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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1872
Page
1
First edition notes that use of navigation in the Welland and St Lawrence canals is hindered by cold weather. Lake state advices indicate a similar result across the North, with ice prevalence preventing vessel movement and transport delays.
Special dispatch from Raleigh notes the Senate voting results for senator: Vance 74, Pool 71, Merrimon 22 with three absent. Vance's tally declines, Pool falls slightly, Merrimon rises expectedly in tomorrow's balloting.
Fragmentary text depicts a dispute over quorum in a legislature, with criticism aimed at Gov Lewis for creating a legislature lacking constitutional credentials. The passage mentions governance, legitimacy, and federal sense, but is incoherent and fragmentary.
The Kentucky and Great Eastern Railroad was perfected yesterday with Nathaniel Bands elected president and H.R Hubbard elected as treasurer. Officers announce that construction work will begin immediately.
Foreign dispatch reports November 30 coverage of the French Assembly debate on Thiers. A 370 vote supported ministerial resolution as Thiers addressed the House asserting faith in God, loyalty to Bordeaux pact, and a conservative republic while denying Left affiliations.
Washington dispatches summarize officers reports on clothing and equipment spending, rail transport costs reaching millions with 800000 attributed to railways. Arsenals operate within limited appropriations. calls arise to modify sites east of the river and relocate to improve efficiency. militia structure and officer selections discussed amid broader public works and penitentiary concerns.
A correspondent in Hayti reports being warned off by locals near New York on November 50. The message references General Riqueline and indicates sympathizers faced repercussions, with unclear details due to garbled OCR.
Horace Greeley died after a long illness in New York City while tributes from editors and politicians pour in. Contemporary observers note his fearless journalism and public service as a guiding force in American affairs, with condolences extending from national leaders to local communities.
New York reports very cold weather with a storm yesterday affecting the Welland Canal which is freezing over. Several propellers are laid up and numerous marine disasters are noted without loss of life. W K Applebaugh of Western Union telegraph has joined Gold Ark Telegraph as Assistant Superintendent. In Brooklyn a Jackson Hollow squatter locality case ends by Court of Appeals decision upholding purchasers under execution with about $500000 involved. City Court confirms $15000 damages in Roxcellena Hoffman v Alexander Earle. case proceeds to Court of Appeals.
In San Francisco on November 29 reporters observed agents of the Pacific Mail Line near the Arizona seeking to tow the vessel. Stocks listed include Gould & Carry 205, Belcher 101, Ray 120, and Brown Point 98, with weak overall sentiment for the stocks.
Fire on Queen Street below Third burned a large stable and caused the loss of twelve horses. The extent of damages and causes are not yet known.
A fragmented foreign dispatch notes Dixon receiving a token libel award of one farthing and references to Sag Pall Malt Gueite. Jinks Fariomens is described as further proreg. The Raghel Passth of February is cited with Austrian views on an electoral reform bill ahead of a Reichstag session. The tower branch of the Spanish Cores sessions adopts clergy budgetary vote on a first section.
A Kansas City Journal of Commerce account reports Leavenworth bridge troubles and a Chicago and Southwestern Railroad dispute. It details subscriptions, mortgages, and claims the bridge may foreclose, hurting local investors and city credit while warning railways to build only when warranted.
Washington reports detail interviews with the President by Senators Wilson Logan Morton and Representatives Hawley and Beveridge. Beveridge plans a brief Illinois return to resign by December. Secretary Delano remains ill but improving. Hawley named Supervisor of Internal Revenue for New York, Dutcher’s replacement amid political fights. Northern Pacific Commissioners fail to agree on a report, revealing broad disagreement. Weather and river conditions show dull business, clear and cold, with packets behind schedule and light freight.
Prominent business man and politician Horace Hughes of Butler County Hamilton Ohio died this morning at his residence six miles east of the city after a bout with typhoid fever. The community mourns as the flag at Court House is half mast and draped in his memory.
Jeremiah J. Collins returns to the city to resume law practice. The Shakespeare Club plans a College Hall program for the Young Mott's Mercantile Library Association next Thursday, with limited seats sale at book stores and the Library room. Cornell discussed standard time clocks at the Central Fire Station. referred to Committee on Standard Time. Mayor to announce go ahead on a commercial meeting in January and a prominent Stoker to wed a dashing young lady from West Hearth Street.
In Common Pleas before Judge Avery the petition in Gerdelstein vs Weatherby was found defective for ambiguity about property ownership and coverture timing. Also, a demurrer in Rickly v Wilmer and St Franciscus Sacrificial Church trustees was sustained for lack of employment causation. The court ruled on these and other cases, noting manslaughter verdict in State v Sites and a bond indictment motion to quash in State v Bond.
Collected telegraphic items report social receptions in Brooklyn and New York. Wm M Evarts to preside at a Union League Club welcome for Minister Washburne. Gen Horace Porter to be VP of Pullman Palace Car Co. Bail reduction for Woodhull and Claflin refused. Policeman O Brien sentenced to hang Feb 27 for July murder. Funeral of Robert James Dillon well attended. NY police arrest about thirty lottery and policy backers. Gen Creswell estimates US telegraphic property at twelve million. Double postage rates for arts pieces to be abolished. Carolina Senate race features similar to prior reports. Paterson NJ votes to allow colored children to attend nearest public school. P R Barely hosts dinner in St. Louis for two hundred newsmen. Gen Bullock expected to succeed Porter as Private Secretary. Chief Signal Officer urges ongoing arming and organization of signals due to growing duties.
