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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1887
Page
1
A Lowdon paper mocks the Prince of Wales with a sharp line about his appearance. The column laments Americanization in England and tucks in varied notes on crime, weather, and public affairs, including a quip about a Baltimore bank and a row of local incidents.
Ex warden W J McGarigie escaped from Sheriff Matson after being left at his Lake View home for a bath. A citywide dragnet followed with detectives and telegraphic alerts across the country, including Detroit and Buffalo. Authorities say he may have fled to Canada. bondsmen face potential liability as investigations continue.
A surveying party for the Chicago and Rock Island railroad reports a potential route between the Central Pacific and Atlantic and Pacific lines. It would start near Fort Wingate New Mexico cross the Colorado River above the Grand Canyon pass through Pioche Tybo and Owens then Sierra passes to Lubere Lake and the San Joaquin valley, enabling access to Pioche County’s rich ore. The path includes low passes reducing grading work and could revive Nevada as a silver producer by cutting transport costs.
Across Indiana Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania severe weather struck. Reports describe a cyclone like hail wind storm in Indiana damaging crops buildings and unroofing homes with losses between 50000 and 75000 dollars. Lightning strikes killed residents in Maryland and Virginia while other towns suffered heavy property damage and injuries.
The list of fairs and exhibitions shows locations and dates for state agricultural societies and independent organizers this fall. Major entries include fairs in Macon Georgia, Wichita Kansas, Milwaukee Wisconsin, and Des Moines Iowa, with events from September through November, plus scattered notes on related farming shows and industrial expositions nationwide.
Primsaceon Pa July 2. The prolonged coke strike in the Pennsylvania coke regions ended after eleven weeks and four days with heavy financial losses. Wages forgone totaled about 900000 dollars, wages would take nearly two years to recoup. Operators faced daily costs above one thousand dollars, pumps, ovens, and equipment deteriorated while the coke trade fell off. Dispatches report many strikers resumed work, insisting on non-union workers being discharged before returning.
United States Marshal Goss faces a citizen boycott in Lotts Junction Kentucky over disputed Taylor County railroad taxes. He and deputies sought shelter and supplies but were denied lodging by locals, with threats of further action as they attempt levies amid scarce property to seize. The case follows reports of labor shortages and other scattered news from Fort Wayne and beyond.
A roundup of varied items from July including a mention of a bucket-shop situation in Natural Eas, a Michigan incident at Howell, and Mrs. Cleveland’s 20th anniversary. Reports cover Irish evictions, a train wrecker hanged in Nebraska City, and Judge Thurman leaving politics. Also noted are deaths of notable figures in Kentucky and New York, a drowning in Ontario, and several local incidents in Michigan and Ohio.
Diverse short items report discrimination against colored troops at a Chicago encampment, a Reading iron works strike settlement, a tobacco market boom in Louisville, a new U.S. consular posting to Bogota, a Baltimore barkextract fire, a pardon decision on convict Banker Fish, cholera deaths in Rome, tariff entry for high grade imported animals, a death denial for Stanley, and plans to build a Kansas town by twenty young businessmen.
In Coal Creek Tennessee on July 22 Nasuvinug defended Delphi Boss when John Hamilton attempted assault. She resisted and fatally shot Hamilton. The girl was arrested. In New York July 21 a man killed his wife and mother-in-law and then killed himself.
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