29 Dec 1866
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1866
Page
1
The notice lists mail subscription prices for various durations and quantities, including annual rates of 1300, six months 600, three months 395, and one month 1935. weekly carrier options at 25 cents. and bulk discounts offering free copies to clubs and extended copies for larger subscriber groups. Frequencies and delivery terms are described for clubs, samples, and multiple-copy arrangements.
Special correspondence from Rome describes catacombs at St Sebastian, relics, the tobacco house, Vatican mosaics, Raphael frescoes, the Sistine Chapel, and the Capitol museums. The writer notes Trastevere conditions, villa life, and political tensions as French troops depart Civita Vecchia.
The New Era reports the Arkansas Republican State Convention met December 13 with 400 delegates, adopting resolutions urging Congress to restore rebel states by force of arms, backing a new constitutional amendment, and calling for reorganizing Arkansas on a loyal, republican basis without regard to race or color.
From an Occasional Correspondent December 25 Washington scene looks from the Capitol to a nation in political pause. He notes unfinished right wing, the recent Supreme Court decision, and fears of a military South. Calls for radical reconstruction and strong congressional action to restore republicanism.
Paris dispatch details Emperor Napoleon III and Eugenie delaying a Rome pilgrimage. Rouher Lavalette and Moustier clash over policy toward Rome Constantinople and the Ottoman Porte. Army reorganization, financial plans, and delayed Corps Legislatif session. Mexico moves to evacuate French troops, with Vera Cruz arrivals planned and Potent doubts. Oriental Question-linked Candia unrest and Dynastic intrigues cited with Goltz and Goltz amende honorable.
A Richmond Enquirer dispatch reports a concerted push to readmit excluded Southern states under the constitutional amendment. South Carolina and Virginia officials seek assurances that loyal Congress members will be admitted, even if some test oath issues remain, with new elections for representatives likely.
The Marietta Reporter reports Hanson Bumgardner was sentenced to death for murder in the first degree. The court fixed February 15 for his execution after a failed jailbreak attempt following the December 21 hearing. Bumgardner proclaimed innocence, blamed false testimony, and detailed his movements from West Virginia to Ohio, while the judge affirmed guilt and the death sentence.
Weather observations and varied notices from the city include clothing thefts, investment appeals for a large firm, and a club lodge festival at Clifton House. A list of donations to the Widows' Home, university services for veterans, a sudden death in a Main street store, a Second Ward nomination, organ dealer promotions, St Luke's Hospital finances, and multiple building permit changes fill the page.
To the Editor the Ladies' Union Aid Society appeals for support from the community. Composed of Freedmen's Aid and Refugee Commission women, they have fed clothed and aided destitute city residents. They seek to operate independently within a female helpline, but the Relief Union board declined their request, citing charter limits.
Death near Lebanon Ohio followed by a hasty burial at Eaton. Dr Richard son Batchelder and Frank Richardson plotted to publish a fake death to claim a $20,000 life insurance policy. Coffin contained broomcorn seed. McFadden’s whereabouts and arrest of several conspirators unfold amid a public outcry.
Amalia A Smith and husband to Susan A Johnson transfer lot 4114 on Broadway and Hill in Harrison. Numerous other deeds record conveyances of parcels on Dennis street Vine street hill Espanola street Sharon Avenue Cooper Apes streets Sixth and Broadway and Water street Harrison and nearby Cumminsville with dates in 1866 and amounts noted. Franklin County sheriff to Margaret Goetz and Michael Phillips et al. convey parcels near Central Avenue Mohawk bridge.
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