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Newspaper

Wayne County Herald

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1883

Page

11

Bald Printing Co Publishers in Wooster Ohio

Fragmentary OCR text indicates a listing for Bald Printing Co Publishers located in Wooster Ohio. No readable event or action is available to summarize further.

Fifty Years of Ministry in Vermont Retired Pastor’s Humble Rise

The minister, now residing in Castleton Vermont, preached fifty years on salaries ranging from 250 to 1000 dollars. Forty years ago he earned 300 dollars with a wife and four children and lived in a house without soap, heat, or a stove. Now retired, he owns 250 yards of carpet, four stoves, and five tons, while his sons are spread across the country thriving.

Castleton

Wisconsin man shoots at partridges wounding infant

HirmMan Hinpermak of Manawa Wisconsin was at a gate with his wife and infant when a dog knocked the gun from the ground. The weapon discharged fatally wounding the baby and injuring the man. Five buckshot pierced his hands. The incident occurred while hunting partridges with a loaded gun within reach of a child.

HirmMan Hinpermak Manawa Wis

Dallas fire air reaches Fort Worth as steam engine travels

Smoke from the great Dallas blaze was seen in Fort Worth thirty two miles away. Foremen led twenty seven men with a steam fire engine and two hose reels to Union depot. The engine ran on a flat car and reached the Dallas fire in forty five minutes after the alarm sounded.

Dallas Tex Fort Worth Union

Dickey Bird Society forms with pledge to guard birds

In the North of England about a thousand children form the Dickey Bird society to protect birds never destroy a nest and to feed them in winter. The passage praises American birds and condemns importing English sparrows as harmful.

Eicury England Dickey Bird Society

New Zealand Legislature Orders Destruction of Kea Parrots

The New Zealand legislature has decided the Kea must go due to their worsening habit of attacking live sheep. Kea parrots, once pecking at market carcasses, have become audacious enough to trigger official destruction and end their presence in the region.

New Zealand

Sioux City hunters return from Montana buffalo search

The Sioux City Journal notes hunters failed to find buffalo in Montana and reports no sizable herd south of the British line. A smoke pall over the Judith Basin hindered visibility as fires set by Indians aimed to deter buffalo migration southward ahead of winter.

Sioux City Montana Sioux City Journal Judith Basin

Telegraph Lines and Wealth Figures in 19th Century Review

Ds Norvin Green notes in the North American Review that Great Britain has about 23,000 miles of telegraph lines, Austria 30,000, and the United States 180,000 miles with total wire around 500,000. He also cites the Duke of Portlands wealth claims and Lord Derby's income and estates, detailing annual figures and stamps of landed wealth.

Ds. Norvin Green Western Union Telegraph Company North American Review Government Telegraph Grea Great Britain Ewes Austria United States Tux Duke of Portland Lord Derby Salisbury

Vermont women’s suffrage for school officers fails to take hold

A Burimeron correspondent notes Vermont’s law granting women voting rights for school officers and education camps has largely failed. The statute is obscure and few women exercise the provisions, with 241 towns reporting only 20 selecting superintendents this year, none by women. Most of the 20 are clerics’ wives. Female superintendents were not novel in the state at the time.

Burimeron Vermont Rone Illinois Kentucky New Jersey Minnesota Iowa New Hamys Wisconsin Texas California United States

Law Gives Formal Recognition to Election Legality

The passage notes that while the law advances, the legality of their election had not been formally recognized before this point. It emphasizes legal acknowledgment rather than a change in outcome. The text references the procedural status and implications for governance.

Memory of Destruction at Paris Natural History Museum

A damaged OCR passage recalls shells ravaging the greenhouses at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. It notes the 1696 founding and 1704 evolution into the Natural History Museum, and claims bombardment by the Prussian army under William I with Count Bismarck in January.

Natural History Museum Parla Walla Jardin Dea Plantes Mediainales Paria Natural History Minaeum William F Prussia Bismarck

Giant German organ hailed as world’s largest in existence

An organ recently built in Germany is claimed to be the largest in existence with 174 registers. It is powered by a four horsepower Otto gas motor and measures 20 metres high, 11 metres wide, and 10 metres deep. The largest wooden pipe is ten metres long with a 2,000 litre capacity. The organ is slated for Riga Cathedral, with Vienna’s St Stephen’s Cathedral to receive a larger model by the same builders who previously created organs in Boston Ulm and St Petersburg.

Germany Riga St. Stephen’s Vienna Seon Boston Ulm St. Petersburg

Centenarian Savtchuk Claims Extraordinary Longevity in Bessarabia

Russian papers report Savtchuk, a Little Russian born man over 180 years old in a Bessarabian village. He remains in robust health with greenish tinge to his white hair as his 87 year old eldest son lingers. The 120 house settlement hosts fifty Savtchuk families living peacefully in a lineage that began with a cottage he built long ago.

Bessarabian Savtchuk Bessarabia

Magnetic sense proposed as seventh human sense

A Glasgow Professor argues there is a distinct magnetic sense in every person influencing affinities and antagonisms. This instinct may operate beyond reason and could be cultivated for practical use, offering explanations for unexplained dislikes.

Glasgow

Taxation and rail expansion in eight Southern states 1879 1888

A New Orleans paper tabulates tax assessments in eight Southern states showing property values rising by nearly 500 million dollars in four years. Rail mileage climbs from 11 604 to 17 891 miles while agricultural output grows from 389 million to 567 million dollars in 1879 to 1883, a 169 million gain.

