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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1881
Page
1
The Glermont Courier announces weekly publication with CHAS. W. PEGG as editor. Subscriptions are 2.50 per year in advance with prepaid options, noting terms and weather-related remarks.
A roundup of incidents includes Sitting Bull's force guarding a residence and surrender by hundreds. hangings of murderers from Albuquerque jail. a Cambridge church fire causing 105000 dollars loss. liquor licenses in Washington public buildings. Plymouth DC fire loss of 127500. the death of Samuel June at 123. a Maine legislator Thomas B. Swan arrested for mail swindling. New York Assembly blocks telegraph consolidation. thirty inches of rain in Windsor Sonora County. McCallum claims Charlie Ross found with Tuscarora Indians. Tom Buford acquitted on insanity grounds in Kentucky after third trial.
Heavy rains flood California streams causing widespread damage. The Frankton Reservoir in Nevada breached and destroyed the village. Local authorities assess the aftermath and begin relief efforts.
A cablegram reports a smallpox outbreak at Jefferson Union Dakota with ninety afflicted and six recoveries. A strict quarantine is in place while New York City experiences alarm over spread.
A lone man sustained fatal injuries while an unspecified incident occurred in the town. Emergency responders arrived, and authorities began investigations into the sequence of events. Further details were not immediately released by officials.
The fragment references John A. Swezey as senior partner of a dry goods firm in a report on forgeries. Details are incomplete, hindering full context or outcome.
W. G. Wilkinson, a clerk and treasurer for the Exchange Bank and the building association, was assaulted by highwaymen returning from a meeting. He was knocked unconscious and robbed of 200 dollars in cash and 2000 dollars in checks.
The subsidy bill for the Eads ship railroad, advanced by the Howe Committee on Inter-oceanic Canals, is found to contradict a prior concession granted by the Mexican Government for the same project.
A Santa Cruz dispatch reports eight Chinese laborers working for a mill company on the South Pacific Coast Railroad near Dougherty's mill buried alive by a half mile slide of mountain rock. Eighteen were employed, ten escaped.
The heaviest rainfall known on the Pacific coast fell on the 28th and 29th, inundating streams along the coast and marking an extreme weather event.
Three men accused of attempting rape on Miss Humbert in Augusta were jailed in Little Rock. A mob seized them at night, transported them over the river, hanged them, and cast their bodies into the water.
Extreme cold grips Ssyesville to Taylor Bend Light with Toronto reporting the coldest in forty years. In Williamsport Pennsylvania on the 3d inst Mrs Miller and George Smith were hanged for murder. confessions, bloodstain details, and the execution scene described the proceedings.
The Roman Catholic clergy of the Boston diocese prepared an address endorsing the Irish Land League and denouncing emissaries who seek to inject injustice or immorality into the movement, affirming support for peace and civic order. Also reported are results from the O Leary belt pedestrian match in New York with Hughes winning and prizes totaling $7, being broken down. Treasury payments for January 1881 and a Decatur Illinois case of a husband injuring his wife and killing himself after a violent spree.
News from Tucson reports a string of Apache attacks and massacres from January 16 onward. Between January 19 and 23, several herders, miners, Mexicans, and a family are killed or massacred, a buckboard is seized, and a Mexican interpreter is found dead. Forty Indians are said to have left the reservation.
Fire destroyed the Caneyville Kentucky home of stock dealer Wiley Emery and killed him seven children including a seventeen year old girl and an infant. Mrs Emery had died months earlier. Neighbors arrived after flames began but could not enter, raising the possibility that the deaths were murder to conceal the fire.
Indiana delegation visited Garfield at Mentor to say representation in the Cabinet was not an obligation. Garfield thanked them and proclaimed he is obliged to his district for Senate, to his district for Congress, to Ohio for U S Senate, and to four million Republican voters for the Presidency, adding he is bankrupt with more obligations than assets.
A Sunbury and Lewiston Railroad mail train derailed last Saturday after a broken rail. The two passenger cars and engine left the track and caught fire after the rear car jumped the rails. Fifteen injured, five seriously, including conductor Andrew Wolfkell and mail agent W. H. Hauss who was briefly considered dead.
Jersey City hosts a display of a steam and petroleum fuel claimed to power a locomotive from New York to Philadelphia for four dollars, instead of twenty five. The system uses an atomizer to blend dry steam with crude oil through a small pipe and brick retorts, with heat capable of fusing interior furnace surfaces.
A Milwaukee woman reports severe abuse by her husband James Hicks who previously served time for ill treating her. He allegedly forced her into a barrel, bound her, beat her, and gashed her arms with a knife, then gagged and submerged her in cold water. She escaped to a relative's home. Hicks has vanished.
