Judge White Dies in Springfield Ohio
News notes report the death of Judge William White of the Supreme Court of Ohio at Springfield. Other items include Michigan Democrats and Greenbackers uniting, 100000 trees planted in Kansas, Massachusetts enacting against English sparrow, J D Watson sentenced to a year in prison with 30 days to file exceptions, London Agriculture Dept notes rains harming wheat, and cattle disease fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William White
Supreme Court of Ohio
Springfield
Ohio
J.D. Watson
Department of Agriculture
London
Legislative bill would fund indigent defense via county bar picks
A bill in the Legislature allows County Commissioners to designate at least six reputable lawyers from each county to defend indigent prisoners. Prisoners may choose their own defender from this panel. Payment is capped at 50 dollars per case, 100 dollars for homicide defense.
Wealthy NY tycoons once started poor
New York’s richest men rose from humble beginnings. Jay Gould was a cow boy, James R. Keene landed with $20, Rufus Hatch started in garden sass, D Appleton ran a grocery, James Watson Webb was a country clerk, Henry Villard a reporter, Leonard Jerome a printer, H B Claflin a Vermont teacher, Charles O Conor born to Irish parents, and Peter Cooper an apprentice hatter.
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New York
Jay Gould
James R. Keene
England
Rufus Hatch
D. Appleton
James Watson Webb
Henry Villard
Leonard W. Jerome
H. B. Claflin
Vermont
Charles O’conor
Peter Cooper
Legislature Acts on Insanity Plea In Homicide Cases
The California Legislature approves a bill requiring an inquest of lunacy when a plea of insanity is used in homicide. If insanity is proven, the defendant goes to an asylum for life. if not, trial proceeds. The measure targets feigned insanity to protect society and uphold strict criminal laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Wiggins Storm Passes with Light Damage and Fishing Losses
Wiggins storm brought light damage along the New England coast and across Canada with heavy snow and steady winds. Fear ran high among fishermen who avoided work for a week, causing an estimated 125000 dollar loss to fish dealers. Ohio Valley saw little action beyond a bit of blowing snow.
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Wiggins
Canada
New England
Ohio Valley
Postal Money Orders and Fees Under One Hundred Dollars
The law restricts money orders to a maximum of one hundred dollars. Fees scale from eight cents for up to ten dollars to forty cents for orders over eighty up to one hundred. Larger post offices employ clerks for money order work. smaller offices receive three and a half cents per domestic or foreign money order and one cent per postal note, with three quarters of a cent for each paid postal note.
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Post Office
Emaller
Interior to raise pensions for soldiers with lost limbs
The Interior Department issued regulations to speed up the law’s effect on increased pensions for soldiers who have lost a hand, foot, arm, or leg. Rates of twenty four and eighteen dollars per month will apply to admitted cases. No formal application is needed beyond sending the pension certificate and a handwriting address note to the Commissioner of Pensions. The Commission will reissue a new certificate and notify the pension agent to adjust payments. No medical exam or attorney needed.
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Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Pensions
A venerable couple in Cumberland lifetime span of pioneers
Special to the Herald Cumberland March 12 1883 remarks on Thomas N Muzzy born 1789 Spen cer Massachusetts and Lovinda J Bacox born 1791 Charlton Massachusetts married 1813 settled in Ohio. The piece traces their eighty year union, Muzzy’s early teaching and music, 1812 war service, move to the back woods, building a cabin, children trained in industry, church membership, and railroad efforts. At 94 he endures illness while his 92 year old wife remains active and alert.
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Herald
Cumberland
Guernsey County
Thomas N. Muzzy
Spencer
Massachusetts
Lovindda J. Bacox
Charlton
Ism
Washington
U.S
Muzzy
England
Deacon Bacon
Ohio
Cambridge
Buffalo Fork
Brookfield Baptist Church
Florida
Colorado
Mason & Dixon
Almen
Pittsburgh and
Maysville
Zanesville
Bellaire
Postal Note Bill Promises Cheaper Small Remittances
The Postal Note Bill authorizes engraved postal notes for remittances under five dollars, offering a cheaper safer alternative to money orders. It limits notes to money-order offices, charges three cents, and provides for invalidation after three calendar months with a $0.03 duplicate fee upon replacement. The public revenue is projected to be modest, around $33,000 annually on $120 million in business.
