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Newspaper

Wayne County Herald

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1884

Page

2

News Briefs From Around the World

Items report a bar boviski arrest for comicity in a czar era incident, China poised for war with France and evacuating Tonquin, accusations against Britain over Gordon, Schweinfurth backing Indian railway loan, no French Chinese fighting, French troupe attacked in Algiers, English franchise protests slated in Britain, and a Tralee farm murder by moonlighters with eviction and boycott.

Gordon Nadate Commons Dr. Schweinfurth Shanghai Algiers London Liverpool Manchester Tralee Ireland

Marital shock at Clinton as bride elopes with another man

Wedding guests in Clinton Illinois were stunned when Jennie Wade eloped with a different man as Charles Ac ton faced an improvised ceremony. Other brief notices include death of Mrs. Caroline E. Brown in Waterford Missouri, a granite monument for the Greely expedition in Oakwood Cemetery, and various society items from Niagara Falls to Baraboo Wisconsin.

Clinton, Ill Charles Acton Jennie Wade Jennie Caroline E. Brown Artemud Ward Charles F. Brown Waterford Niagara Falls Capt. Webb Oakwood Cemetery F. H. Hopkins Mark Hopkins Baraboo Wis Adirondack Republic of Sam Salvador New York Europe Governor's Island San Salvador Cancar Republic ID. L. Moody London Moody America England Episcopal Church

Multiple National Firms Fail in Wave of Bankruptcies

A string of business collapses spans North America with Henry and Luxon in New York and Dawson Bros. in Wilmington among the failing firms. Other assets include Julian White Son & Co. folding in New York, Somers & White closing in Michigan, and Cotter Beattie & Co. near insolvency in Ontario.

Henry A. E. Luxon New York Dawson Bros Wilmington Del Baltimore Samel Baerman Clothing Fleischman Pittsburg Bennison Liebmann & Co Goods Oakland Cal William Parks & Son St. John New Brunswick Julian White, Son &Co Leonard Street Somers & White Ovid Mich Fletcher & Sharpe's Indianapolis Grain Commission Harnjon, Boruance & Co Chicago St. Louis John Claypool Harrison Cotter Beattie & Co Ovifi, Mich Bogus, Brault & Co Montreal Europe United States

Relief brings Greely party from Arctic camp

Lieut Greely and six companions were landed at St John’s after being rescued from Smith’s Sound on June 22 by Thesis and Bear. Seventeen others died or vanished. Twelve bodies were brought back and five were lost at sea. The survivors owed their escape to the relief expedition and claimed the farthest northern point. Captain Ash details the voyage of the Bear.

Libut Greely Thetis Barred Inlet Cape Spots Capt. Emray Dr. Ames Arctic St John's Pittsburg Washington United States Folger Barnard Nashville Tenn Smith’s Sound Thesis Bear St. John’s Newfoundland Bac Babine Smith’s Fredericks Long, Holy Sal ‘Breward Seiderback Connell Ison Ellison Gadhhaven Esquiman /Turnevik Dizeo Greenland Lis Sergt Ralston Henry Schneider Rice Salon Bender Gardner Jens Edwards Esquiman Fort Conger Baird Inlet Payer Harbor Cape Isabella Geon P Nares Beebe Cape Sabin Garlington Colwell Cape Sabine Littletown Island Hare Island Smith's Sound Cape York Melville Bay Westenholm Island Greply Té- Hevibg Dela’ Rin Lieut. Greely Cape Saine Commissariat Proteus Pen Lockwood Mr. Rice Bad Creek Ael Lieut Kislingbury Pyry Mer Trdy Esquimanx Bison Big Hut A. Washington Dispatch Arthur Miny

Political Convention Dates and Nominations Report

The Michigan Democratic State Convention sets Detroit for August 19 while Greenbackers meet in Grand Rapids August 27. A New York telegram denies Blaine speeches this campaign though a Western trip may follow Maine. San Francisco Anti-Monopoly Greenback National Union endorse Butler. Butler electors to be fielded. Kansas Republicans in Topeka nominate Martin for Governor Horton for Chief Justice Johnson for Associate Justice.

Michigan Detroit Grand Rapids New York Blaine Maine San Francisco National Union Butler Kansas Republicans Topeka John A. Martin Albert H. Horton Supreme Court W. A. Johnson

Calamities Spread Across Regions From Storms and Fires

A hurricane near Beck's Beach New Jersey sinks the schooner Deborah H Diverty with ten aboard including captains wives and a child. An explosion at Carter's sawmill in Harrodsburg Indiana kills three men and injures several. A rowboat accident on the Illinois River at Henry drowns the Rev L O Thompson his 14 year old son and a Dr Bishop's son. Twelve Newfoundland fishermen are rescued after four days lost in fog. A skating rink scaffold collapse in Washington Boulevard Chicago causes multiple injuries. A Toronto fire crushes workers in a burning stable. Cedar Springs Michigan losses include two blocks of fire destruction with three men and a boy dead. A boiler explosion at Wilson's saw mill near Ellensburg West Virginia kills a boy and wounds others. A Canton Ohio rail wreck injures fourteen with no fatalities.

