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Newspaper
Cincinnati Weekly Chronicle
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1869
Page
1
Special Cincinnati Chronicle correspondence from Washington discusses the Butler censure episode, Colfax’s prudent stance, Cabinet rumor mill, and reactions to the Lincoln assassination era. It also covers rising transport and local industry, and a Chicago debate on woman suffrage featuring Anna Dickinson and Col. Collier.
The Century Club gallery opened to visitors after a Saturday exhibition featuring new landscapes portraits and scenes by Mr Hall Mr Cranch and others. A letter in the Commercial mentions Mr Forrest and Mr Murdoch with a note that Murdoch broke an engagement, Kean filling it. A rail project near Thirtieth street drew praise and a rambling column closes with fashion and pope remarks on women’s dress and a critic’s view of manners.
The Pine Grove furnace mate of Pine Grove Ohio in Scioto County reports immense kilned ore near the bank as charcoal dwindles. With regards to Mr Bell who will remain, the pine grove faces its last blast day of the year producing 3400 tuns of No 1 foundery iron from Hanging Rock, crafted by Calvin Deuty, the Iron Duke of Pine Grove.
The Cubans seek representation and separation of church and state with emancipation. They lack voice in taxation and governance under Spain, suffering harsh rule, expulsion for petition, and restricted commerce. The piece argues taxation without representation justifies war. From March No. 6 Lippincott's Magazine.
A Boston Advertiser note compares the current prolonged session in the House to John Randolph’s stinging interruption during Monroe’s presidential vote. It cites Randolph’s bold challenge, the presiding officer’s recoil, and the House Speaker’s intervention, ending with the chamber’s dramatic adjournment amid clashes.
The piece argues surplus cash should invest in land, noting price shifts since 1860 and differences across states. It highlights Virginia and New England trends, stresses country homes and farm improvements, and offers practical tips: invest near growing towns, ensure fertilizer access, and value accessibility via railroads. It urges thrift, planning, and a vigilant eye for enduring land value.
A historical note lists winters with no snow or frost and records moments of early blooming. It cites 1172 birds hatching in February, 1289 and 1421 unusual warmth with cherries and blossoms progressing into April and May, respectively, and multiple years including 1572 1607 161 1617 1659 1992 1791 1807 1922 as phenomenally mild.
A Jersey City romance ends in tragedy as a streetcar conductor killed after elope and marriage to a schoolgirl who mocked Western wealth fantasies. The couple wed after deception, but the husband died when his Erie streetcar plunged overboard after a sudden horse leap at South Sixth and Erie streets.
The piece argues labor is essential for health and mind, warning against female idleness. It condemns the notion that respectable women should do nothing and calls for early vocational education for girls in trade, professions, or arts to prevent mental decay and illness. It advocates systematic discipline and work as cure, noting men and women both benefit from purposeful employment.
The Choctaws appear in Washington urging admission of Chatton TM as a state. They occupy a southern New Mexico territory, with a western Alabama heritage and a history of civilized governance. Despite strong institutions, their small population likely blocks statehood.
The New York World asserts it has solved the Burdell murder by naming Charles Jeffords as the killer of Dr. Berdell and Walton and Matthews. A police officer’s posthumous confession describes Jeffords with Mrs. Cunningham, the parlor scene, a two edged dagger, a struggle, and the officer’s alleged account of the murder and cover up.
The Boston Post reports embarrassment over the inauguration plans as President Johnson and General Grant refuse to ride together to the Capitol. Johnson may greet the Cabinet in the President's room at noon on March 4, then signs will be considered before term ends.
The report describes a Turko-Persian confrontation near Baghdad and suggests Russia seeks greater influence in Asia while Greece and Turkey spar over broader Eastern questions. The piece notes Western powers may be shaping events as tensions rise along the Persian frontier.
Daniel Foos, a Paterson grinder, ran off with Miss Anna A. Tiers, a blue eyed Paterson school girl, after a month of acquaintance. They married in New York and, amid parental scolding, announced plans to move to Chicago where they own a house and lot. Foos displayed $2,000 in government bonds. she showed a $500 watch and a moss tea set.
A concise quotation from Guizot’s History of Representative Government argues that liberties become real only as rights, are worthless without entrenched guarantees, and require independent forces to uphold them within the bounds of rights. This outlines a progressive chain toward a free government with strong protections.
Virginia has supplied the Speaker fourteen years, Massachusetts ten, and Kentucky eighteen, totaling forty-two of eighty years of the Federal Government. Indiana follows with eight, and Pennsylvania North Carolina and Tennessee each with six. The riding contest for the Speakership of Washington adds interest.
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