31 Dec 1885
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1885
Page
1
A fragmented rustic scene depicts a neighbor in a damp cotton dress with river water on her hand and hair. The speaker revels in April weather and questions who would not bloom amid such scenes and teased greenery.
A concise note announces the work Mathias Sandort attributed to Jules Verne with translator credits and publication notes referencing Verne’s well known novels.
In Istria under Austrian rule, Pola grows as a dockyard while Pisino serves as the capital. Four prisoners from Count Sandorf's party are secretly transported by post chaise through night, guarded by armed gendarmes, toward an unknown fortress as a sirocco sweeps the Adriatic coast.
From a prison voyage narrative to a courtroom drama at Pisino, Count Sandorf Zathmar and Bathory face a military tribunal over a Hungary independence plot. Larcany’s cipher and a recovered grating drive the case, with Sarcany claiming innocence and Sarcany’s fate tied to the evidence.
By two o clock the pleadings ended and the sentence was passed. Count Mathias Sandors Count Ladis las Zathmar and Professor Stephen Bathory were found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death. They were to be shot in the castle courtyard within forty eight hours. Sarcany was to be held until jail books closed. All possessions of the prisoners were confiscated and they were removed.
Reflections on despotism driving European refugees to America, where freedom and unity forged a growing nation. The piece notes emigrants' struggles with English authorities on the Thames, then shifts to domestic recipes and household tips amid a note of hopeful national progress.
The Cartersville Advertiser describes a Georgia landscape near Cooper's iron works with rugged rocks, vines, old ruins, an ancient mill, and a river dam. A mountain plateau hosts an early pioneer in a rough rock house, offering a grand autumn sunset viewed through muscadine vines and glowing Blue Ridge peaks in a tranquil, sacred scene.
Labor notes report planned wage cuts by Missouri Pacific trainmen. Brockton Massachusetts sees forty two shoe factories reopen under arbitration terms. Umpire Hoo Allen G Tourman accepted after committee visits. Monongahela River mines show a major strike break with most mines operating. Pittsburg miners offer arbitration and return to work if accepted, while operators refuse, doubting compliance with any umpire decision.
Trial of B Y Hampton, a city officer, opens before Judge Zine in Salt Lake City. Prosecutors allege a plot with prostitutes to entrap federal officials and Gentiles, aiming to influence polygamy prosecutions. Witness Mrs Fields testifies of contracts, police aiding rent, and plans to trap Governor Murray for jury manipulation.
Dispatches from Pont-y-Pridd report a colliery explosion at Ferrale pit near Pontypridd. About 750 workers were in the mine with 50 believed killed in the upper seam and many burned. 35 men were later rescued and twelve died.
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