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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1886
Page
2
Settlers urge the War Department to procure bloodhounds for pursuing marauding Apaches. When ignored they plan to buy hounds, form volunteer companies, and hunt the Indians without army aid.
A 1885 or 1886 era note urges self protection against vice and gambling. The author cautions that avoiding alcohol and dice is not enough if billiards remain open, urging readers to resolve to resist temptation in the new year.
A young man from the island of Boffin off the Connemara coast traveled to Dublin and spoke only Irish, needing an interpreter. He comes from a community where English is spoken by only about nine of 600 to 700 inhabitants, preserving a rich store of folklore and old poems.
The article notes the law allowing Texas to divide into four large states would require consent from the people, which cannot be obtained. In Texas there is a broad desire to remain the largest state and the most populous in the Union, with no willingness to consent to partition.
M. Francois P. Jules Grevy has been re elected president of France praised as discreet and wise. He followed popular sentiment and avoided partisan clashes. Republicans, chastened by recent reverses, offered no organized opposition to his election.
An 19th century note laments the uneven charity between affluent society and prisoners who enjoyed elaborate Christmas dinners behind bars. The piece suggests that criminals in jails and penitentiaries received turkey and oysters while the truly hungry faced an empty breakfast.
At a Staten Island banquet for Robert Garrett of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad the executive urged capital and labor to jointly support labor welfare. He spoke on the road’s policies to provide for workers as it contemplates extensions to Staten Island.
R G Don Co reports 1885 U S business failures total 10 637 with liabilities over 124 million, down from 10 968 and 226 million in 1884 5. Traders numbered 910 090. about one in eighty six failed. Average liability per failure was 11 675. Western states saw 3 302 failures for 28 047 097 and Pacific coast 1 230 failures for 9 062 586.
Patrick McWeeney, longtime night watchman and early settler, is killed in Bering and Doyle's saloon by William Jewald Oswald. Oswald and McWeeney had friendly terms until a confrontation after a remark about an Irish nickname. Oswald fired three shots, the second hitting McWeeney near the heart. Oswald fled and was captured. McWeeney had married Miss Gillicuddy of Grand Forks. she had shown him sympathy while he was jailed for the Ward murder, a romance that ended with her husband’s death and her distress.
Senator Stanford pays his private secretary the full salary of a senator. Miss Maggie W. Young of Iowa is promoted from 1200 to 1460 dollars. The U S treasury subtreasury in New York is now under Treasurer Jordan. James W. Wallace of Tennessee and John G. Townshend of Maryland named special pension examiners. Gen Beale of Washington owns a striking turnout of dun and seal brown horses with silver harness. Lieut F W Remey’s name dropped from the 1886 navy register. he disappeared Feb 17 1885 and is presumed drowned. L Enfant’s grave site eyed for monument on Riggs estate garden. Corcoran seeks a public grave and monument. Northwestern patents issued to Adams Cedar Rapids hammoth. Blackmore assigner rails carrier. Brandenbury Cedar Rapids fountain pens. Cushing St Paul locomotive arch. Decker Keokuk hydraulic air system.
A blaze struck D M Ferry & Co. and a Detroit theater on the first, causing estimated losses of 1.5 million dollars with insurance coverage not exceeding one third. Fire officials investigate cause as flames ravage both sites and threaten nearby properties.
The item notes Warren of the Ford Ward gang facing government pressure, a fatal street fight in Evansville between juvenile factions with William Welshing slain by John Busch, and a plot to suspend silver coinage discussed by the president and Democrats. It also mentions Deputy Sheriff Clay Davis’s murder near Blossom Prairie Texas, an Omaha jury verdict of first degree murder in the Pinkston homestead case, and ongoing police efforts against counterfeiters amid widespread mob incidents and other killings.
Licemen Patterson is attacked as Kendall shoots Patterson's wife and Patterson is fatally shot while rescuing her. Captain Jeffery Gervoir of the schooner Racer is arrested in Gloucester on charges of conspiracy to wreck his vessel and defraud the owner. In New Jersey a feud leads to a Norse car shooting where Fred K Smith is severely wounded and August Braden is wounded in the arm. A Swede and an American mother of five are captured in Dubuque after eloping from Hopkinton. Rumor claims Judge Yates of Peoria indicted for embezzlement has fled to Canada amid alleged defalcations possibly reaching 250000.
S. R. Ainslie received a $500 sealskin overcoat from the Yellowstone division at Glendive on Christmas. An English observer sees a French crisis looming from government extravagance. Archdeacon Farrar and H R Haweis return from American tours and write lectures. Miss Mary Gladstone to wed Rev. Harry Drew. Earl Cowper argues Home Rule is not desired by the Irish, rents matter dominates Irish discourse as rent protests threaten imperial interests.
Personal notices report W. G. Conner's partner wealth at 3 million. Hon. John B. Raymond gravely ill with typhoid pneumonia in Fargo. John L. Sullivan signals reform, surprising New York sports. Lt. Col. Anderson D. Nelson died of pneumonia at Thomasville Georgia, ex Fort Snelling officer and early Minnesota regiments organizer. His death shocks state volunteers awaiting updates.
Frank Kwapil of Ahnapee Wisconsin failed for eighteen thousand dollars. Edgar Thompson blast furnaces have closed, laying off seven hundred workers. Public debt fell about nine million dollars in December. U.S. railroad construction reached three thousand one hundred two miles that year. Vanderbilt heirs oppose Baltimore and Ohio entering New York. Platteville Wisconsin man revived after two days presumed dead from aconite poisoning. Western states logged three thousand three hundred two business failures with liabilities near twenty eight million dollars, down about half. James D. Whitmore and Company assigned, favoring Whiting Ae Company of Holyoke for twenty three thousand three hundred forty three dollars. Iron Trade Review forecasts nationwide prosperity in 1886. Des Moines State Teachers Association supports free textbooks from school fund, rejects state printing house. Bettie Cheek, wife of S. E. Cheek, real estate broker who fled Clinton Missouri, died recently. forged deeds totalling near forty thousand dollars. Indian Territory reports boomers and cattlemen active. few cattle on the Cimarron River, not enough to drive out this season without great risk. Chicago Journal of Commerce noted…
In Chicago on Monday December 28 Jack Burke of Chicago defeated Mike Cleary of New York in three rounds under Marquis of Queensbury rules. Burke knocked Cleary out with a right to the neck after a tense bout before a crowd of over 4000.
Secretary of State Thomas F Bayard explains that no Towneley or Lawrence Towneley estate exists in England and that no money or heirs are tied to such claims. The law referenced is a 288 page act aiding an amicable chancery suit and does not create opportunities for American claims.
The pending postmaster confirmation for Chicago reveals revised civil service rules approved last November. Changes limit certified names to three per acting official and require two endorsers from the service city, reducing selections from seven to six names and easing removal of unfit appointees.
Indiana congressman Holman argues Dakota should be admitted as a state but warns that population settlement land grants education and reservation interests must be secured first. He says rapid territorial growth risks selfish action by speculators and politicians and favors keeping Dakota united as a state to balance regional geography.
The Renville Methodist Episcopal church was dedicated on December 27 with Presiding Elder MecClary officiating. Aberdeen aims to form the Aberdeen La Me Pierre line to connect with the James River Valley at La Moure. Other items note legal cases, mine bullion output, a grand jury verdict in Grand Forks, a county ledger theft reward, and the death of Pastor O A Stub buried in Decorah Iowa.
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