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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1886
Page
2
The bulletin notes 128975 miles of railroad in the country with 8131 miles built in the past year. It laments sea accidents as a poor squall can upend a yacht and claim several lives. Wil Careros, author of Betsy and I Are Out, will lecture and read to English audiences this autumn.
Novelist Miss Mary Creer Hay who died recently left a manuscript titled A Wicked Girl, and the work is to be published soon according to reports.
Oregon residents face a bounty on gray tails leading to an odd shift as locals raise squirrels to substitute chickens. The unusual program reflects wildlife management and cultural quirks in rural communities.
Five strawberries of the second crop were arriving in Baltimore from Anne Arundel County and selling quickly for fifty cents a box.
The Western Furniture Manufacturers Association agreed to a price increase of not less than five percent, effective January 1 of the coming year.
A furniture polish maker this season labels bottles with a new freckle eradicator claim. The odd marketing shift raises questions about cosmetic connotations and branding in a traditional goods market.
Four hundred fifty six blind residents in New York were given fifty nine dollars each from an annual City Council appropriation. The payments reflect municipal relief efforts for disabled residents.
At the Ohio Republican state convention in Columbus a celebration marked the thirtieth anniversary of the party's establishment with attendees noting the milestone and party history.
The Chicago Herald explains stamp signaling where upside down expresses I love you and right side up and down signals farewell to a sweetheart with a parting message.
The sea serpent, now on his regular summer cruise, has reached Portland. It is described as about one hundred and fifty feet long and wearing a rather mild expression.
Jeyce Dovenerrty of Mount Union Pennsylvania works on a light-draught wooden steamboat. He proposes to fit iron-folding paddles to astonish the world with the speed achieved.
An Eastern fashion blurb proclaims hair should be worn on top of the head challenging many older men with high foreheads to adapt to the change.
Reports claim over fourteen hundred individuals treated by M Pasteur for lang wounds with four deaths. The piece questions how many would have died without Pasteur’s treatment.
Tris reports 1250 visitors ascended Pike's Peak this summer with no double counting, signaling a reliable tourism surge.
A statistical authority classifies one hundred heroines by behavior and status. Seventy-nine are described as young and beautiful, thirteen as beautiful, and eight as occupying high social stations.
Mexican revolutionists assassinated the Prefect of Magdalena on a road he must pass. Twenty two of the attackers were captured and imprisoned.
John Fitzgerald, president of the Irish National League, arrives in Lincoln Nebraska to a chorus of steam whistles and bells and a crowd of about five thousand citizens. Governor Dawes and other officials greet him at the opera house with congratulations.
The son of a leading Spanish court figure in Paris fled with a pretty washer woman. When funds run dry and the wife must work, she gains an advantage over an American heiress who marries a Count and later must earn a living after her fortune is gone.
Dr Apranam T Lower a longtime First National Bank of Boston figure and former president turned ninety. He is regarded as the oldest living Massachusetts legislator and Dartmouth College graduate, with a Masonic connection dating to 1817 and a life under every U.S. presidential administration.
The Boston Advertiser reports higher alcohol and tobacco consumption for the year ending. Whisky distillation and drinking increased by 1.6 million gallons compared with 1885 to 7.7 million. Beer consumption rose 1.5 million to 264.009 million gallons. Tobacco for smoking and chewing reached 191.9 million pounds with cigars at 3.509 billion and cigarettes 1.31 billion.
The piece notes a strong rivalry along the Connecticut river with each side praising its state. It compares sizes and landscapes, arguing New Hampshire benefits from views of Vermont and implying Vermont would be the harder landscape to till.
Washington reports President Cleveland selects Felix A. Reeve to be Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury, succeeding Joseph Robinson who has resigned. The week records 647,727 standard silver dollars minted, up from 513,497 a year earlier. Immigrant arrivals and trade figures are noted for July and the year ending July 31 1886.
