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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1886
Page
2
War news from Dakota reports rising tensions as multiple nations align for what could become a large conflict. The piece notes the likelihood of a major European war and hints at swift developments in the coming days.
For the first time there will be no October election in Ohio following a constitutional amendment approved last year that moved the annual state election from October to November. The change ends the long standing October ballot tradition and aligns state elections with the new November schedule.
The silicified forest in Arizona called Shalcedony Park covers 1000 acres. Fallen trees have lithified into agate and jasper, producing wood of red, brown, and green hues considered among the most colorful.
The Spanish Chamber of Deputies has freed Cuba, making it wholly free territory. Brazil remains the lone Western Hemisphere nation recognizing slave labor by law, though gradual emancipation is expected to make Brazil a free state eventually.
Dispatch reports widespread alarm in the Montana mining district as silver prices fall sharply. The Inter Mountain estimates about 50,000 Territory residents rely on mining and related enterprises including merchants farmers and mechanics. A ten cent drop per ounce slashes profits and may force closures without a rebound.
Gen Logan Gov Alger and other Grand Army veterans on the way to the San Francisco encampment narrowly escaped disaster in Echo canyon when two locomotives wrecked after a stray engine collision. All passengers survived and marked the moment with song and praise rather than revelry.
The southwest bears the worst drought this year with vast cattle losses in Texas and New Mexico as water vanishes and grasses fail. Ranchers rush stock to market as poor cattle lead the forward sale wave across the region.
The Lowell Courier laments a small group of shallow critics who filled its columns with nonsense for four years. The piece mocks their pretensions while defending thoughtful discourse underlined by references to philosophy and intellectual curiosity.
Russia recently shipped a bulk petroleum cargo to London using a ship specially built for the task. A US vessel followed, its design resembling a three masted cargo steamer but internally divided into cells to hold liquid and manage gas expansion. The craft carries an elaborate pumping system with four pumps, the largest capable of discharging the entire load in twelve hours.
General Grant never wrote or requested burial at Mount McGregor. Col Grant says his father only mentioned New York Galena and St Louis in a note after losing his voice. He preferred Washington as burial place and warned the capital might not be rebuilt if sacked.
Senator Miller of New York declares the oleomargarine bill passes with strong provisions to stamp and brand oleomargarine and its imitations. The act imposes penalties, equips detection machinery, and aids state enforcement, addressing cross border fraud avoided by chemical analysis.
State report lists pardons granted by Gov Hubbard for multiple Minnesota men and two in federal cases. Names include John Arken Douglas county larceny two years and James Saxby Ramsey county larceny two years, with several others in Hennepin Ramsey Olmsted and other counties for assault with intent to do great bodily injury larceny counterfeit currency and bigamy.
The village of Spencer nine miles north of Marshfield was three fourths destroyed by fire on the seventh inst. Most of the town burned including the depot water tank two churches public school and several mills and about fifteen million feet of lumber. About 60 families are homeless and the town is in great danger. Loss estimated at 400000 with about 40000 insured. No lives reported lost though several residents were in woods nearby. The town is virtually wiped out.
A warehouse owned by Dalrymple and Carrington, hardware merchants at Ashland Wisconsin, was destroyed by a fire. The article notes accompanying weather and other varied items but the warehouse blaze stands as the main readable incident.
The first session of the Forty-ninth congress ends after 241 days with passage of numerous measures. 164 Senate days and 185 House days, 13,202 measures introduced, 1,101 passed both houses, 806 signed into law, 181 by limitation, 100+ vetoes, and ongoing public works funding amid broad policy actions and amended appropriations.
The River and Harbor bill won approval after careful review by the president, Gen. Newton, and Gen. Burke. Several items were questioned but most were deemed meritorious. pensions for disabled soldiers were expanded with rising monthly rates. Other items included court confirmations, resignations, and political notes from Madison and Washington.
In a Providence journal excerpt Jupiter remains the evening star and may have his last appearance on the evening stage in August as September brings him closer to the sun. Uranus Mars and Mercury follow varied paths with brief conjunctions and near encounters, Venus and Saturn align briefly in the morning sky.
Fremont Ohio dispatch reports ex president Rutherford B Hayes declined an interview request from the Democratic Messenger on the death of Mr Tilden. Hayes notes nothing in their relations prevents sharing in the proper sentiments for a respected political leader and statesman.
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