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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1875
Page
1
A capital owner reportedly plans to invest in manufacturing next year with designs drawn for a residence costing about one hundred fifty thousand. General Button, who narrowly escaped murder, claims a business partner attacked him but is out of danger and refuses to testify against the other party who maintains innocence.
New York on April 16 reports plans to buy tickets amid unclear wording. The item suggests a discussion of purchase options and local city context with scattered names and fragments.
Fragmentary text shows a mill lockout resolution from Prrrapuas dated April 15 declaring the lockout broken. It mentions resuming work and a price of 55 dollars per ton with emphasis on suspending operations only as desired by members.
A Havana dispatch notes legal complications between Spanish and American officials clouding Sharkey's return to New York. Half a million dollars of Tweed property has been attached in Westchester County amid ongoing Tilton Beecher affair coverage.
Readable text notes high water near Omaha Nebraska causing delays in the trial of Geo Reynolds Crook as reported in the regional paper. Authorities warned residents and motorists to avoid flooded routes while the case proceedings were rescheduled.
In Lowpox England on April 15 the House of Commons held a long, heated debate over a petition demanding the dismissal of judges who sat in the Tichborne case minding alleged bias. On Disraeli’s motion the annual budget was introduced to the chamber for consideration.
In St Louis on April 16 Judge Jones directed the jury that no verdict could be reached on Wright’s forgery case, as evidence failed to prove the charge. Separate indictments against Wright for related offenses were to be mailed for prosecution. A Missouri widow, Mrs Irwin, tied a line to a stake and walked away, tied to a young child, amid unclear motives and distress.
Paris reports that I Univers notes Prussia added another note to an anti Prussian pamphlet published in Antwerp, highlighting continuing diplomatic tensions and press activity abroad.
Carlists reportedly seized a group of women and children in Soria Province and threaten to shoot them if ransomed. The report, dated April, notes tension as Spain awaits further action.
A government team led by General Weisel and Colonel Merrill, with Lt Mahan and Mesers Poe and Wright, voyaged on the towboat Bengal Tiger to inspect a potential dam site four miles below Cincinnati. They plan to return aboard the Nellie Walton and say the dam could yield six feet of harbor depth in low water. Separately, Polander Abraham Luvosky, found drunk at Public Landing, was detained by Robert Swith on vagrancy charges after an alleged attempt to rob him. Luvosky was to be sobered at Hammond Street Station.
Special Dispatch reports two Dayton girls stayed at the Empire House. Daisy Watson, 22, led the group and died after falling ill. She revealed to the landlady that her real name was Offie Boyd and that her Kent, Portage County parents knew nothing of her. Rumors suggest abortion as a possible cause, with several traveling men allegedly able to speak if they chose.
In Colemprs on April 16, a fire partially destroyed Anderson's mill. The loss on machinery is estimated at $15,000, but most of the valuable equipment was saved. The damage is fully covered by insurance in nine different companies.
Fragmentary OCR text lists billiard related names and places including Cariaco and St Geleerenae Rasa with unclear actions or outcomes. Unable to determine a clear event or result from the fragment.
Lieutenant Colonel Bradle Siegen reports Capt Mix has secured a mining party near Harney's Peak consisting of sixteen men one woman and a boy. They will be here on the 18th Inst A Sioux Arrapado war party is said to have attacked toward the Shoshone country.
The clipping lists partial race results including a one mile event with a $25 winner, places for L. second and Tom Lesthers third, a 1 1/2 mile purse race won by Survivor K h with Denver second, and a note that Crown Prince was ruled out due to unpaid forfeit in Baltimore.
River news from Louisville reports dull business on the wharf as the Mononachel tugs and tows like Sharp McDonald, Samuel Miller, Samuel Clarke, and Sam Parker depart for Cincinnati and St. Louis. Weather is cool and windy with light snow this morning. arrivals include Jene Andy Baum from Nashville.
Snowton records a slow river rise and a heavy snowstorm at 10 A M. The Boctons paused their plans and will leave this evening. The date is April 16 with unsettled conditions and potential travel disruption.
