Lottery of the Law Names Jurors Drawn From Township Lists
A published list details juror selections for upcoming sessions through November. Township trustees and ward councils have chosen eligible voters who have not served in two years, with names from Batavia Jackson Franklin Goshen Miami Monroe Ohio and other townships. The clerk and sheriff handle apportionment and sealed-box drawing with penalties for attempts to influence juror selection.
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Batavia Township
The New Discovery Claim
A promotional note extols Dr King's New Discovery as a cure for coughs colds and chest or throat troubles. It promises a money back guarantee and offers trial bottles free at Dr John Bunn's Drug Store Batavia and J B Walker Williamsburg.
Carriage Opportunity Offered by Charley Griffis on Main Street
Advertises a carriage for sale at Charley Griffis's repository on Main Street. Emphasizes that any man or woman should own a handsome vehicle or baby, urging prospective buyers to visit the local shop for purchase.
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Charley Griffis
Main Street
Malbtft
Monterey Man Loses Overcoat in Town Proceeding
Frank Hartman of Monterey went to town to see the treasurer and while awaiting his turn his overcoat vanished from a chair. Samuel McGrayson, a poor man with a cane, confessed theft and paid $5 as the fine per lift. McGrayson left with neither coat nor money or reputation on a cold day.
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Frank Hartman
Monterey
Anderson
Hartman
Mr. Anderson
Jackson Township
Samuel McGrayson
Squire Dennison
Ao H Im
McGrayson
Samuel
Oak tree yields century old lead ball found near Williamsburg
George Carter felled a four foot diameter oak near Williamsburg and found a one ounce lead ball embedded in its heart. The ball likely dated three hundred years, having penetrated twelve inches of wood. Carter preserves the find, pondering its pioneer or Indian-era origins.
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George Carter
Williamsburg
Carter
Williamsburg forms new chair and furniture company
Williamsburg residents form a new corporation to manufacture chairs and furniture. John McKeever elected president and Charles Doughman secretary. A committee to solicit a capital stock of 20 000 is named. Shares are selling at 50 dollars each and another meeting was held on the 2d instant.
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Williamsburg
Town Hall
John McKeever
Charles Doughman
F. . Walker
J. F. Knight
W. A. McKeever
C. Chatterton
Thanksgiving Pardons For Billy Carroll And Anthony Bacaccaccid
Billy Carroll and Anthony Bacaccaccid received full pardons from the penitentiary last Thursday. Carroll, once part of a gang blamed for the 1866 Brown County treasury robbery and the janitor Adam Ross’s death, served 22 years in prison. Bacaccaccid, a Cincinnati policeman, was jailed for life in 1884 for killing a saloonist amid nervous strain and rioting. his pardon was met with popular favor.
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Billy Carroll
Anthony Baccaccio
Carroll
Brown County
Adam Ross
Cirroll
Bacccaccid
Cincinnati
Compulsory Education Law Enters January First
The law requires children aged eight to fourteen attend school at least sixteen weeks per year with eight consecutive weeks, exceptions for illness. It imposes fines of 50 dollars for school term employment ban on under fourteen, and 5 to 20 dollars fines on parents failing to comply. Noncompliant children may be sent to the reformatory. a new police officer is to enforce the law.
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sfiMpol
Board of Education
Reformatory
Oldest Clermont resident Dr Howe recalls long life
Dr. Howe of Loveland, born 1793 in Massachusetts, is among Clermont’s oldest men. He has witnessed every presidential administration since 1814 and voted for both Harrison presidents. A tobacco user until 50 years ago, he smashed his pipe in the Miami. Now 96, he moved to Loveland in 1855 and remains strong.
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Clermont
Dr. Howe
Loveland
Washington
Harrisons
Miami
Massachusetts
A Curious Case and Local Courtroom Highlights
A 19th century courtroom column outlines a curious loan case from 1876 involving John G Doren and Joseph Curtis with a wife as surety and seven $1,000 notes. Curated notes discuss mortgage security, continued interest payments, and the stipulation that sureties argue the term expired. The piece also covers the Leonard Hutchinson damages case with abortion-related testimony and the irregular ride of a juror in the Hodges versus Boston fair board case. Additional docket items include State v James Brown bond, LeCarter divorce, White v Beck, Metzgar v Phillips, and Ramsey judgment figures.
