16 Apr 1884
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1884
Page
1
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Dr. Salmon of the Department of Agriculture reports findings on cattle illness in Kansas and Illinois. He dismisses contagious foot and mouth disease, attributing the outbreaks to ergotized feed containing wild rye, with cold weather and ice storms influencing case development. He notes no spontaneous outbreaks in American history and contrasts European contagion theories.
Long Branch residents react to a New Jersey measure allowing the Board of Tax Commissioners to raise seaside taxes two to four times. The bill has passed the lower house as property owners from Long Branch and coastal towns travel to Trenton to defeat it in the Senate. If possible, they will seek the governor's veto.
Washington April funeral of Hon. Wm. H. Hunt former Secretary of the Navy and late minister to Russia took place this afternoon from St. John’s P. E. Church. Large attendance of prominent figures including the President, Senators, judges, and Hon. T. L. James. Escort of marines and a battalion of the Second Artillery accompanied the procession to Oak Hill and burial with military honors.
Wasurscron April 8 The House Judiciary committee adopted Mr Mayburys adverse report on a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote. Mr Dorsheimer supported the report saying it is premature now but may be advisable later. Messrs Reede Brown Ind and E B Taylor D will submit a minority report.
Advices to the Department of Agriculture indicate wheat acreage sown is seven percent less than 1883. The crop condition is better than the same period last year but worse than December due to cold weather. The yield is estimated under the average, and winter wheat promises eighty two percent of the average.
Lorpon April 9. A detachment of cavalry arrived at Kidderminster amid a riot among artisans. Masters refuse concessions and the strike is feared to spread. An attempted sabotage at Stourport carpet works near Aberdeen noted.
New York April 8 Rev J P Newman pastor of Madison Avenue Congregational Church offered his resignation tonight. It was unanimously refused but later a protest by an opposing faction was voiced.
In New York on April 8 subscription books for the capital stock of the New York Cable Railway opened this morning and the limit set by the Rapid Transit Commission was filled within an hour.
The grand bronze statue of Martin Luther, weighing over three tons and eleven and a half feet tall, arrived in Baltimore for unveiling in May. It is a perfect facsimile of Luther’s figure from the Worms reformation group, cast in Saxony from the same original mold and foundry.
The will of Mrs. Ottendorfer wife of the Staats Zeitung editor grants generous gifts to all regular printers and employees of the paper. Her estate exceeds $3,000,000 with lavish bequests noted for staff.
WashmerTon April 8 reports after April 15 the Central Pacific Railroad will run a fast mail train from Ogden to San Francisco in thirty nine hours, shortening New York to the Pacific by one day.
Street car conductors in Prrrssure, Pennsylvania have formed a secret protective association and plan a citywide strike seeking a 15 percent wage rise. The move follows mounting tensions and labor disputes affecting transit services.
A messenger from Khartoum arrives at Berber. affairs are dire as General Gordon confronts mutiny by irregular troops. Rebels lose men and horses in late March engagements while Khartoum markets stay stocked and the Mahdi’s guns reach Khartoum.
Philadelphia reports Captain Willbank's account from the Panama Canal showing five thousand laborers dying in three months while fifteen thousand workers, mainly blacks from Jamaica and the French West Indies, toil under dangerous conditions. He notes high pay attracts men despite deadly risks and predicts two thirds may not survive the next year.
Information from Madrid says officials doubt Foster went to Washington for a Cuba purchase treaty. They do not expect the United States to enter disputes over Cuba or broker a sale. Aguero’s departure from Key West hints Spanish insurrection strength, but US friendship remains firm and Europe unlikely to intervene.
In Youncestown Ohio on April 9 William Wells leads a large gypsy camp east of the city. His daughter Amelia, eighteen, eloped with William Stanley a renowned Ohio horse jockey. They were pursued but disappeared at dawn, and are believed to be married and eluding capture.
In Prrissvune on April 9 an important meeting of the Western Nail Association decided to form a pool with managers having control over the trade. Prices will be regulated and product restricted under the plan. A follow up meeting is scheduled for tomorrow to finalize preliminaries amid light stocks and plentiful orders while card rates stay unchanged.
Bank Examiner investigates the books of the First National Bank amid rumors of a cashier default ranging from 300000 to 500000 dollars. Depositors fear losing most of their savings while concerns about falsified records circulate, highlighting many poor depositors with nothing to show.
Le Monde reports five French missionaries and thirty catechists were massacred at Thanhoa in Tonquin on April 9. The clerical newspaper notes the massacre occurred amid ongoing colonial tensions and Christian missions in Tonkin.
The Adams Express office at Allegheny City was burglarized early today. Thieves took about $1,000 worth of package contents and tried to blow open the safe but were interrupted by the watchman who scared them away.
