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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1873
Page
2
The notice outlines a 2 dollar yearly subscription with name registration and a mailed receipt. It mentions specimen copies, then quotes Ben Butler on press slander, discusses March weather clichés, Boutwell’s resignation as Treasury Secretary, and an exchange remark on young women and housework. It notes the South Bend Register has grown in size under editor Beal.
The act of January 30 1873 extending the 1869 law limits tax collection for counties or townships that have invested in railroads. It requires the railroad to spend an amount equal to the local appropriation for construction before taxes are collected, a provision Vigo Circuit Court ruled unconstitutional as impairing contract obligations.
The piece notes Gen. Grant praising ex Vice President Schuyler Colfax and details mixed reactions from papers including Louisville Courier Journal and Chicago outlets. It highlights the Cincinnati Commercial criticizing Colfax for asserting a lawmakers right to buy Credit Mobilier stock as he understood it in 1868.
A dispatch from Omaha reports that the Patteen great Gift Enterprise is denounced as a fraud by the city council. The Os SERVER, along with a couple of other papers, has branded it fraudulent. The paper notes a shift in votes on the railroad question and endorses temperance, pledging to align with what it sees as the right.
The piece notes a debate over Credit Mobilier stock gifts and congressional ethics. Speaker Blaine issues a ruling allowing lawmakers to vote on general measures while abstaining from votes affecting narrow interests, such as stock holdings, seen as a sensible solution to the dilemma.
The Cincinnati Haggutter argues Michigan has abolished the death penalty and imprisons sixty murderers for life. It suggests Michigan punishes murder more surely than Ohio and condemns public executions, favoring imprisonment over capital punishment to save society.
The Laporte Argus argues a new temperance law will close two thirds of local saloons by eliminating unfit operators. It says the law will push the trade toward respectable, responsible parties who have popularity and financial backing to obtain bondsmen and defend against lawsuits.
Mr. Jaquith of Kansas, a cotton machinery buyer, visits Jonesville Mich and praises a near finished cotton mill. Superintendent J M Mumford runs a 150 hp steam engine from Providence R I, and predicts good profits for stockholders with strong management. He wonders why Elkhart, with ample water power, cannot rival New England mills.
A room full of spectators witnessed ether anesthesia on a large yellow cat staged by Dr. Miles and Miss Ella Lighthall. The display showed lungs and a beating heart, with the diaphragm’s motion under a dissecting operation, promoting anti corset sentiment and a call to natural living.
Reports note Elyria Ohio and Two Rivers Wisconsin fires with losses totaling 200000 and 100000 respectively. German forces plan to evacuate French locations by September 5. Dr William A Hammond deems George Francis Train insane. Washington considers creating a Mexican State with San Luis as capital. Bishop Charles P McIlvaine of Ohio dies in Florence Italy aged nearly 75. Born Burlington New Jersey 1798. He taught ethics and history at West Point after Princeton.
Condensed items report Kokomo boy’s remark on matches and a female billiardist in New Carlisle. Indiana Press Association delegates meet in Indianapolis and plan for the next general session. A Wyandotte Cave visit is under consideration. Hon H B Sayler returns from Washington as new Congressman with no near session planned. Kosciusko Marshall Fulton districts merge under the 33rd Common Pleas Court restructuring. E V Long of this city seeks the new judgeship with some prospects.
The committee proposes no action and the report stops short of exonerating Senator Pomeroy. York admits lying in his denunciatory speech while claiming Pomeroy’s money came with weak motive. Simpson shows bribery in Pomeroy’s interest but cannot tie the crime to him. The unanimity of no action implies no whitewashing.
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