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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1877
Page
4
A verse from Fairfield Iowa recalls the "dollar of our sires" as a symbol to fund bond payments and lift mortgage burdens. The poem condemns usury, praises church and state unity, and imagines patriots meeting bondholders with the sacred coin to rid debt and resist the claw of Clovenfoot.
A Washington letter recounts visits to an eastern city almshouse and profiles a string of former public officials and prominent figures ruined by alcohol. It names a former Virginia attorney general, a California judge turned collector, a Connecticut political agent tied to Jewell, a North Carolina ex-attorney general, and others once tied to national affairs who now rely on charity.
Captain John Tobin, once in California and St Louis, then Springfield, will be a principal witness for District Attorney Howard. He says he gained Brigham Young’s trust by aiding Mormon emigrants and then led Territorial militia cavalry accused as “Avengers.” He claims documentary proof of a plot against the government and Gentiles by Young.
Travelers on the Nile note that while Egyptian women rarely rival Cleopatra in looks some stand out in Cairo Coast. The text contrasts complexion and form and mentions dark-tinted beauty. A rustic joke follows about a pastor admiring a boy who minds sheep in the field.
A farm rooster near Poughkeepsie lost a drumstick in an accident and now hops on a wooden peg made by a clever craftsman. The owner suggests training it to turn a hand organ and work as a middleman in daily life.
Authorities report a rapid slaughter of dogs in New York City amounting to about a thousand per day as officials investigate the dog-killing epidemic and its impact on animal welfare and public health.
A 1850s tale recalls Irwin a young New York lawyer who led a group of brigands to Los Angeles then to San Bernardino Their raid on Lugo’s horses triggers a trap laid by Dieguino or Cahuilla Indians as they travel the San Timoteo Canon The attack leaves few alive and many wounded amid a cautionary note on modern ignorance in society.
Last week white and black citizens of the Elliston riot area held a meeting to restore peace and harmony. Resolutions were adopted urging cessation of race trouble and dropping prosecutions in state and federal courts. Liberian emigration boosters claim 2500 colored Charleston residents and 30,000 statewide ready to emigrate. A separate incident notes a woman refusing stale ice sold as fresh.
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