10 Feb 1869
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1869
Page
1
A correspondence from New York dated February 7 1860 discusses weather sharp city life. It also covers Cincinnati issues including Judge Hoadly’s lecture on climate, suburbs, water, parks and public improvements with references to Eden Park Gilbert avenue and policy on property takings affecting suburban growth.
Reading through a rough foreign items column, mentions a statue planned in Dublin honoring Grattan the Irish orator. It also notes various scattered snippets about a Jew in Prussia, Jules Michelet’s wealth, and odd linguistic jabs, with garbled references to fashion, executions, and servants in a noisy, collage-like foreign items page.
The piece argues the Metropolitan Police mirrors American imitations of Peel's framework, suffering from political control and weak supervision. It highlights how old systems rely on distant state oversight, reducing accountability, and notes officers profit from crime-fighting while collusion with thieves erodes efficiency.
The Bluegrass region reports widespread selling of mules to the South totaling about $2,000,000 with two droves sent from New Albany to Maryhsonnet area. Last week Greencastle Indiana notes include droves of horses cattle hogs and mules moving southward. Local firms like T. & Coons shipped 332 mules and 18 horses as markets remain buoyant and active in livestock trade.
Fragments indicate a Booth family matter concerning a deceased ancestor in England and large property left to next of kin. The notes mention Haven, Toate, and Acs among attendees and hint at Dallas connections and multi million claims. Further details remain unclear in the garbled text.
Congressional dispatches show Senate actions on a Cincinnati railway bridge of 400 feet, equal bounties for enslaved service, and multiple amendments on rebellion disfranchisement. Morton's electors provision passed. Sumner's substitute defeated. House discussed Washington to New York railway, army appropriations, and tax bills amid garbled closing notes.
In a divided session, presidential electors faced a 27 to 3 tally on a contested issue before the final joint resolution. Morton's and other senators opposed the plan, with both sides failing to reach consent as the House debated a possible conference committee. A separate naturalization bill seeks to limit issuance of certificates and status for certain removals.
The report notes a House bill to regulate railroad terms and leases in the state, with quick repeal of existing provisions. It mentions incorporation filings for "South ee y" in South Charleston, Clarke county, and a capital stock of 15,000 dollars. Other items reference Scioto County and branch roads, plus votes on related measures, all framed in a brisk legislative scene.
In the House the proposed measure to have the lural rears printed and delivered by a September deadline failed to secure a constitutional majority. The tabulation showed 40 ayes and 28 nays, with witnesses' tone noted as lost on the floor.
Judge Robert M Briggs of Fayette County was found dead in his bed with rumors circling about a possible related incident. In Illinois Hon Murray McConnell a state senator was murdered in his Jacksonville office with five blows from a slangshot leaving no clear motive. The Wisconsin Senate endorses forming the State of Superior amid regional secession rumors and grain prices rise at Galatea and other points as markets react.
Seven thousand troops moved from Spain to Cuba in the last week of January as the government forms new volunteer battalions for garison duty and active service in La Cabana. Regulars have been sent to Cienfuegos while revolutionists near Puerto de Lobaz threaten with a small force including one artillery piece.
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