Wide range of 19th century world events reported
The article lists events including York earthquake shocks, a major English colliery explosion with many deaths, a French Chamber vote on priests in army reserves, cholera in Spain, Staffordshire mining fatalities, Mormon emigration, cabinet changes under Gladstone, Emperor William at Ems, a Monte Carlo gambling death, Irish National League actions, and various financial and political notices from the US and UK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
England
Chamber of Deputies
Spain
Spedale
North Staffordshire
Wisconsin
London
Utah
Viscount Cranbrook
Earl of Harrowby
Home Department
Richard Assheton Cross
Colonial Department
Frederick Stanley
William Henry Smith
India
Lord Randolph Churchill
Admiralty
Lord George Hamilton
Local Government Board
Arthur James Balfour
Board of Trade
Duke of Richmond and
Gordon
Edward Stanhope
Ireland
Carnarvon
Edward Gibson
William
Ems
Monte Carlo
Tralee
Irish National League
Mr. Harrington
Various 19th Century Personal News Snippets
Dispatches from Mount MacGregor say General Grant improves after transfer to the mountains with swelling and throat irritation receding. News items note elopements and marriages, appointments and dismissals in government offices, travels of ministers to Europe, and social visits to Grant.
Financial Troubles Hit Shelburne Falls Cutlery Makers
Lawson and Goodnow of Shelburne Falls Massachusetts face heavy liabilities amid widespread activity reports. Crop conditions shift across Illinois Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia with winter crop failures and possible fall improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson & Goodnow
Shelburne Falls
Massachusetts
Illinois
National Agricultural Department
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Cawker City
Mitchell County
Kansas
United States
Bradstreet’s
Presidents appoint a group of envoys and consuls to foreign posts
President Cleveland names John B. Stullo to Italy as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Bayliss W. Hanna to Argentina as Minister Resident and Consul General. Other appointees include Charles A. Dougherty in Rome, William B. Alden in Rome, Pierce M. B. Young in St. Petersburg, plus consuls at Belfast Naples Kingston Nagasaki and more. Additional naval commissions go to Benjamin H. Lamberton as Commander and William W. Reisinger as Lieutenant Commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John B. Stullo
Ohio
Italy
Bayliss W. Hanna
Indiana
Argentine Republic
Charles A. Dougherty
Pennsylvania
Rome
William B. Alden
New York
Pierce M. B. Young
Georgia
St. Petersburg
Geo. W. Savage
New Jersey
Belfast
Edward Champhausen
Naples
Francis B. Galley
Kingston
Jamaica
John M. Birch
West Virginia
Nagasaki
Oscar Bischoff
Kansas
Sonneberg
Richard H. Stoddard
Athens
Theodore W. Downs
Connecticut
Quebec
M. J. Newmark
California
Lyons
William H. Moffett
Beirut
J. C. Monaghan
Rhode Island
Mannheim
Wallace Johns
Florida
Messina
Benjamin H. Lamberton
William W. Reisinger
Explosions and Fires Cause Wide Damage Across Cities
A powder magazine explosion in Pueblo Colorado killed two and damaged property. Fires in Philadelphia Charleston Mo Sacramento and New York caused major losses. A coal bank collapse in Ohio killed two and injured another. Tornadoes and storms hit Missouri Illinois Iowa causing extensive destruction. Officials report on political and financial shifts as well as pension reorganizations and a star route trial death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Washington
Butcher’s Sons
Philadelphia
Charleston
Sacramento
Cal
Portville
N. Y
Newport
N.H
Odd Fellows’ Hall
G. A. R. Hall
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mathiesius & Co
Greenwich and
Reade Streets
Hermance, Dickinson & Co
Richmond
Ohio
Hugh Phaiis
Patrick O'Brien
