Lecture tour and Nantucket fishery losses hinted
Ohio figure Henny M. Stanley will lecture in America fifty times this season. Nantucket faces an estimated 100000 dollar loss from shore fish scarcity. Mariners now carry oil to cast upon the waters during storms. Boston Y M C U offered carriage drives to the sick last summer, aiding nearly fourteen hundred people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henny M. Stanley
America
Nantucket
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Barnum Called Ruler of the Amusement Empire
Alabama writer M. M. Brosnan lauds P. T. Barnum as not only the ruler of the amusement empire but the czar of all rushes for seats in a playful take on his influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Brosnan
Alabama
P. T. Barnum
California School Textbooks Sold At Cost For Next Winter
A complete set of school textbooks to be sold at cost is being prepared for California in line with the state's vote and will be introduced into the schools next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
First anti-slavery man in Senate lives at home aged ninety six
Joseph Cilley, the first anti-slavery senator, is still living and remains at his Nottingham New Hampshire family homestead. He is ninety six years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Joseph Cilley
Nottingham
N. H
White tornado wrecks Goldsboro home with furniture toss
A white tornado swept through Goldsboro North Carolina striking a residence. It forced open the front door and gathered up furniture then burst the rear door and flung the entire haul into the backyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
N. C
A Bostonian Debunks Sea Serpent Legend
A near sighted Bostonian contests the popular belief in sea serpents at summer resorts. He argues the sea serpent is a coil of sea weed with a bobbing barrel for a head, animated by waves and enhanced by imagination into a lifelike illusion.
Pittsburgh Divorce Granted After Sixteen-Year Adjudication
A Pittsurcu woman was granted a divorce after sixteen years of legal advisement in the courts. The case sets a precedent suggesting would be divorcing residents in Pittsburgh should file their applications ten years before marriage to avoid long delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittssurcu
Pittsburgh
Buffalo Sharps Exploit Firemen Celebration Theft
A local buffalo area report notes a young farmer at a firemen celebration slept in a park and woke to find his hat coat cane watch chain and money missing. It highlights sharper activity in the city and the thefts reported by the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Kentucky Court Rules on Keepsake Gifts in Breakup
A Kentucky court held that a girl who refuses marriage must return gifts from her lover, deemed keepsakes. A Chicago paper notes perishable items like kisses and peanuts are not covered by the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Chicago
Enforce statutes to curb lynching says Chicago paper
The Chicago Inter Ocean argues justice and law are respected by enforcing existing laws. It condemns lax enforcement as fueling lynching and outlawry among ordinary citizens, insisting courts must stop tinkering and apply statutes against evil-doers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter Ocean
Immediate delivery stamp scores for prompt dispatch
A dispatch and a letter bearing an immediate delivery stamp were sent from Boston to Roxbury Mass. Both arrived at the same moment, one left at the telegraph company central office on State Street and the other at the Boston post office. The Boston Transcript notes the achievement with pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Roxbury
Mass
The
Telegraph Company
State Street
Boston Post-Office
Boston Transcript
Oregon Supreme Court ruling on oleomargarine sales
The court holds that under Oregon law convicting someone of selling or offering oleomargarine requires no overt act of offering. Mere possession and placing the product in a store with other salable items is sufficient for a jury to find it was offered for sale, provided markings show its true character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Oregon
Oregon
Baltimore Doctor Dies After Suicide Bet
