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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1886
Page
2
The report notes the general adoption of a one-cent price in San Francisco. It highlights a record chestnut crop expected in New York, likely the largest in years. It also mentions that a duper of the Court of Appeals will be the sole State officer elected in New York this fall.
Reports indicate a bumper apple yield for New England while other regions face smaller crops. Separately, courts in New York Connecticut and Wisconsin have ruled that boycotting is a crime.
Mae Trexane N Lepocrnowski of Brooklyn New York proposes to ride over Niagara Falls in a large rubber egg. The stunt claims to test safety and showmanship as a solo act with no accomplices.
The extreme dryness of the season in Arizona is unprecedented says the oldest settler. No one has seen anything like it.
A Pecos Valley New Mexico report states a ma tr story killed two thousand head of sheep belonging to a single owner, prompting questions about the incident and its impact on the flock.
A room associated with General Grant remains preserved in detail. The first anniversary of his death was observed on July 25.
In Granada West Indies a total solar eclipse is expected August 29. Astronomers are already preparing and turning their steps toward the event.
Martin Holloway, described as a brother of a famed figure in the pharmaceutical world, is set to receive knighthood from the British Queen. The announcement labels him as a notable recipient tied to the pill industry.
An auctioneer reports finding over 1300 chewing gum wads scraped from the backs of second-hand bureaus and bedsteads offered at his rooms. The unusual cache is described as a curiosity of thrift trade revealing long forgotten snacking.
Jupier I. E. West, secretary of the Dakota Railroad Commissioners, warns North Dakota will produce about half the wheat of last year even if weather remains favorable for the season.
A number of gypsy immigrants were forbidden to land at Castle Garden recently and were sent back to Italy. This may be the latest version of the Gypsy's Warning once sung at country spelling bees.
Joan Earp, former chief engineer of the New York elevated railroads, has lived in an insane asylum at Flushing since 1882. He is valued at about one million dollars and efforts are under way to secure his release on the grounds of partial recovery.
Richard Chandler of Bath Maine is eager to imitate John Traynor who vanished after attempting a dory crossing of the Atlantic. Chandler hopes to circle the globe by rowing and will take the risk if someone provides a boat.
A reader asked if a spider in the paper signals bad luck. The editor says the spider was simply scanning columns for unadvertised merchants to spin a web across a store door, and wishes no misfortune for any business.
A man in Alameda tried to end his life by turning on gas, slashing his throat, and firing two bullets at his head. He survived and is recovering slowly. The article notes his supposed plan would have been completed by a plate of ice cream.
The wool clip in the United States is estimated to be twelve million pounds less than two years ago. Michigan will fall over a million pounds from last year, Ohio three million less, and Texas seven million less. Most states and territories show reduced production, with Montana possibly an exception.
Wrasiss asserts no abatement of a major fall storm comparison to which other storms are mere zephyrs. He warns the weather will turn turbulent September 20 afternoon, promising a country altered as if through a threshing-machine, while noting Mr. Wiggins' date which the public seems to overlook amid daily concerns.
General Sheridan expresses delight with a new farming experience near Washington. He rents a thirty acre farm, tends his own peas and potatoes, drives in each morning, and enjoys freedom from intrusion away from crowded coastal resorts, valuing time with his children and Mother Earth over fashionable destinations.
Arapy in Harlem has spent twenty years stringing eight thousand buttons, eight thousand diverse pieces. Some were carried by sea captains, from wars and battlefields, from the Orient and Occident, from mines and poorhouses, shipwrecks, houses, and from old button counters.
The week’s notes record Senate veto overrides and passage of pension bills, while House debates the Inter-State Commerce and River and Harbor measures. Reports cover canal amendments, Fortifications funding, and salaries. Also noted are elections, lynching in Seymour, river flooding, and severe weather impacts.
Postmaster General Vilas approves a black on white postal card design featuring a Jefferson head in the upper right corner. W. W. Porter confirmed as United States Justice of the Arizona Territory on the 27th. Cleveland appoints Alvey Adee as Second Assistant Secretary of State and E. H. S. Pratt to Persia. Public Printer Borgys resigns on the 2nd. George A. Jenks named Solicitor General after Goode’s Senate rejection. US business failures number 162 for the week ending the 31st, down from 194.
A Boston liquor dealer planned to ship porcelain eggs filled with whisky to Providence on the 21st but a drayman's carelessness alerted authorities. Other items note a $50,000 defalcation by William P. Piersox of the American Baptist Publication Society, state convention tickets, and various political nominations. Cyclone damage in Connecticut Valley, heat in New York, and miners ending a strike in Dubois, Pa., are also reported.
The Wisconsin Prohibitionists at Madison nominated ticket leaders for governor and other state offices. The platform calls for state and national prohibitory law, total abstinence, and strict tax policy. Other items mention anarchist trial testimony, party loyalties, and a deadly boiler explosion in Mississippi.
Reports describe arctic bears driven south devouring provisions for starving Labra dorans amid rioting in Amsterdam where twenty people died and eighty wounded. Other items note theater fire deaths in India and new British cabinet appointments.
