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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1886
Page
6
Los Angeles plans an electric street railway system to be in operation by October 1. An Axtero colony from the South is bound for California to raise cotton, signaling development and agricultural migration in the region.
The world’s rail networks move about 6,500,000 travelers each day as headlines praise the vast system. One humorous note claims this corps consumes a huge supply of railway eating-house sandwiches during peak travel.
Glen Gardner New Jersey resident Aunt Pecely Ray aged 107 has applied for a pension her husband served in the War of 1812. The case highlights long life and historic wartime connection.
A St. Louis man sues for two hundred dollars claiming a practical joke shaved his mustache away while he slept.
A clerk who clipped July coupons from Vanderbilt’s $80,000,000 of Government bonds was locked in the vault for a week. The work was lonely and wearying.
The article states Home Rule totals: 2,306,520 in favor and 2,580,511 against. It presents the overall nationwide vote split for the home rule measure in the recent elections for Parliament in Great Britain and Ireland.
In Brooklyn New York several boys built a bonfire causing large damage when the blaze burned out of control. Fire engines responded but the resulting loss was estimated at twenty five thousand dollars.
Miss Agnes St. Jenny, a handsome British girl and noted swimmer, has arrived in this country to attempt to surpass Captain Webb by staying in the water for over eighty hours.
Ballinger in Runnels County rises quickly with a population around two thousand less than a month after founding. The settlement attracts families and newcomers as it expands its streets and services.
In New York the personal effects of the renowned marksman Dr Carver were auctioned. A gold watch given by the Prince of Wales sold for 400 dollars and a diamond ring once owned by the German Emperor brought 200 dollars.
A government inquiry alleges a scheme among Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala to form a single national confederacy with the aim of annexation to Mexico.
The Costa Rican government plans a steamship line between San Francisco and Panama and other Central American ports. A reduction of duties on goods imported by these vessels will be allowed.
Cotoni L. Fred Grant refutes ongoing talk that his father wished burial on Mount McGregor. He cites New York Galena and St. Louis, does not object to Washington, and asks that his wife be laid beside him.
Cotorapo remains lead producer of precious metals with California second. The United States imported bullion and coin valued at 41,415,123 dollars in 1884 while exports reached 44,687,749 dollars. The total coin stock on January 1, 1886, is 826,779,525 dollars.
The Chicago Inter Ocean argues that if silly and romantic girls studied the statistics of runaway matches and their outcomes, escapades of this kind would decline. It states that in nine cases out of ten such beginnings are false starts on life’s most important journey and bring evil.
Additional information on New Zealand eruptions notes no new deaths and no nearby people. Some cauldrons have emptied themselves while others steam. A volcanic cone in Lake Rotorotmanaha reaches about six hundred feet in height.
Reports cite a string of recent yacht upsets causing seven drownings near Sandy Hook seven near Portland harbor seven near Sarnia and ten in Boston harbor. The incidents illustrate a recurring pattern of deadly accidents in coastal waters.
At Wyoming Pennsylvania race track a driver in the 2:30 event clung to the reins as straps of the harness broke and the horse freed itself from the sulky. The horse, with a strong mouth, pulled the sulky and crossed the wire first, making him the winner.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes the Rug Pickers Union in Cincinnati formed with a fund raised and a treasurer elected who received twenty eight dollars. At the second meeting no treasurer responded and no money was found, leaving no Rag Pickers Union in Cincinnati.
The bill passed by the last Congress extends the special delivery service to every office in the country not just towns of four thousand residents. Postmasters will receive eight cents per letter and may arrange contracts to ensure prompt delivery of this mail class.
Government weekly brief notes 660 457 silver dollars coined in the week to the 14th down from 800 461 year earlier. Cleveland leaves Washington for the Adirondacks with wife. Treasury issues warrants totaling near 1 000 000 and later nearly 8 000 000 for pension payments. Geronimo surrender reports surface as War Department receives official info. Silver certificates delayed until November and a 15 000 000 three percent loan call is announced.
