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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1884
Page
1
A digest of diverse 1796 era curiosities includes monetary values for a walf-cent, Scottish deer parks, tobacco bag collecting, and a Brooktyx woman selling washing. It notes legal disputes, fashion shifts, rail expansion, public health bans, employment stats, royal travel plans, education trends, and other assorted items across cities in the US and Europe.
General Superintendent reports 439 disasters in the year with property valued at 10 607 940 and 4 412 people saved. Across years totals show 23 217 involved with 22 771 saved and 446 lost, noting Huron and Metropolis wrecks excluded. The service attributes efficiency to non political staffing and strict qualification standards.
A Virginia preacher reports a severe unknown illness sweeping Wise Lee Dickinson and Buchanan Counties. Thirty cases along Guest's River in Wise County, with a father and six children among those dying. Many die for lack of care as business halts and six are buried in a single day. Percentages and milder forms appear in some areas as over 175 Wise citizens have perished. The plea calls for nurses medicines and physician committees to diagnose and halt the march.
The Comptroller of the Currency reports for the year ending November 1, 1884 that 191 banks were organized with total capital of 16,042,230 and notes issued totaling 3,866,230. Banks are spread across Eastern Middle Southern Western Pacific and Territories with varying capitals. Since 1863 there have been 3,261 National banks formed, 2,671 in existence November 1, 1884, the peak for active banks, while eleven banks with 1,285,000 capital failed and were placed under receivers.
From St Louis comes word that a new company with headquarters at Emporia is forming to establish settlements in Oklahoma. Five hundred invaders are expected at Hunnewell, a border town on the Kansas Indian Territory line, within a week. Indians are reportedly disturbed by the territory’s unsettled state and have begun depredations on whites under legal sanction. A cattle man, C. C. Addington, saw his dwelling, barns, granaries and winter feed destroyed by Indian militia, and another militia party killed two white men in the same area without provocation.
In Fort Puan New York November 25 Kate Smulger shows little change after 258 days without food though her body tremors persist and she appears bloated rather than emaciated. Her mother cares for her at all hours and she last tasted food on March 11. Katie speaks softly, lacks appetite, but believes she will recover.
Florence November 25 Mike Navin a miner and Solomon Felch a saloon keeper and homesteader both of Florence county have been lost in heavy snow for five days. One hundred men have been searching for Navin and tracking Felch. They started for a hunt separately and weather is bitterly cold with storms. It is feared both are dead.
General Miguel Guadia a Costa Rican commissioner to the World's Industrial Exposition, died suddenly aboard the steamer City of Merida near New Orleans. He had just arranged Costa Rica’s exhibit and departed by the Merida when a shout from his state-room revealed he was dead. The ship returned to New Orleans with the body, handed to expo managers.
Judge Barrett in New York Supreme Court Chamber rules Becky Jones cannot be released on a writ of certiorari. She has been confined at Ludlow Street Jail since May 19 for contempt of court after refusing to answer questions in the Louis C. Hamersly will contest before Surrogate Rollins.
In McKeesport Pennsylvania on November 26 a seventeen year old named Kennedy and his sixteen year old cousin were walking beside the Baltimore and Ohio tracks near Demmler Station when a locomotive rounded the curve. They were struck and hurled twenty five feet. The young lady died instantly and Kennedy died soon after.
The steamer Perseo is out of Argentine jurisdiction after reports it served as a hospital at Genoa where cholera deaths occurred. Several more ships from infected ports carrying about two thousand emigrants are expected but will be barred from landing. Matteo Bruzzo passengers able to reach Genoa may be repatriated at Argentine government expense.
Joseph Quinolle former proprietor of Restaurant Francaise Toronto and later hotel keeper at Garanoque Ontario, recently came to the city, went to St Michael's Cemetery, exhumed his child's body and cut off the hand, presenting it to his wife. He then fled with a girl of bad character, clearly insane.
In Montgomery County on Monday evening Julius Robb a prominent farmer was killed when a meteor struck him through a tall tree passing obliquely through his body. The iron pyrites meteor the size of a large teacup was later recovered from the ground.
U S grand jury returned fifteen indictments for fraud in Otoc Indian land sales in December 1883. Forty thousand acres were sold at public auction with bids on record lower than actual bids. A land ring involving several prominent persons manipulated the sale. Indians were defrauded of about $20 000.
A warrant is issued in New York at the request of L. P. Haver for the arrest of George Jones, proprietor of the New York Times, on a charge of malicious libel accusing Thompson's Bank Vote Reporter of being a blackmailing sheet.
One hundred sixty Italian laborers who were not paid by the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad contractors mobbed new workers as the company attempted to resume operations. A riot followed and a Sheriff's posse was summoned to restore order.
In Reading Pennsylvania the owners of two skating rinks ban colored patrons from floor admission. Local colored citizens vow to challenge the policy in court under the Civil Rights bill.
In Vienna on November 25 investigators found an iron safe at the late Duke of Brunswick's Heitzing villa that was bequeathed to the Duke of Cumberland. Contrary to expectations the safe contained coin and paper money totaling about 500000 dollars.
In Bellowsville Pennsylvania on Monday night six armed burglars entered the Young home. They bound and gagged Geo. Young his wife her parents their child and a visitor Mrs Chambers. They ransacked the house cooked a meal and then robbed the family of about $1000 before leaving for another nearby house. No arrests reported.
