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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1888
Page
7
A preacher extols how ordinary sufferers and workers become true heroes. He celebrates hospital beds, needlework, domestic trials, and humble charity as divine courage, urging listeners to find heavenly reward through patient endurance and faithful service despite hardship.
Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker purchases Munkacsy’s Christ on Calvary as a companion to Christ Before Pilate. The scene depicts the Savior’s death with a stormy sky and dramatic figures Mary mother, Mary Magdalene, John, and a Jewish spectator beside the crucifixion.
A New Hampshire law limiting weekly work hours blocks Manchester mill owners from meeting large orders. Employers want extra hours and higher pay for skilled workers, but the demagogue legislation bars overtime and prevents fulfilling increased orders.
Crickets inflict severe crop damage across Algeria this year. Clouds obscure the sun as swarms descend and lay waste to vegetation. The government spends 150000 dollars to exterminate and earmarks 200000 more. Long trenches and cloth fences trap and kill insects with lime.
General Rupert C. Schenck aged 79 lives quietly in Washington. Once given up by doctors for Brights disease he survived on milk and now appears vigorous, weighing over 200 pounds and stronger than many men decades younger.
A New York Harbor report details shark fishing during a weak season. Fishermen lure small sharks with meat bait, haul them with a hemp line, and club them to death near Roseville. The 8 foot ground shark catch is praised as an extraordinary though non ferocious local event.
A. W. Severance, once Bradford town collector, sits in Bangor jail charged with embezzling a few hundred dollars from Bradford. He claimed a $1,600 missing over years while maintaining a sober life and amassing substantial Bradford property. Bond set at $2,000 as he awaits further proceedings.
A Philadelphia Record profile describes Miss Mary Garrett, daughter of the B and O founder, as a principal yet discreet force behind the railroad’s finances. It notes her private secretary role, influence over her brother Robert Garrett, and her decisive cash support that saved the road’s credit, while she remains modest and home‑minded.
Dr. Viaud Grand-Marais of Nantes conducts an inquest into Cleopatra’s sudden death. He rejects viper bite as the cause, noting no viper in the room and no bite marks. He records two maidservants found dead or dying near her bed and concludes carbonic oxide caused the death.
A Salt Lake City letter notes fears that Mormons still practice polygamy despite denials. The Edmunds bill punishes polygamy with fines and imprisonment and allows wives to testify against husbands, a process often hard to convict. Critics cite attorney Jere S. Black on the sanctity of the family and evidence rules.
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