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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1887
Page
2
Fort Worth Gazette reports logs kill sheep worth five million dollars yearly in Texas. Atlantic City Life Saving Station rescues nineteen drowning persons this season as CAarTAatn OLARk. A San Francisco judge rules a reporter cannot be compelled to reveal sources.
Mark Twat will be fifty two in November and continue joking as he did in youth. The National Republican Committee plans a December Washington meeting to set the date and place for the 1880 national convention.
ConrneLius Vanderdilt presented to his Christian Association a railway improved valuable club building and ten thousand books, a gift valued at 100000 dollars.
A Colorado jailer who tried a lenient approach allowed inmates to use a fiddle. Hidden inside the instrument were multiple saws enabling eleven prisoners to escape that night, prompting an investigation into security lapses and containment.
The Galveston News notes a humorous parallel between early Texas paper files and modern city building efforts. It observes that many towns once hailed as rapidly becoming cities are now largely forgotten.
A Victorian-era note describes a new Albany practice where a woman serves about a dozen to twenty households weekly, mending and darning their families. The text also mentions a pamphlet from St. Petersburg claiming Nihilists have reorganized and Siberia shows growing Nihilism.
A Buffalo woman wins a five year street cleaning contract worth 447000, while Mrs Frank Lesiir clears 300000 in debts and becomes a millionaire in her own right. The era sees women increasing business heft as it notes.
Four Mancha gang train robbers halted at a store fifteen miles from New Braunfels and forced the cashier to surrender all cash at bayonet point. They compelled him to dance a highland fling for amusement before fleeing, hotly pursued by a civilian posse.
Cartars Bb and W Andrews reached Hartford with his dog Fido after a four year, ten thousand mile trek from Boston. At ninety seven, he lives in SumterSouth Carolina and claims to have seen all Presidents except Garnell. He walked since age seven past a wart framed Washington, seeming sixty in appearance though hearing and sight are perfect.
Hon Josernu Crutey a war veteran and 1846 U S senator from New Hampshire died in Nottingham aged ninety six. A noted abolitionist leader he was the oldest ex member of the state and a grandson of General James Cilley. He was brother of Hoy Cilley and relative of Jonathan Cilley killed in a congressional duel. He led a company at Lundy’s Lane and took part in Miller’s charge.
Washington report notes July and August revenue of 20 950 036 dollars, up 1 607 280 from last year. Apple crop described as poorest in years. Spain United States pact suspends discriminatory tonnage duties on imports to the US and Cuba Porto Rico and Crown colonies ships and cargoes. Indian Affairs chief order banning languages but English will be taught only. Seven day business failures total 156 vs 165 prior, marking a mild uptick.
The report catalogs fires near Brainerd Minnesota. A Texas & Pacific mail car robbery near Benbrook Station yields $3,000. Chatsworth wreck losses rise to $200,000 with 80 dead and 151 injured. Odd Fellows meet in Denver with about 10,000 attendees. Dynamite found near Key West and a U.S. Attorney dies at sea. Other incidents include a Cincinnati street railway fatality, Minneapoli s deaths, a Michigan fair opening, a girl killed by a toy pistol, a high fatality train collision, and master printers' wage talks. International items cover gas strikes in Indiana, oilfields, cholera in Italy, a Trafalgar launch, and a Quebec fire. The week closes with disasters across the globe.
Weekly recap notes Detroit leading the National League with 73 wins while Chicago trails at 6. Other items report a heavy Northwest frost, Sicily cholera cases and deaths, a U.S. marshal clash with smugglers killing four, a Haverhill murder suicide, press verdicts in Ireland, Prescott faction fighting, a shell explosion killing four near Island Orleans, and various fires, thefts, and frost impacts across the country. Banking volumes show weekly exchange totals above 1.9 billion with a 1.1 percent year over year rise.
John Sherman opens in Clinton County with a defense of Republican policy. He contrasts two great parties, defends civil service, tariff protection, labor rights, and Prohibition critique, and criticizes Democratic governance and Cleveland era policies while urging strong GOP state tickets.
A legendary tale from Shang era Shansi tells how Peachblossom defeats sorcerer Chao Kung to avert his plot, explaining why rice is tossed at weddings. The story blends divination, marriage intrigue, and magical battles as Peachblossom survives the arranged nuptials and later confronts the sorcerer.
At Union depot a man found a counterfeit National Bank note worth fifty dollars. An elderly stranger returned the bill to him and insisted on giving ten dollars as thanks. The finder later discovered the bill was fake and seeks the benevolent passerby.
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