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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1885
Page
7
A terse note from The Wisconsin reflects on a wedding described as controversial, questioning whether any force could stop the alliance. The poetic line hints at moral or social scrutiny surrounding the union and its implications.
A Dunkerque brig with oil and canvas for Marseilles, Nerina, capsized near the Scilly Isles after a gale on November 17 1840. Captain Everact and five others endured two days in a cramped cabin and hold, feeding on cask bark, before rescue by beachgoers as the ship struck rocks at dawn on November 19.
A string of incidents reports NEIFS PARAGRAPAS men struck dead by lightning while fishing near Peoria Illinois. Vermont former governor Jane Converse dies aged 86 in Dinville Notch New Hampshire. Canada’s veteran statesman Sir Francis Hixess dies of smallpox in Montreal. Albany deputy treasurer Encar K Apcar dies of liver and brain disorder. Duncanville Ga capitalist Mas J J Masu dies from rattlesnake bite. Fire destroys John Failing house in Tekonsha Michigan. one child dies, others burned. Willis Roach attacked by four men near Frankfort Kentucky. his son shoots two attackers dead.
A ship driven onto Porthellick rocks near St. Mary's in Scilly was found after three days beneath a heavy sea. Survivors were liberated as the tide rose, while a body, Vincent, washed onto the rocks and was buried at St. Mary's burial ground. The wreck later drifted toward the Atlantic as two pilot boats towed it briefly before ropes failed.
Noah Lockabill of near Brown's Valley Crawfordsville Indiana fought off three burglar tramps who entered his farm residence. After binding the trio he gave each a hundred lashes with a rawhide wagon whip at the gate post drawing a bloody scene and drawing neighbors to witness. In nearby Marry's Varney Pa Mrs Sarah Truby, aged widow, learns her son John aged 34 worked on the East Branch Railroad.
Acompiled list records August nuptials from Ripon to Milwaukee and obituaries for residents including John Flood aged 66 in Berlin and Clara Snell aged 4 in Oshkosh. Notables include Peter Kandl, Chas Cowan, Miss Mary Gillette, and Mary Neff among many others across Oconto, Sparta, Beloit, Eau Claire, Jefferson, and beyond.
Mark Twain dominates as Webster & Co. publisher of Grant's biography. He has orders for 300000 with aim for 500000 sold in the US and Europe. Retail price six dollars, agents and middlemen take two, Grant family royalty seventy five cents, costs one dollar fifty, Twain and partner clear about seventy five cents per copy, netting a quarter to a third of a million dollars.
A collection of weather signs and proverbs for autumn, attributed to an elderlyWisconsin collector. Predictions cover fog and snow correlation, frost timing, leaf fall, winds, and seasonal patterns, with notes on fishing, birds, and September rains. Includes a brief anecdote about Sam Jones and a medical ad followed by a local egg stock update.
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