05 Sep 1868
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1868
Page
1
Readable items mix weather, crime, and social notes from a 1508 Daily Times page. Mentions St Louis garroters, East Lake City joy, Philadelphia coughs, Paris fashion, and New Orleans notes. Highlights barbecues, a Peruvian buck merchant, cotton prices, and a woman killed near a creaking rail.
An itemized column from Washington and New York comments on a warm late summer, with forecasts of a hot September. It recounts anecdotes about Thaddeus Stevens, takes aim at The Herald and The World, and discusses Edward and Marie Pollard. It also covers polling, Vermont results, and Republican strategy for Pennsylvania and Kentucky. The piece notes Johnson at Batchelor Hall and Grant’s prospects, with reactions from Cincinnati Times correspondents.
City education rules define tuition hours gymnastics and health measures for grades D to F. Proceedings reveal council actions on markets, street improvements, park use, and school attendance. The document covers resident/nonresident tuition, German instruction, and public exhibitions in schools.
The document outlines discipline, attendance, and truancy rules for common schools. It covers hours, tobacco use, expulsion for violent conduct, suspension with parent notification, detention policies, arming pupils prohibited, and detailed absentee procedures including notices, excused absences, and penalties for excessive unexcused absences. It also mentions allowances for lessons with parental consent and references a civic finance committee and council actions.
Last evening a 24 year old man named McDonald attempted suicide by leaping from the suspension ridge. Three boys in a rowing skiff spotted the fall, seized him by the hair, and towed him to shore where he was returned to his home near Race street. Cause unknown.
Secretary McCulloch and Commissioner Rollins discuss nominations for revenue district supervisors. no action on existing nominations yet. New internal revenue appointees named incl James Shannon New York City Washington Stark Aurora Ind Jas Stanton Indiana D D Broadhead Philadelphia Holmes McElroy Seventeenth Pennsylvania David Lostullier Roas Brown Tenth Indiana John W Crump Seventh New York Clark Wilson Twenty third Pennsylvania Porrie E Tiffany Second California Districts.
New York reports from Tonawanda a purported discovery by J H Mower of a new electrical subaqueous communication method. He says circuits can run 130 miles beneath water without air diffusion, with a patent sought and costs around 10 000 dollars. Local engineers remain skeptical of the claims and feasibility.
The Louisville fall meeting closed on a favorable day with strong attendance and well-kept track. Races featured hunters over multiple heats with ages from young riders to seniors, noting Armstrong and Buford performances, distances and times, with several horses distanced or paced by handlers. The event highlighted competitive efforts including Guerri lle and Porter entries, and pace times around 1:46 to 2:00 per mile across various heats.
In St Louis on September 4 the Triennial Convocation of Knights Templars and Royal Arch Masons opens. The gathering could be among the nation's largest of its kind with excursions to Iron Mountain river sail and a grand banquet at the new Masonic hall. Hotel space and citizen hospitality are arranged as locals anticipate a memorable event west of the Mississippi.
A report from Memphis dated September 4 quotes Gov. Clayton of Arkansas outlining stringent registration measures. Registrars may reject applicants not deemed entitled, with arrests and sheriffs summoned for aid. Applicants must prove innocence over years, including alleged sympathy with the rebellion, and may be barred despite oath. Some face oaths to accept civil and political equality and renounce protest songs on certain days. Courts are forbidden to block registration rulings.
The annual cutters feast at Sheffield yesterday featured Reverdy Johnson the American minister as guest of honor. Johnson gave his first land address replying to a toast to the Minister and expressed thanks for the honor. He spoke of friendship between the United States and England and praised shared institutions and freedoms.
The speech reviews Civil War causes and its outcome ending slavery, praising liberté and peace, while noting support for the coming U.S. presidential canvass and England-America relations. Abroad items report Chinese treaty debate, Cork unrest, Paris and Rome diplomatic recalls, Teheran cholera, and railway accident prosecutions.
From yesterday’s five o’clock edition a Cincinnati dispatch reports twenty two inspectors and eighty three clerks discharged from the New York Custom-house, appointees of 1861, described as efficient and all Republicans. Also noted are a German Tribune planned, anti gambling work, a Norwich death valued at 2.5 million, billiard players in town, and a kerosene lamp incident endangering a wife.
Special dispatch from Wasumorox reports Baron Van Lederer presented to the President by Mr. Seward in the Blue Room with speeches. New York Democrats, including Representative Robinson, seek to avoid exposure in Binkley affair and push to abandon proceedings. Rollins refuses to nominate anyone but Republicans amid pressure. Public debt statement for August delayed to Monday.
A boarder William Wilson was badly stabbed at a Wallace street party. Edward B. Sullivan Dennis O Neil alias Bob Bhort face a conspiracy to defraud John Dorian a rectifier on Wilson street over whisky valued at over three hundred dollars. They are held to bail to answer. Linda The Republican Tavinebies fang obs some benner breeze eeasnerters on Seventh street.
Baltimore reports a $20,000 yacht race on the th between famed vessels Sallie Brewster and another challenger. The event includes social critiques and grants discussions, with spectators noting a grant heavy emphasis in civic circles as the race proceeds.
A historic note states the navy’s force count was reviewed and a total spending of 3,100,265 was recorded for steam and other vessels. The document cites a reduction plan and outlines ships, crews, and gear furnished as part of the era’s fleet management.
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