Michael O’brien
Pennsylvania Railroad
North Bend Cut
Lancaster
Newfoundland
Ilinois
Leavenworth
Kan
Iowa
Missouri
Ait Sibley
Abram French &C
Boston
Quinze Rapids
Canada
Robert Martin
Somerville
Burns
Keeley
Cote
Mmuan
Kansas City
Louisiana
Glasgow
New Glasgow
C. Wilson
Alton
Lexington
Fayette
Chillicothe
McLean
General Black
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Vermont
Charles A. Ruddick
Ouis Walters
Smith
Washington Post
Burdau
Navy Department
Navy
Richard T. Merrick
Portrait of Captain Derick H. Marsh Marsh Bros and Sheriff noted
The portrait of Captain Derick H. Marsh honors a Northern Illinois Marshalship candidate. Marsh, born September 7 1843 in England, served four years and eight months in the Civil War, reaching captaincy, later held positions as Town Clerk of Oregon and sheriff of Ogle County. He partnered with his brother in Marsh Bros book and stationery before becoming an express agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Marsh
United States
Illinois
Iinois
Losly
Derick H. Mars
Eagland
Oregon
Ill
Sherif
Ogle County
Baton Rouge
Marsh
Charles F. Marsh
Marsh Bros
Notorious criminals hanged and shootings marked by violence
A roundup of violent incidents across the United States reports hangings by mob in Indian Territory and Virginia, a man shot by pursuers in Chicago after fatal domestic violence, a youth killing himself after a murder, and additional executions for murder in Charlottesville. Also noted are a field shooting in Illinois, circus actors wounding each other, and multiple killings in Kentucky amid factional strife. George A. Pyers receives fifteen lashes from a sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Price Wetherly
Yazoo
Miss
George Edwards
Chicago
Joseph Winn
Chincoteague Island
Virginia
William Freeman
Timothy Hills
Joe Barbour
Horace Terrill
Charlottesville
Randall Jackson
Mary Foster
Barbour
Walter Amos
John Mozier
Springfield
Mozier
Samuel Lawrence
Charles Berry
Houghton
Mich
Lawrence
Berry
Maryland whip marks first white offender in state
The report notes William Atkinson killed Peter Gillam in Campbell County Virginia after dispute over which man should accompany a young girl. It recounts Join McKee a river pilot in Shonston Pennsylvania killing his wife before suicide and mentions a mob delaying action on five negroes charged with outraging and murdering a white woman at Elkhart Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Wiliam Atkinson
Peter Gillam
Thomas’ &Tore
Campbell¢ An
Virginia
Atkinsoni
Gillam
McKee
Shonston
Elkhart
Texas
Benedict and Ebers Life Sketches Highlighted in Obituary
The article recalls Sir Julius Benedict the composer who accompanied Jenny Lind to America in 1850 and later led London operatic scenes. It also profiles George Moritz Ebers as a noted Egyptologist and novelist whose works blend science and romance, including The Egyptian Princess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Benedict
London
Eng
Jenny Lind
Stuttgart
Hummel
Weber
Vienna Opera
Naples
Saint Cille
Paris
Rossini
Meyerbeer
Bellini
Jonizetti
Auber
England
London Opera Bouffe
Lyceum Theatr
Drury Lane
America
Sir Julius Senedict
Her Majesty's ‘Theater
Sterward
Ambiguous exchange cited between Ada and mother
Fragmentary dialogue shows a mother Ada addressing her daughter with a terse insistence to desist and a wary reply from Ada, leaving the surrounding context and identities unclear.
Cincinnati Brides and Drowning Fears Before Wedding
A fragment notes Cincinnati girls may drown themselves before their weddings. It suggests they fear the bridegroom may fail in making his Sear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Widow Remarries After Loss Finds New Partner
The widow plans a quick remarriage to her second husband once she finds a suitable partner, illustrating common courtship norms after bereavement.
