16 Feb 1867
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1867
Page
1
Rates listed for prepaid annual, six months, and monthly plans. Includes club rates for five or more, weekly options payable to agent or carrier and varying price points. The legibility is limited but indicates multiple durations and prices.
Published every Tuesday and Friday. Rates for single subscribers and clubs with ten or more members are listed. Remittances advised by Express or money order. mail letters should be registered due to loss risk. drafts preferred when available.
Special correspondence from Bertin dated January 24 discusses Bismark's leadership amid cabinet reform and a pending national parliament. It notes German hopes for unity, tensions with France, and calls for a speedy conference and constitutional restructuring to shape Europe’s future.
The piece reports Prussia to pursue unification by absorbing Bavaria ceded districts on August 8 and 14, and Schleswig-Holstein’s incorporation in Kiel on Frederick the Great’s birthday. It notes royal decree provisions, city ceremonies, and hopes for loyal subjects in new provinces, with broader remarks on military and administrative integration. It also covers cattle plague measures, emigration statistics, lower fares on Bremen lines, and a new Bremen Baltimore route.
From Mt Vernon Ohio correspondence notes rapid growth and civic projects including a new hotel by stock, city hall, and church. rail connections planned to Columbus and Pittsburgh. temperance efforts grow with the Sons of Temperance, and Hon Columbus Delano is touted as a potential Ohio governor.
The text notes a committee in the House of Representatives preparing a bill to reorganize the Department of Agriculture. It mentions the appointment of Hon Robert Schenck M D for presentation to the President and expresses hope that the bill will reflect the will of the nation’s farmers.
Eastern reports detail torrential rain and melting snow triggering floods across Rhode Island and nearby towns. Damaged mills, bridges, and rail lines, with Providence and Pawtucket experiencing extensive inundation, losses estimated between 100 000 and 200 000 dollars.
In Eastern Connecticut swollen rivers flood Norwich on the Shetucket and Thames, inundating the lower city and damaging railways. Dams at Qoccum and Sprague Obernan’s mills fail, Montville dam swept away, mills damaged, total losses estimated near 1500000 as authorities assess further destruction.
The storm heavily hit Massachusetts and parts of New England with damaged skylights and cellars, two to three feet of water flooding back bay areas, and major railroad disruption. The New York to New Haven express lost two cars, while the Providence and Boston line paused at Jamales Plain to unload due to track flooding. In Roxbury, a rubber factory basement leveled by two to three feet of water.
McConnellsville Herald recounts Major S G Bemis of Waltham Massachusetts recalling General Banks early in life. Banks joins a flute class after tuition paid by Bemis, impresses with rapid skill and memory, then performs in a Boston theater before choosing a political career.
A Rochester figure and his Missouri son helped reveal a network surrounding David R. Atchison and the slaveholders plan to seize Kansas. The elder Starr published about 2,000 letters as Letters for the People to warn Congress and the public, facing fierce editorials and political uproar in Missouri and beyond.
A dense advertisement style notice reviews veterinary surgery by Dr G H Dodd, legal works by Justice Story editor Redfield, Parsons partnership law, and other scholarly titles. It notes publishers such as Little, Brown. Robert Clarke & Co.. and D. Van Nostrand, with publication details and sale channels.
The account notes Dr Howe's influence spurring English reform for deficient reasoning in idiots at Earlswood. It cites limited arithmetic gains, with many pupils failing to apply counting to money or weight, while some crafts and singing abilities remain ineffective or misapplied.
Thirty cases appeared in Police Court with twenty one men among the accused in Hughes murder case awaiting Monday examination. City Council approved a broad new avenue from Eighth Street to Cummmarile road and Gilbert Avenue from Court Street to Montgomery road as needed improvements. County commissioners posted bills and payments for local services and railway inspection committees noted during meetings.
A notice warns residents about a woman dressed in black calling on peasants to solicit money for a alleged jewelry fund. Police court notes record John Meyer fined and jailed on plea duties, Bernard Kreiger and James Westson punished for family offenses, Julia Murrey sent to jail, with other disorder cases and alleged murders noted.