Prosecution in Chicago ends its case with a display of red and black flags from Ariwiter Zeitung premises. A yacht capsizes near List ult injuring six women and one man. Franz Liszt dies at Bayreuth aged seventy five. National League standings update shows Detroit leading, followed by Chicago and New York. Several fires hit Ellettsville Indiana. Clearing-house figures total $751,... billion for the week. General Logan urges Mormons to obey federal law. New one and two dollar silver certificates announced with portraits of Martha Washington and General Hancock. Wyoming valley suffers heaviest rain of the season. Hudson river boat tragedy in New York. Senate approves a centennial constitution celebration committee, House blocks aliens owning land in Territories, and River and Harbor bill report rejected.
In Chicago on July 27 29 witnesses including Gruenhut and Thompson corroborate Spies Parsons and Fielden roles. Evidence shows incendiary plans dynamite manufacture and bomb use at Haymarket with expert chemists confirming bomb composition and Lingg’s possession. State contends an organized two year conspiracy to strike May Day with police slaughter and city sacking.
In 1885 the Swedish government uncovered major fraud in its revenue service with losses near 8 million krona. Lieutenant J Eklund led a national exposure, implicating treasury officials and distillers. Swedish agents J Eklund and J G Tenghine then located fugitive witnesses in Chicago and brought them to testify with immunity and 1000 kroners rewards.
A postal car from New York to the city on June 28 carried a pouch with about 20000 in money and drafts bonds checks and valuable papers and property valued at 80000. Chief Clerk Ferald signed for the pouches at Ditta burch without inspecting them and the pouch went missing on arrival in Indianapolis. Detectives have pursued the case with no results.
The Missouri Pacific train wreckers were held after examination at Wyandotte and bound over to the district court now in session.
The defense argues no principal proven and that defendants did not throw the Haymarket bomb. Salomon asserts police bore ultimate responsibility for May 4 riot, cites lack of firearms by defendants, and claims witnesses’ testimony is flawed while outlining anticipated high trial costs and lengthy proceedings.
A Philadelphia pleasure yacht named Sarah Craig capsized near Sandy Hook during a Friday storm. Six women and one man died, nine survivors clung to rigging and were rescued. Names of the dead include Mrs. T. H. Stevens and daughters Miss M. Stevens and Mrs. Askin. Miss Emma and Miss Bessie Merritt. Miss Maud E. Retten. Mr. Chester Clark. Bodies recovered at Philadelphia and Puyallup Entertainments. The party had planned a coast cruise from Philadelphia to Newport and Cape May, with several stops.
Washington July 30 A tabulated summary shows changes in the classified service across departments. It lists clerks removed and appointed in successive periods, with totals for State Treasury Interior Justice Post Office War and Navy, including chief clerks and division chiefs, and early act appointments from 1833 1838.
A Washington report notes a Illinois delegate quotes the President predicting renomination for nominees not acted on before adjournment, while rejecting renomination after Senate rejection. The President says Senate rejection is based on solid grounds and he will be guided by that decision.
In Louisville, Kentucky a whisky dealers syndicate allegedly bought 44,000 of 77,000 market barrels valued over 5 million dollars. Through hypothecated warehouse receipts, control could be held with 2 million in capital. Plans reportedly target several years of production. The move is linked to last winter’s warned over-production.
In New York a tenement fire on Wednesday traps Mrs Barbara Mitchiling who returns to her room for $10000 in bonds and dies at a window as onlookers watch. An Austrian diplomat warns Le Matin that Europe’s peace is strained by the triple alliance rupture involving Germany Austria and Russia.
Democratic convention demands U S action against Mexico over the Arresures murder and Cutting affair. Texas mobilizes volunteers and enlists as Governor Ireland signals possible state intervention if Washington delays. Cutting faced contempt charges after publishing defaming letters following a settlement in Paso Del Norte.
The Abbe Franz Liszt pianist and composer dies at Bayreuth at midnight after a long career spanning Vienna Paris Weimar and Rome He was born October 22 1811 and achieved fame in his youth with rapid Parisian success and later produced numerous works from symphonic pieces to piano concertos and sacred works.
Pittstown, Aug 2. Chaplains from the United States Sanitary and Christian Commissions form a national charitable organization to unite benevolent societies. A supervising committee will coordinate work across the country with aims including pestilence relief, missionary activity, and distributing reading material.
In Panama on July 20 a report outlines reforms in Chile restricting public contract interests for Senators and Deputies and requiring presidential ministers to prove full qualification for offices. A radical proposal would have Congress elect the President by majority, spurred by deadly last elections in which over forty people died and many were wounded.
In New York on Thursday Judge Bookstaver refused naturalization to several Germans including a brewer discharged for being a boycotter. Labor unions protest what they call unjust treatment of fellow members by the courts.
Western Texas drought drives longtime residents to seek rain and relief in Waco as new arrivals flood the area. Many are nearly destitute and seek better climate, while an influx of colored migrants from Comanche County follows a countywide racial violence incident and orders to relocate.
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