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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1886
Page
2
Twenty one monuments will be dedicated on Gettysburg field to indicate where fought as many regiments and batteries. The Jamestown fire company is hard at work and recently called to turn the hose on a man who had whipped his wife.
In a quirky tale from Texas Burmah editors are paid with elephants for subscriptions. The editor notes the paper values keeping elephants in stock above all else, reflecting the unusual barter in the local market.
A line notes a furniture polish maker labeling bottles for the season and marketing the product as a freckle eradicator, reflecting a lighthearted sales pitch in a historical ad style.
The Ost member of Congress at the head of a leading committee reports writing eighteen thousand letters since the President’s inauguration, highlighting his active engagement and constituent outreach.
The Concord Summer School of Philosophy will discuss a question about which runs lower. The December thermometer or the Ohio Fiver in August. The talk frames a humorous comparison of weather and a local monetary measure.
An exchange notes the Georgia watermelon will soon be doing its work in the North while the interval features a green apple and toy pistol to relieve the monotony.
Peter Zingerle of Pittsburgh was arrested in Washington after lurking near the French minister's home and declaring an intent to kill the official. The incident underscores heightened security concerns around foreign diplomats in the capital.
James A Braver the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania Governor avoided the U S presidency by refusing a Garfield era Chicago nomination.
The New York Central Railway has invested $700000 in new sleeping cars to equip a Boston to Chicago train. The service will cover the distance in twenty seven hours with twelve stops.
Cornelius Vanderbilt offers to construct a large clubhouse for the sole use and enjoyment of the New York Central Railroad Company’s employee. The facility is planned to be located near Grand Central depot.
Banney Campset a playwright descends into increasingly wild fantasies claiming he and Queen Victoria run Bloomingdale Asylum in partnership and he exhibits other absurd delusions.
The record states that Congress heard rice birds cause losses of seven dollars per acre in all rice crops and that sparrows cause far greater damage, totaling many millions of dollars annually.
The pistol shows a remarkable propensity to discharge when used and is a poor choice for lunatics or despondent individuals. Its mere presence can tempt a death that might otherwise be avoided, highlighting the danger of carrying such weapons.
General BapvEAv notes that no subordinate anticipated Grant's terms for Lee. He did not decide or arrange details in advance, handling each matter only when it was presented for actual determination.
The piece notes Brits dislike bananas imported from the country, joking they eat skins. It contrasts with Americans who peel and dispose peels on sidewalks, claiming the pulp falls away neatly and so does the next passerby.
The accused man complains of undue discrimination after capture near Canada. He proposes moving the border back several hundred miles to give American police more room to pursue financial tourists.
An exchange notes that lying in the shade is the best part of trout fishing and that truthfulness varies with fish types. It cites examples of men who lie in the sun or at home, suggesting inconsistent behavior in lying practices across circumstances.
In Bloomington a calendar marked Judge David Davis death day with a sentiment by an old friend. The quote reads God is the only being who has time Sinadite but a prudent man who knows how to seize occasions can commonly make a shift to find as much as he needs.
The Kansas druggist mixed the wrong acid while selling lemonade, poisoning fifty people. The Chicago News mentions the old fashioned fruit Jemon thought to make lemonade harmless, urging revival of the fruit.
The New York World's Washington correspondent notes that Justin S. Morrill of Vermont has attended 30 of 31 Congress sessions. He is described as thoroughly conscientious and regular, with remarkably good health at age seventy six.
The Senate considers railroad land grant forfeiture petitions and River and Harbor bill revisions while the House furthers the General Deficiency Appropriation bill and vetoed private pension measures. Fitz John Porter named colonel, and John Goode's Solicitor General nomination rejected amid executive sessions.
United States exchanges at 26 leading clearing-houses totaled 1 003 684 480 for the week ending the 3d, up from 916 772 15. June fire losses across U S and Canada reached 9 750 000, 50 percent above recent June averages. The President vetoed a 35 million railroad bill through the Indian reservation in Northern Montana. Willam H. Cole of Maryland died in Washington at age 49. In June railroads earned 19 908 862, up 2 138 998 from 1885. Seven days ending the %th had 159 business failures, 5 585 total since January 1.
In News items for The East dated the 6th and 7th reports. Dr Valentine Mott of New York inoculated the son of a Jersey City physician for rabies on the 6th. A Brooklyn painters strike affected nearly a thousand workers on the 7th. Reports of storms, fires, and fatalities appear across several locations including Scranton Erie and Plymouth.
The report notes attacks on the Democratic party for pension and officer allocations, a staged Irish home-rule sympathy, and veteran concerns. It details seven fishermen drowned near Astoria, a mother’s murder suicide in Indiana, editorials urging Senate bribery probes, costs of labor strikes, and multiple executions in North and Indiana.
Cholera outbreaks in Brindisi Latiano and Venice with high death tolls in Italy. Brindisi 11 new cases 7 deaths. Latiano 56 cases 26 deaths. Venice 2 cases 1 death. Madrid Malaga earthquake damage and a London banquet for Henry Warp Rescuer. Ottawa and Coburg counterfeiting raid. Cardiff riot injuries. Cambodia royal family upheaval. Quarantine tightened in Alexandria for arrivals from Austria and Italy.