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John G. Doren
Dayon
Joseph Curtis
Hamilton
Ojo
Wm. Thomas
Doren
Curtis
Fitten
Shanks
Hodges
Boston Fair Board
Illiam Perkins
Woodlief
Perkins
James Brown
Bond
John LeCarter
Minerva Carter
Samantha B. White
Horace J. Beck
Rebecca M. Metzgar
Th. Phillips
N.W. Bishop
W. W. Bishop
John M.C. Ramsey
Mangrum case returns to court over paternity dispute
The Mangrum paternity case in Jackson township again faces rehearing after a circuit reversal. Miss Mattie Van Horn testified she shared a bed with Mrs Mangrum and her husband, who may be a sleepwalker, and a baby born in February 1855 is alleged to be Mangrum's child. The retrial follows a prior verdict that Mangrum was the father, with ongoing appeals and questions about paternity and responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard-Hutchinson
Mathew Leonard
Benj. F. Hutchidgen
Ida Leonard
L. F. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Stonelick
Owensville
Common Pleas Court
Britavia
Cincinnati
Jackson Township
Mattie van Horn
Miss van Horn
Circuit Court
Miss VanHorn
Wayne Township Teachers Association Elects Officers at Edenton
The Wayne Township Teachers Association met at Edenton last Saturday with large attendance and strong interest. Officers elected for the next quarter are Wm Gillespie president J Jordan vice president E C Malott secretary Miss Minnie Pierce treasurer. The next meeting is set for December 1 at 9 a.m. in Edenton. Creditors of G B Grimes Co bankers who failed at West Union sign a compromise at sixty cents on the dollar to take effect in thirty days. Smith Grimes seeks aid from Gallipolis relatives as a new bank is planned upon settlement.
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Wayne Township Teachers’ Association
Edenton
Wm. Gillespie
Newtonsville
J. ©. Jordan
E. C. Malott
Moore’s Fork
Minnie Pierce
G. B. Grimes & Co
West Union
Smith Grimes
Gallipolis
Turnpike Law Tightens Load Limits This Month
The new measure prohibits hauling loads over 2500 pounds on any turnpike unless wagons have broad gauge tires. The law applies to free turnpikes and aims to prevent excessive wear on wheels and roads.
Commissioners accept turnpike sections and pay contractors
At the meeting last Tuesday the Chi le and Neville free turnpike sections 1 and 2 were accepted. Contractor Oscar Gaskins was paid in full. Sections 5 and 6 were also accepted and contractors Ohmer and Lanham paid. A large number of bills were allowed and the board adjourned to meet December 2.
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Chile and Neville Free
Oscar Gaskins
Ohmer and
Lanham
Gossip and wedding tales from a bygone town
The column recalls school plays funded by proceeds and old theater scenery aided by Stirling and Moore, a disastrous but humorous wedding mishap with a clergyman, and a Thanksgiving goose tale full of local color and quirky memories.
Dr John Bunn Judges Adams County Fair Driving Events
Dr John Bunn took a weeks long vacation visiting Adams County and West Upton Fair. He served as judge in ladies driving where a buxom contestant won the red on the first ballot and continued judging for the day. A Seerene Seins lady won ladies riding driving a pair of grays and the three year old harness ring winner. A grand stand yell urged to tie the red to the all purpose gal.
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John Bunn
Adams County
West Upton
Relief fund draws by Auditor Temple for soldiers in townships
Each month starting October and again in March Auditor Temple draws payments from township treasurers for soldier relief. Total funds amount to 3066 dollars with an average of 8 dollars per capita. Beneficiaries are distributed across townships, including Blowville which hosted an oyster supper netting 921 dollars and 15 cents.
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Epming
Auditory Temple
Narrow escape as horse leaves path and crosses bridge
The Rev. FE G Lane of Murdock narrowly escaped injury on a dark evening while returning from Loveland. A horse left the beaten path and plunged off a lane bridge, causing a severe shaking for Lane but leaving him unharmed aside from the scare.
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FE. G. Lane
Murdock
Loveland
Tne Lane
Encampment Dates for Regiments at Big Springs and Carthage
Details request the dates of encampments for regiments at Big Springs Tennessee and Carthage Tennessee. Includes address for correspondence to Wm. H. Peterson at New Windsor Colorado.
