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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1886
Page
2
The record shows Cleveland's total vote at 102 while all preceding presidents total 109. This item notes a historical tally with Cleveland's count lower than his predecessors.
The Philadelphia Ledger lists twenty one deaths in recent obituary notices nine men and twelve women all aged eighty or more. The items indicate a longevity trend among residents reported in the column.
A timid observer recalls Carlyle saying that America must strain its energies and crack its sinews to endure turmoil before it becomes a habitation for the gods. The remark ties 30 year old fears to broader national ambition and ancient trials.
Continued dry weather near Danville Illinois spurred Samuel White to dig a well. After twelve feet he struck water that flowed freely turning a creek bed into a thriving stream. Farmers travel long distances to witness the miracle of cold water amid parched lands.
Postmaster-General designates all U S post offices and territories as special delivery offices starting October 1. Beginning that date every postmaster is responsible for immediate delivery of all mail properly stamped with a special delivery stamp directed to a location within a post office.
The last Kentucky legislature passed an act to establish a state normal school for the training of teachers for colored public schools. It appropriated 7000 dollars for buildings and 3000 dollars annually for running expenses, with inducements expected from communities offering land and buildings to locate the school there. The plan envisioned the 7000 dollars would suffice to place the school in operation.
Heirs once dissatisfied with Mr. Tilden's will now abandon hopes of redistributing the estate through courts. Public sentiment opposed the plan, and heirs likely reconsidered the clever design and tough provisions. The clause forfeiting any contestant's legacy discouraged litigation.
Mr. E. B. Dorsey spoke to the American Society of Civil Engineers about locomotive superiority. He noted British lines kept transport costs nearly constant for thirty years, while New York roads cut costs by 51 percent and the Pennsylvania Railroad by 76 percent from 1855 to 1884. He compared the London and Northwestern with Celestea, showing English costs per ton or passenger mile were higher.
The Minneapolis Exposition opened with a 10 000 strong procession and divine blessing by Bishop Ireland. C K Davis of St Paul delivered a notable address as President Washburn read a telegram from Mrs. Cleveland pledging support. Mrs. Cleveland activated exhibition machinery from Prospect House and Telegram showed the glow of illumination on Niccolot Avenue. John T Raymond lies ill in New York and Dr Hoadly, once Greely expedition physician, is in Bloomingdale asylum.
At the Columbus convention the Ohio Republican Party nominated James 8. Robinson for Secretary of State, Marshall J. Williams for Supreme Judge, A. H. Hester for Clerk of Supreme Court, Eli T. Tappan for School Commissioner, and W. M. Hahn for the Board of Public Works. The resolutions attack Democrats on fisheries, arbitration with Mexico, civil service reform, pensions, tariffs, and labor issues, praising tariff protection, the wool tariff, and the Dow liquor law while criticizing patronage and vetoes. They also condemn the Senate for not investigating Payne’s seat.
Rev. L B Beecher aged 59 brother of Henry Ward Beecher shot himself on a hotel piazza in Elmira New York placing a pistol in his mouth and firing instantly. A Dartmouth and Andover graduate he served as chaplain in China and with the Brooklyn regiment becoming a brevet brigadier general. Once pastor of Oswego and Poughkeepsie churches he led the Bethel mission in Ulster County where he had resided on a farm and suffered partial insanity in recent years.
Gen R P Ransom a Lexington leader and former Kentucky Central railroad manager is believed to have died by morphine self harm. The report recalls his Civil War service as a daring Ohio officer and later transfer to regular army ranks before retirement as a major general. A separate Washington divorce case and anarchist trial notes appear in dispatches with mixed details.
The report lists varied items including opposition to oleomargarine laws by a national association in Chicago, riots in Belfast thwarted by troops, and political moves in Canada and Britain. It mentions rail price hikes, Apache removals, deaths of notable figures, new magazines, and upcoming government inquiries.
A large nationwide farmers congress met in St Paul, two days of debate and resolutions. Delegates from many states discussed cabinet office creation, telegraph aided agriculture, commerce regulation, oleomargarine law enforcement, wool tariff restoration, futures trading limits, disease stamping funds, and inland waterways development.
Eyewitness reports describe debris and violent force radiating from a central blast. Houses and trees suffered damage as telegraph poles snapped and fields were littered with stones weighing up to a hundred pounds. The nearby board of trade building seven miles away showed cracked glass and disturbed atmosphere.
Maj. Landberg of Minneapolis and Maj. Pond of St Paul report 170 f akes reduced to ruins after a July hail storm. In Marshall County 15 373 acres crops destroyed leaving 234 families and 741 people affected, with livestock losses and 468 children on charity. One hail stone broke a church spire at Argyle.
A major earthquake struck Greece causing heavy damage in the Morea with Pyrgo and Philatria nearly wiped out. Zante reported ruined houses while Athens felt a midnight shock and telegraph cables failed.
The balance at Philadelphia subtreasury totals about 27 million with about 15 million in silver. Reports cover Washington Territory expenses, business failures in Buffalo, Arizona governor visiting Newark, a fatal house fire in La, a farmer’s violent act in Michigan, and other scattered items from across the nation including an arrest in North Dakota and a week’s U S failures count.
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