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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1870
Page
3
A bustling column reports winter weather, sleighing, and river ice in Mtontonville with mentions of streets lit and lamps reinforced. It notes steam works starting soon, public balls, and New Year advertising plans, alongside local crimes and incidents, including a dramatic shooting event in Pittsburgh area.
A rough Saturday incident at Cor-Saturday saloon left Adam Bair with a deep head wound from a beer jug in a scuffle with a young man named Mariir. Sunspot observations described as large enough to see with naked eye, with one moving westward in November. A horse chase on Market Street caused a cart to collide, injuring a hind leg of the horse and damaging a wagon. wagon doctors called. Also notes resignation of Rev. F J Collier from Centre Church after seven years, with sympathy from the congregation and Presbytery of Pittsburgh.
H. K. Reynolds and Lewis Anderson announce the purchase of the planing mill and stock from George D. McKenney. They prepare to supply flooring sidings window sash mouldings brackets and related mill products and invite public patronage at the old site.
Danbar’s showcases fine holiday jewelry while Schafer & Brother expand instruments stock at No 101 North Third Street. Glendenning in Toyland offers a vast holiday toy collection at Fourth Street News Depot. Canton F. Annels and JH. Hawes & Co. promote novelty goods and attractive prices for the season.
A family of Sir Joe Fisher and wife and their 72 descendants united at the Fisher residence for Christmas. The gathering included greetings hymns prayers and a formal exchange of gifts. Eldest son addressed the parents and each member received affectionate notes and presents before departing to their homes. News notes a health ad warning about consumption and a medicinal Balsam advertised.
In early December 1943 a postal scene shows stamps affixed to a document and placed in a mail bag. The note hints at routine dispatch activity and everyday mail handling during wartime.
An Indiana segment notes James Ball’s career shift to Western Division of the Pen Handls Railroad with Logansport shops, a Dubious regional case in Nhemnaboa with Dr Vappan testifying, and local clerical matters from Hast Liverpool to Monroeville. It also covers lead discoveries near Hammondamile, a Hilliard Cup match in New York, and international posts on France Britain and Russia with broader shipping and finance items.
A Jefferson Iron Works laborer was seriously injured yesterday when part of a roof or passage collapsed. The name could not be learned.
A drunken mob assaulted Richard Davis, a quiet artist, with knuckles and clubs after being asked to leave his shop for boisterous talk. Davis filed charges, and Cobbs Norris Brown and others were jailed. Also notice of farm sale: the Jor H Cope farm, 200 acres near Smithfield, with stock and orchard, to be sold Friday January 13th.
The New York Tribune notes a tougher fall for the dry goods trade with many firms planning year start changes. Several prominent merchants may retire and new houses form as business plans shift amid diminishing extravagance and rising bad debts.
We urge readers to consider a piano cabinet or portable organ as a joyful holiday present and call at Schafer & Bro's Music store No 104 North Third St, Dongyherty's block for purchases before January 1, 1871.
Advertisement style copy lists mixed and striped fabrics at Hawkins Co and J Hawkins Co. Remnant Counter bargains. Promotes perfumery at Ridgley’s Drug Store, Simpson’s shop and magazine subscriptions. Mentions styles, organ products, dress goods for children and various brands.
The piece notes ongoing disputes over the Georgia Senatorship with claims that the 1868 election by a possibly invalid Legislature was illegal. It references Republicans Till and Miller, and debates about the 1860 act and postwar legitimacy amid broader commentary on British and American diplomacy and wartime events.
In Alcorn county two Nicholls brothers clashed wounding Dr. Er. M. Nicholls while Kr. Shope was killed by W. Nicholls who was arrested. In Lauderdale county a negro named Jeff killed Gabe City tun after a dispute over cotton shares. Jeff was lynched by masked men as he was being escorted to jail.
Robert Alexander wan nee by James McKersham on Saturday at Astroshore Kentucky. Milerstain resisted officers and was shot several times, all dangerously wounded. Samuel Reed, oldest member of the Masonic body in the West, died yesterday in Covington.
Fire at the brick block in the city known as the officers quadera caused by commander Whiebaldt of the 20th Battalion. Families of several officers fled as flames consumed the building. Loss estimated at $50,000.
Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University, Ebridge Jefferson Cather Cutler, died recently after a prolonged illness. The report notes his long confinement and his carriage accident with a guard in New York, detailing injuries and the aftermath, including hospital care and inquiries into the incident.
The document lists delinquent taxes on lands and lots, detailing amounts owed and owners. It references the county treasurer and legal procedures for sale, including parcels, charges, and notices.
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