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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1885
Page
2
An extended list highlights famous names across statesmanship war literature and science. The register notes inclusion of eminent individuals and contributors shaping public life over the past twelve months.
A January notice catalogs prominent individuals visiting and dying across Baltimore Galveston Washington London Lexington and Albany. It names Judge Nelson Poe cousin of Edgar Allan Poe Mrs Campbell wife of Lafitte lieutenant Col J L Nevin editor Mary Young wife of Brigham Young W J Wise Luke Clark Keshub Chunder Sen Charlies H Van Fossen Pliny Hoagsland W P Rathburn John William Wallace Dr H A Dubois Gen Fadejew Hon David Sankey Hon Philip Phillips Samuel Williamson Abram French Charles Delmonico Bridges Mrs Valeria Stone George Swarbrick John Martin Ralph Sellew Amos D Lockwood Wm G Weed Earl Grosvenor ex-Gov John Letcher E W M Mackey Dr Busha Harris Dr Edward Lasker aged various in 6x ranges. The list blends prominent lawyers politicians merchants scholars and families.
A list of prominent figures includes Thomas Kinsella editor of the Brooklyn Eagle and ex congressman. Hans Larsen Mortensen theologian. Jacob Seasongood Cincinnati banker. Mrs Catharine Pattison mother of Pennsylvania’s governor. Gen. John A Dix widow. Rev Dr Thomas R Austin Mason. Gen Biron French diplomat. Prof Guyot associate of Princeton. Stephen B Ives Salem lawyer. Rev Simeon North Hamilton College president. Mrs Mary Lynch aged 105. Gen J L Gilbert Bloomington citizen. Rev John S Inskip Ocean Grove. Thomas Chenery editor London Times. Ex Gov Samuel Price. J A Warneck Dixon Alabama who fought at Waterloo. Col L A Hardee Florida orange grower. Judge A M Chadwick Omaha. George Bowers Nashua officer. George A Ingalls Chicago lawyer. Gen W T Spicely New Albany veteran. Col Henry S Pratt Detroit veteran. Pierre Michel La Pice de Bergondy New Orleans planter. Dr Richard G Radway New York patent medicine maker. Prof W Williams Yale Oriental scholar. Samuel Donaghy former Pennsylvania politician. Wendell Phillips Boston aged 73. Eugene Ricouher Paris age 70. Sir Edward Mortimer Archibald London. Emmanuel Felix de Wimpffen Paris age 63 and Jean Paul Adam Schramm age 95. W H Hunt US Minister St Petersburg aged 80. ex Governor Rk D Hubbard Hartford aged 66.
A wide roll of prominent figures from various states and fields is recorded, noting ages and positions. Names include legal, religious, political, artistic, and business leaders from Washington to New York, Boston to Chicago, with ages ranging up to over 90.
A list of prominent figures from various fields including banking, railroad, journalism, law, history, politics and suffrage is presented. Names include John J. Cisco Henry B. Hurlburt Henry C. Land Francois Mignet James Hamilton Eastor Danielson Absalom Watkins Kate N. Doggett Austus Schell Matt H. Finch Stratton and Judge Granger.
A list of notable deaths includes Stephen Douglass, Oliver Parrott, and Victoridy among U.S. figures. Willard Parker and Emerson Opdycke in New York. Marcus Ward in New Jersey. Sir Michael Costa in England. Charles Reade in London. James Ramsey, Charles Hodges, Harrison Otis, Jabez Fitch, Emanuel Gerbel, Jem Ward, and Henry Hitchcock among others. Also listed are Gustave Richter, William Procter, Alf Burnett, Isaac Arnold, and Dwight Foster. Lives attributed to politics, arts, industry, and religion span the United States, Britain, and Europe.
A long roll of distinguished individuals aged or described as notable, including Count de Hansonville in Boston, 87. ex Judge Bosworth, 77 in New York. ex Judge Beebe, 68 in New Jersey. ex Governor Matthews of West Virginia. Catherine of Covington Bishop Toebbe. Sam Ward in Pegli. Cyrus H. McCormick in Chicago. Baron Raglan in London. Giovanni Prati in Paris. and others across Boston, London, Prague, Nantucket, New York, and more.
A long list notes the deaths and notable statuses of Samuel Shoemaker in Baltimore aged 63. Judge Worden of Indiana. Gen James Webb of New York. Henry Work in Hartford. Henry Vennor in Montreal. Noah Swayne in New York. Gen Abe Buford in Danville. Samuel Gregory in Boston. John Stevenson in Louisiana. Droysen in Berlin. Alexander Prince of Orange. Maj Lucius Drury in Chicago. Col Charles Jennison in Leavenworth. Gen Ward Burnett in Washington. Adrian Richter in Dresden. Mrs Robert Cole in Madison. Gen Wm McCandless in Philadelphia. Col Edward Platt in Leavenworth. Hiester Clymer in Reading. Benham in San Francisco. Charles Hoffman in Harrisburg. Gen Mansfield Lovell in New York. Bishop Matthew Simpson in Philadelphia.
