22 Dec 1866
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1866
Page
1
The Daily Gazette lists subscription prices for various terms and payment plans including annual 1300, semiannual 600, quarterly 395, monthly 225, and other multi month options. It notes weekly publication on Tuesdays and Fridays, with different pricing for club subscriptions and extra copies based on club size, offering free copies for some arrangements.
A reform farm concept for neglected youth gains support as a practical alternative to alms. The article cites Germany's Dusselthal and Ohio Lancaster projects, praising discipline by "elder brothers" and the law of love. It argues state and local bodies should share effort to save and reform vulnerable children.
Special Correspondent describes Rome's capricious climate with sirocco and tramontana, sights of the Arch of Titus, Palace of the Caesars, Colosseum, and Baths of Caracalla. He notes Pope Pius IX, Roman politics, growing papal troops, and rumors of revolution amid French occupation.
City Council discussed continued action on the gas issue and raised the captain of the Fire Department to 35 dollars per month. Other items include forged discharge papers arrest of Henry Waterson, church festival at Seventh and Walnut, annexation papers for Walnut Hills, and suppression of lottery swindles.
A sharp critique traces the rise and operations of Cincinnati's Johnson Club, or Union Club, detailing its formation by office seekers led by Col L A Harris and others, its patronage deals, internal resignations, and failed attempts to secure press and posts. The piece condemns the club as a deceitful, self-serving network that harmed public trust and exposed political corruption across its trials.
City Council accepted the resignation of General E F Noyes as city solicitor to take effect January first next after his election as Probate Judge in October. Assistant H A Morrill was elected to fill the vacancy. The Ladies Fair and Festival in Columbia supports the Baptist Church with gates tables, refreshments, and oysters. Proceeds aid rebuilding Pioneer Church of the West founded in 1790. Donations can be left at Blanchard's or at the railroad station care of Rev BE Hagou.
The mission began January 1865 as a Bethel initiative for colored children with twenty eight scholars and three teachers under separate control. It has grown steadily to over three hundred in attendance, aiming to gather neglected destitute colored children not in other Sabbath schools and teach them Christian truth.
Court records reveal the acquittal in the LaL Adson case alongside a decree of divorce. The proceedings address assignment and an insanity-related matter, reflecting the era’s legal framing of family and civil disputes.
In Townsday December 21, items show multiple 1866 conveyances in Cincinnati townships and Cumminsville. Transfers include lots and leaseholds on Walnut Linn Logan and other streets, dates from November to December 1866, involving purchasers such as Hummel Moser Wilker and families, with prices and parcel sizes noted.
An excursion from Harrisburg Pennsylvania to Memphis Tennessee halted at a relative’s home on O poke street. A carriage ride to the Cincinnati railroad depot ended with a derailment at the Beott street wharf, throwing all occupants out and injuring Miss Minsfeldt who struck her head on a stone. A second item notes A H Herod being assaulted by two men near the Sixth Street engine house while returning home, but escaping injury.
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