April 15 reports list steamship arrivals and origins including Sucvia from Queenstown and Spain from New York. The entries note city names and dates with lines resembling a shipping schedule from Lompon and New York.
The United States Grand Jury for Southern Ohio reports nine days of session from April 6 to April 15 1875 at 11:45 A M They examined eighty eight witnesses found seven cases unsustained and request discharge They thank District Attorney Batemen Richard Dyer Channing United States Marshal Thrall and deputies for assistance signing J Q Serr foreman J W Daun secretary
Dir Pangborn famed Fairy of the Kansas City Times awaits a forthcoming day in the city, continuing his noted correspondence.
The Texans will spend the afternoon visiting Post and Co s house for car supplies at Mitchell and Rammelsberg Company s furniture factory.
In Hamilton District Courts Judge Hoadley continued the session while Judge Turner, absent due to illness, was discussed. The case of Mary Chandler et al versus Longworth's executors et al was laid over to Monday as motion day approached.
Before Judge Tilden. The case was called after jurors presented excuses and were discharged. The matter was laid over until Monday. The suit seeks damages for machinery built for the defendant to be used in constructing the age selgh sewer under the canal. The defense contends the work was defective.
Before Judge Matson, assignment filed this morning in probate court. B F Lewis doing business as F Lewis & Co with groceries and teas at 117 West Sixth assigned to Smith for the benefit of creditors.
A clash at Wm Matthews tobacco house on Third Street left one man critically wounded and likely to die, as Flowers attacked Wayne with a hatchet. City business includes tax measures, railroad talks, street cleaning contracts, assessor's report, and the death of council member John Marshell.
District Court convenes Monday. An affray occurred yesterday in the First Ward leaving Readin badly beaten. The M E Church colored holds an evening festival to aid the pastor. School Board Proceedings report numerous bills and a proposed state examiner inquiry into past board actions, with calls for an official investigation starting 1856 and extending to present.
Third Edition from Omaha reports the Missouri River flood blocking lines between Laramie City Wyoming Territory and Ogden Utah. Water six feet deep covers tracks while snow from a heavy winter swells the canyons. Passenger trains are stranded at Tarwater City Rawlings and Ogden as crews await clearing. A blockade notice warns Utah and California not to start. Fort Laramie dispatch notes a mining party flotating to safety with sixteen men one woman and a boy. Heavy snows hit Black and Seeley counties and a war party of Arapaho left for Shoshone country.
Judge Drummond this morning filed an opinion on the Chicago Dan ville and Vincennes Railroad case ruling the United States District Court has jurisdiction in this kind of case. He sits with judges for the ring of arguments and reaffirms his best decision. The decision is long and reviews the arguments and points submitted.
Harrisburg April 16 The governor vetoed the measure declaring the Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States as successors to the Trustees of the Presbyterian House.
John Sherman Jr retires from Sherman & Co in WasHincros with the firm continuing under partner H D Cooke Jr. Kat is son of ex Governor Henry D Cooke.
News from Across the Pacific reports the Pacific mail steamer Colorado arrived last night after departing Hong Kong on March 25. Dispatches from Yokohama note impending government changes in Japan, with secrecy amid foreign minister interference efforts. The Lew Chew Islanders have arrived in Yeddo for governmental investigation regarding recent submissive acknowledgments.
New York market bulletin lists assorted commodities with pricing notes and terms. Sugar and coffee show steady demand while certain items like birds and flour display standard to fair quotations. several entries record weights, grades, and percentages in a terse, fragmentary ledger style.
Weather bulletin from Cincinnati issued by the Signal Officer indicates a brisk northwest wind and increasing clouds. Light snow or sleet possible in the Lower Mississippi and Missouri Valleys with rising rivers. cautionary signals remain at Lakes Michigan Huron Erie and Ontario stations.
The article recalls Tom Hood junior dying in Yona at forty. It notes his status as chief editor of the London Pun and his generous nature. Joaquin Mille writes of him as hearty, honest, faithful, and manly, with a constant fountain of sympathy.
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