Reports note a cyclone near Harold Texas causing property damage and two deaths. Across states, Republicans renominate K R Hitt in Illinois Sixth and John A Donnell in Iowa Sixth. Missouri GOP to convene at Sedalia September 1. The Kansas panel re-nominates Martin and Reddle with Allen as secretary. The era sees Prohibition nominees in Minnesota Alabama and Minnesota. Poet Paul Hayne dies at fifty five in Augusta Georgia. Starving cattle in Shackelford County Texas after fourteen months without rain. A Romeo Wisconsin hamlet faces a $150000 loss. Kansas platform favors protective tariffs and crop protection.
The week ends with Detroit and Chicago leading the National League standings among others. A central Illinois cyclone leveled grain and property, Wisconsin forest fires caused major damage, and New York sculptor Henny K. Brow’s death marks a cultural note. Global events include Niagara Falls bravery feat, Bohemia boat tragedy, and British elections progressing with varied results.
President Cleveland sent twenty private pension veto messages to the House in Washington. He notes careful study of 565 special pension acts this session, with 120 approved and twenty vetoed, and cites concerns about unintended, unjust public money gifts while backing needed support for veterans. The House committee plans to report most Senate-originating bills as passed despite the veto. Alfred Denny is cited in a remarks about dangerous saddle horns.
Reports from Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and Dakota confirm prolonged drought damaging hard wheat and spring grain yields. Early rain unlikely and corn, hay, potatoes suffer. Texas drought cripples cattle water supply as families flee Shackleford County. Rural New Yorker estimates overall wheat and corn prospects improving modestly but drought remains threatening.
At a Fourth of July event near Coulterville Illinois two children died and around one hundred people, including residents of Coulterville Sparta Oakdale and Marissa, fell ill after consuming ice cream and lemonade. Symptoms included severe fever vomiting and abdominal pain with several patients unable to eat for days.
In Providence on Monday evening Agnes Lynn aged 17 and Kate Kiernan aged 17 were shot with a single barrel shotgun by Joseph F E Nolan 18. Agnes is severely injured likely to lose both eyes while Kate is not seriously hurt. Nolan fled but was later captured claiming innocence and accident amid jealousy suspicions.
The excursion steamer Gazelle collided with the yacht Tosie off Taylor Street at 9:30 p.m. One passenger, Mrs. Everett Wilson, drowned as Tosie sank in about twelve feet of water. Gazelle carried about 170 passengers. five were aboard Tosie, all saved except Mrs. Wilson.
The farming districts in Western and Eastern Iowa report drought with grain suffering. Michigan, Southern Minnesota, and Eastern Wisconsin also see dry weather. Yields of spring grain may fall 25 to 50 percent in affected areas while Northern Dakota and Minnesota receive timely rain. Corn remains generally fed, though drought harms some localities. Illinois reports dryness.
Reports from Jacksonville say a July gale swept Apalachicola on the 20th, uprooting trees and destroying houses. Telegraph wires were blown down and six people—four white and two colored—were drowned in the bay.
A New Hall Arnold resident near Cincinnati celebrated a tenth birthday yesterday. She has two sisters living one aged 106 and the other 112 years. Times-Star reports the unusual ages and notes the family highlights from the event.
In New York City at 192 West Tenth Street John Warner shot his sleeping fourteen year old son in the head and then killed himself with a second bullet. Lodgers found both men in the room with a pistol and cartridges on the window sill.
Fort Wayne ind July 8 at noon yesterday the bid for opening the Little river ditch in the southeastern county was awarded to Boltz Derheimer for 137000. The project aims to reclaim swamp land with a main ditch twenty three miles long and branches totaling forty four miles. It is among the largest contract undertakings in the United States with only the Florida Everglades project of similar scale.
Macon Georgia reports poet Paul Hiamilton Hayne died at his home Copse Hill after a paralytic stroke. Born January 1 in 1810 in Charleston he was son of U S Navy Lieutenant and nephew of South Carolina Governor and U S Senator Robert Y Hayne. He wrote poems and prose and edited Southern Literary Messenger and Storrsell's Magazine among other periodicals.
A large blaze in Romeo Marathon County Wisconsin destroyed eleven houses a boarding house two barns two warehouses a saw mill and planing mill plus two carloads of flour and millions of feet of timber and shingles. Loss estimated at 130000 with 50000 insured sixty workers jobless and twenty seven families left destitute while woods to the town's south were burning.
The Senate Finance Committee will propose amendments to the fractional Whisky bill as soon as a report is prepared. They aim to adopt key provisions sought by the Viticultural association, excluding adulteration of wines. The changes would allow fortifying sweet wines with grape brandy tax free, fortifying wines for export with the vessel, and warehousing fruit brandies for three years.
Dr. Gatling inventor of the Gatling gun is in Wasmaerox and preparing a new form of machine gun for police use. The compact design weighs under fifty pounds and fits on a police wagon. Two or three guns per wagon would respond quickly to riots, each firing at least 1,000 shots per minute.
