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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1892
Page
2
A garbled OCR page reports a fatal event with burned houses and missing people, mentions a British cruiser and cholera fears affecting plum prices, and includes odd notes about a centenarian, treasure, sharks, and a 71 foot priest statue. details are fragmentary and varied.
A Harbor Grace Standard excerpt discusses a St John’s East meeting where proposals sought to apportion nearly a half million dollars of surplus revenue to the city from increased imports caused by the July fire. The piece rejects the idea as unfair to outport communities and argues against treating St John’s losses as the colony’s general burden. It urges avoiding intercity debt and preserving general revenue for all distressed areas.
The article argues that most surplus profits come from outport sales and not St Johns, noting merchants had to replenish stocks for outport demand as well as local needs. It contends increased employment and business facilities arise, but revenue gains are not accurately attributable to St Johns.
Missioner Dr Milligan superintendent of Methodist day schools traveled from Exploits through Morton's Harbour and Tizzard's Harbour to inspect schools. He praised teachers and encouraged pupils as part of a second visit this season noting satisfactory examinations and active educational work across the colony.
The Seine prefecture lists 40 000 applicants for 1071 public posts. Vacancies include 12 supernumerary clerks 42 schoolmasters 165 gate tolling verieurs and more, with 8 tobacco shops and 12 newspaper kiosks awaiting disposal and no takers for a manual labour teacher post.
Dr Danford Thomas presided over an inquest in Paddington into the death of Albert E Bird two at Maida Hill West. The boy aged two died after a needle pierced his heel leading to infection and blood poisoning. Dr Herbert Tdich attributed death to blood poisoning from foot injury. jury returned verdict of accidental death.
Immense coffin removal plans for Furman Sthenck known as Barnum's fatboy who died yesterday from liver degeneration. Citizens visited the Cornstadk Street dwelling hoping to view the body, with 533 pounds at death. Undertaker Rogers faced doorway and fence access issues as no hearse or large wagon exists locally. Relatives planned public service at Mt Zion Colored Church but space restrictions blocked. Funeral notices will be posted at the deceased's home.
The piece notes cholera deaths in Britain for years 1848 1854 and 1866 with figures 53203 20097 and 14374. It mentions the steamer Miranda seen near the harbor en route to Halifax and New York. It reports Jonathan Burt offering sale of Ship Cove premises at Herring Neck and a very high spring tide causing coastal damage.
The St John's Times notes Angel Foundry constructed a new steam pile driver now being set up at J and W Pitts premises in Hoylestown. It is described as a great improvement over all previous drivers and capable of performing the work of three ordinary machines.
The Vanguard received the shell of its new boiler today by workers from Mesars Jas. Angel & Co. The boiler measures fourteen feet in diameter and ten feet deep and is built from six plates. The inviting will narrow then tubes and components will be installed.
Telegraphic des patches report severe diphtheria in Toronto with several public schools closed. TE seems to be gaining again while no cases have been known locally for weeks, raising hope of a continued absence of the disease.
Yesterday morning brought a change of wind and unusually clear weather for two or three weeks. A week of dry weather would let fishermen cure and ship the remainder of their voyage. Today is very wet and the disagreeable pattern returns after a period of calm.
The Virgin Lake is on a lone trip with no sighting reported yet. Thick weather since departure has caused a long detention and mail transit delays, hindering business as mails lie in the post office for a week or more.
Article notes Commercial Bank will install two iron girders twenty four by twelve inches to span under the first floor and anchor in brickwork. Girders formerly used in the Masonic Temple were bent in the fire but repaired under Messrs Angel and team and prepared for placement at new quarters on Thick Wood Street.
Archdeacon Forrestal completes two new stained glass windows for the Roman Catholic Cathedral. Eight windows total were placed recently, two remain unoccupied and will be filled. One depicts the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the other Saint Cecelia patroness of music. They were shipped to New York and expected to arrive by the Miranda next week. Preparations for their reception are under way and they will be installed promptly.
Telegraph brief compilation from Harrix dated October 22 reports Harrison's wife deceased was incorrect, Chicago Columbian Exposition dedication with 100000 procession, Cardinal Gibbons prayers, McCosh benediction, 6000-strong orchestra, Bank of England rate up to 3 percent, riots in Crete, Highland regiment due Halifax in February, Manchester cotton wages cut by 5 percent, Russian seizure explanations, Blair losing seat, government sustaining margin, Gaglia flood with 200+ dead, Transcaucasia earthquake, Yellow River floods, Thomas Nelson Edinburgh dead, Tapper appointed plenipotentiary, Bank of Montreal dividend 5 percent, 1st Life Guards officers dismissed, Queen in Brentinagin, North Atlantic steamer near Cape Sable beached with no losses, severe North Atlantic weather, diphtheria in Toronto schools closed, six inches of snow in Scotland, lakes iced, Duke of Roxburghe dead, Uganda policy uncertain, Victoria sends condolences, Gladstone’s North American troop plan etc.
A Mount Hamilton astronomer claims the discovery of a fifth Jupiter moon with magnitude 13 and a 36 hour 36 minute orbital period. Distances from Jupiter range from about 267,300 to 4,192,400 miles, with Jupiter’s diameter about 89,400 miles.
Capt. W. A. Andrews arrived at Jaspon from Atlantic City aboard the 16-foot cory Saporto. The tiny vessel left July 20 and is praised as the smallest craft to cross the Atlantic. Andrews notes this is his fourth voyage with a history of previous attempts and other small boats that faced weather and waterlogging.
Marriage notices from Change Islands report Nathanial Powell wed Miss Petsilla Ledrew at St Margaret Virgin church on the 20th. The same clergyman officiated on the 26th for Omar Curler and Dinah Ledre at the School Chapel.
Died at Change Islands on the 16th inst George Porter aged 40. At the same place on the 23rd Henry Porter aged 63.
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