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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1888
Page
8
Batavia notes report brisk business, a festival planned by Second Methodist, and marriage notices among local families. Clermont coverage highlights a Baltimore Sun founder's heirs, church events, teachers resigning, and Midlands social notices amid holiday preparations.
Distressing report from Batavia notes Judge Robert A. Johnston died by suicide in his Avondale home on a Wednesday morning after his wife’s illness and October bereavement. The Cincinnati judge, born 1835, leaves five children and was famed for his gentle demeanor.
Weekly offerings at Bodman totaled 1017 hhds up from 986 hhds last week and 927 hhds year ago. Tue market strong for old and new tobacco amid light offerings. other days saw large offerings lowering mid and low grades. Fine leaf remained strong. new tobacco enjoyed a 1 cent price rise with good demand from manufacturers and rehandlers. Brown county quotations include various lots from 4% to 17% on multiple counts.
A sensational report claims United States Marshal pursued Ed Zimmerman, Young Dean, and Elmer Day in Batavia with warrants and 15 dollars in pocket, alleging underage votes. Records show the youths were of legal age. Day voted Democratic, others Republican. The piece blends local notes on holidays, marriages, school recess, church events, and community visitor mentions.
The Clermont County Teachers Institute Board met in Batavia. Full board present: Amelia President, C. J. Swing vice president, O. H. Porter secretary, A. L. Carnes treasurer, Frank Robinson. Selected instructors for Felicity session: Byron Williams Literature, T. Dial Language and Physiology, D. N. Cross Orthography, G. W. Felter Penmanship and Book-keeping, H. S. Hulick Musical Director. Additional instructors to be chosen later.
Court actions include decrees and orders of sale in ten days for McKeever vs Pursley and Anderson vs White, with sums $202.92 and $106.88. Not guilty verdicts for Frank White in burglary case, and concealment weapon convictions for Joseph Hayden and Lawson Hayden. Judgments totaling $2,064.41 for First National Bank of Batavia against J G Hutchinson. New suits include Fagin vs Lillich to construe will and sale of real estate, and Light vs Slye attachment for $576.14.
A P Carter, brother of D E Carter of Bethel and long resident of Iowa, died December 10 at his Amosa home. His wife, daughter of John Smith of Bantam, survived him. He was 67, and his death followed Bright's disease.
Bertha Dennison, a devoted member of the Tabasco Teachers' Reading Circle, dies at home on December 7, 1860, at age 22 from typhoid fever. The group mourns a promising educator, extends sympathy to her family, and honors her Christian example and lasting influence. Funeral services were held at Mt. Moriah church with burial in the local cemetery.
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