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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1883
Page
1
The Wilmington area coverage widens to discuss a colored convention’s aims and calls for civic uplift. The piece critiques wealth influence and party conflicts while praising Garfield era ideals and local civic efforts. It notes figures like Dorsey and Sch, and references the 1881-82 political climate.
Fire destroyed three stores and dwellings in Sumter South Carolina Friday morning causing estimated losses between 25000 and 59000 dollars. A separate blaze at Mufflingtown destroyed a hotel and postoffice with losses around 50000 dollars and insured 47000. The Niverdale excursion steamer exploded on the Hudson near New York with about ten passengers aboard.
The piece reports rumors among North Carolina Democrats that a plan may be set to force a general election by pressuring Supreme Court justices to resign. It notes fears over Liena nett’s narrow victory and the coalitionist strength, arguing an early test before the presidential year would reveal needed party efforts.
A medical testimonial from Coresnia South Carolina dated February 15 1851 touts Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as effective in practice. In Lynchburg Virginia several incendiary fires have led to the arrest of former fireman James Gioulman for complicity amid widespread alarm.
A garbled 19th century telegraph of mixed news items reports: deaths including Count De Cianbont, a grindstone accident in Richmond, a fatal shooting near Macon, and a homicide in Raleigh. It notes fires, losses of lumber, a large Pensacola naval yard incident, and a grand Grangers picnic in Pennsylvania. Also mentions yellow fever in Pensacola and rebuilding plans for a burned hotel in Atlanta.
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