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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1867
Page
1
The notice outlines mailing rules for the Dram y Gazette and extra copies for subscribers. It mentions options for daily versus weekly copies and the need for registered letters or express delivery when sending money. It also notes preferred payment methods including drafts or money orders.
A subscriber argues the Cincinnati Gazette misread the three per cent certificates and bank role in finance. He defends Senator Sherman and asserts the policy would affect public debt, currency volume, and future specie resumption, urging careful evaluation of bank profits and government savings. The editor replies appreciating the input.
Correspondence from Wilmington North Carolina dated May 8 reports on Republican organizing in the south amid reconstruction. It describes Northern speakers at a Richmond African Church meeting, local rebel sentiment, party strategy to show submission rather than consent, and mentions figures like Charles Gibbons and Gov. Pierpont.
May 13 Lexmington Ky crowds swell from Saturday as Phesix Belle faces seven rivals in the Phenix Stake race at race track. Marion leads early then is challenged. Victory wins after rain stalls, Phoenix Belle second, Marion third, Head Center later dropped from the field as conditions shift and bets adjust amid disputes over fairness and handling.
Special Correspondence describes a prolonged inquiry into the Louisville and Portland Canal project. It covers congressional memoralization for a million dollar bond loan, surveys authorized in 1867, the U.S. treasury relation, and a thorough audit of forty years of company books. The piece notes potential toll and debt implications and previews Gallagher’s forthcoming report to Congress.
The Vicksburg Republican misled rebels by reporting the Union Republican in Vicksburg suspended after one issue. It was a temporary halt as editor Colonel Dugan awaited his own printing material from New York. The Herald printed the first issue, then postponed further publication.
Observations by Henny Wanz report barometer and temperature readings. The issue notes a convention of distillers, upcoming streetcar changes, railroad appointments, relief fund totals, local court cases, a pastor's funeral, a fire at a roofing shop, city treasury figures, and extensive railroad company business including contracts, bonds, and prospective extensions. The article also covers property transfers, court actions, and public works approvals.
Yesterday morning officer Stanton arrested Chas. McReynolds at the Ninth Street Station House on a swindling charge. McReynolds, a gaudyly dressed agent for the Literary Eclectic, used fake canvassing to collect advance payments from subscribers and stole jewelry from jeweler L. J. Burwell in Lafayette. He promised two dollars a day to local canvassers and fled Cincinnati without accounting. Burwell and Gibson House victims totalled about 40 dollars. The arresting officer calls him a kid gloves gentleman.
The council committee met at the usual hour with Mr Allison chairing and Messrs Bard Shultz and Schell present. Minutes were read and approved. The sub committee reported six dozen chairs for the Female City Prison and arrangements with the Board of Health for sick in station houses to be attended by the district. The Various Stations Committee reported progress. Bard authorised to connect the sewer to drain the Central Avenue Station cellar. Cages of Grien Waddle and O Neal referred to Chair with power to act. Edward Vanfelt discharged from the Work House. Miles Greenwood & Co and lock contract referenced. Beef bid awarded to F Beresford at 744 per 100 pounds. Cornmeal bid awarded to Klein & Henckman at 210 per 100 pounds. Bills approved. Committee adjourned.
Judge Taft delivers the opinion in a case where two defendants face a petition seeking two thousand dollars, based on a provision allowing immediate principal payment if interest is unpaid after a 30 day grace. The issue is whether notice of the holder option to declare the principal due is required to sustain the suit, with authorities cited and a demurrer discussed.
A fragmentary report notes questions about when testimony may not lead to arrest or legal action. It hints at procedural limits and rights considerations without detailing cases or outcomes.
The Pendleton and a Street Railroad Company sought a city street rail route along Market and Fifth Streets to extend from the east city line. The court found that a majority of property owners had consented to the contract, and the city's council acted within its authority. The bill was dismissed on this basis.
In probate and civil matters before Judge Fox and Judge Noyes, the case against Samuel Baer, Isaac Jacob art, Hollingshead, Edward Childs, and Wm. Boedder centers on attachment and demurrer. The record notes confusion over the suit’s proper form and the absence of a valid defendant or file, with mention of a claim tied to January 2007 and a firm named Pei ens. The opinion emphasizes the lack of a definite attachment and questions whether the suit could proceed in its current name, concluding the issue remains unsettled. A Probate Court section references Julius Kahn and Isaac Freiberg and the trust arrangement for a ward in the Seventeenth Ward.
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