City Matters to Be Heeded in Time of Trouble
Inmates of the county asylum issue a public appeal urging authorities to heed their concerns about conditions and safety. The message emphasizes urgency and requests prompt inspection and action.
20 May 1868
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1868
Page
1
Inmates of the county asylum issue a public appeal urging authorities to heed their concerns about conditions and safety. The message emphasizes urgency and requests prompt inspection and action.
The piece describes the City Work House project with hopes of reform and confinement for vagrants. It covers architecture, capacity, and committee leadership including Allison and Sipett, plus officials decrying crime while planning a humane, efficient institution.
Fragmentary police blotter items from Bucktown describe Gilbert Page of Bucktown receiving a gees club and a $50 bail, with several others named for charges and forthcoming appearances. Multiple individuals faced bail, fines, and examinations, including a vagrant waived to bail and a man charged with violence toward a Palace Varieties employee. the report ties to local court activity and a Board of Equalization meeting.
Fragmentary hotel arrival notes list Berxer House and A C Jostix & Co as proprietors with scattered names including M Dedants Rah Beas Hine and Me Gar Ep Taserne Et Louis. Mentions Chi Sherwood Utica Licothe and J A Hanter with a child and several other travelers toward Pomeroy.
The readable OCR passage lists scattered names and abbreviations such as Abell, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, and Pennsylvania markers. Missing context prevents clear events or roles. The fragment resembles a regional notice or classified roster with uncertain connections.
Readable portions mention Cairo and Piqua with several surnames such as Green Miller Moore and Sortie. The fragmentary lines reference teens, measurements, and locations but offer no cohesive event or clear outcome. The piece reads as a damaged table of names and places with unclear context.
OCR fragment lists multiple people and locations including J Deir Harrison Cott Bt Louis iM Hae and Wray NY with scattered references to Geer fire Phila Hopkins Waynes Hobiet Fort Wit. No coherent event or outcome discernible.
Fragmented OCR listing multiple names and places including Richmond Holbrook Lebanon Philadelphia Indianapolis St Louis Kentucky and Ind. delphia with partial personal names and affiliations, lacking clear event or outcome details. The text reads like a damaged social or legal notices page with scattered individuals and locales.
Scattered OCR text lists numerous unclear names and locations such as Mrmorotitan Hors W A Taurstox Propaizron and Ky Mayavilie with fragments of counties, towns, and individuals including Perry Ripley Okoroma Covena N Y and Charleston Bourbon. No cohesive story or definite event emerges.
Fragmentary OCR shows Muncuawre Holst Gartanen, Newson & Co., Paoristers in Decatur with names Weta Haviland Ky Face Geo Baraft Ky Louisville and Rose print id of Mrs Harteths EC Eiwell Ohlo, plus unclear fees.
Delegates appointed to the Manufacturers' Convention will assemble in Cleveland on the 27th. The event will convene at the Semusictetel, with sessions planned for the afternoon at a specified hour to discuss important business.
Last night Dick Holliwood staged a rousing benefit at the Palace Varieties. The wind-up with Doc Kane drew strong crowd and satisfied the audience. Mike Coburn arrived in town this morning. Jes Uehees schedule a benefit at the Nai Theater next Saturday with Jim Cusic Aeron and Hollin Barney performing.
A Pike Street merchant pressed a delinquent debtor to pay and alerted an officer. The man was arrested and searched, revealing about $2000 in genuine greenbacks. $600 was attached by the officer to cover the merchant’s loss. The debtor threatened suit, while the merchant warned of Cincinnati creditors upon a larger sum. Also reports: Georg Mitchell jailed on suspicion with tools tied to a theft. farmers fret over late crops due to South import flooding markets. Harria, drunk, arraigned for assault. bail set at $200.
Two Campbell county lawyers clashed over a lawsuit in Alexandria with one candidate allegedly drawing first blood and winning the altercation. In Newport News a new Native American tribe Minnehaha No 10 elected officers Moore chief sage Schell Sagamore Shannon Prophet Thompson Records Keeper Boyd Wampum Keeper. A man named John Jones drowned after falling into a water-filled cellar on Cabot Street near Todd.
A tale of a disgraced Vicorate de in Paris returns to wealth after discovering gold in a river hollow in New Grenada. German traveler Mauch reports two African gold mines near Natal with rich ore, while Livingstone notes indigenous mining knowledge. In Georgia 15,000 Blacks allegedly voted Democratic, signaling shifting political patterns.
A varied column notes George Elliott's new poem The Span ish Gipsy and a poor St Joseph couple starting a Idaho trip on a flat boat with a quick return. Brussels mint nears finishing thirty two million francs in coinage. Paris sells trichinoscopes and the Abyssinian rise dominates newspapers amid European affairs.
The Buffalo Express reports a special NY to Chicago train carrying 180 gentlemen and several ladies on a 15 hour 45 minute run from New York to Rochester via Portageville a layover to view Niagara Falls then onward to Chicago on the Great Western road. The four sleeping cars are described as among the finest built for the A and GW. They are longer and richer with luxury features.
The report shows 181 new members joined in 1867 and aid given to form 21 new associations in England. It records 736 societies worldwide with 490 members and 241 others, plus 11 917 members in England and Wales, 3 008 in Scotland and 817 in Ireland. Central Bible Class Aldersgate Street hosted 3 300 men, with 325 joining educational classes.
Closing exercises of the Soldiers and Sailors Convention report resolutions pledging support for Ulysses S Grant as President. The gathering denounces Andrew Johnson and Republican critics, calls for civil rights for naturalized citizens, and urges unity and loyalty to the Union with a nine member committee to present Grant with the resolutions.
The Chicago gathering hears reports from the African M E Church delegation with union proposals and petitions from the Evangelical Association. Delegates discuss boundaries, delegations, discipline revision, presiding eldership, and possible connections with a German bishop while supporting or opposing caste divisions.
The Laclede races open with Smith's bomb winning the mile heats, Meek's Zero second. Pat Teveease heads a two mile free run with top bets. Jubilee and Malcomb tie for first in first race. A full program of annual exhibitions and fraternal matters concludes the event.
The House adjourned without a quorum amid procedural confusion as members postponed action on a measure. Debate halted as leaders indicated resumed session the next day.
Reports detail speeches by Hawley Sickles and Logan at Cincinnati on May 10 as committees form a Permanent Organization. Logan declines presidency. Fairchild elected. Grant later nominated for President with a four-point platform including impeachment and citizenship protections.
In Washington on May 19, Charles Woolley faced examination before House managers. Schenck and Morgan praised his conduct and said he would not evade process, though they opposed Sunday summons. Kythe prepared to testify as managers debated their next step.
Reports describe impeachment managers probing Woolley’s $20,000 bank funds drawn as five thousand dollar checks to various parties. Witnesses and correspondents are called while Stanbery’s possible reinstatement as Attorney General is discussed. Delano v Morgan case judge Kerr to present minority report next Monday. A cabinet committee adjourned without witnesses after meeting Henderson Missouri talks.
A daytime fire alarm sounded after a tar kettle incident near the creek. Firemen contained the blaze with aid from Phenix Hook and Ladder, though a ladder accident injured a boy. A murder occurred on a Nashville and Northwestern passenger train near the city, when Dr Newton and Robert Phips argue ended with Phips shot in the back. The killer fled, pursued by bystanders, and the injured man was taken to Bellview Station.
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