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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1886
Page
2
Van Wert Hulletin notes forty two ice factories started in the South in the last nine months. Other items report Tuomas Jefferson’s pictured postal card, Cameron as the sole survivor of Polk’s Senate, cholera deaths in Corea, sea serpent sightings, Prisoners Sunday in nine states, a Illinois widow’s lost money found by a young man who was thanked with marriage, and a tax on honesty critique plus a list of acids in a cigar.
Baron Von Faber, owner of the famed Fa ber pencil factory at Nuernberg, marked the 125th anniversary of its founding. Hundreds of congratulatory telegrams, written with Bearers, arrived as he celebrated in clover.
A reporter notes strict West Point discipline where a beetle crawling down a private’s back must not show any perturbation. The soldier should simply endure and hope the beetle crawls away.
A New York society woman predicts griddle cake parties will become a winter fashion among fashionable young women. The piece notes griddle cakes to come conspicuously to the front this season as a proper boastful achievement.
Volunteers manned the Anchoria life boat for succor seventy miles from land. Tar railroad men in New York wait for the twenty four hour system before nationwide adoption. A panicked ocean voyage on the America ends with fatalities and insanity. A reporter’s failed China scoop quotes a laundry worker in pidgin English about wages.
A Pittsburgh region gas speculation claims exhaustless supply across Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky with vast untapped acreage. A Brooklyn jumper blames public mockery for his stunts and plans another leap at Genesee Falls. England to host a London exposition with American popcorn and corn balls as novelty highlights.
A weekly summary reports U.S. Treasury balances and bank notes, mint coinage figures, and mail transport costs. It notes a fatal gas barrel explosion in Washington and multiple public and violent incidents, including murders, accidents, and indictments across several states.
Reports from Tipton Indiana to Pocahontas Virginia recount fatal train brawls and wrecks, cattle disease in Montgomery County Illinois, a $50,000 San Francisco express robbery near Pacific Missouri, fires destroying Murfreesboro Tennessee and the Gree School in Cleveland, and political nominations in Louisiana and Pennsylvania. Susan B Anthony attends a suffrage gathering as flood of misfortunes continues.
Foreign intelligence reports detail the Ugandan massacre of native Christians by King Mwanga with torture and burning. Avignon floods cause damage. Ratibor emigrant checks bar 452 paupers from the U.S. border. Germany sees seven killed in a Triberg saw mill fire. a London Thames collision sinks Minerva with seven drowned.
Week ending figures show clearing-house aggregates at $924,732,977, down 5.3 percent from a year ago. Salvation Army leader General Booth arrives in Chicago. six Indian Territory murderers sentenced to hang January 14. Fires in Des Arc cause $150,000 loss. national day of prayer set for November 25. Various arrivals, deaths, and incidents reported including bank robberies, earthquakes, and railway accidents. Public notices include postal and tax receipts totaling $27,544,377 for four months.
New York reports an estimated million people joined the unveiling of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island. Despite drizzle and mud the public celebrated, schools closed and citywide festivities proceeded amid light fog and elaborate decorations.
A grand Fifth Avenue parade for President Cleveland opened with a long line of military units and civic groups. Secretary Whitney, Bayard, Vilas and others accompanied by Gen Schofield reviewed the procession from Madison Square after a morning arrival and reception by French dignitaries including Bartholdi and Lesseps.
President Cleveland attends a grand unveiling of the Statue of Liberty aboard the Despatch as 30,000 marchers and 500 ships fill New York harbor. M. De Lesseps and Bartholdi receive cheers, with France gifting the monument to the United States amid naval salutes and a rain-soaked crowd.
The article details measurements and construction data for the Statue of Liberty including height, pedestal dimensions, weight, and the number of steps. It recounts the French American union of 1874, progress through 1876, model process, arm and torch completion, and final assembly in Paris and shipment to Liberty Island. It notes the pedestal design by Richard M Hunt, pedestal cost, and French delegates led by General Pelissier with ties to the 1870 71 war.
The article lists prominent French attendees including Admiral Jaures born 1828 and son Albert Gregg, plus officials such as M. Spuller M. Desmons and M. Heilard. It notes Jaures long service from Crimea to Mexico and the Franco Prussian war and Austrian prominence of other delegates representing Marine War Public Instruction and Commerce.
Grand jury at Plymouth indicts two men for ordering a boycott. Bolton’s Chadwick thread-mills burned for 40000 pounds. Johnson mine in Scranton reports a fire damp explosion injuring ten, one likely to die. Meyers Thieman & Co. Cincinnati wholesale dealers fail with 90000 owed and 45000 assets. Rev John Adams of New York dies mid sermon in Beaumaris Wales. Wabash freight collision near St Louis kills engineer and brakeman. Martin Kelley arrested in Madison on manslaughter charge connected to Pine Bluff disaster. Illinois ex-prisoners of war meet at Centralia. next year in Peoria. Showman John Delanty murdered at Flemington Junction. Captain Christie kills spectator William Turner in Lebanon Kentucky firefight.
A Times special reports eight people perished in a log cabin fire near Flat Rock Knox County Kentucky. William Poe left home with his wife five children and two neighbors Miss Alice Carnes and Sallie Adams aboard. The bodies were recovered next day and one scene shows the mother clutching a baby as the fire was extinguished.
A passenger train and a freight train collided near Rio Wisconsin after a switch was left open. At least twenty six people were killed and many injured as the blaze trapped passengers inside cars. Rescue workers, led by District Attorney Armstrong, recovered bodies and identified victims including Mrs C R Scherer of Winona and other travelers from Wisconsin and Illinois. The engineer saved lives by holding the throttle, while Bishop Whipple aided survivors before help arrived.
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