Harry R. Keasant a Frederick Maryland society figure was shot and killed by Joseph S Webb a dentist from Baramone after Webb learned of Webb s cousin Miss Sears betrayal. Sears is described as now in an insane asylum.
July 9 reports describe widespread forest fires in Michigan Wisconsin FenensyWania and New Hampshire with towns like Missaukee Junction Ashton and Pure affected. Firefighters strive to save communities while engines are summoned from Grand Rapids. losses include Kieldson’s farm structures valued at $9,000 and a Zealand New Hampshire fire that burned 2 000 000 feet of spruce and 2 000 cords of wood.
Indiana mother kills her two children then hangs herself. Details report Allie Turpin aged five and the infant dead at home near Evansville. Mrs. Turpin found suicided in barn with a plow-line, note left saying weary of life's troubles. Asa Turpin's family shaken by suspected insanity.
The Brotherhood of Postal Clerks in Indianapolis says Postmaster General Vilas broke his promise that removals would be for cause. They accuse political motive in removals, demand due process, deny insubordination, and state their aim is to improve service while awaiting a meeting with Vilas. A large number of removals occurred before they could present their case.
Toronto reports William Brown, head of a large counterfeit ring, was arrested. Officers found letters from Quebec and Ontario suspects ordering counterfeit money and watchfully printed bills totaling thousands of dollars. The notes included 200 ten-dollar bills from Bank of Commerce Montreal, First National Bank Chicago, and Chase National New York designs.
The president will leave Washington in late August and travel to Buffalo to board the steam yacht Sigma Toledo. He will visit Cleveland en route and stay with his brother in law N B Bacon in Toledo. From Toledo he will go to Jackson Michigan and then to Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis.
Rain fell late last night in Minneapolis and across the Red river and Mississippi river valleys. The downpour was hard and steady for over an hour with little wind. Officials say it was a genuine crop rain and will greatly benefit crops. Forecasters place the storm’s path from Sioux City to St. Vincent.
Miss Mary Discher refused to marry Henry Young in New Richland on Wednesday night. Young shot her through the heart and then killed himself by a bullet to the brain.
The general executive board of the Knights of Labor reports the strike cost the board 100000 and the strikers 1000000. The railroad company faced damages estimated at 3500000.
From St. Louis reports state that July Fourth ice cream poisonings have claimed six lives including Mary Mast and John Orr. A dozen others are said to be critically ill.
A professional stamp heist at the Minneapolis post office drained about $18,000 in stamps and $100 in currency from the safe between one and two o'clock. The burglars used hammer drills to breach the safe and fled with the loot, leaving behind tools and a silk handkerchief as clues. The thieves then moved to St. Paul, abandoning the getaway horse and wagon. The post office lobby was unattended, and police were scarce during the rain-soaked burglary.
Sam Archer a member of the Archer gang was hanged at Shoals Indiana for the July 1882 murder of Samuel A. Burch after a lynching and trial. The report details the gang actions from the July 1882 shooting to the arrests and executions, noting Archer leaves a mother two sisters and two brothers. The lengthy dispatch includes other 1886 industrial and local crime brief items from Baltimore Wilmington and New Jersey.
C D Graham of Buffalo, a 33 year old cooper, crossed Niagara Whirlpool in a seven foot long iron bound barrel bound with 250 pounds of hoops and 240 pounds ballast. He rode the rapids despite perils and landed five miles downstream at Lewiston with only a bruise and comments on the eddies.
The Alameda reports fierce earthquakes and volcanic activity across Taranga and surrounding areas in the Auckland lake district. Mount Tarewera and Paeroa range erupt, Ruapehe awakens, dust and sulfuric rain fall, Wairou and Rahtomahana buried, twenty people dead including British residents, Rotorua chief rescued after 104 hours.
A central Illinois hail storm Friday night caused wide crop damage. In Olney Mrs Regina Deisser and a boy were killed when lightning struck a house. Glass shattered at Saybrook. Arrowsmith fowls killed. Mahomet tile factory blown down. Lightning burned barns at Cooper station and near Bloomington. Clinton bank roof blown off. Over 1 000 acres near Clark destroyed. Volga and Brookings County reports of crop damage.
London reports Lord Salisbury has proposed to Lord Hartington a coalition ministry with a local government bill for Ireland Scotland and England a laborers allotment bill to empower farm workers to acquire small holdings reform and extension of the Artisans Dwellings act cheaper transfer of lands and a select committee to inquire into India administration to give natives greater local control.
In Oak Lawn Maryland on July 12 a crowd of about one thousand gathered at a Catholic residence where Cardinal Gibbons and the papal nuncio were staying. The porch collapsed under the weight, throwing the crowd into a dense pile. About a dozen people were wounded as panic subsided and initial fears of multiple deaths proved unfounded.
Waterford reports a rising typhoid fever epidemic with forty cases and four deaths. The outbreak, linked to a public well contaminated by sick-room utensils, has prompted panic and the suspension of business as physicians from Milwaukee and Chicago aid responses.
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