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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1883
Page
2
The Wooster Ohio based Atayne Company items appear in the Wooster Herald as part of the publishers notices from the Herald Printing Co. The notice lists local business updates and community briefs for readers in Wayne County.
Fragment describes palmetto leaves as paper material for news print and notes secrecy around a Bank of England note process. Mentions a prized stamp collection owned by the Duchess of Galliera's son, valued at $800,000, and highlights its incomplete status.
A Cincinnati streetcar company awarded eleven conductors, each with one year of service, a $100 reward for faithful and efficient work under a contract between the company and the staff.
The report notes about 85 million dollars are held by Englishmen with the remainder in New York. The republic’s annual revenue totals about 33 million dollars, largely from stamp taxes and tariff duties. Mexico’s share stands at 117 million dollars.
The note mentions a christening of Blaines's grandson James Gillespie Blaine Coppinger with a silver mug blessing. It cites the Marquis of Lorne on Canadian home rule and warns Canada might join the US if not united. In Namaqua drought, Cape Colony relief sent. in Berryville Arkansas a missing boot hides 7,000 county funds.
In New England last year 921 persons were killed by railroad trains and 535 wounded. The article cites grade crossings and track walking by careless people as principal causes and notes battles during the late war had fewer casualties.
The General of the Army has received houses and other presents totaling 50000 since taking command. Excluding 40000 in diamonds given to Mrs Fitch and shared among the General’s daughters, his finances include a yearly salary of 17500 for fifteen years, to continue for life.
A prominent Wall Street broker is described stretched on a silken couch in his office as a lady amanuensis reads an entertaining magazine aloud. A second female clerk rocks in a willow chair by the window while sunlit shadows play on richly decorated walls.
Countess de la Torre faced arraignment in a London court over a persistent cat nuisance alleged to be injurious to health. She admitted owning five cats and two dogs and feeding strays, with reports noting previous counts of eighteen cats. The Sanitary Inspector and court records led to dismissal of the complaint.
Frank Harper states Longfellow is 16 and Ten Broeck is 12, kept under constant guard. He has refused offers up to $50,000 for Longfellow and the same for Ten Broeck, promising to keep them as long as they live or until his death.
The piece calls out great landlords in London for doing nothing for the town that funds their millions. It notes a contrast with their country homes and argues their London property requires attention, singling out the Duke of West sinister as the best among them but still in need of work.
Joan Swinton recalls meeting Henry Villard during the war in front of Richmond. She describes him as a slender bright faced eccentric young correspondent with a long beard.
A fragment praises a man named Willard calling him solid and wealthy, of middle age, involved in major undertakings, and contrasts him with a barefoot German boy and the Golden Spike of America, implying admiration for ambition and character despite distance from peers.
A man returned home about 2 am and, after failing to enter through the locked front, climbed a wall with broken bottles and entered via the alley gate. He then went back over the wall to the street, entering the yard through the gate in good order for the night.
A reviewer notes Milton uses about 8000 words and Shakespeare about 15000. A Carlyle admirer lists A and B words in Sartor Resartus, estimating over 7500 distinct words in that work. The only novel word found is anywhen, now common in rural southern England.
A Western inventor has created a clock device that automatically records the time and price of billiards from the moment balls are set until they are removed. It can tally to a cent the earnings per table and can be priced per hour or per table. The clock is not yet on the market.
Mr. Lewis David Cohen refused jury service citing Jewish law. The Court of Quarter Sessions upheld his objection, with the chief rabbi also declining public thanksgiving over the Prince of Wales’ recovery. The fine was remitted and future service excused.
Dr Henry Scou LieMany, once a digger for Troy ruins, naturalized American but abroad for fourteen years, says his wife is Greek and Athens is his home. He built homes in the Troad and Europe. living there, he recalls European routines and self-sufficient food preparation.
Davin Coupley FicLp argues non-smokers deserve equal rights to smokers and urges abstainers to resist encroachments. He questions how smokers and non-smokers can reconcile claims in Europe and proposes that smokers should smoke themselves while non-smokers seek smoke-free environments and protections in public spaces.
Professor WiLLard IFrs B formerly of Corbell University reportedly attempted to access the late spouse’s property and was found to have possession of certain items. The case centers on property rights and settlement of the estate with ongoing legal proceedings.
The text notes relatives of the deceased woman including Mor Graw Sears and Southworth pressing for their portion of bequests from Mrs. Fiske. It argues that if Teil wins the suit the relatives must defend against potential wealth claims, and that the public would sympathize with the kin against perceived greed.
Seponia P. Wagner widow of Peter K. Wagner and sister of Gen. John L. Lewis died in New Orleans at 85. A Louisiana native and observed many events, she danced with Lafayette in 1825 and was a longtime queen of New Orleans society. Her husband edited the Delta and served as port naval officer under Jackson, a leading figure of Louisiana politics.
The speaker advised students on authors to read, pairing Milton with Shakespeare and praising Wordsworth. He recommended Bryant from American poets and named prose writers including Bolingbroke, Burke, Hooker, Bacon, and Newman. He lauded Daniel Webster and Nathaniel Hawthorne among American writers. The address stressed youth’s aspirations and the formative period of life.
Arrangements for Edinburgh’s International Forestry Exhibition have been settled. Exhibits span practical forestry with implements models and machinery to wood products, scientific forestry on botany entomology and preservation, ornamental forestry with trees shrubs rustic work, and displays on forestry literature plantations and economic conditions. Entries close October 4, 1884.
A full roll lists Senate members from each state and 1st to 50th Congresses with two House vacancies in Mississippi and Virginia. The document notes party splits Republicans 126 Democrats 197 Independents 1 and two vacancies, with Mahoneites likely to align with Republicans.
Representative Anderson of Kansas reintroduces the Postal Telegraph bill proposing three main lines from Bangor Mo to St Paul. New York to Topeka. Baltimore to San Antonio with a total system of about 9,110 miles. It plans $3.64 million cost per mile with bonds issued by Treasury, transfer of army telegraph lines to postal service, and government rate transmission via connected wires under Treasury rules. The Postmaster General would control offices and stations within Government post offices.
Judge Payson of Illinois pushes bills to forfeit numerous lapsed land grants totaling millions of acres. The measures target railroads including Texas Pacific Oregon Center New Orleans and Jackson Memphis and Charleston and others with unpatented tracts. Also sought is a constitutional amendment to curb presidential veto power over general appropriations.
A Nor walk talk of a new gas firm dominates notes as the Ohio editors meet in Columbus. Reports include the death of Ropeer Bets at Portsmouth, a gun accident near Freedom, indictments in Celina, and a string of incorporations and court cases across the state.
Representative Converse of Ohio has introduced a bill to restore duties on clothing wools abing wools carpet and related oils to pre tariff levels. He notes strong support from National Wool-growers Association and cites Ohio 46010 wool growers and last year sales over 1 million dollars as impact of tariff cuts. Local politicians from both parties in Ohio back restoration to aid agriculture.
An obituary notes the death in New York of Lyo14 StoRntvant at 98. The deceased is survived by a sister aged 94, a mother aged 07, and a brother who died in an accident at age 99.
A miscellany reports a Texas widow count in Kosciusko and a 13 year old marriage in Fannin county. California shepherds named sheep herders. Connecticut coast has thirty lighthouses. A South Carolina cholera spread is noted. A 93 year old physician practiced in Union County Georgia. A Baltimore justice rules a husband can be sued for his wife's slander.
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