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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1885
Page
4
The issue tares through a long chronicle of political fights and legal matters. It notes campaign outcomes in New York and Ohio, governor salaries, and party rhetoric while recounting a violent murder trial and a controversial whipping post proposal. It also covers Riel’s rebellion, the Saskatchewan prisoners, and calls for fair elections and anti fraud measures.
A 100 member Cincinnati committee, evenly split Republicans and Democrats, pushes to punish election law violators. Captain Anderson, a Democrat, claims the Democratic party bears sole responsibility for fraud in registration and elections, criticizing patronage removals and alleging corruption linked to John R. McLean and the coal oil gang.
Gen George Preinton McClellan died suddenly in New York last Friday and was buried Monday at Frenton New Jersey with several civil and military pallbearers. Born December 1826 in Philadelphia he graduated West Point in 1846 then served in the Mexican War. He held posts at West Point and on railway projects before reshaping the Army of the Potomac and contesting major campaigns. After a long career he served as Governor of New Jersey starting in 1877.
President Cleveland proclaims a national day of thanksgiving to be observed on the 26th of November. The proclamation urges prayer and worship, family reunions, charity, and abstention from secular business, praising national safety, peace, abundance, and the nation’s survival amid international turmoil.
Historical quotation claims a trump card will bring the Republican party back into power. It asserts the party’s governance was faithful to its trust and highlights a shift that proponents view as proof of restoration.
Public schools closed as Mr. Vernon suffers diphtheria. Sing Sing sees a man smoking a forty cent cigar. Vatican amusements include lark catching. England alarmed by rising hydrophobia. New Orleans colleges enroll 1200 to 1300 colored scholars. Bavarian king’s castle chandelier worth 24000 dollars. cholera in French ports. Florida hoteliers plan for northern guests. Utica undertaker reports a 7 by 76 by 20 inch casket. A Paris pearl as large as a pigeon egg shown. 114 similar pearls in the shell. NYC budget allocates 5313 dollars for next year’s schools. Metz officer shot for defying sentries. Durhamville depopulated by factory failures. Massachusetts open Supreme Court term with prayer. Ladies Club of New York fails, internal quarrels. illicit whisky in Pickens Georgia. Raleigh carp pond teaches two white herons to catch 45 fish daily. Noah Porter resigns as Yale president but stays as professor. Communism waning in France. Felix Pyat votes drop sharply. Mint director Kimball says 820 million in coin. some deny money scarcity. Over 3000 smallpox deaths in Montea. French Canadians high, English low. Treasury clerks paid days early to vote. few leave Washington. Red Wing Minn man discovers golden candle sticks from Indian mound likely Solomon’s Temple decor. Berlin Postmaster Price ill. wife succeeds him as trusted Democrat. Grant quotes Lee about Tilden inauguration threat. Missouri University women rebel against uniform hat order. Lincoln Nebraska.
The item profiles Frank Havill of Roscoe Ohio, noting his early life, wartime service, journalistic success in Illinois, and standings in the Masonic and political spheres. It also cites The New York Tribune on Governor-elect Foraker’s 1888 presidential bid and reflects on public demand for change in leadership.
The note questions a New Jersey weather prophet DeVoe and his forecast for November. It asks what cold weather could bring if November is very warm and ends with health tips for children including air rest milk and Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup for croup.
An old reminiscence recalls Charley Rackus and Arthur Moreland in a Thursday night encounter. The piece weaves a tale of Charley Backus and Peter Gilsey at the Gilsey House cafe with a wine wager that ends in Backus walking Broadway in a white shirt and straw hat. The narrative shifts to a science sidebar on light influencing animal coloration, citing observers and researchers in a November Popular Science Monthly extract.
A sea captain sought initiation into Freemasonry. A Celtic girl used a gridiron heated over coals to feign danger, convincing him to flee before the ritual could proceed. The prank shows how bravado and rumor shape lodge lore in a curious incident.
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