Dr. Brrrine of Baltimore recently bet a lady acquaintance fifty dollars that he would kill himself. He was found dead in his bed with a deep head wound and a revolver in his hand. A note claimed he had done it and had won the wager, leaving the woman deeply grieved, believing she caused the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brrrine
Baltimore
Swordfish Attacks Gloucester Schooner Volunteer
The Boston Journal notes the swordfish described as the most persistent attacked the Gloucester schooner Volunteer during a fishing trip. The crew felt a jar as four separate charges were fired. On return to port the ship was repaired on the marine railway and the keel showed a sword broken off four times in ten inches near the sternpost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Journal
Volunteer
Gloucester
Marine Railway
Niagara Falls Recession Rate Report At AAAS Session
Prof. R M Woodward of Washington presented at the AAAS session in Buffalo on Niagara Falls erosion. He cited that Horseshoe Falls wore away 18,500 square feet between 1847 and 1875, about 1.57 acres, and 60,000 square feet between 1875 and 1886. The falls’ contour runs 2,800 feet and recession to move one mile would take roughly 2,200 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Buffalo
R. 5. Woodward
Washington
Niagara Falls
Horseshoe Falls
Washington News Summary From The Week
General Thomas Courtland Manning of Louisiana named Minister to Mexico replacing Henry R. Jackson. A. G. Sedgwick refutes rumors with proof. Thomas RE. Benedict named Public Printer to succeed Rounds around mid August. Indian Office issues instruction to push allotments of land in severalty on reservations. August public debt total 1.748 billion with 1.378 billion debt after treasury cash. Seven day business failures total 166, up from 150. Queen Victoria sends sympathy to earthquake sufferers to President Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas Courtland Manning
Louisiana
Mexico
Henry R. Jackson
A. G. Sedgwick
Bayard
Thomas RE. Benepict
Rounds
Indian Office
United States
Treasury
Cleveland
East items report industry gains and political notes
Revents from Pittsburgh describe more puddling furnaces lit and fewer idle workers, with one firm receiving two thousand tons of agricultural steel orders from the South. Castle Garden immigration officials vow to stop Mormon shiploads, detaining a hundred to be sent back as paupers. A shanty near Sonestown burned, seven Hungarian railroad workers perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Daniel Ermentrout
Pennsylvania
J. H. Sweyer
Commissioners of Immigration
Castle Garden
N. Y
Ernest Schilling
Sonestown
Earthquakes Hit Charleston and South Roy VT Blaze Destroys Business
The report details a major earthquake in Charleston South Carolina and a second quake that damaged South Roy alton Vermont. It notes nine ruined dwellings six other fires and a $160 000 loss. It also covers congressional nominations in several states including Outhwaite Worthington and Connolly and party platforms on land ownership labor and tariffs. The Savannah postmaster was ousted and George W Lamar appointed in his place.
Earthquakes, fever rise and political noms headline nation
Three deaths from the latest shock flood the South with terror. Richmond Virginia felt the tremor as if it were the 31st ult with residents fleeing in the streets. Shocks were also reported in Menor Rosa Grass Valley California and Reno Nebraska on the night of the 3d. A reported clash between Mexican and American troops proved false and Geronimo did not escape. Mississippi City health officials refused to declare a yellow fever quarantine at Biloxi prompting a shotgun restriction by citizens on the 3rd amid a few cases. Parrottsville Tennessee suffered a mysterious illness with 27 deaths in three days. Congressional nominations on the 8th include Democrats in Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas. Prohibitionists in Illinois, Wisconsin. Independent Labor in Michigan.
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Tuer
Maryland
A. S. Drysdale
Waukesha
Wis. Aire
South Royalton
Joseph H. Outhwaite
Lancaster
Ohio
N. E. Worthington
Illinois
James A. Connolly
E. 8. Williams
Odin Guitar
Missouri
J. H. Rowell
Ininors
Springfield
John R. Tanner
Richard Edwards
Savanna
Wilson
George W. Lamar
Charleston
D. C
St. Michael and
St. Philip
Summerville
William D. Lindsey
M. H. Ford
Michigan
L. G. Mason
F. M. Simmons
North Carolina
C.P. Snyder
West Virginia
C. L. Hooker
Mississippi
Joseph G. Lowe
Kansas
Patrick Hanford
Gear
