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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1885
Page
8
Under a recent decree, 80 000 saloons will be closed in Russia on January 1 1886. The text notes prohibition with direct enforcement power, contrasting it with republican forms of government.
At the annual Boston meeting of the National Grange, Minnesota reported forty granges in good standing in Minnesota and Dakota. Dormant granges in several states were revised during the past year.
Mrs. Mary Ann Livermore voices disappointment with progress in New England yet strong belief that unlimited suffrage for women will first arrive in a western state, likely Iowa, where settlers hail from New England.
It is estimated that Nebraska's corn crop will reach 150000000 bushels grown on land once thought a desert. At Chicago prices, the delivered crop would be worth about seventy million dollars.
The present population of the United States is fifty six million, up twelve percent in five years. If the growth continued at the same rate, the 1890 population would be sixty two and three quarters million based on 1880 and 1862 census figures.
The New York Sun suggests erasing all inscriptions on Cyrus W. Field's monument to Andre and engraving that John Andre, a British spy, was hanged by order of Gen. George Washington. It says Americans owe him neither respect nor commiseration.
An organized migration from Scotland to Florida will send fifty families from Glasgow on the 26th. Each family brings 700 dollars to 20 000 dollars, with lands already secured. Fifty more landlords of Florida property await after the first colony forms. Mr. Tait leads the venture and aims to move about 1 000 Scottish families in coming years, seeking guidance on seeds and plants selection.
Scientist reports loud detonations heard across western Pennsylvania after the September 26 event. A red streaked meteorite about 50 feet across reportedly burst overhead two or three miles high near Pittsburg, yet no fragment has been located. Prof Langley notes continued searches by explorers have not found any remains.
General Sheridan’s report submitted to the secretary of war fails to sensationalize and avoids controversy. The document, expected to attack the secretary, instead reviews the official record of the past year and offers recommendations deemed prudent to adopt.
Washington November 22 Commissioner Sparks clarifies that mutating a homestead entry into a preemption is illegal if the claimant already used pre-emption. He suggests Congress aimed to limit free land to settlers of modest means by offering 160 acres with minimal outlay. The ruling targets fraud and temporary settlements while maintaining a five year residence requirement to prove good faith.
The column notes Senator Miller of California ill, delaying Congress opening. It cites marital ties of Indion Commissioner Atkins’ daughter to a son of ex Governor Porter of Tennessee, and Nannie Hill teaching in Washington. It mentions Gen Crook probes, Sheridan ordered to Arizona, and Garland backing Wharton's opinion on Alabama claims. It notes Austrian minister retirement, postmaster boycotts, Ellery Ill free delivery gambit, and criticism over Dr Lee’s Constantinople post.
Personal note recalls Marie Prescott with champagne before stage appearance. Robert L. Ream, Vinnie Ream Hoxie’s father, dies. George W. Cable active in Northampton Mass Sunday school. H. B. Claflin’s New York business once reached 80 million dollars.
A Philippine cyclone left eight thousand buildings destroyed and twenty two people dead. The disaster is reported as a major catastrophe affecting multiple communities and prompting emergency responses.
The widow of Judge Sanborn attempted self poisoning in Madison. Irvine Grubb was abducted from jail in Pineville and hanged. An Oxford bank cashier absconded with funds after locking the safe. Mary Gilchrist of Baltimore killed herself after seeing her companion with another woman. Texas jury condemns T E Cooper of Stephenville to death for incest. In Parsons a dance led to Thomas Win’s skull fracture by Clinton Morrison who claimed self defense. Minnie Tumney, Somerville teacher, punished a boy with pepper. the boy died days later. Benjamin Longnecker, Lancaster County official, vanished after embezzling 8000 dollars. body later identified in Los Angeles County. At La Crosse, Charles Bender and others were sentenced to state prison for crimes including horse theft, burglary and manslaughter. Washington Rice in Troy Ohio shot at an intruder. suspect Joseph Porter from Illinois. F J Davis of Rock Island County Illinois died by poison after prior arrest for forgery. Public outcry followed his act of remorse.
Sir John Macdonald travels to England to discuss reciprocity. A Pekin dispatch says France and China have cleared difficulties and resumed talks. Grevy may push amnesty if re elected. Rumor says the duke of Cambridge may retire as commander in chief with the duke of Connaught to succeed. Calcutta reports 5000 drowned and 150 villages submerged in Orissa by a cyclone with 1241 square miles in Moosheda Haddena affected.
Nebraska Irishmen subscribed 2506 for Parnell's cause. Cornell University founder endows 60000. Minnesota railroad commissioners set rate schedules by distance. Dakota Democrats seek funds for daily paper opposing the fortieth parallel division. Mrs. Damon Y Kilgore denied admission to practice in Philadelphia. Mrs. Emily Miltner secures divorce in Milwaukee from Charles J. T. Miltner now in Europe. G A R encampment to be in San Francisco between July 25 and August. Iowa fish culture deemed unprofitable as salmon stock distribution fails. Des Moines official Brown reports 860000 tied to funding board efforts.
The forthcoming Iowa railway commission report shows mileage increasing by 1 280 miles and funded debt rising to 16 349 856 dollars. It details 1885 Iowa gross earnings of 36 123 587 dollars and net earnings of 13 030 096 dollars across 7 478 miles, with specific line declines and calls for rate reforms.
Wisconsin plans extensive railroad expansion with about 650 miles of new lines in 1886 across Milwaukee & Northwestern extensions to Michigan and Sturgeon Bay, Dalrymple Road from Bayfield to Stillwater, Merrill to Abbotsford, Milwaukee to Delevan, and others, potentially approaching 1000 miles including extensions of Northwestern and Milwaukee & St Paul lines.
The state canvassing board in Yankton opened county returns for the Dakota state constitution. Members included Hugh J. Camps chairing, H. M. Reed, E. C. Beebe, J. Cain, G. Updyke, J. R. Hansen. Secretary Joseph H. Teller and others assisted. the article notes a correction about Mrs. Cameron’s health following a Brooklyn ferry accident.
Watertown leads Dakota with the only prohibition vote. Frosted wheat priced at 60 cents a bushel by Minneapolis buyers. Account of deaths fires malfeasance charges and railway incidents across Steele, Kidder, La Moure, and surrounding counties. Notable items include a prairie fire fatality, a switch engine death at Wahpeton, a bank closure in Plankinton, and a railroad completion celebration at La Moure. Several legal cases, horse thefts, and local developments in Fargo, Ipswich, and Ellendale are noted.
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