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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1883
Page
7
A garbled 19th century update covers nominations in New Orleans and Philadelphia, debates in Parliament, police incidents in Europe, a fire at a college building, and various other scattered items. Mentions Gambetta, Sir Charles, and Gladstone amid a string of political and social notes.
A compact update captures scattered reports of disasters, political moves, and notable events. From Berlin to Chicago, summaries note imperial relief funds, prosecutions, factory and rail disruptions, fires, and legislative wrangling. Streams of oblique references hint at Milwaukee fire losses, Milwaukee Newhall House disaster, and German flood relief efforts.
Buckrye Capital Seventeenth District notes recount a busy Wheeling scene with state politics, local county seat debates, and early 1900s courtesy headlines. Key figures Imvid Wagener Belmont Kitheart Jefferson Frayne Guernmey McGiravern Harrison Emith Noble and Boril Werner presiding, plus talk of Newman as Secretary of State. Local tales include Belmont county seat contest and regulatory chatter from Wool Growers to cattle breeders.
A damaged OCR item reports a tramp seen near Hi W Randall’s barn near Blonists tas Conn before a fire damaged a large building at Ovinton No Patton jerning. Sparks blown by wind aided the blaze, snow aided preservation of a residence, and the incident ended with one dwelling spared. Meanwhile William Masey’s Mt Vernon Missouri barn burned Christmas Day with his 1882 harvest lost.
The Lower House opened after a late Friday night show. A committee on ventilation backed a resolution for electric lighting in the Senate and House, arguing sanitary gains despite daytime power costs. Multiple bills were introduced or amended, with sessions adjourned until Monday.
A stormy chase near Clemilive Montana ends when two hunters Harding and his guide take shelter in a cave. A grizzly enters, consumes provisions, and is shot by Harding after which the life of the bear is taken. Nearby events include a Connecticut hunter spotting a fox in a tree and other scattered hunting anecdotes from New York to Nebraska.
A faulty debt scheme leads to hunting for squirrels while misfires kill at least two people. William Chase of Fair Haven recalls a mink tale as Sanford Robertson of Coosa County Alabama loses his eighteen year old daughter when a gun discharges while fixing a rock. Willam McGeary of Painesville Ohio dies after a tree fall while a raccoon hides, and Peter C Hiller of Conestoga New York rests his gun on his foot causing an accidental discharge that wounds a bystander. James Stewart of Monroeville Indiana believes he shot at a deer but kills John Parker who was cutting hoop poles.
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