Not big on reporting what happened on this day in other years, but every now and then it’s fun. So this is what was reported in the Troy Local Budget (sometimes called the Northern Budget) on January 25, 1885, in the “Local Brevities” column.
Ice for all.
To-day’s length 9 h, 53 m.
The Democratic city general committee will meet for organization to-morrow evening.
Quite a number of Trojans attended the funeral of General Dickerman at Albany yesterday.
The 11 40 train for Montreal last night had on six extra sleepers filled with people going to Montreal.
Officer Kennedy yesterday arrested Thomas Mcguire for selling dry goods on the street without a license.
Six inches of snow would be welcomed, especially by our rural neighbors, who now come in on wheels. [Recall that when roads were ruts, travel by sleigh was wildly more comfortable than by carriage]
This is the year for taking the State census, and applications for the office of enumerator will soon be in order.
Robert Turner, who lives near St. Peter’s church, was arrested last night for hitting his wife on the head with a spittoon.
Only one R.P.I. man was arrested in Albany last night, and he was released after a short lecture by the chief of police.
It was a poor thermometer that couldn’t get below zero last week. The mercury tried hard to pull thermometers off the nails.
It is said that a good deal of the candy condemned in New York city has been shipped to the interior counties of the State. Look out!
Fine moonlights. Full moon next Friday night. Great nights for sleighing and fairly utilized by all who can control pain to gilt-edged horseflesh and vehicles.
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock a team belonging to Henry Simmons, the ice dealer, broke through the ice on Mount Ida lake and was rescued with great difficulty.