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Commercial Gazette
Congress
United States
Money Order Department
England
Advict
Washington, D. C
Centennial Marietta day prep and other state notes
Near Eaton and Columbus outbreaks of measles and scarlet fever are reported. A quilt with 8 760 pieces is shown by Miss Salliday of Sarahsville. Caldwell enacts fines work policy for prisoners. Marietta marks its April 7 centennial settlement with celebrations. Rev W P Shrom is courted by Cadiz Presbyterian. Farmers and Wool Growers Assoc from Athens Morgan and Washington counties is formed. Steubenville Wool Growers Exchange shows 65 000 liabilities and 35 000 assets with about fifty creditors. A school truancy enforcement bill moves through Legislature. Carpet swindle alarm in Wayne county. Wheeling tobacconist plans an experimental cultivation with imported seed to rival Connecticut seed leaf quality, inspired by Lancaster County success.
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Eaton
Columbus
Steubenville Wool Growers’ Exchange
Board of Education
Wayne County
Ohio River
Connecticut
Lancaster County
Counties and Names of Early Ohio Counties
Eastern Ohio counties list origins and formation years with name derivations. Belmont 1801 from French meaning fine mountain. Carroll 1838 after Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Columbiana 1803 from Columbus and Anna. Coshocton 1811 from a Delaware word Gosch ech quenk. Guernsey 1810 after Guernsey Isle. Harrison 1814 for General William Henry Harrison. Jefferson 1797 for Thomas Jefferson. Mahoning 1846 from Mahoning River or Mahoni. Monroe 1818 after President Monroe. Noble 1851 honoring Warren P. Noble. Tuscarawas 1808 Indian name meaning open mouth. Washington 1788 named for George Washington.
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Ohio
Belmont
Fine Mountain
Northwest Territory
Carroll
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Columbiana
Kilbourne
Columbus
Anna
Coshocton
Gosch-ech-quenk
Guernsey
Isle
Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Jefferson
St Clair
Thomas Jefferson
Mahoning
Mahoning River
Monroe
Noble
Warren P. Noble
Tuscarawas
Washington
George Washington
Adulteration in Candy Warned By NY Expert
State Analyst Prof Pitt warns that adulteration is widespread in candy across seasons. Glucose, often mixed with flour or starch, is common in cheap candies and may go undetected by taste. He laments use of corn syrup, terra alba, gypsum, coloring with lead compounds, and warns against colored candies and candy toys painted with dangerous pigments.
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W. H. Pitt
State Anaalyst
New York
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Ad Warns of Cough Discomfort
A vintage advertisement warns that breaking nature's laws brings discomfort including colds throat diseases and consumption. It promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the timely remedy to remove both cause and effect of cough and related ailments.
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Guenther
Guenther & CO
Ittsburgh
School in District No. 6 Westland closes after five months
The School in District No 6 Westland township closed last Thursday after a five month term. It was taught by John A Thomas. Parents attended with baskets and a bountiful forenoon dinner followed by a generous candy presentation to the pupils. The young teacher Thomas earned credit for the term.
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Westland Township
John A Thomas
Thomas
Doctor Kennedy Offers Favorite Remedy Practice in Rondout
Dr. D Kennedy states he is introducing his Favorite Remedy but will continue general medical and surgical practice in office and at home for distant patients by case statement, Rondout New York.
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Kennedy
Pittsfield
Mass
Bon Gout
N. Y
Peter Lawler
Dalton
Woman's Triumph Over Amputation Without Ether
Mrs Edward Myers of Rondout New York endured a severe hand infection without ether. After doctors warned amputation, she allowed the operation while holding her husband’s hand. Dr Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy purportedly cleansed the blood and prevented recurrence, with Myers surviving and praising the treatment. A bottle costs one dollar at local druggists.
