17 Dec 1884
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1884
Page
1
The Clermont Courier announces weekly publication with editors Charles W. Pegg and Prof Haidet. Subscription is 50 cents per year in advance, $2 if overdue. Advertising rates set at one square for first insertion and fifty cents for each additional. yearly ads discounted. business cards up to six lines at $6 per year.
A sprawling miscellany covers Oysters in the Baltic, voting in Washington Territory, genteel fashions, elopements, trials, and social quirks. Notable items mention the Guiteau trial, Cromwell descendants, a Kansas City telegraph dispatch, and political chatter from Garfield to Gladstone amid global events and odd curiosities.
A fierce December storm toppled the St Louis Gaslight Company gasometer on Fourteenth and Papin, triggering a blast that sent a solid two hundred foot fire column across the city. The wreck, valued at about 150000, damaged nearby ore and halted contracts. no casualties, though the engineer and fireman escaped. B Allen is president of the company.
The President sends to the Senate the convention for commercial reciprocity between the United States and Spain, aimed at intimate exchange with Cuba and Porto Rico. Negotiations began in April, seeking a broader treaty of commerce and navigation, with the aim to boost free admission of goods, reduce burdens on exports, and enable unhindered vessel passage among contracting parties. Chester A. Arthur urges swift ratification. Execut ive Mansion December 10, 1884.
President Arthur agrees to start the New Orleans Exposition machinery on the 16th by electricity. A wire from the Executive Mansion to the Exposition Building will apply motive power when the circuit opens. Supreme Court members, congressional delegations, Cabinet officers, and foreign diplomats will attend.
John P. Harden of near Littleton accidentally shot himself wife and four children while trying to jar out a shotgun’s load. He pounded the muzzle on the hearth and eighteen slugs struck the family. Mrs Harden suffered a broken leg and the baby seven abdominal marks. both are seriously hurt.
Wytheville shoemaker writes to President elect Cleveland asking for boots for his inauguration. Cleveland sends twenty dollars for boots. shoemaker returns it, governor re-sends with note he will wear the boots on inauguration day.
Wm. Lynn, 22, died Tuesday night from blood-poisoning following a head wound believed caused by a police officer who, while directing youths to move on, struck Lynn with a club about a week earlier. The incident will be investigated.
December 10 report from Bruneau's wood camp near Hovac Garton describes fifteen employees poisoned by arsenic used to kill rats that contaminated fish for meals. Two men remain seriously ill. the rest are recovering.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a lamp caused an explosion after a miner stopped at 8 Notch to check gas buildup. One miner was killed and three seriously burned all members of a Polander crew. The incident occurred this evening and authorities are investigating.
Paris reports a doctor has found a method to prevent polloxera damage in grapevines using arsenic. Experiments are said to be successful and large scale tests are now underway, generating strong interest among grape growers.
Wilmington Delaware December 10 The Governor reprieved Jeremiah Harrigan for three days from Friday next the day to which he had been previously reprieved Harrigan was sentenced to be hanged for the shooting of Dennis Shea September 9 1881 This is the fourth time he has been respited.
Washington December 9 Representative Follett declares intent to contest the election of Mr Butterworth to the Forty-ninth Congress seat from the First Ohio district. The action signals a formal challenge to the results and possible seating changes.
The National Association of Health Boards convened in Washington on December 10 to discuss cholera risks and prevention. Erastus Brooks opened the meeting with a cholera briefing and delegates from numerous states and Canada attended. The group heard on disinfectants, maritime health lapses, and proposed federal cooperation, with officials including Frelinghuysen and McCulloch planning further talks on rags and exports.
Sensation from Berkshires claims Estelle Newman buried in 1878 was dug up by Albany Medical College students after a funeral. The body allegedly revived on dissection and was sent to an insane asylum in Schoharie County. Gravesite to be opened tomorrow to verify the tale.