Paris reports the city returning to normal life after the cholera outbreak. Officials estimate total deaths will reach 866, with a few cases still appearing in the dirtiest wards.
The Museum purchased Durer's portrait of Jerome Holzschuler from the Holzschuler family on November 25. The acquisition adds a significant example of early northern Renaissance portraiture to the collection.
In BuENOS AYRES on November 27 the Malta carrying about one thousand emigrants from Genoa was refused port entry. The port opens only to steamers leaving Genoa after the 19th. It is believed agents of refused ships will transship at Cape Verde, Matteo Bruzzo set to be first to exploit this plan.
In Kings County Penitentiary, burglars looted the Bay State Shoe and Leather Company safe, stealing $3,000. The November 27 report notes the audacious break in at the facility cited as the source of the loss.
The annual Treasury report shows net revenues for 1884 fell short of 1883 by 49.8 million dollars. Customs and internal revenue dropped while sales of public lands rose, yielding a net reduction in surplus debt reduction to 104.4 million. Expenditures fell in War, Interior, and debt interest, with rises in civil and Navy spending. Asset totals increased, gold and silver holdings rose, but the reserve declined. Silver certificates outstanding rose to 97.5 million, and standard silver dollars coinage reached 182.4 million with 39.8 million in currency. The total coinage circulated was about 21.8 percent of the issue.
Captain David L. Payne, renowned Oklahoma boomers leader, collapsed at Hotel de Barnard in Wellington during breakfast after a breakfast meeting. He seemed in robust health minutes earlier and died instantly, sending sorrow through his co workers and followers as efforts began to relocate plans toward Indian Territory.
London reports from Vanity Fair cite private letters from Indian officials warning of dangerous conditions in India. Natives are described as highly agitated against England as foreign emissaries try to incite strife. High command asks for authority to form refugee camps for women and children as a precaution. The government is on the eve of a great trial.
James C. Pusey, chief clerk at Leavenworth Kansas State Penitentiary, is missing under accusation of defrauding the state of about 73000 with false vouchers. An audit may reveal more defalcations. Pusey, once with Missouri Pacific Railroad in St. Louis, is believed to have fled toward Old Mexico.
In Lewes Delaware on November 28 the accounts of Bertrand and Hansen, survivor-pilot and seaman rescued by the schooner Emma T Angell, converge on Swanson having been eaten after death. Bertrand denies eating. Hansen admits eating portions and suspects Bertrand also participated.
Syracuse November 28 Norris Eaton a Manlius farmer shot at a black spot in a straw stack and killed an unknown man hidden there after skunk raids on his farm. The authorities are investigating the incident as a possible self defense or fatal pursuit turning into a homicide.
From Vandalia Illinois on November 28 it is cited that Nancy Miller a widow living south of here in ill health and destitution yesterday poisoned herself and two children all three dying as a result.
In the English Channel the bark Lake Bruce collided with the steamer Durango near London. The Durango sank and twenty people are reported drowned.
The Week's Failures lists 222 in the United States and 27 in Canada, totaling 249 over the last seven days. This marks a decrease of 28 compared with the prior week.
Geneva reports several violent earthquake shocks felt last night. A Lambertville man lent a tramp old pantaloons and received a five dollar note found in a pocket. he later gave a silver dollar, then learned the bill was counterfeit and grew angry. Various brief notes follow on savings, tobacco, silver usage, patents, and Kit Carson memorial.
Trades Assembly asks Governor Hoadly to remove Pinkerton Guards from the Hocking Valley amid alleged depredations by the guards. Multiple local incidents reported including Edward Larcos killed by a cannon discharge at a Democratic gathering. A convict escaped from Ohio Penitentiary by scaling a tin-stitched wall. An elevator accident at Cleveland City Hall left a passenger hanging, then rescued unharmed. Treasurer's report details state finances, receipts, disbursements, and debts. Petitions seek shifting state election to November, signed by notable officials. Jewelry theft in Youngstown and multiple local fatalities and accidents across the state. Cholera devastates Madison County hogs. diphtheria rises in Mansfield. Toledo fire at Brush Electric works. robberies in Doylestown.
At Augusta Maine Blaine delivers a grand oration confessing loss of national contest. He denounces Southern dominance and negro suffrage, warns of double white political power, and argues for equality of citizens and a national settlement to restore balance. He praises Maine Pennsylvania New England and Union loyalists while criticizing Democratic return to power.
The Sitka climate is cool and moist with heavy rainfall but rare ice. It features the Kuroshio current bringing fogs, coastal sights, and tropical hints like long seaweeds and sponges. Journal excerpts note ships’ hulls rotted by teredo borers and aging wharves, alongside various light, humorous clippings from multiple papers.
A Harper’s Weekly note and a Chicago Tribune remark outline a fringe view that the moon’s tidal forces are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening the day toward 28 hours, drying and scorching the planet, and transforming it into a barren wilderness. The piece cites speculative ideas about lunar history and a polar sea edge near the pole.
Classified notice states rates for legal and transient advertisements at one dollar per square for ten lines, fifty cents for each additional insertion. A yearly liberal reduction is offered. Business cards five six lines cost six dollars per year.
A vivid tale from American Field describes a Ceylon elephant encounter with a hunter and companion. After a faulty percussion cap nearly sank the shot, the hunter steadies, reloads, and fires at close range, felling the charging Jumbo. The narrative honors nerve and coolness under danger.
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