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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1879
Page
4
Poetic reflection on laying aside attire and laying up a prayer for endurance through storms. The speaker pledges steadfastness, seeking divine fortitude for weakness and acknowledging the cycles of seasons as time to endure.
A British youth, orphaned young, sails to Australia for fortune with Lilly like a sister. Years later he returns to England, discovers Lilly a fiancée of a rich Graham, and foils Simon Rail’s impostor plot. He clears debt, reunites with Lilly, and finds happiness with friends Tom and Alice.
George P. Guppy described Erie finances under Jay Gould from his 1869 to 1872 tenure noting capital stock rising from 25 111 210 to 86 536 910 and debts increasing while most growth tied to old New York and Erie lines. He cited Gaines in private holdings from Chemung and Canandaigua Elmira leases turning into profits after Gould stopped rent payments.
Historical note traces women in angling from Cleopatra and Juliana Berners to modern times. It covers early writings on fishing by women, notable figures like Wynken de Worde and Edmund Waller, and the growth of Lady salmon fishers on English, Scottish, and Irish rivers and Norwegian waters. It notes lighter tackle for ladies and persistent skill, with a nod to Waltonian passion and a humorous Cambridge oration about a salmon catch.
Mrs Potts from Baltimore has walked to New Orleans and back and plans to walk to Philadelphia to claim a supposed $10,000 prize. She recounts travels with humorous incidents, praises the Piedmont Air Line, and notes health improvement. She aims for more demonstrations and claims potential matches with notable walkers.
A Paris swindler named Robert deceived printers and workers, promising filings and deposits, then vanished with funds. He was caught after a violent struggle, defended himself with legal slang, claimed multiple subsistence means, and boasted strength. The court sentenced him to one year.
G. W. Benjamin, in Harper's Magazine, recalls Benjamin West as a Quaker painter who started with primitive materials, rose through hardship, and became a pivotal link between American art and European centers. His generosity to aspiring artists, his role in London society, and his shifts in style mark a transitional era from classicism to more modern historical painting.
The Chicago Journal notes Michigan’s new liquor law sets taxes as $200 yearly for retail spirituous liquor, $65 for retail malt liquor, $130 for wholesale malt, and $400 for wholesale spirituous liquor. Manufacturing under 1500 barrels costs $65 with $25 per additional 1000 barrels. closing hours cap at 11 pm or 9 pm outside municipalities. Violations carry fines up to $100 and up to ninety days in jail with daily penalties for each noncompliant day. Officers face penalties for nonenforcement.
The New York Sun reports a Berlin circuit court case where a son-in-law spat on a coffin at widow Langenheim’s burial. He faced six months but received fourteen days confinement, highlighting a rarely used statute protecting the dead’s dignity.
The Liverpool Post recounts a daring truancy tale of a young boy who slept beneath a station van between wheels. He rode eighteen miles from Chorley to Wigan while clinging to the axle rods, waking unharmed when rescued at Chorley.
A New Jersey report lists numerous household recipes and farming notes. It covers egg and sugar cake methods, onion and tomato dishes, breaded meats, jelly cakes, and fried onions, plus notes on olive cultivation in California and the Teosinte plant in Mexico. It also discusses cattle export estimates from Texas, butter shipping costs to New York, cheese types, sponges propagation in Florida, and commentary on British land laws and the shift of cultural centers toward New York.
A recipe note suggests baking Pears with nutmeg in a shallow water bath then cooling on ice before serving with cream. The statistical office reports Germany's end of year arable land at 55 million acres, meadow 25 million, forests 26 percent, and various crop yields including wheat 12 million quarters from 4.5 million acres and rye 175 million bushels from 15 million acres.
In Yunan province Moham medans revolt and gain independence. The Chinese government converts them by offering tax exemption for converts and a 100 year privilege for descendants. Converts receive a peacock feather or cap button as a symbol. Officials erect 5000 deities in public spaces and compel daily incense and garments. Police enforce the rites to coerce compliance.
A quotable reflection from Indiana Farmer argues that taxes on income pale beside the human cost of supporting a population. It notes estimated costs to raise a boy from birth to maturity and contends income taxes can crush earning power more than any other levy.
A New York Dispatch tale recalls Judge Cleary of Kentucky presiding over a mule theft case. A rugged defendant claimed innocence with a dramatic pledge to God, and the judge calmly proceeded to pronounce sentence after a brief pause.
A boy about eleven named Terry died in an Ontario barley elevator when he jumped into a grain bin above a spout. He was ten feet under grain when found after two and a half hours of rescue efforts, life extinct. Toronto Mail
A New Orleans Times item recounts a tale of a lovely young woman of high social position waking to a rose and a milkman falling in love. The couple, shaped by fate and a rose's petals, plan a wedding next week in a quaint urban vignette.
The Boston Traveller notes that Yale's professor of Chinese has not taught a student in the past two years, marking an unusual quiet period in the program.
The essay argues religion belongs in all duties not just Sabbath or bereavement. It contrasts reformers like Wilberforce and Havelock with secluded figures, praising Biblical examples from David to Abraham. It claims worldly work and care enhance faith, and urges all who serve the Lord with zeal in everyday business.
A Louisville Courier-Journal report recounts canaries in a city gallery forming friendly bonds with a strange bird that visits cages. The piece ends noting Lord Derby inviting the Marquis of Hartford to stay at Knowsley during the Manchester Liberal meeting, signaling influence shift to liberals.
A 1879 testimonial from Ohio notes faster churn times and improved color using the Gilt Edge Butter Maker. A second reader confirms better results with the powder, while Sellers' Liver Pills advertise relief for headaches and liver issues at 25 cents a box.
An advertisement proclaims Thermaline as a 25 cent ague cure, the only 25c remedy in the world. It describes Thermaline as a careful extract of Calisaya quinine bark with Eucalyptus, claiming to combine fever-relieving qualities and noting success in malarial diseases per News and Courier of Charleston.
Philadelphia on October 28 reports flour dull and lower with western extra at 575 and Ohio family winter wheat patents at 775 50. Wheat dull with western rejected at 105 and No 2 red at 140. Corn dull and lower with mixed track at 6014 614 and yellow at 62. Oats in limited demand at 4344 with white at 44 46.
Baltimore market notes flour dull and weaker while buyers hold. Wheat, corn, and oats mostly lower or steady with regional variations. Rye steady. flour and provisions firm. butter and eggs active and higher. coffee and whisky firm. petroleum unchanged. sugar declines. Major entities include Baltimore market terms and Pennsylvanian prices.
Cotton quiet at 10 percent interest in the region. Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat weak at 120 127. Corn dull 48 49. Oats dull 33 35. Rye dull and lower 83 85. Barley active and firm 95 98. Pork dull 1150. Lard dull to sell 66 244 6 170. Bulk meats unchanged. Bacon dull and unchanged. Whisky steady and in good demand at 108. Linseed oil steady 70. Butter buoyant fancy creamery 33 85 choice dairy 23 25 prime western reserve 18 20 do central Ohio 14 17. Hogs quiet common unchanged light 355 380 packing 360 390 butchers 390 405. Receipts 7,891 shipments none.
New York and Chicago report unsettled and varying grain values on October 28. Flour wheat and corn prices show strength and softness across districts, with oats rye and butter also noted, while lard and pork move modestly.
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