Ohio police uncover abuse as four children found in squalor
Four Cincinnati children aged 5, 7, 10, and 11 were found malnourished in a filthy hovel at 760 West xt street while the 3-year-old was at the Children’s Home too ill to move. The mother Louise Klocke was jailed for drunkenness. the father Louis is a laborer who wasted wages on whisky. The children were cleaned and clothed at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Toronto
Wasson Car and Foundry
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lane & Woodruff Patent
Youngstown
Ohio
Chicago
Hugh R. Creighton
Des Moines
Charles King
St. Helena
Cal
Police Court of
Cincinnati
West & Xt Street
Louise
Louise Klocke
Central Station
Fitzgerald
Louis Klocke
Murder at Barnhill Mine Sparked by Wage Dispute
Six weeks after Arnold Abbahl a Swiss immigrant moved with his family to Barnhill Tuscarawas County a wage dispute in the mines led union men and operators to clash. A man fired a shot from a double barrel gun killing Abbahl as he returned to work and three committee members Robert Bankier John Watkins and G W Ayers were jailed in New Philadelphia amid threats of lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnhill
Tuscarawas County
Arnold Abbahl
AbDbabi
Abbah
Robert Bankier
John Watkins
G. W. Ayers
New Philadelphia
Broken Hearted Father Sees Daughter In Elopement Rumor
A Cleveland man W D Folsom and his daughter Cora Folsom Seers face distress as rumors spread that at 19 his daughter left home with Putnam, claimed as husband in Lancaster New York, after years with Seer whom she married two years ago, while the father, ill and a Masonic Mutual Life Insurance superintendent, fears for her safety.
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Cora Folsom Seers
Ags
Cleveland
Mount MacGregor
Grant
Hanlan
Teeser
Buffalo
R. B. Hayes
White House
Mary
Monroe
Treasury Department
Manning
James Russell Lowell
Boston
Southborough
Mass
Saratoga High School
Gen. Grant
Mt. McGregor
Nettie Bernard
Mitchell
Dakota
Mark Waul
Cox
Turkey
New York
Constantinople
Emile Frey
Switzerland
Roscoe Conkling
Waite
Europe
Mr. Fox
Conkling
Carlsbad
Hichard Barton
Newunswick
N. J
Mount McGregor
Emil Steger
Kossuth
Memphis
W. D. Folsom
Putnam
Seer
Ohio State Reports copies bid by Cincinnati firms
Secretary Robinson opened bids from seven firms to furnish Ohio State Reports. Robert Clarke & Co. won at 1.59 per volume for 359 copies to the State, while Woodruff Cox & Co. offered 1.30 per volume for 350 copies. The Clarke firm protests Robinsons final action claiming the decision was unfair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretar
Robinson
Ohio
Robert Clarke & Co
Cincinnati
Woodruff, Cox & Co
Clarke & Co
Lima Oil Well Draws Citywide Excitement
Lima buzzes over a new oil well with pumps running constantly. Oil is produced at about six barrels per hour, averaging 150 per day. A 5,000 gallon tank will ship to Cleveland for refiring. The 36 degree gravity oil lies beside a creek on angled land leased by Eastern capitalists planning derricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Cleveland
Fatal Runaway Seriously injures wife of storekeeper
Mr. William Gray a store keeper of Gratiot and his wife were returning from Licking Reservoir when their horse bolted wrecking the buggy. Mr Gray escaped with minor injuries while Mrs Gray was severely injured and doctors fear for her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gray
Gratiot
Licking Reservoir
Mrs. Gray
Mr. Gray
Mrs. Gay
Found Drowned at Ironton
A drowned female body found in the river at Ironton wore a light calico dress and dark waist. A fan hung from her belt and a pipe with tobacco and a silver quarter were found on her. The victim, likely African American, had been in the water about two days and may have been on an excursion or picnic. No identification available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Arrest of John Sines for assault on girl in Corning
John Sines of Corning was arrested and bound over to court for criminal assault on a young girl, daughter of Gabriel Hardy. A mob of women attacked his house in a furious demonstration, and would have harmed him if they had reached him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sines
Corning
Gabriel Hardy
Toledo Painter Murders Wife Then Takes Own Life
Arthur B. Wakelee of Toledo killed his wife by slashing her throat with a razor and then shot himself. A sister of the murdered woman found the bodies. Letters Wakelee left indicate jealousy caused the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Wakelee
Toledo
Wakelee
Child bitten by watch-dog near Xenia
A three year old daughter of Mr. Wm Harper living near Xenia was savagely bitten by a pet dog. Her left cheek was torn to the bone and an ugly gash near the ear and throat threatened death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Harper
Xenia
Lightning swindlers fleece man from McLean Township
Peter Brucker of McLean Township near Sidney was tricked by lightning rod swindlers and released after a compromise of 167 dollars, described as 800 dollars originally. The report also notes a 75 year old widow run over by a freight train near Sidney with injuries likely fatal. A Bloomfield boy died after a loaded revolver discharged while playing with his sibling. George W. Beery of Wyandot County Bank died at 68 after a brief illness. J J Vinton of Youngstown patented a new process to convert old steel rail into steel tool and castings, with plans to form a company to use it.