In Chicago Allan Pinkerton 64 head of the detective agency. In Swissdale Jane Grey Swisshelm 68. In Syracuse Daniel Pratt ex-Attorney General 78. In Princeton George Emmons Rear Admiral 75. In Boonton John Hill ex-Congressman 63. In Concord Walter Harriman ex-Gov. 67. In New York Royal Phelps merchant 75. In London George Sowerby artist and naturalist 72. In Morristown Thomas Dickson Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. president 60. In New Orleans Paul Murphy chess player. In Waterford Caroline E Brown 38 mother of Artemus Ward. In Lockport Louis Spencer 115. In Cincinnati Peter Gibson pioneer. Edward J. Holmes Oliver Wendell Holmes II. In Vienna Heinrich Laube German poet 70.
In Washington D C John Pool ex United States Senator North Carolina 58. In Cairo sultan Pasha President of the Egyptian Legislative Council. In Washington Mary Clemmer Hudson famed newspaper correspondent. In England Henry George Bohn publisher 88. In Marion Rear Admiral A A Harwood U N aged 82. In Elizabeth Levi B Chatfield ex Attorney General of New York 76. At Brighton Arthur Richard Wellesley Duke of Wellington 77. At Alton Anderson Riley former slave 111. At New Orleans Robert B Elliott colored ex member of Congress South Carolina. Sir Erasmus Wiley English writer.
A list of prominent figures and officials from the United States and abroad is presented with ages and titles. Included are military officers, jurists, politicians, and cultural figures such as bishops, editors, and a famous tenor, all cited in a brief memorial notice style.
A list of prominent individuals connected to various cities includes Capt. Dmid L. Payne in Wellington Kansas known as Uklahdmal Payne, John Jondro in Arkansaw Wisconsin, Gershom B. Matt in New York a Major General in the late war, Dr Harvey L. Byrd of Baltimore, dancer Lanny Ellsler in Vienna, Rev Luke Davis a respected Baptist clergyman in Binghamton aged 77, Francis D. Moulton in New York tied to the Beecher Tilton affair, Reuben R. Springer a Cincinnati philanthropist, Emile Felix Fleury a distinguished Paris general, James L Ruffin former Cincinnati police chief, Pierre Clement Eugene Pelletier in Paris, and a French writer and others mentioned in a scattered regional survey.
Harper's Magazine recounts a fourteenth century Beauvais ceremony titled the Feast of Asses. A girl with a baby on an ass enters a church as elegant ritual music and comic braying unfold. The mass concludes with repeated brays and a Latin hymn rendered as an absurd chorus, celebrating the ass in playful religious theater.
In a bustling district tale, Fitz ponders time while locals joke about clocks. A Madras scene shows Secretary Seward avoiding a visiting doctor at Lord Napier's house as he feigns illness and begs pardon.
The report links a foul water odor to Mathestex England and a large amount of gitimasa pond snails. Officials note snail spawning in apifonial water, prompting a tax payer concern. A proposal to stock the reservoir with 100 fish to control the snail population is discussed.
A retrospective survey reviews the year’s key political and notable events worldwide. Highlights quadrant by quadrant summarize shifts in governance, diplomacy, and social milestones, reflecting on outcomes and implications for future policy.
The first month’s cold spell spanned the continent with unusually low temperatures noted on the Bd 4th and 5th days. Leaders recorded include resignations in Egypt and Spain, Senate elections in the United States, a statue unveiling in Indianapolis, and various legal and political upheavals.
National House passes bill to restore Gen Fitz-John Porter. Morrison proposes new tariff bill. British Parliament convenes as Bradlaugh barred. Anglo Egyptian forces suffer reverses in the Soudan. Tonquin massacre kills priest catechists and Christians. many houses burned. Texas Legislature adjourns in extra session. Blackburn elected U S Senator from Kentucky. Sherman placed on army retired list. England reinforces Egypt. Hoy Springs Ark hosts deadly gambler clash. Mysterious murder near Chicago shocks, Willsons killed. Lasker revelations sent from Berlin to Washington. Negro family murdered near Cincinnati. bodies sold to medical college. Matherson bank circulation bill passes Senate. Hot Springs Ark bans about thirty undesirables.