In Maine the East Tur campaign opened at Sebago Lake with a speech by Hon. James G. Blaine. Across the nation explosions in Lykens Pa injure twenty. an Shoustown oil well near Pittsburgh is proclaimed world class. Moviton nominated by Labor in First Maine.
Reports from conventions in Ohio Iowa Michigan and Texas outline Republican nominations for secretary of state treasurer attorney general and other posts. Platforms call for tariff protection labor laws and opposition to Cleveland policy. A Milford Center collision leaves three dead and several injured.
Reports from Sheffield England describe a warehouse collapse killing several children, with seven recovered. Bulgaria sees provisional government overthrown as three leaders jailed while old ministers resume power. Prince Alexander freed and moving toward Darmstadt. Russia rumored to prevent throne return. UK parliament adjournment motion rejected. Bank of England raises discount rate to 3 1/2 percent. Cork evictions face police resistance. Irish political debates and secret-service fund abolition proposed in Commons.
Details include the Anti-Convict Contract Association forming led by W. T. Lewis and George S. Redfield, various congressional nominations across multiple states, a Springfield convention selecting treasurer and state superintendent candidates, a California state convention nominating Swift and Waterman, expulsion resolutions in Texas, donations for a Detroit hospital by John Newberry and James McMillan, a Newport academy nun's death by fire, and Illinois Prohibition nominees for Congress.
At dawn a lightning strike hit Laflin Rand powder magazine near Brighton Park causing a blast that killed one and fatally wounded six others. Windows shattered citywide and a 15 000 dollar loss loomed. Police jailed anarchists Louis Juhl Henry Batzel and William Kloth after confiscating weapons. In Sofia crowds await Prince Alexander as pending executions for Bulgarian ring leaders are awaited.
A fierce storm struck Laflin Rand's powder magazine on Archer road near Brighton Park. One hundred thousand pounds of powder and dynamite exploded, killing a girl and injuring about thirty as nearby buildings were crushed and debris sent miles away. Spectators swarmed the scene as telegraph lines failed and widespread damage followed.
The article surveys how shark parts are utilized after capture including skins for jewelry and cane inlays, oververtebrae for canes with iron rods, and teeth for weapons in Pacific Island cultures. It notes 1880 Indian shark fin trade valued at $800000 and describes serrated teeth used on hardwood swords. A fragment mentions a riverbed shark-rock find near Groveland.
Acting Secretary Fairchild approves 30 page regulations defining butter and oleomargarine and detailing taxes, bonding, inventories, labeling, packing, and monthly returns for manufacturers wholesalers and retailers under the oleomargarine law effective Oct. 31, 1886. Officials may inspect materials and enforce penalties, with appeals to a high level board.
Reports from Berin Becnanrest and St. Petersburg on August 26 describe a Bulgarian counter revolution failing to oust Prince Alexander. The conspirators are imprisoned, the old Cabinet governs in the prince's name, and troops march from Rustchuk toward Sofia. Diplomats debate Russia's role and potential for internationalizing the dispute.
A massive earthquake sweep across Greece from Athens to Pyrgos and Philiatra destroys entire towns in Morea, with at least six towns wiped out and over 600 killed and more than 1 000 injured. Similar shocks reach Naples and Alexandria but with varying damage. United States reports a quake felt in Charleston at 4 48 AM spreading to Summerville.
Rev. James C. Beecher, brother of Henry Ward Beecher and Thomas K Beecher, killed himself at a water cure in Ermina New York by shooting. He had a history of mental illness and had recently come under care of an attendant. A Dartmouth graduate and former chaplain and colonel, he spent recent years on a Ulster County farm.
Senator William M. Evarts and Miss Jennie Matthews were injured in a Windsor Vermont carriage crash when a bridle failed and their carriage capsized. Charles C. Perkins of Boston died on the scene, a noted art patron and author, husband of Evarts' eldest daughter, with his works on Italian sculpture widely cited.