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London
Gladstone
Baron von Staal
Marquis of Salisbury
Zulfikar Pass
Russia
Afghanistan
E. D. Bannister
Lawrenceburg
Virginia
William Parg Ns
Connecticut
A. Gabooskii
Georgia
Haskell Instiute
Kansas
Walter R. Brennan
Indian Territory
Chilooe
Posey
Alabama
Wm. H. Denson
United States
Mark D. Webber
New York
Henry Otto
Cr. C. Burgess
John Jepson
Meridian
McCulloch
Congress
Mount McGregor
G. Grant
Dr. Douglas
Peter Brucker
McLean Township
Sidney
George W. Beery
Wyandot County Bank
J.J. Vinton
Youngstown
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Wayne Co. Herald
the News
Stafford
Wabash County
New Jerseys
Michigan
Wabash
Fort Wayne
Bert Koutz
John F. Bransford
William L. Bancroft
District of
Port Huron
Israel Lawton
San Francisco
A L King
Arkansas
Harrison, Ark
William F. Hawland
District of Beaufort
N. C
John A. Richardson
District
Pamlico
J. 8. Burns
Dayton
Wash. T
Henry Hollberg
Jackson
J. G. Johnson
Peabody, Kaw
John Hartley
Henry, NL
John Duncan
Kenham
Tex
Samuel W. Shields
Morristown
Julia Goer
New Castle
Ind
Nathan Wait
Kingman
J. J. Cook
Kenton
W. &. Lawrence
Sing Sin
William H. Swan
Mount Morris
N Y
Henry Eldredge
Union Spring
Iflingham ‘S Brown
Aurora
W. H. Ho Mcllvur
Cambridge
D. Taylor
Augusta
W. J. Holden
Robert
Menefee
Bozeman
Montagna
E. C. Anderson
Buren
Wasson
Laporte
J.b.stebbins
Associated Press
Winona
Minn
Osceola
Laper City
Financial and Industrial
C Ol. Otter
Kig Hbour
Turtle Lake
Col
Herchmer
Riel
Middleton
Beaver River
Northwest Territory
Cold Lake
Waterpan
Big Bear
Green Lake
New Orleans
Waco Department
Oklahoma
James F. Brady
St. Louis
Cook's Tourist Coiopany
Maxwell-Preller
Southern
Preller
Brady
Fnglaund
Cook
Presler
Maxwell
Court Street
Schertz
Ross Ford Avency
Idaho
Dolores Valley
Colorado
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Santos
Cuba
Grand Traverse County
OUR Portrait Gallery
Flair
Jones
Knox County
Kentucky
George A. Pyers
Beeves Essen
Beeves
Milwaukee
East Liberty
Sir Julius Benedict
George Moritz Ebers
Christ
Teta
Egypt
University Libra
Leipsic
Ebers Jd
Congress of Orientalists
Yadon
Ada
State OF
Imbush
Ohio State Reports
Winfe
Louisa Younken
Sdney
J. R. Wheatcraft
Bloomfield
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