14 Oct 1880
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1880
Page
1
General notes recount accidents crimes and political currents across several states. Garfield campaign events in Portland are noted alongside fatal incidents in Crawfordsville Barnum and New York City. Much commentary centers on the 1880 election and party finances with scattered remarks on Congress and tariff debates.
Neighbors report deaths and relocations including Mrs. John A. Davis of Harmar dying suddenly. Dr C D Eddy, formerly at Athens Asylum, now based in Marietta. Rev S B Mathews transferred to Biglow Chapel Portsmouth. A colored girl Anna Washington hanged herself at home. Miss Mettie E Warren married W W Coleman in Marietta. J Mulhane of Marietta attending medical lectures in Baltimore. Supt Tally reports river ice harbor progress. A peach tree on Levi E Rutter’s farm yields two crops. Andy Stage confined with rheumatism suffers a broken thigh. William Bush, ex policeman, dies after being struck by a cane. motive linked to Mrs Bush and possible grocer affair. Conrad Ritter dies on Bull Run of consumption. J L Carpenter has a newborn son. A J Grimes family returns from Kansas. Jane Cobb receives back pension of 1600. Capt Horace Horton buys towboat Diamond for 12500. Frank Bradford nearly dies from a spider bite. Boiler explosion at Pomeroy Mill injures Milton Arnold and James Fisher. Marriages: Albert Russell and Matilda Dais. Austin Armstrong and Fannie Manck. Morgan notes John F Collins and Mary A Bain wed Oct 5. County Sunday School convention planned near Mill Grove. J Gledhill preaches at McConnelsville M E Church. Logan Gazette notes six prisoners split politically. New passenger train added on O W V between Logan and Gallipolis.
The piece argues Grant’s praise for Hancock hides Hancock’s aims to yield to the South to gain the presidency. It claims Hancock would become a Southern tool, feared in the North as a threat to constitutional restoration and Democratic dominance.
Meriden Mercury argues that a Confederate success in the Civil War would not end the world or end American liberty, stating that without Union victory the nation would face calamities such as Confederate occupation of Washington and Baltimore as a Confederate seaport, and a Confederate constitution.
The Macon Telegraph cites postwar hopes that public debt will be extinguished and wounds healed through reason and brotherly love. It argues future generations may restore the value of slave property to those who lost it. It notes Hancock’s political stance on a Greenback ticket and protective duties.
Balstmors began a long standing feud as watt hundred and one celebrations continue this week. The events mark fifty years of the ongoing dispute amid ceremonies planned across the period.
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