28 Dec 1881
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1881
Page
1
The notice lists terms for a transaction in western Pennsylvania with a 1.50 per et rate and a Wednesday deadline. The small print includes advance payment and identified parties led by W. Pegg.
A digest of brief items. New York raises 143477 for Michigan sufferers. Russia reports 1500 political arrests in the past year. Algiers dam burst kills fifty four. Boston elects Lemuel A. Green mayor by 500. Howe named Postmaster General. J T Warren & Co. fail with 200000 liabilities. Welles jailed on $1500 bail for blackmail. Haven missing at sea with eleven aboard. Dixson suicide after murder in Michigan. Mrs Lincoln in frail health. Four hundred drowned in Algiers dam disaster. Holloway bank teller committed to lunatic asylum after 50000 default. Vienna Ring Theater site to host charitable institution. Peter Zerbdes dies of hydrophobia in Chicago. Riddleberger elected to Senate by Virginia legislature. Atlanta Exposition corruption claims amid unspecified charges.
A man named Stetzer of Piqua Ohio recently released from a lunatic asylum as cured murdered his wife and then killed himself according to local police reports.
A fragment notes that a number of Russians have beenwerteted at an event, but the text is garbled and lacks clear details on location, date, or outcome.
The Guiteau trial adjourned from the 19th to the 21st due to the death from paralysis of the wife of Juror Hobbs. The delay shifts court schedule and jury handling in the high profile case.
Police release lists 794 dead and missing from the Ring Theatre fire in Vienna with 144 among the dead listed as sent by Spantibod.
In Caldwell Kansas a wave of killings of alleged criminals has provoked strong public fear and a local movement to eradicate outlaws. The atmosphere is tense as residents call for swift justice.
A false prophet leads 1500 followers in Soudan and destroys Governor Fashoda's 350 Egyptian troops, killing the governor in a violent clash. The incident signals deep unrest and a challenge to colonial authority.
Illness from paralysis of a juror Hobbs wife announced on the 18th delays proceedings in court for several days.
At Independence Mining Camp near Leadville two gunmen were pursued by citizens and killed by bullets. Several other bandits fled the area as authorities moved to quell unrest and restore order.
Miss Delia O. Vanderbilt, youngest daughter of William H. Vanderbilt, married Dr. W. S. Webb on December 20 at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York. General James Watson Webb is noted as Webb's father.
Wm McHugh is found guilty of first degree murder for stabbing his wife to death in the street in Cincinnati. Jurors deliberated about thirty minutes before returning the verdict.
The annual report shows total net receipts from all sources at 4,167,020 with net disbursements of 3,426,374.28. The balance in the Treasury on October 31, 1881 was 740,650.72.
Reports from Constantinople claim the island of Chios is gradually sinking into the Aegean Sea after a series of earthquakes. Hot springs are appearing across the island as observers fear the land may disappear entirely.
McHugh, a young man on trial in Cincinnati for stabbing his wife to death on a public street, said he acted “to be up with the times” when asked why he treated her cruelly. The court implied punishment should be swift and severe for such conduct.
In Lexington, Matt Taylor was convicted of stealing a coat. This being his third grand larceny conviction, Kentucky law sentenced him to life in the penitentiary.
A London cablegram reports the Countess of Crawford and Balcarres will not offer a reward for the Bari’s body restoration to avoid setting a precedent for future outrages. She has asked her son to follow the same course.
Gladstone junior after an Ireland tour says reports exaggerate the situation and that no rent resistance is deeply rooted, kept alive by intimidation. Newark fraud revealed as City Auditor Palmer confesses embezzling about 125000 in three years. German Lutheran Church trustees dispute ends with arrests. Crank James Graves shoots 13 year old Eddie Soden in Newark and pleads guilty to second degree murder.
Seventeen of twenty seven survivors from the steamship Bath City reach Liverpool after the ship sank off Newfoundland. Four drowned when a boat capsized. the captain and five others died of exposure following a three day ordeal at sea.
In New York printer William Sindram was condemned to be hanged on February 10, 1882 for shooting his landlady Mrs Catharine Creves after she asked him to pay his board. He admitted the crime and boasted of the five months his victim suffered before death.
Sculptor Clark Mills created a plaster cast of Guiteau’s head after removing the subject’s whiskers and mustache. Guiteau initially objected but agreed when informed the cast would boost notoriety and become ornamental mantelpiece copies nationwide.
Mrs Dunmire Guiteau's divorced wife and the Dunmires visited Guiteau in his cell. Accounts disagree whether she kissed the assassin or merely shook his hand. Both say he kissed the Dunmires and wished the family well while relatives note concerns over his sanity.
Joseph Smith, an India Rubber Man on the East River Bridge project on the Brooklyn side, was hurled 35 feet when a beam broke at 65 feet height, then fell 65 more to the street. He survived with no broken bones though badly bruised and quipped, I ain’t dead yet I’m hard to kill.
A miner identified as John A. Ingram placed dynamite in a kitchen stove at Mount Union, Pennsylvanias Hunting ton County. A blast tore the house apart, killing Ingram his wife and four children who were in the kitchen. The two parents died shortly after.
Reports from Lima describe widespread fragmentation with local factions and parties dominating regions. Montero wields unlimited authority in Cajamarca while fighting continues in the south where Pierolista forces are often defeated. Chinans fail to secure peace and aim for full conquest of Peru.
The London Times denounces the Guiteau trial as shockingly lax and entertaining, noting the murderer's notoriety and his bid to appear important. It condemns prosecution and judge for failing to remedy the proceedings' deficiencies.
