Baltimore and Ohio lines open. Grange meeting and politics noted
The Baltimore and Ohio telegraph lines between New York and Baltimore opened Wednesday. The Mansfield State Grange session drew large crowds. John W. Garrett begins his 25th term as B and O railroad director. The House will not adjourn for Christmas. Governor Foster cautions Republicans on the Senate, and tax reform moves forward with ninety two sections ready for printer. Nebraska jo ins saloon licensing reforms. wheat stock and European demand discussed. Voorhes civil service views quoted. Governor-elect Cleveland faces many staff appointments as temperance debate continues with calls for sensible laws rather than prohibition.
Ohio National Guard force and a call for unified encampment
Adjutant General Smith reports Ohio National Guard includes eighty two infantry companies one cavalry troop and six light artillery batteries. He urges consolidating encampments to build rank flow and reduce inter unit tensions. Also notes private educational donations from 1871 to 1880 totaling sixty one million four hundred thousand with later gifts pushing to seventy million. mentions DePauw University funded by W C De Pauw Indiana and Asbury University.
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Smith
Ohio National Guard
Messrs
Tulane
Seney
Slater
Amasa Stone
Governor Brown
W. C
Weather Prophet Vennor Predicts Harsh 1882 End
Henry G. Vennor, famed weather predictor, writes to the Cincinnati Commercial with forecasts of a stormy close to 1882. Snow blockades likely in Britain, France, and elsewhere. severe cold spreading to distant regions. lower temperatures than any in a long prior period. a brief, early split in winter before mid January.
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Henry G. Vennor
Cincinnati
Great Britain
France
Ohio Wool Growers Convention to Meet in Columbus
The Ohio Wool Growers hold their annual convention in Columbus on January 0 1583 at 10 a m in a State House Legislative Hall. Lectures will cover sheep farming and tariff issues with speakers Townsend Cowden Delang Lazenby Powers Stohl and others. The report notes 900 incorporations in the year ending November 30 with a $252 336 350 capital stock. It also marks the 107th anniversary of Paul Jones hoisting the first colonial ensign now the Star Spangled Banner.
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Ohio Wool Growers
Columbus
State House
Townsend
W. N. Cowden
Quaker City
Columbus Delang
Mt. Vernon
Dr. Lazenby
Ohio State University
Stephen Powers
Muskingum County
John M. Stohl
The
Ohio Farmer
JHE
Paul Jones
Continental Congress
Se0urtures for Farmers Lecture Series and Election Note
A two weeks free lecture course for farmers opens January 9 at the State University in Columbus with talks by Professors Townsend Lazenby Norton McFarland Mendenhall Robinson Lord Short and others covering soil science nutrition drainage fertilizers and farm management. The piece also notes Morgan county Democrats voted for Andrew J. Warner, a cautionary political anecdote.
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State University At
Columbus
Scott
Townsend
Farmer’s Library
ABC Veterinary Science
Ohio
Lazenby
W. S. Chamberlain
C. N. Olds
Morgan County
Andrew J. Warner
Andrew Jackson Warner
Gen. Dawes
Andrew Jackson
Marietta Register
Real Waterfall on Stage In Uncle Tom's Cabin Show
The Uncle Tom's Cabin company presents a vivid waterfall effect at City Hall on Tuesday night December 26 1882 with Siberian bloodhounds a donkey a pony and two Tophsys plus two Topsy acts and lively songs and dances drawing large crowds. Tickets 2 35 cents with reserved seats 50 cents. also penmanship instruction by O J Penrose and a gift stock at Gem Drug Store by Chas B Henderson offering dresses cases perfumery and other goods at attractive prices.
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Anthony & Elllis
Memphis University
Europe
Chas. B. Henderson
Gem Drug Store
Anthony & Ellis
Uncle Tom's Cabin Company
Eva
Knoxy
Christmas shopping in Athens stores and stage show
Local merchants Kurtz and Minear offer a broad holiday selection of silverware jewelry albums pictures books games and bric a brac with many items deeply discounted. George R Walker D Zenner Co A W Allom Tony Ellis Co and Kuntz and Minear feature watches sewing machines and closing out sales plus an Anthony Ellis Uncle Tom's Cabin performance at City Hall with admission and reserved seating available.
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Messrs
Kurtz
Boots and Shoes Offer Candy Gift at Local Bazaar
Peter Kern's Boot and Shoe Bazar offers Christmas presents with a pair of fine shoes at a reasonable price. Staley Bros shoe men give a pound of candy with each missis' and children's shoes sold, having given away over 75 pounds of candy in recent days.
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Staley Bros
Nobby Styles in Fine Shoes Featured at Peter Kern Bazaar
An array of Nobby Styles in ladies and gents shoes highlights the Boot and Shoe Bazar of Peter Kern. Dana & Kaler's in Perkins' Block present Japanese ware ideal for a handsome and affordable Christmas present.
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Peter Kern
Dana & Kaler’s
Perkins’ Block
Coupon Ticket Sale At Marietta and Cincinnati Express
Coupon tickets go on sale at the Marietta and Cincinnati Express Office for all East and Southeast points and for round trip land exploring trips to Kansas Nebraska Arkansas and Texas cities. Other round trip excursion tickets to Oakland and Deer Park Maryland available. Apply to W. F. Scott at the M and C Express Office Athens Ohio.
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Marietta and
Cincinnati Express
Kansas
Nebraska
Arkansas
Texas
Burlington
Baxter
Council Grove
Ft. Worth
Ellis
Independence
Kinsley
Columbus
Grand Island
Lincoln
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Dennison
San Antonio
Palestine
Texarkana
Waco
Oakland
Deer Park
W. F. Scott
Athens
Shoes and real estate ads from Ezra Walker and State Street house
Holiday suggestion promotes a gift of shoes from Ezra Walker. Real estate listing advertises a choice house and lot on State street with eight rooms and facilities. Employment offer from E. G. Rideout Co. invites readers to earn $1,500 yearly from home at 10 Barclay Street New York.
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Ezra Walker
State Street
J.D. Brown
Bank of Athens
J. McC. Martin
Ashland
E. G. Rideout& Co
Barclay Street
New York
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Oc. Ek
M. Jennings
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
State Grange
Mansfield
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
John W. Garrett
Jay Houbbell
Republican Congressional Committee
Foster
United States
General Assembly
Cleveland
Democratic Party
State Tax Commission
Cumberland
Guernsey County
William C. Frazier
John Hayes
Charles Luse
Hayes
Luse
Voorhes
Pendleton
Ohio Militia
James Farrell
D. Zenner & Co’s
Zenner’s
Ike
O. J. Penrose
George R. Walker
D. Zenner «& Co
A. W. Allom
Rom
Penrose
Kuntz & Minear’s
A. W. Ullom’s
Athens City Hall
C. H
Anthony & Ellis Ideal Company OF America
Ingle Toms Cabin
C.H. Winger
H. Blaisdell
Fin’l
Congress Mt
Boston
Maas
Clipper mm FC Co
Walnut St
Ryiv Irce
William H. Weiss
A.D
Court of Common Pleas
William H. Wetes
Imary EF. Weiss
Axvrew J. DaVises
Ali
Troceries
Ryan & Bell's
Silvus
Masonic Hall
Athens County
Charley Grant
Ryan
Bell
Pec
Shoe Men
Dana& Kaler, Perkins’ Block
Athens, Ohio
Own
Dana & Fo
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