09 Jun 1877
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Times
Location
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1877
Page
1
A terse observer notes a bright sun over a green field soon to witness bloodshed as distant drums demand surrender. The scene hints at a coming conflict with both sides urging strength while a tragic fate awaits.
A Portsmouth reader describes a two day trip up the Kanawha to Coalsburg, noting a near-shipwreck at Witcher Shoals and praise for pilot Chas Witcher. They advise Portsmouth friends to hire him for future coasting trips and recount delays, snags, and the crew's rough scramble to recover. Brownstown, W. Va., May 30.
Local items include John House leaving Sciotoville to teach in Sciotoville, Miss Kate Grimes returning home, and plans for a M E Chapel concert. Amelia Westwood dies aged fourteen. a dance fight leads to arrests. praise for a polite post office habit. Political commentary condemns Hayes policy and Southern politics while reporting community events and a legal settlement in a Chaaffin's Mills suit.
M S Storer prepares for the West and H G Thomas for Chatta n Tenn next Monday. A Sunday school Flower Festival and Concert at the M E Chapel featured a cross of evergreens, verses recited by scholars, bouquets offered at its base, performances by Mrs. H Westwood, Miss Laura Yost, and Tom J Marshal as organist.
A Duck Run correspondent reports on local life in June 1877. He notes clear ice and brisk pike navigation, dry weather hurting crops especially oats, and good health with humor about physicians. Merchants Barter and others in bark trade prosper, while political talk favors Colonel Vance. The Fourth of July plans and local Stand at Joseph Henry’s are mentioned.
Farmers complain corn stands poorly with some replanted fields and late plantings awaiting rain. The railroad fever grows as stock subscriptions rise. A son of Abbot Newland of Galena died last week after years of illness with worms exiting his body. David Alexander, son of Esquire Alexander, died of lung disease. B F Wamsley teaches singing at Otway and sees a May Sabbath School gathering at Wamsleyville ending in a marriage between Riley Spence and Alice Trich with Rev Jesse Wamsley officiating.
Horror Times As correspondents report Harrisonville remains busy amid dry weather. Edward Neary of this township was badly kicked in the face, breaking the upper jaw and knocking out several teeth. Henry Brown, back from Lebanon Ohio, returns home with rheumatism. O M Coburn has been dangerously ill but is improving. W H McCurdy and family and Mrs. Mart Downey and family visit friends in Pike county. Sam Violet of Pike county spent time with John M. The M E Sabbath school organized by Rev S Bateman.
Officers named W. McCardy Superintendent Miss Cynthia Martin Assistant Julia S Crull Treasurer J C Clark Nathaniel Cral Librarian. school taught by C B Harrison closed last Wednesday. a spelling match featured Alma Daniels and Henry Jenkins. thanks to Mr R H Dodds for mule handling. noting a large attendance and orderly conduct.
Wacar, oats, and barley look strong in Clay with fruit prospects. Pleasant Valley suits picnics. hog disease subsiding. Updates on residents Will Klots, Gilbert Stewart, and John McElrath. Local transport, rail work, and new dairies noted amid small-town events and a Danube war brief.
A sprawling miscellany reports the Church of England revenue at about £7,000,000 and Boston clerics amid irregular services. Jests, quotes, and social notes touch on politics, births, and marriages, with jokes about monks, plums, and a cremation view of Arizona Indians.
A rural column from Sciotoville reports weather quirks for crops oats and cherries with rainfall and frosts harming early fruit while a promising grape harvest looms. It notes a new Scioto Chapel preacher, a quarterly meeting at Kettle's, and asks about summer picnic posters amid social chatter and stray anecdotes.
In Boston a mother overhears her son softly singing I need thee every hour as she recalls the previous evening's sermon on closet devotions at the Tabernacle. She sees him hum the hymn and tests a jar with his finger, while devotion unfolds amid groans of repentance.
A distressed Lord Erskine speaks of his duty to his children when bread is scarce and labor ends. He remains upheld by confidence in Providence and the promise of a future greater than all mankind, despite being worn by necessity.
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