In St Louis on November 30 Lieut Fred Grant heads to Fort Griffin Texas amid a police crackdown. Chief McDonough orders arrests of concealed weapon carriers and strict surveillance of suspects to end the practice. A federal suit in Jefferson City targets railroads and counties Jackson and Buchan for penalties, but the court sustains the demurrer and dismisses the suits.
In the Superior Court before Judge Yapic the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Conrad Abra and wife were plaintiffs in the matter against Walker. The jury awarded $525 in damages to the plaintiff, with Chalten for the plaintiff and Wan M. Raiase noted in the proceedings.
A Khiva dispatch describes a raging cholera outbreak in the city. In Germany, a telegraph denial from Berlin contradicts Paris and London reports that General Manteuffel was ordered to concentrate forces in France for possible contingencies.
A committee of bricklayers from New York waited on the President to secure enforcement of the eight hour law at Fort Warren. They were referred to the Secretary of War who said the law should be enforced on all military works.
A blaze in Brooklyn gutted Arbuckle's spice mills destroying building, machinery, and stock valued at 15000 dollars. Another fire consumed Howland's West Transtable post office and postal matter with Howland's son severely burned.
Special dispatches note the Monongahela river at Arleston in the morning is inches and nearly stationary. Huntington steamer runs through three quarters inch ice toward Gallipolis. Cloudy cold weather. At New Albany Missouri the river fell four inches leaving five feet on Portland Bar. The Eagle aground near Portland Bar last night. The Andy Baum anchored below the canal mouth.
A letter from Mr. W- describes a seven day illness starting with a dry throat and cough, followed by frozen extremities and fever. He notes prostration, cold feet and hands, swollen throat, and discharges from a greatly swollen throat. Neighbors report similar cases in a harsher form.
The series of meetings at Pethi will be continued tomorrow and the next three days with preaching by Elder John b. Morris. Great good has resulted from these services and interest grows with each session.
Receipts of wheat reach 14 700. rail shipping suspension brings a dull market. Prices hold firm for corn and hogs with No 1 and No 2 wheat noted. Flour falls to spring low as supplies and demand temper prices. general market remains steady with provisions and stocks showing small adjustments.
The report surveys church activity and clergy in cities including Naples and Cincinnati, noting Protestant and Catholic expansions, camp meetings yielding conversions, land purchases for a seminary near Boston, and bequests for missions. It also covers religious census data in Paris and a Mongol royal manuscript project with a $25,000 payment to the copyist.
In Chicago on November 30 a robbery at the Jacob Felsenthal paper warehouse on Des Ilaines Street opened a powder proof safe, stealing 3000 dollars and 5000 bonds with no clue to the thief. A gruesome find at West Taylor Street yielded a tailor's body, later deemed natural death by rats. A carpenter named Driver shot his divorced wife over money for drink, fled, then was arrested. the wife wounded but expected to recover.
Judge Hoefter denied Alfred Butler's request to gain custody of two minor children Thomas colored and J. W. McLaughlin white. Court found insufficient grounds and ordered the children stay with their presumed parents pending further order. Administration of estate of John Winter named John Telfer as administrator with will annexed.
Special dispatch reports oil markets dull with little New York data. Crude at 8.9 in Yorkers Landing and 13.5 in elder district, refined held. Philadelphia and OHCHy markets quiet with prices unsettled near 4 to 5. Spor at Titusville about 1.00. Skepticism for Petroleum Association to sustain prices grows.
The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association yesterday decided to erect a column and statue in honor of General Meade. The Executive Committee led by President Grant will raise $100,000 with support from governors legislatures and other bodies. The effort involves the Army of the Potomac and allied veteran organizations.
Bates arrives in Gaildhe this afternoon as Fugecarrier Bates, greeted by a pedestrian who delivered an appropriate address. The event occurred after Bates reached midhall today at 1:30 PM, with the record noting the notable reception.
A humorously grim scrap recalls two reporters lifting a drawer of obituaries meant for print. They feared a Sunday death would spoil Monday’s edition and heard a passerby question why they carried away such stuff. The tale mockingly riffs on names like Samuel Slumkey Chadband and Buzfus.
Reported approval of a ministerial resolution brings calm to government affairs and suggests the Guulois will be suppressed. The observation notes a quieting effect amid anticipated crackdown.
November market notes show dull wheat and flour with modest oats and barley activity. Prices range with cash wheat around 1 10% and December contracts at 10%, while corn remains nominal and pork and lard show shifting demand and steadier cash levels, reflecting mixed commodity sentiment across regions.
A Louisville City Court order reveals a box in a bank once believed to hold 15000 to 425000 in Peay funds was opened and found only an account book. Detectives, convinced Peay fled to Europe, abandon efforts to locate him while details surface on Buchanan settlements in Louisville and the handling of four thousand seven hundred dollars in creditor claims.
A patient named M. X grew deaf progressively until a pistol near his ear went unheard. A doctor devised a plan to test his hearing at eight pm at Boulevard des Italiens taking him to the Italian opera. In Il Trovatore the loud music strangely restored his hearing, though the cure ended tragically for the doctor’s patient.
Special dispatch notes Monongahela and Alleghany rivers closed above the city. The promeavins packet and the Elizabeth arrived but may not operate further unless weather moderates. Weather is clear and very cold with high winds. several boats report arrivals and departures amid ice on the river.
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