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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1867
Page
2
General Intelligence reports dire war actions in Mexico, ex Governor Eyre’s arrest in London, and a deadly blaze at Lindell House in St Louis. It notes starved children in Dalton GA, a printer in Alabama, and market prices across Bonham TX. Also mentions Omaha Democrats victory, Butler’s car incident, and a British labor strike threat among workers.
A summary of 1864 British iron production notes 613 of 888 blast furnaces in operation producing 4 760 000 tons of pig iron valued at 59 million dollars. It also mentions a Potomac water conduit project to supply Washington from Great Falls two miles above Georgetown and lists Democratic National Convention planning discussions with Ohio delegate options.
A McArthur township Democratic gathering at the court house nominated trustees assessors treasurers and constables for spring vacancies. The meeting adjourned then reconvened with Judge Craig as secretary and names including Hoffhines Swaim Hubbn Reynolds Gilman Dowd Hunter Gold were listed for several offices. The court proceedings for Vin ton County began with jury selections and continued cases, plus local election results for mayor and village officials.
President Johnson speaks against the act to reorganize ten rebel states, arguing the registration and disfranchisement provisions deny republican government. He warns martial law and military boards would undermine citizen rights, urging a return to constitutional processes. He cites loyalty criteria, universal suffrage limits, and the peril of disfranchising whites and blacks alike. He recalls war outcomes and calls for preserving federal constitutional guarantees. He hopes future reconstruction respects liberty and unity.
In August a girl named Miss Drummond, 11, from near West Monroe, disappeared. Weeks of search found nothing until a cave beneath a swamp yielded a cavern with a girl’s bones and a cache of eighty two dead snakes. Physicians ruled the remains female and likely killed by snakes while gathering berries near the spot. The discovery shocked the community and devastated her parents.
The account reports Maltry & Co preparing to blow up a Confederate vessel near Virginia. Four or five iron tanks would be filled with powder and ignited by a monitor, with torpedo water tanks designed to carry two to three hundred pounds of gunpowder.
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