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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1876
Page
2
The Democrat editor criticizes limited press reform and urges more anti radical action while citing the Cincinnati Commercial and national figures. It notes internal party struggles over delegates and upcoming St Louis Convention with hints of shifting leadership toward Gin Barcen and changes in local power.
Telegraph dispatches report the Sultan of Farkey deposed and his nephew Muzap named successor. Election notes show tunewax and other picks still unsettled with several seats to be chosen. Judge Fixex, a Catholic Democrat, is cited as nominee. New York papers claim Central Park draws more visitors daily than the Centennial. Decoration Day observed nationwide and Gov. Hayes anticipated as next president.
Corroborated tales from Torael Harris describe brutal Indian scalping and massacres in the Black Hills with many killed or wounded. Fires, looting, and attacks disrupt travel. numerous parties are lost or stranded. Observers estimate thousands in the hills, with violence and theft reported in Deadwood and along the Platte.
Eагoidert Bloss, aged about fifty, was killed on the Little Miami railroad near Branch Hill station while walking on the track. The engineer blew the whistle but Bloss did not move in time. His skull was crushed and both legs broken. He had worked for the Cincinnati Enquirer twenty two years and was a Democratic statistician and trusted ally of George H. Pendleton. He was born in Derby Vermont and leaves a wife and four children.
A fire at Owens Hall around 8 PM damaged the building and caused the upper story to burn. The Albinia Society occupants suffered losses totaling about 10 000 with 4 000 for the structure. the Derby painting owner put the original value at 30 000 and its insured value at 25 000 in Cincinnati firms.
Near Germantown in this county a planter named S M Ellis was shot in the breast and back and killed after being accused of slandering a niece of neighbors Thomas and Robert Reasonver. Beasonver admitted the killing and surrendered at Germantown. Robert Reasonver was later jailed with Beasonver. Ellis leaves a wife and two children. Conflicting accounts of the dispute.
Samuel J. Frost was executed this morning for the murder of his wife’s brother Franklin P. Touwe on July 4, 1875, on a Petersham farm. The drop caused a grisly spectacle as Frost’s head separated from the body and blood spurted around the scaffold.
Nismville May 26 reports the public execution of Burrel Spinix alias Beggarly for the murder of Robert Hamilton a white citizen of Wilson County. Five thousand witnessed the event a guard gun discharge caused a stampede Spinix died by strangulation at age unknown marking the county's first public execution in forty years. Also noted is the Boston May 26 execution of Thomas A Piper formerly sexton of Warren Avenue Baptist Church for the murder of five year old Mabel Young at the church tower on May 23 crowd applauded as the jail doors opened.
An article reports James Campton arrested yesterday on suspicion of killing his mother near Portland Avenue and Twenty Sixth Street. The coroner's inquest is expected. witnesses describe a brutal day, with a woman beaten and two others in a drunken brawl nearby.
Governor commissioned R L Lynch to be Superior Court judge replacing Hawkins. Campbell was named another Superior Court judge, but faced Sheriff resistance and a court reopens with Lynch presiding. Attorney General Field warns removal unconstitutional. Campbell plans further court action.
The Perry County Democratic Convention endorsed General Ewing as worthy of the highest price in the gift of the people. The Muskingum County Medical Society revived as the Zameaville Academy of Medicine. Cox T C Morris of the 80th Ohio Regiment named commanding officer for a July 4 Alliance sham battle. Pat Mulrooney, jailed in Chillicothe, recaptured at Portsmouth after escaping. Josefu Syyper in Bridgeport crushed right leg attempting to move a train at Bellaire. two whisky bottles found. Funeral of G M D Blogs held. buried at Miamiville Cemetery. pallbearers listed. Examination of Mr Bloss shows neck broken. skull uninjured. left leg broken from locomotive impact with brambles on brow.
Andreas Fuchs, who killed William Simmon in Brooklyn and mutilated the body, has had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
Goipsyira Mare will race at Belmont Park Philadelphia on June 2 against her own time of 2 14. The trotting mare Kitty Fields has been sold to Mr Bull of Racine Wisconsin for 10000 after showing a trial in 2414. Judg Fullerton will be taken to Cleveland early in June to be trained for the approaching campaign. The Women suffrageists claim only one fainting occurred on Centennial Exhibition grounds opening day a man. The California trotting horse Gold Note was sold on the 16th instant by Meeorsnes Sohnson stockraisers of Stockton to Mr MD Townsend for 6000. N B Cugataam of Nashville has gold to Tra Planter esq the brown colt Newbern 4 years by Vandal out of Lena Harding Price 2000. He will be known as Council Bluffs A Sp Louis.
Fragmented report notes Theodore Tilton’s lecture in Wellington provoking a loud audience response. The piece references Beechers and a heated exchange while describing noisy interruptions and misunderstandings during the hotel gathering.
A collage of humorous and odd anecdotes from Centennial era journalism. The text includes exchanges about a proposed visit, remarks on a county treasury deficit and a deputy examiner, plus whimsical notes on rail sales, impeachment timing, and colorful regional quips. It blends scattered news items with jokes and reflections.
The notice lists varied catarrh symptoms including nasal discharge, throat clearing, eye irritation, and headaches. It touts Dr. Pierce remedies and other products as the cure, claiming a rough course of medication is the only scientific method offering lasting relief.
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