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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1884
Page
6
A Chinese engineering feat builds the Lagang bridge five miles in length entirely of stone. It rises with 300 arches seventy feet high and a seventy foot wide roadway. Pillars stand seventy five feet apart along the span.
Five hundred vessels have found protection in Portsmouth harbor as the Piscataqua River current remains swift. The harbor channel is about 900 yards wide at its narrowest point with water never shallower than seven fathoms, and the harbor never freezes at any tide stage.
Claus Spreceles, the Hawaiian sugar king, is described as 60 years old by birth a Hanoverian. He is compactly built medium height with white hair iron gray whiskers and a florid face. He landed in South Carolina thirty years ago without a cent went to San Francisco and after laying the foundation of his fortune began sugar investments in Hawaii. A London Guardian note says the British Museum owns a 15th century Lower German engraving showing the infant Jesus with a New Year wish standing on a rich flower and holding a banner.
Two enormous eagles known for preying on lambs and poultry in Vermont were trapped at Sandgate. A male died in the trap, measuring seven feet seven inches wingtip to wingtip and weighing twenty five pounds. The female, with an eight foot wingspan, was captured alive.
The excerpt portrays a disappointed man lamenting women’s duplicity and his own gullibility while vowing to recover soon. Mrs Lang shrugs off trouble, joking that she has never faced peril in her life. WIREDDY GEBHARDT is described as cold.
Vital statistics for 1882 show 10,000 more deaths than 1881 and 1,500 fewer marriages in France. The report notes births barely cover deaths and predicts population doubling would take 267 years at current rate, slowed by steady foreign immigration.
The obituary recalls Jean Trottet who was born without limbs yet learned to write with his elbow and became an active hay-maker and skilled marksman. He guided hay with reins, won village prizes, and left a widow and four children cared for. Tempting offers from showmen were declined.
Miss Moty Williams living near St Joseph Missouri has completed a silk quilt whose bricks are filled with pieces from numerous notable women across the country. The quilt contains thousands of pieces and includes contributions from Mrs Grant Mrs Sartoris Mrs Gov Knott Mrs Langtry Fanny Davenport Ellen Terry Clara Morris Mag Mitchell Kellogg Bernhardt Lotta Anna Dickinson and Mrs Hendricks among others.
A Cartersville Free Press report warns that millions of crows roosting around Pumpkinvine Creek, near Cartersville, Georgia, devastate crops at dusk with loud caws and heavy weight breaking tree limbs. The article also notes diverse quotes on education in Russia and architectural plans in progress.
The Brooklyn Eagle warns the Senate risks becoming a wealth based upper chamber linked to corporate interests and aged magnates out of touch with current generation impulses. The piece contrasts this decay with the fathers’ ideals and cites satirical tales from Polynesia and other items to illustrate public sentiment.
A Roman Catholic cathedral at Westminster is planned as the center of a vast quadrangle. It includes the site of the old Archhill Fields prison bought for £115,000 from Middlesex magistrates and a neighboring plot long owned by Cardinal Manning. The frontage will reflect architectural harmony with the surrounding neighborhood.
William D Ringo of Newport dies at age about 71 or 72. The eccentric bachelor inherited 300000 and grew it to 500000 through careful investing. He adopted six orphans aged 3 to 9 and left most of his fortune to them. A housekeeper cared for the children for thirty years and two men were employed to keep him steady after drinking. He kept a library and dined with actors in Cincinnati in earlier years.
A pair of travelers Mr and Mrs James Guthrie discovered a robbers roost after losing their way in a Webste Cole gulch. They found a cabin with loaded revolvers belts and spurs. six mail bags were opened at the barn and evidence of highwaymen seen.
In a Chicago style vignette, Lurline Neversink asks Harold if he loves her as George W. Simpson watches, a kiss follows, then tragedy: Simpson dies in the dim parlor as Lurline resumes singing, with a chandelier glow over his noble face. The tale, set in New Haven, blends romance and fate.
The text argues energy comes from self-reliance and courage to pursue uncertain ventures. It contrasts just self-confidence with inflated egotism and warns against boasting. The apostle's exhortation to think soberly is cited to stress a measured view of one’s powers.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat recounts how Pennsylvania's Mr. Cessna failed to win Blaine's chairmanship and later secured the Rules Committee chair. He claimed the rule limiting state votes after a ballot end sealed Blaine’s fate, preventing a first-ballot nomination and ensuring Blaine’s defeat.
A杂 collection of brief items notes a punchy courtroom quip about a frying pan and a watch, contrasts Romans with Bible prophets in foreseen golden ages, predicts California worm culture growth, and mentions a female cowboy in Las Vegas.
An explosion at 4 p.m. in Alliance Ohio leveled the F. M. Orr brick block next to the grocery of Mr. McConnell. The blast, caused by gasoline fumes, killed Orr his son Mrs Homer Highland and Mrs Frank Evans and two small children, with several others missing or injured. The blast shattered Main street windows and sent fire and smoke over a quarter mile as rescue work continued through the night. The Orr block and two adjacent structures were destroyed, with property valued around 50000 dollars and limited insurance coverage.
A lengthy list of individuals including Fitz-John Porter and numerous others from states such as New York, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Ohio is presented, likely a roll of candidates or notable figures associated with a political or deliberative body. The compilation includes many with middle initials and varied spellings, reflecting historical archival notation.
Disjointed sentences report North Carolina discoveries, Canada’s telegraphy, a youth laughing at police, three girls under nine arrested in Schenectady for arson, Congress tea import ban condemns 225000 pounds of adulterated tea, and Oshkosh dances for married people only.
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