, seeking access to the treaty grounds at Traverse des Sioux. Field chartered the Franklin No 2 for a likely trip up the Minnesota River, guaranteeing ten dollars round trip and capacity for up to one hundred passengers. The venture, intended to witness the treaty where Sioux lands were ceded, earned him over two hundred dollars in profit and did not cost him anything.
Caicaco on November 14 reports baker George W. Brooks at 465 West Madison Street found a baby in his oven as it heated. He removed the infant from the bundle with a wooden shovel and handed the child to police, sending it to the Foundling's Home.
Captain George McClure of Detroit steered the schooner Frank Morris into Port Huron after a gale on Lake Huron knocked overboard his crew Wm. Clark and John Clifford. McClure was exhausted from exposure and efforts to save the vessel at 5 o clock this morning.
Twenty four bombs found in an unused Stoke Newington shed were taken by local youths for play. One exploded in a fire wrecking a house, another in the street. Thirteen were recovered and police investigate the mystery. Bombs sent to Woolwich for examination.
Laredo Texas reports rumors of serious revolutionary outbreaks in Nuevo Leon and Coahuila with Sabinas Hidalgo singled out. The Central Government moves to suppress the unrest as General Trevenoire arrives at Lampasas with troops on the Mexican National Railroad.
LANCASTER November 17 A Niagara express passenger Carr resident of this county leaned from the window and was struck by a bridge support dragged through the window to the track and instantly killed as the train crossed the Pequea Bridge near Seaman Place.
Ottawa reports October immigration totals in Canada with 11,718 arrivals including 7,618 settlers and 4,100 through passengers to the United States. Cumulative arrivals since January 1 reach 138,386, consisting of 80,510 settlers and 57,876 through passengers. Corresponding period last year recorded 163,485 arrivals, with 97,530 settlers and 65,950 passing to the States.
Fred Krueger son of Assemblyman Krueger and noted local businessman was found dead in a barn in Neenah after a self-inflicted gunshot. Authorities cited poor health and a romantic affair as factors in the death.
Rome on November 17 reports King Humbert urged municipal authorities to use funds that were to finance a grand welcome for his return to the capital for relief of cholera sufferers in the several cities.
During a Democratic celebration in Wellington Kansas, Mrs John Schnarr was killed when a skyrocket struck her eye. A misfired rocket wounded the Phillips House night clerk in the mouth and ear, with the clerk's condition described as precarious. W H Hood of Pittsburg was seriously wounded in the face.
Terre Haute Indiana yesterday a hunter Charles had his brains blown out by an accidental discharge of his gun during a hunting trip. The incident occurred near Terre Haute with authorities investigating the accidental shooting as a tragic mishap.
New York on November 17 reports the steamer Eider arrived from Europe Saturday with a cargo of gold totaling $660,000.
New York report shows October arrivals at 36,441 immigrants and 7,977 U.S. citizens returning from abroad. For ten months ending October 1884, total immigrants reached 414,324, down from 501,037 in the same period a year earlier.
Adage from the New York Journal urging thrift as tobacco users are reminded a friend keeps supply handy. The note frames saving over earning as wealth and hints at casual, everyday advice. No other context or events are provided in the fragment.
The Chicago Herald notes that six million dollars worth of silver is employed annually in the United States for manufacturing and decorative purposes, reflecting the metal’s prominent role in industry and design.
About five thousand patents have been granted by our Government for churns, and still inventors are at work perfecting new designs.
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