Legal note clarifies that a party to a contract cannot act as an agent in the same transaction under certain court interpretations. It discusses agency rules, implied authority, and potential conflicts of interest arising from dual roles. Justice opinions emphasize careful distinction between contracting and representation.
Judge Fox presides over the suit by E.S.Penny and McGarigle against Hugh Keown over a contract to ship strawberries to Cincinnati Chicago for 3744 cents per quart. The court finds the contract proven and the debt due but notes Keown’s possible waiver of breach by accepting berries, and grants judgment for the full amount minus two attachments. Counsel details: Long and Hoefter for plaintiffs Stevenson for defendant.
In the case Sternfield & Emerson vs Richardson Northman & Co an amusing incident shows the law’s uncertainty. Judge Fox delivered a ruling on a demurrer to the answer regarding a bill of goods bought with cash paid and a note for the remainder. The dispute concerns insolvency as alleged in the contract rescission and the demurrer’s sufficiency.
Martha Murray sues MacGuffey and Coles as agents for rent collection for a property once controlled by her former master Thomas Murray. From 1800, Murray manumitted her and her children, bought No 27 Hart Street in her name via a trustee, and later directed sale of personal property and rent collection. After the Civil War outbreak he asked authorities to send her South. she returned with letters authorizing receipt of sale proceeds and a sum paid. The trial examined how much she was owed, with Coles testifying to trust duties and expenses. A large cash outlay for taxes and repairs contrasted with modest rental returns. a sealed verdict was reached and to be opened next morning.
Plaintiff seeks 1000 for injuries after June 146 incident on Kemper lane within city limits. Funeral procession blocked road. a runaway buggy struck the team, causing a fall from a high precipice. Jury found for the defendant. prior verdicts varied. The case includes conflicting testimony about obstruction notice and city responsibility.
Regular session addresses the Landing and Pendleton Street track removal, wharf needs, and city improvements. Committee actions include paving, alley widenings, and a proposed five member sewer commission, with debate over Board of Health control and park regulation.
A dispute over who appoints district physicians for the sick poor, between the City Infirmary Directors and the Board of Health, was temporarily settled by Council postponing a resolution. The matter began with a ordinance expansion that gave the Health Board appointing power, challenging the prior Infirmary authority.
Officers teachers and friends of the Sabbath Schools of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Hamilton County will gather tomorrow afternoon at Morris Chapel at 4 o clock. Impromptu addresses will come from representatives of each school as revivals have energized many young church members.
A February list of property transfers shows numerous deeds across Cincinnati areas. Transactions include Lot 20 by 104% feet on Eighth Street, Lot 19 on Main Street, and various leaseholds and acreage in Cumminsville Symmes township and Colerain regions. Notable names include Sarah Kipp, Moses Kauffman, Margaret Kendall, W. D. Leavitt, Patrick Bergin, the Newsboys Home Association, and executors/owners such as John Owens and August Becker. Prices range to $17,000 with multiple parcels dated February 4 to 18 and later dates, reflecting a broad real estate movement.
The Covington city council held a meeting Thursday approving a petition to widen Fifth Street from Russell to Craig and ordering steps to condemn property for the expansion. An ordinance established a daily market at the Sixth Street Market House, excluding Sundays, for the first year. The fire committee was authorized to buy land for a new engine house between Boott and Madison. Five hundred bushels of coal were donated to the Ladies' Aid Society for distribution among the poor. The gas committee will study adding four street lamps to the lines and costs. A landslide near the Seenery Central Railroad delayed a passenger train for about an hour. A cigar and tobacco business on Madison Street was investigated for violations of revenue laws. The ferry Washington at Perry Landing is reported partially submerged with wreckage visible.
A damaged OCR note reports Camptell county in the Highlands district amid rising flood danger. The Liewing river overflows its banks, threatening nearby properties and prompting authorities to monitor conditions and evacuations.
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