In Lycxasure Virginia on April 9 experienced miners opened the Pocahontas coal mine entrances. A fan will be in operation tomorrow and several bodies were seen upon opening the shaft. An order has been sent for thirty six coffins as recovery begins.
Report from London states an overnight attempt to blow up the Fort George magazine near Inverness with dynamite. The raiders fled by boat after a sentry bayoneted one assailant, with no further injuries reported.
One half of Mandalay, the capital of Burma with about 90 000 residents, has been burned according to reports from London dated April 9.
The April report shows winter wheat area at about 27.6 million acres, with 26.4 million to be harvested after 5-6 percent plowed under. Condition averages 95 to 100, near full stand, amid regional gains on the Pacific Coast and in the South. Rye acreage nearly unchanged, with 99 percent planted and 97 percent condition. The bulletin notes farm animal losses, breeding improvements, and state-by-state figures, with Alabama reporting some winterkill and several regions facing wet or low areas.
Mrs Ursury of near Stewardson Illinois after a quarrel tried to frighten her husband by wearing kerosene soaked clothes. She set fire to her garments, fled to a ditch, and died after lingering in agony. Her husband tore off the burning clothes but could not save her. She leaves a large family of children.
A letter to Sheikh Morghani dated April 9 says he will meet with several Sheikhs two hours from Suakim on April 18 to discuss potential understandings with Egyptian and British authorities. A later April 10 dispatch quotes General Gordon urging evacuation if relief is not forthcoming. England plans to subsidize Ayoub Khan and his followers detained at Meshed at England's request.
In Niagara Falls Ontario on April 10 Thomas Vedder and N R Pierson brothers in law drove to Goat Island. Piersons body was found on Luna Island shot through the head. Vedder disappeared after his clothes were found on the ice. It is believed Vedder killed Pierson then leaped into the rapids. Both men were respectable citizens of Suspension Bridge New York.
In Lafayette Indiana on April 10 two twelve year old boys Boelson and Berryhill ran away with money from an aunt. They claim in a letter to have found work on a steamboat and plan to go to Florida after buying a cheap pistol and a few cartridges.
Huntington Pa April 10 Daniel Hawn aged eighty four died yesterday. He had been insane sixty years and kept in solitary confinement in a room of the house where five brothers lived unmarried. No intercourse with others allowed during his long captivity. Two brothers survive and own 900 acres in Juniata Township.
An aged couple named Fleetwood were found in their beds with their throats cut near Raridan Coles County. The motive is unknown though robbery is suspected. No suspects have been located as dawn reveals the atrocity.
An elderly man visited a prominent agency and claimed his policy needed renewal. The clerk joked that the paper had run out and, with a sly glance, returned it noting they were not taking such risks, revealing the paper was his marriage certificate.
A New York News note claims all coast inlets along the Jersey shore migrate southward, with land washed away on the south side and new land formed on the north side in corresponding measure.
London reports John Daly alias Denman, an American, arrested at Birkenhead Station with three bombs and nitro glycerine bottles. Accomplice Jas Egan, ex-Wolverhampton Land League secretary, detained in Birmingham for explosives in his home. Police probe includes Daly’s diary line about a cough mixture as dynamite.
Washieton April 11 Representative Warner reported from the Committee on Pensions Bounty and Back Pay a bill granting pensions to any service member with three months service and honorable discharge disabled by a wound injury or disease believed to originate in the service. Depend ent parents must show with competent evidence they have no other means of support.
Buffalo gamblers in Burrato expect indictments as the grand jury session opens. Reports say leading gamblers tried to corrupt jurors. Judge Daniels warned the panel of penalties for such acts and for jurors who fail to report corruption. The jury later returned with a list of those who attempted tampering, signaling forthcoming arrests.
In Scranton on April 11 Mrs Charlotte Sweet aged 76 living with son in law Theo F Hunt wealthy merchant fell from a porch and died within half an hour. Coroner Dean held an inquiry this afternoon and evidence supports a suggestion that grandson James B Hunt, a dissipated man, instigated the incident. Mrs Sweet's will leaves $1 000 to young Hunt, a detail that has stirred much commotion.
At Blair's brick yard in Pittsburgh eight men were digging sand when a hillside bank caved in this morning. Samuel Reelin, 21, and M. Sheared, 19, were buried under several tons of earth. Rescue efforts arrived an hour later to learn both men had died from likely instantaneous crushing.
News comes from Wheeling on April 11 of a jail delivery at Glenville West Virginia. Prisoners escaped after breaking through a rickety jail with help from outside. Five broke free including noted murderers Nate Thompson Jim Clayton and Milliard Thompson. A large posse pursues the fugitives.
A party dressed as policemen forced the mill proprietor to hand over more than 40,000 florins in money and securities under a pretended warrant alleging socialism and forgery of State papers. They locked mill inmates in a room and departed.