Prince Alexander arrived at Rustchuk and was welcomed by M. Stambouloff who restored him to power. He pledged to sacrifice his life for the people as crowds cheered the return of the monarch to Bulgaria.
In St Louis the National Colored Baptist convention discussed a temperance shift. Speeches touched on politics as the group adopted a resolution backing the movement to end the liquor traffic and expressing hope for its success.
A large Charles Felix & Co factory near Mexico City burned on Friday. Seven operatives died trying to extinguish the blaze, including two Americans, John and Alfred Dubel from Richmond Virginia. Several others were badly injured.
Reports from London describe severe distress among Irish peasants as eviction decrees enforced by the government are seen as brutal. Members of Parliament who visited the area view the enforcement as harsh given the conditions.
A Bee Line passenger train collided with a Panhandle freight at Milford Center Ohio Friday night, killing two and wounding several. In Asheville North Carolina five were killed and eight injured in a wreck on the Asheville and Spartansburg railroad near here yesterday. Texas relief efforts underway after devastating storms with many irreparably ruined residents needing food clothing and shelter.
William Galamore received life imprisonment from the Toledo Circuit Court for the killing of Mary Sanders in Mattoon last spring. He cut her throat with a pocket knife after she refused his advances.
A Calgary special reports two masked men stopped the Edmonton stage eighteen miles from Calgary at 12:45 AM. The robbers seized about 800 dollars from the occupants.
Des Moines Aug 26 Two hundred town saloon keepers have received notices to stop retailing liquors and on Wednesday forty more were warned to submit to the law. It is feared bloodshed will result from the prosecutions as law-breakers threaten to fight to the death.
London Aug 26 Rev Henry Ward Beecher is ill and has canceled his lecture at New Brighton for next Friday. He has traveled to the Hydropathic in Moffat Dumfriesshire Scotland seeking treatment.
London reports Prince Alexander arrived at Lemberg at two oclock with a festive reception by Germans and Poles. He appeared on a hotel balcony to cheers, received a bouquet from a child, and pledged continued concern for Bulgaria. He travelled from Reni, regretted leaving Bulgaria, and urged a ruler devoted to Bulgaria's welfare.
A New York woman Mrs Kate Desmond dies after clothes catch fire on a Second Avenue car and flames envelop her on the street. In Cincinnati Sister Eulalie, head of Immaculate Academy Newport Ky, dies two hours after a mosquito bar fire traps her in an aloft room. Investigations proceed.
Special Agent Tingle reports to the Treasury on the Alaska seal fisheries. Ninety nine thousand nine hundred eighty seals were taken this year by the Alaska Commercial Committee, out of one hundred thousand eight, yielding two hundred sixty two thousand four hundred thirty seven dollars. The prior estimate of five million seals is thought excessive by about twenty five percent.
In Yrsiuanti Michigan a farmer named Wells killed his wife at Willis Station ten miles south of town. He cut her throat from ear to ear during a property dispute. The couple’s two children were at school and found their mother’s body on returning home. Wells surrendered in the woods claiming insanity and that he was seeking land.
McCulloch County voters issued resolutions demanding all non citizens of Mexican origin depart within five days under death by hanging. All Mexicans were served notices and complied. Sheriff Gilder of Kinney County reports Mexican raids from across the Rio Grande, with bands up to forty men driving off cattle and horses. Blaze will deploy rangers at once.
Cassell's Family Magazine explains the doll making process from wax models to finished faces. It highlights materials like English wax, plaster molds, facial features shaping, eyebrow pencil work, eye placement, and hair attachment, noting differences between wax dolls and cheaper wigs.
A Corsican quarrel over Columbus birthplace heats Calvi and Cogoleto with plaques and a marble tablet claiming the navigator was born in each town. The debate is mock-heroic with satiric tone as Corsica defends its claim against Genoa and Cogoleto.
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