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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1872
Page
3
Several town items and notices from Logan, Madison and Vin ton counties plus railroad plans and stock sales. Mentions a Tabernacle meeting in Logan, a new drug store, road and rail discussions, agricultural society events, and a proposed Moiga Co Jackson and Cincinnati Railroad with listed incorporators.
The case details a claim about $140 for digging a well and an ensuing trial. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff for unpaid amounts and costs, with a verdict indicating damages and related proceedings. Names of witnesses, attorneys, and local residents appear, along with references to appeals and a liquor law context.
For Ayer's Medicines, go to G. W. Sisson's. The Champlin Mowing Machine is featured for sale at the Tinyear Stone at Rinkiniond nn Mn. Notices cover wheeling of goods and a grand opening at the store, with plans for a meeting of citizens to welcome press members. Also reports on steam milling, book orders, and preparations for a territorial convention. The Athens Messenger notes track-laying progress on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad with heavy labor and miles completed.
Tax corps of engineers report progress on a preliminary survey of the Vormora and Mineral Railroad between Ciclevits and Cornelius Karnes residence on the G McA C railroad. Chief Engineer George Morton and team note the route is about 22 miles from Cirelovilla to Bloomingville with easy grades not exceeding thirty feet per mile. They visit coal mines near McArthur and debunk false reports about coal in Vinton county while promoting Missouri Pacific as the preferred line to the West.
A mixed fragment urges emigration to the southwest via the Atlantic and Pacific line, praising northern benefits and offering transport. It also critiqued Grant administration and Radical press, denouncing executive power and Civil War era political clashes with Copperheads and Republicans.
T Guesina moved his drug shop and assorted goods to Will's New Building on Main Street, joining Gilman Ward & Co. He promises a superior room and new stock including drugs medicines oils paints and wines at reasonable prices. Visitors are invited to inspect the new store, said to be the finest in Southern Ohio.
An 19th century blemished OCR passage discusses the Burlington Route and its Westward connections to Omaha Lincoln and St. Joseph Kansas City, urging thorough advertising. It contrasts liberal Republican papers with Democratic critiques, calling the party hypocritical and the Republican collar a trap for honest reformers.
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