A Washington AP telegraphed critique of the Guiteau assassination trial. The writer claims the piece is trash and laden with appeals to divine protection and the irresistible impulse.
The Postmaster-General will present evidence to the Attorney General to initiate suits against about fifty Star Route contractors totaling around 5 million dollars in fraud. Several cases are described as overwhelming and will be filed in U S district courts designated by the Attorney General. Named targets include Gilman and Saulsbury and the Dorsey combination led by Ex-Senator Dorsey, with substantial overcharges cited.
News from the steamer Jeannette reports the expedition left San Francisco and foundered in Arctic ice on June 23, 1881 about five hundred miles from the Lena River. Survivors reached the Lena delta in one and the other boat with Lieut. De Long aboard arrived in a grievously exhausted state. The third boat remains unaccounted for and aid is being sought.
The Senate confirmed Brewster for Attorney General and Davis as Assistant Secretary of State. Horace Gray and ex Senator Timothy O Howe were confirmed for the Supreme Court and Postmaster General respectively. The body debated presidential succession and tariff policy while adjournment to January 3 was set. A bill on pension agent compensation was introduced.
Congress granted Lucretia R. Garfield the franking privilege. It also introduced bills to punish government employees for statute violations and to remove taxes on leaf tobacco while cutting duties on manufactured tobacco. Resolutions express grief at President Garfield s death and plan a formal address by Congress.
Dispatch reports the Jeannette was crushed by ice at 77 17 north 157 east. Boats and sleds retreated to near the Lena River with three parties separated. First cutter DeLong Ambler and 12 others landed at Lena mouth. relief sent. Whaleboat Melville group in safety. second cutter unreported. Officials pledge continued search and aid from St Petersburg authorities.
Quote reflects on how history records success rather than virtue, noting the tendency to celebrate outcomes over moral effort. It emphasizes practical achievement as the lasting measure in historical memory.
The twenty seventh day of Guiteau's trial featured Mrs Dunmire Guiteau's former wife on the stand and Dr Loring's testimony denying brain disease. Reynolds testified about Guiteau's remarks and motives while Corkhill and others were named among political factions. The examiner found Guiteau technically sane with eccentric traits and no mental disease, while plaintiff Mrs Dunmire asserted no insanity signs during marriage.
The trial enters its twenty eighth day as Dr Hamilton questions mind operation and dream signs while Dr Worcester declares Guiteau sane. Guiteau attacks counsel and rails at Scoville as Corkhill presents questions about the killer's mental state with blunt exchanges and a courtroom strain.
A courtroom scene ends abruptly as the judge adjourns after a heated exchange. The presiding official scolded the parties for being a nuisance in the case, then shifted to levity calling the group a queer lot, before adjourning.
Northern Illinois reports rapid smallpox spread while Spain faces extensive mail robberies and arrests. A Philadelphia music festival opens June 29 for one week as Boorn's Theater in New York sells for 550000 and will convert to stores in a year. Pottsville coal mine will flood to quell a fire, delaying miners until spring.
The piece argues that a common cold is really a mild fever sparked by cold exposure. It warns neglecting small beginnings can lead to serious illness, noting rigor signaling fever and the potential for acute, prostrate courses.
Vivier, a favored performer, pretends to be a chemical analysis inspector and asks an elderly man at a cafe to taste his beer. After draining the glass, he proclaims it excellent and thanks the citizen for cooperation before ordering another beer and vanishing.
The speaker, amid hammock leisure, muses on wasted ink and time, scribbling mania, loves lost and found, debts incurred, and the search for truth. He contemplates past actions, readings, and dreams as the poem laments aimlessness and the longing for meaning in life.
A French historian recounts a tale of Catherine II who orders the stuffing of Sonderland the English-born favorite. The Chief of Police and a taxidermist fear execution, but the Empress discovers the order was a joke, apologizes, and restores all.
A Philadelphia Times column discusses how kissing privately behind doors or in a conservatory differs from a public display. It notes secrecy heightens romance and provokes blushing, while public forays feel prosaic and awkward, with the same act perceived very differently in private.
Lorr Sianos of Milan offers 20 000 francs to municipal authorities to maintain a mortuary and post mortem room for all deaths from unexplained causes, ensuring rigid examination before cremation.
Legal and transient advertisements charged at one dollar per square for first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. Yearly liberal reductions offered. Business cards up to six lines priced at sixty four dollars per year.
A Massillon coal miner was killed by coal fall, a 32 year old Steuvenville man shot himself, and a Cleveland 72 year old did the same. Nomination of Groves W. Hower for Collector of Customs in Cuyahoga district. A Dell Roy saloon keeper fatally shot, and other deaths include Henry Kurz suicide by throat cut, Mars. Samonet Hoop fatally burned, and a Massillon brakeman killed by a moving train. Ohio officials report canal receipts and expenditures, and a Mansfield boy dies after a horse accident.
A reflective essay questions proverb authors highlighting contradictions in sayings like A rolling stone gathers no moss and A setting hen never is fat. It argues makers of proverbs are unmitigated instances whose wit and contradictions frustrate simple interpretation.
Mrs Trouyrvrat travels with her daughter to hire vocal tutors. Each instructor warns of dire health risks from Almira singing too much or using odd breathing and throat practices. The family ends confused by conflicting medical style advice and fear for the girl’s safety.
A terrible Minnesota tornado caused six cases of insanity due to shock and trauma. The event's impact prompted concern over mental health after the disaster.
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