The Conference of Prison Officials from across the United States resumed in December with talks on “The Organization of Prisons and Reformatories.” President Cassiday of Philadelphia urged officials to retire before age thirty-five, noting skilled mechanics rarely served as prison staff. Mr. Brockway of Elmira reported 16 percent of prisoners behaved well, ten percent incorrigible, and fifty percent required manipulation, arguing for a graded system and a work-based regime. the discussion spanned the session.
Julius Prebs and Herman Bellman both about twenty four were arrested at Montclaire near Council Bluffs on a deliberate attempt to wreck an incoming Milwaukee and St. Paul train. A resident warned the engineers in time. They were held to the grand jury in 5000 dollars each.
In Port Roman Ontario on December 10 a man from Simcoe named Griffin fired a rifle at James Thorold of St Williams, believing the cartridge was blank. The shot tore through Thorold’s head, killing him instantly.
In Lina, Kentucky, the jury found Cornelison guilty of assault and battery against Judge Reid’s son, sentencing him to three years in county jail and one cent in fines and costs. Cornelison announced plans to seek a new trial.
In Philadelphia the six story Clark Bros. & Co. furniture factory and a row of three story brick houses were leveled by a blaze. A rear tenement collapsed, trapping a boy who was rescued after being buried under the rubble.
Waterbury September 10 A B Wilson inventor of the Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine was taken to the Hartford insane asylum for examination after reports of erratic conduct and concerns about his health and safety.
Vienna reports a violent three hour hurricane causing overturned trains buses and cabs. Many injured with shop windows blown out goods scattered and roofs damaged. Fifty houses unroofed as people were dashed against walls and suffered injuries.
The sub committee of the House Committee on Appropriations agreed on a bill appropriating 60,000,000 dollars for the next fiscal year as requested by the Commissioner of Pensions. The measure lacks new provisions and will be sent to the House tomorrow.
Curster Pa December 11 The official trial of the boilers and machinery of the U S ironclad monitor Puritan has been completed. The test was highly satisfac.
Baltimore reports a Chesapeake Bay hurricane sinking numerous oyster schooners. Twenty seven to fifty lives lost, thirteen bodies recovered, many crews unable to reach shore. Survivor Thomas Bowers recounted rapid, brutal seas as the storm struck and capsized vessels near Monoskin and the Rappahannock.
Complete Iron Trade review statistics show Lake Erie port receipts for 1884 navigation season totaling 1,883,117 tons, up from 1,692,689 tons in 1883, an increase of about nine percent. Dock stocks at season end run 1,038,135 tons, vs 43,095 tons last year. At Cleveland and Ashtabula, December 1 surplus on dock is fifteen percent higher than a year earlier.
In Detroit on December 12, a blaze in the rear workroom of Gray, Toynton & Fox candy factory caused a panic among second-floor girls. One fell while escaping and was slighty injured. Three others, seen at a window, vanished as flames tore through the area. later found near the window with burned faces but undisturbed bodies.
A Times dispatch from Odessa reports escalating Turkish crimes in Macedonia with two hundred Christians killed in weeks, three villages burned, and widespread kidnappings causing fear and people to stay indoors.
New York December 12 report shows 314 failures in the United States and 34 in Canada, totaling 348 for the week, up from 320 the previous week. Western Southern and Pacific states exceed the weekly average while other regions run as usual.
Lizzie Balbach age 21 of Chestnut Hill Lancaster County was fatally burned when her clothing caught fire from the stove on Wednesday afternoon. Her mother suffered dangerous burns while trying to extinguish the flames.
PortLand Oregon December 12 Two Idaho cowboys fought a knife duel with left hands bound together. One man received twelve stab wounds and the other seventeen, and both died.
Reports from cotton districts indicate a total crop of barely five and three quarters million bales, short of six million projected due to the year’s higher acreage. The reassessment signals a lower yield than anticipated across major producing regions.
Springfield Mass December 12 The Egremont mystery ends as Estelle Newman's grave is opened and the body found undisturbed confirming no foul play or disturbance detected in the tomb.