Deborah H. Diverty Aden Beck’s Beach N. J Carter Harrodsburg Bloomington Ind Illinois Henry Ill L. O. Thompson Bishop Medina N. Y Grand Banks Newfoundland St. Pierre Washington Boulevard Chicago Toronto Ont Cedar Springs Mich Johnson & Link's Mill Wilson's Ellenboro W. Va

Executions and killings across multiple states tallied

Reports recount hangings in Greenville Mississippi Cummings Nelson Houma Louisiana and Sam Williams Waynesboro Georgia for murders while in Chicago Ada Harvey and Clement Sudkamp incidents and two tramps killed in an Ohio gas well explosion Canon City Oregon shooting wife and infant death.

Bob Hunt Dan Parker Greenville Miss Barret Best Refuge Richard Barrett Deer Creek Cummings Nelson Houma John Martin Terre Bonne Parish Sam Williams Waynesboro Clem Bush South Halsted Street Chicago Clement Sudkamp Ada Harvey Mount Vernon Ohio Canon City Ore Nunes Babe

Rebellion and licenses loom in Ohio amid rising agitation

The article notes political strains in the states with mention of a convention, a two thirds vote for a bill, and calls for resignations. It highlights licensing failures in Hamilton County Ohio under the Scott law and reports a proposed sale of linseed pools for market integration. It also covers a U.S. marshal removal recommendation, a forest fire threat on Long Island, and major fire losses in Bid Rapids Michigan with widespread crop trouble and insect damage.

Baen ‘Publi John Loch Gelett St. J Connell Long Bainard Sige Washington Hamilton County Ohio Scott Aw Cincinnati James Loy Cileet United States Nothern Georgia Ar Mney Hin John E. B St. Lower Burlington Ottywmwa Othericois Roukohkoma Long Island Statistical Bureau State Department Solon Humpreys David Kowlay Gould Henry Margrave Adair

Rescue of Greely team ends perilous Arctic ordeal

Dispatch from Commander S. O. Smith reports the rescue of Lieut. Greely and six survivors from Fort Conger to Cape Sabine after a grueling two winters and one summer in Smiths Sound. The expedition lost seventeen of twenty. sixteen were rescued aboard the Thetis and Bear with two Esquiman bodies recovered.

Hefeut Greeley Ofr Ade Sabine Smith’s Sound

Death and crime items fill Cambridges mill to Mary Nick

A stream of short items reports injuries and deaths across multiple towns. A workman Mospanyi Lake is jabbed in a jaw at Cambridge planing mill. a Shelby man’s horse-drawn load drops dead. a Marion resident falls to a cellar, breaking his neck. Mary Nick 23 is found dead near Holgate well. Other notes cover misfortunes from forgery to a jail term, and a sensational murder in a Mexican border incident.

Cambridge Mos Panyi N. Lake Preble County John Brown Shelby Po Reig Marion Lifeles Mia Mary Nick Holgate Longview Anylum Sandusky Emeline Ford Wyandotte Michigan Ister Island C. R. Ford Monroe W. W. Reed Canton Reed Firestone Bukeye Flouring Mills Gallipolis Lawson, Bell & Co George Bouse S&. W. Pearson Cincinnati E. P. Allis & Co Milwaukee Andrew Hale Bath Township Akron Bath Thomas Johnson Fostoria Joshua Saxton Urbana Citizen and Gazette Youngstown Cassidy Campbell

Mellown Households Spend Big as Pennies Rise

The report notes household expenses near 250000 dollars annually and the U S minted about 40000000 pennies last year. A fifteen year old Applephone discovery in New York highlights curious tech finds in daily life.

New York

Fragmented OCR Notes Signal Cropped Gossip History

The readable fragments mention a defeated candidate returning home and a joke about Egyptian molasses jugs. The text references New York Commerce and scarce dollars with a comment about Greenville, Mississippi, and government buildings, plus scattered quotes from various sources.

Boreli New York Puck Aere Isidanger Greenville Migs Execrard cl Dolaars Newman

Prehensile tree described by Lieut Houghton in Pacific

Lieut Houghton reports a ficus allied tree that forms a forest by aerial roots reaching ground and new stems. Its branches emit flexible tendrils that wrap around objects, grip them, and suspend them in mid air, enabling lifting by weight from the ground.

Lieut. Houghton New Guinea Pacific

A True Wife and the Bonnets Debate Ruin

In a dialogue from a 19th or early 20th century piece Mr Finks laments ruin after endorsing a friend’s note. Mrs Finks reminds him of her bonnet savings claiming she saved sixty million seven and five thousand dollars, highlighting a comic clash over finances and vanity.

Mr. Finks Mrs. Finks

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