31 Jan 1894
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1894
Page
1
A long anonymous lament from a cold winter night describes a tramp near Lexington wandering among the rich and happy while dreaming of a once loving family. He recalls his mother and father, a home once warm, and laments ruin caused by temptation and sin, ending in sorrow.
A financial crisis hit the North Carolina Improvement Company this week causing assignments for many North Carolina citizens. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad assets are valued at about a million and a half dollars with bonds indorsed by individuals. Leaders like Dr. W. A. Lash and Capt. J. E. Gilmer are named as innocent sufferers while the matter seeks settlement without major losses.
Esther March dies at Salisbury aged 105 years and 4 months. A Wayne county gander is aged 49 years. The Raleigh chamber backs a 1895 state exposition plan. Mecklenberg residents canned cherries on Jan 14. Rabbi Sergius asserts his honesty to Wilmington Messenger. Church misdeeds probed in Morganton. Tarboro churches move to curb gambling. Diamond found near King's Mountain reported to government. Congressman Grady moves family to Washington. State exhibit to travel to New Bern for fish oyster fair next month. J R Apple dies at Greensboro aged 21. Holt family goes to Florida for health. Lawyer J S Lewis jailed for stealing law books. Ella Truitt held on pistol incident charge. E Haggard kills a six foot eagle in Bertie. Henry White fatally injured by falling limb. Courts exchange between Shuford and Winston ordered. North Carolina mills and flour trade urged. more roller mills built in two years.
The Washingtons Birthday number of the New York Ledger begins Hall Caine's new novel The Manxman set among Manx fishermen and farmers. Caine's best known Deemster characters come to life in a tale of peril and labor with romantic adventure and strong, honest Manx protagonists.
Two bushels of Stonewall Jackson medals were found in a Savannah warehouse corner by Newell West. The medals, likely struck after the war for Jackson’s command, show varied wear and may have been moved from Paris. West seeds them to the Georgia Historical Society or Confederate Veteran's Association, with 1100 to 2000 total pieces.
Katherine B. Foot recalls Adelina Patti as a willful restless child taught at home and often tired from touring. A neighbor’s doll episode shows Patti’s vanity and demand for gifts as she warned she would scream unless Max Strakosch supplied a doll like the narrator’s.
The February Confederate War Journal features portraits of George W. Johnson Provisional Governor of Kentucky James Longstreet General Huger Magruder and Lovell. It includes three maps of Shiloh April 6 1862 five sixté inch battle scene plates and biographical sketches with descriptions of the battle by Polk and Hardee and lists killed and wounded. Subscription is $1 per year with samples available from Confederate War Journal Lexington KY and Fifth Avenue New York.
The painter Joshua Reynolds painted Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse at age 60, with Siddons later spotting the inscription Joshua Reynolds pinxit 1784 on her robe. Reynolds asked Siddons for her idea of the Muse and she posed accordingly for the work.
An 19th century note reports that an adult inhales about a pint per breath and breathes 16 to 20 times per minute. It cites daily air intake around 10 000 quarts and oxygen absorption near 500 liters with 744 grams of oxygen used, expiring 511.5 grams of CO2. It also notes heart blood flow through the lungs about 5 000 quarts daily and surface water loss of 150 grams via vapor.
Judge Bynum and Solicitor Woodard fuel the fight against gambling and whiskey sales to minors in Pitt County. Grand jury indicts many, with vigorous prosecutions. Judge Bynum suspends gun sentences on payment of costs, requiring presents of pistols, which the sheriff destroys by breaking them.
The piece argues President Cleveland acted rightly in nominating W. H. Peckham to the New York Supreme Court bench while U S Senator Hill opposed Hornblower and blocked his confirmation. It contends Cleveland should not heed Hill’s dictation and will pursue his own policy.
The War Department's forty nine volumes of war records show Union enrollment at 2,364,272 officers and men excluding short terms, with Confederate totals around 600,000. Union killed and wounded surpassed Confederate losses. Andersonville and Elmira death rates and a field burial were noted. 291,397 Union desertions occurred.
The Coley case jury returned a first degree murder verdict after twenty two hours of deliberation. The defendants were convicted for the January killing of a Jewish peddler in North Carolina.
The piece notes many notable men lack ready cash and asserts that those who can pay respects this year deserve credit. It highlights financial strain among prominent figures and the need to honor those who show up despite limits.
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