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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1880
Page
1
A jumble of news items reports a New Haven financial slip sending about 3,500 dollars in gold to New York to pay for wheat to Europe, hazardous kerosene lamp use, a Hillsboro Ohio speech by Secretary Sherman, and various anecdotes from India to Kentucky.
The hay fever sufferers association holds its annual convention at Bethlehem New Hampshire. John C. Hamilton, visiting Saratoga, remains vigorous and remarks on his father Alexander Hamilton when recalling the past.
The German Navy will stage a night sea fight off Rugen with electric lights for miles, attended by Crown Prince on royal command. Dr. Tanner, recently at the Wellington Fair, declares he shifted from a Greeley to a Garfield Republican and will vote accordingly.
Commodore Nutt opened a New York saloon and was embraced by a guest who whispered in his ear. Moments later the Commodore noticed his $100 watch, a gift from P. T. Barnum, was missing. The suspect was arrested but the watch was not recovered.
A severed human foot was found in a shoe on Barnegat Bay near Long Branch puzzling seasoned sailors and doctors. The same article notes Prof. Alexander Graham Bell as a handsome Scot with black eyes, recently awarded the Volta prize of $10,000 for a leading electrical discovery and set to sail for Europe to receive it.
A Washington dispatch reports at the census office Gen. Walker may order a new enumeration of South Carolina. Original returns are being duplicated so originals can be kept in Washington for comparison and used as evidence against any enumerators who violated the law.
In Scituate waters the Lapwing now serves the mossing trade. About 2,500 barrels were gathered and sold last year. Moss weighed 100 pounds per barrel and was worth $20,000. Local collectors from Plymouth visit shores to gather moss and ship it to Scituate for curing.
The Harpers announce an imperial octavo Troy study by Schliemann. The eleven part volume includes maps, plans, views and at least 2,000 pictures from Troy. It covers biography, Trojan country, literature, and Troy’s archaeological strata. English and New York editions released simultaneously.
A Dublin Georgia young man slept well then woke unable to hear or speak. He had spoken and heard normally the prior night with no remembered injury or distress. Doctors report no other physical signs and investigations continue.
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