Lancaster Pennsylvania December 12 John Strohm longtime congressman from this district who served from 1844 to 1848 died today at age ninety one.
Ready made houses imported from America are selling as a novelty in Buenos Ayres as demand for housing grows. The Provincial Government cannot wait for brick and mortar building, making ready-made homes a practical option. Prices are said to be reasonable, and if they meet expectations a large trade is anticipated.
A Massachusetts man has discovered a counter-irritant treatment for sea-sickness. The method involves a mild blister-like application placed behind the ear, as reported by the Boston Herald.
The Kentucky tobacco crop is good and well matured and has been housed. Connecticut reports the largest crop this year since 1871 per Hartford Post.
The Philadelphia Times reports a Chester County apple tree that yields fruit split into two halves, one half tasting sweet and the other half sour, a unique natural gift noted in local coverage.
The December sessions of both houses discussed the naval appropriation bill, postal service needs, and a pension note from General Grant. Amendments and motions shaped resolutions for the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans and the Dakota and Oregon Central land matters.
Count Herbert Bismarck has gone to Brussels to confer with King Leopold on Congo matters. A proposal to abolish the slave trade in the Congo will be put to the Conference Committee this evening by Sir Edward Malet with American support. General Sanford may present his railway project if the committee rejects the plan.
A Reading and Columbus Railroad passenger engine at thirty mph near Ephrata spotted a child on the track. The fireman T J D Calnan moved to the pilot and trasped the child just as the engine passed. The child was taken to Columbia for identification.
New York reports Plymouth Church annual meeting reveals 2 567 names on membership rolls. 5S. W. White reelected Treasurer. Also notes an 1840 New York Herald editorial predicting wholesale trade expansion below Canal Street and a German paper estimating colonial land holdings on the West African coast by major powers.
A New Jersey girl wore her brother's clothes and cast a vote on his behalf, bragging that she could imitate him to win a bet. The Newark Reporter notes the audacious act and hints at ensuing scrutiny.
The report lists wage reductions at Bellaire glass works affecting 5,000 workers and notes Governor Heapty’s decision not to intervene in the death sentence of John B. Hoffman in Cincinnati. It tallies fires, drownings, audits, crimes, and other local incidents across Ohio with multiple named towns and individuals.
The London Standard discusses bird migration as a perplexing zoological puzzle. It notes nocturnal and moonlit crossings, winter quarters in Africa and Western Asia, and puzzling delays from city lights. It cites swift flight speeds from 276 mph to 1000 miles per day and contrasts sizes with travel distance, mentioning swifts, swallows, pigeons, and hummingbirds with several international examples.
The Boston Budget reports on leprosy on Cyprus, noting three forms, male predominance, and rare Muslim cases. It describes the Leper Farm asylum with fifty inmates, including a matriarch who lived there over fifty years, and mentions uncertainty about origin though hereditary transmission appears possible via contagion.
A line of thought explains that as Earth cools its interior heat would radiate away, leaving a solid porous crust unable to absorb water. The author compares this to the Moon’s cooling and asks whether Earth could eventually drink up the oceans, examining heat, water, and atmospheric retention.
A professor argues that the sun will gradually cool, reducing heat return to Earth and setting in a long era where Earth loses water and atmosphere to its porous interior. The essay contends all planets and the sun face a similar fate, a melancholy law of nature marking life’s rise and decline.
A compact survey traces printing from China’s rubbings on stone to woodblock methods by the sixth century and movable type by the fifteenth. It notes Korea to Japan influences, early national works like Ni Hon Gi, and the spread of copper type, with date anchors around 764 770 and 1200, plus 1610 and 1017 woodcuts and Nichiren’s engraving.
An essay in the Boston Budget laments scarce filial affection among a prosperous people. It argues charity begins at home, condemns cold elder care, and condemns the motto each day as if self-reliance suffices. It calls for honoring parents before the night of age arrives.
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