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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1885
Page
2
The hog cholera continues to ravage Illinois with reports that at least one third of the central state's hogs have died this year. This outbreak threatens farmers and regional pork supplies.
The best judges of the Indians in Canada foresee another uprising in the Northwest next spring. They warn the northwest is unfriendly to rebels, noting many of that class have recently learned this.
The December North American Review prints an article by Col. Fred Grant on Halleck's treatment of Gen. Grant after Fort Donelson. It outlines perceived injustices but offers little new information beyond the public record.
Aldermen discuss discontinuing electric lights citywide to save about $100,000 yearly. They argue the system won’t be adopted broadly until its cost matches or falls below gas.
Secretary Manning decides not to call any bonds for now citing risk of a silver payment shock and a panic in American securities in Europe. He warns a Treasury run could deplete reserves in sixty to ninety days, so he declines any bond call at present.
In the ten months ending Oct 31 emigration from the United Kingdom dropped to about 187000, down from 221000 a year earlier. Irish emigration fell to 48000 from 68000, while the United States attracted 66000 English 12000 Scots and 48000 Irish, with Australia drawing 23000 English 4000 Scots and 5000 Irish.
The Michigan Supreme Court voided the section requiring county or local registry board members to belong to different political parties, ruling it violates the constitutional ban on religious or political tests for office. Ohio Supreme, meanwhile, issued a unanimous decision on related matters.
The Edmunds act targets Mormon polygamy. The court weighs whether cohabit means dwelling together or merely marital relations. Utah forbids cohabitation with all but the first wife, while many Mormons argue separation suffices. Decision hinges on interpretation. anticipation runs high in Washington.
Marshfield Wisconsin reports a dramatic forest encounter near Nasonville. George Andrews, a sixteen year old, shot and killed two Chippewa men after they refused to abandon a deer he shot. The boy then walked to the settlement to recount his tale, which was later confirmed at the scene.
Washington rumor sheet notes John A. Logan’s twelve-year Senate tenure and Missouri’s James W. Porch named consul general in Mexico. It covers appointments in the attorney general and patent offices, defense talks on sea coasts, and a new electric streetcar line in Washington.
Prof William P. Wells resigns the Kent professorship of law at Ann Arbor University to take effect June 1. Henry B. Horton, Ithaca calendar clock inventor, dies at 66 from heart neuralgia. Dr. David W. Yandell of Louisville notes Maj. J. W. Daniel as likely Democratic Senate successor in Virginia, aged about 43 and famed for legal writings and oratory.
Fifty houses were unroofed in Omaha by the storm. William Harbow was run over at La Srouse and fatally injured. A destructive prairie fire prevailed, hastening destruction and destroying property.
The storm caused extensive damage in Chicago near Lincoln Park and a large loss at Appleton Wisconsin as Walter and Bauer toy works burned for thirty thousand dollars with nine thousand ninety insurance. A Chicago fire gutted the Scip building on Franklin Street with about eight hundred thousand dollars in damage. In Trempeleau Wisconsin a railroad brakeman John Hutchens aged twenty six who had married six weeks earlier was killed after an accident on a Northwest road train. Duncan A. McDonald a Chippewa Falls logger found exhausted in a slough near Fifield died shortly after being rescued.
Gen Shaler New York militia commander indicted for taking bribes. In Freedom Pennsylvania the Bentel & Co private bank loses $2000 in cash and securities. Galveston Alderman F A Smith faces embezzlement charges tied to Screwman’s association funds. Cloud County officers take Aaron Wells into custody over a murder near Rice Kansas that killed J F Chestnut of Beaver City Nebraska. L S Strohecker and Sam H Jemison exchange pistol fire in Macon Georgia. Strohecker dies and Jemison wounded. A German, Henry Hash of Taylor’s Falls living in Stillwater, found dead apparently shot. several arrests follow.
Mrs Riel receives daily sympathy money while Liverpool duties levied 200 on a challenge cup. Reports note Capt Sproule on trial at Victoria BC after a mine executive was killed. Ellen Terry and Irving face stage health issues as British markets wobble amid Tory fears and Gladstone’s return.
Vigilantes in Livingston Montana warn all tramps to leave town. Parker hosts the Dakota horticultural society and forestry association December 16 and 17. Vanderbilt’s Prof Barnard announces a new comet in Taurus to Director Swift. Clark of Mount Pleasant Iowa sinks a coal shaft then finds land salted as a prank. Ed McDonald of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin missing two weeks with about $300 on him. foul play suspected. Remains of Maj F K Jenkins removed from Brookville Pennsylvania to Baraboo Wisconsin. G L Clarke of Musselshell Montana kills a mountain lion on the Big Coulee. the lion nine feet long, killed nine sheep in one night. Maine sweet corn pack for fall about half of two years ago. 1883 8 364 000 cans, 1885 4 078 000 cans. Two New Yorkers spend money in Dayton Ohio. burn $10 bills to light cigars and tear up $20s. federal authorities pursue but they escape. In Bozeman Montana H W Foster, newly elected mayor, is blocked from taking seat for not paying taxes at election time. Iowa States Improved Stock Breeders urge $50 000 appropriations to stamp out pneumonia outbreaks, laws to remove diseased swine, regulate butter, tax lands for cattle, and related measures.
Thousands from across the country witnessed the solemn rites in Indianapolis as the late vice president Thomas A. Hendricks was laid to rest at Crown Hill cemetery. Delegations from Washington and several states attended. the ceremony included Bishop Knickerbocker’s prayers and a floral tribute shaped as The Gates Ajar. The procession moved slowly through city streets under sleet and cold wind to the Hendricks family burial plot marked by a tall Maine granite monument.
The article notes Hastings Nebraska 8000 people with 897 public school pupils, Fresno County California matching Massachusetts size and 500 miles larger than New Jersey. It cites a San Francisco real estate suit valued at 30 million dollars and 1880 census figures for women professionals. It mentions John Boyle OReilly on women rule and a Maryland law requiring a pound of tobacco for the jury foreman at verdict, substituting cash.
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