Iowa
Jacob Yost
A. C. Harris
Indiana
C. B. Clark
Wisconsin
C. A. Frisbie
R. S&s. Robertson
Allen County
Charles L. Griffin
Lake County
Bruce Carr
Orange County
J. A. Lempke
Vanderburg County
L. T. Michener
Shelby County
Byron E. Elliott
Marion
Supreme Court
W. L. Noble
Wayne County
A. la Foliette
Boone
Bitoxi
Miss
Louisiana Board of Health
Beauvoir
Jefferson Davis
Chicago
J. G Cravens
Kansas City
M. F. Butler
Mexico
Turvens
Baltimore
American
New York Petroleum Exchange
Western Union Telegraph Company
Savannah
A. W. Wilson
G. W. Lamar
S.C
Richmond
Menorr
Grass Valley
Cal
Reno
Ney
Geronimo
Mississippi City
Biloxi
Parrottsville
Cockrell County
Tenn
J. J. O'Neill
John M. Allen
Alabama
J. H. Banthead
Texas
J. Abbott
C. F. Anderson
Rising
J. L. Ingersoll
W. W. Adler
Henry A. Robinson
M. J. Lynch
Alexander Hammond
Ainsley Robeson
Hibernian Hall
St. Michael’s Church
Broad Street
Meeting Street
Broad
Hagle
St. Michael's Church
St. Phillip's
Tybee Island
Savannah River
Highland
Columnus
8. C
Columbia
Chamesrox
General Gilmore
Southern Telegraph Company
Marian Square
Eral
Georgia
Bravfort
Bryan Street
Wasuteron
Major Powell
Carolinas
Virginia
Atlantic
Prlcapdeelrutta
Davis
Howard College
United Press
Signal Service Office
United States Geological Survey
Washington
Observaton
Foreign Intelligence Highlights From the Era
Reports from Behring Strait to Sofia detail US seizures of Canadian vessels for seal fishing, tensions over Korea protectorate rumors, Belfast rioting injuries, Dilke baggage seizure in Northwest Territory, Gladstonian home rule talks, cholera deaths in Japan, and Prince Alexander's movements in Bulgaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Revenue
Behring Strait
Russia
Corea
Chemulpo
House of Commons
Belfast
Charles Dilke
Northwest Territory
Tetlow
London
Japan
Highland Light
Howlett
Prince Edward's Islands
Hayes
Dominion
Great Britain
St. Petersburg
Alexander
Bulgaria
Philippopolis
Sofia
Dublin
Hawarden
Gladstone
Torre del Annunziata
Italy
Prince Alexander
National League race standings and world news brief
Week ended reports show Chicago 70-4, Detroit 68-27, New York 61-33, Philadelphia 55-35, Boston 42-50, St. Louis 86-60, Kansas City 24-67, Washington 15-7. California Democrats nominate Bartlett for Governor. Bulgaria’s Price Alexanden abdicates and plans a regency. Clearing-house activity totals $767,179,414 versus $1,003,650,480 prior week. Earthquakes strike Savannah, Chicago, and Charleston as fears grow of an equinoctal storm. Pullman yard explosion in Jersey City causes $20,000 loss. Mormon converts proceed to Salt Lake City. Yellow fever reports rise in Biloxi. Congressional and party nominations noted in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National LeaGue Baseball
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Kansas City
Washington
Tur Democrats
California
Helena
M. T. Croteria
Italy
Ravenna
San Matco
Lamis
Patignano
Savannah
Macon
Logan
Union
Charteston
Erie Yard
Jersey City
N. J
Europe
Salt Lake City
Biloxi
Miss
James E. Cobb
Alabama
John M. Allen
Mississippi
W. D. Bynum
Indiana
C. B. Kilgore
Texas
W. P. Taulbee
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
J. F. Matlett
Greenbackers
Michigan
Indorsed L
Saulsbury
Earthquake Ravages Charleston and Surrounding Cities Causing Massive Damage
The Sept 2 reports describe a severe Charleston earthquake with tens of thousands affected. Buildings collapsed, fires broke out, and two thirds of homes wrecked. Many killed or wounded, parks filled with evacuees, and food fears as rail lines and communications were disrupted across South Carolina, Georgia, and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Europe
Williams
Wentworth
Meeting Streets
E. Galliott
Pavilion Hotel
Robert Martin
M. J. Lynch
Moses Brown
J. N. Robson
Coming Street
BR. Alexander
Meeting Street
Hammond
Beaufain Street
Isabella Howard
Ravenel Court
Heidt
Chalmers Street
Pitt Street
America
Blake Streets
Captain Smalls
Bull Street
Anna Torck
Secession Street
Miss Jessen
Torek
Mary Palner
George
St Phillips
Aveusia
Columbia
D. C
Georgia
South Carolina
Atlanta
Bold NY stand against Mormon immigration at Castle Garden
Emigration Commissioners Starr and Stephenson deterred a mob by restricting entry of 300 Mormons aboard the Wyoming. Over 100 evacuees were detained and may be sent back unless each posts a $500 bond. Officials pledge individual screening and refuse wholesale acceptance.
