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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1886
Page
2
The Vermont legislature backs a campaign against butter substitutes by approving a bill requiring hotels and restaurants to display a conspicuous notice when using oleomargarine or related products.
Reports from Gloucester and other New England ports show continued losses to American fishermen after the abrogation of fishery clauses in the Washington treaty. Dominion agents report forfeited privileges and reduced catches.
By November 1 New York area projects reached 3 704 with an estimated cost of 53 119 068 up 13 million from the prior year. Brooklyn, viewed as part of New York, is experiencing rapid growth alongside the city’s expansion.
It is claimed that those using glasses have risen by thirty three and one third percent from prior periods. The increase is blamed on buying glasses from unskilled sellers and on notions of economy in choosing cheap lenses. The number of opticians has accordingly risen.
The New York Mail and Express reports a noted city physician endorsing tar smoke therapy for diphtheria. It claims the smoke dissolves fibrous exudations and relieves patients quickly by sealing a room and burning pitch on a hot shovel to create the smoke.
About sixty concerns form a National Knit Goods Manufacturers Association while a local group covers Cohoes and Waterford with twenty eight mills. Most manufacturers view the stoppage as beneficial, noting improved trade conditions overall.
English economist Sir George Campbell advocates a controversial program nicknamed Swan breeding to improve marriages by selective pairing. He argues the human race will decline if youths marry for love rather than fit, and urges applying physiological knowledge to arrange matches.
Secretary Hayes of the Knights of Labor explains to a Philadelphia reporter that the order allows political canvassing as individuals but forbids political action in its official capacity. He notes local assemblies cannot act politically while in session but may reconvene as citizens.
A compiled list shows the expiration dates for presidential post office commissions from December 1, 1856 to April 1, 1887 across multiple states. Entries include location, incumbent, and the exact expiration date such as Dakota Vermillion C G Shaw January 29 1887 and Fargo Noah N Tyner March 1.
George Hazlett and Sadie Allen of Buffalo rode through Niagara Falls rapids in Hazletts barrel on Sunday the 28th. They started at Maid of the Mist landing and were in the whirlpool five minutes before rescue. A rope tow brought them ashore after a tense voyage marked by a tight manhole cover and near capsizing.
Beecher delivers a Thanksgiving sermon at Plymoth Church calling socialism a skin disease. He argues strikes and labor movements threaten societal peace and labels you as socialists and anarchists who would devastate society before rebuilding it. He condemns paternal government as dangerous and infernal worldwide.
Engineer Thomas Little received a gold medal from Bishop Whipple of Minnesota for heroism during the Rio Wis disaster. The award was given aboard a train and bears inscriptions naming Bishop Whipple to Thomas Little and crediting him for saving passengers. The medal was minted in Philadelphia and presented as the bishop traveled home on October 28, 1886.
Milwaukee dispatch reports a lawsuit over 160 acres in Superior City Wisconsin valued at $400000 with costly improvements. The case involves a defendant list of notable heirs and national figures, tracing back to a title dating from 1855 when speculators pre empted the land.
A suit seeks to determine competing titles to land claimed via half-breed Chippewas used as dummy residents to obtain government title. A syndicate split the estate into twenty six shares. heirs of syndicate members are involved. Eighty six defendants include Stephen A. Douglas and John C. Breckenridge. Twelve plaintiffs, mostly from Superior, bring the action.
The season ends with thirty three ships driven ashore or foundered on the Great Lakes leaving forty one sailors dead and vessel losses near 500000 dollars. Other reports include a warehouse fire at Black River Falls with grain and hops losses and a murder suicide near Havensville.
Ex president Arthur's funeral in New York on Monday drew a vast crowd despite no pomp. Dignitaries including Cleveland Vilas and Blaine attended. 1200 policemen lined Fifth Avenue as the casket left for Albany. The church service followed Episcopal rites. the procession continued to the Arthur tomb.
The limited trains from St Paul to Minneapolis and Chicago will be withdrawn starting Sunday the 29th due to insufficient winter demand. They may resume April 1 for summer service, but the twelve hour train service is unlikely to return as the service proved not profitable without higher taxes.
H M Hoxie general manager of the Gould Southwestern system died at 2 30 Tuesday morning the 22d in his rooms at the Metropolitan opera house New York City. Cause was exhaustion after an operation at Saratoga in June removing stones from his bladder. He had suffered kidney disease for 35 years. He left St Louis in May and went to Saratoga seeking rest after the operation. He was once United States marshal of Iowa in 1862 and later joined the Union Pacific railway.
Charles Richardson of Alpena died a year ago leaving a will bequeathing to his widow property valued at a substantial amount. The Detroit special notes the estate’s distribution and the anticipated probate proceedings.
The text outlines a `$900,000` will dispute among siblings and the widow R J Meily and three attorneys J D Trumbull Sleator. Attorneys claim fees totaling `$38,000` while the widow resists, withdrawing cash from Alpena Bank and thwarting garnishment as lawyers pursue the estate. The case labels the lawyers as greedy by Mrs. Richa and notes a battle over compensation.
A list of recently granted patents across multiple states includes Blackmer in Minneapolis for a sharpener, Campbell in Austin for a hitchins strap holder, Hall in Minneapolis for a pe umbrella, Moffatt in Verndale for a carrier and dropper for harvesters, Parish in Minneapolis for a pulley and saw mill set, Tunstead in Minneapolis for a machine to split metallic lathing sheaths, Grewcox in Brainerd for a furnace, Horne in St Paul for an ash pit frame, Schellenberger in St Paul for a watch, Avery in Fort Raw for a wagon tongue, Royce in Palisade for apparatus, Mott in Jamestown for a grain harvester adjunct, Mouck in Fargo for butter for grain harvester, Burbank in Dow City for a pede, Gilliland in Mechanicville for corn and seed planters, ball in Anamosa for valvegear, De Witte ra in Mangouket a combined heating and oven, Carroll in Milwaukee for ahaust relief and continuous blast for me, Hinkel in Milwaukee for a table, and Hinkley in Milwaukee for a wheel for band saw.
General Manager Reed of a South Boston Horse Railroad company was arrested on embezzlement charges after allegedly siphoning 104000 dollars over five to six years. He confessed and surrendered all company assets, claiming hardship and prior trust despite a decade as treasurer. Reed also faced mining and speculative ties.
Oshkosh Wisconsin notes the collapse of Carlton Foster & Co a major Northwest factory with St Louis ties. National Bank of Oshkosh aided the firm until a $2000 draft default forced an assignment. Creditors include Bro’s & Co $50000 Ores $35000 Henry Sherry $35000 Buelven Bros & Chase $39000 Sherry & Co $75900 Marshall Harris $16800 and small accounts totaling about 180000. About two hundred workers pending unemployment due to the closure.
Attorney notes in the Buddenseik manslaughter case as a builder of a row house under his supervision is affirmed on appeal. A London plaintiff, Mrs Mildred Adams, sues for slander over remarks about her husband’s alleged improper relations. Other items include a murder case bound over for trial, an anarchist appeal, a depot assault in New York, and various post office notices and arrests.
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