03 Feb 1868
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1868
Page
1
The notice outlines subscription rates for individuals and clubs, with annual and club pricing, extra copies per ten subscribers, and conditions for group rates. It specifies payment methods, delivery options, and recommended remittance via express or money orders, emphasizing rigid adherence to club expiration parity.
A New York letter details alarming foundling hospital practices, with infants sold for care and deaths blamed on neglect. It urges hospital reform and public oversight, while touching on New York politics, taxes, and proposed bridge plans affecting urban governance.
Correspondent from Florence describes the city’s fame and its art treasures. He praises Dante, Michelangelo, and the Medici chapel, notes Venus di Medici and Giotto works, and reflects on statues, structures, and the cathedral complex. He weighs Michelangelo’s genius and admires the Campanile and baptistry while noting mixed impressions of some works.
From Indianapolis letters note Senator Morton's speech on Reconstruction as a turning point boosting Republican vigor. It cites attacks on democracy, urges young voters to learn from past campaigns, and links a 1868 cry to present efforts. The report also covers Governor Baker's visit to the Plainfield House of Refuge, court and political updates, plus lectures by Horace Greeley and Nasby arrivals.
Correspondent reports Tennessee’s legislature abolishes all civil and political disabilities for Black citizens in law. The act ends slavery era provisions, granting final voting and jury rights to freedmen. The writer praises reform and warns against renewed greed for office. Mentions amendments to the Constitution, reform, and political tensions in the South.
A review of a two volume work by Mr. Reid tracing Ohio's home history in the Civil War, biographies of Ohio generals, and regimental histories. It praises Grant and Sherman portraits while noting critical points, and commends the author’s diligence, reliability, and balanced method in presenting wartime acts and leadership.
A fragmentary monologue discusses advertising as the main profit source, criticizing editorial ability and suggesting confusion over finances and building legality. The text is unclear and partial with mixed phrases about citizens and revenue.
A fragment discusses the Cathedral Baptistry and Florence's church art with references to the Virgin and grandeur. It contrasts old patterns with new attempts, notes dust and painting, and muses on the pope and papacy amid Christmas hopes and a cautious view of upheaval.
Fragmentary OCR notes show district January revenue figures with a $32,218.29 total and mentions of internal collections. The text is incomplete and names are unclear.
A disputed lynching case described as mob violence unsettles residents as details emerge. The arrested man, identified as Jim, is alleged to have killed a young woman by assault then a fatal fall, with witnesses and officials debating legal punishment versus mob action. The mayor, priest, and officials intervened to prevent further bloodshed, while questions linger about innocence and concealed evidence. The victim, a young woman named Hannah, was said to be walking home when the tragedy occurred.
Special correspondence reports official results from the eighth congress showing Repabilene gains. February 1 notes details on the vote across multiple districts and involved county farmers' link.
Local items report a quiet day in Cincinnati with few arrests at station houses. Others mention pocket thefts on Seventh Street cars, a poisoning scare on Richmond Street, and a murder investigation of a former Cincinnati clerk linked to the Yasco river. reports include army reunion plans and city license figures.
Saturday at The Pond drew large crowds both matinee and evening with many in baseball costumes and few masks. Powers wowed spectators with skating feats and a hurdle race while The Risk drew its largest afternoon crowd to date.
The passage discusses Johannes Gutenberg as a pivotal figure in printing, detailing his patrician lineage at Mainz, probable birth around 1397, and death circa 1467. It notes his invention's impact, including movable type, early printed works in 1452, and later improvements by Peter Scheffer, with Gutenberg's later hardships and enduring legacy transforming learning and communication.
The two week run of the seasonal drama ends with strong attendance as Florences hosts this week. Woop's reports crowded crowds with a new programme tonight. The Maverick Grover opera endures a brief season with Faust drawing full houses and praise for Hermanns and Minnie Hauck. The Chicago-bound troupe left late, marring the finale. Fourths Brexar Tarazzi shifts to Morton's Woodcock's Little Game and Married Bachelor hoping for better reception.
The table shows cattle brokers sales over $12,000 with government tax paid in 1867. J F Saddler reported the largest total at 245267.23. Hugh O'Donnell the lowest at 32000. Tax rate 1 10 percent. Several brokers filed for partial months. Also notes two deaths: John H Harrison found dead after a fall. Davis, a Maryland native, died by morphine overdose amid financial distress.
The docket shows multiple defendants facing charges from vagrancy to assault and battery. Several cases were dismissed while fines ranged from five dollars to five hundred, with commitments to city or county jails for longer terms.
At a Saturday meeting of the Cincinnati Relief Union a committee presented majority and minority reports on the rise of vice pauperism and crime. The majority urges reform measures moral education stricter laws and prevention to curb vice and its effects, while the minority cites overcrowded prisons and calls for stricter scrutiny of youth and public influences.
The Mason City Salt Company and Washington Mills flour brand are highlighted. The article notes Mason City as a key Ohio salt producer near Pomeroy, with large output and barrels for export, and praises Wheeling Iron Works nails and spikes, the main supplier in the region. It details factory capacity, history, and the firms Biggs & Co. and Hesex in local trade networks.
The item lists property transfers including a 19 cent parcel on the south side of a street and a 93 by 110 foot plot on tin street, plus an administrator’s transfer of a Reed estate. It then reports gas quality in Cincinnati for the week ending February 1 and a police arrest at a corner saloon following a disturbance.
Fragmented OCR describes a disturbance at a factory site near East Bow and Bathing Basin Street with police arrival and later court actions. Names such as James, Sievers, Tallon, Buchanan, Krause appear in a garbled report about a fire or destruction at a factory and a related trial set for a Saturday.
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