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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1882
Page
2
The bribery case of Representative Wright in Columbus concluded Tuesday with an acquittal. The Prosecuting Attorney then announced the case against Bloch.
The Ohio State Bar Association will hold a meeting at Cincinnati on the 27th inst to discuss the judiciary and ways to dispatch Supreme Court business more rapidly. The Republican Congressional Committee planned to nominate a candidate for Congress at Bellaire on the 26th inst with primaries on the 23rd.
Henry G. Vennor, the Canadian weather prophet, declares that the latter part of the year will end in very stormy, cold weather, but that a breakup will occur in January, before the middle of the month, after which some good weather may be expected.
In Colorado a bounty of 2 dollars per hundred trees planted and kept alive along highways is offered, with a ten year tax exemption for orchards and groves planted. The measure aims to achieve the intended purpose.
It is said that Mrs Updegraff will be missed in congressional circles as her domestic duties kept her from social life yet her home stayed open to friends, a loss felt this winter in Washington.
Clerk McPherson lists the next House composition as Democrats 191, Republicans 121, Readjusters 6, Independent Democrats 3, Independent Republicans 3, with two vacancies from the deaths of Herron of Louisiana and Updegraff of this district. Democrats hold a 58 vote majority over the opposition.
A Bellaire mass convention of the 17th District met to nominate a candidate for Congress to fill the Updegraff vacancy. After multiple ballots among Belmont Guernsey Jefferson Noble Harrison and others, Ross J. Alexander secured the nomination amid debate over a short campaign and tariff policy. Alexander addressed the assembly warmly and the meeting adjourned.
A 1882 Delaware Ohio college update notes students gathering for evening religious exercises and orations by Seniors. Samuel Black delivered a premier oration on The Tendency of Nations and would likely have entered the next contest. Monnett Hall houses the ladies, with two literary societies and music programs. Gentlemen run five societies. the top speakers are chosen through a two-stage contest to represent the college. Two deaths this term, sisters Miss Dickeys from Washington D. H., one a Senior, the other a Sophomore. Delaware emphasizes oratory, indigenous students, and prohibition of tobacco, with several military companies drilling on Saturdays. A Virginia convention delegate jokes about Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for a hoarse chairman.
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