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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1876
Page
5
A fragment lists terms and a presidential campaign reference with Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio. The line echoes an 1870s era political term notation. Hayes is named as a candidate or figure connected to the phrase. The readable portion emphasizes historical election language and Ohio association.
Leonard Phelps, alleged killer of his uncle in Westerville last fall, was acquitted by Franklin county common pleas court after a month. The report also notes Democrats opposing a bill to compel witness attendance in Ottawa County Treasury defalcation investigations and criticizes delays caused by Democratic legislators. A fatal collision on the C H and Dayton Railroad near Glendale, Hamilton county killed engineer Charley Bigelow and injured others, with conductor S F Greely blamed for violating safety rules. The piece also lauds Speaker Grosvenor for firm leadership against unruly Democratic members and notes the session’s length due to Democratic minority obstruction.
The piece argues that Southern Democrats and ex-Confederates exploit Reconstruction amnesty to entrench disloyalty. It contends Republican aims to restore loyal citizens and rebuild the South failed as ex-rebels gained prosperity and respectability. It warns that Northern inaction worsened black and Republican safety and warns that treason persisted into 1876.
Thursday morning news announced gross malfeasance by Secretary Belknap in selling post traderships at Fort Sill. The affair ties to his wife’s ambition and ends with impeachment in Congress and a criminal auction, as Judge Alphonso Taft succeeds him in the War Department.
Ephorn Messenger reports winter additions across Marietta District circuits. Athens Station 100, Athens circuit 100, Haydenville 160, Pleaseanton 65, Chester 60, Coolville 50, Plymouth 40, Harmar 40, Belpre 40, Amesville 25, balance about 70, total eight hundred with many conversions to God, signed EF H Dixon Presiding Elder.
Bel ore News reports Kinkead and Kinney have purchased 1000 acres in Athens County and plan to erect mills to work timber soon, signaling a new industrial venture in the region.
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