The Senate discussed the electoral count and adopted the Ingalls resolution on counting Electors with a noon February 9 deadline, amid long debates over Ponca and Ute commissions and Indian land bills. The chamber also considered bills on territorial judiciary, Port Oxford Harbor funding, and mutual matters including the Yorktown sword purchase.
The House ruled in favor of Martin’s seat with Felton and Stephens joining Republicans on the minority resolution. Yeates’ seat was upheld by 115 yeas to 108 nays amid debates on related measures and district appropriations.
January public debt statement shows interest due and unpaid and total liabilities reaching tens of millions. It lists cash balance, certificates of deposit, and bonds issued to railroad companies, with interest details and unpaid amounts amid a complex ledger.
The article surveys Democratic hopes on the Morgan Joint Rule and Logan's doubt about Georgia's vote, notes the remaining appropriation bills, and reports post office dismissals under Postmaster General Maynard. It covers Monroe Doctrine misunderstandings, Captain Eads canal plans, pension figures, and Interior Secretary Schurz replying about the Ute Commission report delays.
Deputy Coroner Preadlow of St. Louis explains how river currents and seasonal warmth affect finding drowned bodies in the Mississippi. April brings many finds, with winter bodies surfacing then and August yielding most summer cases as warmer water causes tissues to swell and bodies to rise.
News from Ireland reports Fenian proclamations posted in Salford Oldham and North Shields while Dublin increases mounted patrols to guard telegraph lines. Land League unrest spreads with arrests including Michael Davitt and Doyle. Dublin and London press debate the Land Bill and government measures amid public protests and international cables.
Stubbs Sunday Bill remains with Committee as heated House debate erupts over tax on church property. Several bills seek higher county auditor salaries while Eccleston’s proposal for sinking fund payments passes Senate. Ohio militia bids to attend Washington trip. Additional measures include open market paper purchase, timber protection, and railroad car pricing debates.
Extraordinary proceedings in the British House of Commons saw Parnell and Dillon suspended after forcible removals as Irish Home Rulers protested. Gladstone moved a resolution, and the vote condemned Parnell by 405 to 7 with 27 names later suspended. Conservatives later signaled backing for government action.
A Berks County legislator with little speech explained a bill by saying the act need not be read since a majority has promised to vote for it. The amused members saw the majority pass the measure, illustrating oddities in legislatures.
The Troy Times London correspondent likens Zola to Dickens in focusing on the lower classes but criticizes his choice of subjects and his verbose style. He notes Zola’s prolific output with L Assommoir and Nana and hints at forthcoming observations in a subsequent letter.
A Sunday school humor piece recounts a pupil’s quips on Moses lifting the serpent for faith and the golden calf, plus a catechism exchange where a black servant answers being made of mud and insists dust won’t stick. The anecdotes showcase quick wit and period cadence.
The article lists thirty Egyptian obelisks in Europe and America detailing heights. Rome hosts eleven obelisks with major examples before St John Lateran and St Peter's, heights of pedestals and obelisks totaling 150 feet and 132 feet 2 inches respectively. A Chicago citizen owns a bootjack named Care after a cat's death.
The Ohio House debated local option petitions numbering in the thousands, discussed church property taxation and a church tax bill that failed, and advanced several measures including a rural extension station, state university matters, and a Sidetrack sidetrack investigation linked to the Columbus Insane Asylum.
A punning editorial likens meat in a sandwich to the middle class, positioned between the upper crust and the underclass, illustrating social hierarchy with a culinary analogy.
The Clermont Courier lists advertising costs for legal and transient notices at 1.00 per ten lines for first insertion and 0.50 per additional insertion, with yearlong liberal reductions. Business cards not exceeding six lines are 6.00 per year.
The report lists multiple losses including tallow mills burned near Marion with insured amounts, infant fatally scalded at Vienna Junction, and a Wyandotte of wrecks and injuries on regional rail lines. It notes an ongoing wave of arson and accidents across towns, with various legal actions and local incidents highlighted.
Harper's Magazine notes the United States now hosts about 800 potteries with total wares valued at 50 cents each. New Jersey and East Rivera play key roles, with rail and canal links to major cities and clay mines fueling growth from Ohio to Maryland and beyond.
A young Bible student faces a riddle asking to perform a chain of arithmetic with biblical figures and events. The steps reference Jacob, Jericho, barley measures, Haman, Noah's Ark clean beasts, Elijah, Samuel, David and Goliath, Bethany's distance, Paul at sea, Noah's ark, and other biblical details to arrive at a final answer.
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