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New York
Wyoming
Castle Garden
Starr
Stephenson
Utah
Coast Trade Circular Aims to Halt US Vessels Between Canada Ports
Montreal dispatch reports Ottawa circular to customs officials demanding strict enforcement of coasting trade laws between the United States and Canada. It warns that only British vessels or foreign ships under treaty with Great Britain may operate between Canadian ports, and US vessels must not carry cargo to another Canadian port without proper registry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Special Agents
Great Britain
Canadian
Volcanic Indications Reported Near Lawrence County Ind
News from northeastern Lawrence County describes volcanic activity similar to Bald Mountain New York. A Sunday explosion near Christian Linkenbach’s farm tore earth, sent a sixty foot dust cloud aloft, and scattered ore fragments and mineral debris over several yards around the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooney
Lawrence County
Bald Mountain
N. Y
Christian Linkenbach
Australian William Beach Wins Thames Sculling Final
Loxpon Sept 2 The final heat of the international sculling sweep stakes on the Thames championship course was won by William Beach of Australia, who defeated John Teemer of Pittsburgh in the deciding race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpon
Thames
William Beach
John Teemer
Pittsburgh
Charleston Earthquakes Leave City in Panic and Ruin
Reports from Charleston South Carolina describe a severe night quake with a fatality, widespread damage in King Street, hotel stampedes, and mass fear. Washington cables note shocks along the southern Atlantic coast from Jacksonville to Washington with evacuations and resumed work. Sum merville counties report destroyed churches and 5 000 to 6 000 refugees on Sullivan Island amid high tides and tidal fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
8. C
City Hall Park
King Street
Nows and Courier
Washington
Atlantic
Augusta
Columbia
Jacksonville
Duan Leston
D. C
Charleston Exchange and Merchants’ Exchange
Summerville
Sullivan Island
Queen Victoria
North Carolina
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
New England
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi Valley
Carolinas
Ats Aim
Terrible Fall of a Coaching Party in Pennsylvania
A six person pleasure party from Pottsville rode a tally ho over Blue Mountain near Kineston Pennsylvania last night when the coach overturned in a ravine. John Williams and George Crooks were killed while Charles Murphy Kate Clayton and Carrie Holden were fatally injured. The coach and horses were wrecked and a search found the fatalities and injuries. Separately natural gas on the Pittsburgh South Side ran short yesterday forcing factory suspensions and cold meals for private customers with investigators probing the cause of the decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kineston
Pottsville
Blue Mountain
Wassers
John Williams
George Crooks
Charles Murphy
Kate Clayton
Carrie Holden
Pitrssuren
Bell telephone suit argument set for September start
The Columbus case in the Bell telephone suit will open September 20 with the Government presenting its side, led by Thurman Lowery and Chandler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wastingtoy
Bell Telephone
Columbus
Messrs. Thurman, Lowery and Chandler
Seven Hungarians Burned in Fire Near Ioeuesville
Seven Hungarian laborers were killed when a stove toppled in a shanty at a railroad work site near Ioeuesville Pennsylvania on September 4. about twenty two men slept in the building and were trapped by the blaze. Three hundred dollars in wages belonging to the laborers were burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ioeuesville
A Lad's Horrible Death at Allegheny Foundry
John Welsh aged seventeen was instantly killed in Union Foundry and Machine Company's works Allegheny shortly before noon yesterday. He was caught in the belting and his body was terribly mangled with nearly every bone broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Welsh
Union Foundry and Machine Company
Allegheny
Mushroom table delicacy in ancient and modern contexts
A survey traces the word origin of mushroom from mousseron to Agaricus, notes Italian and Roman associations, and explains cultivation limits. It describes habitats across Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, spore spread via air, and contrasts true mushrooms with poisonous toadstools. It also details distinguishing features such as gill color and cap shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarmatia
Italy
Agrippina
Tiberius Claudius
Pliny
Rome
Europe
Lapland
Asia
Japan
Africa
America
London Journal of Horticulture
Rare Bullseye Watch Valued From Braddock Era Discovery
A Pennsylvania jeweler owns a rare gold bullseye watch case found by a Dunbar Township worker three years ago on Caleb Woodward’s farm. It bears the engraver George Michael Moser’s name and The Judgment of Paris, suggesting a Braddock era officer owner. The piece weighs twelve pennyweights of 22 carat gold and is valued at 89.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
William Hunt
Caleb Woodward
Dunbar Township
Braddock
Artst
George Michael Moser
Switzerland
London
Royal Academy of Arts
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Paris
Uniontown
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Kan Wert Bulletin
Summersett & Arnold
van Wert
News OF the
Telegraph and Mail
Foreign Intelligence
Beaufort
S. C
Savanah, Ga
Ind
Teemer
W. N. Wilson
Attica
Arkansas
Eraenese
Chicag Co
Bas ST Liberty
Seressere
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