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Edward Myers
Rondout
N. Y
Kingston N.Y
Be Temperate in All Things In Temperance Appeal
A weekly W C T U column decries intemperance with quotes on the Sciota disaster and brewery strikes. It cites yellow fever mortality and 656000 deaths from intemperance, argues temperance quarantines, and condemns alcohol as narcotic and harmful to health and society. It ends with pleas to magistrates and Victorian England policing.
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The
New York Tribune
Washington
United States
B. W. Richardson
M. D
Cheap Excursion Rates West Advertised by Rail Line
The Pittsburgh Cincinnati and St Louis Railway Pan Handle Route announces daily sale of excursion and one way tickets to Missouri Kansas and Nebraska land points and all western destinations. Prospective settlers and others may obtain rates by contacting any agent or writing KE. A. Ford General Passenger Agent Pittsburgh Pa. March 15.
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Pittsburgh Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway
Pan
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway
KE. A. Ford
General
Apt
Pittsburgh
Pamar-15
Lucrative agency offer for farmers and others
Desirable business opportunity promises genteel work and earnings of five to twenty dollars daily. Prospective applicants are urged to send their address at once by postal to H C Wilkinson and Co located at 195 and 197 Fulton Street, New York.
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H.C. Wilkinson & Co
Fulton Street
N.Y
Old Berkshire Mills employee praised for fifteen years
Old Berkshire Mills Carron Mass April 27 1882 announces Peter Lawler longtime resident and fifteen year employee as a good and respected citizen. He has had chronic illness but now appears in good health. Citas O Brown President notes a wonderful case referenced above will benefit readers in another column.
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Old Berkshire Mills
Carron
Mass
Peter Lawler
Citas. O. Brown
Pres.t
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T.W. Ogier
Cambridge Herald
P. Mahaffey
Mahaffey & Ogier
Main St
East Court Square
Rhode Island
Michigan
State of
Bay State
West Riding
Sheffield
Benson
Seabury & Johnson
Arber
Oscar McKim
Westend Eagle Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgi 1
Duff's College
P. Duff & Sons
Duff’s Bookkeeping
Harper & Bros
Oliver
Oliver Plow
Cochran & Orme
Chio
Hirschberg
Ouse
Hirchberg’s
One Price Clothing
Acricu
Tural
Mar
Biggist
Burpee
W.atlee Burpee & Co
Philadelphia
Wigwawm
Dar
Spence Bass
Croly
Salathiel
George Croly
Harper's Weekly
Rome
Nero
Masada
Stanley Mathews
P.O
Harter & CO
Parker
Puri
Tir. &Co
Hiscox & Co
TON Cologne
Hiscox
Druge
H.d.munson & Sons
Emerson Kwitzman and Samlin
Estey, Burdett, Miller, Sical Merchandise
Europe
H. D. Munson & Sons
Opera House
Zanesville Clio
H.D. Munson & Sons
Knabe, Weber, Chickother Standard Pianos
Mason & Sterling
O'Hanlon
Eyers
Merchant Tailors
Main Street
Medic Facullty
J. Dubois & Sor
Ee Sei
Dr. C. A. Moore & CO
Auu
Acnetic
Medicin Etromich
L. Wall & CO
Reater
H. Hallett & CO
Portland
Maine
Ladie’s Bazaar
Cote
T. L. Miller Co
Beecuen
Berkshire Swine
Wit Co., Suurvors
Garber
Jon. W. Gar
Blue Bell
Sohn Spencer
Crash
Kohn Brothers
Shawnee
Corning & Straitsville
Hutchison’s Block
Thalheimer
Baltimore
Cheap Cash Store
Napier
Jody
Brussels
Axminster
W Iton
Kina
J.d
Meliilyyar’s
Cheap Cash & Produce Store
Cambridge, Ohio
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