Rebels defeated by General Graham. Supreme Court upholds the legal tender act of 1478. Britain donates the Alert to Greely relief. Chile and Peru seal peace. Desperado attacks Joliet officers. Longfellow bust unveiled in Westminster. New York bans convict labor contracts. Iowa forbids liquor manufacture and sale. Glasscock murders wife and three children then kills himself. California calls an extra legislative session. Foot and mouth like outbreak worries Kansas cattle. Frank Rande commits spree at Joliet prison. First railway linking America to City of Mexico advances. Matthew Arnold sails for England. Gold discoveries spark Western excitement. Ben Thompson and King Fisher killed in San Antonio. Kentucky Ohio South Carolina cyclone damage. San Francisco earthquake aftershocks. Sargent ordered from Berlin to St Petersburg declines mission. Cincinnati riots kill nearly fifty.
The British Cabinet rejects a protectorate over Egypt while troops leave. The Ohio Legislature enacts a minor law on graded saloon licenses as news of liquor policy unfolds. Other items note arrests, church letters, and natural disasters shaping the period.
Congress votes a million for New Orleans Exposition and retires Grant while Morrison tariff bill dies. British Commons fails to censure Gladstone over Gordon. Arabs massacre refugees at Shendy and Grant’s failure shocks markets. Worthington elected bishop. Luther statue unveiled. various congresses and elections noted. Robbery attempt ends in lynching. Keene fails on stock exchange. James brothers’ killer dies by self-inflicted wound. Greenback party nominates Butler for president with West as VP choice.
Congress approves bills reducing postage on newspapers and bars Chinese subjects from importing opium. A France Annam peace treaty is noted. The Republican National Convention opens in Chicago on the 8th with John B. Henderson as Permanent Chairman. On the 6th James G Blaine of Maine is nominated for President and John A Logan of Illinois for Vice President.
The text lists vote counts for Blaine Arthur Edmunds Logan Sherman Hawley Lincoln and others across several ballots, noting the nomination becoming unanimous. It also mentions France demanding peace indemnity after a Lang-son clash with Chinese troops, cholera deaths in Toulon and Marseilles, a Pan Presbyterian Council in Belfast, a political resignation, William of Berlin Parliament work, Tilden's presidential nomination decline letter, a Kansas anti secret party nomination, California wheat crop losses, and Capt Andrews completing a cross country walk at age 98.
The 1880 Democratic National Convention in Chicago chose Grover Cleveland for president on the second ballot with Hendricks as vice president. The National Prohibition Convention met in Pittsburgh nominating St John and Daniel. Global news covers Diaz's Mexican presidency, France and China tensions, Greely relief expedition, and various riots and political shifts worldwide.
Summary lists a set of international and national events including a Czar granting broad pardons to Nihilists, a conference of emperors in Poland, a libel suit by a Republican candidate against Indianapolis Sentinel, cholera deaths in Italian cities, Capt Ellsworth nominated by a political alliance, earthquake shocks in Michigan Ohio and Indiana, former Senator Nesmith committed to an insane asylum, and Judge Gresham of Indiana appointed.
The snippet notes a cholera attack of 13,820 people with 9 deaths and reports Arkansas governor election results for a party ticket with a small majority. It also mentions Vermont voting returns favoring Republicans by about 20,000 and a German naval take of a West African coast area between 11 and 18 degrees south.
Elections in Ohio West Virginia and Georgia saw Republicans win Ohio while Democrats carried the other two states. Various incidents followed including a suicide by Gen. Wm. A Throop in Detroit and a shooting at Gov. St John’s railway car. International and national events cover war veterans, politics, and society.
The month’s top event was the Presidential election with Cleveland winning 219 electoral votes to Blaine 182. The close New York tally sparked post election drama before a broad calm. Other notes include cholera in Paris, Jamaica politics, an earthquake in North America, and notable society and crime events.
The report lists events from the era including Congress opening on the first, New Orleans exposition from the 16th to June 1, and electoral votes cast by electors chosen November 4. It notes re election of James L. Pugh as U S Senator from Alabama and Wade Hampton from South Carolina, a Diaz second term, a fatal press clash in Vienna Missouri, cholera ending in France, Gladstone tax redistribution bill, a coolie riot in Trinidad, France abolishing public executions, Britain extending suffrage, a Georgia clerical work hire, a railway robbery near Little Rock, and a near complete national monument with an earthquake in New Hampshire.
The past year saw 135 felons executed on gallows in the United States and Canada, down from 146 in 1883 and up from 114 in 1882. Southern states accounted for 97 executions, with Arkansas and Louisiana leading at 15 each, Georgia 14, and Tennessee 5. Northern states and territories had 33, Canada 4. totals by state include Alabama 6, North Carolina 6, California 2, Florida 2, Maryland 2, New Jersey 1, New York 4, and Indian Territory listed among others.
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