19 Jan 1875
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1875
Page
1
Fragmentary report from Evanxettiin dated January 19 mentions mercury and a J. D. Parker in a condition related to the ice market or merchants. The readable text is highly garbled, offering no clear event, place, or outcome.
Report describes unrest at the Penitentiary after a mutiny scare. Authorities faced allegations of food quality and pretense for revolt. A stand and crowd formed after dinner with armed individuals linked to a prior revolt last summer. Names such as Noxon appear among those involved.
A fragmentary report describes a carnival planned for February featuring costumes from Paris and revels. It mentions pageants, a German Casino, a dress ball, and travel offers at half fare, amid scattered references to military and administrative personnel and payments.
The text notes several figures from Cincinnati being admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court. It also mentions Governor Allen sending Dr Firestone s name to the Senate as Trustee of the Northern Lunatic Asylum and a Supreme Court reversal in the case of Kirk and Cheever against A L Mowry for further proceedings.
Special Dispatch reports Whitelaw Reid’s arrest by Governor Shepherd prompted a House inquiry. A five member committee was appointed to probe whether House privileges were violated. Hoar and Butler clashed, a caucus was anticipated, and Butler delayed Civil Rights bill action until after that meeting. Ways and Means paused subsidy tracing to review dispatch accuracy with parish press Wetmore.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times from Axros reports a banquet and ball held in honor of Franklin's birthday. Speeches by press representatives and a poem by Col. Hinman of the Cleveland Herald were read. The Charity Hospital project is taking shape as money is raised and officers are to be elected tonight.
Special Dispatch reports Namuel Beighley to be hanged in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, for the murder of elderly farmer Joseph Kerr near Murrayeville in November 1873. Beighley confessed the day after his arrest.
A Mecon City special reports a cattle train on the Sinci nien road wrecked a bridge, sending a twenty five foot long wreckage that destroyed the locomotive and three cars. Cattle were killed or maimed. damages exceed 20000 dollars.
Canon Kingsley is dying as noon on January 1 approaches, with authorities noting the urgent public setting and potential impact on the area.
A grim account from East Sixth Street narrates Laura Devries, a young woman drawn into a dissolving life in Cincinnati by a seductive suitor. After public scandal and family sorrow, she dies by departure to her home, with her father revealing distress over the seducer.
The case against eight and George Campbell for disorderly conduct in Lincoln Park was heard in Police Court. Campbell sought counsel due to a family conflict. Witnesses mostly supported Campbell’s role in attempting to aid the crowd disturbance. Snodgrass’s side claimed Campbell helped. Bail was posted and the case proceeded, with an uneasy truce reported after the hearing.
The column reports on local figures such as John Weaver of Turner Hall and John Gisler of Greenup street No 2 Hose Company. It notes a theft inquiry, a Building Association meeting, rising church attendance, a possible railroad spike invention, marshal court entries, a Cave will case verdict, tithe collection, a steamer exhibit, the jail prisoner Thomas W Hall, and a lightning rod man's arrival with patent medicine activity. An accident near Canton Station ends the excerpt.
The 1776 to 1784 home of Meshech Weare, first New Hampshire president, is well kept under Mrs Dow ownership. The state rooms retain original wood, wallpapered hall walls, and stained ceilings. Antique furniture, including a table carved by Weare’s father, remains in excellent condition, illustrating enduring cabinet work from the seventeenth century. The article notes the term president was used for state leaders until the 1792 constitutional adoption.
The eighth annual report shows Union Central Life’s prosperity since its 1867 organization. It notes new agencies in New York Ohio Indiana Nebraska and the company ends the year with assets of 1,114,182 66, up 129,770 67 from the prior year. Gains include real estate 49,900 improved property 17 cash 43,250 68 and policyholder loans 57,515 41 while deaths declined slightly.
A river near Newport froze after a late start with a 190 foot diameter ice floe. It froze by day and youths ventured on at dusk, one rescuer guiding them to shore. Reports cover church audit, a Barrett criminal court scene, a US Marshal incident, and various Chancery and local notices, plus obituaries and a barge of small town happenings.
January reports show corn, wheat, oats and barley with mixed moves and dull or firmer tones across markets. Hog and pork values vary by region with receipts and futures noted. cotton remains active while flour, lard, bacon, and sugar display tentative shifts amid dull whisky and transport pricing signals.
Special Dispatch reports A Wetmore, correspondent, ordered arrested for refusing to answer a question in the Pacific Mail investigation. The message to the House may echo Senate recommendations, though the President allegedly forgets the House origin of revenue bills and sent it to the Senate.
In Nashville on January 1 the two Houses voted for the U S Senator at noon. Senate results show Johnson six votes, Brown three, Bate two, Ewing one, with a third ballot also recorded. House balloted once with Johnson five, Brown eleven, Hate eleven, Wing four, Sax one, Brownlow three. both Houses adjourned until 10 A.M. tomorrow.
Derrott Mis January 0 report shows first ballot taken at 3 PM. Chandler leads with 27 votes, Lathe Be foe Christianey 22, Chamberlain 2, Fitch 1, Barnes 3, others scattered. In Hine tescue Cities, Bagley 1, Christiney 2. Alive scatter ing.
Whitelaw Reid and companions including W. W. Corcoran and A. G. Riddle faced charges in the Police Court this morning. Bail was posted for Reid and Corcoran’s firm to answer the crimin accusation as the party departed the courtroom.
Partial OCR shows a basketball score round with players Renate and Davis and others. Names include Donnelly Bonsedty Giese and house team abbreviations. Details are fragmented but indicate a scoring breakdown and scattering of points from a January game in St Paul Mixx.
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