Evrava Inp. Trev. April 11 reports Checate and Speckee, Creek delegates to Washington under Perrysmen administration, will abide by the Interior decision and urge supporters to do so, marking a settlement of the Creek troubles.
Atlanta dated report states George Hill and Jerry Marshal were executed by hanging in Cherokee County for brutal crimes. Hill allegedly decapitated a fellow worker with an axe and Marshal killed his three year old child.
TheWeek's Failures reports 175 business failures in the United States and 39 in Canada for the past week, compared with 212 failures in the prior week. Includes national context and brief trend note on insolvencies across the two countries.
Thomas Potter and James Henry, longtime workmates on the Waddell House project in Cleveland, saved each other from a deadly fall years ago. They remained devoted friends, prophesying that one would outlive the other. Both died within five weeks of each other, recent reports note.
Fort Ross California with about fifty to one hundred residents has had no deaths in thirty years while Cedar Keys Florida with around three thousand people recorded three deaths last year according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
A Hartford Post item notes that only nine major American circuses will tour the country next season, but the writer argues circuses remain strong attractions and can stir trouble or mischief among local youths. The piece carries a lively, opinionated tone typical of a short newspaper column.
The record chronicles Senate and House activity from April 8 to April 11. It notes bills introduced, referred, and passed on topics including treasury deposits for money orders, court terms in the District of Columbia, bridges over the Rio Grande and Mississippi at St. Louis, and a uniform bankruptcy system. It also covers postal telegraph proposals, boundary commissions for Indian Territory and Texas, governors of Territories residency, and various appropriations and pension measures. Names such as Eagle Pass Piedras Negras Laredo Neuvo Laredo and multiple committees appear, with actions including executive sessions and adjournments.
Ohio Senate and House action includes bonds for Miami County courthouse in Troy, new election precincts in Lindsey and Clay Township, turnpike road in Adams County, bonds for Akron schools, fund transfers in several counties, and mining district bill. Adjourned dates and multiple local measures noted.
New York April 11 Mrs Egbert lessee of the East End Hotel Rockaway L I was badly bitten and mauled by a blood hound while inspecting hotel grounds for possession. Her left arm was severely gashed and amputation was required. Her survival is in doubt.
Berlin dispatch notes the Emperor growing feebler with a royal physician in constant attendance for two nights. The report stops short of declaring imminent danger while confirming serious health concerns in the imperial household.
A property man ill with stomach issues visits a renowned doctor who promises cure if he follows advice. The doctor urges theft of a horse to lead to arrest and a disciplined Diet that restores health. A second note recalls a 16 year old who left for London to become famous, now a dentist in Bermondsey.
Lord Shaftsbury stated in a recent speech that much of London’s better behavior stems from increased female involvement in charity work and public service, highlighting a social shift toward more practical civic engagement.
Miscellaneous notes reveal ten year old Andrew Hull, linked to previous Cincinnati wanderings, has stolen a horse from a colored man named David Johnson in Van Wert and is being pursued by authorities. Also recounts his near drownings amid high water and prior excitement in Van Wert.
A verse recounts Sir Henry Watterson as a fiery political marshal, waging war against Randallites and Carlisleites. The speaker, a Revenue Only advocate, battles in mock combat, praising Watterson’s rhetoric and grit while noting his wounds and eventual retreat from the field. The piece closes with a jaunty NY Sun attribution.
The piece argues the Democratic party shows lack of fixed tariff principles, contrasting it with Republicans who have clear, consistent goals. It traces the party’s shift from historic protectionist leaders to current instability, while praising the GOP’s steady stance and proven results in tariff policy.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat argues that even if Democrats were morally upright, they lack the prudence to tackle the country’s financial and industrial problems. The paper contends that a party needing riot act tactics to define its tariff stance will not win public trust.
The Detroit Post and Tribune notes a sharp Democratic split over the Morrison Tariff bill. A Washington dispatch warns passage would cost states like New York and Ohio, risking the White House and Congress. If adopted, Democrats fracture between protection and free trade wings, endangering the party’s presidential hopes.
The National Republican argues the upcoming Democratic caucus will fail to satisfy all camps. It asserts Mr Randall controls the situation with strong support and opposes tariff agitation, suggesting Pennsylvania backing may boost his presidential prospects. The piece casts the caucus as decisive for his fortunes and tariff stance.
A playful critique by Detroit Post and Tribune describing a farmer and his lamb as a symbol of free trade pressure in Washington. The caucus, Carlisle, Morrison, and the Speaker react as the lamb’s presence unsettles the room and the session adjourns. The piece imagines the lamb’s next howl at Chicago.
An Italian pedestrian walked from Caserta to Naples in one hour and fourteen minutes, a feat rivaling the railroad’s hour-long distance. He plans to sail to America soon, per the Indianapolis Journal.
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