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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1873
Page
2
Reports note a mastodon skeleton unearthed near Sissonville in Kanawha County West Virginia. The item appears in a late 19th century paper with regional weather notes and legislative commentary on Ohio law and industry.
Radical lawmakers push to repeal the measure from last winter that allowed prosecuting attorneys to attend grand jury sessions. The battle over criminal case legislation continues as officials argue about the use of public funds and legislative control.
Report says Paymaster Hodge, who stole about half a million from the Government and was pardoned from the penitentiary by Grant, attended church in Washington Sunday before last. After service he was greeted by many friends who express belief he will resist temptation henceforth.
The Columbus Dispatch notes the proprietors bill of the Fifth Avenue hotel for President Grant’s party on Mr Greeley’s funeral day. It suggests the wine was whisky and argues the drinkers should have paid their own bills. Thief Tweed is under arrest with many indictments for similar robberies in New York.
A New York jury convicts Stokes of first degree murder on January 4 1878 with the judge imposing death sentence for January 6 of the following year. The case recalls Stokes firing on Jim Fisk Jr at the Central Hotel in 1872.
Local dispute centers on a half bushel measure alleged to be in a county office room. Editor Raven is accused of political bias as his term approaches, while residents defend Beronp as a capable auditor and dismiss the accusations as thin and self serving balderdash.
Week before last Professor M. R. Barnes superintendent of our Union Schools was summoned from Lancaster Ohio to visit his aging father who died shortly after. His mother lay ill and died Monday after his arrival. On Tuesday he was summoned home by telegram to his sick oldest child.
The notice states land sales for delinquent taxes will occur next Tuesday. The advertisement provides details and is published in the usual legal public notice section for property delinquency auctions.
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