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Big Springs
Tennessee
Carthage
Wm. H. Peterson
New Windsor
Colorado
Corn Palace planned by Urbana editor offers county prizes
Agricultural editor Jos P Smith of the Urbana Citizen and Gazette launches a Corn Palace contest with prizes for the largest and most perfect corn specimens from Champaign county brought to his office by December 25. The piece also notes his authority on cattle breeds and includes anecdotes from Ohio agricultural circles. A separate vignette recalls a Richmond resident’s encounter with a burglar and Judge Davis’s commentary on Billy Carroll’s pardon. A final line mentions Charley Tatman describing a railroad incident.
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Jos. P. Smith
Urbana
The
Commercial Gazette
Mr. Smith
Richmond
Davis
Billy Carroll
Georgetown
New Richmond
Carroll
Broken Rail Scene On Curve Reported By Irish Section Hand
A damaged rail on a curve prompted an Irish section hand to flag a passenger train. He signaled danger and directed the engineer to look toward a broken rail beyond, while the engineer, weakened, could only whistle.
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Toles
Tragic Drowning at Halstead Farm in Warren County
A mother and two children drown at a frozen pond on the Halstead farm near Lebanon as she tries to save her kids and a neighbor's daughter. The tragedy leaves three dead after a Saturday incident that shocks Warren County and ends all rescue attempts.
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Halstead
Lebanon
Horace Brown
Warren County
Brillant dancing party and Batavia marriage noted in society page
The Clermont area society column highlights a grand Batavia dance at J. P. Swings residence with guests from Cincinnati Newport Dayton and more. It also reports the marriage of Batavia belle to Oscar Ellis of Higginsport performed by Rev E W Whitney and notes upcoming social entertainments in Clermont and Amelia communities.
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Brillant
Batavia
Jorge P. FP
Florence
Cincinnati
Newport
Dayton
Nenia
Clermont
Oscar Ellis
Higginsport
Clerk Shaw
Common Pleas Court
Uncle Sam
Ellis
Fourth Streets
E. W. Whitney
Universalist Church of
Walnut Hills
Happiness
Vandalism Allegations Shake Batavia School Board
The Batavia School Board met in special session led by Judge Swing to consider vandalism accusations against male members of the graduating class. Principal Prof. Dial alleged the boys damaged the school and disrupted rooms during Thanksgiving break, naming Charles Lush Edward Parrott Charles Medaris Stirling Moore and Percy Ashburn as respondents. If guilty they face expulsion. if not proven the principal may resign amid public outcry.
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Batavia
Swing
Messrs
Cramer
Dennis
Tice
Shaw
Scott
Dial
Charles Lush
Edward Parrott
Charles Medaris
Owensville
Stirling Moore
Percy Ashburn
Tragic discovery along Olio and Northwestern line
Fred Banker, a Cincinnati courthouse janitor, found a mutilated body near Montgomery Pike and a severed head along the Olio and Northwestern rail line. The trunk of a man, later identified as John Miller, 44, an itinerant farmer, lay nearby. The remains were taken to the morgue for identification.
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Fred Banker
Court House
Cincinati
Olio & Northwestern
Montgomery Pike
John Miller
Fifty Foot Fall Near Milford Brings Fatal Fearless Escape
A buggy toppled fifty feet from an iron bridge near Milford during a Sunday storm as Louis Brickling of Terrace Park, his two year old daughter, and his brother were uninjured despite the crash. The horse backed and the occupants escaped with no serious harm, while the carriage suffered damage. The report also notes census districting, upcoming performances, local business notes, and pension awards, reflecting a mixed town update.
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Louis Brickling
Terrace Park
Iron Bridge
Milford
Nervous Prostration Nerve Tonic Ad from Batavia Ohio
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for nervous prostration, claiming it restores appetite digestion liver and kidney function. Brice Inc. at Dr John Bunn's Drug Store Batavia Ohio and J B Walker in Wil Mamsburg Ohio offer the product.