Democrats in Delaware nominate Benjamin T. Brags for governor at Dover with a platform backing tariff reduction and the National 1884 platform. Roan M. Squire is removed as NYC Public Works Commissioner amid a new conspiracy indictment. Henry Reilly, Rochester editor of the first daily newspaper, dies. A mad dog is killed by Dr. Lewes in a crowded NYC restaurant. Balt to Chicago rail fare drops to thirteen dollars from New York. Pennsylvania Democrats in Harrisburg nominate Chauncey Black for governor and Maxwell Stevenson for Congressman at Large. platform praises Cleveland and notes several deaths. National Union ex-Prisoners of War meet in Buffalo. Will iam Gray Jr. found dead at Blue Hills, Mass. American Bar Association meets at Saratoga Springs. Lewiston Steam Mill failure liabilities reach 847,800. Niagara Whirlpool feats draw crowds. Scott perishes attempting a cork-suit swim. ABA president Thomas J. Semmes elected at Saratoga. Telegraph reports show active merchandise movement in 28 large cities, with dry goods volumes up vs. August.
Reports of a hemorrhagic storm's devastation near Newark Dakota and Tulare California fires. Iowa ministers offer 1000 reward for Rev Haddock's assassin. Michigan Democrats Greenbackers unite for G L Yaple and S S Curry tickets. Arizona miners slain by Indians. Illinois prohibitionists nominate Kep ley. Sandusky steel works burn. Mob hangs Exira Woops in Jackson Tennessee. Lower Mississippi boats tied by low water. Irish National League in Chicago opens with Parnell cheers. Nebraska prohibitionists nominate Hardy for governor. Mrs Klemm burned in Bloominton. Mississippi River at lowest in thirty years, pilot notes.
Reports describe William Watkins lynching in Au rora Indiana for Louis Hilbert murder. Nominations listed across multiple states including Kirkwood O'Mara in Iowa Wisconsin Price Allen McBride Little and Hall Dibble Voorhees Hatton Harrison Loomis with other party endorsements. Floods wipe Saric Arizona and notable deaths and trials noted. Counterfeit coin and weather damages also described.
A string of international incidents are reported. An avalanche near Port Stanley, Falkland Islands threatens the town. cholera appears in Carniola Austria with four deaths. riots in Nagasaki Japan leave five Chinese dead. Karlsruhe Germany buries twelve victims after a building collapse. architect arrested. The Queen calls for swift financial legislation. Belfast police indicted for murder. Knights of Labor tensions in Montreal. Paris endures forty house fires. Fisheries talks progress among England the United States and Canada. Trieste reports sixteen cholera cases and three deaths.
Standings show Detroit 63 22 Chicago 24 New York 58 27 Philadelphia 50 4 Boston 80 44 St. Louis 20 57 Kansas City 18 61 Washington 14 66. News items recount Volga steamer disaster near Saratov with 200 deaths, Geronimo surrounded, Bulgarian palace upheaval and abdication, Illinois and Texas political nominations, Earlville fire near destruction, and multiple drownings in Minnesota lakes. San Francisco fire destroys $2,030,009 property. Mandalay flood and assorted fatalities reported in Asia, Europe, and Americas.
The Chicago jury found August Spies, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, Louis Lingg, and Oscar Neebe guilty of murder in the Haymarket affair. Death for seven, Neebe sentenced to fifteen years. Closing speeches praised and blamed the actions of leaders, police, and protesters as the trial spanned two months with extensive testimony and legal arguments. The judge charged the jury on conspiracy and accomplice law, and the case drew wide public reaction across business and alien communities.
A Forli resident named Lucci asserts a herb extract from Africa can mummify the body and grant immunity to hunger thirst and poison. A local committee watches his self experiments. doctors find the case curious but not fraudulent. He drinks four glasses of water daily and plans to go to Bologna for another fasting and poison trial.
A country house gathering features guests praising the hostess who quips that true beauty requires being young and beautiful. The guest hastily backtracks, insisting she is not, in fact, lacking, though his flattery betrays his discomfort.
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