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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1884
Page
6
Intelligence by wire from around the world presents a dated overview of events and notable occurrences expected in the year 1885. The calendar outlines anticipated political, scientific, and cultural happenings with a focus on international developments.
A private London wedding unites Miss Coleridge and Mr Adams. Global notes report Prussia’s budget deficit at 22 million marks, French tariff debates over rice and oil seeds, and Lisbon’s Portuguese Africa venture. Other items include Egypt’s natives shunning Nile plans, Spain’s primogeniture petition, Louise Michel’s pardon, and Britain’s gun contracts with German firms.
The Agricultural Department reports farm prices down with corn at 613 cents by state, wheat 65 cents, oats 28 cents, cotton 9 to 934 cents, and potatoes 40 cents per bushel. Bank failures surge, including Wilkinson Brothers of Syracuse, with $500,000 liabilities and $125,009 mortgaged real estate. Pittsburgh mills strike, Bay View workers resume, and exports of US leaf tobacco total 17.4 million dollars. Clearing-house receipts fall 18% year over year, with notable dispatches on wages, mill activity, and cabinet talks in Washington and Albany.
The brief items report Thomas Smith of Cheboygan Michigan dying of consumption with a $5,000,000 wealth note. Gen Butler leases his Washington residence with a buyback option for $75,000. A Chicago saloon owner hosts three guests with daily quail and drinks with a pay rule. Reuben Springer of Cincinnati dies. Wheeler of Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines is placed in an asylum. Miss Newman, once declared dead, is alive and to marry a physician nephew. A missing husband returns in Woonsocket. James L. Ruffin, Cincinnati police chief, dies. The Tichborne claimant seeks a freak engagement in America. The President-elect seeks a seat at New York Avenue Presbyterian.
Dr. Bartlett pastor at Washington church is an old friend of Mr. Cleveland and of his father, Rev Stephen Grover Cleveland of New Jersey. Lieut Greely named Shade Assistant Signal Officer with rank of Colonel.
The County Clerk records a judgment by W. H. Vanderbilt against Gen. Grant for 155000. A Canadian Pacific syndicate rep goes to Manitoba to buy wheat with 4000000 from Bank of Montreal, to be stored at Port Arthur until spring. New York jury awards David Stewart 103000 against C P Huntington for related stock swindle. John Sully performs at McVicker's Chicago in The Corner Grocery. Margaret Mather to appear at McVicker's Christmas week. Muldoon defeats McTaughlin in St. Louis wrestling. West Virginia Supreme Court says railroad charter is a license and freight powers lie with the Legislature. Secretary Chandler informed of Corea revolution by cable.
Senator Thomas F. Bayard secretly visited Albany last Saturday night and stayed at the executive mansion until Sunday afternoon. The Governor allegedly offered him the Secretary of State post, but neither side confirms acceptance, leaving the matter conjectural as the President-elect weighs options.
A string of 19th century fire and shipwreck events reported. Thompsonville and Trenton houses burned with totals near 50 000 and 73 000. A Toledo millinery store and Philadelphia furniture factory suffered extensive damage. A schooner foundered near St. Marys and many drowned in the Rappahannock. Additional blazes hit Chippewa Falls Fort Wayne and Philadelphia depots with substantial losses.
Kentucky regulators at Farmers Station seize John P. Martin and file him under rules amid civil unrest at Mentela Das kota prompting Gov. Pierce to deploy militia from Fargo. Reports of executions in multiple states, robberies, and quarrels lead to indictments and legal actions across Jefferson City, Laramie, Doniphan, and New Orleans.
General Hazen chief signal officer files formal charges against Lieutenant Girlington for disobedience of orders and neglect of duty linked to the Proteus expedition for Greely relief. Secretary of War petitioned for trial over a week ago. Lincoln has not acted yet.
Logan presented petitions from tobacco and cigar manufacturers and labor groups in Illinois and New Jersey opposing the Spanish treaty. The Senate debated the Dakota bill while Morrill proposed retirement and recoinage of the trade dollar. A committee was appointed for the New Orleans Exposition ceremony. The House session focused on issuing various bills and resolutions of limited importance.
Washington dispatch discusses potential 1893 Cleveland Cabinet picks. Bayard favors Treasury, Whitney likely Attorney General or Interior, Garland eyed as Attorney General or other post, with Bayard and Garland seen as sure inclusions. State portfolio considered, Bayard may accept Treasury if stymied for State. New York sources echo Cabinet talks among Democrats.
The Senate discussed inviting the New Orleans Exposition opening on December 16 and discharging the interoceanic ship railway bill. Dakota statehood opposition and Minneapolis capital funding also featured, with adjournment planned for Monday the 15th. The House approved invalid pension funds and addressed interstate commerce, canal capacity, and Washington monument ceremonies pages.
The National Democratic Committee selected a District of Columbia general committee for March 4 inauguration ceremonies. Col. James G. Berret chairs the 50-member panel including Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Admiral Porter, Rear Admiral Worden, Prof. Spencer Baird, and Gen. John G. Parke among others.
The Judiciary Committee plans a fixed day for considering the Lowell bankruptcy bill. Mr Collins leads the measure with optimism, facing strong Southern and Western opposition and renewed Chicago protests. Supporters argue only the modified Lowell bill that passed the Senate could pass, while amendments in the House risk defeat.
A Return house makes paper cravats and scarves. A batch of currant jelly seized in New York carried arsenic colorant aided by aniline dyes. A Cleveland woman promenades with a cloak card touting a price drop. A deer was killed within ten miles of Michigan's Capitol.
Gen H J Sickles recalls a mountain trek with cows in Colorado mountains. A bell cow disappears then the narrator, armed only with an umbrella, confronts a mountain lion. The umbrella stops the beast mid jump, the lion retreats, and the herd remains safe as the narrator returns home.
A drunken Col Bumgardner stumbles into a party of gentlemen discussing maxims. He boasts his favorite rule never puts off till tomorrow what he can do today. He then orders another round, which the hosts promptly pour.
A light quip from the Philadelphia Call notes that Sir Moses Montefiore, aged 100, never believed in early rising. Mr Winks jokes about cutting out the remark to paste in his hat, explaining he does not want the cook to see it.
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