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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1871
Page
3
The dwelling of Rav. Join Cawls in Hancock County West Virginia opposite Port Homer was destroyed by fire on Friday the 20th with contents burned. A chimney crevice caused the blaze and about one hundred dollars in the frame structure was damaged.
A three story corner block at Market and Water Streets by M Basler & Bro is described as a handsome new building intended for business rooms and a hotel. A separate Water Street liquor house proclaims a wide stock of imported liquors and a reputation tied to Basler ale, with calls inviting dealers and buyers for pure liquors.
The Yellow Creek Lead Mine Company certifies its capital stock at 60 000 pounds and files in the Secretary of State office in Columbus Ohio. The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Mailroad Company pays over nineteen thousand dollars to McKenney, per court damages for a saw mill fire years past. Fire losses rise, urging citizens and fire crews to safeguard machinery and keep facilities ready.
Saturday near noon Crebs, a young man, went to Union Street and raised a scene insulting a lady with a theater troupe staying at the house. A clerk struck him with a broom and Crebs cut the clerk with a knife. The clerk knocked Crebs down and expelled him after administering a lash. Attempts to arrest Crebs failed as townsfolk crowded. The writer notes similar conduct daily and praises the mayor for quick action.
Two Croas Creek men John Adame and Scott Mellona attempted a Christmas celebration using a block machine. The device exploded while they were making a new hole, injuring their hands and faces. They are recovering as doctors warn against risky experiments.
The session in Washington discusses bills to aid discharged soldiers and widows with homesteads, a tax on official salary applications, and funding act amendments. Debates cover San Domingo inquiries, mining bureau creation, and an exhibition plan for 1776.
Abstract of the debt statement showing total debt and interest. Principal totals 2 423 132 060 00 with cash in Treasury 2 832 067 7423 00. The report notes decreases from the past month and interest on bonds and railway obligations including Pacific lines.
Washington reports Senator Morton of Indiana may replace Secretary Fish in the State Department come March. Some current House officers seek re election in the 42nd Congress. Clerk McPherson and Door keeper Baxton have yet to secure fields, amid chatter of personnel shifts.
A crew largely drawn from the late flagship Delaware of the Asiatic squadron joins a new enterprise. They bring experience from the Asiatic squadron and their money is lined up ahead of the IIth. The article notes steady support from stores and broader backing.
Three conspirators arrested linked to Prim assassination amid Spain’s crisis. General Prim died from wounds received last Wednesday. King Amadeus arrived in Carthagena and took the oath, while the populace shows universal enthusiasm. The militia was disarmed after refusing to attend an inaugural review honoring the new king.
Early January 1 reports detail fires destroying the steamers Magenta Grand Era Julia A Rudolph and more. Losses run to hundreds of thousands with multiple insured sums and cargoes including ice sugar cotton and molasses. A second blaze in Mifflinburg buries seventy buildings in the town center with extensive property damage and unknown insurance.
A blaze in Sedalia Mo and St Louis destroys multiple properties. Kirksville Dry Goods and Law Pinkerton tools face heavy losses, with insured totals about 75 000. The Odd Fellows hall office of deputy U Assessor is burned, nothing saved. In Cincinnati a frame building owned by K A Ferguson housing Keysor and Binghamer incurs a 1000 loss.
The paddle wheel steamer Saginaw, 252 tons, two guns, left Eloudala four months ago for hydrographic work and to join the Darien exploration. Delayed in San Francisco for refit and voyage to the Islands of Daries, her absence affects Pacific expedition readiness. Officials had misnamed the Siriano frigate when reporting.
An 19th century advertisement promotes female specific cures, claiming cures for diseases of womanhood without internal examinations. It touts Drs. L. and T. L. Orpaune offering remedies via mail from 132 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, and lists marriage notices and local events in Mt Pleasant and Hopedale, with clergy names and dates December 27 through 29.
The Cincinnati Superior Court, Judge Taft, announced the opinion upholding the constitutionality of the act authorizing Cincinnati to issue bonds totaling a large sum for the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. The case, long debated since last summer, was submitted by agreement to obtain a court ruling and clear the path for bond issuance.
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