New Orleans United States Pacific States

Japanese Government Orders Arrests on Stock and Rice Exchanges

Japan forbids stock speculation and orders mass arrests of offenders at Osaka Yokohama Kobe and Tokyo rice exchanges. Police receive orders at dawn with strong foxing measures.

Yoronahra Japan Osak Yokhama Kobe Tokio Foxoa

Mystery Heist at the Exchanges Ends in Police Lockup

Under disguise the crowd gathered near the exchanges and, after a signal just after 11, police seized the scene. The doors were locked and 700 delinquents were imprisoned for alleged apoculating in margins. Police collected books and papers and moved them to the Central station.

Spectetera

Ten Twentieth Century Vegetarian Periodical Promised in Vienna

A Vienna prospectus for Ten Twentieth Century declares the new organ will supplement daily papers and promote vegetarianism as a universal, cosmopolitan idea. It vows to challenge demoralizing influences and welcomes satire and stern correction in its columns while claiming enemies among non vegetarians.

Vienna Prospectus Aphrodite Urania

Cotton picking by machinery poised to revolutionize industry

A Charleston telegram reports a bale of machine harvested cotton as good as hand picked. Experts note many pickers exist, but ripening variability harms efficiency. a perfect machine would harvest ripe boll without damaging unripe ones, potentially boosting profits and rivaling the cotton gin.

Charleston S. C

Adventurous McNulty Returns Home to Adrian After Civil War Ordeal

William McNulty, a 15 year old recruit in 1849, endured prison camps with Grant at Vicksburg and exile to Mexico. He survived gunfire wounds, bullet fragments, and a neck wound near the carotid while evading capture with a band. Now on his way home to Adrian after twenty two years apart, residents are urged to greet him.

Curiaco Times William McNulty Hyde Park George Washington Grant Vicksburg Mexico Maximilian McNulty Sierre Madre Adrian Msth

Treasury report shows 1883 federal revenue and surplus

The Secretary of the Treasury’s 1883 report details ordinary revenues by source including customs, internal revenue, lands, direct tax and others totaling 398 million dollars and an estimated surplus of about 42.9 million. It notes year-to-year declines in most taxes, higher war and pension costs, and recommends tariff and currency policy adjustments to prevent banking system strain.

Navy Folger Settepottary Folger Fisca War Department Navy Department Congress Secretary of the Treasury Knox

Postmaster General Gresham's Comprehensive Report

The Postmaster General forecasts 1884–85 revenue of 17.1 million dollars and expenditures of 50.1 million, leaving a 2.96 million deficiency. Free delivery expands to 154 offices, costing 3.17 million with 26.7 thousand surplus, while Star service shows rising miles and regulated contracts. The report defends current rates, debates postage cuts, and warns against telegraph control risks and patronage growth.

Gresham Department Treasury Star Service Jasuert Congress United States

Currency Controller Knox reports on banks and debt trends

Controller Knox outlines the banking system under the Currency acts detailing the extinction of many National banks, liquidations and reorganizations, and the cost of the system. He notes government gains from the destruction of some banks and analyzes bond holdings and collateral loans among national and state banks.

Secretary Lincoln's War Report Highlights Arizona Policy

The Secre tary of War outlines a quiet period after Sherman and notes Crook's control of San Carlos Indians to keep peace. He cites the Apache campaign, Army strength near 3,600, and proposes pay raises to 16 dollars monthly plus retirement after 35 years. He urges robust militia support and a new act to boost defense with arms and equipment.

Lincoln Sherman Crook Arizona Interior Department War Department San Carlos Eteo Naval Report Oféixig Department Ahista Congress Columbia Ini Senate Sai

Plant growth observed in Mississippi and Louisiana

Report notes the emergence of plant growth in parts of Mississippi and Louisiana. Local residents, often impoverished, harvest the leaves and steep them, while the plants show minimal attention but are of moderate size and hardy appearance.

Txa Mississipi Louisiana Ardy

United States Foreign Commerce Report for 1883 Issued

The annual report from the Bureau of Statistics shows total merchandise trade for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883 at 1.547 billion dollars, with exports exceeding imports by 100.66 million. Cotton and bread goods led exports. imports dominated by sugar, wool, silk, chemicals, coffee, iron and steel, and cotton goods. Immigrant arrivals reached 604,522 with Britain and Ireland sending 153,092 and Germany 194,786. Duties collected were 210.64 million. sailing tonnage stood at 9.82 million tons and steam tonnage at 3.63 million tons. Foreign tonnage comprised the vast majority entering U.S. ports.

Bureau of Statistics United States Dor Patic Counry Great Britain Ireland France Germany West Indies British North American Great Britain and Ireland Europe China Jaune Unite States Chicago New York Lake and Canal

Justice Report of Attorney General Brewster 1882 overview

The document outlines Supreme Court docket figures for October term 1882 with appellate and original counts, numbers disposed of, and cases brought under consideration. It cites sums claimed against the United States, judgments rendered and collected, fines and penalties, and urges concentration of convicts in a single federal prison.

Brewster Supreme Court Tober United States District of Columbia Gurin Brison

Tarantula Trade Grows in Santa Barbara Nests

In Santa Barbara California collectors cultivate an industry around tarantulas and their nests. Insects are gas killed, dried and mounted to cards for sale. Retail price is 50 cents each, while wholesale ranges from $4 per dozen.

Santa Barbara Cal

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