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Brice Inc
John Bunn
Dro
Batavia
Ohio
J. B. Walker
Wil Mamsburg
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Benjamin Penn
John B. Brown
J.J. Wheatley
George W. Smith
Ira John Joseph White
Joseph Dial
James P. Leonard
C. A. Moore
John Hahn
John Hillin, Sr
Frank Knauer
John Burrell
A. J. Sprague
Wm. B. Lukemires
Louis Binkley
Thomas Meek
John Pierce Harsh Cover
William S. Weaver
Fred Miller
C. W. Harlow
John Goasby
Allen Johnson
D. P. Snell
George Devine
James Sadlers
John Yeager
William Snell
Great Christy
Franklin Township
William Reed
Jacob Shinkle
Dan Bavis
William Snider
Foley Bartlow
Charles Morgan
O. P. Fishback
W. L. Croswell
Ds Te Boggest
W. Hoover
Hooksurton
L. Hendrixson
George Kinney
Walter Miller
Frank Croswell
John H. Cruse
A. J. Barr
William Cann
Goshen Township
Frank Dull
Daniel Shough
Laycock
Henry Nichols
George Smyser
Edward Schooley
Levi Morton
W.R. Medary
Joseph Custer
Lewis Welner
Miami Township
H. 8. Fitzwater
Edwin Davis
Hi. C. Derricks
James M. Brown
Nelson Heddleson
P. B. Hutchinson
James Johnston
John Motsinger
J. F. W. Gateh
J. W. Paxton
W.C. Pinkham
N. B. Paxton
John Conver
Aaron Apgar
Joe Davis
John Leal
Cc. C. Hill
James Conley
Frank Cline
John L. Brunnson
George Dennison
Monroe Township
Hugh McNair, Sr
Hiram McKowan
T. B. Nichols
John D. Ross
James H. Corbin
John L. Padget
Jacob Jackson
G. F. Armacost
T. M. Willis
John Idler, Sr
Jacob Graus
W. W. White
Ohio Township
Edward Graves
Andy Light
James Connor
R. D. Hawkins
Thomas Castlen
C. A. Lindsey
Jacob Lilllick
C. H. Light
A.C. King
Edmund Lindsey, Jr
George Simmons
J. L. Hawkins
B. G. Rees
W.H. Maguire
William Layfield
J. R. Brumagen
R. W. Downham
C. E. Roettenger
Pierce Township
G. M. Alexander
John Townsley
E. B. Gardner
G. W. Lindsey
Joseph Banford
Jacob Nagle
Joseph Patterson
M. L. Ward
J.B. Townsley
Charles Kirgan
J. ‘I. Scull
Stonelick Township
Fore Apgar
Joseph Rian
John E. Marsh
John South
James Bickmore
George Shields
David Ferree
Jasper Fetter
C. Glancy
Isaac Philhour
Chris Craver
George Gall
Tate Township
B. A. Wilson
John Morghead, Sr
Tib Brown
John Cann
William Clark
William Brown
Philip D. Miliner
A. T. Lloyd
B. C. Fewell
William Page
John Taylor
W. A
Union Township
A. B. Meguire
B. W. Teal
Roman Spahr
John Hatfield
Byron Thompson
Lewis Ludlow
H. B. Robb
C. Thompson
Phillip Fishback
W.H. Jones
J. R. Griffin
M.M., Hall
Washington Township
Fletcher Baum
Thomas Hill
Isaac B. Armacost
John Preston
John Goslin
Joseph Barker
T. J. Galiger
Jamefes Lemar
James
Debruler
Irwin Cann
Albert Faucher
Darius Dorsey
Joseph Bolander
Clarence Sells
Claude McMath
Charles Sipes
Wayne Township
Abner D. Bennett
Zebulon Dickinson
Arnold Snider
Lewis L. Jones
Murphy
Wilson Schooley
Homer Hahn
Thomas Stone
James McGraw
Notley Hill
Williamsburg Township
Warren Wilson
T. W. Townsley
Erastus Willis
John Stroup
William Lytle
A. T. Kain
F.C. Weaver
H. C. Kain
E. ©. Reed
George Pearree
F. O. Richards
J. D. Homan
Martin Maham
Lon Lake Mires
John Manning
Benjamin
Daily Grind
Peti
Wayne Township Teachers
Grimes
Beas
Courier
Stirling & Moore
Stirling
Lindsey C. Moore
Lindsey Moore
Mr. Stirling
Fagin
Justice of the Peace
Yancey’s
Shore
Fred Devine
Fred
Noah
Blowville
Coe
Union
Monroe
Stonelle
Goshen
Pierce
Franklin
Saps
Jackson
Ayne
Ely
Charley Tatman
Society
Washington, IL
Fayette Herald
Myrta Jenkins
Hare Bros
Market
Ketta Highland
Geo. C. Jenkins!rocery
Nona Scott
One Price
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Amelia
M. E. Ehurch
East End
Fanenie Robbinson
W&i
Bers
Ion
THEO
ROK
Niy
Butler
Clinton
Warren
Presbyterian Club Fund
Well Dickinson
Kentucky
Well
Kline
Hiram Sweet
Afton
Win
Daughterty
Andrew II
Smith
Dickinson
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