20 Feb 1867
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1867
Page
1
Rates listed for clubs and Ferns with durations of six months and four months. Weekly payments shown payable to agent or carrier. Includes numbers 125, 835, 275, and 160 with unspecified items. No clear dates or named individuals.
Published on a Tuesday and Friday schedule this note outlines club sizes from three to ten members. Details mention distribution of free copies to club leaders and varying per club tiers.
The notice outlines pricing: one copy for a year at 52 numbers, varying by quantity from 200 copies to over 20, 50 extra copies per ten Club members, and extra copies for large orders. Remittance recommendations favor prepaid express or registered mail. money letters incur fees and are discouraged. drafts or money orders preferred for remittance.
The Secretary of War supplied Senate with official reports and documents about the massacre of a U.S. detachment near Fort Fremont. The only firsthand detail is a private letter from a Fort sergeant, describing a brutal ambush after the detachment pursued Indians for six miles. The narrative names Col. Carrington, Lt. Col. Ferrentan, Capt. Brown, and others, noting discipline gaps at the fort and debates over responsibility and strategy in the Indian war context.
A 1866 dispatch analyzes a December ambush near Fort Phil Kearney where 1500 to 3000 hostile Indians allegedly surrounded the post. The report critiques strategic choices, noting insufficient arms and horses, and argues Breech loading rifles could have averted massacre. Brevet Major General Cooke relieves Col Carrington amid inquiries.
A Cincinnati reader praises Judge Warren in the Ohio v Marvin case and criticizes corporal punishment in public schools. The letter argues teachers should not wield corporal discipline, noting that flogging is rejected in institutions and urging humane treatment to avoid harm to children.
The Tennessee Senate approved a bill to amend peace warrants governing seditious words and threats directed at law enforcement and officials. Debates centered on press liberty versus state security with fears of rebellion and calls to defend the government, culminating in a party-line vote.
From Indianapolis correspondence notes great consternation among Johnson and Hendrix supporters as attempts to decapitate Republican officeholders faltered. Johnsonian officials face resistance while Congress nears, with no shortage of infighting and accusations of patronage to secure loyalty.
A strange case in court describes mice stealing from a saloon money drawer. The judge notes the rodents took about $24, including a dollar bill, with prior missing sums cited as evidence of ongoing petty thefts. The article suggests housing reform for juvenile offenders and questions penitentiary acceptance for the mice.
A memorial from 8.8. L'Hommedieu to the Ohio General Assembly rebuts accusations in the Senate Investigating Committee report on railroad management. It argues the Dispatch Company and related routes harmed rival lines and defends earnings, stock, and capital as well as policy from Cleveland to Cincinnati and New York.
A Waynesville Gazette correspondent writes that several people in the nearby neighborhood were killed last Saturday night. The report notes the incident occurred in a residential area and cites local authorities investigating the deaths.
Metabore/log notes show forty one docket cases in Police Court. Gen Sheridan arrived city and planned South departure. Multiple corrections to death notice and a long Police Court roundup with names and bail details.
Alexander Olgus, a 24 year old German immigrant and laborer, confesses in the Covington jail to participating in the Hughes murder with Geo Geotz and Sam Case. He describes meeting Case and Geotz on Washington and Sixth, crossing the river, planning the robbery, and the shooting of James Hughes during a buggy encounter. Olgus provides details of the sequence, names, and places, and asserts the confession is voluntary.
Judge Cox refused a continuance in the John C. Healy murder case noting the docket is crowded and a five to six day trial would block other cases. Healy’s witnesses James Ryan and Col. Ben P. Runkle were unavailable in California and Pennsylvania, with Ryan in San Francisco and a June term sought. Prosecutors argued against delay, while the court ordered recognition for Healy’s appearance at the June term.
The State v. John Spi fas John Hopkins reports a jury verdict of guilty on burglary and larceny. The defendant, accused of breaking into Peter schon’s house on the night of December 2, 1806, was convicted. Attorney details indicate prosecution by Thompson, defense by Boyle and Asi.
The case involves what interest a creditor may hold in a debtor's life under a Hartford company policy. Thomas Howard, agent for the insurer, collected a premium and insured $1,000 in case of death after a steamer accident. Leroy R. Marshall seeks to assign the policy to himself, arguing the insurer owes the face value, while the defense contends such a policy may be void as wagering on gambling or gambling-like. The court weighs the assignment and the policy's enforceability under the demurrer and precedent.
The case, heard before a court, concerns the estate of a deceased with David Allen as key party. Mire Migynew is named as a daughter and related claims involve disbursement and transmission of property while the deceased was allegedly incompetent. The trial addresses will validity and beneficiary rights amid disputes.
Judge Store presided over the case Workum vs Borne & idview in which a promissory note for $300 with interest since 1859 was claimed paid. The defense argued payment was made by delivering a deed to lands in Cook County Illinois and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs totaling $1,211. Long & Hoeffer represented the plaintiffs with E A Thompson for the defense.
Under a cash on delivery contract Arnold Bullock Hartielid Oy and Jonas Hartielid are involved. Defendants’ attorney was absent due to a misunderstanding of trial time. Jury returns verdict for plaintiffs totaling 61771 dollars, with French Cunningham representing plaintiffs and John R Hunter in opposition.
An 1865 dispute seeks 455 dollars for a hogshead of tobacco sold on inspection with no warranty implied if buyers examined product. Jury finds for defendants. case notes that clerical error turned the title into Carpenter & Co. v The American Sorghum Company. Lawyers Spooner, Spooner and Ludlow appear for plaintiffs. Bartley and Burnet for defendants.
In a Taft era case G W Miller sues Tabbs Gross on a $700 note given in 1865 for a supposed patent medallion of President Lincoln. Gross contends the note funded a venture to sell patent rights in Iowa and Missouri and seeks rescission after failed capital support. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Also note on the Workingmen’s Coffee-room urging employers to send labor needs to aid jobless citizens.
The piece notes Dr. Hy Doughty as a National Democratic candidate and mentions a school board plan to replace the university frame building with a brick structure in the Seventh Ward. It also recounts the Felmouth murder suspect Alexander Plummer being moved toward execution, and a local arrest of a thief in Cincinnati.
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